The Eat

It was once said that the Florida punk band The Eat became rockers only because they weren't about to join a bowling league. They made music for their own amusement and never cared especially whether or not anyone liked the songs, and this irreverent attitude helped them pioneer Florida's hardcore punk scene. Their music combined '50s rockabilly and punk, and they penned lyrics that were sometimes political but never preachy, providing a darkly humorous biography of their surroundings or what they saw on TV (with topics including power-abusive cops, animal cruelty, football pl...