[Comments] Latest Comments from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-us Copyright 1998-2013 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html webmaster@ultimate-guitar.com Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:11:58 -0400 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:28:03 -0500 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/img/logo_rss.gif http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ 144 44 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_1 Onto to track two. USA-Holes. This track is awesome. Mike references a car crash to how we feel in North America today about our society/goverment. He also references the Titanic, comparing it to the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. "We saw the iceberg from fifteen miles away. The captain orders the ship to stay on course....." You can totally feel Mike's contempt for our prez. He made me feel it, too. Great.

Track 3....Seeing double at the triple rock. This song opens with a great riff. Sandin's kit rips onto the scene shortly thereafter. Apparently, the Triple Rock is a bar in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it's a great place to be stuck during inclement weather. There are more great Fatty-styled referances here. In the chorus, he talks about being at the church of alcoholics, and how the congregation can't be broken. Praying that the taps will keep the holy water flowing. Key kicks, and communion and a long night of confessions, coming home afternoon seems to raise a lot of questions. When in Minnesota, and you've got a drinking quota...." This song was also on their EP a few weeks ago. (Go buy it! It's got a Darby Crash/Pat Smear song on it!!!)

Next... "We march to the beat of indifferent drum"... This track starts with a small couple-chord intro...Then it goes straight into a very laid back, very jazzy bassline as Mike's vocals tell us of our asses being in the air and our heads in the ground. How unwilling to see hear all these truths about America we are. How sugar-coated all of our truths are. Really, this track makes me want to stop the record, and put on the Decline. In the chorus, there are some excellent "AAAhs" on the part of Melvin and Hefe.

The next track is also on the EP.(Did you buy it yet? Hurry up!)The Marxist brothers. A great song about hanging out lots of shit. References ebay, when he says, "If my bid was enough to get Today's Empires are tomorrow's ashes on Soviet red vinyl." (A Propaghandi record) Definitely not my fave.

Next up is "The Man I killed" It's so obvious. I'm pretty sure it was on purpose. This song has a happy feel, but not in contrast to the lyrics. The music has kind of a laid back country kind of feel. I appreciate this song a lot, not liking our president, or his ways.
Another cool song where Fatty drags out lyrics over the entire song, almost seamlessly.

Next up. Benny Got Blowed Up... This was on one of the NOFX 7" of the month club vinyls. (Yeah, I've got all of them, on colored vinyl!) This song is about a guy that seems to have been through a lot of shit. One day, he decides to go around ****in everybody, everything, and himself up. Maybe Benny has always been that way. Great guitars. Very hot intro. I really love the change from the verse to the chorus. Great hook in the chorus, thanks to the ways that their vocals and guitars mesh. Sandin's drums are pretty simple on this one, but wait till the next track....

Leaving Jesusland....One of my favorites. This song is totally true. It's about how much most of this country's people are over here on the east coast. I completely concur with Mike that "They gotta punch new holes in the bible belt." Melvin and Hefe's guitars really shine on this one, too. Beautiful palm-muting all throughout on this one. The second time they play the verse, there's this really rad "root-octave" part that's muted. Melvin's backing vocals, "They don't want visitor's in Jesusland..." are really in place. I really like the bridge, too. It lifts you all the way up, and then they drop you right back down and into the palm-mutes. Alright, I've said too much, I think.

High on the DL... Another one from the 7" club. This is a cool song about exactly what it connotates. More palm-muting. Hefe's backups mix right into this with ease. One cool thing about this track... on the 7" of the month club, there was a WAAAAY better solo.

Next is Cool and Unusual Punishment. This song is one of the best from the 7" club. I think it was on a bright blue vinyl. It's about S&M in Japan. Awesome. "Rope, and cigarette burns, and forget about any health concerns..." Also, after the choruses, there is this little riff that Hefe does. It evokes thoughts of the Beetles, I'd say. It's this twangy-ass Richenbacker-type sound.It almost sounds out of tune. It fits very nicely. They close the song with the phrase "Try explaining this to your significant other... good ****ing luck!"


Finally, we've got the title track. Great. Such clean guitars, but overdriven bass. Nice combo. Until Mike tells us we're this planet's kidney stone. With that, we go straight into total radness. Awesome picking on this one. Melvin's octave parts are totally into place. Along with Hefe's solo. Good old fashioned fast, kick your ass NOFX song. Reminis
POSTED: 04/21/2006 09:37am]]> Comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:37:01 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_2 POSTED: 04/21/2006 10:04am]]> Comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:04:59 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_3 POSTED: 04/21/2006 10:26am]]> Comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:26:06 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_4 Everything is catchy and memorable, except for
maybe one or 2 songs. I love it
POSTED: 04/21/2006 11:02am]]> Comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:02:28 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_5 zappp m :
hey dude... how about submiting your review thru a submit form, rather then posting it as a comment?

seriously.
POSTED: 04/21/2006 02:11pm]]> Comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:11:39 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_6 POSTED: 04/21/2006 03:12pm]]> Comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:12:22 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_7 POSTED: 04/21/2006 05:43pm]]> Comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:43:05 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_8 POSTED: 04/21/2006 06:14pm]]> Comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:14:58 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_9 POSTED: 04/21/2006 06:36pm]]> Comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:36:43 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_10 First of all, we start out with "60%", which is basically an anthem of half-assedness about how little these guys have to try to completely immerse us in their music. It starts out with acoustics, and then hardens up, as Mike's vocals ring out: "Welcome to our mission statement...." and for the next few seconds, a riot breaks out.
Onto to track two. USA-Holes. This track is awesome. Mike references a car crash to how we feel in North America today about our society/goverment. He also references the Titanic, comparing it to the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. "We saw the iceberg from fifteen miles away. The captain orders the ship to stay on course....." You can totally feel Mike's contempt for our prez. He made me feel it, too. Great.

Track 3....Seeing double at the triple rock. This song opens with a great riff. Sandin's kit rips onto the scene shortly thereafter. Apparently, the Triple Rock is a bar in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it's a great place to be stuck during inclement weather. There are more great Fatty-styled referances here. In the chorus, he talks about being at the church of alcoholics, and how the congregation can't be broken. Praying that the taps will keep the holy water flowing. Key kicks, and communion and a long night of confessions, coming home afternoon seems to raise a lot of questions. When in Minnesota, and you've got a drinking quota...." This song was also on their EP a few weeks ago. (Go buy it! It's got a Darby Crash/Pat Smear song on it!!!)

Next... "We march to the beat of indifferent drum"... This track starts with a small couple-chord intro...Then it goes straight into a very laid back, very jazzy bassline as Mike's vocals tell us of our asses being in the air and our heads in the ground. How unwilling to see hear all these truths about America we are. How sugar-coated all of our truths are. Really, this track makes me want to stop the record, and put on the Decline. In the chorus, there are some excellent "AAAhs" on the part of Melvin and Hefe.

The next track is also on the EP.(Did you buy it yet? Hurry up!)The Marxist brothers. A great song about hanging out lots of shit. References ebay, when he says, "If my bid was enough to get Today's Empires are tomorrow's ashes on Soviet red vinyl." (A Propaghandi record) Definitely not my fave.

Next up is "The Man I killed" It's so obvious. I'm pretty sure it was on purpose. This song has a happy feel, but not in contrast to the lyrics. The music has kind of a laid back country kind of feel. I appreciate this song a lot, not liking our president, or his ways.
Another cool song where Fatty drags out lyrics over the entire song, almost seamlessly.

Next up. Benny Got Blowed Up... This was on one of the NOFX 7" of the month club vinyls. (Yeah, I've got all of them, on colored vinyl!) This song is about a guy that seems to have been through a lot of shit. One day, he decides to go around ****in everybody, everything, and himself up. Maybe Benny has always been that way. Great guitars. Very hot intro. I really love the change from the verse to the chorus. Great hook in the chorus, thanks to the ways that their vocals and guitars mesh. Sandin's drums are pretty simple on this one, but wait till the next track....

Leaving Jesusland....One of my favorites. This song is totally true. It's about how much most of this country's people are over here on the east coast. I completely concur with Mike that "They gotta punch new holes in the bible belt." Melvin and Hefe's guitars really shine on this one, too. Beautiful palm-muting all throughout on this one. The second time they play the verse, there's this really rad "root-octave" part that's muted. Melvin's backing vocals, "They don't want visitor's in Jesusland..." are really in place. I really like the bridge, too. It lifts you all the way up, and then they drop you right back down and into the palm-mutes. Alright, I've said too much, I think.

High on the DL... Another one from the 7" club. This is a cool song about exactly what it connotates. More palm-muting. Hefe's backups mix right into this with ease. One cool thing about this track... on the 7" of the month club, there was a WAAAAY better solo.

Next is Cool and Unusual Punishment. This song is one of the best from the 7" club. I think it was on a bright blue vinyl. It's about S&M in Japan. Awesome. "Rope, and cigarette burns, and forget about any health concerns..." Also, after the choruses, there is this little riff that Hefe does. It evokes thoughts of the Beetles, I'd say. It's this twangy-ass Richenbacker-type sound.It almost sounds out of tune. It fits very nicely. They close the song with the phrase "Try explaining this to your significant other... good ****ing luck!"


Finally, we've got the title track. Great. Such clean guitars, but overdriven bass. Nice combo. Until Mike tells us we're this planet's kidney stone. With that, we go straight into total radness. Awesome picking on this one. Melvin's octave parts are totally into place. Along with Hefe's solo. Good old fashioned fast, kick your as
POSTED: 04/21/2006 08:12pm]]> Comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:12:10 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_11 POSTED: 04/22/2006 11:56am]]> Comments Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:56:15 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_12 bigredandre wrote:

dude, daron malakian sucks. The whole band sucks. System of a Down. what a gay name. Oh, NOFX's new CD is pretty good. But soad still sucks...

haha pretty funny... but shut the fu ck up
POSTED: 04/22/2006 12:53pm]]> Comments Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:53:58 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_13 POSTED: 04/22/2006 01:14pm]]> Comments Sat, 22 Apr 2006 13:14:41 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_14
POSTED: 04/22/2006 04:44pm]]> Comments Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:44:47 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_15 POSTED: 04/22/2006 05:07pm]]> Comments Sat, 22 Apr 2006 17:07:27 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_16 POSTED: 04/22/2006 07:51pm]]> Comments Sat, 22 Apr 2006 19:51:37 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_17 POSTED: 04/22/2006 08:26pm]]> Comments Sat, 22 Apr 2006 20:26:09 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_18 POSTED: 04/22/2006 10:26pm]]> Comments Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:26:03 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_19 POSTED: 04/22/2006 11:06pm]]> Comments Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:06:27 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_20 POSTED: 04/23/2006 08:09am]]> Comments Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:09:14 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_21 POSTED: 04/23/2006 02:22pm]]> Comments Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:22:20 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_22 POSTED: 04/23/2006 03:02pm]]> Comments Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:02:26 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_23 broken_leg wrote:

get f**ked soad shits all over nofx and your other piss weak punk bands. nofx are good at least they still sound original and dont have a bitchy sounding singer whinging about nothing.

you made no ****ing sense....i expect nothing less on a nofx review.

insight1234 wrote:

Are you the real fat Mike? If so, you rule! I recruitet another NOFX-fan earlier today(that means extra money for U)! Too bad I haven't heard the CD yet(I WILL buy it!)... Any happy songs on the record like philty phil phileantrophist, happy break up song, fleas and similar? Ur happy stuff is the shit. Escpessially on a shitty day! And some bass solos would rock!

you are a dumbass.
POSTED: 04/23/2006 05:10pm]]> Comments Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:10:49 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_24 POSTED: 04/23/2006 07:06pm]]> Comments Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:06:25 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_25 POSTED: 04/23/2006 09:15pm]]> Comments Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:15:12 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_26 POSTED: 04/24/2006 12:03am]]> Comments Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:03:46 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_27 POSTED: 04/24/2006 05:12pm]]> Comments Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:12:42 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_28 oh nofx's (names crap) new albums alright, not great but pretty good
POSTED: 05/03/2006 08:32am]]> Comments Wed, 03 May 2006 08:32:37 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_29 yo mama wrote:

System of a down are mostly crappy with a crappy name, playing crappy music too crappy people with crappy beards & crappy hair do's, drinking crappy non-alcholic beverages, talkin verble crap, having a crap night out in a crap bar, they should rename to system of a crap,
oh nofx's (names crap) new albums alright, not great but pretty good

Finally! someone who thinks the same way do! heh heh heh... System of a Crap.
POSTED: 05/09/2006 09:12pm]]> Comments Tue, 09 May 2006 21:12:44 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_30 From what i remember from their early albums, the sound really improved and I just love it!

(Also, I really like System of a down's last album too!! it was great, and it is hard to believe that ppl like NOFX's last album and not SOD's) hehe

ychack
POSTED: 05/17/2006 10:49pm]]> Comments Wed, 17 May 2006 22:49:20 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_31 POSTED: 05/19/2006 04:40pm]]> Comments Fri, 19 May 2006 16:40:23 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_32 POSTED: 06/02/2006 02:40pm]]> Comments Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:40:31 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_33 POSTED: 06/08/2006 03:27pm]]> Comments Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:27:05 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_34 POSTED: 07/21/2006 04:50pm]]> Comments Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:50:45 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_35 POSTED: 08/02/2006 02:44am]]> Comments Wed, 02 Aug 2006 02:44:43 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_36 POSTED: 09/02/2006 08:25pm]]> Comments Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:25:01 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_37 POSTED: 09/12/2006 05:59pm]]> Comments Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:59:12 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_38 POSTED: 09/25/2006 07:54am]]> Comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:54:56 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_39 bigredandre wrote:

dude, daron malakian sucks. The whole band sucks. System of a Down. what a gay name. Oh, NOFX's new CD is pretty good. But soad still sucks...

nofx is awesome, but... I'LL KILL YOU!!!
POSTED: 10/29/2006 04:03pm]]> Comments Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:03:19 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_40 POSTED: 02/22/2007 01:55pm]]> Comments Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:55:47 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_41
And Wolves in Wolves Clothing is one of the best albums i've heard, My favourite is 60%, It's a shame more songs off there E.P "Never Trust A Hippy" are on it, Every song on that E.P is awesome.
POSTED: 05/17/2007 03:13pm]]> Comments Thu, 17 May 2007 15:13:05 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_42 Leaving Jesusland....One of my favorites. This song is totally true. It's about how much most of this country's people are over here on the east coast
Riverside and Orange county and Bakersfeild are in SoCal dumb ass not east coast jeezze get a map.
This is without doubt my favorite NOFX album with Cool and Unusual punishment (im listening to it right now) and Doornails. Leaving Jesusland is an awsome song living in OC i see it all. The pure speed on this album is AWSOME.
POSTED: 06/04/2007 02:49pm]]> Comments Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:49:01 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_43
Yeah the song doornails in true.
"these two shots are for derrick" is referring Derrick Plourde, a drummer most notable for his work in Lagwagon. He shot himself in 2005.
"This Lager is for Andy" is a reference to Andy Crighton, a British bassist for punk group Leatherface and ska group Snuff. He committed suicide in 1998.
"This beatings for Jimmy," is a reference to Jim Cherry, bassist of Strung Out who died in 2002 of a heart condition that was cause from prolonged drug use.
"This patron is for Jason." is a reference of deceased vocalist, Jason Sears of Rich Kids on LSD. He died in 2006 of pulmonary thrombosis.
"These doses are for Bomer" is a reference to Richard "Bomer" Manzullo, deceased drummer of Rich Kids on LSD.
"This fix is for Bradley" is a reference to Sublimes lead singer, Brad Nowell, who died in 1996 of a heroin overdose.
"This Ritalin is for Lumpy" is a reference to Chris Lagerborg, a notable musician and tech for bands such as NOFX, F-Minus, Rancid, and even Slayer. He died in 2003 in his sleep of unknown causes.
"And this speedballs for Friday" is one that I cannot figure out… sorry.
"This nitrous hit is for Lynn and best friend Dobbs" is a reference to Snot vocalist James Lynn Strait, died in a car accident in 1998. Also killed in the crash were his dog and the bands mascot, Dobbs.

Fun fact: "thanks for all that carpet and your songs" is a reference to Jim Cherry when he used to do carpeting. He would give free carpeting to punk musicians.

POSTED: 05/23/2010 10:41am]]> Comments Sun, 23 May 2010 10:41:56 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_44 Punk in Drublic
So long and thanks for all the shoes
The Decline
Pump up the Valum are much much better
POSTED: 01/19/2013 09:08am]]> Comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:08:04 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nofx/wolves_in_wolves_clothing/index.html#u_45 POSTED: 01/23/2013 11:28pm]]> Comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:28:03 -0500