45 Grave - Pick Your Poison
45 Grave are widely crediting with pioneering the LA Goth scene with their dark, furious and sometimes blackly funny music, but they were also known for their excellent musicianship. Their song "Partytime" was a bona fide MTV hit after being featured in Return of the Living Dead, the 1986 movie and its soundtrack. The original 45 Grave disbanded in 1990 following the death of bassist Rob Graves. Flash forward 15 years -- Dinah Cancer decides to reincarnate her legendary band and, after a few fits and starts, 45 Grave solidifies in 2010 with what she feels is undoubtedly the best line-up since the original: O.C. guitar legend Frank Agnew (The Adolescents, TSOL, etc), bassist Brandden Blackwell and drummer Tom Coyne.
Pick Your Poison is the first legit 45 Grave album with all new material in 25 years. While the new album stays true to the horror punk sound for which the band is infamous, there are also songs that show the diversity of musical styles that have influenced Dinah Cancer throughout her life. From start to finish, Pick Your Poison has something that will slay everyone.
Collector alert! The first pressing of the LP is on absinthe-colored vinyl.
Available on LP for $14 and CD for $12.
