Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (8/23-8/30/96, pp.124-125) - "...Sure, there are plenty of other outfits working similar territory, but the Turks really are special--and smart enough to know that throwing a bit of Stonesy raunch into their post-hardcore mix is no crime." - Rating: A- Alternative Press (12/96, pp.83-84) - (out of 5) - "...a 90 m.p.h. midnight ride down a country road, 100-percent corn-fed white-trash thrash--in short, fun with a capital `yeeee-haw!'....it just doesn't get any better than this..." Option (11-12/96, p.120) - "...foremost in the Turks' brand of blistering retro-rock is their inescapable punk foundation. That's punk as in garage rock, the MC5, the Stooges, the Pistols, Bad Brains and Minor Threat....the Turks are among this decade's most genuine practicioners of the form..." Melody Maker (8/24/96, p.41) - "...Discarding their straight-ahead punk rock shackles on this, their fourth album in three years, NBT manage to create a soundtrack for an all-in wrestling match: in the red corner, Chuck Berry and Howlin' Wolf; in the blue corner, Black Flag and The New York Dolls..." RIP (10/96, pp.71-72) - 4 (out of 5) - "...The bottom line with [SCARED STRAIGHT] is that once its kickin' 36 minutes are over, you're not sure what hit you. And that wild attack is what the Turks do best." NME (Magazine) (8/3/96, p.44) - 8 (out of 10) - "...bashed out in an ace, intelligent kinda way--Ohio's New Bomb Turks are the thinking man's punk rockers....SCARED STRAIGHT is their masterpiece....marries raw, pure guitar slinging to enormous feel-grrreat dynamics..."