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Badlands

by RAVAGERS

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1.
YEAH I SEE ‘EM IN THESE COLD DARK STREETS THE CRIME SCENE NEVER WASHED AWAY A VICIOUS REMINDER OF OF WHERE I USED TO BE I THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY ARE WE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD ARE WE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN 
ARE WE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD ARE WE GOING DOWN YEAH YOU THINK THAT TIMES BEEN ON YOUR SIDE THEY LEFT ‘EM DEAD FOR RATS TO EAT YOUR EVIL EYES AND REPTILE SMILE 
ARE GONNA BURN IN GASOLINE ARE WE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD ARE WE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN
 ARE WE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD ARE WE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN ANOTHER VIOLENT CONFRONTATION
 THERE AIN’T NO JUSTICE IN THIS TOWN UNSOLVED INVESTIGATIONS THEY COULD CARE LESS IF YOUR SHOT DOWN OH NO ARE WE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD ARE WE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN
 ARE WE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD ARE WE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN
2.
White Widow 02:36
A KNIFE THAT STABS 
THROUGH A DIAMOND RING AN EXECUTER WITH A DEADLY STING ITS TRUE YOU’LL WISH YOU NEVER MET HER A BORN SEDUCER WITH A STAINLESS STYLE TITANIUM HAIR AND A HEART SO VILE ITS TRUE YOU KNOW YOU’RE GONNA REGRET HER SHE RIDES ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND SHE TAKES HER TOLLS THE HARD WAY OH YEAH WHITE WIDOW BABY WHITE WIDOW BABY WHITE WIDOW BABY ANOTHER VICTIM HANGING FROM A LINE SHE TOOK THEIR MONEY AND SHE TOOK THEIR TIME ITS TRUE YOU’RE NEVER GONNA FORGET HER A COLD HEARTED MANIAC
 SHE’LL DRIVE YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL AND BACK AND WHEN SHE’S DONE SHE’LL EAT YOUR SOUL
3.
Trespasser 02:17
LIVIN ON THE OUTSIDE AN OUTCAST LOOKIN IN FROM A WORLD YOU’LL NEVER KNOW FROM A PLACE YOU NEVER BEEN THEY WANNA KEEP US OUTTA HERE BORED AND LOCKED AWAY COPS ON THE CORNER DRAW THEIR GUNS AND SAY TRESPASSER TRESPASSER TRESPASSER TRESPASSER TRESPASSER TRESPASSER YOU'RE NEVER GONNA CATCH ME COMIN’ ROUND HERE NO MORE LIVIN ON THE OUTSIDE LIKE A LOADED GUN CLAIM THIS WAY OF LIFE IS OURS INTO THE SETTING SUN DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR GONNA DO WE GOT NO SOULS TO SAVE WERE COMING TO YOUR HOUSE TONIGHT THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TRESPASSER TRESPASSER TRESPASSER TRESPASSER TRESPASSER TRESPASSER YOU'RE NEVER GONNA CATCH ME COMIN’ ROUND HERE NO MORE
4.
Sick House 02:34
SIXTEEN TWENTY TWO AMPHETAMINE AVENUE SWARMING FLYS BROKEN BOTTLES, BROKEN LIVES SKULLS ARE CRACKING A BRUTAL FEELING DAMAGE, DAMAGE WITH INTENT IN THEIR EYES SICK HOUSE ITS GONNA EAT YOU UP INSIDE SICK HOUSE ITS GONNA THROW YOU UP SO SAY GOODBYE NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH FUN YOU CANT AVOID THE RISING SUN WALLS ARE CLOSING IN AND I CANNOT FIND THE EXIT THE SMOKE IN HERE WILL NEVER CLEAR YEAH ARE WE REALLY LIVING HERE? OH MY GOD
 SOMEBODY STOP THIS RIDE SICK HOUSE ITS GONNA EAT YOU UP INSIDE SICK HOUSE ITS GONNA THROW YOU UP SO SAY GOODBYE
5.
THE SKY IS RED AND THE BIRDS ARE DEAD WE'RE LIVIN' INSIDE A SCREEN SHUT IT OFF I JUST CANT TAKE IT CAUSE HELL IS ALL I SEE HE’S COMING ON FAST LIKE A CAR CRASH I KNOW HE WONT BE LATE BETTER QUIT LIVIN ON THE EAST SIDE
 BEFORE I END UP UNDER THE BLADE EVERY STEP I TAKE 
I CANT SHAKE THE REAPER 
HES ALWAYS ON MY TRAIL 
HES ALWAYS ON MY TAIL YEAHHHHHH EVERY STEP I TAKE
I CANT SHAKE THE REAPER
 I CANT SHAKE, CANT SHAKE THE REAPER I'M TURNING BLUE LIKE A RAT ON GLUE
 THE CITY IS MAKING ME MEAN ITS TIME TO GAMBLE WITH THE SKULL IN BLACK TO GET ME OUT OF THIS DYSTOPIAN DREAM HE’S ROLLING BONES ON A BLOOD BATH HE’S TAKING IT TILL THE END THIS TIME HES FEELIN LUCKY
 BUT 456 I WIN EVERY STEP I TAKE 
I CANT SHAKE THE REAPER
 HES TAKIN ALL MY FRIENDS 
NOW HE’S COMING AGAIN
 FOR ME EVERY STEP I TAKE 
I CANT SHAKE THE REAPER 
I CANT SHAKE, CANT SHAKE THE REAPER
6.
Nasty Night 02:44
THE CITY'S A BORE AND I GOT NOTHIN BUT TIME I WANNA SMASH A GLASS AND CAUSE A CRIME UH OH ITS LOOKIN LIKE A NASTY NIGHT TOO MUCH POISON IN VEIN FULL MOON PULLIN ON MY BRAIN UH OH ITS LOOKIN LIKE A NASTY NIGHT NASTY NIGHT - WHEN THE COLD WIND STARTS TO BITE NASTY NIGHT - WILL I MAKE IT HOME ALIVE A VIOLENT NIGHTMARE A CONCRETE CELL I'M WIDE AWAKE BUT IM STILL IN HELL UH OH ITS LOOKIN LIKE A NASTY NIGHT CANT STOP SHAKIN THIS ROOMS SO COLD THIS SITUATION IS GETTING OLD UH OH ITS LOOKIN LIKE A NASTY NIGHT NASTY NIGHT - WHEN THE COLD WIND STARTS TO BITE NASTY NIGHT - WHEN THE WOLVES COME OUT TO FIGHT I GOT A REAL BAD FEELIN I GOT A REAL BAD FEELIN I GOT A REAL BAD FEELIN ITS LOOKIN LIKE A NASTY NIGHT
7.
Blackout 02:40
GOTTA HAVE FUN GOTTA LOSE MY MIND ( CHECK OUT) TOO FAST TO LIVE TO TOUGH TO DIE (BURN OUT) GUT REACTION DON'T ASK WHY ( GET OUT ) GIMME ANYTHING YOU GOT THAT’LL GET ME HIGH (BLACK OUT) BLACK OUT BLACK OUT BURNING RUBBER GOING NOWHERE FAST ( CHECK OUT) THIS HEAD ON COLLISION THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF A GLASS (BURN OUT ) VOICES IN YOUR HEAD HAVE YOU UNDER ATTACK ( GET OUT ) WELCOME TO THE CLUB NO TURNING BACK ( BLACK OUT ) BLACK OUT BLACK OUT OUTTA MY HEAD OUTTA MY MIND KILLIN MY BRAIN KILLIN MY TIME
8.
NO SIGHT OF THE BRIGHT SIDE OR WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN NO TIME FOR EMOTION IM A CYNICAL HUMAN MACHINE. GOING HARD FOR THE LONG RUN WITH IT BOTTLED UP INSIDE ON THE VERGE OF HALLUCINATION I MIGHT BE GOING BLIND CAUSE IM SO HIGH HIGH ON STRESS FOAMING AT THE MOUTH CAUSE MY LIFE IS A MESS SO HIGH, UNLIKE THE REST YEAH BABY YOU KNOW, I CANT COPE HIGH ON STRESS FOAMIN AT THE MOUTH CAUSE MY MIND IS POSSESSED SO HIGH, I’M GONNA DIE HIGH ON STRESS A FORGOTTEN HOLE IS A PLACE I CALL MY HOME AND THE WINDOWS AND WALLS ARE SMASHED
CAUSE I BREAK EVERYTHING I OWN I TAKE TOO MUCH IN THE MORNING AND I TAKE TOO MUCH AT NIGHT
SECONDS TICK AND MY EYEBALLS TWITCH
AND IM LOST INSIDE MY MIND CAUSE IM SO HIGH HIGH ON STRESS FOAMING AT THE MOUTH CAUSE MY LIFE IS A MESS SO HIGH, UNLIKE THE REST YEAH BABY YOU KNOW, I CANT COPE HIGH ON STRESS FOAMIN AT THE MOUTH CAUSE MY MIND IS POSSESSED SO HIGH, I’M GONNA DIE HIGH ON STRESS
9.
THE HOUNDS ARE SNAPPING AT MY FEET THE LIGHTS ARE FLASHING MY HEART IT SKIPS A BEAT I HOLD THE RAZOR WIRE LINE I REACH THE TOP, BUT I’VE RUN OUT OF TIME WOAAAHH - IM SLIPPING AWAY WOAAHHHH - THE NIGHTS HERE TO STAY WOAAHHHHH - THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO…. IM A LOSER FOR YOU LOSING MY GRIP ON ME -YEAH AM I LOSING MY GRIP ON YOU AM I LOSING REALITY IS THERE NOTHING THAT I CAN DO I THINK YOU KNEW IT FROM THE START THOSE HOUNDS WOULD HUNT ME DOWN AND TEAR ME APART ILL NEVER MAKE IT OUT ALIVE I SHOULD HAVE NEVER CROSSED THAT RAZOR WIRE LINE WOAAAHH - IM SLIPPING AWAY WOAAHHHH - THE NIGHTS HERE TO STAY WOAAHHHHH - THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO IM A LOSER FOR YOU LOSING MY GRIP ON ME AM I LOSING MY GRIP ON YOU AM I LOSING REALITY IS THERE NOTHING THAT I CAN DO LOSING LOSING LOOSING AM I LOSING LOSING MY GRIP LOSING LOSING LOSING AM I LOSING THE WORLD
10.
So Long 02:45
BROKEN DESIRE I SET YOUR CHURCH ON FIRE AND THREW IT ALL AWAY FOR A BETTER DAY AND THEN I LEFT MY NAME UP TOLERATIONS GONE 
THEY WERE OH SO WRONG I’M RAISING HELL NOW
 CANT YA TELL NOW ITS BEEN TOO LONG SO LONG YOUR'E WRONG I'M BREAKIN' OUT CAUSE I DON'T BELONG YOU CANT TAME ME AND IM NEVER GONNA BE YOUR DOG GOTTA LEAVE THIS TOWN I CANT STICK AROUND CAUSE ALL THE PEOPLE
ARE SO BRAIN DEAD IT BRINGS ME DOWN I WONT FAKE A SMILE
 I WONT WAIT A WHILE GETTING PUNISHED 
FOR THE MONEY 
 AINT MY STYLE SO LONG YOUR'E WRONG I'M BREAKIN' OUT CUZ I DON'T BELONG YOU CANT TAME ME & IM NEVER GONNA BE YOUR DOG WHEN I SHED MY SKIN I’LL DO IT ALL AGAIN AND I’LL BE LAUGHING
 WHILE YOUR CRASHING IN THE END SO LONG YOU'RE WRONG I'M BREAKIN' OUT CUZ I DON'T BELONG YOU CANT TAME ME & IM NEVER GONNA BE YOUR DOG YOU CANT TAME ME AND IM NEVER GONNA BE YOUR DOG YEAHH YOU CANT BLAME ME CAUSE IM NEVER GONNA BE YOUR DOG YOU CANT BLAME ME CAUSE IM NEVER GONNA BE YOUR DOG I'M TELLIN' YOU AND YOU'RE NEVER GONNA CHANGE ME

about

Ravagers’ ascension was not without its mishaps and misfortunes. Finding a second guitarist was a challenge, set back by life’s little hurdles (girlfriends, suicide, etc.) until long-time friend and former Biters guitarist Matt Gabs filled the void. Together, he and band leader/lyricist/vocalist Alex Hagen carved out the sadistic, sardonic and supremely catchy “Drowning in Blood” single in 2018, b/w “Suzi (Has an Uzi).” This brief tease of new material baited fans throughout their blitzkrieg of gigs, all the while singing songs of recklessness and apocalyptic pop until Covid-19 turned the world into exactly that.

Making the most of a shit situation, the band headed South to write and record their first full-length LP, Badlands due in 2022 with production/engineer duo Tuk Smith (Biters, Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts) and Dan Dixon (PLS PLS) at the helm. The result is 10 of the groups strongest tracks yet, an auditory onslaught of filth and fun, of catchiness and catastrophe.

The album’s first single, “Nasty Night” is layered with guitars and Stooges-esque pianos that give the listener a real bad feeling, and it feels real good. Tracks like “White Widow” and “Shake the Reaper” have the hooks and harmonies of the strongest Turbonegro tracks with the arena-filling riffs of Blue Oyster Cult or Alice Cooper. This could very well be the record to take them to that sort of capacity. Not to say the group has abandoned their roots as fun-loving alley-lurking psychopaths. Aided by the bouncy percussion of Ray and the rapid fire rhythm of bassist Curt, “Blackout” is the closest we get to a rabid beach party singalong about getting wasted until you just gotta, well… you know. And on the other hand, “Sick House” and “Losing My Grip” are white-knuckle howlers that sound like Lemmy and Lee Ving just hijacked a train to hell.

Badlands is an amplified example of what the band has always encompassed: grim situations, high tension, and one hell of a good time. At 28 minutes, it begs to be played again and again until the neighbors call the cops… Fuck ‘em! As a premier long-player, Ravagers have set the bar dangerously high, but then again, these dudes leave “playing it safe” to the wuss-rock vermin they vow to exterminate.

-Dave Feldman

credits

released February 4, 2022

Hagen: Vocals, Guitar
Gabs: Lead Guitar
Curt: Bass, Backing Vocals
Ray: Drums
Tuk: Keyboard, Backing Vocals

Produced by Tuk Smith
Mixed, Mastered, Engineered by Dan Dixon

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STREET ROCK 'N' ROLL FROM THE GUTS OF BALTIMORE.

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