Featured Tune: "Cheap Japanese Bass" from Steve Lieberman, The Gangsta Rabbi

Punk’s Mad Scientist Strikes Again

If you’re looking for sleek production and auto-tuned vocals, keep walking. But if you’re craving a wild, unfiltered blast of punk energy straight from the edge of musical chaos, Steve Lieberman’s new single “Cheap Japanese Bass” is your weird, wonderful antidote.

This track is pure, uncut Lieberman—ferocious, eccentric, and completely immune to modern trends. From the first dissonant blast, it’s clear that this isn’t about commercial appeal. It’s about expression. With snarling distortion, frantic pacing, and a deliberate disregard for conventional melody, Lieberman builds a soundscape that’s part basement brawl, part fever dream.

At 85 albums in, you’d think the Gangsta Rabbi might mellow. Instead, he leans harder into his “militia punk” identity, reminding us that music isn’t always about perfection—it’s about presence. And Lieberman is fully, unapologetically there, in every second of this track. There’s no filter, no compromise—just decades of DIY spirit packed into a manic, two-minute trip.

The fact that he plays 25 instruments here is impressive, but it’s not about technical flair—it’s about attitude. “Cheap Japanese Bass” is both a tribute to Lieberman’s musical roots and a loud middle finger to the passage of time. It’s messy, it’s relentless, and it’s entirely alive.

Punk isn’t dead. It’s just hanging out in Steve Lieberman’s basement, cranking up the volume.