Slapshot - 16 Valve Hate (Punk/HC)

Slapshot not only were easily the longest-lasting of all the original Boston hardcore bands, but they managed to stay musically relevant much longer than, say, Gang Green. Released in 1996, 16 Valve Hate is a fully aggro blast of old-school hardcore, so defiantly true to the style's roots that it sounds timeless instead of retro. Original drummer Mark McKay even returns to the lineup to complete the circa-1984 picture. Songs like the barking ''I Want You Dead'' are standard-issue Slapshot, complete with Jack Kelly's familiar hoarse but surprisingly expressive vocals, but the standouts are the heartfelt and unexpectedly catchy title track and, somewhat surprisingly, a version of the Smiths' ''Bigmouth Strikes Again'' that's not at all the usual hardcore mockery of some poncy British art-school band, but a complete transformation of Morrissey's original song into a brutal but shockingly apt hardcore beatdown. Seriously, who knew that a line like ''Now I know how Joan of Arc felt'' would sound so right in a hardcore context? That sort of thing is what made Slapshot more than just another hardcore band. (www.allmusic.com)

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FaHc (2006-06-23)

thanks looking forweard to listening to this NYHC for life

kate666 (2009-06-05)

LOL why did that meathead say nyhc..... this is BOSTON FAGGOT
get ya head on right new jack :(