Face the Waste

One of the first bands I saw at South By Southwest this year was Municipal Waste. I’d heard the name, and about fifteen people had told me that I’d fucking love them if I listened to them. Well, they played at Red 7 the night before the music portion of the conference kicked off, and they were almost more of a draw than Naked Raygun.

Really, I’ve never seen a crowd go off like that. It was crazy and amazing, and full of finger-pointing, and “Headbanger Face Rip” was stuck in my head for two weeks afterwards. It’s fucking fun in the way that no band since Murphy’s Law has really been able to be. They sing about partying, beer, and thrashing, combining Suicidal Tendencies’ thrash, Murphy’s Law’s hardcore, and every Thrasher skate rock act ever. It’s a party.

Earache just issued The Art of Partying on picture disc, but deleted the regular vinyl – meaning you now have to pay too much money on eBay for a record that will actually play. A note to record labels: if you release a record as picture disc, you are morally obligated to release a regular vinyl version (colored is okay) for those of us who like to actually play our records, rather than just look at them. Picture discs are pretty, but they either sound like ass, or skip like crazy. Either way – you need to get The Art of Partying, either via eBay, compact disc, or shitty sounding (but pretty) picture disc.

“Headbanger Face Rip”