Punk-Tober: Pennywise

Another day, another punk band. Pennywise is on a different end of the punk spectrum than Bouncing Souls. Whereas I would think that Bouncing Souls better fits into the alternative half of punk (along with Green Day, Less Than Jake, etc...), Pennywise fits more into thrash punk with fast and often unintelligible rhythms, brash and harsh sounding vocals, and a constantly fast tempo. Some of their later stuff opens up better but the roots of speed punk are still there. Normally I'd avoid this sub-genre entirely but there is good stuff in here for those interested.



Once again Epitaph Records comes to the rescue with a large spattering from most of their albums including two tracks from Full Circle, two from About Time, two from Unknown Road, two from From the Ashes, two from The Fuse, two from Straight Ahead, two from Land of the Free?, two from Pennywise, and one from Live @ the Key Club. Spinner also has one track available for download. I am quite disappointed to say that my favorite album "Reason to Believe" doesn't have any tracks available but there is some good stuff available in these links. For your first listen, try the songs from "From the Ashes" or "The Fuse" and make your way backward from there. I would also probably suggest that you avoid "Land of the Free?" and the live album but I thought I might as well put it up anyway. I mean it's free, right? Check some tracks in the playlist below and enjoy!!!