Scream, Dracula, Scream

Just horrible

First 30 second reaction: no. Bland watered down alternapunk. Ball Lightning is the first thing to Carmichael my ear. Fat Lip: some nice guitar riffs Suit city: ok Probably need another listen to beginning. Album getting a bit better. Misbeaten: I like the beatlesque vocals. Overall, I do t think I would ever listen to a single song on this album again.

heh heh that sucked

I'm kind of surprised how boring I found this as a punk enjoyer. Very plodding. The year before this came out we got Smash, Stranger than Fiction, Dookie and Punk in Drublic from Californian punks. There was absolute gold coming from the era at the time, how did something this dull get made?

well this was very 1001 albums i.e. quite bad and i can not see how this is a "must listen". probably the 984 album they added after running out of the essentials.

Didn’t listen

Just not a fan of the garage band, grunge sound.

This was really terrible.

If this was an important album at the time of release I feel it can only have been as a contrast to whatever else was around, because in itself it’s highly derivative. It’s generally imbued with grungy sounds of the period, in the manner of Dinosaur Jr, Nirvana etc. But a number of the tracks are basically “that one that’s like the Ramones”, then “that one that’s like The Clash”. Some of the grabs are very direct (which actually I don’t mind if they’re being respectfully quoted) but there are so many of them! To the above, you can also add The Cramps and especially The Sonics - basic garageband stuff. Revivalist can be fun. Every generation hears historic music afresh and puts their own spin on it. I can see this album probably would have been exciting if you were 18 in 1990. But when its core content is something as basic as garage / punk rock, it feels hard to latch on to a revival (even one dressed up in grunge clothing) in retrospect.

I'd never heard of this band before, nor heard any of these tracks without knowing who played them. They are said to be a rock band, I'd put this more in the punk rock genre - not a favourite of mine. I found nothing to really interest me on this album. I found the music a relatively simple combination of a limited number of overdriven guitar chords which were so loud as to mostly drown out the drums a lot if the time. Perhaps it's best summed up as a wall of non-melodic sound. There was little to redeem things with the vocals. Loud and raspy, pretty much overdriven too, lyrics shouted in a way that often made them indecipherable. Even when it was possible to hear the lyrics they seemed to be composed of simple repeated phrases that didn't seem to have any complex meaning. I get it that this is often the punk style. I know punk fans like the style, but it's not for me.

I don't love this one.

This fucking sucks, and the cover is gross too. Seriously wtf?

mid 1 haah nah bro, it aint that rad. Not at all

Trumpet punk

Noise

Too much screaming and hard rock

bad i hate it. i cannot stand the singer's voice. I don't like this genre of music. get out

No thanks

Complete garbage

Punk. Never understood it. But that doesn’t mean it’s bad. I am aware my rating is subjective.

highlight: used lots of energy but not my thing.

Nope, not for me. Didn't love the sound, really didn't like the lyrics or track titles (i.e. Come see, come saw)

This album along with Invaders of the Heart should be on the list of 1001 albums never to listen too. Wish there was an option to not rate this album. Not worth of a star

Kind of like a grungy punk with horns? Not my jive today, at 1 star

If no stars was an option I'd choose 0 stars for this garbage!

Nope

Jeg er ikke så meget til hårdere rock

Not my thing. Grating and made me anxious.

This was pretty rough. Did not enjoy.

This is #day385 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... if there's a kind of music that I find particularly irritating, that's horny ska-punk shit. I'm not sure if you must hear this before you die. Most likely not. Terrible. This is a 1 out of 5. Looking forward to #day386.

Whack 1/10

Didn’t enjoy the pop punk / emo style. Feel this group will have inspired other bands - but I didn’t enjoy listening.

This album is like a a one man band skit, doing anything for attention and failing miserably at all of it. I see the appeal for sleazy 1990's punk forward alt rock but it kinda falls flat here. Rushed songs, absent structure, shite vocals. Other acts did it better at the time. This comes off a B tier Offspring, F tier Foo Fighters, with a dash of ska that makes them kinds bad at 3 genres?! Don't listen to this before you die. Go find 90's punk staples like the Desendents, Replacements, hell even Listen to Mighty Mighty bosstones and Operation Ivy for ska. And listen to The Colour and Shape by Foo Fighters for pure 90s rock nostalgia.

There was nothing about this that I liked.

fast pace, low budget sounding. first 2 seconds sound identical, its fun enough but not particularly interesting. the recording felt flat with no bass. what is it with punk and not having any fucking bass

To me it sounds like if the Beach Boys made a punk rock album but without the harmonies (derogatory)

I need a cookie for making it through that entire album. Horrible. Terrible. No good. Awful. Bad.

Probably too harsh if a rating, but what is this dogshit? This is like a high school garage band inexplicably got massive.

Ska punk straight out of a Tony Hawk game. Expensively produced with lots of overdubs and a very polished 90s alt rock radio friendly sound that leans a bit Springsteen anthemic at times, but mostly stays in the nightmare venn diagram overlap of green day and the bosstones. Decent guitars parts, horns complementing the bass parts and adding harmonies, very whiney vocals, big drums. The songs are over-written with lots of changing parts and stop start style. It's really pretty annoying.

My lukewarm response to this one may have more to do with my appreciation of 1995 releases by Offspring, Rancid, and Elastica. RFTC are willing and able, but didn't really appeal to me.

Unfassbar nerviger Schreischrott.

I know why Dracula is screaming. I didn't feel like there was a lot of talent or variety here, and I couldn't finish the entire album.

Boring album. Terrible lyrics and vocal. Musically not good either!

naja, nach dem ersten Lied war mir bewusst, wieso ich die nicht kenne; mir zu punkig

It's like someone was playing musical telephone, and someone explained REM and was told to write their music with a red crayon on the wall of a moving elevator while bouncing on a trampoline.

40k monthly listeners on Spotify for a reason

Why the hell is this on the list? Punk Ska? Nah man i'm cool. This might be it for somebody else. but DEFINITELY not me

ass cheeks bro I can’t get behind this music, im sorry

Meh

Completely grating. Nothing interesting. How is this on the list? Will never, ever, listen to this again.

Not really for me. Shouty but somehow didn't really feel the energy that typically accompanies this type of music. Probably the first album on this list that was truly a slog to get through. Largely forgettable post punk with a couple of decent tracks ("Come See, Come Saw," for example)

They thought they could compose 3 songs and then sell a 14 song record with only those 3? Clever

totaja yksi tärkeimmistä bändeistä koskaan. mutta mitä enemmän, paljonkin enemmän kuin tärkeys niin ehkä KUULUISIN suosituin ja paras bändi niinku ikinäääää!!! kuka ei olisi kuullut ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT nimisestä bändistä.. lyhennelmä RFTC... jos oot vihanen niin tekstaa vaan RFTC... kaikki tietää heti mitä tarkottaa.. hei mul oli vitun paska päivä, tuntuu niin RFTC... ja kyynel tulee silmään koska olet selvästi niin agressiivisella hirmutuulella.. tulen heti paikalle syleilemään.. rauhottelemaan.. drakulaaa... h uuda... huuda... HUUUUUDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HUUTAAAAAKAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAALRIIIIIIIIIGHT AAAAAAAALRIGTHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT AAALLLLLLLLLRRRRRRRRIIIIIIGGHTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!! fat lip

one banger

Not my type of music

Hard rock. Pass

I do really enjoy Rock and metal but this just wasn’t doing it for me.

This was rubbish. It’s gonna be harsh giving it 1 star but it’s not as interesting even as latest 2 stars

This album sounded like a very average garage band. Every track almost identical. I will never play this album again, absolute shite.

Not good.

Hanging on a rope, on a rope, on a rope around my neck so i dont have to listen to anymore of this album.

More rubbish.

I have friends that would probably listen to this, but I gravitated towards much more accomplished artists in this era.

Not for me

STANDOUTS: n/a; DNF OVERALL: 1/5; truly awful—gives off school shooter energy

Too late for punk. No patience for a punk from the 1990s

Certainly had me screaming... but mainly screaming to stop the noise!

Not for me. This album made me want to listen to other albums by bands I enjoy. Curiously, a couple of those bands are Rockabilly. Maybe RFTC should have gone that route. But, they would need to fire this post nasal drip lead singer for one with a real voice who can come up with pleasing melodies.

Generic, forgettable, might as well be more of that Brit pop the authors love so much.

Listening to this album I heard Smashing Pumpkins, A bit of Alice in Chains, and some 80s punk. Nothing special about this album or band to me.

As someone who listened to and enjoyed a lot of punk/ska in the mid to late 90s this was pretty bad. Brought back memories of getting badly sunburned at Warped Tour.

glatað

90s American punk. Better when it's heavier, terrible when it approaches Green Day. Annoying vocals.

Huh???

Awful

Ik heb niks positiefs te melden. Wat een verschrikkelijk album. 1/10

Natuurlijk is er al een handje vol albums langsgekomen dat negatief uit de toon viel, op z'n zachtst gezegd. Maar dit is er wel zo eentje waarbij je je afvraagt hoe je het in godsnaam in je kokosnoot haalt om hem toe te voegen aan een lijst met albums die je moet horen voor je dood gaat. Ze moeten toch de medische historie van auteur Robert Dimery eens even doorspitten, om vast te stellen of hij niet toevallig een kleine beroerte kreeg toen hij aankwam bij het jaar 1995. Laten we maar niet om de hete brij heen draaien; wat een generieke janboel. Ik was best hyped toen ik zag dat er een voor mij onbekende punk band op het menu stond, maar de kermis was zelden zo koud. Het is één lange rits aan ongeïnspireerde kankermuziek, een terminaal zieke liefdesbaby van cringy skater punk en Fountains of Wayne. Ik kan me vinger er niet op leggen wat de plek is van deze band in de punkwereld, en ik kan me nauwelijks voorstellen dat ze het begin van iets nieuws waren, een frisse wind. De zielloze 'hit' van de plaat, 'On A Rope', verraadt al wel een beetje dat het geen muziek is die zorgde voor een aardverschuiving in de bruisende California punk scene van de jaren 90. Geen jonge rockband in een garage in LA zou bij het luisteren van deze plaat een eureka moment hebben gehad. Het is de rode draad door het hele verhaal, de complete lak aan bezieling. Insert prompt: 'Create a compilation of punk songs reminiscent of the style found in Tony Hawk games, yet belong to the rare category of soundtracks that easily slip from memory.' En toen spuugde AI dit album uit. Ik probeer altijd nog wel die paar korreltjes goud uit een modderige, stinkende, rottende rivierbedding te zeven, zoals me dat bij elk miserabele album al gelukt is. Maar hier lukt het gewoon niet, ik kan hier niets mee. Ik heb liever de angel van die schorpioen in m'n oor dan dat ik ooit nog deze stem moet verdragen. 1/10

Deze plaat is veels te opgefokt voor de woensdagavond. Ik kende Rocket From the Crypt nog niet en ga dat ook zo houden. Ben een eindje gekomen maar na 25 minuten toch maar afgezet. 4/10

Frat rock. Middle American mediocrity. Hate it. Can’t get through a whole song.

Wanted to like this album but couldn't Gets tired after the first track It's a no from me

If he's not screaming he's shouting if he's not shouting he's whining

Scream scream.. definitely not

No

1 - I found this album very annoying and it dragged on and on despite being, like, the shortest album I've listened to today. It just felt like the same song over and over... Nothing here for me to like. It's lucky it's not getting a .5.

Nope

WTF!

1 star as won't let me do zero

I'm generally a fan of punk. But... this shouldn't be a 1001 album. It's just a generic derivative of the punk that came before. Absolutely a pass for me.

I would enjoy life as a whole, significantly more, if I never had to listen to this again. No significance, no desire to learn why or how this made it on the list.

Not my jam

Ugh, awful.

1. middle - 0 2. born in 69 - 0 3. on a rope - 0 4. young liverz - 0 5. drop out - 0 5. uzed - 0 6. ball lightning - 0 7. fat lip - 0 8. zuit city - 0 9. heater handz - 0 10. mizbeaten - 0 11. come zee come zauu - 0 12. zalt future - 0 13. burn alive - 0

If I could rate it a 0, I would... I don't like this type of music...

No thank you

Not my cup of tea. Interesting story though.

Sångaren låter skit. Den sämsta sortebs 90-tals drivel. Låtarna suger. Känns otroligt oinspirerat. Hur fan är detta på listan och ingen Weezer blå????

Not for me

Tough way to start a Sunday morning.

Couldn't finish this either, making this the third one-starrer in a row. The singer's voice is dreadful. "Used" sounded like a bad Elvis Costello ripoff.

Not my jam

Not my thing

Nah

didnt like

Nojaa. Yks tai kaks.

Big Band Punk Posers

Not my thing

horrible

Schrammeliges Rockalbum.

Liked On a Rope. Didn’t like the others.

Como dicen los gringos: Unimpressive. Leyendo el abstracto de Wikipedia noté que el supuesto single y gran éxito del disco había pasado sin pena ni gloria mientras lo escuchaba.

Nah….

I don't want to be a dick and give an album one star, but this was neither appealing to my sensibilities, nor interesting enough for me to forget that it was not appealing to my sensibilities. On A Rope was a banger though. I somehow liked that track on the album.

Absolutely dreadful, it's not even post punk, it's a poorly executed crash smash drum and single chord basic strum of the axe... and if you were tone deaf and smoked 60 unfiltered ciggies a day, you would still pull off better vocal range than these guys. Never heard of the group, and obviously for a reason, they're mega crap, just another Americana gabage band of 14 year old spotty faced dorks thinking they're awesome. This group and album do not warrant consideration for 1001 albums.

I was bracing myself before it started and then Ugggh. How can I describe the sound? Soundtrack for a shot movie about awkward skater boys? The kind of music they'd have in a Jackass film. Intentionally annoying shitm Cultural sludge of America. Maybe it's supposed to be funny and Beavis and Buthead laughed at it while headbanging . 1 star because the drummer worked hard. Woeful song titles.

This album is so boring. The energy level is consistent and just palls. It is recorded and mixed in such a way that an individual track would pop when played on the radio as the best thing you heard that hour, but listening to the whole album is exhausting. I hate his whiny voice, which just seems like posturing. I hate the arrangements. There is no point. It generically 'rocks', but there is no real grit to it. I'm sure they put on a decent live show (and it seems like they do a lot of live gimmicks), but these songs bore and tire me. I give it a second star because it is energetic and decently recorded. Actually, I think Come See, Come Saw is just a re-write of Know Your Product by the Saints. One star off for plagiarism of a far better song.

Scream is right… it’s all I heard. Honestly I don’t see what any sort of appeal from this is. I didn’t get any chance to appreciate any music because any chance I could it was interrupted by some more screaming… I just don’t get it.

I hate you for making me listen to this singer. And by "you" i mean literally everyone involved in his life: his parents for birthing him, his schoolmates who encouraged him to stay in a band, his teachers/mentors for not nurturing him to get a degree in something less annoying and eventually years later keep his noxious bleatings out of my earholes. And then whoever was responsible for foisting this album upon the public. Other than that, I loved it. (...the music is occasionally ok/fine, if not supercompressed in that 90s-style where everything had to be as loud as goddamn possible and literally tires your ears within minutes. Turn the volume down and it's still loud. That's just ... ...actually...I'm gonna take back even the hint of any quasi-compliments - now here's some of that stupid 90s "let's add HORNS to this punk-like song to be cool" ["Young Livers"] no it just makes it even more awful. Is this album done yet?) but as ever, singers ruin everything. Burn me tf alive. 2/10 1 star.

Perhaps the most basic and uninspired example of 90s rock music. No thank you, gentlemen.

Lasted 3 songs

Ugh. Just no.

Not sure why this is in the list, either. It’s ok, not good. Not revolutionary like I expect.

Þetta er... meh. Ekkert spes. Mögulega hefur dagsformið á mér áhrif á þessa skoðun. Prófa að hlusta aftur seinna.

Generic noise (that seems to pass for “rock music” in the USA)

Rating: 1.0 Best Track: Heater Hands

0 stars if i could

Didn’t get this at all.

Scream, Dracula, Scream! Not today, thank you.

No thanks

I guess this is what a lobotomy feels like.

I can't believe this is from 1995. It's about 15 years too late. Maybe it takes that long for this kind of sound to travel to San Diego. Uninventive, uninspiring and tired. Who decides this qualifies as one of the greatest?

I find this so boring. I'm not in the mood for it this week, I'm sure if I had more time and was in a better mood I'd find something I really like about it but I don't have the patience haha. Boring and shouty.

Not my bag.

Ruk.

Stupid.

Dawno takiego wycia nie bylo, prosto z hameryki, plyta ktora kojarzyc mi sie bedzie jedynie z scigalkami w ktorych sie zlomowalo fury, bo tak samo odsluchl tego albumu mnie zezlomowal

Is this a joke?

Jag mår illa. Trots hur opartiskt jag försöker förbli från vilka genrar som jag preffererar och inte preffererar, trots hur mycket jag än försöker bortse albumets oangenäma titel och trots hur mycket jag försöker bortse albumets vidriga omslagsbild på skorpinionen kan jag inte bortse smärtan jag kände av den musiken. Det enda jag kan berömma albumet med är dess förmåga att hålla sig runt om 40 minuter.

Slightly better than expected but I definitely won't be listening to it again!

Oof.

Really underwhelming

Lo quité ALV

jaja que coños?, porqué?

I did not enjoy this album at all, I couldn't finish it. 1/5 stars.

same problem like with last one, rocky but super repetitive and boring af

ruim

Come back Electric Prunes all is forgiven!

Shit

Not for me

Not for me

1995. Key Songs: On the Rope

Classic BB