Mainline News
2007 Press
February, 19th 2007
Rated 8 out of 10
Mainline’s “Notice of Disconnection” is the kind of kick in the mouth music that will have you raging against whatever ails you.
From the second “Claustrophobia” enters your ears and shreds your brain, you will never be the same. Mainline, while considered punk rock, break out of all musical constraints and stomp across the fields of metal, hard rock, and other forms of music. They defy labels and they will rock you until you agree with them.
Top to bottom, “Notice of Disconnection” is top shelf quality and is a must own disc. “Fate Deserved” is one of the stronger tracks, although that was hard to pick out because of the cast in steel consistency of the whole release. I feel so much more alive for having the privilege of listening to this masterpiece.
If you want to instantly elevate the cool factor in your CD collection you will stop what you are doing and go out and buy this CD.
By Adam Harrington @ Whisperinandhollerin.com
http://www.whisperinandhollerin.com
February, 15th 2007
The Southern California punk scene is littered with kids who play “follow the leader” rather than setting their own destiny. You know what I’m talking about-the dime-a-dozen, four-chord Bad Religion knock-offs that are content recycling riffs that were written 20 years ago. Hemet, CA’s Mainline pays homage to the bands that influenced them-including Bad Religion and Pennywise- but they inject their own style of melodic rock into the music, making them one of the fresher-sounding bands in the SoCal scene today...
Read the full one page interview which appears in the March issue of scratch magazine here.
By Chip Midnight @ Skratch Magazine
March, 15th 2007
http://www.shotgunreviews.com/category/music/the-kiosk/Mainline - “Notice of Disconnection”
Quick: Somebody call Epitaph Records! Seriously, Mainline wields this same level of youthful urgency and heavy metallic riffage as Epitaph’s mid-’90s roster. Much of the so-called punk rock on the radio these days is actually nothing of the sort. Mainline brings it back home, when the American underground was percolating with misfit teens and blown amps.
What places Mainline snugly into the Epitaph camp is their melodicism. Although the songs are loud enough to shatter your windows at full blast, it’s not white noise. Like Epitaph veterans Bad Religion and Pennywise, Mainline use the ferocious energy of punk to keep the adrenalin flowing but they remain unified and focused.
“Clostrophobia” is reminiscent of Suicidal Tendencies with its shifting tempos while “Dividing Line” pounds in the crossroads of punk rock and heavy metal. “Fate Deserved” has the singalong catchiness of Social Distortion minus the country woe.
Admittedly, Mainline are far from original; however, props to them for not whining and pretending that emo is punk.
Categories: Music, The Kiosk (Pop/General Music), Kyrby Raine
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April, 10th 2007
Mainline - Notice of Disconnection
Written by Michael Sutton
"Punk band delivers the big riffs without the Green Day whining."
[4.10.07]
Regardless of how burned out on punk rock you are, you have to thank Mainline for at least not trying to imitate Blink-182 or their forefathers Green Day. To the hundreds of young punks (I don't feel mean enough to say wanna-be punks tonight) out there, it must be a sigh of relief to note that another group hasn't joined their plagiarist ranks. However, that isn't to say Mainline are free from obvious influences; on the contrary, Mainline owe a debt to Pennywise, No Use for a Name, and Bad Religion. But, hey, at least those are real punks they are looking up to.
While British punk rockers had arguably the most talent in the field, the American underground has an appeal of its own. Mainline give the middle finger to commercial compromises although vocalist Mike Monlux has a melodic singing style that isn't too far from the Foo Fighters′ Dave Grohl in places.
Lyrically, Mainline spew adolescent angst with gallons of venom, but the words are not simplistic. This is no mere teenage bile. Songs such as "Soldier" and "Shoes" question authority from a deeper perspective. "Take off the mask and uncover your casket," Monlux sings on "Soldier," revealing the fate of nonconformity in the military and actually life itself.
Like a number of punk bands in the '90s, Mainline exhibit more metal and hard-rock influences than they'd care to admit. "Dividing Line" and "Fate Deserved" are especially crunchy, pummeling the speakers with two-fisted riffs. As far as meat and potatoes punk rock goes, Mainline does a fine job of maintaining the status quo.
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