Means, The – Vil/Viol – New LP

2022 pressing of 2002 LP.  Alright! All the way from Columbus, Ohio - Deny, Disrupt, Destroy, The Means!”I was a friend and I was there for a lot ofVil/Viol by THE MEANS it. I was there when The Means played Cherry Blossom Clinic and delivered a furious set that made good on the giddy anticipation intimated in Terre T’s band-scripted intro. We’d all heard the soundcheck and a rush of excitement was abound before a single note went out over the air. I’m sure for Terre this was the whole reason to have your very own punk show on WFMU in the first place - with the hope that there’ll be days when a young band that nobody knows shows up and sets the place on fire. On this particularly unassuming Friday afternoon, all involved would have been more aptly surrounded by burned out cars and smashed windows than a cramped radio studio. The Means made music for bedlam that day, like so many other days before and after.  They were a family band; the husband (Brad Swiniarski- drums), the wife (Em