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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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August 15, 2011
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Amebix, Antidote, Bridge 9 Records, Cause For Alarm, Cro-Mags, Deranged Records, Discharge, Geoff TDT, Hands Tied, Infest, Invasion, John Coltrane, Livewire Records, Rain On The Parade, Ressurection, Shark Attack, The Abused, The Mob, Urban Waste, Youth Of Today
A 1965 performance of Naima by John Coltrane. Antidote Thou Shalt Not Kill 7″ Bridge 9 Records Along with Infest, when I got into hardcore there wasn’t another band talked about in such mysterious and hushed tones as Antidote. The record was expensive, but the music was great. There was a bootleg 12″ of it with other early NYC eps (Cause For Alarm, The Abused and either The Mob or Urban Waste), but for most people, this was a record to get on tape, which I had a really nice dub from a virtually mint copy in 1997. Obviously,…
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March 8, 2011
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Cro-Mags, Hands Tied, Livewire Records, Ressurection, Rest In Pieces, Skull Crusher, The Icemen
Skull Crusher Blinded By Illusion LP Livewire Records Members of Hands Tied and Ressurection heading in a more metal direction. These guys are obviously going for Best Wishes era Cro-Mags, later Rest in Pieces, or The Icemen, but this record hasn’t held my interest that much. The intent is there, for sure, but it doesn’t really grab me. You’ll have to decide on this one for yourself.
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September 29, 2008
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25 Ta Life, Destroy Babylon, Fastbreak, Fit For Abuse, Floorpunch, Hands Tied, In My Eyes, Little Dave, The Purpose, Vision
Destroy Babylon recently posted this video of Floorpunch playing at Manville 8-3-97. You can see me all over this! I don’t remember a ton from this show…Vision also played (really early for some reason…I think they had to leave???) and maybe The Purpose. Someone on the Livewire Board said Fastbreak too but I don’t think they did…they played Manville the next weekend with Hands Tied, In My Eyes, and some others and then the next year with Fit For Abuse (!). A lot of familiar faces in the crowd. I can see Chris Oliver, Mickey, Matt Molnar, Matt Smith, Joe…
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April 26, 2006
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97a, Bold, Direct Control, DRI, Fit For Abuse, Frank Castle Gonna Break Your Neck!, Fury, Hands Tied, Icepick, Judge, Knife Fight, Lion Of Judah, Little Rascals, Look Back & Laugh, Low Profile Threat, Mental, Mind Eraser, Negative FX, Restless Youth, Righteous Jams, Shark Attack, Siege, Signal Lost, Soul Swallower, Spazz, Splitting Headache, Ten Yard Fight, The Evens, Tragedy
Playlist Little Rascals-No Shirt No Shoes No Dice 97a-It’s In Our Power Fury-Space Love Hands Tied-Rearrange Fit For Abuse-Nuclear Threat Shark Attack-On The Attack Ten Yard Fight-First & Ten The Evens-All The Governors Signal Lost-Blueprints For Babylon Negative FX-Protester Lion Of Judah-War Of Souls Restless Youth-Already Dead Icepick-Angels N Demons Bold-Speak Out Judge-No Apologies Righteous Jams-The Fight Your Game Siege-Grim Reaper DRI-Reaganomics Spazz-Donger Mental-DFJ’s Diary Knife Fight-America’s Hardcore Soul Swallower-Dead Fall Low Profile Threat-Untitled Tragedy-Product Of A Cold War Depression Direct Control-Ronnie’s Dead Splitting Headache-School Of Life Drop Out Mind Eraser-Thawed Out Frank Castle Gonna Break Your Neck!-Fuck Your Flag…
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March 2, 2006
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97a, Agnostic Front, Atari, Autumn, Black Flag, Bold, Circle Storm, David Koenig, Earth Crisis, Ensign, Extent Fanzine, Floorpunch, Fuck You Fanzine, Hands Tied, Hardware Fanzine, McRad, Minor Threat, Mouthpiece, Over The Line, Rain On The Parade, Rancor, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Teamwork Records, Tension Building Fanzine, The Purpose, The Straight Edge, Underdog, Up Front, Vegan Reich, Veganism, Vegetarianism, Victory Records, What Was Said Fanzine
This is the interview I did with Rain On The Parade in April of 1997. Originally in What Was Said Fanzine. 1. Okay, who is in the band and all that crap? My name is Ronnie and I sing. DII plays one guitar. Justin plays the other. Matt jumps around with his bass. Chris just joined the band. He plays drums. 2. Have you guys gotten any shit for the lyrics to Body Bag? You know, with the way all this metal slop has taken over hardcore in the past few years, you’d think we’d catch some slack for writing…
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November 7, 2005
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7 Seconds, 97a, Backlash, Casey Kulas, Earth Crisis, Ensign, Floorpunch, Hands Tied, John Coltrane, One 4 One, Orphaned Records, Ten Yard Fight, The Descendents, Uprise, What Was Said Fanzine
I interviewed Uprise at Fieldsboro on January 4th 1997 during either Floorpunch or Ten Yard Fight’s set. I think it was Ten Yard Fight actually, because I was angry we missed Floorpunch on the way home. My ride wanted to leave early for some insane reason. To miss Floorpunch?!? The lowest blow had to be having to listen to The Descendents on the whole ride home. Yeah I really want to hear Silly Girl while we drive in the opposite direction of the best band in hardcore. Thankfully, I got a car a few months later. Interview is with Matt,…
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October 12, 2005
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25 Ta Life, A Death In The Family, Billingsgate, Black Turns Green, Count Me Out, Earth Crisis, Ensign, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Good Riddance, Hands Tied, Hogan's Heroes, Ignite, In My Eyes, In The Blink Of An Eye Fanzine, Judge, Kurbjaw, Rain On The Parade, Redemption 87, Shutdown, Strength 691, Strife, The Purpose, The Straight Edge, Time Flies, Token Entry, Turning Point, Underdog, Vision, Weapon X
Weapon X was a band who only played one show at the Manville Elks Lodge on August 9th 1997. Members of Weapon X have also been in Ensign, Vision, The Purpose, Black Turns Green, Kurbjaw, A Death In The Family, and some others. I remember the week before Floorpunch, Vision, and 25 Ta Life played the same venue. In fact, Manville would be a consistent venue for a few years after this. Sometimes I really miss the place. It was easy to get to (go around the circle, go up six lights, make a left!), the people who ran it seemed to be really cool, and I always knew no matter what show I…
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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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August 9, 2005
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Automatic, Broken Behind This Wall Fanzine, Ensign, Fastbreak, Floorpunch, Hands Tied, Lifetime, Mouthpiece, Purpose, Saves The Day, Social Distortion, Vision
Mike McKenna did this interview for me in the spring of 1998. * 1. First off, tell me who’s in the band and who does what? Sean plays bass, Bryan plays the drumkit, Anthony and Justin play the guitars, and Chris sings. * 2. Give me some bio information if you could? Well, personally, I played in Mouthpiece for several years and then started a band called Hands Tied. After quitting Hands Tied, I got together with Chris, Bryan, and Justin and started Saves The Day in the late spring of 1997. Anthony did a band called Purpose previously to…
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