Now we become louder and wilder with the following slab; Evil Empire is the lone album by Portland Punks the S.L.F. and it was released 1985 on their own Eat Me Records label and apart from a few Compilation appearances, I can't tell much about this five piece but I can give you a short review: "A really intense album, both musically and thematically. The S.L.A. have growling vocals à la Fartz, and a very raw instrumental attack; the songs range from careening thrashers to more complex but less hard-hitting cuts. The lyrics are unabashedly radical, whether dealing with wage slavery, national chauvinism, or media sensationalism, but the choice of the band name leaves something to be desired since there is some evidence suggesting that the real Symbionese Liberation Army were police provocateurs rather than genuine and very stupid militants." (Jeff Bale, MRR #32 • January 1986)
- Great Thx to Fredrik -
N.I.C.E. !!!!
ReplyDeleteWe would love to have links to your evidence about the SLA being law enforcement stooges. Do you have that access, or this is a rumor? Jeff Baile asserts that? You'd have to be in to know. Was Jeff a law enforcement stooge?
ReplyDeletethis is a review from 1986, nothing more.
Delete- Thanks a lot for sharing this gem. Somehow straightforward, simple songs, but the whole works despite this, or maybe just because of it. And maybe the band's hometown of Portland has something to do with it too... =)
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