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November 11, 2013
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Hogan's Heroes, OS 101, Rain On The Parade, Shutdown
I don’t remember a ton about this show, but I remember it was during my first semester in college on a Friday night because I had class until late in the afternoon and I drove down to Manahawkin, picked up our crew, then drove back up past Toms River again to Island Heights to meet up with OS 101. I don’t remember a lot about Rain On The Parade at this show, but I feel like the show was pretty empty because there might have been another show going on that night? Shutdown did their usual 90 NYHC covers, which…
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October 20, 2013
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Arms Reach, Craig Edge, David Koenig, Earth Crisis, Edge Of Quarrel Fanzine, Ensign, Hardware Fanzine, KISS, Luke Crew, Metallica, Mindsnare, No Values, Parting Shot, Rain On The Parade, Standard Issue, Stanley Knife, Straight To A Tomb, Talk Is Cheap Fanzine, Toe To Toe, Urban Mayhem, XClaim!, xThe Pactx, Youth Of Today
XClaim! were an Australian band in the mid to late nineties. I was very friendly with their vocalist Craig, who also did Talk Is Cheap and Edge Of Quarrel Fanzines. I did this interview with Craig over AOL Instant Messenger in April of 1998. We reference a tape compilation that we were trying to put together at the time. I will make a separate post to discuss that. BW: Who is all in XClaim! Craig: Terrific opening question Billy…but since you live in youth crew central, that being New Jersey for you slower people, I’ll answer this one. XClaim! is…
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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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July 15, 2013
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97a, Black Flag, Fired Up, Full Speed Ahead, Matt Smith, Rain On The Parade, Ronnie Little, The Swarm
There were two big things that stood out about this show. First, this was the final show of 97a’s summer tour that had taken them across the country, which a bit of controversy along the way, and they returned home to play a house show in New Brunswick. This was also the first show back for Rain On The Parade, who had broken up, in New Brunswick even, the previous fall. Ronny and Matt had started a new band called Fired Up in between and, with a few lineup changes, those songs were merged into Rain On The Parade and…
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April 2, 2012
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1.6 Band, Anthrax, Bikini Kill, Black Flag, Christian Club, Collapse, Dead Nation, Dinosaur JR, Direct Control, False Justice, False Liberty, Fratricide, Green Beret, Knife Fight, No Rock Stars, Paintbox, Podcast, Rain On The Parade, Saccharine Trust, Spazz, Talk Is Poison, The Comes, The Ruts, The Unseen, Vanishing Leper, Wretched
Collapse-Failure (Don Fury Session) Rain On The Parade-Do Or Die (Full Speed Ahead) Bikini Kill-I Hate Danger (The Singles) Direct Control-Hardcore For Heroin (Self Titled) Green Beret-Neutralize Me (Demo) The Unseen-I Don’t Care (Protect & Serve) Spazz-Rat Pack (Split With Black Army Jacket) Paintbox-Can’t Bear Anymore (Singing Shouting Crying) Saccharine Trust-The Worm’s Quest (Worldbroken) Talk Is Poison-Talk Is Poison (Condensed Humanity) The Comes-Panic (No Side) Christian Club-Christian Club Will Die (Self Titled) Knife Fight-Who Are You? (Out Of Print 2002-2004) No Rock Stars-I Hate School (No Core) False Liberty-Unity (Silence Is Consent) Fratricide-Going Under (Pusmort Sampler) Dead Nation-Jerk Off (First…
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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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April 17, 2006
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411, Abusive Action, Annihilation Time, Bl'ast!, By The Grace Of God, Floorpunch, Forward To Death, Full Speed Ahead, Henry Rollins, Jesuseater, Lion Of Judah, Mind Eraser, Our Turn, Rain On The Parade, Septic Death, Society System DeControl, The Faith, Youth Of Today
Signifying Nothing Episode Alpha Playlist Bl’ast!-It’s Alive Septic Death-Hardware Annihilation Time-Razor Lion Of Judah-Commodity Abusive Action-Heatseeker Jeasuseater-Your Airstream Future Our Turn-Break The Chain Henry Rollins-Maya Floorpunch-From The Outside Youth of today-Thinking Straight Full Speed Ahead-Assault The Faith-Subject To Change Society System DeControl-Not Normal 411-This Isn’t Me Rain On The Parade-On My Mind By The Grace Of God-Dead Ends Forward To Death-Retro Is Poison Mind Eraser-Chewed Up, Spit Out
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March 20, 2006
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7 Seconds, Agent Orange, Bad Brains, Bongzilla, Dead Kennedys, Guns N Rosa Parks, Iron Age, Man Lifting Banner, Podcast, Project X, Rain On The Parade, Robot Whales, Statue, Team Dresch, Texas Is The Reason, Tragedy, White Cross, Wrecks
Playlist Man Lifting Banner-Sister Rain On The Parade-Respect Team Dresch-#1 Chance Pirate TV Bongzilla-Under The Sun Tragedy-Confessions Of A Suicide Advocate 7 Seconds-Straight On Dead Kennedys-Trust Your Mechanic Agent Orange-Lingerie White Cross-Jump Up Statue-Fueling Texas Is The Reason-Dressing Cold Iron Age-Iron Age Guns N Rosa Parks-Sock Woman Project X-Where It Ends Robot Whales-Is It Enough Wrecks-High School Anthem Bad Brains-Reignition
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March 2, 2006
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Anchors Away, By The Grace Of God, Confuse, DC3, Electric Wizard, Hated Youth, Holy Mountain, Mental, Negative Approach, Podcast, Poison Idea, Rain On The Parade, Sons Of Ishmael, The Elected, To What End?, Voorhees, Wasted Time, White Trash
Playlist Mental-Desperate Measures Rain On The Parade-Resolution White Trash-Daddy Warbucks Electric Wizard-Funeralapolis Negative Approach-Why Be Something That You’re Not DC3-Theme From An Imaginary Western Sons Of Ishmael-Democracy Hated Youth-Ban The Bible Confuse-People Are Nuclear Poisoning By The Grace Of God-Goliath Voorhees-Let The Hunt Begin To What End?-Kasserad The Elected-Not Going Home Holy Mountain-Oversight Anchors Away-Walk The Plank Wasted Time-I’m Surrounded By Winners Poison Idea-Discontent Poison Idea-Castration Poison Idea-Ballad Of A Pre-Op Poison Idea-In My Headache
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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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