CD Review: Various Artists - "Punk Goes 90’s 2" (Fearless Records)
The thing about Punk
Goes 90’s 2, the 15th (yes, you read that right) installment of
Fearless Records’ long running Punk Goes…
series and second in the Punk Goes 90’s
line, is, as with the majority of, if not all, its predecessors, a potpourri of
mixed results. However, in the case of Punk
Goes 90’s 2, the results are more often than not positive. For starters, Get
Scared plays things close to the vest on Lit’s “My Own Worst Enemy,” as does
the Color Morale on Foo Fighters’ “Everlong.” This approach doesn’t always work
however, as Mayday Parade (Bush – “Comedown”) and Yellowcard (Smashing Pumpkins
– “Today”), who play things perhaps a little too straight (seriously, what is
up with Ryan Key’s voice?) on their respective offerings. On the opposite side
of the spectrum, Hands Like Houses (Natalie Imburglia – “Torn”) and Motionless
In White (Rammstein – “Du Hast”) are utterly brilliant and near flawless in
their execution. Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! deliver a memorable performance on Smashmouth’s
“All Star” and it really is about time someone gave that sterile tune a kick in
the pants. On the contrary, Falling In Reverse’s cover of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s
Paradise” is perplexingly bad and wholly terrible. It’s a jumbled mess to say
the least, which is entirely surprising since frontman Ronnie Radke moonlights
as a rapper. Punk Goes 90’s 2 is good
– you just have to take the bad with the good.
Grade: B
Go Download: Motionless In White – “Du Hast”
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