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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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July 25, 2011
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Annihilation Time, Anti Cimex, Bl'ast!, Black Flag, Blasting Concept, Blessed Offal, Bridgetown Records, Discharge, Floorpunch, Fred Hammer, Fu Manchu, Infest, Iron Age, It's Alive Records, Life Of Agony, Lockin Out Records, Madball, Mauser, Mind Eraser, No Comment, Painkiller Records, Ringworm, Roadrunner Records, Six Feet Under Records, Slowdive, The Rival Mob, United Youth, Vaccine, Vinyl Rites Records, Voorhees, War Hungry, Whirl
Mind Eraser at some Scion sponsored gig. I giggled at how DFJ bums out the bouncers. Blessed Offal Self Titled Tape Death metal coming highly recommended by friends who dig this stuff. While a few songs go on forever, Blessed Offal keeps them interesting with enough changes of pace to not lose me. This is pretty good. United Youth Demo Decent 88 style hardcore that goes by in the blink of an eye. I see a lot of potential for an ep. Keep going. Vaccine Crimes In Blood 5″ Painkiller Records I am glad this is a 5″ because there…
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April 2, 2011
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Bottled Up Records, Committed, Floorpunch, Outlast, Ten Yard Fight, The Straight Edge, Youth Of Today
Outlast Take Control 7″ Bottled Up Records A Straight Edge band from New Jersey that sounds like Youth of Today– what is this, 1997? Despite the sarcasm, this is not at all bad. They remind me more of Committed or Ten Yard Fight than Floorpunch. Gang style backups, nice breakdowns, and posi lyrics throughout. Just wish they were more creative with their song titles; they sound a bit generic. For what they do, they do it well. Favorite track = “Power for Change”.
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March 28, 2011
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A Chorus of Disapproval, Absolution, Floorpunch, Not Sorry, React! Records, Youth Of Today
Not Sorry Our Choices 7″ React! Records First thing to mind- sick album art! Five songs of old school Straight Edge hardcore. Sounds a bit like Floorpunch meets XChorusX and a bit (yes, yes- a very tiny bit) of Absolution for good measure. Think gang style back-ups, lot’s of “Busts!”, and some hard mosh. I don’t hear the Youth of Today influence that people have thrown around with this band. Big points for them going with this style and not sounding overly generic. The lyrics are actually quite good- introspective and well planned out. They sound like a promising live…
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February 18, 2011
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Bl'ast!, Black Flag, Brian Froustet, Bridge 9 Records, Circle Jerks, Floorpunch, Fred Hammer, Germs, Henry Rollins, Livewire Records, Mouthpiece, Quick Fix Magazine, The First Step, Tim McMahon, Triple Threat
Interview was conducted during March of 2007 by Justin Bragg. Originally, this interview would have been published in Quick Fix Magazine. Photos by Fred Hammer and Brian Froustet. *** JB: Ok, so lets get the formalities out of the way- who is who and what do they play? Tim McMahon – Vocals, Ed McKirdy – Guitar, Jason Jammer – Drums, Tim Kriependorf – bass *** JB: You guys are obviously going for a different style when compared to your previous bands. Vocally, I noticed you were trying something different as well. Was this intentional? I mean, when I first heard…
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September 8, 2010
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Floorpunch, Six Feet Under Records, Straight Ahead
Floorpunch New Jersey LP Six Feet Under Records I mean, what more do you want me to say about Floorpunch? Everything is here, the demo, the seven inch, all three compilation tracks, the LP, and the famed, unreleased, possibly thought lost, Straight Ahead cover. The only thing missing from this is the unreleased instrumental on the demo tape of the LP. There was talk of that tape (which is a magnificent, gnarly, recording of the LP which is probably the best recording of Floorpunch) being issued on LP, but, apparently, the master tape is currently MIA. I ripped a nice…
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September 2, 2010
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1.6 Band, 149 Dead Marines, 97a, America's Hardcore, Bikini Kill, Black Flag, Clitboys, Direct Control, Discharge, Floorpunch, Free Spirit, Iconoclast, Mind Eraser, Napalm Death, Negative Approach, Out Cold, Pisschrist, Podcast, Rancor, Scapegoat, Shattered Faith, Splitting Headache, The Rival Mob, White Walls
Sorry I sound so manic during this episode. I was waiting for a phone call about a job, which has had a number of bumps along the way, so I might sound a bit cranky/silly. Napalm Death-Evolved As One (From Enslavement To Obliteration) Black Flag-White Minority (Jealous Again) Negative Approach-Hypocrite (Tied Down) 97a-Blind Fury (Abandoned Future) Floorpunch-Shottsie (New Jersey) Rancor-Till The End (Demo) Free Spirit-Stand As One (Demo) White Walls-The Great Excuse (Demo) The Rival Mob-I.I.B. (Demo) Splitting Headache-Highway Hypnosis (Night Terrors) Scapegoat-Thoughtless (Self Titled) Iconoclast-I Like You Less Than Apple Pie (Discography) Clitboys-I Hate The KKK (Demo) Mind Eraser-World…
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