OPM Menace To Sobriety CD

This is a Hyper CD which contains regular audio tracks and provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser.

Additional personnel includes: Asdru Sierra, Ulises Bella (vocals, horns); Mickey "Huidos" Huidobro, Brady Wilmon, Angelo Moore (vocals); Josh Deutsch (guitar, bass, programming); Linus Of Hollywood (guitar, bass, background vocals); Sean E. Dermott (guitar, bass); Eric Avery, Rusty Anderson, David Rainger (guitar); David Mansfield (pedal steel guitar); Daniel Deutsch (harmonica); Nat Gleason (piano, keyboards); Garry Hughes (keyboards, programming); Melvin Gibbs (bass); Leslie Van Trease (drums); Jiro Yamaguchi (percussion); Michael Patterson, Alan Friedman, Ryan Boesch (programming); Malcolm Micheles, DJ Swampy (DJ).

The debut album from these California skate punks taps into the usual new-millennium worries: teenage alienation, misunderstood intentions, a quest for the perfect high. It's not very original and pretty short on ideas overall. The best song, "Heaven Is a Halfpipe," lifts its hip-hop/ska style and motivation from Sublime, which should give you a reference point on this jugheaded effort. ~ Michael Gallucci

Some good elements can be found on this OPM release, but the majority has the air of generic white hip-hop, not rough and scruffy enough to catch the attention the way, say, the Beastie Boys manage to do. Proof positive that the ability to say "f*ck" several dozen times in a song does not indicate anything of interest. ~ Steven E. McDonald

Explicit Lyrics

OPM: Matthew "Shakey Lo The Kreation Kid" (vocals, keyboards, programming); Johne, Necro (vocals); Geoff "Casper" Turney (guitar).

Producers include: OPM, Josh Deutsch, Craig Kallman, Garry Hughes, Michael Patterson.

Engineers include: Michael Patterson, Vaughan Merrick, Jeff Moleski.

Personnel: Angelo Moore (vocals, saxophone, background vocals); Ulises Bella (vocals, horns); Josh Deutsch (guitar, drum programming); Eric Avery, Rusty Anderson (guitar); Garry Hughes (keyboards, drum programming); Jiro Yamaguchi (percussion); Michael Patterson (programming, drum programming); Ryan Boesch (programming); Alan Friedman (drum programming).

Audio Mixers: David Kahne; Michael Patterson .

Recording information: A & M Studios, Hollywood, CA; Axis Recording, NY; MNO Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Soundcastle, Los Angeles, CA; The Mix Room, Los Angeles, CA; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA.

Photographer: Sean Murphy.

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.