Ninety Pound Wuss

Item: Ninety Pound Wuss
Author: David Luck

(1996)

Reviewed by David Luck

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Label Tooth & Nail RecordsThe LighthouseDecember 1996

hardcore post-hardcore punk

We were in Shelton once, using the restroom in the gas station. So we're there waiting outside it and these guys in this big truck pulled up and they said, "You boys are in Shelton, so beware."

Told as an opening story, that's an unusual and interesting way to open an album and the guitar work that follows shows right away that this is going to be one outrageously awesome album.

90 Pound Wuss performs with excitement and seemingly endless energy, it's like they are nuclear powered! If their live concerts are anywhere close to having the energy of their recorded musical talents-watch out. Caution: Do not expose your parents to 90 Pound Wuss unless advanced life support is available.

Headbangers of the world beware! 90 Pound Wuss is on the scene with a powerful sound and an even more powerful message. I have got to warn you that exposing yourself and your friends to the messages that 90 Pound Wuss are delivering on this totally incredible album may be life changing. Check it out...

I am full of anger I am full of hate, forget I wasn't always like this I've cleaned my own slate Purify your heart, purify your mind, purify your focus, purify your self: Give up your hate! Purify my blood Jesus with the blood that you bled..... Purify my blood Jesus with the blood that is red..... Your time on earth is limited is there a need to spend it in Hatred You have a chance to hold Eternity in your hands (from "Red")

For me, "Red" is a very meaningful and mind provoking song about how I choose to live my life and what my Saviour, Jesus Christ, did that I might be changed. The closing words to "Red" really left me thinking.

Stop and think about it you were saved by His grace What was the color of His blood as it ran down His face.

The electric guitars are unbelievable and the drummer-WOW! How any musician can pound out the beats at such a rapid pace always amazes this writer-who once tried to play an instrument with absolutely no success. As a result of that experience I have developed a great love for talent, and these guys are overflowing with it. I have played this for some of my unsaved friends who are into secular music and even they agreed that it was worth listening to again and in fact, we did just that!