Closet Monster – July/August 2004
Who: Closet Monster
What: revolutionist punk
Where: Ajax, ON
To Contact: Underground Operations, PO Box 13, Ajax, ON, L1S 3C2 cm@undergroundoperations.com, www.undergroundoperations.com.
We Built This City is the latest stand from Ajax, ON socio-political punk act Closet Monster. With titles like “Shitting In The Face Of This Western Disgrace”, “Convictions Of A Schoolyard Anarchist”, and the single, “Mamma, Anti-Fascisto (Never Surrender)”, this band, together seven years, cares nothing for conformity. While they may hail from Ajax (home to their buds in Sum 41), this is hardcore, ferocious stuff with raise-your-fist-and-shout-it-out-loud style vocals, and also an underground sense of humour. Of the song “Punk Rock Ruined Our Lives”, the band explains on the track listing, “This is not a ‘cred song.’ It’s a love song motherfucker.” Recorded over two days at Elk Studios in Stuttgart, Germany, and another six, six-hour days at Parkhill Studios in Oakville, ON, others bands should take a cue from the production quality. The six-song EP sounds like you could get hurt just listening to it. Playing on the recording are bassist/vocalist/lyricist London Spicoluk, guitarist/vocalist Adam Cyncora, drummer Aaron Verdonk, and guitarist/vocalist Brandon Hilborn, who recently quit the band and was replaced by original member Jesse Colburn (Avril Lavigne). Spicoluk, Cyncora, Colburn, and Comrade Komer co-produced.
