Kicked In The Teeth
Zeke
Kicked In The Teeth is the second full‑length album by Seattle punk band Zeke, released in 1998 on Epitaph Records and often cited as one of their signature blasts of high‑speed, hybrid punk/metal. Across 17 tracks in just under 21 minutes, the record hurls “train‑wreck punk rock with a serrated metal edge” at the listener: heavily distorted, Motörhead‑leaning guitar riffs, hardcore drum beats, and Blind Marky Felchtone’s barked, half‑screamed vocals, all jammed into songs that are usually over in well under a minute. The tracklist—God Of GSXR, Telepath Boy, Rodney, Twisted, Dogfight, Kicked In The Teeth, Fuck All Night, Revolution, Killer Inside, Lawson, Revolution Reprise, Goggle Boy, Zeke You, Porked, Aces High, a cover of Kiss’s Shout It Out Loud, and Mert—reads like a catalog of gleefully crude titles that match the band’s delinquent, biker‑gang aesthetic.
Critics and fans describe the album as “pure unbridled aggression and fun,” a ride with no brakes where quick songs blow by like fists from a hated bully and slower, mid‑tempo cuts chug along in a Sabbath‑like stomp. The Columbus Dispatch called it “17 furious songs played in fewer than 20 minutes,” noting that Zeke are just as adept at pummeling the ears with slower tunes as they are at blasting through speed‑rock sprints. While some reviewers, like Pitchfork at the time, argued that the band’s attitudes overshadow the strength of the material, others point out that the very sameness—every track built on heavy, distorted riffs and shouted vocals—becomes a virtue at this length: with such short playing time, you don’t get bored, you just get hit by one jolt after another. Subsequent reissues on colored vinyl have reaffirmed Kicked In The Teeth’s status as a classic of late‑’90s speed‑punk: a no‑frills, all‑gas record that rips shit up and leaves it at that.
Kicked In The Teeth
Zeke
Kicked In The Teeth is the second full‑length album by Seattle punk band Zeke, released in 1998 on Epitaph Records and often cited as one of their signature blasts of high‑speed, hybrid punk/metal. Across 17 tracks in just under 21 minutes, the record hurls “train‑wreck punk rock with a serrated metal edge” at the listener: heavily distorted, Motörhead‑leaning guitar riffs, hardcore drum beats, and Blind Marky Felchtone’s barked, half‑screamed vocals, all jammed into songs that are usually over in well under a minute. The tracklist—God Of GSXR, Telepath Boy, Rodney, Twisted, Dogfight, Kicked In The Teeth, Fuck All Night, Revolution, Killer Inside, Lawson, Revolution Reprise, Goggle Boy, Zeke You, Porked, Aces High, a cover of Kiss’s Shout It Out Loud, and Mert—reads like a catalog of gleefully crude titles that match the band’s delinquent, biker‑gang aesthetic.
Critics and fans describe the album as “pure unbridled aggression and fun,” a ride with no brakes where quick songs blow by like fists from a hated bully and slower, mid‑tempo cuts chug along in a Sabbath‑like stomp. The Columbus Dispatch called it “17 furious songs played in fewer than 20 minutes,” noting that Zeke are just as adept at pummeling the ears with slower tunes as they are at blasting through speed‑rock sprints. While some reviewers, like Pitchfork at the time, argued that the band’s attitudes overshadow the strength of the material, others point out that the very sameness—every track built on heavy, distorted riffs and shouted vocals—becomes a virtue at this length: with such short playing time, you don’t get bored, you just get hit by one jolt after another. Subsequent reissues on colored vinyl have reaffirmed Kicked In The Teeth’s status as a classic of late‑’90s speed‑punk: a no‑frills, all‑gas record that rips shit up and leaves it at that.