Review #4: F-Minus - Won't Bleed Me/Failed Society

Year: 2005

Genre: Hardcore punk
Label: Alternative Tentacles (Independent label)
Tracks: 20
My Rating: B+

Now im gonna do a review of an album i knew and liked beforehand.
Both of these records were released in 1997 or 1998, but this CD version was apparently released 25 Oct 2005.

F-Minus was an independent hardcore punk rock band formed in 1995 in Huntington Beach, California. Active 'till 2004



1. Who pays, who profits?
Tracks 1-9 are from Won't Bleed Me EP
Starts with a 38 seconds "long" song. Fast and loud. Brad sings main vocals and (i suppose) Jen Johnson is singing back up
Total lyrics are:

we are the masses
bury the classes
who pays, who profits? you!

just awesome.

2. Lies
This song lasts 11 seconds and i suppose Jen does the vocals here, because i don't think Erica Daking was in the band during this time...

use your voice
open your eyes
make the choice
see their lies
country of hypocrites
world of lies
country of hypocrites
world full of lies

3. No chance for change
This song lasts 1min and 20 seconds wow trust me thats pretty long song for an F- song.
Both Brad and Jen do the singing here. Starts kinda slow but then their playing gets insane. They can play so fast

there's a sickness on the street
so what'cha gonna do?
it's the fascist army
the boys in blue

california police state
in time they'll re-fucking segregate
nazi government
white-bred child
they blind us with a plastic smile

no chance for change
this life ain't free
i'll kill myself if they don't kill me

this life i call disease
they tax you on your time
you can push me all you want to
but you can't touch my mind

(AWESOME!!!)

4. Set up to fall
1min long song. Couldn't find the lyrics anywhere. Sounds really good aswell. Reminds me little of The Exploited, or atleast comparing Brad to Wattie as a singer. kool

5. Fuck you, O.C
This is their infamous 12 second song, but its not their shortest! starts with a scream
The lyrics just seem to be

greed kills
greed kills
fuck you, O.C.
fuck you
fuck you, O.C.
fuck you!!

THE END. Next please

6. Uniform
Uuuu who doesn't love a man in a uniform. Ugh...

alone we're together
together we feed
death to our master
we don't believe

Shed the fucking uniform. Thats what punk has become to alot of people. Just the image of Sid Vicious. Leather jacket, boots, spikey hair... a uniform today. fuck that

7. Gun to my head
The only thing Brad sings in this song is "Gun to my head, gun to my head......." with real fast playing as usual.

8. Sick
Another 11 second song. Exactly same music as in "Fuck you, OC" but different lyrics and Jen sings in this one

9. Can't tell no one
This is a Negative Approach song. The geetar sounds alot like the Ramones, but what "punk" band didn't rip-off the Ramones? maybe Big Black...

10. Gimmie a fix
From here starts songs that were on the Failed Society EP, but for somereason it's missing the first track on that EP called "All cops lie".
I was trying to search the lyrics to this song (and couldn't find them anywhere again). The Song lasts about 19 seconds

"Reality is not for me!" is the only part of the song i can hear.


11. Christianity
Couldn't find the lyrics, but i can hear "Wheres your happiness?, feeling that power is destroyed" or something like that. "Not peace, but war" also. Theres alot of punk bands singing about religions and here in Finland, Christianity isn't that popular. Everywhere we hear or see it, it's more like a propaganda, not so much a culture like in the latin countries. I don't hate Christians or anything, i'm still officially one myself and i do like the idea of getting into heaven and all, but i won't have to turn into a priest because of that.

12. Ruined

13. World still turns
aaah this is my fav F- song. It has kinda slow guitar riff, really really cool, the drums sound awesome too. Lasts about 1 minute. I still don't know the lyrics to this song. Just,
"World still turns, everything". Brad sings.

14. Peer pressure
Loud n insane. Imagine a 15 year old kid with a guitar for the first time in his hands and playing drums for the first time, and by that i mean beating the living fuck out of them and screaming. This is how cool this song sounds liek.

15. Trouble at the cup
Wow a 2 minute long song. This is originally by Black Randy & The Metrosquad. And you know Black Randy right? this song is about fighting the police, but done with a sence of humour as always. F- plays it with their own attitude and style except that it's alot slower than their usual stuff...

16. End of the line
Then for 15 seconds, some insane, loud, fast, noise kicks in.

17. Living Hell
I like the riff in this song alot. Starts with really fast playing, but gets slower and more "intense" near the end then suddenly kicks the fast shit again and BAM! the end

18. In Sight
This is the last song on the Failed Society EP.
Quite different sounding to be an F- song. Still real good.

19. Victim in Pain
So apparently (i've used that word too much doing these reviews, but hey) the last 2 tracks on this full album are bonus tracks not featured on neither one of the original release of these EP's.
This is Agnostic Front cover. Jen sings in this one. Real fast at first but then slows a bit for the part "Why am i going insane, why am i the one to blame?" then kicks the fast rocking again and slows down and then fast again. Jen yells "INSAAAAAAANEEEE!!!" great ending.

20. Negative Approach
Last song on this album lasts lovely 46 seconds. Can't hear a word he (Brad Logan) says. Good song to listen to if you wanna go berserk and destroy whatever you see.

Since F- are a hardcore punk rock band, it's not a surprise their songs sound repetitive, all songs pretty much the same. Same format atleast. Still good though, i enjoy listening to them.