There was a moment in the mid-eighties when some bands from the hardcore scene began to break the barriers and limits of this genre, incorporating elements taken from thrash metal and disregarding everything in the name of speed. From this crossover melting pot, where metal and hardcore stood on the same level (the leaders were bands like Suicidal Tendencies, DRI, Corrosion of Conformity, etc.), emerged the Cryptic Slaughter from Santa Monica, CA. Money Talks is their second album from 1987.
Strengthened by an intense live activity, the band refines their aim here and releases this wild bullet that still hurts today and surpasses many extreme productions of today. An album that is a hand-to-hand assault, an adrenaline rush from start to finish. An album that makes me want to take my old skateboard and crash somewhere. A tight-knit band (same lineup as the first Convicted 1986), with all elements well-balanced, insane stop'n'go, solos that are razor-like, and overall a slightly more refined production. The young vocalist Bill Crooks spares no vocal cords when screaming slogans against the American system and its puppeteer Reagan.
If you're not clear on what I'm talking about, go listen to the title track or songs like "Wake Up" or "American Heroes". For the writer, the best album in their discography and one of the finest in mid-eighties Trashcore. Retrieve it along with the first one, you won't regret it.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Money Talks (03:41)
Somebody hassles you try giving them a ten
They'll probably never bother you again
Because money talks and people listen
To get rich is the American ambition
Money talks and people listen
To get ahead and get some more
That's what this country was built upon
And all it seems to stand for
So capitalism makes you free?
This is no democracy
We have no humanity
Not in this society
The disease of greed affects us,
I think it always has
Because nothing talks louder
Than cold, hard cash
We only care about how we can get more
This country has no use for anyone who's poor
The American dream completes the scheme
Exploit the poor without remorse
Social barriers, we lie to hide
Dog eat dog with our false pride
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