Rev. Norb & the Onions – s/t 2014. Certified PR Records. High speed punk from Wisconsin. Rev. Norb (Norb Rozek) has been a fixture (legend!) in the northeastern Wisconsin punk scene for, like, ever, fronting bands like Suburban Mutilation, Depo Provera and Boris The Sprinkler with his particular brand of insanity for over 40 years. I’ve never heard of the Onions but it looks like they’re from Manitowoc; Rev. Norb has fronted a few of their releases. Rev. Norb & the Onions is really really fun, which is exactly what I’d expect from a band fronted by a man once described (according to the Boris The Sprinkler website) as “a grown man who resembles a gigantic grasshopper” who often sports a ridiculously oversized headpiece/mask and gold lamé (as seen here from the Boris performance at Dirtnap Fest in 2022).

My top tracks are all punchy, slightly ridiculous and very very clever, Norb’s wit delivered at hyper-speed, always:  “(She Got) Thought Crime” (“she got crazy flipper fingers that she stole from someone else”), “Oddy Knocky” (“there’s corsets made of macaroons and panties made of vinyl”), “I’m Shit” (“well I’m just a player with my beefy five-layer, I’m drinkin’ purplesaurus rex”) and “Eating Quisp From Someone Else’s Bowl” (no need to provide an example).