Smartpunk US Schallplatten & CDs

Review: 1994. So much to answer for. Shallow Grave and Natural Born Killers at the cinema, chart-friendly hardcore pop punk in the charts. And Ten Foot Pole attempting to balance incessant touring of sk8r boi venues with the baseball career of frontman Scott Radinsky. Suffice to say, something had to give, and in the end Rev, the band's second album, would prove to be the last with his vocals. As fans will confess, attempting to keep up with lineup changes in the Pole has never been easy - Wikipedia lists 19 past and four current members on the group's page. Flux infinitum aside, listening back to the sophomore LP 30 years on and it's hard to deny there's a feeling of raw, unfettered heyday here. An outfit sounding as God, or at least the spirit of baggy jeaned and ollie-busting guitar tunes, intended them to.