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February 17, 2014
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Farside, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Four One One, In My Eyes, Revelation Records, Saves The Day, Smash Mouth
During the summer of 1999, I did not get out much, a combination of a few creepy internet threats, some pretty severe depression, and work issues, but I ended up heading up to this show and met up with this young lady I was not quite dating, but definitely trying to head in that direction with, at this show. This show was absolutely horrible. I showed up late to this show because I had to stop on campus while heading up to the show. I do not exactly remember why I stopped on campus, but it might have involved dropping…
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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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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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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 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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