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October 13, 2013
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7 Seconds, A Thin Line Fading, As We Once Were, Backfire Records, Bane, Better Than A Thousand, Big Boys, Black Marker 88, Blink 182, Braid, By A Thread, Cave In, Citizens Arrest, Cro-Mags, Crucial Youth, Dropjaw Records, Eliot, Equal Vision Records, Failure, Fall Silent, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Four One One, Full Speed Ahead, Garrison, Genet Records, Good Clean Fun, Grudge, Handplant, Hell Bent Records, Himsa, Hydrahead Records, Ignite, In My Eyes, Jimmy Eat World, Kill Your Idols, Kiss It Goodbye, Nerve Agents, Neurosis, No Doubt, Parade Brigade Fanzine, Phyte Records, Pink Floyd, Polyvinyl Records, Revelation Records, Sensefield, Shelter, Slapshot, Speak 714, Standing Order, State Of Mind Records, Straight Ahead, Sunny Day Real Estate, Tears Of Frustration, Ten Yard Fight, The Faith, The Promise Ring, Tim Singer, Tony Hawk, Turning Point, Uniform Choice, Unit Pride, Victory Records
All three “staff members” did reviews for issue two. BW=Bill Wend, John=John Piorkowski, Ferret=Justin Bragg I got a ton of shit in the weeks before that In My Eyes record came out. I got it in the mail, listened a few times, and posted one morning on the Rev Board that I did not like it. I said it reminded me of Better Than A Thousand and was kind of shitty. I went to class and came back to this huge thread about what a fag/loser/pussy I was. LOL. Oh noes, I didn’t like your precious friend’s band and their…
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October 4, 2013
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Civ, Hands Tied, Kraut, Sweet Belly Freak Down
I’m not super sure when this show was exactly, but it was definitely when I was still in high school because I remember a ton of random, on the fringe, people going to this show to see Civ. I remember having mixed feelings about Civ because I did like some of the more hardcore songs on the record, but the rest was so stupid and shitty. That video they did too was awful and it was kind of embarrassing to have all these random townies think Civ was what hardcore was about. I remember a lot of skinheads were at…
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August 25, 2013
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We will officially be heading into a hiatus for the fall. During the semester, I am too busy to really update anything here. This will especially be true in the fall because I am organizing a conference on my campus and teaching a brand new course, which adds significant prep time. Regular posting will resume for a bit during the winter holidays. Expect more show memory entries and lots of old pictures I have been sorting this summer. I expect I will be at a show or two this fall on the weekends. Talk soon.
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August 22, 2013
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Cockney Rejects, Fire & Ice, Parade Brigade Fanzine, Rest In Pieces, Sick Of It All, The Ducky Boys
First off, this venue is fantastic. Nice mid-sized place with a big stage and a secondary level and bar. The sound is good and the bouncers kept off to the side and didn’t brutalize anyone. This is a great place for hardcore shows and I hope to go back soon. I had not thought about The Ducky Boys in many years and and was surprised to see that they were still around and putting out records. They are definitely not my thing, but that is cool they have stuck around. After they played I wandered outside and ran into a…
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August 19, 2013
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American Nightmare, Breakdown, Burn, Cro-Mags, Crusade, Dave Flynn, Frontline, Merauder, Skarhead, Suicidal Tendencies
I am going to take on both of the shows because it is just easier… So suddenly the Cro-Mags were playing shows again, but this time it was with John, Doug, Mackie, and even Harley (and also Rocky George, ex of Suicidal Tendencies, although I don’t think he played on the good record). They played these two shows at CBGB in May of 2001, but I swear they also played the Continental before this. I need to check up on that. Either way, you bet we were going to be there. I love that when I was in college all…
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August 18, 2013
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Biohazard, Breakdown, Cro-Mags, Dave Murphy, David Koenig, Fit For Abuse, Floorpunch, Geoff TDT, h2o, In My Eyes, Parade Brigade Fanzine, Right Brigade, Some Records, Ten Yard Fight, Token Entry, Vision
It is hilarious how infamous this show has become over the years, but, uh, yeah…it was pretty good… Floorpunch came back from their European tour in the 1999 and seemed to drop off the face of the earth. They were supposed to play a gig that May with Vision and In My Eyes (where a bunch of pics from their second LP were taken. Oh, look, it’s me!) at Berkeley Heights, but dropped off (and so did Vision and I think h2o too. In My Eyes ended up headlining…I think…we will get to that show eventually) and then word seemed…
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August 14, 2013
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Agnostic Front, Floorpunch, Fury Of V, Hatebreed, Madball, Second To None
Wait, why is a Floorpunch video above? Well, I skipped that Floorpunch gig because I went to see Madball either the day before or the next day. I think at least. I am pretty sure I could only have one night off, so I went to see Madball. Odd choice? Not really. Madball were one of the best, if not best, live bands of that era. I think CJ and I went to this show. I don’t remember who else played this besides these bands, but maybe Second To None did too? I don’t really remember anything about Fury Of…
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August 13, 2013
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9 Lives, 97a, A Death In The Family, Alex Soudah, Black Train Jack, Bladecrasher, Bold, Brett Beach, Brett Castle, Carol Coppi, Chris Alpino, David Koenig, Dead Nation, Descendents, Earth Crisis, Eyehategod, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Game Plan Fanzine, Greg Rise, Hands Tied, Hogan's Heroes, Human Remains, In My Eyes, Last Straw, Matt Molnar, Mickey Rupprecht, Mix Milgram, Mouthpiece, No Justice, OS101, Parade Brigade Fanzine, Rain On The Parade, Side By Side, Splitting Headache, Steve Rise, Sweet Pete, Tear It Up, Ten Yard Fight, The Faith, Tim McMahon, Tim Shaw, Uprise, Vision, Youngblood Records
My first show of 1997 was in Bordentown, NJ at the Fieldsboro VFW (which apparently doesn’t exist anymore?). When I began teaching at BCC in 2009, I noticed I drove near Bordentown every day on my commute and it always made me think of the shows I went to at this venue (Also, Vincenttown. Do the punks still slam there?). I missed the two other Floorpunch shows here (one with Rain On The Parade and Vision, and the other with Human Remains and Earth Crisis). I went to this show with a bunch of friends, two of which, John Piorkowski…
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August 12, 2013
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Dead Kennedys, Give, Grave Mistake Records, Necros, Night Birds, Omegas, Pennywise, Social Distortion, Sublime, Trayvon Martin
After spending the afternoon at the shore with my parents and buying my mother a new Nintendo 3DS so she can play Animal Crossing: New Leaf, I went up to Asbury Park to check out an awesome gig at Asbury Lanes. I thought that venue was closing? Whatever happened with that? This was a great gig and I saw three excellent bands. Driving into Asbury Park got a bit complicated. I came down the main road through the city like I always do and was suddenly diverted around a detour. After going a few minutes out of my way, I…
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August 10, 2013
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Anne, Beyond, DYS, Hazel's Wart, Hoax, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Sonic Youth, The Lilys, Whirl, Whirr
This video was actually my introduction to Beyond. Two or three songs from it were on this VHS tape I had around 1996 or maybe early 97. I just remember that they sounded so different than other NYHC bands and all the “Beyond! Beyond!”. There was a bootleg of their demo sometime in the spring/summer of 97 and I listened to that tape religously. Hazel’s Wart Regretful Dependencies Fast Shoegaze/Indie Rock that reminds me a lot of The Lilys and Sonic Youth. I am sure this has a big audience, but I do not really like it that much. I…
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