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Apocalypse Wow!

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1.	The Feel Good Intro 01:18	info	buy track
2.	Spring Break Babylon 01:34	info	buy track
3.	She's (The Dirty) Bomb! 01:31	info	buy track
4.	Slaves To The Metal Horde 01:12	info	buy track
5.	Journey To The Center Of The South Bay 01:12	info	buy track
6.	"I'll Kill Nader Myself." 01:03	info	buy track
7.	Brand New Hate 01:34	info	buy track
8.	Laced 00:54	info	buy track
9.	Satan Has Left The Building 01:00	info	buy track
10.	Steel Belted Rivals 00:54	info	buy track
11.	"My Name Is Shahboz" 01:06	info	buy track
12.	You're > .05 01:00	info	buy track
13.	Point Doom 02:45	info	buy track

about

Rising from the ashes of legendary Venice hardcore band SCAREDYCAT, APOCALYPSE WOW! boast a more melodic - yet still apocalyptic - expression of musical chaos.

"Finally a fucking band that's got it right. Someone has released a political punk record that has a sense of humor and doesn't pander to angsty crybaby political emos, and artlessly mindless anarcho-screamos. This cadre of radicals, who go by the names T-ball, Scott and Shahboz, have somehow smashed crash & bash hardcore and slamming noisecore together into a stick of dynamite concealed in a tiny plastic container. There's nothing straight up about it as it bleeds one sub-genre into another, fleshy vocals bleeding all over concrete chords. They are mostly high-speed merchants ramming against the oppression of heavy metal (dig this great title: "Slaves to the Metal Horde") and other brands of fascism. The songs are curt and the tone is caustic, but there is a sense of ironic awareness built into the danger. I could pick apart each song and describe its finer points, but this is a record to be heard. Don't know how well distributed this will be, but find somewhere and pass it around." - SHREDDING PAPER JUNE '05

"This nuclear-powered trio delivers a payload of crunchy, noisy and fast punk that definitely has that BLACK FLAG-meets-surf-music punk edge." - MAXIMUMROCKNROLL, December 2004

"Apocalypse WOW! bring some raw fast punk, with metally and hardcore and grind bits thrown in. The production is a bit on the raw side giving it a nice edge. Good lyrics too, political and humorous at times. Good stuff from this 3 piece. 13 tracks in 17 minutes.... finished off with a few words from the one and only Dubya!"
-HARDCORE TIMES, Ireland, October 2004

"Bracing anti-war, anti-bigot sentiments can be heard on the self-titled debut album from LA's Apocalypse WOW! The idea of lacing hardcore punk with '60s surf guitar 'n' drums is far from new, but these guys use the latter elements for propulsion rather than ornamentation. Radiation-burn surf meditations like "Journey To The Center Of The South Bay" and "Point Doom" fill me with civic pride. A-"
-MEANSTREET, March 2005

credits

released September 1, 2004

T-Ball is guitar
Scott is traps
Shahboz is bass

Recorded and produced pre-nuke by Scott in July 2004 at our practice space.
Cover design by www.strengthofone.com

Pre-Wow:
scaredycat.bandcamp.com

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Apocalypse Wow! Los Angeles, California

"Finally a fucking band that's got it right. Someone has released a political punk record that has a sense of humor and doesn't pander to angsty crybaby political emos, and artlessly mindless anarcho-screamos."

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