What do you say about a band that says, straight-faced, that it's two principal influences are the Beatles and the Sex Pistols?

Try: "It's about fucking time"?

Let's face it - the Pistols, for all their yobbo nihilism, were a brilliant pop band and Never Mind the Bollocks is less an album than a hit singles collection. The Fabs, as dear dead George called them, were not only the last century's most respected, creative and successful songsmiths, they were god-damned ferocious, paint-peeling noise merchants when the mood struck them; don't believe me? The rehearsal versions of Helter Skelter make the Velvet's Sister Ray sound positively tame.

So the Philharmonic are not only canny enough to recognize these little-uttered facts but adept enough to carry off the not-inconsiderable trick of marrying legit musical chops and frankly brilliant songwriting to savage musicianship and pure-punk stage delivery. Everything the pop-punk hybrid from XTC and the Pixies on down to the least of what the genre aspires to, the Philharmonic are, and more than that, somewhat frighteningly, still well short of their potential.

If these people had been around back in '77 for the first wave of punk the Eagles and their wretched brethren would have been sent packing for good and the world would today be a better place for all of us.

About fucking time? Damn straight, and better now than never.

-- Buck Cherry
Vancouver, summer '05

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Born to a mother from Louisianna & a father from England, Motzart had it a little rough. Though the fastlane of quick paper had its versitile benefits, he knew a greater calling was paging him at 5:46 in the morning. An acomplished emcee and producer, duel citizen, and ex-hustler. Motoe has been consistantly tearing up tracks for the last 5 years. Having released his debut record ''Detinator'' two years ago, and radio singles ''2 live again'', "Homegrown'', and Loaded Gunn Productions video for "Hip Hop Metropolis" (as seen on Much Music & BET) the Blizz has been locked in the labratory cooking the next hot meals for those hungry 4 true top drawer quality urban music. Easily comparable to the best urban..pop producers of today, Motoe Blizzid has blessed heat for such talents as Toronto's Ghetto Concept, & Suni Clay, Vancouver's Tre Nice, Heatwave, Jafus, Big Sleeps, O.S.C, EhmoN & Knolij, Monze, Curtis Santiago, langdon AUGER & Noble. L.A.'s Triune, Black, RahRah & Niu, Sacremento's Kazhualte, Miami's B-kay, and Chicago's PJ'soul (Soul-R&B artist currently recording debut "Issues" with , Kemo & Heatrocks). All while recording 50 or so new solo songs for Mots' next release, "The Sun Rises in the West". And 1200lbs DJ Layz' release Accliamed for his vivid storytelling, lyrical wordplay and immense production reminiscent of the most notable rappers, this talented young man as a force 2 b rekoned within the entertainment industry. Motoe Blizzid the fire storm is coming..............

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