Dying Scene

Forrest Gaddis

Writer - Album and Show Reviews

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Dying Scene Album Review – The Chains – “Crying On The Dance Floor”
If you told me my favorite ska record of the year was going to be released by a band from Denmark, I wouldn’t believe it, but here we are. Copenhagen’s The Chains brings us a twelve-song ska and reggae album that fills and breaks your heart in various ways. Singer Pato Siebenhaahr leads us through […]
Dying Scene Album Review: Fear – “The Last Time”
Fear has released their final album, “The Last Time,” on Atom Age Industries. Lee Ving and crew present us with an album that takes risks but still feels like the band we know and love. With it’s dirty guitars and razor sharp lyrics, the main themes of most Fear albums are intact: fucking, fighting, and […]
Dying Scene Book Club – “This Ain’t No Disco: The Story of CBGB” by Roman Kozak
Roma Kozak’s This Ain’t No Disco: The Story of CBGB was originally released in 1988 and was one of the first books documenting the scene at CBGB’s in New York. Located in the Bowery, the oldest street in Manhattan, CBGB’s time may have been brief in comparison to its location’s history but Kozak’s book shows […]
Dying Scene Book Review: “In Defense of Ska: Ska More Now Than Ever Edition” by Aaron Carnes
I do not know where to start with this review because Aaron Carnes’s In Defense of Ska leaves almost no stone unturned. Throughout the book’s four hundred forty pages, Carnes relates his love for ska with research, personal stories, and opinions on a genre that has hardly had a moment to breathe since its first […]