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AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED / ANS  Tribute To Gang Green  5" VINYL   (Tank Crimes)   5.98
Tribute To Gang Green IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE FOR ORDER

This short little 5" platter is a mutual ode to the legendary Beantown hardcore band Gang Green, specifically their late 80's crossover era. The crazed grind duo Agoraphobic Nosebleed (here in duo mode with Scott Hull handling both guitar and drums, no drum machine this time) team up with West Coast rippers ANS to cover one Gang Green jam apiece, with ANS throwing out an additional original of their own. Pressed on "beer piss yellow" vinyl and housed in a great looking sleeve with killer booze-geyser skate-skull artwork from Tall Boy, this is a quick shot of nuclear energy for fans of old school crossover...

The guys in Agoraphobic Nosebleed pound out a cover of the classic Gang Green anthem "Alcohol" that's surprisingly straightforward, no blastbeats or crazed grind riffing, just a burly, faithful cover complete with wailing wah-wah rock solos, a straight thrash attack that time warps back to 1987.

On the flipside, ANS open with their own cover of another Gang Green beer-guzzlin' whiplash anthem, "Let's Drink Some Beer", which is likewise pretty faithful to the original, although ANS pump it up with an added shot of metallic muscle. It's a goddamn ripper. That's paired up with one of their own songs that's exclusive to this split, the heavy metallic punk-thrash of "Bl'azing Saddles", itself stuck in a late 80's time warp which appears to be what this Cali band specializes in; think DRI, Gang Green, No Mercy, Whermacht, that sort of blistering speed-core laced with ferocious midtempo pit-riots and plenty of high speed fury.