MISERY INDEX – Heirs to Thievery CD
Relapse Records
I took a great big crap all over their Traitors release from 2008 because of its knee jerk liberalism themed subject matter as well as the stench of Kurt Ballou all over the recording. Sure they’re from Baltimore and are probably part of the general paralysis of modern social/political society but one sided, leftist opinion based garbage is a throwback from the 1980s. Reagan was the “scared of their own shadow” crowd’s pariah back then and helped sell alot of records. Who needs to write well thought out lyrics when you can shoot fish in a barrel? Back then it was Reagan and in 2008 this band’s target was the Bush administration. The hippies had Nixon and the beatniks had Ike, same old shit different target.
What’s really amusing is that their guitarist Sparky Voyles use to be in DESTROY THE REVILED. Texas Pete, bassist, vocalist and the main man behind DESTROY THE REVILED is a gun toting, liberal hating, son of a gun. He’s also a good friend of mine who wasn’t afraid to perform wearing a German WW2 officer’s uniform at Scumfest 1999, just to piss people off. He really did piss a bunch of whiney anarcho punk losers during their performance and I loved every damm minute of it. How this guy Sparky lasted more than an hour with Texas Pete before getting “lead poisoning” is amazing.
So here I am again with these Marys and the subject matter within their lyrics hasn’t changed. They’re still shooting the same fish in the barrel. They can’t go after the present day DC residents even though they are the worst fascists I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. OK so lyrically these guys are cowards who won’t speak truth to power. Musically this is fairly generic sounding minus the Kurt Ballou stains from their last one. Heirs to Thievery might be the title but it could also apply to where these riffs came from. MISERY INDEX must believe in the virtues of “riff re-distribution” or the “riff welfare state”. From the comments I received after the last review I gave them it seems their fans really don’t give a shit about their politics. It’s their Death Grind sound which is important to them so I should give MISERY INDEX a second chance. So here ya go with your second fuckin chance. Heirs to Thievery is the same old boring sound, knee jerk liberal politics and pile of crap two years later.
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