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The Amber Jets
11+ albums
punkpunk rockPop-punkpop punkfast melodic punk
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The Amber Jets have created a transcendent, genre-less recording, one of those rare gems that refuse classification- from insidiously catchy to hard, short blasts of driving guitar and raw, edgy, paranoiac vocals. It's all here, defying one to categorize them. It's not pop, it's not punk, it's certainly NOT pop punk (a la 6000 Screeching Weasel clones, anyway), it's not rock- although it totally fucking rocks. The music is a unique blend of all of the above, and would appeal to fans of just about anything. E Pluribus Unum, right. But hey, I understand, everyone craves a comparison or three, lest one waste 30 minutes listening to a kid in his bedroom who thinks that he's the entirety of Limp Bizkit. So, straight to the source: The Amber Jets assert that they sound like Dag Nasty, that they sound like The Doughboys, that they sound like Down By Law, that they sound like All. And, I concede, sometimes they DO, for 15 seconds or so. Then they revert back to sounding like no one but themselves. They seemingly can't help it. Staten Island, famous bastion of culture and creativity, is where, years ago, the seeds of The Amber Jets were sown. I'm not going to bore you with an incestuous family tree of Staten Island bands, because truly boring it is. Let's just start with Sleeper, formed in the early 90's, who eventually became Serpico, due to a UK band of the same moniker looking to be the Next Mediocre Thing in the mid 90's. Serpico put out numerous 45's and full lengths, on Allied
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