Name: Stomping Ground [PA]
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SKU: 26211
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Stomping Ground [Parental Advisory]

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Album: Stomping Ground
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I'm Down	More Info...
2)	Pick A Fight	More Info...
3)	Carry On	More Info...
4)	The End Of The Day	More Info...
5)	Don't Say Goodbye	More Info...
6)	Counting The Days	More Info...
7)	Bro	More Info...
8)	San Simeon	More Info...
9)	You Think It's A Joke	More Info...
10)	Forgiveness	More Info...
11)	Margaret Ann	More Info...
12)	Get Away	More Info...
13)	99 Red Balloons	More Info...
14)	Donut Dan	More Info...

Album: Stomping Ground
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I'm Down	More Info...
2)	Pick A Fight	More Info...
3)	Carry On	More Info...
4)	The End Of The Day	More Info...
5)	Don't Say Goodbye	More Info...
6)	Counting The Days	More Info...
7)	Bro	More Info...
8)	San Simeon	More Info...
9)	You Think It's A Joke	More Info...
10)	Forgiveness	More Info...
11)	Margaret Ann	More Info...
12)	Get Away	More Info...
13)	99 Red Balloons	More Info...
14)	Donut Dan	More Info...

Performer Notes

This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Goldfinger: John Feldmann (vocals, guitar); Charlie (guitar); Kelly LeMieux (bass, background vocals); Darrin Pfeiffer (drums).
Producers: Tim Palmer, Jay Rifkin, John Feldmann.
Recorded at Media Vortex, Burbank, California; Foxy Studios, Marina Del Rey, California; Village Recorders, West Los Angeles, California.
Goldfinger is basically a ska-punk band, but it's not afraid to just be a punk band, either; in fact, it can sound disarmingly like both Husker Du (squalls of Bob Mould-ish feedback) and Green Day (engagingly melodic). It's not afraid of heavy metal either, as witness the ferocious riffing on "Bro," or lead singer/writer John Feldman's declaration in "The End of the Day" (a rant against an obnoxious speedfreak scenester) that "if I want to play metal that's all right with me."
Feldman's lyrical persona throughout the album is that of somebody continually ticked off by the people around him. Incidentally, that small sub-species of humanity who clamored for a revival of the music of '80s New Wavers Nena will be pleased to learn that there is a respectful, if oddly Zepplin-esque remake here of that band's international hit "99 Red Ballons," including a verse or two auf Deutsch.

Professional Reviews

Alternative Press (5/00, p.88) - 3 out of 5 - "...Waves the pop-punk torch higher and more flamboyantly than most of their peers, delivering short, breathless, occasionally profane and remarkably similar 3-minute jolts of punk energy..."

CMJ (3/20/00, p.25) - "...[They] take cues from the Offspring and wisely invests in some rock'n'roll tunings; STOMPING GROUND is well-rounded because of it."