Sunday, October 18, 2009

WARNING//WARNING

WARNING/WARNING cassette with j-card layout

WARNING/WARNING cassette front
I had no knowledge of this French band until this demo tape was mailed to me out of the blue a few months ago. To my delight, it is from members of GASMASK TERRĂ–R, and to a, should I dare, even better delight...the tape is great! Obvious love for CONFUSE and LEBENDEN TOTEN here, who can be upset about that? Noisy punk but with a more rocking approach rather than the unlistenable approach (which also have obvious merits). Great use of reverb on the vocals and also tasteful use of a wah-pedal (didn't think someone could say that about a raw punk band, did you?). Word is, they will have a record come out on a certain Japanese/French label soonish, so be on the look out. I am definitely looking forward to it. Besides the music, I really love the layout. The use of the pink highlighter pen is a nice touch. Photocopied j-card insert, is really the best format for a punk demo. It's nice in theory, to upgrade to cardstock or do some kind of other fancy design-y shit, but when it gets down to it, I really like the look and feel of a well done photocopied insert. It's just classic. Really great job.

Interview in the November 2009 edition of Maximum RockNRoll:



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I don't like to include full downloads on here, because I think punk should be more about search and discovery rather than having everything laid out in front of you, but this demo has been sold out for quite some time, and I want people to get excited for their upcoming record, so here is a rare event for me: Go here to the band's website for a download of the demo w/artwork.

11 comments:

  1. Hey ! Great job with the review. By the way WARNING//WARNING now has a website where you can download the demo with full artwork, and see some random stuffs : http://punkislove.free.fr/

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  2. Thanks, Momo (I think that's you)! I am actually working on getting an email out to you right at this moment. You have a lot of questions to answer!

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  3. Hey, cool Denis! We don't have this MRR issue yet, so thanks to you we can see how it looks!
    Is it ok if I use your scan for our website?

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  4. Hey Fabro- I thought it was a great interview, I was surprised and happy to see it in the new MRR. Of course you can use my images on your website!

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  5. The best thing about this band is the logo. What a great piece of art.

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  6. Yeah but the old guy who made it asked us for royalties. What a coward! Haha

    I received the MRR issue today, they now send a copy to band that are interviewed. Cool! Anyway, thanks Denis for the scan (and the nice words).

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  7. Hey dennis ! Yes, that's me. Got your email, thank you so much. I have to get a copy of the new MRR.
    And yes the logo of this band is great. Too bad there are copyrights...

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  8. Punk is love? You hippie. Punk is business. Now where's my $10000? I'll sue you (note: trying to pass as a "youngster" at 30 is cowardice, I'll sue you for that too)

    MRR has always sent promo copies to interviewed bands, but they do it pretty randomly actually (I used to get copies when my old zine got reviewed).

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  9. where can I buy some Isitwoodorshit™ sticks?

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  10. Try in practice room garbage, you'll find some for sure!

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  11. MMR never sent me a copy :( so I am also stoked to see how it looks ha ha ha ha

    /Tony

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