Reviews A working-class rock band with the heart of a punk band, Urban Guerillas sound as comfortable belting out tracks as they would belting out protests for climate change. They have a strong political side to their music which of course draws parallels to musician-turned-activist Peter Garret. Something tells me that they’d rather focus on the music- a choice that means they can have the best of both worlds. A mix of down-and-out aggression with a peaceful social-conscious. Their down-trodden pain in lyrics such as “my life is a week full of Mondays” in Valley of Waste is a figurative cigarette bummed off Cold Chisel. While the softer ballad of I Will is a country-inspired homage to the women who support them, “I’ve got a bad credit rating, my rent is long overdue / I’ve got absolutely nothing / But I give it all to you.” Like a proletariat bunch of roses- these guys are the carnations of rock and roll- which just makes them so darn like-able. January 11, 2011- Alex Harmon Altmedia Sydney survivors Urban Guerillas continue to fly the flag for the downtrodden with their seventh album. Pretty much everyone and everything gets up the nose of frontman Ken Stewart - whose patented Joe Stummer snarl hasn't lost any bite over the years- from drive-time DJs to the police state and, well, chicks. Don't expect a radical reworking of their Oz rock-with-a-social-conscience racket, but there's some solace to be taken from hearing middle-aged blokes getting pissed off and jumping up and down. Jeff Apter - Sydney Morning Herald