Search - Boris the Sprinkler :: Saucer to Saturn

Punk Rock From Green Bay WI

EAKlein27 | WI USA | 03/22/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The thing about Boris is this, they're funny but crass (like the adjective not the band you moron), and their music rocks most if you have seen them at a show. Rev. Norb is a fantastic showman; lots of bands talk too much in between songs and try to be humorous, but instead they end up producing nothing but dead air. Boris is one of the few bands that can pull of those periods of talk time, but they often don't stop playing to do so. Short, fast, humorous, punk rock is what Boris is all about.



Boris' records are for the fans, the ones that come to the shows (particularly the shows in their hometown of Green Bay WI at the sainted Concert Cafe/RocknRoll High School stage). The record is a souvenir of the show, a means to relive the excitement of a crowd pumping fists in unison to chants of "sidewalk sidewalk yeahyeahyeah, sidewalk sidewalk--yeah--yeah--yeah!" The album is also a study guide to Rev. Norb's lightning fast lyrics. Kids take the record home to study the words so the next time they see Boris they can sing along for (maybe) a verse of "I object."



Boris has gone through countless lineup changes over the years, but the Rev. Norb has remained constant. For a time these guys were the big fish in the local Green Bay area, and they influenced and motivated countless kids to start their own punk bands. If you ever get a chance to see them play--take it and you will see one of the most amazing shows ever, and then buy these records. And if you are ever in a bar in the Green Bay area and see a skinny white guy wearing a white leather Monkeys jacket with military chevrons on the sleeve--buy him a drink and say "Reverend Norb, I love your records" then walk away and leave him be..."