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Article: The West Coast of the East Coast; YET ANOTHER BIG IDEA
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- Pittsburgh City Paper
- Article date:
- May 7, 2003
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"Black Flag tattoo / how punk rock is that? / Doc Marten leather boots / how punk rock is that?"
With those words, shouted over poorly recorded power-chorded guitars in a vaguely ironic punk approximation, The Pay Toilets kick off the new compilation The West Coast of the East Coast. And it's a fair assessment of the attitude of both the bands on the disc, and the elements its release benefits: The Multi-Tool, a multiple-use space now open next door to the Mr. Roboto Project in Wilkinsburg, that serves as the logical extension of Roboto's non-music-related ambitions. Ambitions that see punk as a community and a way of life rather than a tattoo, and which surpass the flailing of a circle ...