Wrong

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Total Tracks: 15   Total Length: 60:10

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Best Band, Canadian or Not, No One's Heard of

rubiconvict

And there's no good reason people haven't heard of this band, loved this band, caressed this band's genitalia in their earubds, felt the power and beauty of the liveness. Buy ALL of it, but start with this one. If you like, hmmm, let me see: Fugazi, early Metallica maybe, Rush even?...I"m stretching. But my point is that if you like the elements of those things, this is the real deal version of all of it. Stop listening to that Metallica and listen to this!!! And they're still F'in doing it. Amazing. And see them live. Please!

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incredible: freakily poppy, freakily scary

el_senor_rocket

this record is perhaps one of the finest punk records ever made. the playing is flawless and the songs are truly punchy. it's amazing that it is regularly overlooked. in some ways, the sound on this record remains undeniably powerful. if it came out today, people would be floored by it. unlike, for example, pavement's music, which is deeply embedded in the moment in which it was created - it is utterly obvious that pavement's is an early 90's band - nomeansno's wrong is so raw, and the playing so virtuoso that it is hard to discern when it was recorded. is it from the 80's? the 90's? the 00's? impossible really to tell. perhaps that's because no one has done anything quite like it. no no - it's nothing like primus because they take themselves seriously as performers. no no - it's nothing like nirvana because every musician in the band is truly an excellent player. no no - it's nothing like DK or Black Flag because the sound is so crisp. i love this record.

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Following the release of Wrong, Nomeansno could have safely laid down their instruments knowing that they’d just put out the definitive jazzcore album. From the opening bass thuds to the final notes, there’s nothing on the album that could be considered a misstep. The playing is incredibly skilled, with the Wright brothers effortlessly shifting tempos and time signatures and Kerr’s razor sharp lyrics clicking right into place. Throughout, the album is fused with a sense of energy that was missing from Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed. Best of all is the silly “Rags and Bones” with Kerr (referred to on this release as “none of your f*cking business”) claiming that he is “married to a cigarette butt lying in the gutter” over some of the most complex instrumentation you’re ever likely to find in good ol’ punk rawk. Although they still had a number of albums in them, Nomeansno would never top this one. – Sean Carruthers

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