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Pennywise plays the kind of four-on-the-floor, no-holds-barred Cal-punk that was pioneered by the likes of Black Flag and the Descendents and has come back into fashion in the wake of Green Day, Offspring, et al. As the four members of Pennywise demonstrate on FULL CIRCLE, however, these guys are no Johnny-Rotten-come-latelys. On their fifth album for punk standard-bearer Epitaph, the band displays the kind of raw energy and tireless inspiration that is the mark of every great punk band.
FULL CIRCLE is the band's first album without bassist Jason Thirsk, who died in 1996, and Thirsk's loss can be felt in the troubled, searching themes that run throughout the album. The album is dedicated to him. On "Did You Really," vocalist Jim (Pennywise doesn't go for that whole surname thing) asks "Did you really wanna die?," immediately adding, "Tell me I'm forgiven." Pennywise may take the weight of the world on its shoulders, but if FULL CIRCLE is any indication, this band is strong enough to keep its balance.
On the first listen of Full Circle, it's hard to believe that Pennywise had a founding member commit suicide prior to the album's recording. The record is tough, heavy, hard, and fast, expanding the breakthroughs the group made with 1995's About Time. Listen a little more closely, and there's a newfound pain and pathos on the record that makes Full Circle Pennywise's most affecting album. [This version of the album includes bonus material.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Recorded at Total Access Studios, Redondo Beach, California.
Pennywise: Jim (vocals); Fletcher (guitar); Randy (bass guitar); Byron.
Personnel: Jason Thirsk (vocals); Ronnie King (piano); Byron (drums).
Audio Mixers: Eddie Ashworth; Darian Rundall; Milton Chan; Pennywise; Brett Gurewitz.
Recording information: Total Access Studios, Redondo Beach, CA.
Pennywise: Jim (vocals); Fletcher (guitar); Randy (bass); Byron (drums).
Additional personnel: Justin Thirsk (vocals, drums); Bro Hymn Choir (background vocals).
Rolling Stone (5/29/97, pp.48-49) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...A full-throttle metallic punk album that revolves around themes of mortality and rebellion....attacks with the ferocity and survival instinct of a wounded Doberman..." Pennywise Full Circle Songs Full Circle Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  R.I.P. Jason Matthew Thirsk, This One's For You!!!
I am sure when Pennywise came out with this amazing punk album that Jason was up in punk rock heaven, looking down going "those are my brothers of punk rock right there!!" more than enough of an album to make him proud, and in MY eyes, no offense Jason, but I find this is the start of a much BETTER Pennywise, yet you still could NEVER forget to appreciate the CLASSICS and Classic line-up, my favorite songs are: "Fight Till You Die" , "Society" , "Final Day" , "Broken" , "Every Time" , "Nowhere Fast" and "Bro Hymn Tribute" Rock On In that better place Jason!!!!
Submitted by Justin (St. Anthony, NL, Canada) 
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Their best record! Crazy drum beats, fast, loud guitar riffs...they rock this record from start to finish! LISTEN TO IT LOUD! RIP Jason
Submitted by sb_spencer (Calgary, AB, Canada)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No full circle, full of great music
a lot of rage, alot of energy, this is pennywise's best album, it has inteligent lyrics and great drums with a lot of in your face guitar riffs, pennywise is an awesome band, buy ti now!!!
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Purchase Full Circle CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Pennywise Straight Ahead CD (1999)
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Along with other California third-wave punk bands like NOFX and MXPX, Pennywise came to fame in the '90s as a major part of the skater/extreme sports milieu. Though the Offspring had more financial success with a pretty similar sound, Pennywise always had the market cornered in terms of street ...
| | Pennywise Land Of The Free? CD (2001)
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Pennywise themselves are calling Land of the Free "a wake-up call," aimed at the slumbering masses of America -- an attempt to shake people out of their lethargy, and prod them into thinking about the world. It's also a clarion call to action, made most forcibly on "Fuck Authority," via its demand that "it's time we had our say." However, given the opportunity, Pennywise isn't quite sure what it is they want to say. The songs throw out concerns and reactions, opinions and questions, ideas and concepts, unleashing their own mixed emotions along the way. The quartet's frustration with the current state of affairs singes the tracks, yet solutions and causes by and large evade them. At times it's evident the group feels like they're calling to the deaf while stumbling blindly around in the dark. "Is there anyone listening?" they inquire at one point, half in plea, half in defiance. Pennywise is high enough up in the punk hierarchy to know the answer is yes. Wrapping their message in a barrage of melodies and pummeling beats insures that at every show hundreds of kids will parrot back Land's lyrics, fists punching the air. But will these fans seriously ...
| | Pennywise From The Ashes CD (2003)
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With their eighth album, FROM THE ASHES, Pennywise continues down the same uncompromising and rebellious path that found them snubbing major labels back in the mid-1990s, when peers like Green Day, Offspring, and Bad Religion were hopping aboard the gravy train. With Byron McMackin and Randy Bradbury providing jackhammer rhythms and guitarist Fletcher Dragge firing off machine gun riffs, vocalist Jim Lindberg aims his crosshairs at plenty of political and social issues. "God Save the USA" finds Lindberg having a chat with the big guy in the sky and eviscerating a number of right-leaning demagogues including the CIA, NRA, and President Bush, while "Look Who You Are" hammers at apathy amidst the conservative atmosphere of 2003. Boredom ("Something to Change"), nostalgia ("Yesterdays"), and cynicism ("Judgement Day") are all topics addressed with the kind of focused, melodic fury that's manna to anyone ...
| | Pennywise About Time CD (1995) Remastered
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One of Pennywise's finest outings, 1995's ABOUT TIME features the California skate-punk band continuing its early/mid-'90s winning streak. While the previous record, UNKNOWN ROAD, found frontman Jim Lindberg rejoining the group after a brief departure, ABOUT TIME fully conveys the singer's renewed commitment to the ensemble with ...
| | Pennywise Unknown Road CD (1993) Remastered
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| | Southern Culture On The Skids Mojo Box CD (2004)
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Following the departure of keyboard player Chris Bess, Southern Culture on the Skids have pared themselves back down to a three-piece on their eighth full-length album, Mojo Box. While it's not quite a return to the gloriously greasy stomp of such early classics as For Lovers Only and Ditch Diggin', there is a significantly lower "novelty" factor here than they have displayed since their move up to the big leagues with Dirt Track Date, and the relatively leaner sound agrees with them. While SCOTS are a good-time band if there ever was one, a "funny for the sake of funny" vibe was starting to sink into the band's sound, but Mojo Box finds Rick Miller's songwriting displaying a keener focus than has been heard in years, and his bizarro-world redneck fantasias of luxury mobile homes, hot babes in halter tops, and classic muscle cars play more to his strengths than, say, "House of Bamboo" or "Make Mayan a Hawaiian." Miller's guitar work is in typically stellar form, too, while bassist Mary Huff holds down the bottom end with both efficiency and imagination (and sounds good on her vocal features) and drummer Dave Hartman is still making ...
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