SUBURBAN UPRISE "Live Demo II" demo
[Originally published: Issue #3, circa 1987]
SUBURBAN UPRISE is a fairly new band from Suburban Philadelphia. They've just starting to play out. They're sort of controversial, too. An unabashed skinhead band, Maximum Rock N Roll's Tim Yonannan refused to run an interview with them because they're skins, though their drummer has assured me that they're neither racists nor Nazis. Martin Sprouse later wrote to S.U. informing them that they would run the interview.
SUBURBAN UPRISE Live Demo II : This is a live tape done at Trenton, New Jersey's City Gardens earlier this month, during what I'd assume was S.U.'s first real big gig. For a demo, the sound quality is great, and for a live set, it's as tight as they come. They sound very original - not wnat you'd exceet froa a skinhead band in that the music is very melodious and the vccals are either sung or spoken, not growled or yelled. Although I don't agree with some of their ideas (in one song, "Land Of The Free", they suggest that those who don't want to fight for tne U.S. should get out), that does not influence my opinion of these guys. They're HOT! They rock! They mosh! Very good tunes like "No More Favors* and "Skinhead March". They will make a name, and soon, I predict. Only $1.50.