Doc Rotten are a four piece band from Trenton, New Jersey who have been together since around 2017, this is their second full album, and follows their self financed 2018 debut, Illusion To Choose. Doc Rotten are new to me, but as soon as the opening anthemic riff of the aptly titled Intro, I’m hooked, which is quite a feat, given my distaste for instrumental songs… however, I’ll make an exception for Intro, which is the best I’ve heard since Social Distortion’s Road Zombie from 2011’s Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes… In fact Social Distortion are a good touchstone for the general style of Doc Rotten. Next up is the clearly biographical 15 Years, which bounces along at a great pace, and details the trials and tribulations of trying to stay true to a movement, whilst also looking t...
