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March 6, 2014
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Black Marker 88, Ensign, Fists Of Fury, H-Street, Honorable Mention, In My Eyes, Rain On The Parade, Standard Issue, XClaim!
I mentioned in the XClaim! interview that Craig and I were working on the compilation. He mentions a bunch of the Australian bands that would have been on it, but I guess I never really brought out too many of the bands I had been courting. Basically, the idea was to do a split tape of American and Australian, and a few European, bands like an old BCT tape. Some bands like Standard Issue and H Street were giving, at the time, exclusive tracks. In My Eyes, Ensign, and Rain On The Parade were going to give some live tracks,…
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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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September 5, 2006
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Brotherhood, Dead Stop, Justice, Loud & Clear, Powered Records, The Abused, The Straight Edge, XClaim!, Youth Of Today
Loud & Clear Self Titled LP Powered Records Loud & Clear are a new band with members of Dead Stop & Justice. Not surprisingly based on their namesake, Loud & Clear remind me a lot of The Abused and later 1980’s Straight Edge hardcore like Youth of Today and Brotherhood. Incidentally this also reminds me a bit of the XClaim! demo I helped distribute/put out back in the late nineties. In an era of slick youth crew bands with absolutely no substance this record is pretty raw sounding. This record is exactly what this genre should be sounding like in…
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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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