Dirty Fences

Dirty Fences

Off the Rockers

Dig! Records

***Thirteen years since the release of Dirty Fences’ debut album, Too High to Kross, Planet Earth’s perennial bad boys of good time rock ‘n’ roll maxing — that is: built tough, to weather thick and thin — are back with a new record, Off the Rockers. It’s their fourth full-length album, and you gotta ask yourself, How many bands make it that far? Or — more to the point — How many bands make it to Four and actually leave you wanting more? Exactly! But Off the Rockers ain’t no senior slump. In fact, depending on who you ask, it’s their B.O.Y. (Best One Yet.)After three marriages, one divorce (at presstime) and kids in the mix, the ‘Fences are moving forward, forging a path all their own — if only in the footsteps of their punk rock forebears (The Ramones, The Mats and their Patron Saint, P.P. Lynott) — undeterred by smart-ass trends, ass-backwards politics and how far the dollar can get ya (not far.)To get it done, the band convened earlier this summer a hundred miles north of the city, up in the Catskill Mountains, to hunker down at Old Soul Studios, a historic 5-bedroom Greek Revival, Italianate-Style present day hit factory. Five days and five nights later, the ‘Fences returned like Moses from on high, with ten absolute bangers.Now, nine years since Goodbye Love, the ‘Fences are back, baby, and the refocus has served our ‘Fave Four’ well. You get Dirty Fences’ trademarked, eternally-spirited rippers, joined here by...

Dirty Fences

Too High To Kross - 13th Anniversary LP Reissue

Dig! Records

Has it really been 13 years since Dirty Fences released their first album TOO HIGH TO KROSS? Probably. We started counting and ran outta fingers.Still NYC’s favorite ‘Rock’n’roll, Hard workin’ band,’ the Fences—as their friends call ‘em—haven’t veered far from the path they first forged here. Maxed out, always tuneful heaters, intended for cranking at top volume, and perfect for howling along to in whatever damn key you please!Nowadays it’s hard to imagine a DF show without “All I Want,” “Heaven Is Tonight,” “Under Your Leather,” or “White Lies” in the boy’s hit-factory repertoire. Each and every one of these 13 tracks is bound to get stuck in-between your ears for days, then years to come.Meanwhile the band’s second and third full lengths, along with heaps of singles, furthered their sonic blitz, slyly as Ramones’ heir apparent, Bee Gees meets CBGBs rebel rousers, The Freshies’ worthy rival from the Big Apple — or, all of the above?!Recorded over two weeks at High/Low Recording in Memphis, Tennessee by Toby Vest, Too High To Kross quickly sold out, as the band toured up a storm. At the time nobody knew the album would spell THE E-N-D for Volcom Entertainment, who went bankrupt shortly after its one and only vinyl pressing. It’s remained out of print ever since. Until now.For years, aftermarket copies have been scarce and prohibitively pricey, and a proper reissue has been long overdue. After working with members’ other projects (Hershguy and Brower), Dig! Records is thrilled to give this...

Dirty Fences

Full Tramp

Slovenly

***BACK IN STOCK!!! Satisfying a youthful obsession with early KISS and Motley Crüe, then discovering the fortunate truth of The Dictators and Ramones, DIRTY FENCES have finally slammed into the Slovenly path with the Full Tramp LP. Brooklyn is the launching pad, and following a previous full length, a few singles and a few transcontinental tours, Dirty Fences got their shit on lockdown. Full Tramp has got the biggest balls of them all, and each song is study in what makes a song just right without ever losing sight of what makes an album worth listening to. But when it comes down to it, it’s the really their slime factor that got us on board, and this record is the festering manifestation of your love encrusted bed sheets headed to the wash.