Reviews For The Week Of July 25th
By admin on Jul. 25, 2011.
Mind Eraser at some Scion sponsored gig. I giggled at how DFJ bums out the bouncers.
Blessed Offal
Self Titled Tape
Death metal coming highly recommended by friends who dig this stuff. While a few songs go on forever, Blessed Offal keeps them interesting with enough changes of pace to not lose me. This is pretty good.
United Youth
Demo
Decent 88 style hardcore that goes by in the blink of an eye. I see a lot of potential for an ep. Keep going.
Vaccine
Crimes In Blood 5″
Painkiller Records
I am glad this is a 5″ because there is about three minutes of music here. I don’t think a single song goes over 30 seconds. Vaccine fit somewhere in between Infest and No Comment, playing blazing fast hardcore with some changes within those brief songs. This is excellent.
Black Flag
Live At The On Broadway CD
Huh, this is totally weird. I’ve had pieces of both of these sets (the debut of the “My War Demos” lineup) for about 13 years, but only parts put together to make one set. Even weirder: It was labeled “Los Angeles 1983,” not even the right city/year. This obvious bootleg (hello, poser alert, on the wrong song titles) puts out very nice soundboards of two Flag shows from 1982 at the On Broadway in San Francisco. My Rules and I’ve Got To Run are brand new songs, and some of the My War songs are played as well. Obviously, this is essential material from Black Flag, but I’m not sure if you want to support the bootleggers.
Bl’asting Concept
Self Titled LP
It’s Alive Records
Our old friend Fred Hammer put this one out on his long dormant It’s Alive label. Not surprisingly, because of their name, this band must be big fans of Bl’ast!, Fu Manchu, and Annihilation Time. Heading more towards the rockier sound of the latter two bands, I lost a bit of interest when listening to this one. I think there is a big audience for a band like this right now, so I’m sure you will check it out for yourself.
War Hungry
Self Titled LP
Six Feet Under Records
Somewhere between Iron Age and…Life Of Agony (? Seriously? People like that crap?) comes the new record from PA’s War Hungry. This is pretty metal and would have fit in with all the Roadrunner Records bands the kids in my high school who were into “hawd” bands dug. I’m glad I stuck to Floorpunch and Voorhees. This is definitely not for me.
Mauser
End Of The Line 7″
Vinyl Rites Records
Burly Discharge/Anti Cimex inspired hardcore from the cess pool of Florida. This is a genre filled with lots of garbage, but this stands out as an essential modern piece of d-beat hardcore.
Whirl
Distressor Tape
Bridgetown Records
As if D-Beat and youth crew hardcore being genres filled with garbage was annoying enough, shoegazer is another genre where the good is heavily outweighed by the bad and vastly overrated. A friend told me Whirl were very much in the vein of Slowdive, so I checked this out. “Sounds like Slowdive” indeed! This is beautiful, dream like, shoegazer ala Slowdive. After a soundbite from Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, Whirl slam into some fantastic music. Seven songs is a perfect length for this, leaving the tape at its ending before any hint of boredom, a big problem with this genre, ensues.
The Rival Mob
Raw Life 12″
Lockin’ Out Records
The Rival Mob are one of the best bands out there today. Somewhere between Madball, youth crew hardcore, and Ringworm, they sound fresh and interesting without anything silly or outside the realm of hardcore. Great stuff.
Signifying Nothing Episode Twenty Six
By admin on Apr. 19, 2010.
Signifying Nothing Episode Twenty Six
Playlist
Crucifix-Three Miles To Oblivion
Corrosion of Conformity-Happily Ever After
AsbestosDeath-Scourge
Running For Cover-Hive
Morpheme-Hakai Shodo
Rest in Pieces-Not Worth Shit
Team Dresch-Hate The Christian Right
Annihilation Time-Channel 14
Bad Brains-Don’t Need It
Saint Vitus-Look Behind You
Black Flag-I’ve Had It
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Signifying Nothing Episode Alpha
By admin on Apr. 17, 2006.
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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By admin on Feb. 6, 2006.
Black Flag
My War LP
SST Records
1983
I first heard My War the summer after my first year of college. My War was exactly what I needed at the time; the brutality, the dense often claustrophobic feeling of the record perfectly captured what I was, and still am, feeling at the time. I listened to this record so often that it became a joke amongst my friends whenever they came over I would have this on my turntable.
This is a rather influential record. Bands like Eyehategod, The Melvins, and Annihilation Time are greatly influenced by this record. A lot of people say that Rollins ruined Black Flag, but those people pose hard. Seriously if you don’t like My War, you don’t deserve to listen to Black Flag.
As far as I know, My War is still available from SST Records.
Here are mp3′s of My War & Three Nights.
These songs are posted for sample purposes. I post them so that people can be turned on to cool music and hopefully return the favor for someone else. Each mp3 will be up for one week and then will be taken down. please support the bands and labels by buying these records and checking them out when they play your town. DIY hardcore punk bands deserve your support as an alternative to Clear Channel/MTV/RIAA nonsense.
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Annihilation Time
By admin on Jun. 15, 2005.
In 2002 my friend Anthony and I got together to start working on a fanzine called Fuck Rock. Fuck Rock never really got off the ground, but we did a bunch of interviews for it. Anthony interviewed Annihilation Time in November of 02.
1. Who’s in Annihilation Time, ages, any previous bands?
Chris-Bass (Fields Of Fire, Stand Your Ground), Jamie-Guitar (Fields Of Fire), Tony-Drums (In Control, Stand Your Ground), Graham-Guitar (Holier Than Thou?, Fields Of Fire, In Control), Fred-Vocals (Stand Your Ground).
2. When did you guys start playing together?
Our first show was in September of 2001.
3. How has the response been to your music, in Oxnard, and around the country?
The response has been GREAT.
4. What bands inspired Annihilation Time to play and what are some of the band’s goals?
Probably every single band we have ever heard or seen live (good or bad). Bl’ast!/Black Flag/Black Sabbath really inspired us to jump on stage and make some noise. As far as goals…We just want to record and play shows.
5. What are your next recording plans and touring plans?
We have about five new songs written at the moment. We will probably do an EP, but we have not recorded anything yet. We plan on playing/touring as much as we can. We go on a West Coast tour in January 2003.
6. How was the Fields of Fire tour? Did you guys tour in one big van? Any memorable shows on that trip?
The tour was FUN. Yes, we toured in a big van with a U-Haul trailer. All the shows were fun, but I think our best show was in Ohio. People were fighting, getting naked, throwing objects at us, etc. It was really cool.
7. Did Annihilation Time record a demo?
No, we never recorded a demo.
8. The scene in CA is quite different from a lot of other places. What is it about Oxnard that produces tons of bands and shows, in the past, and now. Why is it that there are hardcore shows every weekend in southern CA?
No one has really been able to answer the question why Oxnard has produced so many great bands. For some reason, Oxnard individuals/bands have always had a lot of Oxnard/Nardcore pride. We are proud of where we live! As far as shows every weekend…California (especially Southern CA) has perfect weather year around, and every band in the world wants to tour in CA. So more bands equals more shows. Plus, there’s a ton of kids that live in CA who live and love Hardcore.
THANKS to Bill/Anthony for the interview!
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