Name: Viking [10/20] *
Brand: Pirates Press
SKU: 155465210
Price: 25.32 USD
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Viking *

Rating

Album: Viking *
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Bastards	More Info...	0:01
2)	Skins, Punx and Drunx	More Info...	0:01
3)	Fight	More Info...	0:01
4)	1%	More Info...	0:02
5)	Switchblade	More Info...	0:03
6)	Marie Marie	More Info...	0:02
7)	Little Rude Girl	More Info...	0:01
8)	Maggots	More Info...	0:02
9)	Mainlining Murder	More Info...	0:03
10)	For You	More Info...	0:03
11)	My Life to Live	More Info...	0:04
12)	The Kids Are Quiet On Sharmon Palms	More Info...	0:02
13)	Blind Ambition	More Info...
14)	Gods of War	More Info...	0:01
15)	Streetwise Professor	More Info...	0:03
16)	The Viking	More Info...	0:05

Album: Viking *
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Bastards	More Info...	0:01
2)	Skins, Punx and Drunx	More Info...	0:01
3)	Fight	More Info...	0:01
4)	1%	More Info...	0:02
5)	Switchblade	More Info...	0:03
6)	Marie Marie	More Info...	0:02
7)	Little Rude Girl	More Info...	0:01
8)	Maggots	More Info...	0:02
9)	Mainlining Murder	More Info...	0:03
10)	For You	More Info...	0:03
11)	My Life to Live	More Info...	0:04
12)	The Kids Are Quiet On Sharmon Palms	More Info...	0:02
13)	Blind Ambition	More Info...
14)	Gods of War	More Info...	0:01
15)	Streetwise Professor	More Info...	0:03
16)	The Viking	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

VIKING, the second solo release from Rancid singer/guitar-slinger Lars Frederiksen, backed by his band the Bastards, is stuffed to the gills with in-your-face punk attitude. Jackhammer drums, half-chanted/half-shouted vocals, and power chords ripped off like automatic gunfire all do their best to keep the punk flame burning. The lyrical subject matter never waxes too philosophical, as Frederiksen's themes are primarily limited to weapons ("Switchblade"), fighting ("Fight"), murder ("Mainlining Murder"), and, now and then, the fairer sex ("Little Rude Girl").
Every once in a while, the Bastards kick it up old-school style, as on the Ramones-esque "For You," and the 1950s-themed rockabilly number "Marie Marie." Frederiksen's Rancid cohort Tim Armstrong (who also produced the album), takes a turn on vocals on "My Life to Live," a tribute to easy women that bears more than a passing resemblance to a Pogues number. But Frederiksen's homages are offered in the loving name of gung-ho rock & roll, and VIKING delivers that spirit in kind.