Speaking of School Jerks, they just released their Control 7" in April which totally rules, as does pretty much everything about this band. However, I'm going to post their first 7", the three-and-a-half-minute wonder, Nothing Else on here, because it is the closest to my heart. School Jerks were the first Toronto hardcore band I ever heard, and I distinctly remember listening to "Passed Out" for the first time at the ripe age of sixteen and thinking that School Jerks must be the drunkest band I had ever heard in my life. Luckily, I wasn't too far from the truth. School Jerks are a shitshow on stage. Their frontman, Luke is the Darby Crash of Toronto. The band's stage presence has this incredible contrast between the band's cool and incredibly tight sets and Luke's chaotic antics. Beyond that, Luke's lyrics are incredible as well. Although none of the pressings of this record have the lyrics, the guys from School Jerks told me that a lyric sheet will be printed featuring the lyrics to all of their songs soon. The songs off Nothing Else are short, simple, and snotty as fuck. The chorus of the title track ends with "I'm on my last legs, damned if I don't, wake up beaten, bruised". I think that sums up the band more so than any shit I could write here. Go see this band live, buy all their records, and beat yourself up in your room listening to all of them.
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