The Flatliners/Suzy Jacuzzi & The Hottubs/Grand Skam/The Makeshift Heroes - Who Said Ska's Dead?

(The Flatliners)

(Suzy Jacuzzi)

(Grand Skam)

(The Makeshift Heroes)

1. Picking At My Brain
2. Bad News
3. Dick On A Power Trip
4. Crapshoot
5. Anti-Homophobe
6. Public Teen Prison
7. We Don't Want Your Bloody War
8. The People United
9. Shopkeep
10. Tales Of An Eleventh Grade Failure
11. Suede And Sweater Jacket
12. Draw The Line
13. Fantastic Fred
14. Can I Say
15. Something To Groove To
16. English Beat

(Songs 1-4 are The Flatliners, 5-8 are Suzi Jacuzzi, 9-12 are Grand Skam and 13-16 are The Makeshift Heroes)

This album is a split album from four Ontario Punk and Ska bands. All four bands are from the Toronto area and they all have a bit of a different sound. They are quite what you'd expect from ska bands and even though it's four bands, they go together quite well. All of the  bands have done a pretty good job here. When looking at the recording quality of this album, the album could have been recorded way better and the instrumentation could have been better for the most part here. Now every band sounds like they are able to sing and the lyrics from each band are alright for ska lyrics so that good, but we do wish that The Makeshift Heroes songs were not all live and were studio versions of the songs as we are not a fan of live recordings. All in all, each band has done what they figured was a good job on this split and they all do seem to fit together with a nice flow to them. Good luck to all the bands on this split album and we hope they all can get better with age. Listen to this album to decide for yourself what you think of it. All but The Flatliners have called it quits (R.I.P. to those bands)

Genre: Punk/Ska

Release Date: 2003

Location: Richmond Hill/Toronto, Ontario
Website: http://www.theflatliners.com/

Label: Drive Studios

The Flatliners - Demo

1. Gullible
2. There's A Problem
3. I Am Abandoned
4. Get Out Of My Face
5. Disappointing Past
6. All Alone Again
7. Broken Window

The Flatliners have released their debut album titled "Demo." This album gives the band a very ska punk feel which some people are not even aware they did. When you first listen to this album you notice how rough it is and the very amateur feel of the album. This band does have something there though, you just have to look past the recording. Now obviously the recording is really bad and needs tons of work, but the seems to be able to play and the lyrics are alright as well, so there are positives here. There is not really one song to listen to over the others as they are all pretty bad, but this is something you just have to hear to say you've heard it. Overall, this album is a very rough start for the band, there are pluses here but with some progression and tweaking this could be really great.

Genre: Ska/Punk/Rock

Release Date: 2002

Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario
Website: http://www.theflatliners.com/

Label: Drive Studios