Progressive rock band based in Seal Beach, California, USA. Their music includes elements of reggae, punk, ska, and post-hardcore.
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Mr.TomServo
October 15, 2013
edited over 4 years ago
When they still went by the name "Pharmaceutical Bandits," they released a self-titled cassette tape. In fact, they eventually released a CD version (entitled "Those Damn Bandits"), but the recording was different, all profanity was removed, and the songs sounded a bit tamer (especially "High-Skool," which was originally quite fast and gritty, but lost its bite in the CD version).
Anyway, the tape is from 1996---I'm looking at it right now---so that (along with the CD-version of the album, "Those Damn Bandits") should be listed as their first album, not "Halfway Between." And yes, I know there's a separate page for the band under the moniker "Pharmaceutical Bandits," but why do that when they're the same band? Shouldn't it just be an ANV (artist name variant)? It's not essential to fix it, I suppose, but again, it's the same band.
At any rate, I haven't really followed these guys for years, but when I saw them play a few shows back in 1997-99, they were awesome. Fast, quirky ska with a hint of punk. In fact, I liked "Progress" when it came out, though it admittedly had a much different sound (perhaps more mature, but again, without some of the bite that initially drew me to their music).
Anyway, the tape is from 1996---I'm looking at it right now---so that (along with the CD-version of the album, "Those Damn Bandits") should be listed as their first album, not "Halfway Between." And yes, I know there's a separate page for the band under the moniker "Pharmaceutical Bandits," but why do that when they're the same band? Shouldn't it just be an ANV (artist name variant)? It's not essential to fix it, I suppose, but again, it's the same band.
At any rate, I haven't really followed these guys for years, but when I saw them play a few shows back in 1997-99, they were awesome. Fast, quirky ska with a hint of punk. In fact, I liked "Progress" when it came out, though it admittedly had a much different sound (perhaps more mature, but again, without some of the bite that initially drew me to their music).
Maximusprime29
March 21, 2017It also still features a hula girl figure but a different image. Anyone have any more info on this? I can't find any through google. Could be promo perhaps?