THE ROTTEN FRUITS

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The GREATEST ALL FAG ALL THE TIME BAND ON PLANET EARTH!!

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REVIEWS

THE ROTTEN FRUITS - 'ABOMINATION' 7"
STHE ROTTEN FRUITS blend this sweetness and friendliness with vulgarity and obnoxiousness. They even have a song called 'Skinhead Boys' which seems like the most unlikely subject matter for a band like this. This looks like a kids 7" but then it's really fucked-up. Out of key and absurd vocals, repellent attitude- this is my bag, it's like a sugar-coated fuck you. And their skull and crossed bananas logo rules too. NO FRONT TEETH - UK

The Rotten Fruits are proud to call themselves "the gayest band in Chicago", and here they celebrate their gayness with good humor and cartoony obnoxiousness. Musically, their style of choice is crude, three-chord punk steeped in the "So what if we can't really play?" ethic. Germ's spazzy, grating vocals are not easy on the ears, but they do have a pronounced comic effect. They strike me as a winking goof on seminal Brit-punk snarlers like John Lydon (hence the band name?). "The Rotten Fruits Theme" reminds me a little of mid-'90s Pistols revivalists the Spent Idols, while "Backroom Love" sounds uncannily like Fear (unintentionally, I presume). I like the way these folks have fun with this record. Rather than taking themselves seriously or resorting to preachy politicking, they insert tongue in cheek and jubilantly skewer the homophobia of the religious right ("A* Bomb* In* A* Nation") and skinhead culture ("Skinhead Boys", a sidesplitting send-up of Oi! bands playing ska, replete with the cliched tough guy vocals ). I can imagine people hearing this record and rolling their eyes as if to say "What is this shit?!". But to me, that's the beauty of it. Maybe punk rock has lost its shock value and its capacity to frighten or alienate parents. But it's still an ideal art form for those with marginal talent and that all-important something to say. If you wanna express yourself, punk allows you to do so with real force and fuck-off attitude. The Rotten Fruits keep it fun and clearly don't give a shit if you get the joke or not. At least in a four-song serving, I find the band amusing, likable, and highly entertaining. - NO WAVE

The most underrated, and gayest band in Chicago. These social outcastshave been dishing out the oddball KBD flamer punk for years now, and it just keeps getting better (worse?). Germ's vocals sound like an ice cream truck crashing into a nursery school filled with retards. I'm not as familiar with the songs presented here as I am with amazing classics like "Fuck Media Faggots", "Homo Riot", or "Sammy Sosa's Nutsack" (okay I made that one up), but they still give you that classis R.F. sound. To quote THE CATHOLIC BOYS, "everybody buttfuck!" HOZAC

 

Some more comments we enjoyed.

It looks so bad I have to purposely stick it back on the bottom of a pile every time it surfaces to the top of a stack of records just so no one sees it. Words really can't do this one justice. - Rich Kroeniss Terminal Boredom

I sat there and laughed as I couldn´t believe these would be put out on record! - FFRUK