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Come All You Madmen
The Briggs
Side One Dummy Records

Perpetual road warriors, The Briggs are back
once again. This time with their fourth full-
length album ‘Come All You Madmen’. This
marks their second release on Side One
Dummy Records. The constant touring has
finally paid off for the Los Angeles band.
They’re finally gaining some well-earned
respect. ‘Come All You Madmen’ is just the
record capable of putting them over the edge
too, produced by Joe Gittleman of The
Mighty, Mighty Bosstones who also
produced their previous record ‘Back To
Higher Ground’. Why fuck with the formula
when it obviously works? ‘Madmen’ is
chalked full of possible singles opening with
the anthem-esque “Madmen”, a song that
could easily have them mistaken for a
Flogging Molly tune. Amidst similar tracks
such as “Ship of Fools”, there comes the sing-
a-long-y “This is LA”. Any of these 3 songs
could easily become the new flavor of the
week on Fuse, or MTV for that matter. ‘Come
All Madmen’ also has 9, more capable singles
that could turn The Briggs into the new
Bouncing Souls. The Briggs is everyone’s
new favorite punk band, that has oddly
enough been around for nearly a decade
being dismissed as that one opening band.
‘Come All You Madmen’ hits stores June 17th.

“V” Is For Viagra
Puscifer
Thanks But No Thanks Records

This one is just for the hardcore Tool fans.
You know who you are. The ones that hold
James Keenan Maynard up on some kind of
pedestal. No doubt Maynard is talented and
quite possibly one of the greatest musicians
of our time, but it still doesn’t mean that
everything that he touches is gold.
‘“V” Is For Viagra’ is a remix album of Puscifer’
s album ‘“V” Is For Vagina’. Remixes are done
by everyone from Paul Barker of Ministry and
Mat Mitchell of Queens of the Stone Age, to
Danny Lohner of Nine Inch Nails, with a remix
from Joey Jordison of Slipknot.
‘“V” Is For Viagra’ is exactly what it a remix is
meant to be when put out for the die-hard fans
of Maynard and his revolving circus of
projects. If you’re a Tool fan, this might be
your bag.

Rise
Anew Revolution
Koch Records

‘Rise’ is the debut record on Koch Records
from Austin, Texas band Anew Revolution.
‘Rise’ doesn’t sound like a debut record it
sounds like these guys have done this before.
Maybe that’s because they all have. AR
consists of former members of Unloco (Singer/
Guitarist Joey Duenas) and Salves of Dope
(Bassist Frank Salvaggio and Drummer Rob
Urbani). AR is rounded out with Lead Guitarist
Shaun Stockton. Produced by the notorious
Mudrock (Avenged Sevenfold and
Godsmack), ‘Rise’ blends equal parts of metal
with melody and harmonies, giving AR that
radio friendly metal sound that seems to ruling
the waves as of late. With tracks like
“Generation” and “California Burning”, ‘Rise’
is a well rounded record that will easily be the
‘nostalgic rock’ record of the summer and will
be good back ground music for Metal heads
from 1996 hanging out on front porches
knocking back a few cold ones until 4 am. This
one isn’t for amateurs. Young bucks not need
to apply.