Civet is not proficient enough to thrash, so their songs sound like slop. Bombshell acquits herself nicely on the drums, but the rest of the ladies…yech! Can we hold Kim Fowley accountable for the raspy voiced Joan Jett impersonation that Ms. Graves attempts? Ah hell, while we’re at it, how about including L7 and Hole in that list of bad influences. How come there aren’t any Go-Go’s inspired bands out there? Civet makes even the god-awful Lunachicks sound tolerable.
Civet’s lyrics are violent, obnoxious, and filled with the drama of living under the heel of male chauvinist bastards. There are probably some guys out there right now thinking, “All right, I like a girl with spirit.” They’ve got so much spirit they drop the F word bomb 10> over the course of the album. “Everything Everythin” has a freakout section in the middle that’s responsible for the biggest share of them. The title cut does take the time to make fun of the “Emo” movement so I’ll give the ladies points for that. I also liked the tune “Extra” which shows more thought than the rest of the thirteen tracks on Massacre. But their attitude is in some severe need of ability. Until that ability comes, all they will be peddling is banal dross.
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Hah hah!!!! this is bombshell here, and i couldn't have agreed with you any more! Thank you for your honesty and actually giving credit where credit is due. it's funny you like extra extra, because i wrote it. her voice could never pull off the melody that goes along with it, so it does and up a bit butchered, and that's why i had to sing the chorus. i'm so sick of the media hype that the singer is always so talented. in this case, nobody in civet has any music credibility or talent. this just made my night. thank you! by the by, if you haven't figured, i'm not in the band anymore because i couldn't stand the abuse of music to feed their obsession with image. ya see, if they actually were good musicians, not some girls trying to prove how tough and hot they are, i might have actually put up with the egos.
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