Supersuckers-Get The Hell (2014)

Supersuckers-Get The Hell (2014)

Bands that stayed away from grunge managed to survive long after Seattle stars like Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam and Nirvana faded away, The Melvins and Mudhoney being the best example of this, as they consciously walked away from that scene and even from grunge as a sound, providing them for a larger lifespan and for a recording career that still amazes us to this day.

The Supersuckers were never grunge, but they were a part of the original Sub Pop scene, as their first recordings were done in this label, they could have taken advantage from the sudden success of Seattle grunge scene, but they simply didn’t cared for success, they were punk rock, wild rock and they loved the south and the sound of country music so much that they preferred to stay on their native Arizona to fine tune their dirty punk rock act and make music companion to country greats like Willi Nelson.

Get The Hell is Supersuckers newest recording, a high energy act that has never slowed down, that has shown a complete disdain for musical tendencies, sticking hard to their guns and thus surviving year after year, with a mix of talent, yes, but also hard work.

Get The Hell the song is a strong first showing, with whiskey soaked Eddie Spaghuetti vocals all over the place, and guitars bleeding all over his sides, the secret to the last longing success of this band may rely on their desire to keep on moving and never slowing down, making music under their own terms and always highly infected by punk rock, as Something About You shows, a powerful theme with a small dose of pop, and remaining light years better than your average pop punk band, juts give a listen to those razor shaped guitars on the song and you will get the idea that the band is not getting older, they are getting better, and also more obnoxious than ever, as Fuck Up may explain it more clearly.

Rodeo guitar and bass explode in the beginning of High Tonight, a passionate and heart moving theme that remind me sometimes of good punk like the ENORMOUS Ramones, and also great hard rock like the one Aerosmith used to play in the seventies, the band here shinning at its best, sounding really wild at heart, while joy explodes on Pushin Thru, a fast beat theme that moves on like a runaway train, only to be followed by the equally intense never Let Me Down Again, a dark and gritty tale about friendship.

Variety might be something that The Supersuckers lack, with some songs being really interchangeable with others, aspiring perhaps in becoming the next Ramones, Motorhead or AC/DC, rarely or never deviating from their rocking formula, and frankly not needing it as every song is a powerful discharge of energy strong enough to keep the listener alert.

Get The Hell is another great record in the career of the Supersuckers, but hell, they know their game so well that we can be assured that they will rarely make something wrong, as long as they are able to keep their energy levels all-time high, we can be sure that every time a new Supersuckers record hit the store the walls are going to simply shake all over, when played at maximum level.