Of course Brian Fallon, the Gaslight Anthem's frontman, would say something like, “See you on the flip side,” as he does on “45,” the opening song on the band's fourth album. A tattooed Springsteen freak with a punk past, Fallon is a student of rock history and one of the few guys still around who thinks three chords can still make a difference. Producer Brendan O'Brien gives Handwritten Springsteenian heft.
This article appears in Jul 25-31, 2012.