Articles by Rob Ferraz

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  Very Metal

  Hit And Run

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  With a name like Very Metal, you may think you're in for some long hair and wailing guitar solos, but think again. This St. Louis quartet t...

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  Beltones

  Cheap Trinkets

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  This sounds more like something that would be born of some grey-walled housing estate in the UK than the product of sunny Florida. Taking t...

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  Kosher

  Self Control

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  Small town punk rock comes across with a genuine earnestness that goes hand in hand with, well, coming from a small town. Maybe it’s the la...

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  Various

  Punkzilla

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  Punkzilla is a Nitro Records comp with a little more. In addition to the 20 tracks from a whole bunch of their bands, they’ve also included...

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  Sainte Catherines

  The Machine Gets Under Way

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  The best thing to come out of Montreal in awhile returns with eight songs of wistfully melodic emo punk. Being on a U.S. label should go a...

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  Paintbox

  Singing Shouting Crying

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  Not to be confused with the Toronto indie rock band of the same name, this Japanese outfit is here to steamroll your senses. Playing fast a...

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  River City Rebels

  Playing To Live… Living To Play

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  The second record from this small-town Vermont septet far exceeds the promise shown on their debut, Racism, Religion and War. They’ve grown...

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  Virus Nine

  What Are You Afraid Of?

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  These North Western "oi” punks are all about unity, boots ’n’ braces and booze. So it’s not as if there’s anything groundbreaking here. Eve...