TOASTERS - DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GRIND YOUR DOWN

 

Published in 1997 by Moon Ska was the seventh studio album by The Toasters. It has a much more mature sound than their previous albums and wasn't as solely focused on one genre (2-Tone) as their other albums before it had been. The album's cover includes the supposed-Latin motto, 'Illegitimis non carborundum', which is supposed to mean 'one must not be ground down by the bastards', although it is largely faux-Latin, with 'carborundum' (intended to look like a Latin gerundive) actually referring to silicon carbide, a type of abrasive