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June 18, 2016
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Breakdown, Ensign, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Full Speed Ahead
My first year of college was finally over and to celebrate this show happened on the final day! Brilliant, right? I went to campus in the morning, took a math final (which also had a few Brick Town crew people in it), and then drove back down to Manahawkin for dinner and then to pick up everyone for the show. After stopping at a rest stop (for some reason I have a vivid memory of this) we headed up the show and made sure we got there on time. We had seen Full Speed Ahead the previous summer and spent…
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June 17, 2016
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25 Ta Life, Agnostic Front, Better Than A Thousand, Corrupt, Crown Of Thornz, Floorpunch, Fugazi, Fury Of V, Madball, NJ Bloodline, Outburst, Shelter
I heard about Agnostic Front getting back together sometime the previous summer. I had at a gig and someone I knew just randomly threw it into a conversation. I was online by the summer of 96, but besides a few websites and IRC, was more engaged in dorky fan culture and anime stuff while I was online back then, so news had not reached me about this. They played a few shows that winter and then more in the spring, which included a show in DC and then this one in New Jersey. So while a ton of people went…
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February 27, 2016
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2 x 4, Aggression Pact, Agnostic Front, Ajax, Breakdown, Combatant, Constant Fear, Cro-Mags, Floorpunch, Gism, Intent, Into Another, John Coltrane, Leeway, No Tolerance, Protester, Siege, The Flex, Udusic, Vaaska, Violent Reaction
LP No Tolerance-You Walk Alone Vaaska-Todos Contra Todos Into Another-Omens Violent Reaction-Marching On Constant Fear-DroneKill EP Aggression Pact-Self Titled Ajax-Self Titled The Flex-Don’t Bother With The Outside World 2 x 4-Self Titled Udusic-Self Titled Demo/Promo Intent-Promo Tape Protester-Paincave Session Combatant-Demo Reissues Agnostic Front-No One Rules Leeway-Born To Expire Siege GISM-Determination John Coltrane-A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters Live I only attended two shows this year, but one of them was Breakdown and the other was Floorpunch/Cro-Mags.
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October 5, 2014
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Beyond, Fast Times, Floorpunch, Impact Fanzine, Moondog, The Parting Shot
This show was right before Floorpunch went to Europe. Fast Times and Parting Shot opened this show, but not sure who else. Had to be others, right? No one seems to remember. Parting Shot were the dudes behind Impact Webzine (before it became a fanzine and then eventually Gordo did Double Cross with Tim) and Finish Line Fanzine. They did a pretty generic demo, but then a new recording that sounded a lot of Moondog and Beyond. Cool. Fast Times was Ali’s band. They played a LOT of shows back then. Pretty much got booked on anything they could it…
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September 14, 2014
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Dag Nasty, Ensign, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Follow Through, Kill Your Idols, Rain On The Parade, Saves The Day
This was the record release for Ensign’s first album. There was a major snow storm and some sleet in the area for this show. Of course, Justin and I forged ahead, almost got in an accident, and still managed to basically get to the show first besides a few random people. A few of these random people approached us while we sat on the back of my car. They looked kind of redneckish and said they loved Ensign, but also a bunch of tough guy bands. The one then called someone a fag and said that the bands they liked…
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August 6, 2014
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Black Flag, Blind Justice, Floorpunch, Full Speed Ahead, Get Real, Gorilla Biscuits, Heavy Chains, Krust, Mental, Night Birds, Sheer Terror, Stag Party, Stick Together, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Little Rascals, Title Fight
When Bob Shedd puts on a gig, you know it is going to be good. Full Speed Ahead are playing a few shows this summer. I missed their last reunion gig in 2006 (?), so I knew I had to head out to this show. This was also my first gig of the year. One of the great things about living in Mount Holly is the commute. To either of our main campuses, it is basically 15 minutes each way. This is great during the school year; many of my colleagues have very short drives to one campus and then…
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July 22, 2014
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By The Grace Of God, Floorpunch, Hands Tied, Rad, Rain On The Parade, Saves The Day, Skrewdriver, Up Front, Victory Records
This show is apparently pretty memorable, eh? On a personal silly level, this was the first show I did not X up for. Why do I remember this? I was just kind of bumming out hard. I had just finished a dreadful first semester of college and wasn’t really feeling it too well. But I remember the marker coming around and being all “eh” about it. I wrote about this in a fanzine at some point. We drove to this show with Ian Smith (OS 101) and I think Jenn West came along as well as our usual crew. We…
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July 9, 2014
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Fahrenheit 451, Floorpunch, Mouthpiece, To Each His Own, Underdog
I remember very little about this show and had to ask a few people to remember much about it. I remember Rat Bones going off hard for Underdog. This was the show I think I first heard about the possibility of Mouthpiece playing some shows, which wouldn’t happen for another few years. Related: Someone in a big band at the time was chatting with a member of Mouthpiece at this show talking about how important Mouthpiece were and that they could really kick start what was starting to be a slowing down hardcore scene in New Jersey. That same person…
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June 23, 2014
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108, Agnostic Front, Arms Reach, Automatic, Avail, Bad Religion, Battery, Beyond, Big Wheel Recreation Records, Black Flag, Blackout Records, Boiling Point Fanzine, Bold, Breakdown, By The Grace Of God, C.R., Cargo Records, Christina Dong, CI Records, Cornerstone, Count Me Out, Dag Nasty, Dan Skebra, Deadguy, Degenerics, Double Decker Fanzine, Down Low, Dropkick Murphys, Earth Crisis, Ensign, Equal Vision Records, Exit Records, Fast Times, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Found My Direction. Spazz, Full Speed Ahead, Get High, Gorilla Biscuits, Hansen Devola, Hatebreed, Ignite, Impact Fanzine, In My Eyes, In Reach, In The Blink Of An Eye Fanzine, It's Alive Fanzine, Kill Your Idols, Killing Time, Korn, Lifetime, Madball, Milhouse, Mincing Words Fanzine, Model American, Monster X, Morning Again, Mouthpiece, My War Records, Negative Approach, No For An Answer, No Holds Barred, None Of The Above Records, OS 101, Parade Brigade Fanzine, Parting Shot, Project X, Quicksand, Rain On The Parade, Raybeez, Ressurection, Revelation Records, Scared Straight, Screaming At A Wall Records, Second To None, Seein Red, Sepultura, Shades Apart, Shutdown, Sick Of It All, Silent Majority, Some Records, Something Beyond Fanzine, Speak 714, Stand Your Ground, Standard Issue, Straight Ahead, Strength 691, System Of A Down, Teamwork Records, Ten Yard Fight, The Abused, The Business, The Judas Factor, Third Party Records, Time Flies, Time Will Tell Fanzine, Turning Point, Underestimated Records, Uniform Choice, Unit Pride, Verbal Assault, Victory Records, Vinyl Rights Fanzine, War Zone, Wide Awake, Wreckage Records, Youth Of Today
These were the reviews from In The Blink Of An Eye Fanzine #2 (#1 was a brief one pager that a few of these reviews appeared in originally). After a few issues of What Was Said, I switched names and tried pretty unsuccessfully to reboot the fanzine. A lot of the same problems that plagued WWS were all over this one too. This came out in the summer of 1998. I am thinking late in the month of August perhaps? I did not do another fanzine for about eight months before the first issue of Parade Brigade Fanzine came together.…
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May 20, 2014
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97a, Endeavor, Ensign, Floorpunch, In My Eyes, Killing Time, Lilac Ezer, Uniform Choice
I went to this show with CJ I think, but my memory is a little hazy. Floorpunch was supposed to also play this show, but they canceled because Zev was on tour with Endeavor. I know they played a few shows with Little Dave or Zusi on bass, but this one got canceled. Instead, after a few openers, we got a surprise three song set by In My Eyes, which included a Uniform Choice cover. Is there a video? I am probably all over that. 97a played as well. I think their 12″ had just come out. I do not…
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