Surfpunk,I know the feeling. Hey, I worked for 'Kerrang!' after all! I became oblivious to the abuse from my own 'colleagues', let alone anyone else.
There has been a quite obvious rise in the quality of records being released this year within this genre we can get so bloody passionate about, but the fact remains that there's still an awful lot of crap too. Frankly,there is more to music than Airfix AOR and melodic rock by numbers!
Oh, and if you do find a finished copy of that Thunderbugs CD in the bins please let me know. The promo will probably be well worn by the end of the week!