Review for “rules of the fools” 7” (Bad Dog/Core-Tex) 1998

RockHard 6/98

Surprisingly the Surface-layer DEVIL IN DISGUISE travles on a path wich is precarious close to Social Distortion. The coolness that Mike Ness has appropriated in almost two decades now, can´t be transposed one to one by “Ruhrpott”-Rockers who are half of his age. But for a respectable “piss-off-a-legend” it´s good enough easily. The first 100 copies are in coloured vinyl.

Coretex-Mailorder 1998

If you like Elvis and Social Distortion, this record is for you !

In 2003 Devil in Disguise recorded a Demo under the name The Rotten Few. Here are some Reviews !

Review Plasticbomb #

The god of the Punk`n Rolls rised again, in form of THE ROTTEN FEW. Whiskey impregnated, dirty Punkrock, that is the sound of this Band from Essen. The 4 Songs on this CD-R are recorded very well in a studio. I agree with the band: In the promotion-info, they say that their influences are The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, REM, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, paired with Punk Rock. Rocks as fuck.

Fomp Magazine

The Rotten Few are a Punk´n Roll band from Essen, whereby punk comes to the fore. Unfortunately there are only 4 Songs on their Demo, wich are good without exception (1.Needle&Spoon, 2. Pathetic Man, 3. Dirty Looks, 4. Intoxication). For a demo, the recording is in a really good quality and the Session Park Studio did their job well. Musicalwise it moves between Generators and Social Distortion, but their independence doesn´t get lost. Pathetic Man is my favourite song on this mini-album. Flows really good !!! (david)