Monday, November 22, 2010

Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose [2002]


Reinventing Axl Rose is considered by many (including yours truly) to be Against Me!'s peak, a folk-punk bible of sorts. Hearing Tom Gabel roar his way throatily through track after track of passionate and youthfully optimistic punk rock is a feeling that never fails to make the spirits soar. From opener 'Pints of Guinness Make You Strong' which is about a wife lamenting the loss of her husband on St. Patrick's Day, to the atheistic anthem of 'Walking Is Still Honest', and the hilarious 'Baby! I'm An Anarchist', Reinventing Axl Rose is packed with some of the most earnest and incredibly touching punk rock ever recorded.

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