As Filthy As We Wanna Be is the debut physical album for Floridian hardcore punk legends The Mary Tyler Whores who formed in 1999 and have toured extensively at times over the years, when the bands proclivities allowed, now it's time to unleash the beast that The Mary Tyler Whores deliver, they are Frankie "Crime" Cassara, Doobie Tyler Whore, Rob Deuce, George "Korky" Kokkoris, Aaron "The Proj" Miller, with guests Angelo Moore, Greg Hetson, Riff Raff, Fritz Drigo and Greg Gershagorn. The album was produced by Greg Hetson, Engineered and Mixed by Shane Smith at Hetson Sound Studios, Encino and mastered by Paul Logus at PLX Mastering New York.
The album comes raging out the speakers to American Sex Fiend who could easily be friends with Jeffrey and Donny boy, the guitars are right upfront with all the misery that the American Sex Fiend wreaks while on his rampage, this has a sound that needs to be moshed too, the vocals making clear just what has been going on, just how he deserves to go down for his crimes, while they rage like they have swallowed a dozen viagra's each.
Hell On Wheels is the sort of hellcat that is hellbent on going for it, even faster than the drums and guitars do, this is speedy hardcore with street gang chorus vocals and a stooge like intensity.
Dance With Me as they throatily claim, love with them will be like bondage, the bands shotgun rationale for the careening punk metal machine cruising for someone to dance with them in there fantasy world.
Savage World opens with the succinct line, Maybe they should drop the bomb so we all get along, a sentiment that makes sense in there Floridian home state, that could be considered a target rich environment if you want to take out the haters, rather than lock them in a small room with this blasting at them at 180 decibels 24/7, they want Whores not wars and who can blame them when the intensity of the raging wah wah pedal can do so much damage.
White Trash Girl is in celebration of the sort of low-class woman who does whatever she needs to stay high and get the cash to fund her lifestyle, she'll even hang out at Epstein Island if there are enough bucks involved, she's a street walking cheetah with low self-esteem and a drug habit to match, that she will do anything to feed. They are punching the air and hoping that she'll get high with them, before moving onto a more cash rich environment.
Edge Of Insanity is where the Mary Tyler Whores like to live, high as kites and on the rampage once more, ready to have a raging circle pit in the local Denny's or anywhere else, just so long as the riffs keep on coming and the fun never stops.
Clamjacked (Feat Angelo Mccre) has filthy Ska Punk brass section adding a twist, that is late night cartoon chase energy, with plenty of twists to the danger of getting Clamjacked whatever that might be, it mystifies this vegetarian, but I know I don't wanna end up Clamjacked in some back alley.
Nightstalker is out on the prowl looking for another victim/girlfriend/boyfriend this song is the manifesto for how they find the objects of there depraved desires, like an even more jacked up Dictators cruising somewhere that makes the Minnesota Strip seem tame.
Isolation is the opposite tangent to Joy Divisions description of Isolation, this comes on a sizzling hot riff and roll carnage for someone's whose behaviour might land him in Isolation in a prison cell and he'd be mighty proud to have achieved that sort of notoriety.
The Path Is The Goal might be a line they learnt in a twelve step meeting, but they have no regrets and are ready to do it all again, they just want to lay waste to every place they go, if you can't keep up with them tough titty, they will just keep on going to that raging drum beat and guitars that just won't let go.
Down And Out is a song of love and hate for someone who takes them to the darkest reaches and back again. Phantom Love is the only song to feature acoustic guitars, opening like they are going for the Urban Voodoo Machine style sound, while dreaming of that Phantom Love, the acoustic guitars get heavier and the backing vocals keep up, this has a spooky edge to it.
The cover Devo's classic Whip it doing it almost straight, just a little heavier than the original, this sounds like it will be good fun live, even if it's played a little too fast to accompany a good S & M whipping.
Saints And Sinners is the world they occupy, this makes clear who they like to hang out with, that nothing comes for free, while sounding in places a bit like Killer Pussy but without the enema fixation, this lot just get off on having another cream your jeans guitar solo.
The album closes with World Against Me Feat Riff Raff & Mike or Jody Highroller if you prefer, for this manifesto making clear the world is against them and you need to rise up and take the life you want, if you don't want to end up henpecked and downtrodden, the gang style vocals nail the bands ethos and you had better get on board and start tearing the place up now, before they come round and beat you into submission.
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