View Larger
Rate it!
Avg: 5.0 (3 ratings)
- Date Released: August 14, 2001
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Punk
- Label: Uprising
-
They Say...
It's fitting that Chuck Treece would later count his greatest accomplishment not as being a renowned session player who worked with the likes of Billy Joel, but occupying the drum stool for Bad Brains on the venerable band's touring to support Rise; especially when you listen to his first band McRad. Alternative Tentacles fueled a resurgence in the old-school skate rock scene with reissues in 2001 of bands such as Los Olvidados and Free Beer. The material on the 1987 disc fits in sonically and aesthetically with the rudimentary thrashing heard on labels such as Boner Records and touted in Flipside Magazine, even though McRad was an East Coast group (most skate rock culture originated out West). Absence of Sanity also shows a maturity that put the band light years ahead of its peers in the pre-X-Games-and-endorsement-deals world, and this is due to the obvious love and admiration of Bad Brains. Mindless thrashing and inane lyrics of the group's skater brethren are replaced by thoughtful themes and, much like the Brains pioneered, an infusion of reggae ("Words of Life" is a straight-up dub track that fuses into an anthemic riff and inspirational vocals) mixed with the punk rock. It works so perfectly you can't help but conclude that McRad deserved a better fate, and that this release is not sheer nostalgia. Absence of Sanity, even without the additional live songs and two cuts from a 1984 compilation, holds up decades after its initial release, and cliché be damned, sounds just as fresh as it did back in the day.
“ The indie iTunes — Hardcore music fans are migrating to eMusic, the iTunes Music Store's cheaper, cooler cousin.”
Rolling Stone
eMusic Tip
Paid downloads are counted towards an album discount but free downloads are not.
COMPLETE FOR FREE!
You can download the rest of the tracks from this album for free! Just click the Complete Album button.
We’re sorry this album can only be downloaded using paid subscription download credits.
We recommend you Save it for Later by clicking the Save for Later button shown just above this message. For a list of related albums you can download right now, check out these recommendations.
| 01. |  |
Prevent That Tragedy |
1:23 |
|
| 02. | |
Tomorrow's Headline |
1:45 |
|
| 03. | |
Broken String Dub [Live] |
2:13 |
|
| 04. | |
McShred |
2:48 |
|
| 05. | |
This Indecision |
1:46 |
|
| 06. | |
In My Forever |
2:14 |
|
| 07. | |
Weakness |
2:56 |
|
| 08. | |
Tom Groholski |
2:30 |
|
| 09. | |
Brain |
2:52 |
|
| 10. | |
Week Style |
2:39 |
|
| 11. | |
Fiend |
2:29 |
|
| 12. | |
Dead by Dawn |
3:02 |
|
| 13. | |
Jocelyn |
1:56 |
|
| 14. | |
Words of Life |
5:57 |
|
| 15. | |
Dub for Andy [Live] |
7:09 |
|
| 16. | |
Separation/Words of Life [Live] |
12:49 |
|
| 17. | |
Indecision [Live] |
1:46 |
|
| 18. | |
Jocelyn [Live] |
1:50 |
|
| 19. | |
R.I.P. Andy [Live] |
3:45 |
|
19 Total Tracks, 63:49 Total Length
Loading...
Playlists If you like MC Rad, check out these member playlists
Credits
- Chuck Treece - Guitar // Chuck Treece - Drums // Chuck Treece - Vocals // Chuck Treece - Executive Producer // Andy Morris - Drums // Daniel Rey - Transfer Engineer // John Wagner Coalition - Drums // John Wagner Coalition - Vocals // McRad - Main Performer // McRad - Performer // John Marshall Smith - Remastering
Choose from over 6 million
music downloadseMusic features legendary and emerging artists in every genre: classic rock to classical,indie to international, soundtracks to spiritual, jazz to country and many more.
MP3 downloads work on any digital media player
With eMusic, you OWN your music without any restrictions. Burn music to a CD, play it on your computer, mobile phone or any digital media player - including iPod®, Zune® and Walkman®.
Songs available for 50¢ or less
eMusic subscriptions start at just $11.99 a month for 24 downloads - that's just 50¢ per song! And it gets better from there - our plans go as low as 42¢ per song!
Music Discovery
eMusic is about discovery. We make finding new music fun again with music recommendations from our award-winning team of music experts, member playlists and new music features.
Cancel anytime
With all the great music and site features we're pretty sure you will love eMusic. If not, no problem. You can cancel at any time and keep the music you have downloaded.
© 1992 - 2009 All Media Guide, LLC