Rock The Fuck On Forever Tracklist
The following description comes from an interview by Eli Enis of Kerrang! with Justice Tripp of Angel Du$t.
From the titles alone (Toxic Boombox, Twist N Shout), it was obvious that Angel Du$t weren’t taking themselves too seriously on Rock The Fuck On Forever. Although they spent the record’s touring cycle gigging with contemporaries like Harms Way, Terror, and Touche Amore, RTFOF was even catchier and more refined than A.D.. They dipped into surf-rock on Deep Love, dabbled in power-pop on Twist N Shout, and drenched the guitars in a thick fuzz that was more akin to grunge than punk.
“A goal for me has always been to, like, disturb the peace,” Justice says. “As far as what people expect and what people think is hardcore, what people think is punk, and how people define certain types of music. And I think with Xtra Raw and A.D., they were a little more off-putting in that way. People didn’t know how to feel about them when they heard those records. And the reaction to those was always, in the beginning, ‘I don’t know how I feel about this.’ And that same person a couple months later tells me that’s their favorite record.”
Despite its ‘70s-indebted baby blue cover art and ripping saxophone solo in its closing track, this album didn’t get the confused reaction from hardcore kids that Tripp was hoping for.
“And then when [Rock The Fuck On Forever] came out it was just accepted. And people were like, ‘Oh, this is great.’ And for some reason that actually bothered me. I was, like, upset by that. Like, I don’t want you to like this, I want you to hate this until you love it. I want you to hate it so much and then love it so much and need it.”
