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Stupyd Cow

Stupyd Cow Demo

Another pop punk band in the same issue of DIY PUNK? you ask. Yes, I say. Another pop punk band. Why? you ask. Because they're fucking good, that's why, I say. Stupyd Cow is pop punk out of Maryland, influenced by bands including (but not limited to) Social Distortion, the Ramones, Pennywise, The Suicide Machines, Rancid, and Anti-Flag. An okay list, as far as influences go, I would have to say.

They sound more new-age pop than oldschool/Ramones/'77 style (whatever you refer to it as) punk, but that doesn't mean they suck. Quite the contrary, I actually really enjoyed the demo. At only four songs long, it's a pretty short CD - one I found myself listening to over and over again. All of the songs were good, not everybody's taste I'm sure, but probably a good majority of you kids would like this band if given the chance to hear them.

I actually believe that this band would be best to see perform live over listening to the CD. Of course, in most cases that is the better of the two options because seriously, who wouldn't want to go to a show over sitting in their room listening to a CD? Not many people, that's who. Either way, this is a high-energy punk band which I'm sure plays a good set and would be fun to mosh around to before the headlining band.

Every song on the album was good and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing, although I must admit that the last two songs were by far my favorites. Some days you just get into one of those moods where pop-punk ballads are all you wanna hear (well, that may not be the case, but let's just pretend, shall we?), and on those days I would definitely throw in my Stupyd Cow demo and, well, fulfill all of my pop-punk ballad needs. "What It Means" is an awesome song, but honestly all that I have in my head right now is "Canadian Song" so I'll just skip over to that.

If I were a Canadian (dude) I might be really pissed at this band, if I took offense to everything I heard. This song is hilarious and makes out this random Canadian guy to be gay, then blames it all on his Canadian-ness. Like being a Canadian is really an excuse for being gay! Hah! It's just a really funny song that's catchy and good and I can't stop listening to it. The best verse to sing along to comes near the end where they challenge you to sing along with them: "Well this is a Canadian song / And all you fucking Yankee bastards better sing along!". I mean, with writing like this, what's not to like?

Stupyd Cow is a cool band that doesn't seem to take themselves, or anything else, too seriously. Which is good considering they're on the poppier side of the punk rock spectrum and therefore they aren't expected or required to sing about anything more than funny, random, whatever-they-feel-like type songs. To me they sound like a mix of The God Awfuls (another pop-punk band that rocks) and Social Distortion. You won't want to listen to them when you're looking for something hardcore or aggressive because this won't cut it, but if you're looking for something to listen to that's poppy and fun then this would be it.