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SINGLE REVIEW: Charger \u2013 Watch Your Back\/Stay Down (Pirates Press Records)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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As the bass player with Californian band Rancid, Matt Freeman has become one of the biggest names in punk rock over the past 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nSo\nyou know when he lends his talents to a new project, it’s going to be\ngood. Such is the case with his side project, Charger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nFormed\nin 2018, it saw him join forces with guitarist Andrew McGee and\ndrummer Jason Willer in a powerhouse East Bay trio which owes more to\nthe punk-metal of Motorhead than any of the punk bands he’s been\ninvolved with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charger. Pic by Raymond Ahner.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\nThey\nreleased a self-titled seven-song mini-album last year, and have now\nreturned with two tracks on a 12in single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nfirst song, Watch Your Back, was released at the back end of last\nyear as a one-sided 12in pictured disc, and it showcases Freeman’s\nrasping voice, as well as his band’s foot-to-the-floor power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now it’s been paired with a new track, Stay Down, which shows they can pull off an impressive line in Led Zeppelin-style riffing, and some of the best drumming you’ll hear anywhere on another dirty rock ‘n’ roll banger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The double A-side 12in is available on black, red or white vinyl, as a picture disc, and as a download, and you can get it from Pirates Press Records here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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