Cerebral Ballzy on Moshi Moshi

First of all the Cerebral Ballzy tweets are fucking hilarious, I remember one of them was something about going to look up the lady sex offenders wherever they were playing so they could get lucky.
I don't know how one engineers in the studio this Suicidal Tendencies historic sound - - you probably don't sit around and think about it too much. They stay authentic to the music, they make me believe, like Japanther, that they're going to be playing this kind of sk8 punk hardcore forever, and you'll question why it stopped in the first place. They have nothing on their agenda, they're alright playing shows their own way.
Look at popular music from the time of H-Street videos, Bones Brigade, Gleaming the Cube...is anyone still listening to that shit? No! But do you still throw on the Gorilla Biscuits or 7 seconds once in a while? Of course you do.
I think what I love about Cerebral Ballzy, even more than their name, or their grip tape single is that there was no need for any of this...there wasn't a huge market demand for this sk8 punk nostalgia to come back...there aren't a million copycat bands out there, or managers putting bands together for a couple of remember-when bucks.
I've built them up too much probably, after all they wouldn't be who I think they are if they were conscious of any of this stuff. Keep skating and playing music, it doesn't get any better than this. Unpretentious fun, in the tradition of the greats before them.

I mean take this song, "Insufficient Fare", it's what the turnstyle lcd says when your card runs out...so perfect. They're NY, and watching that black and white video jumping the turnstyle and dicking around the city makes me feel young again.

B-Side "Don't tell me what to do." Nuff said.

This is an interesting choice for Moshi-Moshi and I respect both of them a little more for working together on this one.

They play March 31st at the Cake Shop. I will be there with a ballzy crest sewn on my messenger bag.

Cerebral Ballzy on Article Records

Besides having the best name I've heard in a long time Cerebral Ballzy is taking it back to 89 in the best way. Who knew there was a demand to recapture the days sk8ing in the garage, trying to ollie for hours in the driveway, building a ramp with a string arc on a nail out of plywood behind the garage and trying to land a 180 on that condemnable piece of architecture. I can't think of anything better that would make you try dropping in one more time even if it was late and you keep falling at the bottom on the halfpipe. Wavves was the first griptape single I've seen, but Ballzy makes the most sense.
I should be listening to them on the soundtrack to the new H-Street video with a bunch of jerks from high school sitting around the VCR. You know how fucking hard it was to find skate videos then?
It's straight up punk/hardcore Suicidal Tendencies, Bad Brains, Guerrilla Biscuits, 7 Seconds style. I'm in jail dad! I don't know if these guys are my age and waxing nostalgic on this sweet bygone era or just some punk skaters trying to piss off everyone, but it doesn't matter, they're doing it as authentically as possible. Of course they would open for Japanther. I'm not going to lie, I gave my boards away after falling one too many times in NYC and feeling old and hurt, maybe thanks to universal healthcare I'll go hit the freaking skateshop! Thanks Obama!

Go gleam the freaking cube already! What did that have to do with skating a ramp? Did that ever catch on anywhere? What genius writer came up with that phrase? I wanted a bomb shelter skate lab in my backyard and Cerebral Ballzy on the ghetto blaster. Or a hoverboard from back to the future.