The third album by Boston's
Slapshot, 1990's
Sudden Death Overtime proudly ignores all the trends that had overtaken
hardcore since their 1984 debut: no
metal moves by the guitarists, no plodding, weed-infused
Black Sabbath-like dirge tempos from the rhythm section, no dorky growling from singer
Choke Kelly, just straight-ahead
straight-edge. The tempos are a hair slower, perhaps, but songs like
"Punk's Dead, You're Next" and the righteous
"War on Drugs" bristle with well-directed anger, and the shoutalong
"Get Me Out" is as close as the band had yet come to a regular
pop song. Extra points for the deadpan sarcasm on the
Huesker Due-like
straight-edge cover of
Jefferson Airplane's
"White Rabbit" as well. At a time when
hardcore itself, never mind
straight-edge, was on the ropes,
Sudden Death Overtime proved that some bands were still in the game. ~ Stewart Mason
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