American Steel "Jagged Thoughts"

Lookout 265

While clearly influenced by the East Bay sound, American Steel's song structures on "Jagged Thoughts" show the band's love for the musical traditions of Motown soul, folk, and early rock as well as punk and hardcore. This combination of traditional music and punk rock - the subtlety of the former with the power of the latter - defines and reconciles this diverse group of songs. Having fully absorbed their punk influences in the process of making "Rogue's March," American Steel set forth to create a more uniquely personal follow-up. An exciting take on rock'n'roll tempered by punk's hardness, swagger and crunch and melodic pop's irresistible essence, "Jagged Thoughts" is a masterwork by an important band.

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American Steel "Rogue's March"

Lookout 231

American Steel are an incredible band that carries on the tradition of East Bay punk rock bands that are melodic without sacrificing hardcore intensity. In the sonic tradition of Crimpshrine, early Rancid, Leatherface and The Rudiments, American Steel brings their tough, insistent melodic punk to the masses with their first Lookout album, "Rogue's March." Originally released in 1999.

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