One more reason why we shouldn't look back to '76
It's hard to see what Twisted Wheel were aiming for with “She's A Weapon”. Musically it is uninspired and brutish, harking back to the late 70s punk scene and the vocals sound less like the genuine snarls of Lydon and Strummer and more like the stupid, mock aggression of Jimmy Pursey.
Punk music is something that is very much a product of its time and something that, taken out of the context of strikes, impending right wing governments and social discrimination of class and race, sounds like nothing more than a group of ill talented musicians getting together, banging out some power chords and shouting over the top of them. Whereas punk embraced different types of music and became anthemic to everyone hard done by or oppressed, “She's A Weapon” sounds like it never moved forward from that 1976 genesis. Yes, there is a certain buzz of excitement that comes with this single, but its thirty odd years overdue and it sounds stale.