- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Roger Miret and the Disasters
Album: Gotta Get Up Now
Label: People Like You
Playtime: 31:39 min
Genre: Punk
URL: http://www.allmusic.com/album/gotta-get-up-now-r2113352/review
Rip date: 2011-02-05
Street date: 2011-01-25
Size: 57.02 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 238 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
You can certainly say that Roger Miret has led a full life. Few can claim
they lent a major hand in the creation of hardcore (as the lead singer of
Agnostic Front), and are still rocking decades later. But Miret fits this
description, as evidenced by the 2011 release by Roger Miret & the Disasters,
titled Gotta Get Up Now. For those expecting the tough-guy hardcore of
Agnostic Front, you're looking in the wrong place, folks. But for those in
search of an upbeat, good time, modern-day punk rock record, Gotta Get Up Now
fits the bill. That said, the album is not as raw sounding as you'd expect
from a hardcore punk veteran (it possesses a surprisingly glossy production)
and contains more than a passing resemblance to such punk revivalists as
Rancid. But Miret's enthusiasm for punk rock shines throughout the album's 14
tracks, which is an undeniable adrenaline rush from beginning to end. Case in
point, such stand-out selections as the album-opening "Stand Up and Fight,"
as well as "We're Gonna Find a Way" and the title track, while "Tales of a
Short Haired Boy" contains a gang chorus that brings to mind Miret's hardcore
days. And Miret appears to still have an appreciation of a good,
old-fashioned brouhaha, as evidenced by the lyrics of "Bare Knuckle Brawler"
(as well as its obvious song title). The fact that Roger Miret is still
kicking out the jams as enthusiastically as he does throughout Gotta Get Up
Now is quite an accomplishment.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Stand Up and Fight ( 2:00)
02. The Enemy ( 2:10)
03. We're Gonna Find A Way ( 3:14)
04. Faded ( 1:26)
05. Gotta Get Up Now ( 3:49)
06. My Own Way ( 2:22)
07. Outcast Youth ( 2:36)
08. Tales Of A Short Hair Boy ( 1:34)
09. Tonight's The Night ( 1:36)
10. Bareknuckle Brawler ( 2:29)
11. Red White and Blue ( 1:45)
12. Road To Nowhere ( 2:43)
13. City Soldiers ( 1:39)
14. Bonus Track... JR ( 2:16)
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