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Victims Family Fan Says NO

Sannah Zay | San Jose, CA USA | 04/15/2003

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Been a fan of Victims Family for dang, must be about 15 years by now. I was upset to see them break up, since they were my favorite band... nobody played the same kind of frenetic jazzy punk with the same level of talent and energy, and remained able to keep their sense of humor... and nobody screams like Ralph, period. When they did break up, I couldn't get into their follow-on efforts at all. It was just a totally different kind of music. The same talent and creativity might have been there, but I could not for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to listen to what they were playing unless they were on acid. The new album was exciting to me, because I was happy to see the band re-unite, perhaps they would continue evolving their music along the lines they had in the past. Note, I'm not a fan of bands that do the same tired formula every album... VF evolved their sound to what seemed to be an approach toward perfection. Unfortunately, this album sounded more like they were about to reach the finish line of that pursuit, when they tripped on their own damn shoelaces and got trampled by the rest of the pack. As a long-time fan of the band, I wanted to give this album a chance, but couldn't even bring myself to listen to it more than a couple of times. The only reason why they don't get one star or less is because it is VF, and even this [stuff] is better than most that is out there I suppose... I mean, at least it IS creative."