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Nuclear Assault > Good Times, Bad Times > 1988, 12" vinyl, Under One Flag > Reviews
Nuclear Assault - Good Times, Bad Times

Horrible times - 23%

Felix 1666, May 3rd, 2015
Written based on this version: 1988, 12" vinyl, Under One Flag

On 6th May 1937, the hydrogen-filled Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and crashed in Lakehurst. The horrifying ending of the largest airship ever claimed the lives of 36 people. In addition, the catastrophe traumatized the survivors and hurt the pride of a nation.

50 years later, Nuclear Assault found it a good idea to use an edited picture of this accident for their here presented product. From my point of view, this was an act of impiety. But this worthless artwork matched with the musical content. Fortunately, I am not familiar with the endless series of strange Nuclear Assault compilations, live albums and singles. But I suspect that this is the worst record of their whole discography. It consists of two more or less daffy cover versions and three live songs. As far as I remember, these pieces were played live in the studio... Honestly, this vinyl was nothing more than a bad joke.

One needed very effective pills in order to prevent nausea and vomiting while listening to the title track. Okay, I do not want to exaggerate, but its most prominent feature was its lameness. The band had evidently forgotten to "nuclearize" the composition. "Happy Days" was the theme tune of a US-American television series and I am absolutely unable to explain why the band felt the urge to record exactly this tune. I do not know its original version so that I have no possibility to compare. It does not matter anyway. The fairly well produced song was relatively fast, but it did not shine with power or harshness. Furthermore, it was painfully repetitive.

Two third of the "live" songs had been already released on "Game Over" and the exclusive "Lesbians" did not add any value to the 12". It was rabid, noisy and nonsensical. Needless to mention that the new versions of the remaining tracks also made no sense. Okay, the extremely vehement "Hang the Pope" still freed your mind immediately.

After the gigantic running time of seven and a half minutes, this piece of shit came to an end. The band did not even try to hide the fact that this release was a slap in the face of their supporters. Give us your money - this was the name of the game. I still wonder about this behaviour, in particular because of their supposedly anti-capitalist attitude.