"Dear Kate" is a charged, energetic, controlled pop-punk burst of humor and hooks, while "Boyz-n-the-Hood" showcases the band's ability to play up the humor of white homies with a sugar pop, highly-infectious backdrop that will no doubt find you snagged on every word.

The rest of the material, however, is so average harder-edged modern rock that it is barely listen-able. If you want modern rock that sounds like everything else, why buy CD's? Listen to the radio. I'll give this a D+.

Dynamite Boy: Somewhere In America

Dynasty: Dynasty

[Issue Thirty-Four // November-December 2000]