China Drum put out 1 CD as Drum called Diskin
If it's 50% as good as Goosefair I'll be very happy. Wasn't aware of Self Made Maniac - it's on overnight delivery rignt now.
Where are they?
They are even better live. A power-punk masterpiece. Which begs the question. . . Where has China Drum gone?? Did they break up??
Does anyone know???.
The drum are back
The opening tracks 'One thing' and 'Guilty Deafness' are not typical China D but convey a more darker side to the band, but not that dark to be not China Drum. When I first heard this record, I was a little disapointed because the last one 'Goosefair' is one of my all time favourite albums, but after a while it really sings through. From then on it gets more happier and typically China Drum , particularly 'Fiction of Life','All I wanna Be'and 'Down by the River'. The track that makes this album however is 'Stop it all adding up', thisa is one of the best songs I have ever heard. This album is great and a great follow up to the last effort, I can't wait to see what comes next.
Where's the competition ?
This albumn is faultless, "fiction of life" is an anthem for the late nineties, "Down by the River", "60 Seconds" what a record, and I foolishly thought that their cover of "Wuthering heights" couldn't be bettered before the millenium, well they've written a whole albumn to prove me wrong. This is what it's all about; since the Clash vacated their crown there's been a void in the music scene that's been fleetingly filled by a few bands, early Public Enemy, Janes Addiction, Living Colour, Nirvana and Manic St Preachers to name a few, however some shockingly bad attempts at "punk" have been shifting millions of units to the kids, god knows why when there's a band like China Drum out there, if they don't make it then there's no hope for this generation.
This is an intense punk band with some actual talent !!!
The well-written lyrics deserve an "A" also. Don't let my my words influence your possible purchase of this album (or any other album by China Drum);however, I will tell you that you won't find another punk album with the combination of hard-core drama and shear beauty that this album achieves. Move the outta the way all of you MTV "generation X", punk-wanna-be, novelty bands!! China Drum is the real deal. . . . . . "Self Made Maniac" deserves a perfect rating because the album provides a variety of styles and spontenuity within each song. Check out "fiction of life" and "all i wanna be". This is a hard core punk band;however, the lyrics and instrumentation are clear (as well as beautiful). . . illustrating an ACTUAL talent (were as some "punk" bands get off on nonsense screaming, and lyrics about beating someone up at a party). Check China Drum out. . . for your sake!.
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