U.K. Subs
Buoyed by the cash and publicity generated by those Guns N'Roses
covers, The UK Subs have reformed to record and tour with original
members Charlie Harper and Nicky Garratt, augmented by Alvin Gibbs
and American drummer Dave Ayers.
Quintessentials
June 1997
Q Magazine
The song remain largely the same,
the twin peaks of brevity and aggression untainted by lard-arsed
American excesses and the intervening years. The sound is crisper
and laden with overdubs, and the lyrics still rail against
monolithic government dirty tricks in a vaguely X-files/paranoid
conspiracy theory way.
Shouting, pointing and wrapped around a raft
of halfway decent melodies, these songs deserve their 15 minutes.
Reviewed by Paul Davies