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BLINK 182 - DUDE RANCH (MCA/CARGO) I really wanted to hate these logo-T wearing, Arnette sporting, snot-nosed, retread punk rocker, San Diego brats. Everyone like them so they gotta suck, right? Wrong! The music rocks. Excuse me while I prove my out-of-touchness, but in an era when most bands are just sorry reheated left-overs culled from the last decade of music history, these guys have yanked off a fresh, clever new album without straying too far from the rotting, slime-corpse of punk rock. Yes, it's commecial. And sure, it's well packaged. But Dude Ranch also bursts and heaves with honest angst, happy suburban hostility, with a handful of misplaced masterbation maschinations thrown in just for fun. I've been listening to Dude Ranch since it arrived and I think it will stay in rotation for quite a while. God I love pop music. |