Reviews For The Week of August 15th
By admin on Aug. 15, 2011.
A 1965 performance of Naima by John Coltrane.
Antidote
Thou Shalt Not Kill 7″
Bridge 9 Records
Along with Infest, when I got into hardcore there wasn’t another band talked about in such mysterious and hushed tones as Antidote. The record was expensive, but the music was great. There was a bootleg 12″ of it with other early NYC eps (Cause For Alarm, The Abused and either The Mob or Urban Waste), but for most people, this was a record to get on tape, which I had a really nice dub from a virtually mint copy in 1997. Obviously, Antidote influenced the youth crew sound, especially Youth of Today, combining the early NYHC sound with the guitar playing of UKHC bands like Discharge. Some pretty stupid lyrics (not really “racist,” just idiotic), with some righteous lyrics, plus perhaps the best artwork on any hardcore record this side of the Age of Quarrel make this one a keeper. If you don’t own an original or one of the other reissues of this, definitely pick this one up.
Invasion
La Caza LP
Deranged Records
Somewhere between Amebix and Discharge come Spain’s Invasion. One of the best records of the past decade, Invasion are noisy, but also very tuneful. I listen to this one all the time.
Hands Tied
Through The Wreckage 7″
Livewire Records
Released for their reunion shows last summer, this ep shows some progression from their first record in 1996, but there is also something lacking about these songs. I think my problem here is that they both drag to the three minute mark almost, but could lose 30-45 seconds each easily. They’re aren’t bad songs, just not something I am enjoying. What I am looking forward to is hearing the finally recorded Gagged & Bound ep songs, which were live favorites during Hands Tied’s second lineup with Geoff TDT, Dan from Ressurection, and Matt Smith of Rain On The Parade/Shark Attack.
Smash & Grab
By admin on Mar. 4, 2009.
Pictures courtesy of Start Today Fanzine
(Nice Hardware Fanzine shirt on me)
This show was hyped up for awhile as I recall. Smash & Grab was the new band for three members of Floorpunch together with members of Shark Attack and American Nightmare. Yeah, we were pretty curious. Bane and No Warning also played along with a couple others. I think I headed to this show with Jay Fisher and maybe Jim Lundy and a few other friends of ours. Smash & Grab had shirts for sale before they played and I got a chance to catch up with a bunch of friends who I had not seen in awhile. Around this time period (early 2002) I think I kind of vanished from shows at different points.
I recall the band Embrace Today covering Guilty Of Being White. Uh huh. There was some drama at the time about them covering it at a show with some white power skins attending too I think. They also covered an Anthrax (not the excellent UK band, the shitty metal one) song or intro or something.
All of us packed up front for Smash & Grab’s set. I made a point of packing my micro recorder so that I could tape their set. This turn out to be smart as they never played another show.
Smash & Grab took the stage and busted into their intro. A few people moved around, I think I might dove and landed on my ass awkwardly, but most people just watched in anticipation. Their sound was a bit different from Floorpunch reminding me at times of Murphy’s Law, and Burn in one song. After a short set, and no covers strangely enough, they were done.
Some of these songs would end up on the Anger Regiment record on Bridge 9. There are interesting bits in some of the songs, but I don’t think I have listened to it since it came out.
In other news, Intro/Changes is the best Straight Edge song ever.
So here is a zip file of their set from that night. The vocals are pretty low, but you get the idea. I think it is a interesting piece of NJHC ephemera.
Another note: No Warning also played this show…at the time, I was working out a big tape trade with one of their band members (Matt Delong I think?) and it had hit a couple of snags. I was palling around with a friend of theirs in this time period, who I seem to have totally lost track of, so I talked to them about it and got everything settled. Man, I am so happy with the way things go today. People just send zip files back and forth and it is over.
I’m not really a fan, but I packed up front to check them out. No Warning get ready and bust into the Outburst intro. Yes! That got the place moving. They played a decent set, which ended with a Raw Deal cover…I think? Like I said, I’m not really a fan but they sounded good and people totally went off.
We left before Bane played. I don’t think it was anything against them, but we checked out and headed back to the shore.
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Knockdown-S/T
By admin on Jun. 12, 2006.
Knockdown
Self Titled CD
Youngblood Records
This is the discography of this short lived band. Members of this band have also been in Blacklisted, Inside Fight, Shark Attack, and Full Contact among others. Knockdown play 1997 style youth crew hardcore in the vein of Floorpunch. For real this time. So many bands get compared to Floorpunch and maybe one in twenty actually sound like them: these guys do.
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Parade Brigade Fanzine #3 Cover
By admin on May. 26, 2006.
This was the cover for issue three of my old fanzine Parade Brigade. This fellow named Charlie who John was friends with did the cover.
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Signifying Nothing Episode Beta
By admin on Apr. 26, 2006.
Signifying Nothing Episode Beta
Playlist
Little Rascals-No Shirt No Shoes No Dice
97a-It’s In Our Power
Fury-Space Love
Hands Tied-Rearrange
Fit For Abuse-Nuclear Threat
Shark Attack-On The Attack
Ten Yard Fight-First & Ten
The Evens-All The Governors
Signal Lost-Blueprints For Babylon
Negative FX-Protester
Lion Of Judah-War Of Souls
Restless Youth-Already Dead
Icepick-Angels N Demons
Bold-Speak Out
Judge-No Apologies
Righteous Jams-The Fight Your Game
Siege-Grim Reaper
DRI-Reaganomics
Spazz-Donger
Mental-DFJ’s Diary
Knife Fight-America’s Hardcore
Soul Swallower-Dead Fall
Low Profile Threat-Untitled
Tragedy-Product Of A Cold War Depression
Direct Control-Ronnie’s Dead
Splitting Headache-School Of Life Drop Out
Mind Eraser-Thawed Out
Frank Castle Gonna Break Your Neck!-Fuck Your Flag
Look Back & Laugh-Violent Coercion
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