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THEY CAME, THEY SPAT, THEY LEFT

Guy De Federicis | east of here | 06/05/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As if The Standells, (Dirty Water), in an act of garage rock preservation, were put in a time machine in 1966, to reemerge in 1989, as violent psychopaths brandishing broken beer bottle necks and hyperdermic needles, in an experiment gone horribly wrong. This six song EP from 1989, reissued by Jade Tree Records in 2002, by a Washington DC punk band who must have self destructed by now, is a raw and furious act of defiance and decrepit artistic vision. The lead singer, certainly on the verge of some kind of a breakdown, scowls snotty temperments of advanced teen angst, like trouble in relationships, the trouble being he killed his girlfriend. At least he thinks so in "Shotgun". He notes, "She ain't breathing/She's gotta hole in her head/Where did her eyes go?". Yeah, she's dead. This may be the same girlfriend who in "Circle of Lies", gets under his tight skin with the comment, "I like your friends". Certainly the stuff to drive men into psychopathic rages. Not to condone violence against women, the band goes way out into the left field of sociological mayhem by album's end and self destructs. It's a gallant exit."

Too bad they didn't last longer

thelittlebard | 04/02/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"FURY was one of the best hardcore bands to come out of the DC area in the late 80s. The songs are fast with intense driving guitar parts and decent vocals. This is a good CD for fans of most early Dischord bands like Minor Threat, Government Issue, Iron Cross, or even Fugazi. Definitely worth it to get this release."