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Rating: I continue with my series of reviews on the best punk rock bands of the second half of the '90s, a period that offered enthusiasts of the genre who were willing to explore the more underground and less known scene, a long series of excellent bands.
This time it's the turn of the Problematics from Indiana, one of the best punk bands from the Rip Off catalog and in general of the '90s, unfortunately very little known also because they managed to record only a handful of singles, a ten-inch, and this LP which collects almost all their material.
Everything on this record harkens back to the classic American punk 77 of bands like the Heartbreakers, Dead Boys, and Pagans: raw and wild sounds, incendiary guitar riffs (I know it's a cliché, but I've always dreamed of writing it), tempo changes, and backing vocals shouted at the top of their lungs. Add to this the excellent and decidedly "punk" voices of Todd and Alec (the two guitarists and singers), hoarse yet powerful in the faster tracks like ("Here We Come", "Every Thing's Gonna Be Alright", "I Guess I'm Not Cool Enough For You", "Kids All Suck") but also staggering and defiant particularly when the rhythms slow down as in ("Punk Girl", "Teenage Heartattack", "Come Inside"), all the while without losing the "melodic" (in quotes because after all, it's still punk rock) capabilities of the vocals.
The Problematics with their raw and dirty sounds perfectly represent the punk rock of the '90s, the most authentic one, and can be compared to bands of the period like New Bomb Turks (dirtier and less driven) and Devil Dogs (for the more rock'n'roll parts) in a word: punk'n'roll.
A guarantee
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