One of the biggest hardcore bands going. This CD compiles tracks from their earlier 7"s, previously unreleased mixed, demo and a radio set. All too often punk music is about getting it right, picking a particular subgenre and acing it the way you might a test. Toronto's Fucked Up has proven the antithesis of this approach since their inception. Formed in early 2001, this five-piece has managed confrontation without cheap gimmicks or novelty, creativity without pointless noodling and intensity without predictable arrangements. Seamlessly ploughing through punk's varied past, a Fucked Up song can invoke the melodic anthems of British Oi, the brawny directness of early '80s American hardcore and the artistic autonomy of a band that doesn't care what its forebears have done before.
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