Murphy's Law - Murphy's Law & Back With A Bong

Riding the fine line between obnoxious skatepunk and sodden metal,
Murphy's Law came out of New York City's mid-'80s hardcore scene and formed in Astoria, Queens, around vocalist Jimmy Gestapo, but the group's frequently shifting lineup also included guitarists Todd Youth, Alex Morris, and Jack Flanagan; bassists Pete Martinez, Chuck Valle, and Dean; and drummers Doug E. Beans and Eric Arce. The group's self-titled debut, released on Profile in 1986, contained the usual '80s subjects (boredom, alienation, weed, beer, etc.), but the songs were definitely there, and Murphy's Law improved even more with their second album, 1989's Back with a Bong! The band was on the Profile-associated Combat Records for 1991's The Best of Times, but recorded little during the early '90s. In 1995, Murphy's Law came back with the EP Good for Now, and the full-length Dedicated arrived the following year. Best of Times/Good for Now was issued in 2000; The Party's Over came next in the spring of 2001.
As angrily socio-political as so much punk rock tended to be, the genre also gave us quite a few bands that preferred goofy madcap humor over social or political commentary -- including the Ramones and the Dickies. Murphy's Law, a band that came out of New York's mid-'80s punk scene, was among the genre's goofiest. The aggressively rockin' Back with a Bong! isn't a CD that's heavy on political content -- song titles like "Panty Raid," "Cavity Creeps" and "Attack Oof the Killer Beers" underscore the fact that wild, irreverent fun is the primarily goal of the Astoria, Queens residents. Profile Records -- which had become one of the largest independent labels thanks to rappers like Run-D.M.C. and Dana Dane -- turned to Murphy's Law in the hope of increasing its visibility in rock.
The album wasn't a big seller, although the punkers did command a small following.
==by Alex Henderson==

Tracks
1.murphy's law
2.california pipeline
3.sit at home and rot
4.fun
5.beer
6.wahoo day
7.crucial bar-b-q
8.a day in the life
9.care bear
10.ilsa
11.skinhead rebel
12.i got a right
13.intro
14.panty raid
15.yahoo!
16.attack of the killer beers
17.cavity creeps
18.ska song
19.quest for herb
20.america rules
21.rage
22.wall of death
23.secret agent s.k.i.n.
24.push comes to shove
25.bong

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