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April 4, 2007
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Bl'ast!, Black Flag, Dave It Up, Ensign, Full Speed Ahead, Human Remains, S.O.V., Tear It Up, The Good Book
The Good Book Demo 2006 This band has apparently already broken up, but this demo fucking rages hard. The Jersey Shore pedigree here is impressive: members have spent time in bands as varied as Ensign, Full Speed Ahead, Human Remains, S.O.V., and Tear It Up. In fact 3/5 of Full Speed Ahead were in this band. The five songs on this CD sound a lot like a median between Tear It Up (where vocalist Dave Ackerman spent time in before this band) and Full Speed Ahead. Fast, right to the point, hardcore in the vein of Bl’ast!, Black Flag and…
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May 31, 2006
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97a, Arms Reach, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Ensign, Floorpunch, Parade Brigade Fanzine, Spazz, The Judas Iscariot, Unit Pride
This was the cover to the first issue of my old fanzine Parade Brigade. Image borrowed from the Unit Pride 7″.
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March 2, 2006
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97a, Agnostic Front, Atari, Autumn, Black Flag, Bold, Circle Storm, David Koenig, Earth Crisis, Ensign, Extent Fanzine, Floorpunch, Fuck You Fanzine, Hands Tied, Hardware Fanzine, McRad, Minor Threat, Mouthpiece, Over The Line, Rain On The Parade, Rancor, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Teamwork Records, Tension Building Fanzine, The Purpose, The Straight Edge, Underdog, Up Front, Vegan Reich, Veganism, Vegetarianism, Victory Records, What Was Said Fanzine
This is the interview I did with Rain On The Parade in April of 1997. Originally in What Was Said Fanzine. 1. Okay, who is in the band and all that crap? My name is Ronnie and I sing. DII plays one guitar. Justin plays the other. Matt jumps around with his bass. Chris just joined the band. He plays drums. 2. Have you guys gotten any shit for the lyrics to Body Bag? You know, with the way all this metal slop has taken over hardcore in the past few years, you’d think we’d catch some slack for writing…
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November 7, 2005
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7 Seconds, 97a, Backlash, Casey Kulas, Earth Crisis, Ensign, Floorpunch, Hands Tied, John Coltrane, One 4 One, Orphaned Records, Ten Yard Fight, The Descendents, Uprise, What Was Said Fanzine
I interviewed Uprise at Fieldsboro on January 4th 1997 during either Floorpunch or Ten Yard Fight’s set. I think it was Ten Yard Fight actually, because I was angry we missed Floorpunch on the way home. My ride wanted to leave early for some insane reason. To miss Floorpunch?!? The lowest blow had to be having to listen to The Descendents on the whole ride home. Yeah I really want to hear Silly Girl while we drive in the opposite direction of the best band in hardcore. Thankfully, I got a car a few months later. Interview is with Matt,…
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October 12, 2005
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Billingsgate, Black Flag, By The Grace Of God, Embrace, Ensign, Even Score, Fugazi, Gorilla Biscuits, Government Issue, Half Off, Judge, Matt Smith, Minor Threat, Mouthpiece, Murphy's Law, My War Records, Parade Brigade Fanzine, Rain On The Parade, Ronny Little, Society System DeControl, Soundgarden, Stand Up, Token Entry, Turning Point, Victory Records, We're Not Gonna Take It Fanzine
John and Justin did this interview in May of 1997 for a zine called We’re Not Gonna Take It, which they never finished. We ended up finally using it in 2000 for Parade Brigade #2. This interview was conducted at the basketball court down the street from the New Providence Hall during Ensign’s set. Also present were myself and one of ROTP’s friends named Lee. I think I asked one question. John and Justin handled the rest. Ronny Little and Matt Smith give answers. *** Who is in the band and what do they do? Ronny-Right now it’s me, Ronny…
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October 12, 2005
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25 Ta Life, A Death In The Family, Billingsgate, Black Turns Green, Count Me Out, Earth Crisis, Ensign, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Good Riddance, Hands Tied, Hogan's Heroes, Ignite, In My Eyes, In The Blink Of An Eye Fanzine, Judge, Kurbjaw, Rain On The Parade, Redemption 87, Shutdown, Strength 691, Strife, The Purpose, The Straight Edge, Time Flies, Token Entry, Turning Point, Underdog, Vision, Weapon X
Weapon X was a band who only played one show at the Manville Elks Lodge on August 9th 1997. Members of Weapon X have also been in Ensign, Vision, The Purpose, Black Turns Green, Kurbjaw, A Death In The Family, and some others. I remember the week before Floorpunch, Vision, and 25 Ta Life played the same venue. In fact, Manville would be a consistent venue for a few years after this. Sometimes I really miss the place. It was easy to get to (go around the circle, go up six lights, make a left!), the people who ran it seemed to be really cool, and I always knew no matter what show I…
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August 9, 2005
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Automatic, Broken Behind This Wall Fanzine, Ensign, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Hands Tied, Lifetime, Mouthpiece, Purpose, Saves The Day, Social Distortion, Vision
Mike McKenna did this interview for me in the spring of 1998. * 1. First off, tell me who’s in the band and who does what? Sean plays bass, Bryan plays the drumkit, Anthony and Justin play the guitars, and Chris sings. * 2. Give me some bio information if you could? Well, personally, I played in Mouthpiece for several years and then started a band called Hands Tied. After quitting Hands Tied, I got together with Chris, Bryan, and Justin and started Saves The Day in the late spring of 1997. Anthony did a band called Purpose previously to…
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August 2, 2005
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411, 97a, Anti Heroes, Arms Reach, Bad Brains, Beyond, Deadguy, DRI, DYS, Ensign, Fit For Abuse, Floorpunch, Full Speed Ahead, H-Street, Impact Unit, In My Eyes, In The Blink Of An Eye Fanzine, Kill Your Idols, Killing Time, Mainstrike, Negative Approach, Negative FX, Nerve Agents, Neurosis, No Redeeming Social Value, One Sided War, Parade Brigade Fanzine, Quicksand, Raw Power, Samiam, Society System DeControl, Spazz, Speak 714, The Judas Iscariot, The Purpose, Token Entry, Unit Pride
This is our personal pages from Parade Brigade #1. Nothing much to say here. The Spazz interview was actually in #1 (but the H-Street interview we mention later on wasn’t, huh?). The Kill Your Idols, Speak 714, Purpose, and Nerve Agents interviews are still unreleased to this day. We never got around to interviewing In My Eyes. Parade Brigade #1 Well, well, a new zine. John and I have combined forces and are now doing a zine together. ITBOAE is dead; not that anyone gives a fuck, but hey why not mention it? I figure fuck, I am the negative…
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June 26, 2005
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Automatic, Better Than A Thousand, Bold, Breakdown, Cro-Mags, Earth Crisis, Ensign, Even Score, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Full Speed Ahead, Hands Tied, Hatebreed, Hogan's Heroes, In My Eyes, Inner Strength, Into Another, Mouthpiece, Murphy's Law, Rain On The Parade, Revelation Records, Snapcase, Speak 714, Talk Is Cheap Fanzine, Ten Yard Fight, Underdog, Victory Records
We did this interview at Princeton Arts Council in May of 1998. I believe this show was with Speak 714, Rain On The Parade, and Automatic. I can’t really tell you about what they are doing these days, but at the time we all really liked Ensign. A lot of my memories of that era have been soured over the years, but we used to have a lot of fun whenever Ensign played. Their first 7” has held up pretty well over the years. Justin and I handled most of the questions. When I went to type this up I…
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