Formerly part of the young punk quartet Minority Rule, whose flame burnt short but brightly leaving a lasting impression on many who saw them, Gregor Ritchie, together with Three n Eights bandmate Aaron Collins on bass along with drummer Liam Toner, is back with his new hardcore punk trio, Corrupt Intentions.
Ritchie, who is an instantly recognisable part of the West of Scotland music scene, especially at punk and psychobilly gigs with his impressive black and red Mohawk, has swapped the bass of Minority Rule for guitar and lead vocals with Corrupt Intentions, a band who owe more of a debt to the NYC hardcore scene and West Coast punk legends Rancid (and all their associated bands – Operation Ivy, Transplants, Old Firm Casuals and Lars Frederikson and the Bastards to name a few) than they do to the UK punk scene, with, of course, a smattering of psychobilly thrown in for good measure…
The six songs offered up on their first release are raw and ferocious, six straight down the barrel, no nonsense, no messing, visceral knockout punches.
Another Night kicks off the EP with furious intent taking on an Operation Ivy ska punk vibe, on Insatiable it’s like passing the baton onto an Indestructible era Rancid while Nothing to Say has psychobilly written all over its high octane riffs. The relentless ferocity continues into Questions, Gregor urging us to “question it all” before Last Excuse gives the listener some more skanking opportunities as they tap into more their ska punk side.
The song that ends the EP is their signature tune Corrupt Intentions, and is possibly the pick of the bunch, probably why it’s the closing song… and the song whose title seems to sum up current world events with the convicted criminal Trump getting back into power and Netanyahu given free reign to continue on his genocidal killing spree…
At just shy of 12 minutes the riot is over before you can say “take back the power” and in the lyrics of one of their Rancid-esque songs in the album, Insatiable, I want more..
https://corruptintentions.bandcamp.com/album/time-to-give-up?t=6