Reviews (page 6 of 7)
Decent, without standing out
I don't get the hype. Totally overrated.
wasn't sure what i was expecting but i sort of enjoyed this, even though it felt a bit immature at times
Enjoyed "Get it on"
"Rendezvous with anus", indeed!
I should be all over a slab of Norwegian punk / hard rock which surely acted as a key influence towards the likes of Kvelertak; however, whilst I'm acutely aware of the unserious vibe they were going for here, this just felt a bit too silly. Really daft, corny lyrics, over the top glam-esque flavourings, excessive swearing which blunts its impact and the production on this just sounds like absolute arse. If I want arse sounding production, I'll cut the middle man out and just listen to black metal.
Loud (LOUD) skate punk. Like getting hit with a wall of decks. And like getting hit with a skate deck over and over, it gets more tired with every strike.
Nothing special, not sure why they've made the list.
THAT WAS HILARIOUS
Punchy, punky sound with deliberately macho-offensive lyrics. Niche market.
Not my thing
Bunch of white guys making unremarkable music with an obvious attempt to gain attention through shock factor. Why is this on 1001?
Heard their song about erections before so I kinda knew what it's gonna be like. But honestly, listening to an hour of same-y songs with lyrics that sound like a 15 year old horny boy wrote them is just boring. Who the hell needs to listen to this 2/5
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He can’t sing a song.
ok
Music alright but lost a star for singing/lyrics
Great song titles(!) but not such great songs. Good filthy fun for a while but sounded like the same song repeated.
Just really didn’t need to listen to this one before I died. Boring more than anything
These lyrics are so juvenile it's hard to enjoy the rest of the song
Hey it's the song from Jackass!
The first track slaps but the rest of the album doesn't live up to it
Meh. I neither disliked or liked this. Would I listen to it again? No.
Tepid
Right from the opening track The Age of Pamparius I'm asking what are these lyrics? Lol. So you think you had a calzone? Well fuck yeah, I've had a calzone. What do you mean "not like this?" There's some serious shredding and I'd dig on the music more if the lyrics weren't so goofy. I'm not above novelty acts or tongue-in-cheek bands (hell, I love The Vandals) but it's clear these guys think they're cool with their funky names. A tremendous debt owed to the Misfits as well. Wikipedia says this is when the band turned glam and dialed down the punk, but it still sounds fairly punk (not claiming it's hardcore or anything.)
Catchy, but I just don't like the vibe of those guys
Pretty pop punk tunes hampered by tendency to solo.
A bit generic
these are deadass the worst lyrics i've ever heard holy shit. i would bet a good bit of money that the ones who defend these lyrics are the same ones who say that "mumble rap" is a purge on society. the guitar work is the only thing saving this album but apparently they stole riffs as well.
2 Stars (5/15)
Whatever. Not good
Maybe harsh, but wouldn't listen to it again
I'd like this a lot better if I were a teenage boy. The combination of glam and lyrics that were made using a random swear word generator gets old real fast.
Sometimes you need to listen to some fairly unintellectual tunes but even so this is a bit much..
Was very surprised to find out there are no black people in a band called “Turbonegro”… I know they’re Norwegian, so I’m sure that term has a different historical context in Norway, but it still doesn’t sit right with me! Also the music sucked!
The have a similar sound of bands from the late 90’s…I have never heard of them before 2.5 stars
Like a poor 6th form band. No idea why this is on the list
Ain't nobody got time for this
Not really my cup of tea
I liked the instrumentation more than I thought I would, it was kinda fun. Couldn't get over how much I hated the vocals, every time they came back around I started gritting my teeth and sighing.
This was loud and dumb. I can get on board for that at certain times, but this really didn't catch me. The guitars are very proficient, but its all so bright and whiny even in its distortion. Seems like the most experimental thing of the band is their need to be provocateurs, but it reads more crass than challenging.
It’s ok but I don’t see how this is influential to its genre
Nope
Probably fun live if you're in the right mood but utterly redundant to me as an album experience. I kept wishing I was listening to the Ramones or Motorhead or one of their more innovative late 90s post-hardcore contemporaries.
Could be a classic if it the CD had gotten stuck in a friend’s car in High School. Alas, that did not happen and I list interest pretty fast. Still neat to see this on the list.
OK.
🍕
I'm going out on a limb and guess that this album and band were probably hailed as some sort of Rock Music Saviors back in '98. Critics really liked to say that kind of thing at the time. Here, we peer into a bleak alternate reality where this is the type of Rock revivalism that would dominate the decade. Thankfully, the actual big Rock movement that followed, the Indie Rock boom of the 2000's, resulted in much more interesting and long-lasting music than this. Rightfully, no one ever speaks of this nowadays.
Too predictable. Only one gear, which is not necessarily a problem but is here. Yes, it's rocking, but it doesn't do anything else. Some of the vocals are weak and I don't think they're a brilliant band in terms of ability.
Not a fan
Entire album has catchy, loud, hardcore guitar riffs that can be enjoyable and get you hyped and in the zone. The lyrics and singing bring this down a bit for me, which is unfortunate because the music can be hypnotic and is very polished in general.
ick
Not unlistenable, but damn close. The instrumentals are fine, but the superficial angst sure does take the listener out of it. If I was thirteen years old I’m sure I’d be moved.
rock against ass
Seriously rocking but I'm sorry, I have no time for such adolescent songwriting.
Okay man
2010s videogame rock music
Punk n Roll, 1998 -> 2
2 out of 5 That was different! Cannot believe this is the first time I have heard of these guys from Norway. Not the kind of metal I listen to but it was ok.
Vraiment pas si bon, meme si on ignore les paroles. La guitare lead est insupportable.
The sort of lyrical content I would have dreamed up as a pubescent boy. Enjoyed the guitar. Should have been an instrumental album. Did the band know what the singer was laying over the top of their creations??!
i am not a hater of fun music in fact i think i am more pro-fun than your average bear but this is "fun" by way of being loud and saying sex words, cant help but think the entire time that i wish i was listening to The Darkness Fav song: Prince of the Rodeo if we count bonus tracks, Humiliation Street if not
Never heard of these before, generic rock music. Not too sure why it's on the list
Cancelled. You heard it here first, folks. The band mentioned above is cancelled and instead, we will be listening to harmless death metal whe… what’s that? He said WHAT? Ugh. Well, that’s alright, today we will be listening to some benign classical music from the golden a… She was how old??? Surely jazz? Man that’s a lot of heroin. Oh my god uhhh nature sounds? Holy shit how many rabbits did that cougar kill? You know what. Let’s listen to Turbonegro. They can’t be any worse than that cougar. The Age of Pamparius - Oh no. The whoa whoa whoas have started earlier than I expected. Hey uhh guys? This sucks. Bad Scandinavian humour set to rock that is destined to be one of the less memorable tracks on a low budget skateboard video game. One of the games where the singer of this band is a playable character. The game comes with copies of the CD. Selfdestructo Bust - I like the guitar tone. Pretty heavy. I mean this is still 90’s skate rock a few years ahead of schedule but I actually like this one. Less dumb humour. Get it On - We’re staying with the good aspects for now. The upcoming song titles tell me we’re vacating the taste section very soon. Rock Against Ass - Funny if you find YouTuber rap battles funny. Don’t say Motherfucker, Motherfucker - Read above review. Rendezvous With Anus - The trifecta Zillion Dollar Sadist - This is a fine song. I guess? More dumb jokes with ok music. Woohoo. Prince of the Rodeo - More pseudo-punk. It’s so meh to me. A little cringeworthy as well. Back to Dungaree High - Are you Ready (For Some Darkness) - Gross. First riff is good, everything else sucks. Especially that honky tonk chorus. Monkey on Your Back - Repetitive, but some more energy in the right direction. Humiliation Street - The long and lonely road that I traverse every day that I open this webpage and begin my lazy, boneheaded musings. Hey, at least I didn’t write and record “Rendezvous with Anus.” Good Head - My eyes are rolling. Not in like a weird orgasmic way either. Fuck these lyrics. They’re so lame. Apparently it’s a cover, but it shows their taste level. With a language barrier, I’ve found that the last thing to translate is humour. Especially since so much of it is language focused. The jokes on this album are not for me. I found it to be immature without any semblance of tongue in cheek. The music was just ok. Decent punk rock in places, but mostly boring tripe. Now, considering the age of this record, they deserve some trailblazer status, but when that trail leads to Dropkick Murphys or Rise Against, maybe we should left that trail a secret. A boring review for a boring album. Thrilled to be able to have matched wits with the rodeo clown record. 2-2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Selfdestructo Bust
Kolejne miałkie punkowe popłuczyny. To nawet energii zbyt wiele w sobie nie miało. Nie zapamiętam pól utworu z tej płyty i nawet niezbyt wiem, co o niej powiedzieć. 4/10
Overall, I didn't like this album but I had a few moments where I thought "this isn't too bad'.
Don't like it. Didn't hate it. Maybe I need bam margera level drugs. Did get my kitchen cleans and dinner prepped though.
Not nearly as bad as I was expecting. Some really catchy riffs. But I really don’t enjoy the production. This era of rock guitar production always sounds so bad to me. Really clean and shimmery. But it was kind of a fun listen. Lyrics are funny at points. Not my shit but not terrible to me.
I tried to listen with an ear for the humour, which I think is the point. I was mildly amused a couple times. I dunno, would love a great album today.
Did they pay their kid brother to write the lyrics?
Rating: 4/10 Nah.
Sometimes catchy, but mostly cheesy.
Weird Al does Metallica
Cracked
Probably the best two star review I'll ever give. This album was really fun, clearly of some quality and I'm really glad to have heard it. But I will never listen again. Glam pop-punk? Not for me thanks.
Starts with a mad buildup and a hot riff, and sounds great, like a great 80s hair band, and then the singer.... uhhhh.... sings? and it all comes crashing down.
Turbonegro, _Apocalypse Dudes_ ⭐️⭐️ Yeah, I donno. Rough time, the 90s, when you had to be really edgy to stand out from the deluge of alt rock. These guys are OK. Contemporaries at the time would be like Kyuss, who were far better. Descendants might be Viagra Boys. Again, far better. There's a disconnect sometimes when bands form and sing in English. Sometimes they might not understand humor or what crosses lines. I think these guys meant to counter that with "we are wacky Norwegians who want to party equally with everyone" but instead come off as slightly racist tryhards. I will not be surprised when they surface as Red Hot Chili Peppers-type sex pests. It wasn't breakthrough, even for ironic hair metal. But it's not any of Scandinavia's problematic metal. So I'll give it an extra star. Not recommended.
The music is actually not bad but the lyrics are aweful. How old where these dudes when they recorded this? 14?
Fuck, I’m glad that’s over. Unclear why this is on the list. Because it’s a Norwegian band? Is this the start of Scandinavian black metal or something? This one gives a lot of aggressive young male energy. Fast tempo, screaming guitars, swings between heavy metal and 90s post-punk. The leads mostly shout, not sing. Overall, not necessarily terrible, just not my vibe these days.
The music isn't horrible, but half the riffs sound plagiarized and the lyrics are nonsensical. What kind of song is "Rock Against Ass"?
Silly music. Imagine if AC/DC had a musical love child with Bowling For Soup and the Rugrats. Throw in some early Blink 182 immaturity and about sex and naughty words and you get this. The joke wears thin very quickly.
Kind of drifted by… Good musicianship but lacked either riffs or melodies strong enough to make it stand out.
Struggle a bit with this genre of music as it doesn’t half sound samey to me after a while. A bit of light and shade would go amiss but appreciate that it’s not really something that fits.
Tää on just sitä Jackass/Tony Hawk -ränttätänttää mitä parikyt vuotta sitten porukalla kuunneltiin. Pitsabiisi oli ihan jees.
I got very bored
Love the energy but this doesn't do it for me
For ensformig i længden
They made a record and I never have. But I can play at least this well. Nothing bad about it. It is maybe a weekend warrior bar band level sound but it lacked energy.
I liked this for a good while, but it gets really “samey” after a while, eventually ending up annoying me.
I listened to it and am now moving on.
TBH this really didn't excite anything inside of me. Just felt like some generically angsty punk. Like it wasn't bad or anything, but I have no desire to go back through for a second tour. So I think this is falling in the high 2 bucket.
This sounds like a garage band in an early 2000s coming of age film.
Not awful
One long musical and lyrical cliche.
I enjoy the genre, but this felt surprisingly low-energy, and too similar throughout.
OK road trip music but couldn't distinguish a single song. Formulaic and forgettable
mid in every aspect
Listened in the truck via YouTube music. Finding out the first track was the Wild Boyz theme song was a lot of fun. This is fun punk with a lot of lead guitar adding a very rock and roll flavor to it. Fun but not sure about needing to listen to it before I die.
Unfortunately, I don’t have that much to say about this one, other than that it isn’t really my thing. Kind of just went in one ear and out the other. I suppose this sort of music could be kind of fun if you’re in the mood for it, but I found it kind of meatheaded and uninteresting despite clearly having so much energy behind it.
cartoonish in every possible way (derogatory)
Decent album, funny song titles, just nothing really special about it.
Musically not too bad, but the lyrics are pretty dumb and juvenile. Would be pretty good if it wasn't so stupid
Same/identical beat in nearly every song. Pretty mundane and repetitive. Uninteresting.
2.5
Not the craziest project existiung, lyrics were mid. Guitar riffs cool
When I am listening to an album here that I have never heard before I tend to think about what I want to say in my review as it plays, like pre-writing it in my head. While listening to Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro this morning I couldn't help but notice during the first few songs that they swear a whole lot, and they seem particularly fond of the word Motherfucker. I don't mind swearing, it doesn't offend me, I just noticed it and I thought I would mention it in my review. I kept listening some more and I hear them sing it again and I thought, I'll share this song on my blog as an example of them singing the word Motherfucker, which they do a lot. So I go to my YouTube Music to get the link and see the name of the song and it turns out it's called "Don't Say Motherfucker, Motherfucker" which is really spot on. I didn't really care for the album too much but I don't think I hated it. I probably won't listen ever again though.
Songs sound cheezy to me. The guitar is about the only think that kept me listening.
These guys get all kinds of accolades, and I just don't get it. This is some middling stuff. This space should be occupied by Danzig perhaps.
Lots to like here: album title, juvenile song titles and lyrics, a mononym guitarist (Euroboy? it's not Slash or Buckethead, but it'll work), and the songs kind of rock, for a bit. But in the end, and hour of this stuff is way too much, and nothing really stands out as something I need to come back to. I'm gonna go GNR, ACDC, or Japandroids if I need this anthemic rock. But whenever I need to Rock Against Ass, I know where to go.
Great intro to the first track. Nothing that's a masterpiece or even overly well done here, and the further the album went on the worse it got. Cool album cover. I wouldn't be surprised if this fell off the list; this is very juvenile. Man this is too long. I had to relisten to the intro of the first song to avoid a 1. I'm glad this one is over. This feels like it would've been on the American Pie soundtrack.
Cool album cover. Some pretty good compositions and guitar riffs, but they are hidden behind some repelling vocals. I'm one that says lyrical content is low on the scale of what makes a good song. Musicality is what matters most. That being said these vocals are disrupting the songs. I just could not get past the vocals, they were making me nauseous.
It wasn’t awful but not really deserving of a place on a list of albums you must listen to.
Whose idea was it to add Turbonegro to this list? I don't think it would be featured on top1000 rock/metal albums list, but here we are. Very weird decision, very boring album.
Just very derivative paint by numbers music. It would appear that pizzas, even ones that have sexual relations with one of your parents do not make for solid inspiration for songs. Relies on too many childish jokes that just fall flat
It gets an extra star for amusing song titles.
It made me want to listen to Rocket From The Crypt. 2/5
did these guys forget that ramones records are 29 minutes long? that if you’re going to take us on an odyssey, you need the clash’s versatility or television’s meandering, exploratory mastery? or, y’know, raw power? we've all either received or given a blowjob by now, guys. fucking get over it and say something. more costumed posturing. lord have mercy we need a good authentic punk album this week.
I like punk but this is really just not for me. Sounds to much like it belongs in a Rated T for Teen Tony Hawk game. Only song I can say I somewhat enjoyed was Zillion Dollar Sadist. Will not listen again.
They're bringing some early ween energy on this album. This overall got tiring to listen to about halfway through. I didn't hate them or the songs, but just after a while I felt some fatigue. Highlights: Get It On Prince of the Rodeo
Sure the opening is just ripped from Pinball Wizard?! Hard to assess the purposeful use of language with English not being their first language…but still…Reading that there is a satirical edge to them, which reassures a bit. Punk/glam/rock mash up, with fairly solid song structure and composition but just pretty basic, predictable and cheesy. Production so-so. Got good energy but just feels like it really falls short of great punk albums. Kind of like a bad fake version of high quality brand item. Variations on a theme and a comical theme. ‘Rendezvous with Anus’ 🙄 can’t really tell how much of it is meant to be satirical, but not sure punk spinal tap should be in the top 1001 albums! Probably just about gets 2.5?
Meh
Not for me. 2 *
The music is cool but dude the lyrics are complete shit and juvenile. Would probably be better if it was instrumental only.
2.5, fun but lacking substance
I've seen the Turbojugend patches/jackets all over concerts in Europe for the past eternity, guess I should finally check the music out. I'm expecting something very continental, just hope it's better than Volbeat... ---- Pretty fun, this is totally beer music. Probably way better live than on record here - energetic but samey. I'm not quite drunk, German and easily impressed enough right now. Trying too hard? Favourite tracks: Selfdestructo Bust, Rock Against Ass, Prince of the Rodeo, all blended into each other after that...
Fairly energetic, fun punk album, though defenitely too childish. Not the best thing ever, it's a bit simple and a bit too showy, but not bad.
I found some of the song titles and lyrics offensive.
Needed this today after two blues albums back to back. It had a Metellica feel to it without being all out metal more of a punk twist. It started very well then got so unbelievably samey. It just stopped registering it became white noise.
A bit like the Hives, maybe less polished but more interesting. So... Still a little dull and derivative. I've got no time for this. Two stars.
Пару песен интересно послушать (в каком-нибудь сборнике), но когда 50 минут кряду слушаешь эти энергичные вопли… это слишком. 5 из 10.
When an album has a song called 'Rock Against Ass' on it, I question its place on this list. Just a bit too thrashy and shouty in a way I don’t enjoy
I get that this is parody, but no Weird Al? No Tenacious D? It's a shame that this isn't paired with better lyrics, because it might actually be enjoyable.
More swearing than I like. Not for me
this sounded like generic rock you’d hear in an episode of scooby doo where the villain turns out to be the lead singer of the band and his motivation was that his band wasn’t making enough money
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater music
It's OK. Had higher hopes for "niche Nordic rock band I've never heard of", but seems there's a very good reason I haven't.
Was not what I was expecting at all. Thought I was in for heavy metal but got some punk music instead. There wasn't anything necessarily bad about the album, it just isn't my most-liked genre by any means. Overall, I mostly enjoyed listening, but what might have been edgy enough lyrics for a punk band in 1998 mostly just comes off as corny a couple decades later. Its a two and a half, but I'm rounding down.
Not what I expected. Just great balls to the wall rock. If this is death metal, then I like it.
1.75
Some songs are fun, but overall pretty nonsensical.
This came out in '98, would've been a massive snooze for' 78
Kind of wasted potential. These guys are clearly good musicians and they sufficiently rock. It all falls flat, however, when the delivery comes off as cheesy and posturing as this is, however. If I'm being offered classic/ punk rock I'd like to feel like these personalities are no stranger to playing chicken to oblivion on a daily basis. I'd better be cut wide open from their apparent edge. This shit sounds like cosplay, I'm not havin it.
Vale pelo uso formidável das guitarras e cover na última faixa.
First listen. Meh.
#487. I wish this was instrumental, because the music is good, but damn all those lyrics are dumb as hell, and they're not particularly well sung anyway. 2/5: meh.
Cookie cutter metal with juvenile lyrics.
So stupid. If it wasn't almost an hour long it would have been a 3 but this grows thin after 25 minutes.
2.5
So incredibly dumb and appalling that it almost (but not quite) became enjoyable. Beavis and Butthead meets hard rock meets...Eurovision? Somehow, and I suspect not deliberately, it's extremely camp. That's probably its most redeeming feature, that it's impossible to take at all seriously. If you'd have told me 524 days ago that one day I would listen to Lightning Bolt, Chicago, Roxy Music and this in consecutive days I would have...had quite a lot of questions. But I'd also have expected to find Roxy Music a palette cleanser, whereas this album actually served that purpose. Obviously it's still rubbish though.
az ízlésemnek túl zajos meg kiabálós, azért elhallgattam, de nem éreztem zeneileg nagy durranásnak
Kedvenc/Favourite: Back To Dungaree High Kicsit talán túl sok minden akart lenni egyszerre ez az album, és ezért egyik sem sikerült igazán. A zene nem volt rossz, de a szövegek sokszor erőltetettnek tűntek nekem. Többre számítottam őszintén. Maybe it was trying to be a few too many things at once, and that's why none of them really worked. The music wasn't bad, but the lyrics often seemed forced to me. I honestly expected more.
escuché la mitad, meh
Maybe one would like this better if one were riding a skateboard.
Hey an unknown rock album on 1001 albums that isn't just pure shit. This isn't too bad. I wouldn't say it's incredible but it's pretty solid jammin. A little punky for my tastes, but it's not bad.
Don't feel like this is deserving of being on the list.
Those are some embarrassing lyrics. What in the world.
I’m sure that this is a fine album, but it simply isn’t for me. Sounds like any number of other poodle metal albums I liked in the late eighties…
Ass
Many much noises
A solid two for me. Nice to listen to something new but not for me
Never heard of this band before. I took away three bits of information: 1.) It's punk-informed alt-rock (or the other way round - whatever). 2.) It's not especially good. 3.) It has no business being on this list. 2/5
I liked it a bit at the start but did grow tired of the vocals fast. Rating: 2.4
The occasional riffs are the only redmeable quality of this album.
hmmmm Bottom hmmmmm
Funny punk for Swedish adolescents
Move along, nothing to hear here.
Is this a joke album? Terrible track titles. Sounds like a high school band trying to throw in a few swears at the school talent show.
Mostly lame songs with embarrassingly bad lyrics. Its one saving grace is that none of the originals are as bad as the horrifically butchered cover of Suffragette City which I am choosing to ignore as its technically a bonus track.
Break out the Natty Lights and turn it up boys! It's time to show mom just how much we don't give a shit about her dumb rules.
A cheesy ass glam rock album. It’s not good. It’s not bad. It’s fun at times but other times it’s just corny. I could have died without it.
This is a laughable album. Not a serious work. Swear words thrown in why? Not the worst I’ve heard on this list but barely above a 1.
Like a cross between The Hives and Spinal Tap. I'm not feeling the love for this. It's OK in small bursts but the whole album is boring me .
Reminds me of an Offspring B-sides album, but with lyrics written by a 13 year old.
Music was alright but lyrics were stupid.
Gear: Grado Hemp Artwork: 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍 Production: 🎧😐🆗 Music: 🖤👖🎉 Rating: 🐍🐍/5
Salad and violent to the ears
Never heard of this band or album before, and after a single play I'm not sure whether this album should be on this list! Re-hashed matal/glam/punk tropes with risible lyrics.
Some of the song titles were pretty funny. As for the music, it was way too overproduced for my taste. Everything was sparkly clean even though the guitars were distorted. And the songs were just okay.
Generic and uninspired. Like a fake band from a Disney channel movie.
Meh. Another band that adored the Ramones but liked the muscled sound of late 90s amplifiers. They perfected their sound; to the point where the album is pretty monotonous. Ultimately, I heard nothing that I'll remember.
it was fine at first, but as it neared the end i just wanted it to be over lol
I need someone to explain this to me. It’s satire, right? Like “Rock Against Ass” and “Rendezvous with Anus” are jokes, right? I just am confused so some explanation would be nice. This is a good time if you don’t listen too closely. It’s glam-inspired punk, a combination I don’t know that I’ve ever thought of before. For what it is and what it’s trying to be, they pull that combination off well. But this self-aware, “we’re gonna say outrageous things because that’s might shock some people” kind of attitude has always struck me as a pretty childish form of surface level, superficial shock rock that doesn’t shock nearly as much as they’d expect. Or maybe they weren’t trying to shock anybody, but just thought it was funny. Well I thought it was just kind of dumb. Or maybe they’re completely serious, in which case I’m totally lost. Regardless, this album has its moments, just not enough to push it past two stars. Standout Tracks: Selfdestructo Bust, Prince of the Rodeo
For authors of Rendezvous With Anus they sound too soft. Yes, I expected some death metal and I'm disappointed. Of course it's punk Not the worst
starts out alright for what it is, but wears out its welcome quickly. there's a very cheeky unserious masculine energy to this, and it makes a lot of sense how tracks from this ended up on multiple Jackass soundtracks
Build up in the age of pamperius was notable & everything else not
Too loud for my taste.
Weird-ish punk-ish album. Some interesting sounds but didnt really hit for me. On the two side of 2.5.
Doesn't really stand out in anything in particular and thusly wears out it's welcome pretty fast, just your run of the mill 90's buttrock album.
Get it on was a rammer Other than that BORED
Heikohkoa suroittamista mutta natsavaaa musiikkia kitaraa vingutusta ja ovela esiimtyjä nimi...
So TBH, I had no idea what to expect from “Turbonegro” – as I had never heard of them before, and frankly – was a bit scared… Have to say that I was pleasantly surprised with this Norwegian hard rock band – especially musically – as sonically – they were right in my wheelhouse… I really enjoyed the music on this album, as there were numerous tracks that I thought were really well-done, as the musicianship was nothing short of outstanding – as most of the complex, guitar-driven compositions were excellent “meat and potatoes” hard rock… Favorite tracks – again based mainly for the instrumentation, were – - “Age Of Pamparius” - “Get It On” - “Monkey On Your Back” And the best track IMO was… - “Humiliation Street” That said, the same cannot be said for the lyrics and/or song titles – as lyrically, this sounds like it was written by Beavis & Butthead… I’m not even joking here… Seriously – the lyrical content of this album is THAT awful… And if “Rendezvous With Anus” & “Good Head” don’t paint the picture, and tell you everything that you need to know – then I don’t know what to say… Don’t think I’ve ever listened to an album where the gap between the high-quality musical content, and absolutely dreadful lyrics was ever THIS wide… Absolutely shocking… Someone should re-record these songs with new above-average lyrics and better vocal delivery (i.e. and I get that English is their 2nd language, but they’re barely pedestrian vocally…), and I bet this album would really sell well… Would give this a 3 based on the music, but a 1 based on the lyrical content – so it gets a frustrating 2 from me… Oh what could have been…
Ok, what to do with this one... Musically, it's a good album. Ignore the lyrics and keep your expectations on the low side and you'll have a good time. Turbonegro's energy is great and they can clearly make a good album. But the lyrics... guys, really? 'Rock Against Ass'? I'm tempted to think it's an elaborate joke that the fans are all in on but the band's attitude really comes across like a bunch of teenagers who feel like they're making the heaviest and most shocking music that was ever made. I mean, maybe if it had come out in the early 70s, but just throwing around swear words, seemingly aimlessly, is really not as edgy as they might think. The band name is suspicious but they claim it's not racist. I could suspend disbelief until I read about their blackface phase. Nope, sorry guys, I'm done. 1 extra star for some good rock music but it's not good enough to ignore the rest, which is just embarrassing.
Tää on just sitä Jackass/Tony Hawk -ränttätänttää mitä parikyt vuotta sitten porukalla kuunneltiin. Pitsabiisi oli ihan jees.
Apocalypse Dudes Never heard of Turbonegro or this album. The opening track starts out quite Oasis-like, with the acoustic and some Noel-esque lead, before going a bit Baba O’Riley before then turning into some kind of garage metal? The first two bits are fine, the last a bit boring, whatever you might call the style. And that's where it stays, a kind of hard rock garage punk type thing. Which is fine if you like that kind of thing but it’s pretty dul really, the occasional decent bit of riffing apart. I don’t really like his vocals either, a bit like the Hives singer but without the charm. I guess the lyrics are supposed to be deliberately provocative with tongue in cheek, but they just sound a bit lame and try hard. I guess it’s fine for what it is and trying to do, but to me it doesn’t even really work as a dumb fast rock album, it just feels kind of pointless. It’s not particularly exciting, it doesn't do anything particularly interesting, it just kind of exists as loud guitars and solos, a bit of shouting, some silly lyrics and not much else. The lack of harmonic, musical or instrumental variety starts to drag after about 4 songs and makes it a slog to get through. It’s not the worst album, but there seems to me to be a lot better examples of this kind of thing, so there’s no reason to ever come back to this. 🇳🇴🇳🇴 Playlist submission: The Age of Pamparius, as it’s the only one with anything vaguely different about it.
Production was good but the lyrics must’ve been done as a school project or smn
Lyrics ruin what would have otherwise been an awesome record. Guitar riffs, vocal talent, it’s all there. But the lyrics would’ve been better off written by AI
Middle school boys named these songs. Middle school boys might have written some of the lyrics. I find myself vibing and then I listen to the lyrics and I'm like ???
I actually liked the sound and hard rock vibe. Their lyrics are awful. Always surprised by the need to sing expletives and smut. Otherwise - great hard rock vibe!
Kinda boring for me. Probably fun live but even the mix was bland
Didn't listen to this all the way through. A lot heavier than I usually listen to.
An album called "Apocalypse Dudes" ooh I don't know about this. Not great. Doesn't come from a sincere place, all style and no substance. It's like they are consciously trying to make a mash-up of every heavy rock genre from glam to proto-punk (a term I violently disagree with, but that's for another time) to hair-metal. Well executed but puerile, with some very professional (too professional) playing. Anything resembling the sonic character of heavier genres like punk - the DIY aesthetic, a garage sound, etc. - are not present on this. Maybe that's the point. The best thing here is the instrumental break on "Prince of the Rodeo" which is otherwise almost unlistenable.
So at first I was like well this album may be getting a 4. I love the sound, it’s so punk and so fun, and the lyrics were kinda stupid but kinda funny. Then tracks 5 and 6 happened and I was like well now they’re down to a 3. I liked track 7. Then 8 and 9 were bleh and 10 was okay. 11 and 12 were pretty solid. And then we end on track 13. Because of that I think I’m going to land on a 2. Honestly if you could just cut out the lyrics for pretty much every song this album would be a 4 as just an instrumental.
WHY, why, WHY was this included on list??? Yes, they can play instruments but the lyrics are just so stupid. Sounds like they were written by some 12 year old kid
Solo me suena el nombre del grupo. Ya sé quienes eran. Prefiero los Hives y me han entrado ganas de escuchar Barracuda. Prescindible para mí, aunque no es malo.
Not good. Lyrics make no sense, and most songs are far too long and repetitive.
Just a bit too manic for my middle-aged ass.
Would you believe that I've heard this album before? I don't remember when or where but as each song played a feeling of familiarity washed over me. Really thats just a testament to how forgettable this album is. I can't wait to forget about it again.
25% fun, 100% forgettable
All the instruments sound so clear and it’s not even remastered - that’s some great sound engineering. Otherwise, sounds very much like the other rock albums we’ve heard so far.
I’m actually a little surprised this band didn’t make it bigger, at least on the radio. It was ok, probably wouldn’t reach for the album again, but it’s a solid album. Listen again: if I stumbled across it Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: first one
Very forgettable. Why is this here?
# 248 : I don't love it, I don't hate it, it's loud, splashy and directionless. Posers. An album which makes you reconsider whether there are as many as 1,001 albums you must listen to before you die.
Such a strange album. Really not great. 1.5/5
Kinda meh
Not so bad
Wow, I was enjoying this until they started to sing . Really strong guitar sounds underlying it all but the lyrics and voices are inane and juvenile. Oh well. 2 stars
All the good will I felt towards the first 30 seconds of this album evaporated very quickly once the dude started singing. And then to end on one of the blandest covers ever recorded. Let's just say it's not to my taste.
Not quite the music for me...
Punk glam indie metal?. Seen to say MF a lot. Shock value ? Dont really get it.
I had pretty low hopes for this given the terrible band name. It marginally exceeded them; some of this was ok despite the sophomoric lyrics. Some of it sounded a bit like the Hives.
Stupid name, stupid lyrics, and each song is way too busy. They need some lessons on restraint.
Not my jam
in one ear and out the other
Didn’t do much to keep my attention, : /
Some more salty language and a bit of confusion.
Hard rock, lidt punket, ikke så appellerende
I always thought Turbonegro was an EDM duo for some reason, them being punk rock and around for this long is hilarious to me.
2.5 kinda over the top but it was ok
I went to into this fully expecting to absolutely hate it. Mixing punk rock with glam rock, really? Is it absolutely necessary to mix the worst kind of rock with the second worst kind of rock? The first track actually surprised me though, by mostly being gritty guitar-driven hard rock, rather than anything else. It was actually nice. Then the second track while still boating solid instrumentation was unlistenable to me due to the horrible punk vocal lines. Track three was somewhere in the middle, with somewhat annoying vocals made tolerable by rock solid guitar work. For example, Prince Of The Rodeo is straight up fire without the vocals - just release it as an instrumental track and it would be awesome. The actual instrumental track, Humiliation Street is the best example of this. It's actually great, by far the best track on the album. I'd probably give an entire album like this 5 stars. This is how the album continues. Excellent guitar work on one side, versus hardly bearable vocals on the other. Which of those sides weighs heavier depending on the track. But generally speaking, I'd massively just prefer to listen to a good hard rock album that doesn't come with any of the punk baggage dragging it down. It was really hard to rate this one. But I was forced to skip too much of it to give it more than 2 stars.
Auch nicht so doll.
Upbeat glam rock, but with the lyrics of teenagers
The music wasn’t terrible but the lyrics and vocals were.
Aardige rockmuziek. Zitten leuke deuntjes bij. **
Hmm. Sorry but not really for me
Didn’t care for it. 2 stars.
Meh
If not for the very peurile humour, this Stooges rip off would have had very short shrift, but poo and sex jokes elevate it to mediocrity
What wasted potential. The band is really good and Euroboy plays some excellent guitar, but….. the “vocalist” and lyricist is/are soooo bad. The lyrics are some of the stupidest and most juvenile I have ever heard; and they all sounded out of date, even for the time in which it was written. It sounds like it was written and sung by some pimply-faced fourteen year old kid. Even the album cover and title are adolescent. A song about a pizza? Really? “Right on, get it on” shouted over and over like it was a profound rock anthem. They must have said “denim” and/or “dungaree” in at least four songs. Rock Against Ass? Are you kidding me. Profanity was used just to try and sound tough and shocking or “hip”. So pathetically stupid it made me laugh at the ridiculousness of it all. Instrumentalists get four stars - vocalist/lyricist get none. I’ll have to settle on two.
Malalatèt
norskt tittlingarokk. ef þetta var fyrirboði einhvers hef ég blessunarlega misst að honum. 2
Inte särskilt bra.
Perfect soundtrack for Beavis&Butthead
Shit lyrics and uninspired music.
This is just ok. Really don’t like the production, it does not allow the music to shine. It is all really derivative and I genuinely do not get why this on the list. And a called ‘Good Head’ just came on. Is it a parody? How tiresome and juvenile. A star off for that alone Music for 15 year old boys
Currently I have listened just the first track and all the other reveiws seems to be corect. What in the hell are those lyrics comoered to the flow of the songs. The music itself is somewhat enjoyable but dumb pizza lyrics take away the whole seriosness. If the song doesnt take itself serious wtf am I supposed to do. Personally it could get 3
This isn’t entirely terrible, but I can NOT get past the lyrics
Not really sure what this is trying to do. Is it fun? It is pastiche?
Cover Impressions: not expecting this to be an album id enjoy, but sometimes those are the ones that surprise me. LOL What a surprise. I did not expect to be baking a motherf*cking pizza tonight, but you pretty much have to after that opening track. I'm a big fan of silly songs, but I'll admit they can wear out their welcome pretty quick. "Rock against Ass" sure sounds like a silly song, but I don't quite get it. Then there are many more tracks that are just a bunch of teenage immature nonsense. Yes, I'm aware how old I sound saying that. High school me probably would have loved this, maybe not for the right reasons, but it is what it is. Favorite track "Age of Pamparaius" 2/5
Nice
What do you want to say... To me, all of these groups seem the same and I don't know what criteria the critic uses to classify them as better than others. Bored!
Dude can play guitar - as he shows by playing lots of notes, often at the same time at a high pitch. Ho hum.
These guys sound talented enough, but this type of music just isn’t my thing nowadays
Tried a couple of time to get into this one but I couldn't. It's not bad but not something that peaks my interest.
Maybe back in 98 when this album came out, the 17 year old me would of liked this, but not really a fan. A few tracks remind me of The Offspring....which I listened to alot in the mid-90s.
Everything about this is cringy. The name, the lyrics, the band's politics and opinions. I feel dumber having learned of these guys. I didn't hate it but I won't be revisiting this album.
Idk if this is supposed to be parody or not but I got a chuckle here and there. That doesn’t mean the lyrics aren’t supremely childish though. Like ‘good head’? Is this middle school? I was going to give it three stars, cause there’s still some fun riffs here, but then I found out they’re flat earthers. That’s stupid.
It was a decent album. Surprisingly I did not hate it. It was more of a punk album. None of the songs really stood out but I didn't skip any. It was a little too long.
Almost bearable punk with almost unbearable vocals. Low 2.
Just not good. Thumbs down for lyrics and vocals.
It was an album composed of multiple songs where music was involved as well as lyrics
(ntm.)
This just is uninteresting for me. It's like AC/DC with punk, but not in any way that is good. It's also corny. 1.5/5
Sounds like the public domain version of the THPS4 soundtrack.
Punk??
I've never heard of this album or artist before, so I had no idea what I was in for with this album. As the first track started, I thought there was a good chance that I was going to love this album. I loved the piano intro and how the heavy guitar riff was slowly worked in over it. Unfortunately, that was about as much of the album as I enjoyed. I'll admit that I enjoyed a lot of the guitar playing throughout the album, but there still really isn't that much of a unique sound from song to song, and there's really nothing interesting happening with the other instruments. The lyrics are... well, odd to say the least. At their best, they're nonsensical, and at their worst, they're nonsense with the occasional swear word tossed in to no effect. I think the only other nice thing that I can say about this album is that it probably wouldn't be terrible to work out to, but then again, there's about 1000 other things I'd rather listen to while working out. Overall, there's just nothing of note happening on this album, and I have no idea how the author of the 1001 Albums book came across this and decided to include it. Fun fact: I said "Turbonegro" out loud five times, and now I'm a GOP Senator.
This album is absolutely what I hoped it would not be after the first 2 tracks – a kind of PS2 butt rock soundtrack. If you were to just listen to a random song off this album, it’s probably a great burst of energy. Like, if you threw this album into a workout playlist and had a song occasionally come up on shuffle, I’m sure it would be a great boost. Yet, as a listening experience for a whole album, due to the lack of variance, it’s absolutely the least enjoyable of what we’ve done so far, at least to my ears, and I’m rating it a 2.
Didn't need to hear this weirdly unironic album. Did they listen to Kiss and Spinal Tap and want to mock it or honor it? No idea but wasn't a fan
Previous Familiarity: None This is the first album of this project that I had never heard of. After hearing it, it could have stayed that way. This is the generic quasi-punk meets hard-rock sound that the Ramones coasted on in the 80's. This was the sound of the Ramones in their least interesting phase, and apparently where Turbonegro live . Sounds like they're having fun, but unfortunately I wasn't.
Good guitar work, really well produced, but this album felt good for about 2 minutes and then It turns into weird mix of Glam metal and Ramones with some bad vocals and strange lyrics. For me It is kind weird for this album to be on this list, It does not feels memorable at all (I listened to worst stuff so far, but they were important somehow), so I went to look at the book and found this explanation below: " When other European rockers of the '90s were being influenced by Pearl Jam, Sevendust, or Radiohead, Oslo, Norway's Turbonegro decided to provide a throwback to the decadent, hedonistic glam metal, heavy metal, and hard rock of the '70s and '80s. Combine the influence of punk rock with traces of Alice Cooper, Mötley Crüe, Judas Priest, or Quiet Riot, and you've got Apocalypse Dudes, an in-your-face album that thrives on wild, rowdy, bratty fun. The whole thing is decidedly over-the-top, and titles like "Good Head," "Don't Say Motherfucker, Motherfucker," "Rock Against Anus," and "Zillion Dollar Sadist" end up turning this CD into a very entertaining and humorous caricature of pop-metal, hard rock, and punk. In fact, it's hard to miss the parallels between Apocalypse Dudes and Spinal Tap. But outrageousness alone wouldn't make this CD worthwhile — thankfully, Turbonegro has a lot of catchy, infectious hooks to back itself up. Alex Henderson" Personally, I feel that Spinal Tap is way better. 2/5
Not my jam
Bored me immensely
"I aint no architech Aint got the intellect" "Fornicator of the lasso Sperminator of the asshole" "Cheap thrills done and the dirt cheap ants 'Cause I got a headache in my pants" I was considering just leaving these actual lyrics from actual songs in here just by themselves, as they say a lot about the quality, but it wouldnt be fair to the music. The instrumental are quite nice, they sound punky, ramonesey, there is energy behind them. Some song progressions are nice, some solos are cool. The lyrics and vocals tho? Shiiiet, why bother? If its your fourth album, and these are the lyrics you are coming up with, just give up man. Most importantly, its most definitely not an important you really have to check before you croak. If you dont like punk like this, you arent going to get anything out of it, and if you, there are hundreds of bands that did it better, before and after this record. Significant 24/68 Liked 10/68 Added 3/68
English is clearly not their first language because the lyrics are cringe.
yeah this album didn't really move me. it's fine enough. not my preferred type of music but listenable. but uhh,,, the band name??? i had never heard of them, it seems like it's supposed to be ironic, at least according to wikipedia (based on what their other choice was) but then they made up some dumb story about no it's fast and dark! like our music! and i think that makes it worse somehow. antiracist or not, it feels like maybe not something we should go to the norse for.
Decent rock-style instrumentals mixed with mediocre pop punk-style vocals. 2.5 stars.
Dumb. The whole "punk rock party" thing was done better by Andrew WK and it wasn't even punk. Songs come and go and are barely interesting, just power chord after boring power chord. Lyrics are impressively bad and maybe you can argue "well that's the point!" Well that doesn't change the fact that I don't enjoy listening to it. This reminds me of what the Darkness went on to do except Turbonegro has more of a punk edge to it. Still, I think it's bad.
This does not qualify as metal. At best it’s pop punk.
I enjoyed the guitar work on this, and there's a glimmer of what could be some fun, hard party rock songs here. However the lyrical content is trying to hard to be edgy, it comes across as cringey and immature, unfortunately that spoils the whole record.
Mostly boring?
Tony Hawk music. I keep having to look at the song title to figure out if what I’m hearing is what they are actually singing about. Sure enough, ass… motherfucking… anus… “I got a headache in my pants” this is just one of those bands that can sing about anything and just brush over it. “Do you want to be a dirty boy?” “do you want to suck the cock tonight?” “You claimed the monkey shaved your balls” “sperminator of the asshole” The fuck am I listening to? Teenage boys going through puberty? I’m not a lyrics person but when the lyrics are so blatantly obnoxious it breaks me out of the song I have to dock points. I’m sure if I was 13 years old I would find this album great but those numbers are reversed and my taste has expanded beyond chicken nuggets and cheese pizza. Other than the lyrics being trash, the music felt like generic rock, punk. All I can say is “fuck you. I’d rather have some good head.” 4/10
You ever wanted to play Tony Hawk Pro Skater but have the music just be a little heavier and a lot worse? Then boy do I have the album for you! As a fan of the punk genre this hurts me but boy is this a let down. The album starts strong with the first 2 tracks but progressively gets worse the further you go and listen. After the first 2 tracks the music becomes average at best and in some songs downright butt rock. The lyrics are some of the worst shit I've ever heard in my life and if you like Beavis and Butthead then I guess you'll like this stuff. 4/10
Music was decent but the lyrics and song titles are beyond stupid. Maybe this was a joke or some other comedic stunt but it didn't work for me. In a way a shame because I do hear talent amongst the musicians.
Not really my taste
Kinda boring
Nothing special
The lyrics were very silly on this album. The music itself was fine but not something I’d come back to again. The lyrics unfortunately take away from this album for me
is it weird to say that this album bored me?
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
Glam punk, glam metal. Rollo.
So many better bands in this genre than Turbonegro. High school band wanting to be a bit punk and a bit harder rock. Lots of noise
What in Halo: Combat Evolved skateboard dorito chip is this shit and why is it on the list. Listening to the whole album on Spotify seems like the wrong way to consume this. I should be listening to crusty MIDIs of these songs while looking at a GIF of a flaming skull on an old GeoCities site. I love dumb music, but this is sadly kind of boring. Wasting such perfect song names like "Rendezvous with Anus" on a bootleg The Hives track.
Only slightly better than metal, slightly.
say it with me. fourth studio album. So much energy in this album. Not sure how you manage this night after night without some drugs involved. or ADHD. Some people walk against cancer. they rock against ass. Some people have booty calls. They have rendevouz with anus.
While there are standouts in Age of Pamparius, Zillion Dollar Sadist, and their cover of Bowie's Suffragette City for great guitar work, unfortunately the crass lyrics hold this group back.
An interesting snapshot of just how amateur rock had gotten before it really started to die out. There is an interesting DIY feel to the album, but due to the lyricism and boring instrumentation, I wanted others to do it for them by the end.
Kinda sounds like The Ramones had a baby with some poppy hard rock band like KISS. Some of it isn't TOO bad, but it all eventually blurs together into a mash of chugging guitar, wanky solos, and juvenile humor. Not for me.
*snore*
It sounds ok, I guess. It's energetic and loud, and the guitar player is pretty hot stuff, but the singer is rubbish and the adolescent sniggering lyrics and rock and roll posturing wear a bit. I mean, I can see the appeal, but it really wears its influences on its sleeve, so why wouldn't you just listen to Ziggy Stardust or any Motorhead record or something instead?
Really? I thought I had gotten through all of the lame ass, okay-guitars-shitty-voice, obnoxious punk albums earlier on this list. I'm completely over albums like this at this point so I'm just going to discuss my thoughts on the director's cut woodstock documentary I watched today: It's the best concert doc I've ever seen. It gives a perfect feel of what it would've been like to be there for the full three days and also does a great job of contextualizing how the event became what it was. My favorite parts were just the slice of life looks at how people acted and what they did in between sets as well as how the event functioned logistically. The sets were almost all great but I was surprised that they mostly avoided the most popular songs from each featured artist (i want to take you higher and purple haze being the most notable exceptions) and didn't show ccr or the band which were personal bummers. Joe Cocker was probably my favorite raw performance due to the sheer energy (it looks like he's having a full-body seizure at all times) and I can't recall one that I actively disliked. Overall, it was not only a great documentary but a piece of history in and of itself that functions as an archive of the greatest musical event ever. Also, I don't think I would've appreciated the doc as much had I not been doing this list because people like Joan Baez would've gone completely over my head while the doc simultaneously added context to some of the albums on the list I've gotten like Country Joe and the Fish and Joan Baez. This dumb punk album gets a 2 but this documentary gets a 5.
Very little to recommend here