Bunnydrums - Pkd/Simulacra CD

 One of Philly's finest
These guys threw a lot of stuff in the blender (Joy Division, Gang of Four, PIL, Wire, Magazine, Killing Joke; basically, all that was good about the late 70s and early 80s), mixed it with a distinctly American attitude and an air of quiet menace, and came up with quite a tasty slice of adventurous post-punk skronk. Unfortunately, everything sounds slightly slower than the original vinyl releases, as if they were mastered at 30 rpm or something. (But if you haven’t heard the original vinyl you’d never know.) Gets a 4 because of that and because it includes an inferior remix of Holy Moly.
Submitted by swanhunter57 (Providence, RI, USA) 
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 Finally!
I was at the last show Bunnydrums played at the Kennel Club. I am amazed and pleased the CD is available. Thanks to Dave and the band for releasing this music. It's ALL good! Buy this CD...Buy lots and give them to all of your friends. Looking forward to a DVD of live performances!(?)
Submitted by a reviewer (phillyburb USA)
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 Collection of Philly's post-punk quartet's finest works
Bunnydrums were a four piece from Philadelphia who were around from about 1980 to 1986. They made post-punk music, incorporating the usual set-up of guitar, bass, drums, electronics and some saxophone. They clearly grew up making music in the underground and therefore never really broke out into the mainstream, which is cool in my view! Their music is angry and paranoid sounding, not surprising when you hear that the main songwriter was influenced by the novels of noted SF writer Philip K. Dick (of Blade Runner and Total Recall fame)! This collection of their best work has come out on the fantastic METROPOLIS record label based in Philadelphia. I had actually never heard anything by the group until recently hearing a sound sample on CD Universe's website and I was so impressed with what I heard that I ordered it straight away from CD Universe. The CD itself is very good, though there are some poor tracks, like 'Shiver' and 'Ugh' (mainly when the lead singer starts wailing like Johnny Rotten!), though they are in the minority. Their music can be summed up as sounding a bit like PIL, and a cross between the Gang of Four, Magazine, The Clash, Talking Heads, and a bit of the Cabaret Voltaire. It retains strong electronic elements, though it's mainly a solid guitar, bass, drums, and vocal outfit. The playing is very good, and the bass player stands out, along with the drummer. For those of you looking to explore something new then you could do much worse than this. I took a chance on it and I'm glad I did, some of the tracks on the CD are great, particularly 'Sleeping', 'Holy Moly', 'Win' and 'Little Room' and the instrumentals 'Crawl' and 'YBB'.
Submitted by a reviewer (Dublin, Ireland)
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