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January 27, 2011
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Burn, Citizens Arrest, Infest, Napalm Death, No Comment, Nuclear War Now Records, Rorschach, Siege, Void, Youth Brigade, Youth Of Today
Citizens Arrest Colossus: The Discography Double LP Nuclear War Now Records Citizens Arrest are one of the most essential bands of the late 80’s to early 90’s period when hardcore was taking a turn towards uglier, noisier, and harsher sounds. Contemporary to bands like Rorschach, Burn, and No Comment, Citizens Arrest’s sound is equal parts influenced by bands like Napalm Death and Siege, and more youth crew oriented bands like Youth of Today or Infest. This discography contains pretty much everything it could possibly contain in a very organized manner. Their lukewarm demo (includes vocals by Ted Leo, that guy…
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September 20, 2010
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Free Spirit, Our Gang, Straight Ahead, Youth Of Today
Free Spirit Demo Young band from New England playing straight edge hardcore in the vein of bands like Our Gang, Straight Ahead, and Youth of Today. Not entirely derivative, there is also a modern sensibility to the music that keeps it sounding fresh. During the famed 95-97 period, I bet this band would have blown up.
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February 18, 2009
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Animal Rights, Gorilla Biscuits, Millions Of Dead Cops, Nausea, Vegetarianism, Youth Of Today
A few weeks back, someone asked for stories about how people came to become vegetarians. As many people might know, I stopped eating meat a few years before I got fully involved with hardcore. I often tell a story about refusing to eat for a week because no one believed me (it still seems so strange to me that people think it is WEIRD not to eat meat) and another one about standing up to my parents on one of the, mercifully, few vacations we ever went on. The seeds of this came a little bit before that. If you’ll…
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September 11, 2006
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97a, Breakdown, Dead Nation, Fit For Abuse, Floorpunch, GBH, Gorilla Angreb, Hatchetface, Hostages Of Ayatollah, Impulse Manslaughter, Integrity, Middle Class, Midnight, Napalm Death, Not So Fast, Olho Seco, Podcast, Saint Vitus, Stop & Think, Straight Ahead, Terrorizer, Youth Of Today
Playlist Integrity-Lundgren Crucifixion 97a-Better Off Dead Terrorizer-Enslaved By Propaganda Saint Vitus-Born Too Late Straight Ahead-On Parade Napalm Death-Instinct Of Survival Napalm Death-Sacrificed Napalm Death-Vegetative State Napalm Death-Changing Colors Napalm Death-Wars No Fairytale Napalm Death-Unchallenged Hate Middle Class-Out Of Vogue Hostages Of Ayatollah-Amok Bei Aldi Dead Nation-Ease My Pain Fit For Abuse-Mindless Violence Impulse Manslaughter-Nothing Not So Fast-Wake Up Midnight-Words In Bold Stop & Think-Easy Way Out Olho Seco-Nada Hatchetface-Prime Crime Breakdown-Life Of Bullshit Floorpunch-Stick Together Youth Of Today-No More GBH-State Executioner Gorilla Angreb-Der Skal Drikkes Mere End For
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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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July 28, 2006
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Broken Behind This Wall Fanzine, Equal Vision Records, Gorilla Biscuits, Judge, Slapshot, Ten Yard Fight, Wrecking Crew, Youth Of Today
I interviewed Clevo from the band Ten Yard Fight in May of 1998 for my old fanzine Broken Behind This Wall. * How did you end up in Ten Yard Fight? That’s a good question. It all started in the summer of 1995. I had gotten out of the Army the summer before and my life just kind of sucked. I had a lot of personal problems and I needed a change. I got back into Straight Edge when I got out of the Army and I started going to shows again now that I had a lot more freedom…
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July 20, 2006
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Adolescents, Articles Of Faith, Avengers, BGK, Blitz, Bold, Breakdown, Crow, Crucifucks, Fit For Abuse, Formaldehyde Junkies, Honor Role, Inferno, Iron Age, Negative Trend, Olho Seco, Podcast, Raw Power, Right Brigade, Ringworm, Sick Of It All, Side By Side, The Stalin, War Zone, Youth Of Today
Playlist Avengers-We Are The One Ringworm-Blind To Faith Adolescents-Amoeba War Zone-As One Bold-Wise Up Breakdown-Sick People Youth Of Today-Together Sick Of It All-Politics Side By Side-The Time Is Now Blitz-Razors In The Night Articles Of Faith-My Father’s Dreams Fit For Abuse-Mindless Violence Fit For Abuse-Hellbent Iron Age-Coming Down Negative Trend-Mercenaries Formaldehyde Junkies-Violence Overdose Honor Role-Profit Prophets Crow-Title In Japanese Right Brigade-Hang Up Your Boots Raw Power-Fuck Authority The Stalin-Chicken Farm The Crucifucks-Annual Report BGK-Computer Control Olho Seco-Nada Inferno-Perfekter Mensch
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May 26, 2006
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Bob Shedd, Citizens Arrest, Collapse Records, Integrity, Mind Eraser, No Comment, Soul Swallower, Youth Of Today
Soul Swallower S/T EP Collapse Records Holy shit! Over the summer I kept hearing about a project members of, amongst others, Mind Eraser had going called Soul Swallower. A friend who saw them live described them as “Mind Eraser, only better.” With these very high expectations I knew I had to hear this. Thankfully our friend Bob Shedd put this out on Collapse. Soul Swallower are similar to Mind Eraser but have a bit more of an influence from bands like Integrity, Citizens Arrest, and No Comment. To the layman, I’m sure both bands will sound similar, but there is…
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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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February 6, 2006
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Deep Wound, Radiobeat Records, Septic Death, Siege, Void, Youth Of Today
Deep Wound Self Titled 7” Radiobeat Records 1983 An absolute classic record from western Massachusetts. Deep Wound emulate contemporaries Siege and Void for insanity and intensity while also being pretty straight forward. Some songs, especially In My Room, have an almost youth crew feeling to them. Like mixing Void with Youth of Today. Sounds good to me. There is also a demo from these guys. That piece of shit bootleg label Lost and Found did a CD for these guys years ago that had both collected on it. There is also a four way split on that label with Siege,…
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