Customer Reviews:
 It's The Bronx. It's Awesome. Obviously! November 12, 2008
Sarge (Wolves)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This was actually release yesterday. Another prime example of the UK being the last to get the best stuff!
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br /On the first listen I thought they'd taken a couple of steps back with their sound, as it's all pretty much the same tempo throughout. Then I realised that with those extra two steps they can just get more leverage to smack you round the face with utter rock n roll power!!
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br /If you're a fan of The Bronx, then this album will just confirm how awesome you already knew they were. If you're not a fan of The Bronx you should be. And you should buy this album cuz it's sure as hell the best rock n roll album since their last album 2 years ago!!
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br /Just to explain... it's loud, it's fast, it's groovy, it's soulful and it's real. Exactly...It must be awesome to be all that!!
They've done it again. November 25, 2008
C. Pointon (Staffordshire)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I thought the last album, 'The Bronx II', was as good as it could get for modern punk rock. When I listened to 'The Bronx III', as Sarge says in his review, I thought my expectations that they couldn't better their previous effort were accurate. In a way, I was right. This album is not better than the previous record. After a few listens, however, it becomes clear that it definitely is just as awesome, just as heavy, just as exhilerating, just as flawless. The Bronx know how to make the perfect rock record. They did it once, and then, to prove that it was no fluke, they did it again. Granted, it's no huge evolution in sound, although there is a subtle change; a bit of roll has been added to the rock, some of the riffs on this record are stunning. But progression doesn't matter when you're already as good as it gets, when you're so untouchable and peerless, why fix what ain't broken?
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br /Personally, I'm not convinced that both albums weren't flukes. I need more proof. At least another two records, just like this. Please.
Third killer album from LA punks January 4, 2009
M. J. Pucci (Milton Keynes, UK)
How much do I love the Bronx? Answer: a lot. Why? Well, in a word: passion. They're a punk band that plays rock 'n' roll music - or maybe it's the other way round. Whatever you wanna call it, the Bronx do it with nothing less than less than 100% commitment. It's genuine, honest and direct. It's also sweaty and desperate; raucous, loud and utterly liberating. Case-in-point: the LA quintet's third eponymous album opens with a track called 'Knifeman', on which hoarse-voiced vocalist Matt Caughthran bellows the lines "I wanna be original, I wanna be surrounded by art/But everything is digital, the formula is falling apart" over a simple, stabbing riff. By the end of the song - via a couple of equally simple yet highly effective chord changes - he's screaming for you to "tear it down!" like his life depends on it. If you're anything like me, you'll be screaming along with him.
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br /There's nothing ironic about Caughthran's lyrics - although they are infused with a healthy dose of humour in places - or indeed, the Bronx's music. But rarely does it fail to hit the mark. The key here is the honesty and - again - the passion with which they deliver it. And the fact that the band - who comprise guitarists Joby J. Ford and Ken Horne, bassist Brad Magers and drummer par excellence Jorma Vik - are great song-writers, who understand, among other things, the value of a good old-fashioned, sing-along chorus. As simple as they may seem, these songs are far from formulaic (no super-fast SoCal punk for the scenesters here) and one gets the impression that if Charles Bukowski were still alive and writing today, the Bronx would be providing the soundtrack to the beat poet's tales of nights and days spent in the bars and on the streets of Hollywood.
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 digital beast June 24, 2009
S. Collins (UK)
Not sure if bronx could write a bad record. This album is consistent in good songs yet at times it doesn't hold me as much as previous albums... can't quite put my finger on it... definately recommended though..
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