reviews
FOCUS mag.  Issue 166 pg10 May 17-June 6 2001
It could be a long uphill struggle for this innovative Tampa quartet, who are pushing hardcore beyond its old perimeters.  Like the opening double punch of "Strive" and "Open-Heart Surgery," the change-ups and progressions of both tunes rip past faster than your brain can take them apart.  The themes and chords are so convulated and quick, it's almost like an old Primus tape on continous fast foward.  Like top choice hc, the speed and fury are already spoken for.  But it's SFNG's strange and wonderful ability to apply a super busy, nimble edge(like adding a fusioney section to the middle of "Tethered") to their scattershot riffage.  You should, after all hear what they do to a ska riff, like the jagged beats manhandled during "Patchwork Girl."  Can't say much about the pent-up lyrics(including a metalhead's lament for "Godforsaken), but they come with the territory.  If we had the chance to remix it, we'd ease up on the fretman's distortion box by a notch, just to let it sizzle instead of always using the guitar as audio sandpaper.  Extra credit: a free beer to whoever decided to cover Eddie Money's "Take Me Home Tonight," where the band completly destroys the tune's original mood during their rugged, turnaround conversion.  Hidden bonus track on 12: a short, doomy, Sabbethy jam for you nu-metal folks. 
Impact Press: Music Reviews: June-July 2001
I was turned off by this cds front cover art; a little too sloppy, punk high school art.  But I persued my interest in listening and was totally blown away by this Tampa, Florida four-piece. With the snotty punk rock attitude of Crimpshrine and early Rancid and the hardcore speedy approach of DRI, So Far No Good are much better than they give themselves credit.  But instead of being copycats of overdone styles, SFNG uses fantastic breakdowns and wild instrumentation to create a sound both catchy and very aggressive.
Attention Deficit Disorder Zine #13
(4 out of 5 beers) SFNG are a Tampa, FL based unit who play fast hardcore in the vein of bands like Gorilla Biscuits, Negative Approach and Operation Ivy. The rhythm section is super tight and full of bounce, with great snarling punk vocals and hardcore riffage from start to finish. Most people outside of the state are not familiar with them, but take it from me, this band would sell thousands of records if they were on some big punk label like Hopeless or Victory. I don't know if you can find this CD outside of the Tampa Bay area, but you can check them out at oocities.com/sofarnogood - (reviewed by Sir Drinks Alot)