![]() The point? His vocals are a cog in the machine of sound quality, which, had it been somewhat decent, would've improved the overall product. A live video of Eycke performing "Poison Planet" with COC as a guest vocalist in 2011 remedied a number of his faults here and he reasonably delivered a swell performance. ![]() His register is all over the place and he generally sounds completely disjointed and exhausted. Eycke was the one-and-done vocalist for COC who only lasted from 1983 to 1984, "Eye For An Eye" acting as his main musical contribution. The band seemed to have been in a transient state of sorts, relying largely on a punk postulate that only lasted (and in lesser degrees) for few releases after this one, and, more importantly, Eric Eycke. It has, however, largely been obscured and runs like an old dinosaur of a computer compared to the high-end technologies of today, shockingly similar to the likes of COC then and COC twenty-plus years later. I don't think anyone can deny the novelty of "Eye For An Eye," as it obviously holds some insight to the group's future progression and deserves praise for igniting the figurative rocket, I guess. Granted, some of these qualities might have validity elsewhere (taking for instance a band like Venom or some of COC's punk gods into account), but not so much here. It sounds sloppy, juvenile, erratic, spastic, tangled, and muted. "Eye For An Eye" simply isn't an enjoyable album. Coincidentally, they went on to make Corrosion of Conformity an electric force in a multitude of niches, but here, the interest was anything but humble. Three dudes, somewhere in North Carolina, jammed like there was no tomorrow. Before the glory and tours, there was.a punk band. Before the trio was a second-time trio before Pepper Keenan joined the band before all the stylistic and radical changes that defined Corrosion of Conformity's biography. fanatics.Ĭome now, jump in the time machine. I could only recommend this to hardcore punk fans or die-hard C.O.C. Any generic punk band could've cooked this up and called it a day. This album can be fun at times, but can grind on if listened to for too long and doesn't stand out when it comes to other punk and crossover thrash releases. It has some rousing energy to it, but not nearly as much drive or energy to it as similar releases such as Bad Brains' Banned In D.C. While sometimes engaging with songs such as Tell Me, Poison Planet, and Eye For An Eye pushing out thrashy, moshpit-worthy rhythms that would serve the punk crowd and even some metalheads well, the songs don't stand out as well and tend to grind as you listen to the whole album. Instrument-wise, things can get up and thrashing easily, but it feels very sloppy and disorganized. Eycke isn't all that important here since he adds relatively little to the mix and is coherent only a little bit of the time. Eric Eycke is a crappy vocalist, even by hardcore punk's standards. The bass has this nice thumping quality to it that complements the rhythm nicely and keeps some sense of control amongst the insanity of this record when everyone else is going crazy on their instruments. ![]() Even so, they lack the amount of coherence or drive that made more notable hardcore bands like Bad Brains, Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies, and the Cro-Mags legends within the punk scene. ![]() They have some drive to them that can get you up and moving around and at times you will find yourself thrashing wildly to a few of the more coherent songs. The riffs run wild much like the rabid dogs that are talked about in one of the songs. It's what I'd imagine a hardcore record made by Animal from The Muppets in a tornado would sound like. The instrumentation is all over the place and absurdly messy. This album is okay as far as punk is concerned, but nothing truly stand-out. They were just teenagers playing punk rock with relatively little focus and just a lot of frustrations to get out. The quality of the album really needs to be considered along with the genre that Corrosion Of Conformity was playing at the time as well as their age at this point. Long before the Corrosion Of Conformity that we knew came along with their classic rock meets stoner/sludge formula that would give them many memorable albums and a near-mainstream level of popularity in the early to mid 90's, They were a punk band held up in high regard by members of the 80's hardcore punk and crossover thrash scenes.
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