Pennywise

This 1999 release proves that Pennywise found a formula for success and they stuck with it. They have the Bad Religion-meets-Offspring sound down cold. All but the most dedicated fans will find that this album sounds remarkably similar to its predecessors. Melodic, blazing guitars provide the backdrop to a generation's Punk phase.

The title of Pennywise's latest pretty much sums up the eleven-year-old punk band's
approach: blunt and linear to the point of tunnel vision. On Straight Ahead -- its fifth album
in all and second since the suicide of founding member Jason Thirsk -- the band's familiar
anti-authoritarian, pro-individualist stance treads close to the very rigidity it feigns to
oppose. Bristling with righteous ire, the tracks all but march in formation, with v... More >