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    "Few albums provide an immediate jolt like Hot Snakes' debut. For a rocking good time, this band is pretty tough to beat. Risen from the still-smoldering ashes of San Diego punk-rock-luminaries Drive Like Jehu, the Hot Snakes reunite the incomparably tight guitar/vocal duo of John Reis (also of Rocket from the Crypt) & Rick Froberg. The lineup is rounded out by bassist Gar Wood & drummer Jason Kourkounis (from Delta 72). While Hot Snakes' sound is loosely classifiable as punk or hardcore, the band transcends easy genre labels with tight, focused songwriting, razor-sharp musicianship, & a stunning level of rhythmic heft. Rick Froberg screams with such urgency his vocal cords sound like they could snap at any moment. The band behind him is a marvel of intensity & efficiency."

 

Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight, Sympathy for the Record Industry SFTRI602, 2000.
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Automatic Midnight
No Hands
Salton City
10th Planet
Light Up the Stars
Our Work Fills the Pews
Past Lives
Mystery Boy
Apartment 0
Let It Come
(hidden track)

 

 

 

 

"This is the Hot Snakes' second album. The sound is searing, gritty, penetrating.

If there is a signature sound to be found within the churning stomp of a Hot Snakes song, it would have to be the driving, pulsing intensity that fires the twin guitar assault directly from the speakers into the bullseye-painted ears of the listener. Suicide Invoice is a modern essential. For those about to rock, it should be to this."

 

Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice, Swami Records SWA111, 2002.

I Hate the Kids
Gar Forgets His Insulin
XOX
Who Died
Suicide Invoice
Paid in Cigarettes
LAX
By Nancy Boy
Paperwork
Why Does it Hurt
Unlisted
Ben Gurion

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