![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Throw in a heavy dose of political rabble-rousing and what was initially slated to be a studio one-off ended up in bookies requesting Ramallah to play shows and lots of them. ![]() So following Hatebreed's success with such a simple approach (unabashedly ripping off Bolt Thrower, Obituary, and Sepultura), numerous bands attempted to ride the bandwagon Bury Your Dead were far from serious, Buried Alive were too serious, and Ramallah were just right. Then again, fans of Lind were hardly surprised case-in-point being his enormous success with Blood For Blood in reviving a once-dated, eighties punk-rock/hardcore style appreciated primarily by the dying breed of Taang! fans. Also known as Rob Lind, the primary songwriter behind Boston's now-legendary Blood For Blood (whose legacy didn't take long to emerge at all) and the also Bridge 9-backed Saints & Sinners, the critics who either ignored Ramallah's debut or discredited it for being too by-the-numbers were administered a convincing wake-up call when the MCD went on to sell over fifteen thousand copies worldwide. When Ramallah's debut MCD, But A Whimper, arrived out of nowhere in 2002 via Bridge 9 Records, it initially came across as White Trash Rob's primitive, solo, tough-guy side project. ![]()
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