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Back in the mid eighties, I was involved in a little known Sacramento, California band, called ' Critical Mass . ' We were a little bit punk, and a lotta bit heavy. If we were still together these days, this tune would be our anthem.
Lyrics:
Your daddy hates my hair, mommy hates my guts
Your little sister likes to kick me in the nuts
There’s nothing I like more than scaring little, straight laced monkeys
It’s 10 o’clock, I got a six-pack in my trunk
I say what the hell, let’s get drunk
don’t know what you see in me, they just don’t understand
They think Im a criminal, and I don’t argue
There’s nothing I like more than scaring little, straight laced monkeys
Its 10 o’clock, and my bros are back in town,
If you speak up, we’re gonna beat you into tomorrow
It’s 10 o’clock, I got a sixer in my trunk
I say what the hell, let’s get drunk?
Hardware:
Line 6 Podxt, using a Sex Pistols Guitar tone, downloaded from the line6 tonebank.
Rogue Bass, MXL990 Vocal mic.
Software:
GB4, DOD series 10
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It`s 10:30 &mdash 05/03/08 - 10:31:28 PM
when I heard this. Unbelievable! Great singing and guitar playing. You are awesome! [ Reply to This ]
right then allen &mdash 05/03/08 - 10:31:30 PM
you got the gig ... too bad you burned down the house... excellent Mr. Dean!! [ Reply to This ]
Let's Get Drunk &mdash 05/03/08 - 10:36:44 PM
WOW .. thats a party kickin sound of a rockin one !!
your vocie realy new here ...fits the cbgb ..thats
alotta fun ..cool one ...YOU ROCK !! [ Reply to This ]
thanks, feter &mdash 05/03/08 - 10:40:56 PM
i was trying to get a Johnny Rotten/ Rancid thing.... it started out easy, but after about the 5th take, it made me gag a bit... hence the coughing...hahahaha.glad you liked it!
Allen [ Reply to This ]
Is that a real invitation? &mdash 05/03/08 - 11:09:15 PM
If so we'll be right over - if not we'll be over to raid your fridge anyway. Need any smokes? [ Reply to This ]
Punk rock! &mdash 05/04/08 - 01:46:48 AM
Kick me in my nuts - excellent.
Sounds like Green Day took their entire career from this track! [ Reply to This ]
Wow &mdash 05/04/08 - 02:11:10 AM
that's real punky - love the coughing at the end - you carried that Johnny Rotten thing off brilliantly. Fast and furious - great.
Peter [ Reply to This ]
Yes &mdash 05/04/08 - 04:12:21 AM
Yes, let's get drunk.
I'll have what you're having Allen
Brilliant
Cheers [ Reply to This ]
Brilliant!! &mdash 05/04/08 - 04:19:11 AM
.. and above all lots of fun! Love the ending .. RAFLMAO.
It's definitely got Sex Pistols with some Metallica's version of 'Last caress' thrown in .. and I agree, the overall effect is something akin to Green Day .. but like ... 10 times better. High spirited, energy packed, well performed and mixed (as I'd expect) and well ..bloody marvelous. [ Reply to This ]
WOW &mdash 05/04/08 - 05:03:44 AM
TRUE PUNK! You really got that Johnny Rotten thing on this.
Outstanding job. No one could do any better.
LL [ Reply to This ]
kin ace &mdash 05/04/08 - 05:41:11 AM
beer &mdash 05/04/08 - 08:36:10 AM
Got me smiling - the attitude... the guitar lead...
LOL: the coughing at the end - brilliant to leave that in - I can't count how many times my own vocal takes end exactly that way! [ Reply to This ]
perfect chaos &mdash 05/04/08 - 09:45:28 AM
oh yeah &mdash 05/04/08 - 11:16:53 AM
very well said. This is way to cool Allen. Really liked your take on the vocals as well as the guitars. and a bass solo, who knew.
I played in basement bands that played for free beer. the songs would get faster and faster, we would get drunker & drunker. [ Reply to This ]
thanx &mdash 05/04/08 - 12:19:00 PM
to everyone who commented and/or downloaded this one. i had the music for it right after the cbgb thing was announced, but only did the vocal tracks last night. it was alot of fun to use a less distorted and less modern tone. i tried to keep everything kind of era and genre specific, and i hoped i pulled it of convincingly. west coast punk, and a small amount of british punk had a great influence on my playing, and this was a way for me to say thank you to all those who fought the established music scene and those who gave popular music the middle finger..
Allen [ Reply to This ]
Amazing... &mdash 05/04/08 - 12:22:11 PM
Wow &mdash 05/04/08 - 12:44:03 PM
This is great.I can almost feel almost the band spitting on me thru the screen.Your playing,singing and recording skills continue to amaze me. [ Reply to This ]
Hey I'm drunk &mdash 05/04/08 - 02:03:37 PM
And it's 9 a clock here in Sweden... You know you ROCK so what a heck do I say now? Oh yes I wish we had been drunk together and had some party u know.(y). Peace dig it u are cool....CHEERS FROM A COLD BEER.
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wow &mdash 05/04/08 - 02:05:15 PM
outstanding everything. yu did a great job on the vocals, not just the performance (which blows me away), but keeping it all within the era and making it mesh so seamlessly. The ending was just too funny. [ Reply to This ]
Excellent vocals &mdash 05/04/08 - 02:18:01 PM
Very faithful to the idiom. You are a real chameleon vocally. Guitar playing is off the hook dude. Made me want to have a drink after hearing those bombastic solo bursts! [ Reply to This ]
LOL, can hear the Johnny Rotten Influence &mdash 05/04/08 - 02:57:45 PM
Its a cool punk track that I can easily imagine lots of pogo dances in the crowd. Very well composed track. Good guitars and love the end with the coughing, cool. [ Reply to This ]
downloaded &mdash 05/04/08 - 09:25:11 PM
Awesome &mdash 05/04/08 - 10:09:02 PM
This track is great Dean! Definitely has the punk structure. I had to play around with the less distortion on my CBGB tracks as well. Fun experiment
I'll go have a drink now. [ Reply to This ]
i hope &mdash 05/04/08 - 10:45:20 PM
Steve Jones is honored by my ode to all the old punks who still hate everything.
thanks for listening!
Allen [ Reply to This ]
hah! &mdash 05/05/08 - 01:44:13 AM
great job, allen. nice n' heavy. a great punk song with a great mix. love those lyrics too. "we%u2019re gonna beat you into tomorrow" haha awesome. and those little solo breaks! you kill me! [ Reply to This ]
I'll drink to that &mdash 05/05/08 - 03:24:39 AM
Punk with a dash o shred! &mdash 05/05/08 - 06:15:16 AM
Yikes! &mdash 05/05/08 - 08:03:35 AM
This is bloody flawless! The guitars wreck everything standing for a quarter-mile around, and the vocals are unbelievable - I could smell the beer and the smokes and the sweat. The production fires it like a mortar shell, and the crispness and clarity don't take any of the edge off at all. Awesome job. [ Reply to This ]
wow! &mdash 05/05/08 - 08:23:56 AM
when you sent this, i listened about 3x to be sure what i heard was real.
the vocals barely resemble the "allen" i know.
that's impressive. like norman said, you really do blend right into whatever it is you are doing.
this song kicks a$$ and takes names, bro!
very raw and authentic. excellent job [ Reply to This ]
thank you, jason... &mdash 05/05/08 - 11:49:43 AM
i was gonna send you an advanced copy, but i knew you were way to busy, so i figured you would get here eventually....glad you liked the vox... they were fun.. [ Reply to This ]
Yeah! &mdash 05/05/08 - 02:10:51 PM
Always good advice.
Makes me want to jump right in and start slam dancing, but then I thought about how sore I'd be in the morning and, of course, I can't drink too much because I'd have to get up and go to work in the morning and, of course I really don't like to drive if I've been drinking. And is the beer a nice pale ale, maybe an import......?
Damn, what happened to 1985 and being 18.....? [ Reply to This ]
Awesome Job!!! &mdash 05/05/08 - 04:59:13 PM
with the vox Allen.
LOL! Love the lyrics!!
Overall one great tune my friend.
BTW, the whole three people in the audience thing, GREAT idea! LOL
C. [ Reply to This ]
awesome &mdash 05/05/08 - 05:56:31 PM
hell's yes &mdash 05/05/08 - 09:17:13 PM
knew all those guys...we used to play the oasis ballroom and the eldorado sallon with those guys.
mainly it was once a week at the oasis. oh, and spanky's as well. yup, critical mass was a bit of a big thing in sac for a bit, but after a while, the metal got darker, and we were just too much fun for everyone. our songs were partly tongue in cheek. we had some really heavy ones, but we also had some party songs like one about our guitarist, vinnie garcia, and one really fast instruemtnal by our other guitarist, mike farrell. great times. i am still in contact with vince and eric, our old bassist. whatever happened to the shocks? [ Reply to This ]
Have a beer on my behalf &mdash 05/06/08 - 03:00:35 PM
Hits the spot. Very satisfying.
Great work on the guitar and bass shredding! [ Reply to This ]
thank you &mdash 05/06/08 - 06:43:48 PM
for a brit to compliment my punk tune, is a fine compliment indeed. i am gald you liked it...
Allen [ Reply to This ]
Yahooooooooo! &mdash 05/06/08 - 06:48:44 PM
I was really hoping you were going to do this challenge, because I knew you'd play faster than anyone on earth! These lyrics are fabulously perfect. "There's nothing I like more than scaring little straight laced monkeys." I think I'm going to get that tattooed on my butt.
The solo on this. Wow! [ Reply to This ]
thank you &mdash 05/08/08 - 10:54:48 AM
it can be tough at times. i want to be the best singer i can be, and yet, the guitar calls to me. i have to strike a balance between overdoing it vocally, and still being able to play it and sing it at the same time. thank you for your support of both my passions.
Allen [ Reply to This ]
Got drunk last night, while...... &mdash 05/07/08 - 01:29:35 PM
Listening to this! Grand entry my friend and a real tight mix.... Guitfiddles kick ass and stomp hard! Sorry about your torn larynx, lol.... you got both my thumbs on this track. don't kick me in the sack! there pointed straight up man! thank GOD I never had a wee sister, having 2 elders is bad enough..... Kudos bro,
Ax [ Reply to This ]
Geez! &mdash 05/07/08 - 11:50:56 PM
Does it get any more authentic than this? Ha ha....
Great sound Allen! You are the dean of white noise!
Be well! [ Reply to This ]
Yes... &mdash 05/08/08 - 06:08:53 PM
...another sensitively wrought pile of iron...with an '80s twist.
You go, Mr. Dean. You go, man... [ Reply to This ]
drunk &mdash 05/12/08 - 04:20:14 AM
Took me right back to 1977. You've got the Sex Pistols vocal style going alright but your playing is a million times better than anyhting the Pistols came out with. I even heard a John Entwistle flavoured bass run in there too. High energy stuff - no wonder you expired at the end!
I liked it a lot
Cheers
Steve [ Reply to This ]
Holy S___ !!!!!! &mdash 05/16/08 - 10:37:48 AM
You can play that thing!
And how do you sound after you get drunk?
Allen you're Amazing.
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Excellent! &mdash 05/17/08 - 07:51:21 AM
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