To the chagrin of many punk fans, singer Jim Lindberg left Pennywise last summer to form his own band. Well that band has finally come to fruition in the form of The Black Pacific.
With Lindberg playing lead vocals and guitar, The Black Pacific is currently touring Europe with Sum 41 and the Riverboat Gamblers. While I (and many other Pennywise fans) was sad to see Lindberg leave his signature punk band behind, I have to say I’m pretty stoked about some of the material The Black Pacific has released thus far. It has lots of the high energy, political themes and aggressive guitars that punk rockers know and love.
My only gripe is that The Black Pacific’s stuff sounds eerily similar to Pennywise. Their first single “System” (check out the music video below) sounds like it could’ve easily been on the next Pennywise album.
And if Lindberg left Pennywise to release the exact same music with another band, it tells me that he must’ve had some kind of bad falling out with his old bandmates, and to me, that’s even more disheartening than hearing news of him leave Pennywise in the first place.
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