"This could possibly be the best Canadian compilation to come out in the existence of the Compact Disc. The mighty Insurgence Records from Toronto give us the 2nd volume in the Class Pride series. In this edition, we're given 21 acts from Canada, USA, England Germany, Argentina, Poland, Italy, Euskadi, Brazil, The Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, France and Portugal. The majority of these acts, at least to my knowledge, are fairly obscure and newly formed; with the exception of old English die hards Angelic Upstarts and Red Alert. The music is melodic, hard hitting street punk with an anti-racist and pro blue collar message so strong that not even the language barrier distracts from it. Having that, it is made impossible to pick any particular stand out...all the tracks here are brilliant! This is a must have!" (Aaronoid)

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"In the words of Canada's The Class Assassins, 'This one's for the kids!' Mostly oi-punk and punk, unlike volume 1's mixture of ska, dub, punk, and oi. All of the tunes are unreleased or from upcoming records from mostly unknown skinhead bands. The only known acts here are Red alert and the Angelic Upstarts. I'm a fan of The Protest (Czech), Class Assassins (Canada), Razzapparte (Italy), and Sick Sick Sick's male/female ska (Portugal). Thumbs up for including all of the lyrics, that rocks! I dig the internationalist approach of these comps (from North and South America, and Europe), and I really dig the 'Class Not Nation' attitude of Insurgence Records. It's true, the Man wants us squabbling amongst ourselves while He takes the billion-dollar golden parachute for laying off - er, downsizing - 10,000 union workers." (Jesse)

Shredding Paper #14

Other releases from bands featured on Class Pride.