Fighting Dogs - s/t

I wrote about Fighting Dogs all the way back in 2009, and have been sitting on this, their first and only full length, for about five years. So, in the spirit of clearing the decks, here you go: a quite good hardcore-bordering-on-crust record out of Philadelphia, circa 2004. Two thirds of this lineup played in R.A.M.B.O., as well as Virginia Black Lung, which is how I came to check out Fighting Dogs in the first place.

Discogs

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Fighting Dogs - 2005 summer tour pre-release CD

(photo courtesy of the Fighting Dogs Myspace page, no credit available)

I'm rather disgusted with myself, having traded in a copy of "The Office" UK Complete Series (amongst other, lesser things) towards a copy of Transformers (amongst other, lesser things). So enjoy some late-night Philly crust, courtesy of Fighting Dogs. The crustier things in life are generally slept on here in the Mummy house. Could it be that I spent the first two years of my Baltimore punk rock being lorded over by worthless crust punx (coughCrassholecough)? No wonder I turned out a money grubbing sellout!

That said, I like this record. It's a little more Motorhead and a little less (insert generic D-beat band). I also like this because:

1. It came with a sticker.
2. It came in an envelope.
3. The songs here have mad swagger. Not like cock diesel false bravado...more like "Man With No Name"/light a match on your cheek confidence.
   
4. It was sealed with wax, a most excellent old-timey method of afixation.
5. It cost me $2 when I bought it in the fall of 2005. Hooray thriftiness! You've never let me down!
   

Fighting Dogs - 2005 summer tour pre-release CD
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RIYL: when I make Clint Eastwood references