This two-disc collection from St. Petersburg, Florida label Peephole Records boasts an astounding fifty tracks of contemporary rock & roll from a number of independent bands and artists, and while not everything here resonates, enough of it does to make this a worthwhile listen. The variety is impressive, from garage rock attitude ("Gimme Gimme Your Heart" by the Cryptkeeper Five), melodic power pop ("Baby Girl" by the Queers), Ramones clones ("No Unity" by the Norma Jeans, "Cans of Beer" by the Gamma Rays), to countless punk and punk-pop forays. It all serves to underscore the tremendous vitality that continues to run through the indie scene, as styles merge and bleed into each other. It seems absurd to call a band emo power pop punk, but that's as good a description as any for bands like Gatsby's American Dream, whose "Why We Fight" sounds like a riskier version of the Counting Crows. Or how about rockabilly punk, which pretty much sums up the ferocious version of "Suspicious Minds" included here by the Independents. In the end, this impressive sampler has way more hits than misses, and the wonderful news is that it only scratches the surface of what's out there. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
Peephole Records: Serving the Best in Rock and Roll
03/09/2004
All Music Guide Review
Peephole Records: Serving the Best in Rock and Roll Track Listing
Credits of Peephole Records: Serving the Best in Rock and Roll
- Pepito
- Bass, Vocals, Group Member
- Tom Sparks
- Drums, Group Member
- Mass Giorgini
- Bass, Vocals (Background), Mastering, Group Member
- Joe Queer
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Roach
- Guitar, Vocals (Background), Group Member
- Amelia Fletcher
- Bass, Group Member, Vocals
- Dave Torres
- Trombone, Group Member
- Joe T. Cook
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Dan Lumley
- Drums, Group Member
- Tim Hubbard
- Photography
- Adam Bomb
- Vocals, Group Member
- Tom Leon Hardy
- Bass, Group Member
- Flav Giorgini
- Bass, Guitar, Group Member, Vocals
- Chris Young
- Saxophone, Group Member
- Jimmy Ray
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Matt Hart
- Vocals, Group Member
- Justin Warren
- Bass, Group Member
- Kepi
- Bass, Vocals, Group Member
- Mark Empire
- Drums, Vocals (Background), Group Member
- Crizzy
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Jen
- Guitar, Drums, Vocals, Group Member
- Paul
- Drums, Group Member, Vocals
- Mike Avilez
- Vocals, Group Member
- Jeff Brigman
- Bass, Group Member
- Ben Treat
- Guitar, Group Member, Vocals
- Laura Willard
- Guitar, Group Member, Vocals (Background)
- Colin
- Bass, Group Member
- Heather ?
- Bass, Group Member, Vocals
- Marty
- Drums, Group Member
- Edward Hunter
- Drums, Group Member
- Pat Kim
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Charlie Bender
- Vocals, Group Member
- Mikey Cortes
- Guitar, Group Member
- Jeremy Perez
- Bass, Group Member
- Tito Esquiaqui
- Drums, Group Member
- Ricky San Jose
- Trumpet, Group Member
- Rudy Gajadhar
- Drums, Group Member
- Bobby Darling
- Guitar, Group Member
- Nic Newsham
- Vocals, Group Member
- Kirk Huffman
- Bass, Group Member
- Aaron Drake
- Drums, Vocals, Group Member
- Kevin Aper
- Bass, Vocals, Group Member
- Ivo Backbreaker
- Drums, Group Member
- Ken Clifford
- Guitar, Vocals (Background), Group Member
- Tony C
- Bass, Vocals (Background), Group Member
- Geoff
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Luke McNeill
- Drums, Group Member
- Brett Hunter
- Guitar, Vocals (Background), Group Member
- Scampi
- Drums, Group Member
- Blackie Levay
- Guitar, Keyboards, Group Member
- Evil Presly
- Vocals, Group Member
- Josh Yakunich
- Bass, Group Member, Vocals
- DIRT Hooligan
- Bass, Vocals (Background), Group Member
- Xtian Goblyn
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Mike Hobbs
- Drums, Group Member
- Jerry Hormone
- Guitar, Group Member
- Ciaron
- Bass, Vocals, Group Member
- Marien Nicotine
- Guitar, Group Member, Vocals (Background)
- Andrea
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Lurch (Hoyling)
- Drums, Vocals (Background), Group Member
- 5 Finger Dan
- Vocals, Group Member
- Jack Arnone
- Bass, Group Member
- Adrienne Avilez
- Bass, Vocals, Group Member
- Willy B.
- Guitar, Group Member, Vocals (Background)
- Billy Ballistic
- Drums, Group Member
- Matt Benatar
- Drums, Group Member
- Big Juicy
- Drums, Group Member
- Bernie Blitz
- Bass, Group Member
- Blue Madigan
- Saxophone, Vocals (Background), Group Member
- Mark Boros
- Bass, Group Member
- Bill Bradshaw
- Drums, Group Member
- Kyle Buckingham
- Bass, Group Member
- C Leb
- Drums, Group Member
- Brian Canoli
- Guitar, Vocals (Background), Group Member
- Car Bomb Joe
- Guitar, Group Member
- Car Bomb Steve
- Drums, Group Member
- Car Bomb Todd
- Bass, Vocals, Group Member
- Cashis King
- Guitar, Group Member
- Cellen
- Cello, Group Member
- Charlie K. Oz
- Guitar, Group Member
- Coffin Greg
- Guitar, Group Member
- Coffin Jon
- Bass, Group Member
- Coffin Kevin
- Drums, Group Member
- Coffin Mike
- Organ, Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- CVar Bomb Dave
- Vocals, Group Member
- Todd Dammit
- Guitar, Group Member
- Franky DeRita
- Guitar, Group Member
- Marky DeRita
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Jaime Drake
- Bass, Vocals, Group Member
- El Berto
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Doug Etcher
- Drums, Group Member
- James T. Farris
- Vocals, Group Member
- Marni Frank
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- GC Bazooka
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Meird Goblyn
- Bass, Group Member
- D.T. Graves
- Drums, Vocals, Group Member
- Christian Hermann
- Drums, Group Member
- J.C. Frenzy
- Guitar, Group Member, Vocals
- JayMe LayMe
- Guitar, Group Member
- Jeff Generic
- Drums, Group Member
- Jim ZBS
- Drums, Group Member
- Joe Disaster
- Vocals, Group Member
- Phil Kill
- Drums, Group Member
- Jody Kimmel
- Drums, Group Member
- Scott Laval
- Guitar, Group Member, Vocals (Background)
- LeRoi
- Drums, Group Member, Noise
- Danny Lewis
- Drums, Group Member
- Tyler Lewis
- Guitar, Group Member, Vocals
- Lezli
- Guitar, Group Member
- Jorge Longoria
- Guitar, Group Member
- Mark Shady
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Matt Martchal
- Drums, Vocals, Group Member
- Mass
- Bass, Vocals (Background), Group Member
- Danny Michael
- Drums, Group Member
- Mikey Sunday
- Bass, Group Member
- Marc Morcos
- Drums, Group Member
- Mario Morcos
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Kirk Morrison
- Guitar, Group Member, Vocals
- Mike Paul
- Bass, Group Member
- Heidi Peel
- Bass, Vocals, Group Member
- Phil The Goatkiller
- Guitar, Group Member, Vocals
- Brad Pooler
- Guitar, Group Member
- Shaun Rafferty
- Guitar, Group Member
- Matty Raymo
- Bass, Group Member, Vocals
- Sebrina Rockarena
- Bass, Group Member, Vocals
- Harry Rothe
- Bass, Group Member
- Orie Shafer
- Drums, Group Member
- Ben Shepard
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Ralf Shepard
- Drums, Group Member
- Reggie Silverstri
- Drums, Vocals, Group Member
- Silvie Pussycat
- Vocals, Group Member
- Sir Silent Christopher
- Design
- Sparky Goblyn
- Drums, Vocals (Background), Group Member
- Alex Spitz
- Bass, Group Member
- Spooky J
- Bass, Vocals, Group Member
- Tony Tourettes
- Drums, Vocals, Group Member
- Travis T. Goblyn
- Guitar, Group Member, Vocals (Background)
- Russ Vancleave
- Guitar, Group Member, Vocals
- Ryan VanWiergen
- Guitar, Group Member
- Vivian
- Bass, Group Member
- Shawn Watkinds
- Drums, Group Member
- Tiffany Wynn
- Vocals, Group Member
- James Wysynski
- Guitar, Group Member
- Manuel Cossu
- Drums, Group Member
- Andrew Rowan Summers
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Cory
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
- Cindy
- Vocals, Group Member
- Scott Engel
- Guitar, Group Member, Vocals (Background)
- Nick Drake
- Guitar, Vocals, Group Member











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