OFF! - Wasted Years

No matter how we start a conversation about the role of transgender people around the world, we are going to be wrong about it.  So we have to tip toe around a topic like this, so as not to offend our audience.  But nonetheless, it is better to turn toward a difficult topic rather than turn away from it.  The same goes for opinions on punk rock.

OFF! comes from an eclectic background of some of our favorite bands, i.e. Black Flag and Hot Snakes.  Things are a little different now, but we are happy to report that in a lot of ways things are still the same, like our old grease monkey pal who we used to refer to as "he" and we now refer to as "she."  We feel that a circle has been made.

Our mother didn't like the direction of Black Flag after Keith Morris, and she certainly didn't like celebrity politician Henry Rollins.  We remember her throwing his spoken word cassette tape out the window on our way to school one day.  Don't get us wrong.  Black Flag is the butter to our youth's bread.

OFF! also features Mario Rubalcaba of Hot Snakes, which further reels in our feelings about the transgender nature of the band.  OFF! wants to be something different.  It has transformed many bands of its past into its current identity.  However, all of those bands are contained here.  Nothing has changed.  All is well.  

The best part about this review is that as of this date, the album hasn't even been released.  So we haven't even heard it.  Nor do we want to.  Just like we don't want to hear about your opinions on transgender folks or punk rock.  Fuck OFF!

karat y chop