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August 6, 2014
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Black Flag, Blind Justice, Floorpunch, Full Speed Ahead, Get Real, Gorilla Biscuits, Heavy Chains, Krust, Mental, Night Birds, Sheer Terror, Stag Party, Stick Together, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Little Rascals, Title Fight
When Bob Shedd puts on a gig, you know it is going to be good. Full Speed Ahead are playing a few shows this summer. I missed their last reunion gig in 2006 (?), so I knew I had to head out to this show. This was also my first gig of the year. One of the great things about living in Mount Holly is the commute. To either of our main campuses, it is basically 15 minutes each way. This is great during the school year; many of my colleagues have very short drives to one campus and then…
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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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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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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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