http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3065&rws=%2Fcorrosion-of-conformity%2Fmusic-videos.rssC.O.C. started off as one of the best politico-punk acts the States had to offer. <I>Eye for an Eye</I> is indispensable to the history of American hardcore, as songs "Indifferent" and "Positive Outlook" largely determined how it was to be played -- rapid-fire vocals leaning into sudden squalls of mosh pit ferocity. The band's transformation from Punk progenitors to Metal innovators was already underfoot by the time they unleashed <I>Animosity</I> in 1984. After undergoing a radical line-up change, they re-emerged in 1991 with <I>Blind</I>, a record many of their punk followers couldn't hang with for being formally produced Metal. Poor them. <I>Blind</I> is a great album, and the single "Vote with a Bullet" is an explosive convergence of hard Sabbath riffs and politics. If anything, C.O.C.'s commitment to shaking up the status quo has only grown more intense and more intelligent despite their shift from Hardcore blitz to focused heavy metal. - Chad DriscollAlt Metalen720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:44:05 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3065&rws=%2Fcorrosion-of-conformity%2Fmusic-videos.rss C.O.C. started off as one of the best politico-punk acts the States had to offer. <I>Eye for an Eye</I> is indispensable to the history of American hardcore, as songs "Indifferent" and "Positive Outlook" largely determined how it was to be played -- rapid-fire vocals leaning into sudden squalls of mosh pit ferocity. The band's transformation from Punk progenitors to Metal innovators was already underfoot by the time they unleashed <I>Animosity</I> in 1984. After undergoing a radical line-up change, they re-emerged in 1991 with <I>Blind</I>, a record many of their punk followers couldn't hang with for being formally produced Metal. Poor them. <I>Blind</I> is a great album, and the single "Vote with a Bullet" is an explosive convergence of hard Sabbath riffs and politics. If anything, C.O.C.'s commitment to shaking up the status quo has only grown more intense and more intelligent despite their shift from Hardcore blitz to focused heavy metal. - Chad Driscoll