2005, Essay
Bloomington, Indiana is a town with a lot of rocking to do but not enough people to bring it. Most Bloomingtonians with true dedication to the cause have to pull double, sometimes triple duty. Jason, Mark, and Pete - The Coke Dares - are no exception. These young men have extremely full plates band-wise, but this is not some kind of side project. More of a supergroup power trio, a rock n roll bulldozer plowing fiercely through the boredom forest. 32 songs in 32 minutes? Half studio tracks, half live? Don't expect just another punk album that forsakes brilliance for brevity - The Coke Dares have both in spades. Think Wire's Pink Flag, or the Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime, any early SST, really. Think Robert Pollard on his front lawn with a Marshall stack and an even shorter attention span. Each song is a new classic, a collage of hooks. The message of The Coke Dares is universal. Who hasn't chased a rat down the alley? Who hasn't carried a big box and wished that someone without a big box would get the door? Who hasn't stolen ten thousand dollars from the kitty at work? All this in 32 minutes, and if the whole thing is over before you know it, there's a music video on the disc as well!
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | Coke Dares Theme One [Live] |
| 2 | I Won't Start Drinkin' Without You |
| 3 | All I Have Is Your Bass in My Head |
| 4 | Guys at Autozone Were Assholes [Live] |
| 5 | Could You Ever? I Would Never |
| 6 | Disappearing Up the Wizard's Sleeve |
| 7 | Guns 'N' Reasons |
| 8 | Mr. Sooner or Later Man |
| 9 | Is That the Genre Talking or Is It You? |
| 10 | Went to Sleep High [Live] |
| 11 | Jason Is Going to See You Naked Today [Live] |
| 12 | Coke Dares Theme Four [Live] |
| 13 | Black Beauties |
| 14 | I'm Pissed |
| 15 | I'm Too Busy to Cut My Lines Straight |
| 16 | Working His Hole |
| 17 | Jesus Speed Freak [Live] |
| 18 | Asheville Blues [Live] |
| 19 | Drunk Ambition |
| 20 | 10 G's |
| 21 | You Caught Me Counting on My Fingers |
| 22 | Coke Dares Theme Two |
| 23 | That Woman's My Train [Live] |
| 24 | That's It, I'm Chasing This Rat [Live] |
| 25 | I Like Rocking All the Time |
| 26 | I Had a Dream Last Night That I Broke All the Bones in My Hand |
| 27 | Acid Church Party [Live] |
| 28 | You're Not Carrying a Big Box |
| 29 | M.L.E.U.M.E. |
| 30 | It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It) [Live] |
| 31 | Thank You, I'm Sorry, I Love You |
| 32 | Coke Dares Theme Three [Live] |
| 33 | I Was a Teenage Shoplifter [Multimedia Track] |
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