Durango 95 – Fuckin 40 – Review

Historical band, new album! We’re talking about Fuckin’ 40, the new Durango 95’s Album, band established in 1996 in the delightful town known as Faenza. The formation of this band changed a lot through the years and only the guitarist/singer Ivano held it out since the very beginning, while in the current line-up there are Luca and Miki, ex Cani Pazzi ‘s members guitar and drum), Maina as the lead guitarist and last but not least Radio Punk’s old acquantaince Canthc, bass player of other two bands as well (Onoda and the Ricordi?). The Album contains 13 tracks, 10 of their own plus 3 covers (only sung in italian) which are Clash’s “Death or Glory”, Ramones’ “Sheena is a Punk Rocker” (title changed to “Lo Sceriffo”) and Green Day’s “She” (title changed to È tutto Ok”). They play a pretty straight Punkrock, directly influenced by the Ramones. Their tunes are quite catchy, more in detail “Bambola di Plastica” which is the easiest tune to remember. Talking about lyrics, they speak about their lives experience. In fact there are nostalgic tunes as well as cheerful and carefree ones. If we didn’t count “Fottuti 40”, which is a very “calm” track, which divides the Album in two parts, the CD flows steadily from the beginning to the end, homogeneous and fun to listen to. If there’s any, the only Con I found is that the voice might be too heavily edited, but I gotta say that in general it fits with the rest of the sounds. The Album is promoted and suggested by these Punk Rock veterans, and I just can’t wait to see them perform live!
PS: Not to mention that Alex Bounty (The Veterans), Ally (Teenage Bubblegums), Il GE’ (Lobello), Facca (Elyne), Marco (Harem) and Antonio (Santamadonna) co-operated to the creation of this album.

TRACKLIST WITH RATINGS:
1. Stupido 6,5
2. Bambola di Plastica 7,5
3. Io Non Sono Un Infame 7,5
4. Death or Glory 7
5. Fanculo il Nerd 7,5
6. Fottuti 40 6,5
7. Rudy 7
8. 12 Giugno 7
9. Lo Sceriffo 7
10. Happy 7
11. Un Giorno Speciale 7,5
12. E’ Tutto Ok 6,5
13. Un’ Incubo 7

ALBUM RATING: 7,5

KEY SENTENCE:
“Jenny non lo sa
che la sua è una maschera
lei si nasconde in una pagina
virtuale e fintissima
è una bambola di plastica” – Bambola di Plastica

Reviewed by T.S.