This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
In the liner notes to their new CD, while thanking all the bands who have toured with or inspired them, this New York hardcore quintet gives a shout-out to — of all people — Jethro Tull.
I will presume that one falls under the inspirational category — although for the life of me, I can’t see how. But it’s even harder to imagine the two outfits sharing a stage. Heaven only knows how Tull’s bearded-hippie folk-prog fans would react to the potent, searing meld of West Coast skate-punk and New York attitude Vision bring to bear on Watching The World Burn. This onslaught of double-time kick drums, sizzling Offspring and Pennywise guitar riffs, anthemic whoa-oh singalong choruses, and song titles like The Problem Is You!, No Compromise and Now I Bleed aren’t exactly Aqualung, you know. But Thick As A Brick? Now that’s another story.
