"Forget the personalities, forget the trends. What Chump offers on this CD is what the world needs now (besides Axl Rose and Guns and Roses): good hard guitar rock. With the 10 songs here (including a reverent cover of the Rolling Stones' 'Paint It Black'), the band shows the chops to bring down the house. There are no gimmicks, no trend du jour, because Chump just rocks. From the opening of 'Living In Squalor' to the end of 'Drunk,' a solid rhythm (and vocal) section churns it out under a layer of hard-rock guitar chords that many will have thought disappeared from the scene."
– Michael Baugh, Senior Music Writer, Charleston's Free Time

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"I've said many times that it was time for rock and roll to find its balls again and Chump has balls! It it's stripped down, straight up rock and roll you're looking for, check 'em out."
– Eddie Hogan, Editor, Charleston's Free Time

"Chump makes Ozzie Osbourne look like Michael Bolton."
– Brian Justice, Devotee of hard rock and LINUX

"When listening to the music of Charleston trio Chump, it becomes evident that the band's name isn't a description of its members or the music. As a matter of fact, Chump and its musical sound is a little bit hard rock 'n' roll, not the kind of stuff chumps can make up."
– Shawn Nelson, Florence Morning News

"Armed with all the ammo of a true hard metal band, the heavy chomping guitar biting away with each note backed up by a sonic bass as they play run through a riff here and there, riffs straight from the eerie land of Dr. Strange made to wake up the dead, all driven by Chris Cooper on the drums. A sight to behold as these three madmen pumped out the lead one song right after the other, packed with feelings and emotions that most people try to hide and ignore. Well you can't do that around them, in fact there is no better time to let the feelings out... feelings of frustration, abandonment, and yes, a determination to fight back with the fires of Hell."
– Earvin Pastrana, CMA Web Page reporter

"Chump keeps the name in your face, you can't forget about them. And that's the best way to describe their music as well: in-your-face, hard as nails, and raunchy. While the music is buzz saw raw, they tend to include some very clever lyrics and subject matter."
– Charleston's Free Time

"If the last time you heard a three-piece band was sometime before the Police broke up, you're in for a surprise when Charleston-based Chump takes to the stage. Welcome to the nineties... Chump brings some unusual lyrics to the table."
– Cathy Best Mock, Five O'Clock Friday

"This year [1999] was a big pain in the ass... I've been on homebound, in several car accidents, been arrested, been kicked, punched, pushed shoved... But through it all, There has been CHUMP, always there to let me know times are worse when you're 'Living in Squalor'."
– Wil Kirwan, Chump megafan and occasional roadie

"Chump, while not exactly a blues band, is a rock and roll band, and rock is certainly rooted in the blues. But much more importantly, they have lured an extremely sporty looking girl to pose in a thong for their CD cover and, as such, I feel I have much to learn from them."
– Smoky Weiner, in his "Blues Around Town" column in Charleston's Free Time

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