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June 7, 2019
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Count Me Out, Crucial Response Records, Desperate Measures, Faded Grey, Go Time, Striking Distance, Time Flies, True Blue
What a week! I had car issues earlier in this week that nearly led me to wrecking my car, so there was a lot of nonsense about getting it fixed, paying for that, etc. I was really glad this show was right across town (literally down the street from the high school we all attended and that I would later work at for years). The big draw was True Blue, but Count Me Out and Time Flies had become two of the bigger bands in hardcore during this time. I don’t remember much about Desperate Measures. Isn’t someone from that…
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June 16, 2016
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Antidote, Ari Katz, Brotherhood, Carl The Mosher, Crucial Intentions, Crucial Response Records, Enuf, Full Speed Ahead, Lifetime, Madball, Release, Teamwork Records, The Icemen, Up Front
The Black Cat was Ari Katz (Lifetime, Enuf, Up Front)’s record store. We went there a bunch of times and picked up good records. They did this and maybe a few other shows? I remember we talked in and the dude working there put on the Release 7”, which we dug. John moshed around the store. Antidote got back together and played this show and one other at Casino Skate Park. Oddly enough, they had Carl The Mosher on bass. This led to many calls for Icemen songs. Remember how hard we all looked for soundboards and then suddenly there was…
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November 16, 2014
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97a, Automaton, Beyond, Crucial Response Records, Fanshen, Stormshadow, The Degenerics, You & I
I went to this show with my friend Rebecca. After meeting up with her, we headed up to this show, which was at a creepy Mason hall. Rebecca and I used to argue a lot in the car. She was super PC and pretty, uh, “open minded” about her hardcore, so it led to some amusing arguments. Looking back, I took that stuff way too seriously. I have not talked to her in a long time. Opening this show was Automaton, which had Alex Soudah (ex 97a) and my friend Jason Scheller, who I would meet officially a year or…
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July 14, 2014
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A Chorus of Disapproval, Black Sabbath, Bold, Confront, Crucial Response Records, Deep Six Records, DYS, Helmet, Infest, Intent, Magic Circle, Manpig, Negative FX, No Comment, Outburst, Shipwrecked, Slayer, The Rival Mob
These never went up last year I guess… Magic Circle Scream Evil People from the usual Boston bands come together to do this two song single of Late seventies and early eighties inspired Black Sabbath style metal. This reminds me a lot of the excellent Dio era record The Mob Rules. I have heard there is an LP out now? Manpig The Grand Negative Deep Six Records I love being proven wrong in hardcore, and the fact that this long rumoured record finally has happened is a great example of this. Manpig has been a legendarily rumoured band as long…
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January 3, 2014
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25 Ta Life, 625 Records, 7 Seconds, 97a, A Chorus of Disapproval, Absolution, Agnostic Front, Alternative Tentacles Records, Ambassador Records, Amendment 18, Anti Heroes, Arms Reach, Atari, Automatic, Avail, Awkward Thought, Bad Brains, Bane, Beyond, Black Flag, Black Train Jack, Blackout Records, Blood For Blood, Bold, Botch, Breakdown, Breakout Records, Bridge 9 Records, Built To Last, Burn, Carry On, Chain Of Strength, Circle Jerks, Committed, Converge, Cornerstone, Coronation, Count Me Out, Creed Fanzine, Crippled Youth, Cro-Mags, Crucial Response Records, Degenerics, Distant Reach Fanzine, Doing It For The Kids Records, East Coast Empire Records, Edge Of Quarrel Fanzine, Ensign, Equal Vision Records, Excursion Records, Fastbreak, Finish Line Fanzine, First Failure Fanzine, Floorpunch, Forward Defense, Full Speed Ahead, Genuine, Good Clean Fun, Gorilla Biscuits, GPO Records, H-Street, h2o, Hands Tied, Harkonen, High Score, In Control Fanzine, In My Eyes, Indecision Records, Infest, Insted, Iron Cross, Jello Biafra, Jitsu Records, Kill Your Idols, Mad At The World Fanzine, Mainstrike, Mincing Words Fanzine, Mindsnare, Minor Threat, Minute Minder, Model American, Moondog, Mosh Of Ass Fanzine, Mouthpiece, Mugshot, Nerve Agents, Next Step, Nine Lives, No Deal Records, One Sided War, Outspoken, Path Of Resistance, Phyte Records, Price Of Silence, Project X, Punk Uprisings Records, Rancor, Reach The Sky, Redemption 87, Reflections Fanzine, Reflections Records, Reinforce, Resurrection AD Records, Revelation Records, Saves The Day, Second Choice Fanzine, Self Born, Side By Side, Siton Records, Skarhead, Slapshot, Society System DeControl, Spazz, Speak 714, Spirit Fanzine, Sportswear, Standard Issue, Step Ahead, Stormshadow, Straight Ahead, Straight Force Fanzine, Stray Bullets, Strength Approach, Strife, Strung Out, Supertouch, Talk Is Cheap Fanzine, Teamwork Records, Ten Yard Fight, Tenfold, The Faith, The Get Up Kids, The Pact, The Parting Shot, The Purpose, The Templars, The Trust, Time Flies, Toe To Toe, Token Entry, Uniform Choice, Unit Pride, Up Front, Victory Recvords, Wide Awake, Youngblood Records, Youth Brigade, Youth Of Today
We put out Parade Brigade Fanzine #1 in the spring of 1999. I have no idea what show we released it for, but I think it was at Manville Elks Lodge. Maybe. Amendment 18 Demo This band has members of a number of bands (Insted, Chorus Of Disapproval, Outspoken, etc) I had different expectations for this demo expecting more moshy stuff, but I got straight forward hardcore with interesting breakdowns. Lyrically, this isn’t as “militant,” as xChorusx was, but good all around especially “Eulogy.” I look forward to more. BW Bane Holding This Moment Equal Vision Records Bane sort of…
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March 12, 2012
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540 Records, Agent Orange, Anti Cimex, Bad Noids, Bloodkrow Butcher, Cold Vomit Records, Commitment Records, Critical Point, Crucial Response Records, Direct Control, Dischord Records, Dry Rot, Embrace, Eyeball, Face Reality, Fugazi, Give, H 100's, Iron Age, Mainstrike, Mind Eraser, Mob Mentality, Mouthpiece, No Tolerance, Police & Thieves, Sacred Love, Slang, SST Records, Tankcrimes Records, Tee Pee Records, The Faith, The Fix, Tiebreak, Total Fucker Records, Vanishing Leper, Youngblood Records
No Tolerance (Full Set) from hate5six on Vimeo. Bad Noids Demo Fast, distorted, hardcore that reminds me a lot of H-100s. This would have fit in really well with that crop of late nineties bands in this vein. I want to hear more. Iron Age The Sleeping Eye LP Tee Pee Records This is Iron Age at their finest. A great combination of their earlier NYHC influenced material with the more recent, more “metal” influences. The songs are fast and heavy without a lot of stupid metal bullshit besides one instrumental interlude style track. Two earlier tracks from their eps are rerecorded as…
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November 9, 2005
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Abusive Action, Crucial Response Records, Floorpunch
Abusive Action Self Titled LP Crucial Response Records After a very solid demo, Abusive Action have come back to Earth with a pretty mediocre follow up. This release loses a lot of the energy that their demo had. The recording is even very flat and bland. One of the great things about their demo was the great production. The songs themselves have moved away from the Floorpunch style they had on the demo to a more melodic style. This is exactly the thing I despised about a lot of the post 1997 “youth crew” bands. Save the melodic crap for…
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September 21, 2005
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Blindfold, Chain Of Strength, Contention, Crucial Response Records, Feeding The Fire, Mouthpiece, Onward, Shelter, Spirit Of Youth, Talk Is Cheap Fanzine, The Straight Edge, Unit Pride, Veganism
This one originally appeared in Talk Is Cheap Fanzine. *** Can you give us a history of Onward, and what have you been up to lately? Onward were formed in late 1990. In spite of lack of members, equipment, and time we put out a demo in May 1991 that got us a deal with Crucial Response. We got some equipment and a steady lineup after recording our 7”. We toured Europe with Blindfold in August 1992, and in April 1993 we recorded our debut album which is finally out now (also on Crucial Response). The album is 1000 times…
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September 13, 2005
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Animal Rights, Battery, Big Wheel Records, Cornerstone, Crucial Response Records, Earth Crisis, Echobelly, Equal Vision Records, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Hands Tied, Krishna, Lush, Morrissey, Rancor, Shift, Slapshot, SOA Records, Steve Reddy, Ten Yard Fight, Tension Building Fanzine, The Promise Ring, The Smiths, The Straight Edge, Undertow, Vegan Reich, Veganism, What Was Said Fanzine, Wu-Tang Clan
I did this one with John Lacroix in the fall of 1996. This was while Anthony was still around; in fact, I believe it may have been a week or two after the Hardcore Pride 7” came out. Originally in What Was Said #1 *** Who is in the band, and what do they play? Wrench-Vocals John-Bass Chris-Guitar Anthony-Guitar Ryan-Drums *** What do you have out and coming out? We did a demo, which we made 700 of and now it’s being repressed on vinyl by SOA Records. We did a 7” called Hardcore Pride on Big Wheel which will…
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