#knifeman

The Bronx, hailing from California, kick off this sonic hardcore anthem with a guitar riff sounding like a bulldozer slamming repeatedly into unyielding concrete. It’s heavy. It’s brutal. It’s fast. Drums kick in and the line that hooked me comes crashing in with all the subtlety of an elephant in a China Shop. I wanna be original, I wanna be surrounded by art. I feel you Bronx. I feel you. I feel like a fraud every time I write and as far from as original as they come. But I do try to surround myself in art. Very loud art. 

The song tackles so many issues with an underlying common thread being trapped in the machine that holds us all down. And is just as topical today as when it came out. They riot in the streets, because there’s not enough money to share. How long will the same song be sung? How many different versions of the same message are we gonna hear? The bridge is just a breakdown of gut wrenching anger unleashed to the sound of the bulldozer guitar. Voice almost breaking as the singer screams, we used to be gifted… we lost our fire. A reminiscent look back on how we once perceived ourselves. Before all our dreams were crushed.