Plastic Bertrand -- An 1

  Over the top poppy Punk New Wave high pitched weirdo Plastic Bertrand, who is primarily known for super hit Ca Plane Pour Moi.  The rest of the album just sounds like variations of the main track, which makes it hard to listen to entirely in one sitting.  Oh well, I still love it, it's still great!

Marilyn Manson -- Antichrist Superstar

  I have this dystopianesque anti-structural functionalism theory that bad taste should be a crime.  Why could this work?  Because bad taste's cultural ramifications can span generations, passing down their rationalized stupidity to future offspring, while the pure bad taste justifies any idiotic behavior, as they increase in numbers, it becomes more and more part of society's norms, meaning a never ending cycle of a regressive society, rather than progressive -- trust me I've seen this in practice first hand, living in a educationless welfare stated town.

  Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar is a perfect example for the use of my theory.  This crap encourages all kinds of young impressionable heavy metal simpletons to succumb to every whim however ridiculous, for example the Columbine High School Massacre shooters, I'm not saying Manson pulled the trigger, but he sure as sh*t harnessed those kids's negative feelings making them understood and accepted, not only to a peer, but to a pop culture icon.  Things don't have to be all sunshine and lollipops, but for god's sake how did some dude's corrupt capitalist mental illness make it's way through the cracks and labelled as mainstream art, like Mein Kampf, maybe because bad taste has become accepted as the norm and conglomerate companies are more concerned with lining their pockets than endorsing a quality product!  F*CKERS!

  Furthermore guilty pleasures would be like misdemeanors ... if you get caught.  All in all this would never work and I can't totally agree with my theory, I guess it's just a fun thought for grumpy old man who doesn't like Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar! 

Skinny Puppy -- Bites & Remission

  Innovative Industrial luminaries, Skinny Puppy.  I have no clue as to why people like this music and furthermore is it really music?  Although this would be a wicked soundtrack if you were a depressed junkie doing heroin in a basement slum apartment on a rainy day, sweltering in your dark pit of deair!

Sloan -- One Chord To Another

  Sloan's crowning achievement One Chord To Another.  This is the band at their best, using a slew of new instruments, less formulaic song structure and getting deeper into their Beatlesesque Indie Rock.  All in all this is Sloan at their creative height! 

Negative Approach -- Total Recall

  Total Recall is a complete discography of Negative Approach's career.  The only thing to really write home about is their first and only album, Tied Down, featured in this comp.  Why is Tied Down better than the rest?  I'll tell ya, and it's not like the other tracks lack in ferocious angry Hardcore action, it's just that Tied Down is polished and produced to be taken seriously, that and the band is tighter than a hangman's knot around your neck.  So if you are down in the dumps and pissed about it, put on some Negative Approach to remember, "that it's all no use, it's all worth nothing."

The Meatmen -- Stud Powercock: The Touch And Go Years 1981-1984

  Hardcore's jokesters The Meatmen.  These guys were out to offend everybody, even themselves.  I usually like 80's hardcore, but I'm not too crazy about The Meatmen, it's just too loose, too shoddy.  Yes I get that the lyrics are a joke, but how far can too far go ... I think they reached it, even G.G. Allin seems more intelligent.  Point is, they're the Meatmen ... and they suck, suck, suck!

Rancid -- Let's Go

  "Hi, we used to be cool when we were in Operation Ivy, but now we are way more concerned with marketing our look rather than our music."  You know I thought these guys were the sh*t when I was a teenager, but their sound hardly stood the test of time, their whole shtick is lame ... and didn't the singer collaborate with Pink?  Who knows, who cares!