HELL REVIEWS:
This has always been a top-rated recording, collecting a diverse number of covers that range from Sun Ra to Skrewdriver, and Steel Cage does more than just cash in on a legacy by remastering the album and adding seven hefty bonus tracks. So now in addition to hearing Clayton and crew roar through BTO's "Taking Care of Business", Ernest Tubb's "Thanks A Lot", Jumpin' Gene Simmons' "Haunted House", Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer", Hank Williams' "I Saw the Light", Jack Starr's "Chicken", Anti-Nowhere League's "(We Will Not) Remember You" and ten other songs from the original release you get "Today Your Love" (Ramones), "Bloody Hammer" (Roky Erickson), "Mean Woman Blues" (Roy Orbison) and a live version of Alice Cooper's "Sick Things." Several ANTiSEEN originals are here as well of course, those being "You're Gonna Tote an Ass Kickin'", "Cactus Jack", "I Don't Ask You For Nothing", and "The Witch." Simply put this is just a beautiful fucking album. Honest enthusiasm for the songs pours out in each rendition, and if these eclectic selections weren't favorites of yours before they certainly will be after you hear this. I bet you can't play it just once.
—Paniscus Revue
This killer record came out on Jeff Skipski's Baloney Shrapnel label back in '95 and it still kicks ass. Hell contains a few ANTiSEEN songs as well as loads of cover tunes - you can find such songs as "If There's A Hell Below," "Taking Care Of Business," "Psycho Killer," and "I Saw The Light" plus seven bonus tracks not on the original. ANTiSEEN are to Southern punk rock and roll what The Stones are to rock and roll. Out of control GG Allin style punk meets Southern rock.
—Toxic Flyer #34
15 MINUTES... REVIEWS:
Here's a drunken stumble through the shitpile of 15 years worth of singles, comp tracks and onstage bile and rage from Carolina's finest sons. These guys are as essential as Little Richard or the Stooges to me. When you're feeling overwhelmed by a world full of idiots, this is the band to blow it all away. And any band that covers SL Sutch is so much cooler than you.
—Jeff Dahl, Sonic Iguana #4
...this here CD comes around 15+ years into their "career" and covers so much essential ground that it is easily one of this issue's mandatory buys. Hell, it is one of this year's best re-issues, bar none, and yeah, that includes the Funhouse box. From stuff from their first single all the way up to the recent stuff, this is an amazing retrospective; mostly singles and compilation tracks but some great fuckin live shit too. It really is amazing that ANTiSEEN partners Joe Young and Jeff Clayton (and others) could keep up with this kind of assault. Clayton's guttural throat guzzle can, as Jen's mom (another ANTiSEEN fan I shit you not) says "really carry a tune." Musically they flex and pound the shit out of heavy power chords and thick rythyms, all the while Young's razor sharp Telecaster deals out the whippings. But as much as ANTiSEEN's blood, guts, hatred and chaos are known, the side of the band that celebrates fun, like their ode to themselves "Destructo Rock" and the banter on the live stuff, is on display here as well. "Hippie Punk" coulda easily been about me, during the summer beads, while "2 Headed Dog" and "The Singing Grandfather" go right in line with my current Roky Erikson worship. At this point you owe it to yourself to support a band that has been doin it (and doin it best) for so long they've seen some of your fave bands get big, sign to majors, get dropped and/or do car or jeans commercials, and get turned down at the Wendy's job fair. Maybe it took me until a few years ago to realize that ANTiSEEN has always been here (before) for a dose of heavy duty no bulshit primal rock and roll.
—Andy Persepenko, Nice Pooper #23
SABU REVIEWS:
The newest ANTiSEEN single is an absolute ripper, and the title track pays a fitting tribute to the infamous wrestler. Also included ia a live version of "Sick Things". ANTiSEEN fans won't be able to do without this rocker.
—Jami Wolf, Hit List vol. 2, #4
The opening track is a gruff, dirty slice of drunk punk. Yeah, the tunes fit well with the testosterone fuelled world of pro wrestling, but are ones you won't see on the big label soundtracks. The flip is a slower, dirgier rendition of "Sick Things".
—Caustic Truths #78
