So, your over-controlling parents don’t understand you and take every opportunity to remind you of your failures. Boo-freakin-hoo. It’s get even time, and I’ve got the punk rock plan that doesn’t even require that you learn three chords. Simply pick up Sadplant’s latest, The End of Fun, because no band can punish Mom and Pops like these three delinquents can.

Is there any area band that’s done more to fly the punk flag than these felonious wrongdoers? The End of Fun is the band’s seventh CD since 2007 ~ talk about getting their music out there! Featuring Benny Social on vocals and guitars, Amy Wappel on bass and vocals, and newest member Gabe Fonseca on drums, Sadplant produces a lively, straight-ahead punk onslaught. But they are also capable of melodic guitar runs and, surprising, metal-inspired leads. Social’s rugged vocals sound like Alice Cooper on amphetamines. Failed relationships, drug abuse, codependence, departed friends, and the irony of aging punks are explored with honesty and comic insight.

Strong tracks include the hopeful, anthemic “Junkie,” the pop-punk track “Codependence” (featuring call and response vocals), and the punk declaration of relationship independence, “Not Your Whore.”

Pick up The End of Fun for just $8 by visiting
www.sadplant.com or www.facebook.com/sadplant.

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(B. Elliot – ThePulseMag 5-11-2011)