{"id":13805,"date":"2020-11-03T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=13805"},"modified":"2020-10-29T18:21:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:21:09","slug":"chubby-and-the-gang-speed-kills-partisan-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=13805","title":{"rendered":"Chubby And The Gang &#8211; Speed Kills (Partisan Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/819u0tJ61iL._AC_SL1200_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13806 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/819u0tJ61iL._AC_SL1200_-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/819u0tJ61iL._AC_SL1200_-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/819u0tJ61iL._AC_SL1200_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/819u0tJ61iL._AC_SL1200_-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/819u0tJ61iL._AC_SL1200_-1018x1024.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/819u0tJ61iL._AC_SL1200_-1140x1147.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/819u0tJ61iL._AC_SL1200_-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/819u0tJ61iL._AC_SL1200_.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>Hailing from West London, Charlie Manning and his group of wandering minstrels &#8211; Chubby and the Gang &#8211; might be right up there with Dirt Box Disco in the \u201cdon&#8217;t be fooled by the shit name\u201d awards but could be real contenders to nick the latter&#8217;s Rebellion crown.<\/p>\n<p>Kicking off with a fast and frantic two-minute declaration on intent \u2013 Do \u201cChubby and the Gang Rule Okay\u201d? Fuck yeah!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I guess you could start with a Sham or Cockney Rejects comparison. It&#8217;s certainly very London street punk but there&#8217;s definitely some Damned in there too along with a ton of other bands in your record collection. But that&#8217;s a good thing, right?\u00a0 Believe me, you&#8217;re gonna love it&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Second up is \u201cPariah Radio\u201d and it&#8217;s a banger, proving that speed and melody aren&#8217;t mutually exclusive<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard a few people say that this could be the album of the year and three songs in, \u201cAll Along The Uxbridge Road\u201d may have sealed the deal for me. If you don&#8217;t believe me, feast your eyes on this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xRgP_vca1Po?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeed Kills\u201d is the first song so far that breaks the two-minute barrier and with a sprinkling of Generation X it doesn&#8217;t disappoint. While \u201cCan&#8217;t Tell Me Nothing\u201d might be a bit more of the same, \u201cTrouble\u201d slows things down a gear with a bit of a love song. A wonderful tuneless tune with a hint of Madness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After a momentary pause in the frantic riffery, we&#8217;re off again&#8230;..\u201cThe Rise And Fall Of The Gang\u201d and \u201cHold Your Breath\u201d gets the fists pumping in oi-tastic fashion and when bands can play live again, \u201cMoscow\u201d is gonna rip your local club apart.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBruce Grove Bullies\u201d kicks into a Kinks-tastic riff and with a healthy undercurrent of Hammond Organ, while the yanks will go mental over the bark and bite of \u201cBlue Ain&#8217;t My Colour\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no way you can avoid the comparison of \u201cGrenfell Forever\u201d to early Billy Bragg but fuck it, I for one think it&#8217;s a real stand-out tune.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WdwmHp_Uiao?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnion Dues\u201d rounds things on in a Quo-tastic way. And what a way to say goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So there you go, thirteen songs that&#8217;ll fit on one side of a C60.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speed Kills is available to pre-order now on the band&#8217;s Bandcamp page on yellow vinyl (with cartoon sticker sheet), black vinyl (with colour-in sleeve and crayons), hipster-friendly cassette, and ye olde traditional CD.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Buy &#8216;Speed Kills&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3dWpkTf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Chubbyandthegang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: Fraser Munro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from West London, Charlie Manning and his group of wandering minstrels &#8211; Chubby and the Gang &#8211; might be right up there with Dirt Box Disco in the \u201cdon&#8217;t be fooled by the shit name\u201d awards but could be real contenders to nick the latter&#8217;s Rebellion crown. 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