Die Huns - You Rot Me

Die Huns
You Rot Me
Volcom Entertainment

The Huns have been a side project for US Bombs/Skateboard legend Duane Petters
since 2000. Through a number of line-ups they had tour everywhere and put out
a three albums. As fate with have it Duane ran into Corey Parks at a Damned
show in LA in 2002 After talking about what she had been up to since leaving
Nashville Pussy. The suggestion was made that they should do something
together. The combination clicked and Corey became the permanent bass player
and later Duane's wife. Changing the name to the Die Huns, they released 'Long
Legs'. Still with a rotation of players filling the drum stool and guitar
spots out comes 'You Rot Me' with Jamie Reidling(US Bombs/Big Drill Car), Nate
Shaw(The Women/The Skulls) and Zander Schloss(Circle Jerks/Weirdos).

Every once in a while a record comes out by an established band that doesn't
isn't what is expected. Sometimes this can be a flat out disaster but it
follows a punk tradition that seems to have been lost in the last few decades.
With a majority of bands painting themselves into the same collective corner
of formula fearing to challenge or disappoint their fans. So with that said, I
have to say this record leads us in some new directions with a finger pointed
proudly at the past. As Woody Guthrey said when Rambling Jack asked him to
teach him a few things, “I'm not teaching you anything but you can steal
whatever you want.” The Die Huns have gone on a crime spear. Raiding
everything from normal victims like the Stooges, the Stones and Velvet
Underground to odd 60s pop and maybe even a little 90s Riot Grrl. The thing
that sets this apart from a sad trip down memory revival lane is the fact that
the Huns make it unmistakably their music. Creating a Modern, punk, rock and
roll without the taste of mothballs and unrestricted.

Like with any new frontier there is a few trips here and there but they never
seem to fall flat on their faces. However the hits far out number the misses
here. From the call to arms of 'Mad Society' to the dark space of 'You Rot
me' to anti-social 'Rock N Roll Boulevard' to 60s pop like 'Ain't It a Shame',
to the wild night of 'Night like Tonight' you'll be singing along and humming
these songs for days and weeks to come. Buy this record, strap tightly in for
the ride and if you don't get it, I pity you.