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Sicko "The Juice is Loose"




Sicko is, was, and will probably always be, one of my favorite bands. Hailing from Seattle, which seems like an unusual place for a punk band being the alternagrunge movement at the time, Sicko had a unique brand of pop punk. They often strayed away from the stereotypical songs about girls persona that often plagues pop punk and seemed to pick unique subject matter (not that songs about girls are bad). If you had to pick a place for Sicko to sit they would probably be somewhere between Ramones, Beat Happening and The Fastbacks (oddly enough, a member of The Fastbacks produced a Sicko record).

"The Juice is Loose" is Sicko's ode to O.J. Simpson (and Juicy Fruit!). You could even call this one a timepiece as the album came out not too long after O.J. was being chased down the highway in a white SUV with choppers overhead.

Both songs appear on their 1995 sophomore album "Laugh While You Can, Monkey Boy"

Sicko - The Juice is Loose
Sicko - When to Quit