I first posted this ten years ago today, and it was just the dose I needed this morning. THE SIX AND VIOLENCE were from Queens (not New Jersey, as I stated back in 2010) and left us a criminally small number of recordings after their twenty year run came to an end, but maybe that's for the best? Sure "Fascist Ice Cream" is a winner (and a banger), and when these (former) kids want to turn it up the results are formidable, but if there's an argument the hardcore falls short when it systemically trades intensity for irreverence then I think that argument has some validity. Then again, THE SIX AND VIOLENCE didn't intend to be analyzed when they were writing "Commando Raid On Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" 35 years ago, and they shouldn't be. So crank those hollow box drums on "Fuck This" and reminisce about Reagan.
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