Smother Magazine

It’s hard to listen to a band from California whine about pot not being legal; because with medical marijuana it’s closer than most of the U.S. to legalization. Utilizing their brand of Sublime-esque reggae-core with offshoots of nu-metal and rapcore, OPM (yes they figured out a ‘kewler’ way to spell out ‘opium’) settle in the trenches of cliched beach music and teen angst. At times it’s as awkward as explaining away that genital wart to a potential blow jobber but for the most part it delivers precisely what you expect from a low-brow dealer; skank weed that is riddled with seeds and a dash of oregano.

Awww, it’s so cute that people like 40 Below Summer still play nu-metal. Well at least they got the album title spot on.

“Make some fucking noise”, only a nu-metal anthem could start that way and sound just as ridiculous as you might imagine. Live and unadulterated rap-punk noise without the filter of ‘good’ turned on is what “The DiY Guys” bring to the table. Yeah there’s a DVD as well as a live CD of various songs including four brand new (yet moldly) that sound like a retarded Public Enemy who couldn’t escape the ‘90’s music scene if they wanted. (hed) pe == yuck.