It’s the same for anyone who loves something. Sick Of It All vocalist Lou Koller on the inclusivity of hardcore, the new generation of bands and his surprising career in fashion. You don’t tour the world for three decades without learning something along the way. The band will release their twelfth studio album When The Smoke Clears in November. Life on the Ropes is a fine album for both first-time listeners and fans alike. Lou Koller has spent the last 30 years fronting New York hardcore heroes Sick Of It All. Pure grit and growl swirl among speed metal guitar licks and thunderous percussion, Sick of It All twists the new millennium punk revival backward to achieve what once was. In the end, if nothing else, Sick of It All show that age and experience can help make a better hardcore album. Sick of It All frontman Lou Koller is a raging mad man, a vocalic inquisitor of sorts, and Yours Truly, the band's sixth album, sticks with the same vein of angry punk rock. Sixteen songs seems the perfect length, as the tunes are all pretty quick-paced and upbeat, and thus the album seems over before you know it. stonefilmsnyc 15.7K subscribers Subscribe 433 Share 58K views 8 years ago While shooting 'The Journeyman' segment for the The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film we managed to slip in 10 quick. Street-tough vocals from Lou Koller spout out lyrics that seem to be predominately about philosophy and self-reflection, which may seem out of place among much of the hardcore scene, but Sick of It All makes it work and in an intelligent, respectable manner. Thus, the band sounds like a good cross of old- and new-school hardcore mixed with good old punk rock. SOIA recently released a Zoom-style quarantine music video for 'Bull's Anthem,' Lou was part of a star-studded quarantine. Then on Scratch The Surface when Richie joined, we. Sick Of It All frontman Lou Koller has been busy during this pandemic. Throughout the entire length of the album, the band keeps switching back and forth between circle-pit anthems and singalong youth crew tunes. On the first two albums it was me and Pete, and then Armand came in and he would say that it didn’t fit his other band so he gave it to SICK OF IT ALL, or he would look at my lyrics and say this doesn’t work, let’s try this which I really appreciate. Even after more than 15 years, Sick of It All's Life on the Ropes finds the band as heavy, fast, and fun as ever while still allowing plenty of room for some thoughtful lyrics.
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