Alternative Rock Compilations music reviews

I really enjoy this double CD. The sound quality is good and it features many songs I had never heard before. The Cat Stevens and Paul Weller tracks are especially nice. Also check out "The Best Acoustic Album in the World...Ever".

already reviewed this, but some dingbat in charge thought it might be nice to remove it.

epitaph has officially become a major label in my eyes...the only bands they have now to keep me as a buying customer are bad religion and pennywise..yeah i may buy a rancid or nofx when i damage an old cd of theirs, but otherwise, my epitaph merchandise is coming from second hand sellers since EVERYTHING is going out of print...i know some people will be all like "out with the old and in with the new," but it is one thing to choose to do that, it is another thing to force people because all of the old stuff is going out of print.

i seriously hate epitaph now. they are merely a screamo emo label that happens to contain BR and Penneywise. i recommend everyone buy the first 4 punk o ramas and see what epitaph has discontinued. it really is amazing stuff....i mean i could understand if they upped the price but still kept them in print.

yeah anyways, this comp is very sad....about 35% of it is passable, but the rest is emo/screamo/whiny stuff and even rap????

depeche mode and REM aren't related to this, but i would rather stick to classic indy than the rotting corpse of punk revival.

This cd is just not punk. Period. Not at all. It's emo/screamo at best, but some songs lean closer to pop. That being said, there are some decent bands on here: The Matches, From First To Last, Bad Religion, Dropkick Murphys, and The Unseen are the only bands that semi-save this cd.
The one thing I just can't figure out is how ANYONE can call Sage Francis's song "Sun vs. Moon" punk??? It's 100% rap, and bad rap at that. And Youth Group's "Shadowland" is about as punk as Jessica Simpson. All in all, this cd just isn't what it claims to be, and sets punk way back.

Now, this is awesome! I'm not such a fan of the other volumes but I was listening to this one a few days ago with some friends and I instantly liked it. It's got real punk bands, not some of the stuff that they label punk just cause it says 'the government sucks, I hate my parents, Rich people suck'. Definetly buy this or aleast put it on your Wish List!