This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
This Orange County quintet are a bit like the Squirrel Nut Zippers of punk — new traditionalists recreating the music of their forefathers.
But instead of Fats Waller and Eubie Blake, U.S. Bombs’ musical roots reach all the way back to Mick Jones and Joe Strummer. And heir fifth album The World could be the missing Clash album between their debut and Give ’Em Enough Rope. Singer Duane Peters has Strummer’s razor-blade rasp and grasp of rabble-rousing rhetoric, while the rest of the lads have mastered the classic punk moves — chugging power chords, ambulance-siren solos and gang-vocal choruses. Heck, they even cover a Strummer number called Joe’s Tune. The only difference? The Clash never sang about skateboarding.
