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No matter how mainstream and mall-ready punk rock gets, there’s always a new batch of bands lurking in dirty bars and warehouses tearing out the type of hot-wired, four-chord rock that launched the genre almost thirty years ago. On Undead in Denver, compiler Timmy Gibb and producer Bart McCrorey have assembled a cast of sixteen local bands contributing two songs each, most of which heavily reference the sound of punk legends such as Social Distortion, Channel 3, the Avengers and the Ramones. Standout tracks include Reno Divorce’s “Getting Used to You,” The Hacks’ “Vodka,” Teenage Bottlerocket’s “Mini Skirt” and the Swanks’ “Big Man Mouth” — but the whole disc rumbles with the subterranean shock of raw, honest and uncorrupted punk rock.