No use for a name... how about no use for another studio album.
Considering the sound quality of their first foray into the live front,
I don't think anything they'll do in the studio could compare. Boasted
as a state-of-the-art recording from a 24 track, the sound's amazing,
sometimes a little too good. Except for the between-song crowd
uprisings, you'd hardly know the difference.
No Use For a Name's been a
veteran on the Punk scene for nearly fifteen years now and we're
covering all the bases here with these twenty cuts spanning their six
releases plus a shellacking version of The Misfits' "I Turned Into a
Martian" and the mastery of those infamous "whoa, whoa, ohs." for
appreciative ghouls everywhere.
"Live in a Dive" basically says it all
for Punk bands; that's what it's all about, as good as it gets, and
let's face it... we're talkin' dedication here! And these guys have been
dedicated longer than most groups could hold it together to argue over
the next direction their new album will take. No Use hasn't changed
much, we'll assume they've had their share of in-studio arguments, and
yes, band members have come and gone, but their "Daily Grind" continues
on a solid course of tempered aggression, catchy maneuvers or random
acts of senseless melody. Pick it, either way, the songs pull you in
take ya for a joyride, crash, recover, and walk away scratched and
smiling.
Newcomers won't notice a major difference to these guys from
the many typically "Fat" styled or So. Cal cruiser NOFX fan friendly
lollipop junkies -- high on toxic humor, schooled in the art of verse,
shower-friendly chorus -- pick blindly at any number off the Epitaph roster
and chances are there's a dual exhaust pointing right at ya.
Not just
any live CD however, this one comes accompanied by select on tour live
video footage plus a clever comic book documenting the hazards of life
on the road from gory car crashes to cavity searches to snappy answers
to stupid questions. hey, wait a minute. Basically it's a fully
packaged NC17 good time seen, heard, swallowed and crapped out later.