Back from Samoa is the sophomore effort from SoCal hardcore legends Angry Samoans. Building on their debut album Inside My Brain — also available on vinyl from Drastic Plastic Records — Back from Samoa raises the ante on all things Samoan: aggressive riffs, outrageous lyrics, offensive material, loads of political call-outs and tons of fun, whimsical humor. This album is fast, furious and funny.
Rising from the ashes of VOM — a semi-serious venture including Gregg Turner and Metal Mike Saunders, both rock writers at the time, and legendary rock critic Richard Meltzer — the Angry Samoans unleashed a torrent of hard-driving, brief, lyrically lucid songs that struck a tone both political and humorous. This synthesis of fun and anger struck a chord with American culture and became the foundation for an entire movement’s musical voice.