Energetic aural-assault from the Oakland punks.
In the bands� own words, �Fleshies make giant rock big explosion sound yes! Much excitement, four members stand and make jumping leaps with yelling, drums, rock electric guitar!�, which pretty much sums up the Fleshies� manic, messy sound.
Gung Ho is a collection of Fleshies singles, comp tracks and B-sides that comes complete with a thorough re-mastering and liner notes, and with titles such as �I Just Took The Most Punk Rock Shit Of My Life�, its obvious that this is definitely a band your parents will despise (and you�ll be secretly pleased that they do).
Simple melodies but ferocious lyrics, roaring guitars and manic tub-thumping � if you like your punk fast, hard and with a definite kick to it, this is the band for you. OK, so the sound quality might not be amazing on some tracks, but it�s that un-polished, raw sound that captures the band's energy and sets them apart from other punk bands' glossy offerings, which have obviously been fiddled and twiddled with in a studio for months. Songs like �Somebody Twisted Your Arm� and �It�s Alright� end in a satisfying barrage of shouts and turmoil, but despite the outbursts of manic noise, Fleshies� manage to keep their fingers firmly on the melody button, creating many memorable shout-a-longs and hummable tunes.
Fed up with the likes of Good Charlotte turning the �punk� genre into a joke? Have your confidence in damn good, dirty punk rock and roll restored by looking no further than Gung Ho. You won�t regret it.