CRANKED UP "A Call For Solidarity" CD

Overview : Cranked Up hail from Philadelphia and features members of Violent Society, 2.5 Children, Bomb Squadron and Dead Empty. "A Call For Solidarity" is the band's first full-length release and blends raw & catchy '77 style Punk Rock with anthemic Oi! and traditional Rock'n'Roll elements. 14 soaring anthems of powerful, straight-forward Streetpunk with some great street-level lyrics to boot, similar in style to bands like Bonecrusher, Anti-Heros and The Boils. Working class skinheads and suburban punks alike will be singing along to these rockin' tunes. Superb album from a band that can sing, write and play!!

Tracklisting : All Fucked Up / Emotionally Challenged / Guilty Conscience / Left Wing Scum / Jaded / Follow The Trail / Under Their Control / Don't Need Your Culture /Swindled / New Regime / Where You Stand? / Make Me Sick / On The Attack / They're Back Again (The Cigarettes)

MP3's : All Fucked Up / New Regime

Biography : Cranked Up Really High formed in November of 2000. It started as a side project with members of various Philadelphia area bands. This supergroup was Pat and Jason from Violent Society, Danarchy from 2.5 Children and Kyle who was a virgin to the music scene. We played our first show a couple of months later and recorded a demo. Kyle later left the band and Andy from Dead Empty/Bomb Squadron took over. The line-up has stayed the same ever since. We also decided to shorten the name to Cranked Up, the name itself explains the band. Members of Cranked Up dabble in various political ideas and organizations. We believe that people should stand up for what they believe in. We all are in our late 20's and have each been involved in some aspect of the Punk scene for 15 years and longer. Our style of music is a mix between Oi! and early Punk Rock. Our many different influences are apparent in the music. The list would be too long to list so we will leave it up to you to be the judge....
Check out the band's Website at www.crankedup.net

Reviews : don't just take our word for it, read what the critics are saying about Cranked Up...
»»» "From the remnants of Violent Society (who I wasn't that much of a fan) come the way more impressive Cranked Up. They boast the cream of other local Philadelphian Punk outfits in their line-up. I gotta say this CD delivers a good solid Streetpunk sound. The cover art is reminiscent of mid era Angelic Upstarts and the politics also reflect that. Cranked Up give us mid-paced well played Punk Rock, done with style and a zest for a tune. "Emo-tionally Challenged" is one of my faves with its lovesick attack on the flowers and chocolates brigade. It also boasts that powerful "I Don't Care" chorus, and comes at ya like a lotta songs on here...with a creative style of playing. Pat Society's vocals are often strangled and rough enough to sound like he's just crawled out from under a hockey scrum. They're not truly impressive, but they work well on here especially without those shouty elements that featured in Violent Society offerings. And together with Danarchy's/Andy's impressive fretwork you know they're gonna make a potent force. "Guilty Conscience" together with its broken bottles sound effects is a finding your inner self kinda song. Now let's not get all philosophical please but it does mirror the band growing up into a very strong little outfit. The sinister overtones of the brooding anti-drug track "Follow The Trail" is another big hit here in the Wolfs Lair. Followed closely by the big guitar buildup of "Under Their Control". Some of the subject matter is still pretty predictable, like on the rebellious "Our Culture" or the antisocial "All Fucked Up". But what they lack in originality comes coated with panache and imagination other bands in this field ain't got. If you like your Punk Rock done with an early 80's slant and a today outlook, then look no further than these PA punks." (Nihilism On The Prowl)

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