Music H1story >> Class Assassins Just Wanna Knock You Off by Chris Walter

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Hailing from Toronto, Ontario, the Class Assassins tear a page from the much-abused book of punk rock and add a few new ones as well. Although Toronto is home to plenty of full on hardcore punk bands, the Class Assassins are a cut above the rest, possibly due to some freak genetic mutation.

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Perhaps there is something in the water supply besides the usual toxic waste that causes otherwise normal mothers to breed children with an affinity for high voltage punk rock. If that is indeed the case, then the Class Assassins have absorbed enough of that deadly chemical to become Toronto’s reigning punk rock royalty, and they sit firmly atop that booze-drenched throne like the seasoned veterans they truly are. Or maybe there is nothing dangerous in the water. Maybe whatever Toronto has in the beer.

The Class Assassins have been around since 2001, but the members hail from many infamous Toronto acts such as Direct Action, Bitter Grin, Problem Children, Sinkin’ Ships, Chronic Submission, and Hockey Teeth. Despite this impressive pedigree, the boys are not overly ambitious, and have only released two proper studio albums and three singles to date.

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Although the outstanding 2010 album You’ve Got it All Wrong contains an abundance of ferocious licks, the band is possibly most effective when they slow things down just a touch. “Outside Looking In” is so instantly brilliant that it could easily be played at hockey games if were about something more wholesome than class alienation, and “You’ve Got it all Wrong” is even catchier.

Laden with memorable hooks and infused with rabid, sing-along gang shouts, the song is enough to make a dead man sit up and take notice. Stay tuned for more outstanding rock n’ roll from this rowdy ensemble, but please be patient. There might be something in the beer.

Recommended tracks:

• “You’ve Got it all Wrong”
• “After the Story”
• “Outside Looking In”

-Chris Walter

Chris Walter is an unrepentant degenerate who no longer fuels his writing with prodigious amounts of liquor and drugs. Check out his many obnoxious and offensive books at www.punkbooks.com

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