"I just want to circle pit!"
-Crucial Unit
I remember my then-girlfriend being really bummed out that I wanted to go see Crucial Unit play in the basement of Charm City Art Space instead of whatever she wanted to do. It should have been a clear sign that it wasn't going to work out.
Crucial Unit kept things fun at the turn of the millenium. I'm kinda shocked they didn't play Baltimore more; I remember their only CCAS show being packed and steamy, with a crowd that didn't circle pit so much as make waves like the sea. Their songs were short, pun filled, with outstanding titles like "Freegan Reich" and "One Less Jeff Gordon Fan". They believed in consuming gallons of iced tea and smashing all buffets. In short, they were champion piss-takers and the antidote to far-too-serious punk rock of the early aughts. There should have been more of them.
They put out a split LP with fellow thrash revivalists Municipal Waste and a second full length with Athena and Jeff at Six Weeks. "Everything Went Strunk" was named after their first drummer and collected their first three 7"s and a mess of comp tracks, both released and unreleased. There's also a live set tacked onto the end. It's 38 tracks of thrash revival, more punk than metal, from the post-9/11 years, back before irony was dead. And it features an excellent illustration by Mike Bukowski of kindergarten children moshing around Chris Strunk. It's well worth your $4 + S&H from your local Discogs vendor.
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