-MAXIMUMROCKNROLL -(issue #205, June '00)-
-THE VILES- "Another Casualty" EP
"This record is very fucking good I'd never heard of -The Viles--- relentless anarchopunk with venemous lyrics. Instead of
getting compared to Aus Rotten like so many bands I review, this band deserves to become a reference in and of itself. (JV)"
-PUNK PLANET-(issue #38, July/August'00)-
-THE VILES- "Another Casualty" EP
This is the punkest record I've heard in some time. Where was this band when I lived in ohio?? The Viles typify straigh forward Exploited-influenced punk. Songs like "Dirty fucking hippies, Mickey's a Nazi, Dishonorable Dischargeand the title track are packed with classic punk rhymes like "huey, louey, douey, you're so fuckin' screwy" and "Waste your days puffin' on a bong... bunch of wanna be cheech and chongs.." This is the perfect basement show band! You can sing along, jump around get beer all over the place and accidentally burn things with your cigarette right in your home without making it to that basement show if you've got this EP! The lo-fi recording demonstrates a band that focuses more on songwriting and getting shit out than production and image. These guys must kick ass live! And I wanna meet this "Crazy Hungarian" that gets mentioned all over the insert. This onle's so punk you can almost smell the B.O in the air that must accompany attending one of their live sts. If there was a Viles show going on tonight and I knew where it was, I'd be there. Since I'm not in that situation, I think I'll keep flipping this 7" and dancing alone
