The Living End

The Living End may have extinguished all trace elements of rockabilly from their sound, but that classic, raved-up approach has left their punk-pop with an air of unhinged power. Songs like "What Would You Do?" and "Tabloid Magazine" are all spiky riffs, pop smarts and rock fury.

On the living end's second lp, 2001's Roll On, this Melbourne punk trio thickened its
Clash-meets-Stray Cats porridge with AC/DC-inspired riffs; Modern Artillery, cut in L.A. with
producer Mark Trombino (Jimmy Eat World, Blink-182), sweetens the recipe with a lot of
pure pop. Singer-guitarist Chris Cheney hasn't abandoned his spittle-lubed snarl, but he
delivers the unabashedly tuneful "Jimmy" in an open-throated tenor that suggest... More >