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June 7, 2019
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7 Seconds, Better Than A Thousand, DBX, Earth Crisis, Enkindels, Fahrenheit 451, Fury Of V, Indecision, Madball, Misfits, Murphy's Law, Sick Of It All, Skarhead, Underdog
These “Alive & Well” shows were a huge deal at the time. I did a three show weekend starting with the Ink & Dagger/Bluetip show the night before in Philadelphia. I was really running my car all around the tri-state area. I cannot believe it lasted almost all the way into 2004! Day two was better than day one for sure, but more on that in a minute… So two big rumors that summer: Judge was rumored to be playing this, but the story went that Mike eventually said no. That actually seems reasonable. The other big rumor was Rest…
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November 23, 2016
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Brotherhood, Crucial Intentions, Madball
This show was at someone’s house I think, in a shed. I sang a Madball cover for them while I was really sick. I ended up going home and getting sick to my stomach and sleeping for like an entire day. They also covered a Brotherhood song. Did they record anything? I want to say there was a tape. That younger group of straight edge kids, already two generations removed from my crew, by then was not really hanging around with me, but they did with my brother. He might know better than I would.
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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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June 16, 2016
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Antidote, Ari Katz, Brotherhood, Carl The Mosher, Crucial Intentions, Crucial Response Records, Enuf, Full Speed Ahead, Lifetime, Madball, Release, Teamwork Records, The Icemen, Up Front
The Black Cat was Ari Katz (Lifetime, Enuf, Up Front)’s record store. We went there a bunch of times and picked up good records. They did this and maybe a few other shows? I remember we talked in and the dude working there put on the Release 7”, which we dug. John moshed around the store. Antidote got back together and played this show and one other at Casino Skate Park. Oddly enough, they had Carl The Mosher on bass. This led to many calls for Icemen songs. Remember how hard we all looked for soundboards and then suddenly there was…
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August 19, 2014
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9 Lives, Agnostic Front, Crown Of Thornz, Fastbreak, Hands Tied, Ignite, Madball, Rain On The Parade, Redemption 87, Ten Yard Fight, Tension Building Fanzine, Uniforn Choice
The above video is from the day before at The Down Under in New Brunswick, but I went to see the newly reunited (and minus see crappy songs) Agnostic Front with Madball, Crown of Thornz, and some others. Seasonal allergies had just hit that week, so I was pretty sick after going crazy (and getting in a fight where like seven TOTALLY TOUGH AND SCARY skinheads went after me for DARING to try to break up a fight. One of them was like THIS IS NOT YOUR CONCERN. Oh, why didn’t you tell me this was SKINHEAD BUSINESS? Carry on!)…
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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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June 19, 2014
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Agnostic Front, Corrupt, E-Town Concrete, Madball, Second To None
Crystal and I went to this show. Demonstrating My Style had just come out and Madball were one of the best live bands going at the time. I wish I could remember who else played, but I think it was Second To None and Corrupt. A couple of posers from my high school went to this but all hide away from the pit and whatnot. E Town Concrete were totally not my thing, but they always got a crazy reaction. They had a few demos and I think I picked them up and a shirt which I traded a few…
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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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June 7, 2012
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Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Ensign, Inhuman, Leeway, Madball, Shutdown, The Last Stand
After hearing that Agnostic Front was doing a “theme” set for their thirtieth anniversary of the “Live At CB’s” set, I figured I should check it out. Now, obviously, I am not exactly the biggest fan of their newer work. Actually, I don’t like any AF records post Victim In Pain. Nevertheless, the live record is pretty ill and in a live setting songs like Toxic Shock and Strength sound great. I can definitely get into that. I made the trek up to Asbury Park after a quiet day of errands and just hanging out. I caught the last few…
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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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