Hates

Hates Xenophobia cassette

Grungy, chunky punk tunes with personal/social lyrics. Lots of raw garage momentum here, good job from this long-standing outfit.

• Reviewer Walter Glaser
• Label Faceless
• Issue MRR #56 • January 1988

Hates Panacea 12″

This band has been around for a long time—that’s the good part of this review. This EP isn’t as bad as their last 7″—that’s the so-so part of this review. This records isn’t as good as their earlier releases—that’s the bad part. The pop-punk sound and almost falsetto vocals here are too close to new wave, but there are some good lyrics and a couple of cuts that rock out pretty hard (“Punk 1301″ and “What Am I Living For?”).

• Reviewer Tim Yohannan
• Label Faceless
• Issue MRR #5 • March/April 1983