The Workin' Stiffs - Liquid Courage (TKO, 1999)

On this very melodic disc from these Frisco street punks, politicians are exposed for the lushes they pretend not to be ("It's carnival time/With seven grand in wine/And you know it's all on my dime/The games that they play/In the city by the bay/Put the Barnum & Bailey to shame" -- "Three Ring City"), Johnny-come-latelys are put in their places ("You got your dime back packs/And your big top shorts/Watch your MTV/Play your extreme sports/You're a rebel now/You're gonna show 'em how" -- "New Cash Cow") and bosses are reminded to never draw up a Saturday work schedule ("We're all just workin' stiffs/There's got to be more than this/But five days a week, there's no other way/We are the workin' stiffs/With nothing more than this/So one night a week, that's when we have our say" -- "Workin' Stiffs"). Weird bonus track, "Lazer Revenge," that's sorta like eavesdropping on Joe Strummer and Mick Jones (not the one from Foreigner) waging war at Photon.