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The 11 songs of "Homesick / Roadsick" range between precise punk rock and melodic hardcore. I love this music style, and my car radio and my PC love it too... Especially loud, and when the 37 minutes of playtime are over, the fun and good mood start all over again.
It’s no wonder that the sound of VERSUS THE WORLD reminds me of LAGWAGON, as LAGWAGON guitarist Chris Flippin also plays in VERSUS THE WORLD. Both bands come from Santa Barbara, which seems to be a mecca for good music. After all, MAD CADDIES and RICH KIDS ON LSD also hail from the pearl of the "American Riviera". And those who weren’t born there move there, like Martin L. Gore. However, you need a bit more cash to live there.
To get back to Chris Flippin, he also played in R.K.L., and when things weren’t going so well for LAGWAGON at the end of the 2000s, he joined VERSUS THE WORLD, which was already founded in 2005. Meanwhile, LAGWAGON is also very active again; Chris Flippin was a co-founder of my youth heroes 25 years ago, and now he has 2 bands going at the same time, well then... And while I’m raving about Chris Flippin, I have a photo of us both. I’m the one who is 1.96 meters tall (!), the smaller one in the picture!!!!
The founding members of VERSUS THE WORLD are singer and guitarist Donald Spence and bassist Mike Davenport, who left THE ATARIS back then. Shortly before, THE ATARIS had a worldwide hit with "The Boys of Summer". But really, every band has covered that song at least once. However, THE ATARIS made it into the Top 50 of the German charts with it, among other things. The fourth member of the quartet is guitarist Bryan Charlson, so there are three guitarists on stage. This is also noticeable on the CD, where the melody of the song is often heard from the left and the solos from the right. You can’t hear it as much on the PC, but in the car... at full volume... with the gas pedal pushed down hard... it sounds damn thick :-)
Without a doubt, HÖCHSTPUNKTZAHL and KAUFPFLICHT!
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