Articles by Rob Ferraz

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  Squad Five-0

  Bombs Over Broadway

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Squad Five-0 try and fail at recreating '80s L.A. glam rock, à la Cinderella, Faster Pussycat and much of the other stuff that was big at t...

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  Stand

  Stand

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Chicago's the Stand blend infectious '60s soul and bubblegum pop with some two-tone ska and come up with a winning combination on their deb...

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  Various

  The Isle of Spight

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  This is for all those poor souls out there who weren't among the 200,000 who travelled to the South Pacific Isle of Spight for this epic ro...

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  Embodyment

  The Narrow Scope of Things

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  This record almost seems to be two different bands. It starts off with a driving, Far Side type of emo song called "Winter Kiss" and then s...

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  Hoax Inc.

  All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Go

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  Take a bit of the Saints, the Stooges, the New York Dolls and the Rolling Stones and dress it up with some old fashioned dirty bar rock and...

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  Horace Pinker

  Pop Culture Failure

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  One of the problems with pop punk is that there are so many damn bands out there it's hard to keep up. The unfortunate result is that some...

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  Huevos Rancheros

  Muerte Del Toro

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  After ten years, Calgary's three kings of instrumental surf and rockabilly are still doin' it in style. They tip their hats to the likes of...

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  J Church

  One Mississippi

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  For the better part of the last decade, San Francisco power pop trio J Church have released a wealth of material including countless single...