(Maybe?) Their Last Classic LP.

Ahh, 1997. The Souls. These guys were my favorite live band through much of the 90's. It was a toss up between them and Citizen Fish. So maybe I was a dumb kid, but yo, I'd have knocked you on yr ass at a Fish or Souls show, and f you too.

Anyway, this was the last good album they put out - Twice as fast as anything they had done previous, and ten times faster than anything they've done since, this was the last record they did with their original drummer, Shal, who totally had a unique style of playing that complemented them perfectly. I remember when this record was about to drop, being really upset that they had signed to Epitaph - Don't let the label on this LP fool you. Really. This record f ing rules.

Bouncing Souls - S/T

You know, now that I listen to this, I remember it being a lot better. It's still a quality listen, and has a few tracks, but I would still say that Maniacal Laughter is still their classic Lp.

Could be the difference between enjoying listening to a record and settling for a dl? Maybe the difference in me now and me in 97-98?

Whateva.

Still a couple real fast tracks (hard to use hyperbole e.g. "ragers" was the word I wanted to use, but then you compare this to something like Infest and it seems pretty wimpy...) that makes me wish they had done a whole album of that kind of stuff. It wouldn't have to be more than 16 minutes long or so...

This link was originally posted @ HC Pride. Pay them a visit. The site documentation is all in Portugese, but band and album names are in english, where appropriate. Very complete NOFX posts, if you are into that kind of thing (like I am)...