{"title":"Beach Rats","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"rat-beat","title":"Rat Beat","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgainst the backdrop of Asbury Park, NJ rock and punk history comes \u003cem\u003eBeach Rats\u003c\/em\u003e. With a membership that includes four impossible-to-avoid New Jersey punk stalwarts including \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Baker\u003c\/strong\u003e (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion), \u003cstrong\u003eAri Katz\u003c\/strong\u003e (Lifetime), \u003cstrong\u003eBryan Kienlen\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003ePete Steinkopf\u003c\/strong\u003e (The Bouncing Souls) and rounded out by Danny Windas, AKA \"Dubs\" on drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeach Rats\u003c\/em\u003e play a brand of hardcore\/punk that stays true to their members' roots while creating something completely fresh and urgent. \"I had moved to Asbury Park,\" recounts guitarist \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Baker\u003c\/strong\u003e. \"And it turned out that Pete [Steinkopf] and Bryan [Kienlan] from the Bouncing Souls were sniffing around and had the idea to do a fun side-band with Ari Katz from Lifetime. They had recently played together at a memorial for Dave Franklin [Vision frontman, R.I.P.] and had a blast. That was the foundation of it. Like most of my career, I walked into a pre-existing situation, ready to go. They were talking about it and I was immediately like, 'I want to be in a band! Bands are great, let's go!'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe common denominator for \u003cem\u003eBeach Rats\u003c\/em\u003e was simple. \"It's a mix of the Jersey Shore thing and a bunch of guys that can endlessly create 80's hardcore riffs because we were there,\" states \u003cstrong\u003eBryan Kienlan\u003c\/strong\u003e. \"You're gonna get authentic punk and hardcore from \u003cem\u003eBeach Rats\u003c\/em\u003e because we are all from the 80's. It's literally taking it back to some of our biggest influences like Negative Approach and Poison Idea. And of course, Minor Threat.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Epitaph","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50458632356171,"sku":"1156205","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50458631340363,"sku":"1156204","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e59bd462-e8ea-4fe2-af91-2741558158d7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727212497"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/beach-rats.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}