American Grafishy
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| American Grafishy | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Length | 42:05 | |||
| Label | Def American | |||
| Producer | Flipper | |||
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American Grafishy is the third studio album by the San Francisco-based punk rock band Flipper.[1] It was released in 1992 by Def American; label president Rick Rubin had once been in a Flipper tribute band.[2][3] The album title is a pun on the coming-of-age film American Graffiti. The band promoted the album with a North American tour.[4]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [8] |
| Chicago Tribune | [9] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [10] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[11] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[12] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 3/10[13] |
Trouser Press noted that "the band’s patented approach to noise still packs a punch."[14] The Chicago Reader deemed American Grafishy a "feeble reunion album."[15] The Boston Globe called it "semi-hooky, appealingly tortured, snarling, gnarled punk."[16] The Toronto Star considered it "hard, lean, exciting, vital."[17]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote: "What was once radical now sounds rote, and if a band capable of such titanic anarchy can even bother with a career, what does it say about the rest of us number-crunchers, dishwashers and wage slaves?"[18]
