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Hellcat Compilation Features Strummer, Rancid
10/02/2004 5:11 AM, Reuters
Barry A. Jeckell
Unreleased tracks by the late Joe
Strummer , Rancid and others fill out the ranks of the latest
"cheapo" compilation from the independent Hellcat Records
label.
"Give 'Em the Boot IV" boasts 26 tracks, nine of which are
previously unissued.
Strummer is represented by a live version of "Junco
Partner" recorded with his band the Mescaleros at London's
Brixton Academy. Strummer originally covered the classic track
with the Clash on the band's landmark 1980 set "Sandinista!"
(Epic).
Rancid adds "Killing Zone" to the set, while other
unreleased cuts come from Dropkick Murphys (Woody Guthrie's
"I'm Shipping Up to Boston"), the Slackers ("Propaganda"),
F-Minus ("Caught in Between"), Die Hunns ("Marshall Law") and
the Unseen ("Waste of Time"). Nekromantix's cover of Rancid's
"Dead Bodies" and a remix of the Transplants' "Romper Stomper"
round out the previously unheard gems on "Give 'Em the Boot
IV."
Also included on the set are tracks by Rancid's Lars
Frederiksen and his side project, the Bastards, as well as
Mercy Killers, the Aggrolites, HorrorPops, Rezurex, South
Central Riot Squad, Tiger Army and more.
In 2002, the third volume of the "Give 'Em the Boot" series
bowed at No. 9 on Billboard's Top Independent Album chart. The
first reached No. 183 on the Billboard 200 in 1997.
Reuters/Billboard
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