Album Review – The Generators / Crashed Out, Blood, Sweat And Glory

Blood, Sweat And Glory represents the union of two veteran bands who have their roots deep in the street punk scene, The Generators, from the USA, and Crashed Out from the UK. These two bands have been plying their trade for a combined total of around fifty years as they have both been in existence since the early ’90s. Each band has contributed four tracks to create the split album that is Blood, Sweat And Glory.

The Generators occupy the a-side of Blood, Sweat And Glory, two of the four tracks by the Generators, Throw Away The Key and So Sick Of This, are uncompromising slices of street punk, neither of these is a surprise and, as good as they are, I knew tracks like these were coming. For me the stronger tracks are the ones I didn’t expect, Goodbye California and in particular the excellent Killing Time, are slightly slower paced and provide a contrast to the full on tracks of Street Punk. The b-side is occupied the UK’s Crashed Out, who deliver four tracks of bareknuckle street punk, no subtleties, no ambiguity and definitely no compromise. If you’re a fan of Crashed Out this is as good anything else they’ve released, it’s also in the same vein as everything else they’ve released.

This is an album of two bands that compliment each other, if you’re a fan of the more brutal end of street punk then this will be an album that you’ll play on repeat. For me this is also a Split album of two halves, personally I prefer The Generators side as there is more variety, and the stand out track Killing Time. Crashed Out‘s side didn’t really do it for me as I found it to be somewhat predictable, that’s not to say their side of the album is bad, it’s just that I knew exactly what was coming.

Blood, Sweat And Glory can be ordered, on a black or red ten inch vinyl, here