Its difficult to believe that these Australian blokes have been hard for 20 years now, without the aid of Viagra. Then again, when they arent pounding themselves, theyre pounding their instruments and consistently releasing humorous high quality recordings, efforts that are unfortunately often overlooked. After all, the Hard-Ons were playing a punk, metal, and pop fusion when it wasnt so lucrative to be doing so. And now that theyre older and fatter, its doubtful that theyll be gracing any glossy magazine covers. That being said, Very Exciting will please those fans now over 30 years of age or any new fan lucky to stumble upon this little audio erection disc. And if thats not the cats ass, then their homage to electronic music is: "Every time I hear techno I pray for death.
(Bad Taste)Hard-Ons
Very Exciting
BY Shawn MerrillPublished Aug 1, 2003