The Resignation (Bonus DVD)

Artist: RX Bandits
Label: Drive-Thru
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 602498604908
EAN: 0602498604908
ASIN: B0000A0DW5

Release Date: 2003-07-15

The Resignation (Bonus DVD)

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Tracks:

Sell You Beautiful
Prophetic
Newstand Rock (Exposition)
Overcome (The Recapitulation)
Never Slept So Soundly
Taking Chase As The Serpent Slithers
Republic
Mastering The List
Falling Down The Mountain
Dinna-Dawg (And The Inevitable Onset Of Lunacy)
Pal-Treaux
Decrescendo

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Customer Reviews:

SKANK!.......2005-09-18

Assuming the acid-wrought art damage cover art didn't immediately pique interest, here is a consumer exercise:

Imagine your favorite punk rock album. Now, replace the sloppy playing, half-baked guitar solos, and whiny, Rotten vocals, and replace them with one of the tightest rhythm sections ever witnessed by human ears, gorgeous, harmonized sax-plus-trombone riffs, and a singular voice that positively drips sincerity.

You're not listening to the radio. You're listening to the RX Bandits firing a shot across its bow.

Whichever background you hail from, there's something to like on "The Resignation." From blistering punk rails against superficiality ("Sell You Beautiful") to politically-charged reggae rave-ups ("Overcome"), to moody, dark dance-rock that, for once, actually takes absolutely no inspiration from Depeche Mode at all ("Taking Chase As The Serpent Slithers"), it's a record that fires on all cylinders and never fails to deliver ("Decrescendo"). If none of this is intriguing, there's also at least one 7+ minute prog-flavored adventure present, and enough energy to power a steel drum factory.

You can complain about the lyrics in a time where one of the recent pop hits of the moment included the line "you make me wanna la-la." You can pretend that it's not interesting music and that you're "above" such "juvenile" endeavors. You can even play the part of the checker-pantsed ska ubermensch and myopically declare that there are better ska records to be found, in blind assumption of a singular genre's uncontested dominion over all things musical (see: metalheads).

You can do any or all of these things... and you can also get the hell out of my car/apartment/place of business.

The Evolution of Ska.......2005-04-18

WOW! I've never seen such an amazing display of lyrical power, musical talent, and sick guitar parts! The Rx Bandits take a genre made famous by bands like Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish, and throw their own little dark twist on it. Add a little reggae, shake vigorously for 10 minutes, and you've created the Rx Bandits. Definitely a ska band Brad Nowell of Sublime would be proud to listen to.

The CD has 12 songs on it:
1. Sell You Beautiful (9/10)- an amazing intro song, to show the lyrical power of these musical masterminds. the song is very fast and catchy, about society's desire to be physically perfect by whatever means necessary.
2. Prophetic (10/10)- this song starts out completely amazing with the trumpets, so you're instantly left to think "it can't get much better than that," but the powerful guitars and lyrics about depression, drugs, and cutting leave this to be an emotional masterpiece.
3. Newsstand Rock (Exposition) (8/10)- after prophetic, this song brings it down just a bit. It's a wonderful experience nonetheless.
4. Overcome (the Recapitulation) (12/10!!)- with a name like that, you can't go wrong! This song has an amazing reggae beat to it, and no chorus whatsoever, yet it is probably my favorite jam on the cd. It's about the flaws of capitalism
5. Never Slept So Soundly (10/10)- The guitars make this song, without a doubt! The chorus guitar part starts off with some very fast skips, then bolts into a very heavy explosion, and repeats about 4 times for each chorus. The lyrics themselves are powerful as well
6. Taking Chase as the Serpent Slithers (7/10)- this song doesn't have the same energy as the last 5, but is still quite good.
7. Republic (5/10)- another anti-government song. The cd would be fine without this track.
8. Mastering the List (10/10)- the longest song on the cd, being about 7 minutes long, but it's worth every second. it's hard to listen to this song and not get up and bust a move!
9. Falling Down the Mountain (7/10)- nothing too spectacular, yet still the Bandits at their best.
10. Dinna-Dawg (and the Inevitable Onset of Lunacy) (8/10)- the progressive explosion for the ending starts here in my opinion. this song is quite brilliant as well, but not quite the calibur of some of the others.
11. Pal-treaux (10/10)- this song should fool a brilliant music fan into thinking that it's the end. it seems to be all wrapped up and the stylistic changes in this song would make it an amazing ending song as well. Yet there's still more...
12. Decrescendo (15/10!!!!!!)- the god-like epitome of ska-core music. Decrescendo is without a doubt the most brilliant song on the cd, and my second favorite jam. The lyrics are powerful, and they alter their style a few times. It's finished off with an amazing minute of straight jamming.

Dark ska, what a beautiful experience!

Fantastic album!.......2005-01-22

I absolutely loved this album. Their amount of rockage reached an ultimate peak, but I did have one thing bother me. The lyrics, though worded beautifully, were a bit preachy. It had a little bit of a "you're a bad person and you should change yourself to be like me" feel to it.

But with that aside, a marvelous musical masterpiece of rock/ska/reggae. Definitely worth the money!

one of the best albums of all time.......2004-10-15

musically, this is the best album so far by rx bandits. Being a huge punk/ska fan and a sax player myself, i was at first disappointed by the lack of horns. But there is so much going on in every song the album just doesnt ever get old. My personal favorite album.

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Artist Selects ~ Kenny Burrell

Summer Jazz ~ Various Artists

1955-1960 ~ J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding

Aventure Québécoise ~ Doppelmoppel

Virtuosi ~ Paul Bley

New Celtic Dimensions ~ Various Artists

Fiaba Grande ~ Ivan Della Mea

Sings Toru Funamura V.1 ~ Hibari Misora

Water ~ Bonobos