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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 7, 2013
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25 Ta Life, 454 Big Block, 7 Seconds, Battery, Breakdown, Dead Kennedys, Earth Crisis, Floorpunch, Hands Tied, Mouthpiece, Sean McGrath, Tim McMahon, Words Of Honor Fanzine, Youth Of Today
A lot has been said about this show and how it ended, but more on that in a bit… I went to this show with my friend Crystal, who sadly died in 2001. Her mother Elizabeth, who was by far the coolest parent in our crew (more on her in a bit too) drove us up to Edison, dropped us off, and went…somewhere? Her sister’s house? Maybe? A LOT of bands played this show. Middlesex shows were typical five to eight bands, and then a few more added on. I only vaguely remember most of them and spent a lot…
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August 5, 2013
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Blind Justice, Fire & Ice, Floorpunch, Give, Hounds Of Hate, Mind Eraser, No Tolerance, The Boston Strangler, World War IV
I had double duty on this day: A show in the afternoon and then a date that night! I did that once before I think maybe about 12 years ago, but it would be a busy day for sure. I do not really remember the order of bands that played, so I will just run through them. I remember I got to the gig mostly on time, so I chilled outside clearing out my RSS reader and Flipboard until I met up with a friend who had some copies of one of my old fanzines for me. I met up…
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June 11, 2013
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311, Altercation, Assault Records, Bad Brains, Bold, Chain Of Strength, Chris Corry, Christian Mistress, Confined, Count Me Out, Creem, Deranged Records, DFJ, Fire & Ice, Floorpunch, Free Spirit, Give, Green Beret, Hoax, Husker Du, Ignition, Innumerable Forms, Jerry's Kids, Leeway, Lockin Out Records, Megaforce Records, Mental, Mind Eraser, My Bloody Valentine, Outburst, Painkiller Records, Reaper Records, Relapse Records, Righteous Jams, Side By Side, Slapshot, Society System DeControl, Swiz, The Boston Stranger, The FU's, World War IV, XClaim! Records
Innumerable Forms Frozen To Death Tape Chris Corry and DFJ’s death metal project put out a seven inch a few years back, but this tape shows a lot of progression. The tape has two new songs and the three songs from their previous ep remixed for this new release. I am not so sure how many copies of this tape were made, but track it down if you enjoyed their seven inch. Confined Demo 2012 Pretty generic hardcore somewhere, I am not sure which is more of an influence, between Chain of Strength influenced bands like Champion and Count Me…
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February 12, 2013
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Floorpunch, Killing Time, Raw Deal, This Is Hardcore, Underdog
Killing Time (Full Set) from hate5six on Vimeo. The last time I saw Killing Time, they played right after a newly reunited Underdog to a half empty crowd. I went inside to check them out at This Is Hardcore and was pleasantly surprised to see them sticking to their good songs from the Raw Deal demo (the best ever?) and their Brightside LP, which I do not *love*. I hung out in the back and enjoyed their set, tempted to mosh after seeing a few friends bust it for New Release. I held to my “save it for Floorpunch” decree from earlier…
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October 14, 2012
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108, 7 Seconds, A389 Records, Abombanation, Absolution, Amebix, Anne, Artificial Peace, Bad Trip, Beyond, Black Flag, Breakdown, Burn, Charles Bronson, Citizens Arrest, Cold Sweat, Collapse, Cop Out, Crossed Out, Crown Of Thornz, Deadline, Die Kreuzen, Direct, Direct Approach, Discharge, Discipline, Fit For Abuse, Fit Of Anger, Floorpunch, Full Speed Ahead, Fun With Smack Records, Grave Mistake Records, Hell's Headbangers Records, His Hero Is Gone, Impact Unit, Inhuman, Inside Out, Judge, Knife Fight, Krakdown, Life's Blood, My Bloody Valentine, Negative Approach, NYC Mayhem, Off!, Omegas, Our Gang, Outburst, Painkiller Records, Pressure Release, Quicksand, Raw Deal, Raw Power, Reach Out, Real Cops, Rorschach, Sami Reiss, Sectarian Violence, Show Of Force, Siege, Society System DeControl, Stand Proud, Straight Ahead, Sucked Dry, Taang Records, Tear It Up, The Boston Strangler, The Catherine Wheel, The Faith, The FU's, The Mob, Third Party Records, Totalitar, Tragedy, True Colors, Under Pressure, Uppercut, Vice Records, Violent Future, Won't Belong, Youth Of Today
Things have been slow around here lately. Some of it is lack of motivation, a lot of that stems from a decent downswing in readers/listeners, but also in content. I have not had a lot to say lately for some reasons that, maybe, I will write about sometime. *** Real Cops Demo Excellent NJHC that reminds me of bands like Full Speed Ahead and Tear It Up (who members of this band were in). I see a lot of potential here. *** Sucked Dry Demo Wow, another band that sounds like Cold Sweat is a big influence on them. Obviously, other bands like Crossed Out and Rorschach are also big influences. I…
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June 4, 2012
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Adolescents, Agnostic Front, Arctic Flowers, Bad Religion, Black Flag, Catherine Wheel, Chaos UK, Cold Sweat, Deathreat, Destino Final, Discharge, Distort Reality Records, Floorpunch, h2o, Hands Tied, HG Fact Records, Inhuman, Invasion, Iron Lung, Lush, Mind Eraser, Mob 47, Nerveskade, Nuclear Family, Outlast, Perdition, Rattus, Raw Power, Running For Cover, Shitlickers, Shutdown, Siamese Twins, Signal Lost, Sisters Of Mercy, Solutions, The Cure, The Exploited, Tragedy, Vacuum, White Wards
Siamese Twins Demo More Nu-Shoegazer stuff from this band. I seem to be checking out a lot of these bands lately. This six song demo is pretty good, but not something that is really drawing my attention that much. I’m not a big fan of Catherine Wheel and that, along with a bit of Lush, is what this demo reminds me of. There are some elements of The Cure or Sisters of Mercy immersed in their sound as well, which is a little different but nevertheless not really my thing. Big shoegazer fans will want to check this out. Outlast New Jersey…
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November 25, 2011
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4 Skins, Agnostic Front, Beware, Bl'ast!, Blitz, Bloody Hammer, Breakdown, Chain Of Strength, Converge, Crucifix, Defile, Devo, DFJ, Die Kreuzen, Discharge, DropDead, Floorpunch, Gasmask Terror, Gern Blandsten Records, Good Times, Grave Mistake Records, Hatred Surge, Hell Massacre Records, His Hero Is Gone, Innumerable Forms, Integrity, Lockin Out Records, Miles Davis, Mind Eraser, More Than A Witness Records, Neurosis, New Lows, Painkiller Records, Poison Idea, Project X, Rat Cage Records, Rescued From Life Records, Rorschach, Sick Fucking O, Slowburn, Society System DeControl, Solar Funeral Records, Spirit, Stick Together, The Abused, Turning Point, Vision, Voi-Void, Voorhees, Waste Management, Wasted Time, XClaim! Records, Young Republicans, Youth Of Today
Sick Fucking O Demo Members of Voorhees are back with a new band that sounds like…Voorhees. Obviously, not as classic as Spilling Blood Without Reason, but good angry 82 era hardcore that will be enjoyed by fans of Voorhees for sure. Cool Devo cover at the end. Defile Demo 2010 Fast, angry, hardcore somewhere between midwestern style and power violence. I bet live you can hear a bit of Rorschach in their sound too. I’d like to hear more. Slowburn Demo Members of a variety of NJHC bands including Spirit, Vision, and Floorpunch playing melodic, Turning Point, style hardcore. This…
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August 1, 2011
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Bl'ast!, Born Against, Boston Strangler, Breakdown, Career Suicide, Citizens Arrest, Confront, Control Records, Corruption Records, Dave Flynn, Dischord Records, Dusted Angel, Fit For Abuse, Floorpunch, Force Fed, Full Speed Ahead, Gone But Not Forgotten, Gorilla Biscuits, Government Issue, Impact Unit, Jack Roy Records, Negative Approach, Our Gang, Painkiller Records, Sewercide Records, Society System DeControl, Taang Records, True Colors, Youth Of Today
Full Speed Ahead at their reunion show a few months ago. I didn’t even know this happened until I saw the video on YouTube… Boston Strangler Demo Somewhere between Impact Unit and SSD (aka sounds like Fit For Abuse!) comes Boston Strangler. A quick five track demo of ugly 82 hardcore. More soon? Gone But Not Forgotten Seattle Crew Demo Hey, this is pretty good! Somewhere near Confront and Floorpunch, this demo is good Straight Edge hardcore complete with hooded edgeman on the cover. Negative Approach Friends Of No One 7″ Taang Records What is with the cover? A cartoonish…
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