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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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July 12, 2013
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Beware, Black Flag, Bob Shedd, Born Annoying, Breakdown, Chain Of Strength, Corrosion of Conformity, Ensign, Four Walls Falling, Get Real, Iceburn, Release, Righteous Jams, Secret Police, Staring Problem, Stick Together, The Casualties, Uniform Choice
I needed to go back to the shore while on vacation to see my parents, so it was great I could time this visit with a Monday night show in Brick. My pal Bob Shedd booked this one at the old Brick VFW, one of seemingly numerous VFW halls in Brick, where bands like Breakdown, The Casualties, Righteous Jams, and many others have played over the years. After leaving the shore in an absolute downpour, I got up to Brick and got lost because my GPS crapped out. However, I started recognizing some landmarks and made it to the show…
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April 26, 2012
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Anti Cimex, Arctic Flowers, Black Cross, Blitz, Born Against, Charles Bronson, Dear Jesus Fanzine, Death Domain, Drive Like Jehu, Dump Truck, Fashionable Activism Fanzine, Flower Of Carnage Records, Four Walls Falling, Fugazi, Gauze, Getting Even, His Hero Is Gone, Infest, Mental, Mindless, No For An Answer, Pass Judgement Records, Ray Cappo, Release, Sam McPhetters, Shaved Women, State Poison, Stick Together, Supertouch, Swiz, The Men, United Youth, Vermiform Records
Stick Together Demo This Wilkes-Barre band plays 88 style hardcore that reminds me a lot of Four Walls Falling and Release. Good stuff. Mindless Human Conditioning Tape Despite their name, Mindless are not so kind of Infest worship band (although I call dibs on Human Conditioning as a band name…I dig it). Mindless remind me a bit of His Hero Is Gone, but with some 1990’s power violence influence (Charles Bronson I think?). This is a pretty interesting sound and I would like to hear more from them. Fashionable Activism #2 I really liked the firsti ssue of this fanzine…
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January 20, 2012
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540 Records, Back To Back Records, Bastard, Beyond, Bl'ast!, Brotherhood, Circle Jerks, Cold Sweat, Confront, Corrosion of Conformity, Critical Point, Cro-Mags, Cyclopean Records, Deep Six Records, Deranged Records, Devoid Of Faith, Die Kreuzen, Discharge, Dischord Records, Double Negative, Eyeball, Eyehategod, Flower Of Carnage Records, Four Walls Falling, Gasmask Terror, Give, Guerrilla Records, Hoax, Ignition, Impact Unit, Infest, Iron Age, Krakdown, Lack Of Interest, Low Profile Threat, Mainstrike, Mind Eraser, Necros, Negative Approach, No Comment, No Tolerance, Nomos, Omegas, Our Side, Outlaw Order, Parts Unknown Records, Pigsticker, Powered Records, Release, Rites Of Spring, Seasons Of Mist Records, Society System DeControl, Stick Together, Swiz, Technocracy, The Icemen, The Rival Mob, The Snobs, Touch & Go Records, Triple B Records, Turning Point, Underdog, Void, Waste Management, Youngblood Records, Youth Of Today
Nomos Demo Great 82 style hardcore from this New York band. There are a lot of modern influences on this band’s demo including Cold Sweat, The Snobs, and other, hey, early 00 bands. I would like to hear more. Our Side Demo Really raw, late eighties, influenced hardcore in the vein of Release, Youth Of Today, and Four Walls Falling. With a better recording, I sense this band could be pretty good. I want to hear more. Pigsticker Demo I really like this demo. Pigsticker reminds me a cross between Circle Jerks and Necros with sloppy, raw, production values that sounds pretty authentic to the early eighties…
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February 25, 2011
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DFJ, Discharge, Dissed & Dismissed Fanzine, Four Walls Falling, Give, Ignition, Mob Mentality, Release, Rob Fish, Stick Together, Swiz, The Rival Mob
My first show of 2011, and first since the summer, had me traveling up to Asbury Park at the last minute to see a few bands I’ve been meaning to check out. After a long afternoon in my office, (someone pays me to code wikis and listen to Discharge…what a world) and a quick trip to Walmart for earplugs, where I observed a near fight, I was off to Asbury Park. Parkway North is such a mess. Potholes everywhere, construction half completed, and a massive amount of shitty drivers on the road. Can I have my taxes back? Getting to…
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August 3, 2005
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97a, A.V.O., Agnostic Front, Arms Reach, Black Flag, Bleeding Face, Born Against, Chain Of Strength, Citizens Arrest, Conation, Craig Edge, Crossed Out, DYS, ECW, Edge Of Quarrel Fanzine, Fallout, Final Exit, First Failure Fanzine, Floorpunch, Found My Direction, Frontside, Gorilla Biscuits, Grim Reality, Hands Tied, Heads Kicked Off, Infest, Luke Crew, Mindsnare, Minor Threat, Mugshot, Negative Approach, Negative FX, Next Step, Nihilist, No Grace, Parade Brigade Fanzine, Price Of Silence, Project X, Rain On The Parade, Refuse To Accept Fanzine, Release, Ringworm, Satan Sauce Fanzine, Siege, Sniff N Patrol Fanzine, Straight To A Tomb, T.B.K., Talk Is Cheap Fanzine, Toe To Toe, Turning Point, Ultimatum, XClaim!, XSpiritX Fanzine, Youth Of Today
I did this one with Luke through the mail sometime in early 1999. Arms Reach were one of the best bands of the 90’s, I wish there was a proper discography so more people could be turned on to these guys. Who is in the band? The Arms Reach unit consists of Christy (22)-guitar, Amy (21)-guitar, Squelchy (22)-drums, Ben “bass of death” (22)-bass, and me, Luke Crew (23) on vocals. I think it’s really cool that you guys did a split demo, how did that come about? Well both us and Found My Direction started around the same time (March…
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