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thing they cannot accept. Either you live your life in debt or you work until your death. This is music for the deaf. Tie a noose around your neck. Hold onto what you got cuz you can lose it in a sec.” Wow! Now, boys and girls, this is why Uncle Bobby always says, “Net- work, network, network” and “Brand, brand, brand,” so that you make the American Dream come true with your music rather than have to live this American Night- mare. Eventually, this nightmare will lead us to a real-life Hunger Games if we don’t stand up and do something about it! And that’s just how I feel about the first track on “American Carnage.” Then there’s the title track, which, like much of the EP, sounds like Rage against the Machine with a menacing message delivered on a bed of fat, tight rhythms via scorching guitars. Yet, while gui- tarist Chris Bacchus continues to demonstrate killer chops and bassist Joe Sap and drummer Mar- shal provide the musical wave on Listen to “American Carnage” by Sunny Gang NJ STAGE - ISSUE 61 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 129