Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault

Ahhh, Jawbreaker, one of the best bands to ever exist. And what do you with the best band ever? Make a tribute for them. And this is one tribute that doesn't disappoint. With a variety of artists (Bayside, Kill Your Idols, Nerf Herder, Duvall, etc.) covering songs from every Jawbreaker album, Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault, is a must have for any Jawbreaker fan. Or good music fan for that matter. The album starts off with Bigwig, covering "Ashtray Monument", a good cover, but it's not one that sticks out in my mind. However, the next track is Bayside's cover of "Chemistry". What an amazing, amazing job they do with this song. They way they sing it, you get the perfect image in your head from the lyrics. Next up is Face To Face's "The Boat Dreams From The Hill". I've always found Face To Face's covers of songs to be good, whether they're covering Descendents, Social Distortion, or, of course, Jawbreaker. Name Taken are on after Face To Face, covering "Want". Want has always been one of the best songs to go on a mix CD or tape, or whatever you make, for a girl. And while Jawbreaker's original is great, with Name Taken's version, you can understand the lyrics, making it, at least vocals wise, better. The song "Busy" is next, done by Duvall. This is a strange cover. They slow it down, a lot, to a six minute song. It seems to drag on a bit. After the six minute "Busy", the much shorter title track, done by The Travoltas is up. What a truly great job they do. They turn the raspy, Punk Rock Emo, song of Jawbreaker into an upbeat and catchy pop punk song. Good job Travoltas. Counterfeits' cover of "Million" is a nice mellow version, and really helps balance out the CD. The Æffect's cover of "Boxcar" is just...it's out there, we'll put it that way. "Shield Your Eyes", done by For Amusement Only is like Bigwigs cover. It's good, but it just doesn't stick in my mind. Fall Out Boy's cover of "Save Your Generation". Now, they didn't do a bad job, but I just think a better band could've been found to do the cover. "Unlisted Track" done by The Reunion Show is after Fall Out Boy. Again, good cover, just not sticking out. Sparta doing "Kiss The Bottle" is next. This cover is just disappointing to me. I don't think they did a good job, or at least not as good as Lucero did. Nerf Herder's version of "Chesterfield King" is next. Man, this is, without a doubt, the best cover on here. Get this album if only for this cover. "I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both" by The Gamits is next. And yet again, good cover, just doesn't stick out. Kill Your Idols doing "Do You Still Hate Me?" is next. This is an excellent cover, of an even more excellent song. Great job KYI did. Another odd cover, this time of "Jet Black", done by Good Night Bad Guy, is up. The acoustic guitar sounds good on this track. Finally, the album closes with Jeff Ott (Fifteen, Crimshrine) doing "Better Half". It's just him, and an acoustic guitar. A great job he did with it. Over all, this is an excellent tribute to a band who did so much for punk music. So buy this album, and enjoy.

-Rob