History Music / MischiefBrew

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FaceOfTheBand Front man]] and founding member Erik Petersen]]

* GenreMashup: Aptly described by Wiki/TheOtherWiki as "DIY anarcho-punk," the band also incorporated genres such as Romani punk and swing.

* NotChristianRock: There are a couple of favorable Christian religious references are made, which is pretty unusual in anarcho-punk. While "Coffee, God, and Cigarettes" gently mocks religious teetotalers, "Lowly Carpenter" is a pro-workers song featuring a, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin lowly carpenter]] saying he had great potential but now is JUST a [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory carpenter]] and therefore powerless.

Alongside a large number of split releases with other artists, the band released five studio albums throughout its run:

* ''Bacchanal 'N' Philadelphia'' (2016)

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Aptly described by Wiki/TheOtherWiki as "DIY anarcho-punk," the band also incorporated genres such as Romani punk and swing.

--> ''Another round, we’re descending\\

--> ''"Another round, we’re descending\\

Sweet home was home"''
-->--'''Mischief Brew,''' ''"Olde Tyme Mem'ry"''

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Aptly described by Wiki/TheOtherWiki as "DIY anarcho-punk," the band also incorporated genres such as Gypsy-punk and swing.

* {{Brainwashed}}: "Dirty Pennies" portrays police officers as brainwashed, describing a young boy growing up to be one and forgetting the homeless woman he used to be friends with,

* AntiquatedLinguistics: The title of "Olde Tyme Mem’ry”

* AntiquatedLinguistics: The title of “Olde Tyme Mem’ry”
* BombThrowingAnarchists: ''”Save a City...”''.

* HatedHometown: Played with in "O, Pennsyltucky!". The whole song is in the format of an ode to the state of Pennsylvania that mostly just lists its negative attributes, but there's clearly strong love as well. The sentiment is overall "My hometown sucks, but I wouldn't have it any other way."

* NostalgiaFilter: Deconstructed in ''Olde Tyme Mem'ry'', a song with longs for the time of authenticity and criticizes people who inauthentically attempt to replicate tradition with kitsch.
* NotChristianRock: There are a couple of favorable Christian religious references are made, which is pretty unusual in anarcho-punk. While ''Coffee, God, and Cigarettes'' gently mocks religious teetotalers, ''Lowly Carpenter'' is a pro-workers song featuring a, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin lowly carpenter]] saying he had great potential but now is JUST a [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory carpenter]] and therefore powerless.
* OdeToSobriety: A sarcastic version is found in ''Coffee, God, and Cigarettes''

* {{Retraux}}: Brutally lambasted in ''Olde Tyme Mem'ry" which is about people replacing culture with kitsch.

-->--'''Mischief Brew,''' ''"Old Tyme Mem'ry"''

* BombThrowingAnarchists: ''Save a City Burn It Down...''.

* NostalgiaFilter: Deconstructed in ''Old Tyme Mem'ry'', a song with longs for the time of authenticity and criticizes people who inauthentically attempt to replicate tradition with kitsch.

* {{Retraux}}: Brutally lambasted in ''Old Tyme Mem'ry" which is about people replacing culture with kitsch.

* Brainwashed: "Dirty Pennies" portrays police officers as brainwashed, describing a young boy growing up to be one and forgetting the homeless woman he used to be friends with,

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Erik's suicide happened shortly before Mischief Brew was supposed to embark on a European tour. Not wishing to continue without him, the band cancelled the tour and broke up shortly after.

--> ''"Didn't we have a devil of a time?"''
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Philadelphia punk at its finest. Mischief Brew is fronted by Erik Petersen and incorporates elements of swing, gypsy punk, American protest folk, and the DIY ethic. Extremely political, extremely brash, and extremely prolific, Mischief Brew has become a well-known name in underground anarcho-punk circles for simultaneously embracing and deconstructing the punk genre.

* BombThrowingAnarchists: ''Save A City Burn It Down''.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Aptly described by Wiki/TheOtherWiki as "DIY anarcho-punk".

%%* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly:

* HarshVocals: And how.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly:

* ProtestSong: Oh boy.

* OceanPunk

* NotChristianRock: There are a couple of favorable Christian religious references are made, which is pretty unusual in anarcho-punk. While ''Coffee, God, and Cigarettes'' gently mocks religious teetotalers, ''Lowly Carpenter'' is a pro-workers song featuring a, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin lowly carpenter]] saying he had great potential but now is a [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory carpenter]] without any power to change the world.

* NotChristianRock: There are a couple of favorable Christian religious references are made, which is pretty unusual in anarcho-punk. While ''Coffee, God, and Cigarettes'' gently mocks religious teetotalers, ''Lowly Carpenter'' is a pro-workers song featuring a, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Lowly Carpenter]] wondering what he has the power to do. What was Jesus's job again?

* PiratePunk