Jack Black has teamed with Funny or Die and Off!, the all-star L.A. punk band featuring Keith Morris (Circle Jerks, Black Flag) and members of Redd Kross and Burning Brides, for a literally gut-wrenching video for the band's song "Wrong." Starting with a faux bumper welcoming TV viewers back to the Saturday afternoon movie, "Lethal Justice," the off-the-cuff clip evokes sleazy '70s exploitation movies, with Jack Black and the members of Off! forming a gang to battle the mustachioed Jalisco underneath a bridge. It's a one-joke premise that isn't particularly original, especially in the age of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez,...
- 10/11/2012
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
When members of Black Flag, Burning Brides, Hot Snakes, and Redd Kross got together to form Off! in 2009, it seemed like another attempt to cash in on nostalgia for all of the heavy, cool punk groups you liked in high school. Except this time, it was a heavy, cool punk supergroup. Then First Four EPs came out in 2010, and it was awesome. And we all gave Off! a break, even if frontman Keith Morris did chew up half of the band’s set time ranting and raving about who knows what. For those who missed the group’s ...
- 3/28/2012
- avclub.com
The L.A. hardcore supergroup Off! made an explosive first impression in 2011 with First Four EPs, and now the band is prepping a self-titled full-length LP set for release May 8. Not that Off! is going to be some kind of massive album epic—the press release says it will have "16 high intensity tracks in as many minutes." The group—which includes Keith Morris of Black Flag and Circle Jerks, Dimitri Coats of Burning Brides, Mario Rubalcaba of Hot Snakes and Rocket From the Crypt, and Steven McDonald of Red Kross—also has some upcoming tour dates, which ...
- 2/29/2012
- avclub.com
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