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.
Top 100 1990′s
By admin on Apr. 12, 2010.
- 1.6 Band, Self Titled LP, USA, 1992
- Acme, Self Titled 7″, Belgium, 1994
- All Chrome, Flounders Flyers College & Canada LP, USA, 1999
- Arms Reach, Self Titled 7″, Australia, 1998
- Assuck, State To State 7″, USA, 1993
- Aus-Rotten, Fuck Nazi Sympathy, USA, 1994
- Bastard, Wind Of Pain LP, Japan, 1990
- Bikini Kill, The Anti-Pleasure Dissertation 7″, USA, 1995
- Born Against, Industrial Relations Department 7″, USA, 1990
- Breakdown, Blacklisted LP, USA, 1997
- Burn, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1990
- By The Grace Of God, For The Love Of Indie Rock 7″, USA, 1996
- Charles Bronson, Youth Attack LP, USA, 1997
- Citizens Arrest, A Light In The Darkness 7″, USA, 1990
- Chopping Block, Grizzly Fetish 7″, USA, 1991
- Cop Out, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1993
- Crossed Out, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1991
- Crown Of Thornz, Train Yard Blues 12″, USA, 1995
- Dead Nation, Face The Nation 7″, USA, 1998
- Deadguy, Work Ethic 7″, USA, 1994
- Death Side, Bet On The Possibility LP, Japan, 1991
- Devoid Of Faith, Purpose: Lost 10″, USA, 1999
- Disclose-Tragedy LP, Japan, 1994
- Down But Not Out, Demo, USA, 1998
- DropDead, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1992
- Electric Wizard, Come My Fanatics LP, England, 1996
- Eyeball, Talkin’ Straight 7″, Germany, 1998
- Eyehategod, In The Name Of Suffering LP, USA, 1992
- Face Value, Coming Of Age 7″, USA, 1990
- Fastbreak, Where It Lies 7″, USA, 1997
- Fit For Abuse, Mindless Violence 7″, USA, 1995
- Floor, Dove LP, USA, 1994
- Floorpunch, Goal Line Stand Demo, USA, 1995
- Four One One, This Isn’t Me LP, USA, 1991
- Fu Manchu, The Action Is Go LP, USA, 1997
- Full Speed Ahead, Demo, USA, 1998
- Gauze, Kao O Aratte Denaoshite Koi LP, Japan, 1997
- Get High, Demo, USA, 1996
- Gordon Solie Mother Fuckers, Chairshot Politics 7″, USA, 1998
- H-100’s, Distort Cleveland 7″, USA, 1995
- Hatchetface, Volume Two LP, USA, 1995
- Haywire, Private Hell LP, USA, 1990
- Heroin, Paper Bag 7″, USA, 1992
- His Hero Is Gone, Fifteen Counts Of Arson LP, USA, 1997
- Huggy Bear, Don’t Die 7″, England, 1993
- Human Remains, Using Sickness As A Hero CD, USA, 1996
- The Icemen, Rest In Peace 7″, USA, 1991
- In My Eyes, Demo, USA, 1997
- Infest, Mankind 7″, USA, 1991
- Inmates, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1995
- Integrity, Humanity Is The Devil 10″, USA, 1996
- Into Another, Ignaurus LP, USA, 1994
- Jello Biafra With DOA, Last Screams Of The Missing Neighbors LP, USA/Canada, 1990
- Judge, The Storm 7″, USA, 1991
- Kiss It Goodbye, She Loves Me…She Loves Me Not LP, USA, 1997
- Laughing Hyenas, Crawl 7″, USA, 1992
- Leeway, Desperate Measures LP, USA, 1991
- Los Crudos/Spitboy, Split LP, USA, 1994
- Madball, Dropping Many Suckers 7″, USA, 1992
- Mainstrike, Times Still Here 7″, Netherlands, 1995
- Man Is The Bastard, Sum Of The Men 12″, USA, 1992
- Man Lifting Banner, Ten Inches That Shock The World LP, Netherlands, 1992
- Mouthpiece, What Was Said LP, USA, 1994
- Mukilteo Fairies, Closet Check 7″, USA, 1993
- Neanderthal, Fighting Music 7″, USA, 1990
- Neurosis, The Word As Law LP, USA, 1990
- No Comment, Downsided 7″, USA, 1992
- No Escape, Demo, USA, 1990
- Out Cold, Self Titled LP, USA, 1994
- Paintbox, Screaming Shouting Crying LP, Japan, 1999
- Poison Idea, Feel The Darkness LP, USA, 1990
- Puncture Wound, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1999
- Quicksand, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1990
- Ringworm, Demo, USA, 1991
- Ripping Corpse, Dreaming With The Dead LP, USA, 1991
- Rollins Band, The End Of Silence LP, USA, 1992
- Rorschach, Protestant LP, USA, 1992
- Rupture, Righteous Fuck 7″, Australia, 1991
- S.D.S., Scum System Kill 7″, Japan, 1996
- S.O.D., Speak Swedish Or Die 7″, Sweden, 1990
- Saint Vitus, Die Healing LP, USA, 1995
- Selfish, System Kills 7″, Finland, 1993
- Septic Death, Theme From Ozobozo LP, USA, 1992
- Skewbald/Grand Union, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1991
- Sleater Kinney, Dig Me Out LP, USA, 1997
- Sleep, Sleep’s Holy Mountain LP, USA, 1993
- Spazz/Black Army Jacket, Split 7″, USA, 1997
- Speak 714, The Scum Also Rises 7″, USA, 1999
- Sportswear, It Runs Deep 7″, Norway, 1998
- Supertouch, The Earth Is Flat LP, USA, 1990
- Talk Is Poison, Straight To Hell 7″, USA, 1998
- Team Dresch, Personal Best LP, USA, 1995
- True Blue, Demo, Germany, 1998
- Turning Point, It’s Always Darkest Before The Dawn LP, USA, 1991
- Verbal Assault, On 12″, USA, 1990
- Voorhees, Spilling Blood Without Reason LP, England, 1994
- Warhead, Cry Of Truth LP, Japan, 1991
- Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! – The Record, Compilation 7″, International, 1991
- Forever, Compilation 7″, USA, 1991
- Rebuilding, Compilation 7″, USA, 1991
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Signifying Nothing Top 100 Of The Nineties
By admin on Jul. 27, 2009.
Four years late, here is the final list. One thing I’ve noticed as I put this together is that there is a great lack of compilations on this list. A lot of the decent compilations in the nineties have great songs, but also terrible ones. I still feel like I am missing something obvious…
- 1.6 Band, Self Titled LP, USA, 1992
- Acme, Self Titled 7″, Belgium, 1994
- All Chrome, Flounders Flyers College & Canada LP, USA, 1999
- Arms Reach, Self Titled 7″, Australia, 1998
- Assuck, State To State 7″, USA, 1993
- Aus-Rotten, Fuck Nazi Sympathy, USA, 1994
- Bastard, Wind Of Pain LP, Japan, 1990
- Bikini Kill, The Anti-Pleasure Dissertation 7″, USA, 1995
- Born Against, Industrial Relations Department 7″, USA, 1990
- Breakdown, Blacklisted LP, USA, 1997
- Burn, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1990
- By The Grace Of God, For The Love Of Indie Rock 7″, USA, 1996
- Charles Bronson, Youth Attack LP, USA, 1997
- Citizens Arrest, A Light In The Darkness 7″, USA, 1990
- Chopping Block, Grizzly Fetish 7″, USA, 1991
- Cop Out, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1993
- Crossed Out, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1991
- Crown Of Thornz, Train Yard Blues 12″, USA, 1995
- Dead Nation, Face The Nation 7″, USA, 1998
- Deadguy, Work Ethic 7″, USA, 1994
- Death Side, Bet On The Possibility LP, Japan, 1991
- Devoid Of Faith, Purpose: Lost 10″, USA, 1999
- Disclose-Tragedy LP, Japan, 1994
- Down But Not Out, Demo, USA, 1998
- DropDead, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1992
- Electric Wizard, Come My Fanatics LP, England, 1996
- Endpoint, In A Time Of Hate LP, USA, 1990
- Eyeball, More Days To Come LP, Germany, 1998
- Eyehategod, In The Name Of Suffering LP, USA, 1992
- Face Value, Coming Of Age 7″, USA, 1990
- Fastbreak, Where It Lies 7″, USA, 1997
- Fit For Abuse, Mindless Violence 7″, USA, 1995
- Floor, Dove LP, USA, 1994
- Floorpunch, Goal Line Stand Demo, USA, 1995
- Four One One, This Isn’t Me LP, USA, 1991
- Fu Manchu, The Action Is Go LP, USA, 1997
- Full Speed Ahead, Demo, USA, 1998
- Gauze, Kao O Aratte Denaoshite Koi LP, Japan, 1997
- Get High, Demo, USA, 1996
- Gordon Solie Mother Fuckers, Chairshot Politics 7″, USA, 1998
- H-100′s, Distort Cleveland 7″, USA, 1995
- Hatchetface, Volume Two LP, USA, 1995
- Haywire, Private Hell LP, USA, 1990
- Heroin, Paper Bag 7″, USA, 1992
- His Hero Is Gone, Fifteen Counts Of Arson LP, USA, 1997
- Huggy Bear, Don’t Die 7″, England, 1993
- Human Remains, Using Sickness As A Hero CD, USA, 1996
- The Icemen, Rest In Peace 7″, USA, 1991
- In My Eyes, Demo, USA, 1997
- Infest, Mankind 7″, USA, 1991
- Inmates, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1995
- Integrity, Humanity Is The Devil 10″, USA, 1996
- Into Another, Ignaurus LP, USA, 1994
- Jello Biafra With DOA, Last Screams Of The Missing Neighbors LP, USA/Canada, 1990
- Judge, The Storm 7″, USA, 1991
- Kiss It Goodbye, She Loves Me…She Loves Me Not LP, USA, 1997
- Laughing Hyenas, Crawl 7″, USA, 1992
- Leeway, Desperate Measures LP, USA, 1991
- Los Crudos/Spitboy, Split LP, USA, 1994
- Madball, Dropping Many Suckers 7″, USA, 1992
- Mainstrike, Times Still Here 7″, Netherlands, 1995
- Man Is The Bastard, Sum Of The Men 12″, USA, 1992
- Man Lifting Banner, Ten Inches That Shock The World LP, Netherlands, 1992
- Mouthpiece, What Was Said LP, USA, 1994
- Mukilteo Fairies, Closet Check 7″, USA, 1993
- Neanderthal, Fighting Music 7″, USA, 1990
- Neurosis, The Word As Law LP, USA, 1990
- No Comment, Downsided 7″, USA, 1992
- No Escape, Demo, USA, 1990
- Out Cold, Self Titled LP, USA, 1994
- Paintbox, Screaming Shouting Crying LP, Japan, 1999
- Poison Idea, Feel The Darkness LP, USA, 1990
- Puncture Wound, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1999
- Quicksand, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1990
- Ringworm, Demo, USA, 1991
- Ripping Corpse, Dreaming With The Dead LP, USA, 1991
- Rollins Band, The End Of Silence LP, USA, 1992
- Rorschach, Protestant LP, USA, 1992
- Rupture, Righteous Fuck 7″, Australia, 1991
- S.D.S., Scum System Kill 7″, Japan, 1996
- S.O.D., Speak Swedish Or Die 7″, Sweden, 1990
- Saint Vitus, Die Healing LP, USA, 1995
- Septic Death, Theme From Ozobozo LP, USA, 1992
- Skewbald/Grand Union, Self Titled 7″, USA, 1991
- Sleater Kinney, Dig Me Out LP, USA, 1997
- Sleep, Sleep’s Holy Mountain LP, USA, 1993
- Spazz/Black Army Jacket, Split 7″, USA, 1997
- Speak 714, The Scum Also Rises 7″, USA, 1999
- Sportswear, It Runs Deep 7″, Norway, 1998
- Supertouch, The Earth Is Flat LP, USA, 1990
- Talk Is Poison, Straight To Hell 7″, USA, 1998
- Team Dresch, Personal Best LP, USA, 1995
- True Blue, Demo, Germany, 1998
- Turning Point, It’s Always Darkest Before The Dawn LP, USA, 1991
- Verbal Assault, On 12″, USA, 1990
- Voorhees, Spilling Blood Without Reason LP, England, 1994
- Warhead, Cry Of Truth LP, Japan, 1991
- Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! – The Record, Compilation 7″, International, 1991
- Forever, Compilation 7″, USA, 1991
- Rebuilding, Compilation 7″, USA, 1991
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Signifying Nothing Episode Two
By admin on Feb. 24, 2006.
Signifying Nothing Episode Two
Playlist
Leeway-Unexpected
Bad Brains-The Regulator
Get Real-Welcome To My World
Cockney Rejects-Fighting In The Streets
Black Flag-Account For What?
Void-War Hero
Agnostic Front-Hiding Inside
Beyond-Instrumental
Fu Manchu-Laserbl’ast!
Burn-Godhead
Husker Du-Makes No Sense At All
Flipper-Sex Bomb
Sheer Terror-Ashes, Ashes
Crossed Out-Practiced Hatred
Lion Of Judah-Trapped
Devoid Of Faith-Tear It Up
Bikini Kill-Strawberry Julius
The Clitboys-Gay’s OK
Fu Manchu-Nothing Done
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Top 100 Of The Nineties: Fu Manch-The Action Is Go
By admin on Feb. 23, 2006.
Fu Manchu
The Action Is Go
Mammoth Records
1997
A classic record from this stoner rock band. Any band that can combine stoner jams, Glen E. Friedman photos, and an SSD cover is ok by me. I don’t really have much else to say other than that this is perfect driving and skating music. These guys are great live too. Fu Manchu are a great example of a truly “hardcore” band whose roots are solidly in hardcore but have branched off into other stuff that is just as great.
You can check out their website here.
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