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Review of Satan's Pilgrims "Plymouth Rock" - -shortened

tfj (toofastjim) - 12 Apr 2005 19:28:10

balls - I forgot to post this to the other cool list - my deepest apologies.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tfj" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [reverborama] Review of Satan's Pilgrims "Plymouth
Rock" - -shortened
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> I already raved about this disc, but will just reiterate that it is a
> "must-have" - worth the video, the unreleased and/or now out of print
stuff
> alone. If anything, it should motivate people to track down ALL of their
> stuff - 7"s, comps, etc. With regards to the tough choice of picking the
> songs for the disc, that is a task I could not undertake. This is a band
> that warrants a 6-CD box set (all five albums in original sequence + an
> extra disc with all the other miscellaneous tracks).
>
> I would only correct the "what SP meant to us," phrase to reflect the
> present tense - I still listen to them quite often, in fact, Plymouth Rock
> has a semi-permanent home in my computer at work - just so when the
> straight-arrow office folk ask what band it is, I can say with pride - its
> Satan's Pilgrims! Oh, the reactions are priceless & then when they find
out
> that there is no profanity or devil-worship-themed lyrics, they are
> powerless to reprimand me (except for the volume of course).
>
> buy it.
>
> jim
> The Nebulas (currently attempting to break the "two CDs and no more"
curse,
> although it seems we'd be in pretty good company if we did not)
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ipongrac" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:00 PM
> Subject: [reverborama] Review of Satan's Pilgrims "Plymouth Rock" - LONG!
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> [Warning: Long! Sorry in advance - I got carried away.]
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> Satan's Pilgrims: Plymouth Rock - Best Of (MuSick 2004)
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> It's been more than a few months since this has come out and several
> other people have reviewed it by now, but I just thought I'd throw my
> two pence in (judging solely by the length, it's more like `my $20' -
> the value is probably still two pence J). I've been digging the hell
> out of this CD and I can't recommend it enough for all the surf music
> fans out there. Plainly speaking, this is a MUST buy! The Pilgrims
> have in many ways defined the nineties surf scene, and they are
> probably the most influential nineties surf band today (a Danish surf
> band El Ray have even named themselves after an SP song, as well as
> very much copied the SP sound; the Nebulas have never been shy in
> voicing what SP meant to them; and I see the Pilgrims come up quite
> often in other surf bands interviews). They were among the most
> prolific of nineties surf bands, as well, breaking the two-CDs-and-no-
> more curse that afflicted many others (the Fathoms, the Penetrators,
> the Space Cossacks, the Treble Spankers, the Huntington Cads, Husky &
> the Sandmen, the Eliminators, the Volcanos, etc.). Between '94
> and '99 they released five full CDs, each one packed with many, MANY
> brilliant and inspired moments.
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