Some artists deal with the subject of mortality in delicate, reflective brushstrokes. OFF! bandleader Keith Morris confronts it roughly the same way a hungry pit bull meets a T-bone steak—with fang-gnashing ferocity. To wit: multiple compressed assaults from the band’s new sophomore salvo, Wasted Years (Vice). Because, at 58, the Circle Jerks/Black Flag vet (who still maintains a spin-off combo dubbed Flag) has faced his own frailties, overcome most of them, and simply accepted—then soldiered on—with the rest. Morris, guitarist Dimitri Coats, bassist Steven Shane McDonald and drummer Mario Rubalcaba will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new feature on them.
McDonald: There is a Terror 1000, for driving two svt cabs, I guess. My 500 is so loud I couldn’t imagine needing it.
Tube preamp, solidstate poweramp. Amazingly versatile. It can be clean enough for jazz or Motorhead nasty. At SXSW this year I couldn’t stop bragging about flying with it in the overhead compartment. Definitely the most consistent sound I’ve had in a festival setting, too.
The $899 pricetag won’t break the bank. Or maybe even more importantly, as the bass players will attest to, it won’t break your back either.
I should work for those people. Geez.
