Agnostic Front- Victim In Pain
released November 17, 2009 on Bridge Nine Records

What can I say about Agnostic Front? We’re talking about one of the essential hardcore bands that formed in the early 80s and basically was one of the originators of the NYHC (New York Hard Core) sound that spawned countless other bands such as Sick Of It All, Madball, Gorilla Biscuits, Murphy’s Law and so forth. This CD is actually a re-release of their first album Victim Of Pain , which was originally released in 1984. As a bonus, it includes the United Blood EP (originally released in 1983). To describe the Agnostic Front sound is to take elements of Bad Brains, Black Flag and Minor Threat and make the songs faster, shorter and the lyrics street-smart. The album and EP together clock in just under 22 minutes. The urgency of the music isn’t lost though and even if the songs are short, they had the ability to stir up crowds with a message of unity. They eventually evolved and influenced countless other bands and Roger Miret even went on to start his own band, Roger Miret and The Disasters.

Regardless, this album is essential for anyone who considers themselves to be a fan of the hardcore genre, especially NYHC. The re-release gives newer fans an opportunity to discover what Agnostic Front is all about. I’d recommend it on that basis alone. Most of the tracks are clean and short but see the recommended tracks as well for ideas.

FCC: 12,14,15
Try: 2,3,5,8,10, 11

Victim In Pain

01. Victim In Pain
02. Remind Them
03. Blind Justice
04. Last Warning
05. United And Strong
06. Power
07. Hiding Inside
08. Fascist Attitudes
09. Society Suckers
10. Your Mistake
11. With Time

United Blood EP

12. No One Rules
13. Final War
14. Last Warning
15. Traitor
16. Friend Or Foe
17. United Blood
18. Fight
19. Discriminate
20. In Control
21. Crucial Changes

4.5/5

Vinny Stigma is a living legend in NYHC, and Hardcore in general. he is directly responsible for one of the biggest and most influential punk bands of all time, AGNOSTIC FRONT, and one of NYHC’s strongest titans, MADBALL. Vinny shouldnt feel like he has anything. he could very easily just lay back and coast out the rest of his life smiling and playing the occasional show with AF. but 2009’s “New York Blood” is proof that the pissed New Yorker isnt ready to coast any time soon.

the 12 track album contains two covers, both originally by Forced Reality. but the originals on the album are perfect little hardcore street punk gems. each one an anthemic declaration of remembrance of a time long past. each song tells of bar fights, endless tours, broken bottles, cracked teeth, and bleeding hardcore. Vinny’s voice lends a whole lot of credence to the songs. his three packs a day cabbie voice is just example A that the stories are true. example B is the ballsy rolling street punk that stands under the vocals. songs like ‘Misery to Milestone’, and ‘My Reflection’ (Which is mislabeled on one site as ‘Mr. Reflection’) are all all about the struggles and the strife. they are all about the ‘Hard Livin’ (another song on the album) of being in a hardcore band. this is a way of living, this is a religion to the men who bleed for it on stage every night. and Vinny doesnt want anyone to forget the struggles that NYHC has had to endure. from the Nazi movement stealing the skinhead imagery to Roger Miret breaking his back in the pit, all the way to being ignored by the money making side of the music industry, hardcore has scars, and here on ‘New York Blood’ Stigma wears them like tattoos of pride.

the song that steals the crown though would have to be ‘Hole in My Heart’. the song’s drunken swagger is reminiscent of ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ by the king himself a Mr. Elvis, or ‘Suicide Hotel’ by Hardcore NY Street Punk brothers Spoiler NYC. the Social Distortion swing to the guitars lends a comfortable bed to the love lost lyrics and the spit lipped vocals. little hints of acoustic guitar strumming lend some sincerity to an otherwise fun rocker. the song is careful to never get to serious for its own good though. part of the song even has a slight ‘When the Angels Sing’ by Social D feel to it. the line ‘I hope someone tortures you like you tortured me’ lets the listener know that Vinny may have feelings, and he may sing about them, but this isnt group therapy. this is still grimy gutter punk from the city that gave us Hell’s Kitchen.

another standout is the updated version/ ’second part’ of the classic Iron Cross song, ‘Crucified’. the original song could have a whole book or two written about it and it’s importance. but the song became a staple of the Agnostic Front live set, and has become a song close to the hearts of skinheads (real ones, not the nazi punks who abuse the history) and Hardcore kids everywhere. this song, ‘Still Crucified’ has a thrashy street punk feel that rests perfectly next to the original chunk of hardcore history.

the album is produced by Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta, and mixed by Hatebreed/Icepick/Kingdom of Sorrow/Agnostic Front mixer/producer Zeuss. as a result the album has the huge sound of the aforementioned bands, but still retains some of the sloppy filth of Stigma’s street punk roots. in fact the sound of the album is such that Stigma would be the perfect co-headlining band for a Roger Miret and the Disasters/Spoiler NYC tour. now that is a tour i would pay through the nose for.

buy a copy now. you couldnt be unhappy with it.

Went to see the movie last night, which is based on the Maurice Sendak book–both are great, but being a harDCore kid of the 80s, when I hear the title I can’t help but think of this great Blackout Records compilation. Remember compilations? Do people still do them? One of my students is making a hip hop comp, and asked a classmate if he wanted to be on it, so I guess so. This one brings back memories.

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Depois da tempestade, sempre vem a bonança, então vai ser uma boa cumprir a promessa de postar um som mais pesadinho hoje.

De origem judaica e porto riquenha, Danny Diablo sempre foi um homem de muitos nomes e alcunhas.  Ainda quando gurizote de rua,  começou a grafitar as ruas de Nova York, com a tag Lord Ezec, construindo assim que mais velho, a imagem de sujeito durão no submundo da Big Apple, o que lhe garantiu muitas prisões por agressão na década de 90 e a oportunidade de trabalhar como roadie para a banda de New York Hardcore (cena com a qual Diablo se identificae já atuou como músico), Sick of it All, na tour americana de 1992 com a Biohazard. Faz parte da crew La Coka Nostra, é amigo pessoal de muita gente do meio NYHC, além de ser bastante respeitado na cena underground de Nova York. O Thug Core do Diablo, é uma boa pedida pra quem curte Rap Underground e NYHC (os dois álbuns contém participações de figuras ilustres das duas cenas), sendo o casamento perfeito entre os dois gêneros.

Tracklist

Danny Diablo – Street CD vol. 1
1 – Intro / Blow Out
2 – D.R.E.A.M. (feat. Skinhead Rob)
3 – NY Crime
4 – You Want It??? (feat. Grizz, D110)
5 – 31-40 (feat. Puerto Rican Mike)
6 – P.S.K. remix (feat. Puerto Rican Mike, Lordz of Brooklyn)
7 – Skit
8 – Loosin’ Control (feat. D110, Grizz)
9 – Sign Of The Times (feat. Lou Di bella, Freddy Madball, DJ Cos)
10 – Suck On My Gun (feat. Danny Boy)
11 – S.K.D. Party (feat. Puerto Rican Mike)
12 – Skit
13 – Sweet Revenge
14 – Outro

Danny Diablo – Street CD vol. 2
1. Intro
2. Banged Out
3. Don’t Bring It
4. Radio Interview
5. Roger Miret Drop
6. Four Shots – Danny Diablo
7. Macheteros Drop
8. Crush! Kill! Destroy! – Danny Diablo
9. Coke Snore (Skit)
10. Kill Em Dead
11. Trizzmaster (Skit)
12. Bloodshed – DJ Lethal, Danny Diablo
13. Pitchfork (Skit)
14. Kill Steve Poss
15. Born to Crush You – Danny Diablo, The Icepick, Jamey Jasta
16. Hatewear (Skit)
17. Me Llamo Diablo – Danny Diablo
18. Back on Up – Danny Diablo
19. Cum on Baby – Curtis Brown, Danny Diablo, Necro
20. Lick on My Balls
21. You Know What I Am Talking About, Man? – Danny Diablo, Mr. Hyde
22. Satanic Shamrocks
23. R.I.P. 2 Hips & Boston Mike
24. Rise Above – Danny Diablo, Ill Bill
25. Unstoppable
26. Outro

There is something very special  about the friendships and people I met in the 80’s and 90’s through the NYHC scene. Friendships made in front of clubs like CBGB’s. (gone) In the basement of Some Records. (gone) and those early shows at ABC No Rio. There was something about the music that brought all these misfits and creative individuals together, make them bond and (not to be clique) but for lack of a better word…. become family. Plain and simple most of the good friends I have today (more than twenty years later) are the friends I made going to those Sunday Matinee’s at CBGB’s and the early basement shows at ABC. When my friend Freddy sent me a message about the GO reunion is wasn’t as much about seeing the band again. It was about seeing friends. (some of which just happened to be in a band.)ABC is a shit building that has been on it’s last legs long before Punks ever set foot in it. The people who fill it are what makes the place such a landmark. The people who come to shows and donate, the people who work tirelessly to keep it open and keep it filled with art and creativity. Speaking of creativity there were some really good bands in support of GO including ABC originals Hausi  Pungo, Awkward Thought, DBCR and others. It was great seeing so many old familiar faces…. Mike and Aaron from GO, the guys from Hausi Pungo and Citizens Arrest, Bill Florio, Tracy, Freddy Alva and so many others. The bands all put on great sets and were both well received and equally supported. During GO’s set Mike noted that it was ABC’s 20th birthday as far as Punk Matinee’s were concerned which was followed by him lighting a birthday cake, having the crowd blow it out and eat it. Priceless. A good time was definitely had by all.

Other Observations:

The singer for DBCR has the biggest eyebrows known to man. He reminded me of a cross between Dr. Evil and comedian Dave Attell. Awkward Thought singer John Franko wore a hood and ski mask throughout their entire set.

]]> http://taicligh.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/from-abraham-to-angry-samoans/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:01:15 +0000 taicligh http://taicligh.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/from-abraham-to-angry-samoans/

it all began around 5,000 years ago with a strange old man in either modern day iraq or turkey depending on what time of day you ask a scholar.  he was married to an old barren bird and so he got it on with his egyptian handmaid and had a son.  later on, his wife said “surprise, i got a bun in the oven, too” and all hell broke lose.  you’ll be happy to know no further problems arose from these two sons both claiming lineage from the same patriarch (oh wait, nevermind).  the 2nd son would have a couple of his own, one being renamed yisrael after rasslin’ with an angel, and then having 12 sons, who would also have no problems with each other and do nothing innappropriate (oh wait, nevermind).  there names were reuben (from which we get the delicious kosher sandwich), simeon, levi, judah (a descendent of this tribe would come along a few millenia later and cause a fuss – something about beatitudes and forgiveness and crucifixion – also, the lion of judah was emblonized on the ethiopian flag for a while, so that’s cool), dan, naphtali, gad, asher (my friend ian’s middle name), issachar, zebulun, joseph (who had an amazing technicolor dreamcoat) and benjamin.  sadly, only two of the tribes that came from these boys would survive, those of judah & benjamin.  thus giving rise to lots of conspiracy theories about what happened to the lost tribes and who they “really” are today.  here’s an idea – they were LOST.  and not like kate, jack, sawyer & hurley.  but, i’m getting off track.  the patriachs of the hebrew people have now been given to you.  flash forward to levi’s great grandson and you’ve got moses.  once upon a time moses found himself on top of a mountain and God said “hey, moses, go tell your friends i say hi”, so moses did.  the people asked moses, “well, what does he want with us?”, so moses goes back up the mountain and says “they asked what you want”, and God says “i want to be their God and for them to be my people, you know, i’ll be their heavenly baby daddy”.  so moses goes back down the mountain and tells the people, and they say “well that sounds all touchy-feely.  can’t he just give us some rules to follow or something?”, so moses goes back up the mountain, meanwhile thinking “you know, sandals are not the best for all this hiking, and this is the friggin’ desert, i’m schvitzing over here!“, and tells God.  well, God was pissed, and said “rules?  they want rules?!?!  i’ll give ‘em rules!  613 of ‘em!!!”, and you can find these – most of which are by even ancient standards way crazy – in the 2nd half of exodus – deutoronomy (the majority of the torah, aka the first 5 books of the bible).  leviticus is perhaps the wackiest, and also gives us the details on the day of atonement, what we now know as yom kippur.  and long story short, that is today until sunset.  in celebration, this music monday will feature videos by some descendants of the tribes of judah & benjamin, the modern day jewish people (again, i implore you to ignore anyone saying the “true hebrews” are northern europeans or africans (well, excluding converts or the ethiopian falasha – descendents of king solomon) or anything other then the goldsteins and horovitzs and cohens that you know).  begin!

now, everyone knows about dylan.  and, a lesser known fact is elvis’ mother was jewish.  but, what might surprise you most is how influencial the israelites have been on punk rock.  and the godfather of punk himself, iggy pop, is a hebrew.  here he is with the stooges doing “i wanna be your dog”.

fellow detroit proto punks the mc5 were primarily a jewish group, as well.  and they kicked out the jams, indeed.  in nyc, nearly all the early cbgb proto-punks were down with the dreidel.  from the fugs to the new york dolls to the modern lovers to television to blondie to the patti smith band to the misfits all had jewish members.  and of course there was the leader of the pack, lou reed, and his velvet underground.  here’s “i’m waiting for the man”.

a few years later, the ramones would come out and change the whole “what it means to be punk” ideal, and the sound got faster, sloppier, louder and, imo, much more fun.  joey ramone, you’ll always be my favorite punk rocker.  here’s “cretin hop”.

punk went ‘cross the pond for a bit, seemed to die out, but then a re-birth in the form of hardcore punk took place in southern california.  it took me a long time to give credit to the early LA area scene as being where hardcore punk began, b/c i was all about d.c., boston & nyc.  but, though the bad brains perfected hardcore punk, a lot of bands were coming out of cali with only one adjective that could describe their version of punk:  hardcore.  from jello biafra’s dead kennedys to the circle jerks to x to bad religion to the adolescents to agent orange to the youth brigade to this crazy bunch of punks, the angry samoans.  here’s “lights out!”.

of course, the best of the bunch was social distortion.  the early stuff was great, but the band was one of few who just kept on making better and better music.  and mike ness & the boys are still doing it.  here’s “makin’ believe”.

heading back to nyc, reagan youth & the dictators were bringing the hardcore, as well as three kids who decided to leave the instruments for 2 turntables and some microphones.  that’s right, the beastie boys.  they started out punk, went hip hop, and the world has never been the same!  given the occasion i find it only fitting for the song to be “shadrach”, and here’s a cool animated live version.

out in the midwest in the mid-80’s, some amazing post-punk music was being made.  husker du and the replacements were the best of the best.  bob mould & paul westerberg are geniuses, and, as my luck would have it on this music monday, both are jewish.  but, which to choose?  i gotta go with the replacements, one of my all-time favorites.  here’s “color me impressed”.

there are 4 bands credited with being the “big 4″ of thrash, a mix of punk & metal that emerged in the 80’s.  and guess what?  3 of 4 were made up of primarily jewish members – slayer, anthrax & megadeth.  no surprise metallica was the one with all goyim.  let’s go with slayer, i mean seriously, is there another?  interesting side note:  anton lavey was jewish, as is glenn barton, frontman of the terribly awful deicide.  i’m not sure how i feel about that.  anyways, here’s the one & only “raining bloooooooooooooooood!!!”.

one of the best punk bands out today is canada’s propagandhi.  love those commie bastards.  check ‘em out if you’re unfamiliar.  off their latest, here’s “supporting caste”.

and to end it, i’m not a huge nofx fan.  fat mike just bugs me.  but, what kind of jewish punk rock music monday would it be without the anthem, “the ‘brews”?  here it is!

of course, i suppose that the fact barry manilow & michael bolton are both jewish kind of even things out.  oh well.

l’chaim.

Бред С Трибуны – Улицы ненависти [2009]
стиль: Hardcore, NYHC
страна: Петрозаводск / Санкт-Петербург, Россия
www.myspace.com/bredstribuni

трек-лист:
1. Мои Друзья
2. Улицы Ненависти
3. Мой Личный Выбор
4. Нож В Спину
5. Наша Правда
6. В Мире Смерти
7. Новое Время
8. Мой Путь
9. Каким Будет Завтра

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The ultimate party video.

Avete presente tutti quei film ambientati a NY negli anni ‘30, con gli italiani rudi ed un po’ criminali ma tutto sommato buoni, gli irlandesi ubriaconi e burberi ma in fondo buoni, i cinesi con le loro lavanderie, i palazzi di mattoni fatiscenti ed i poliziotti cafoni che maltrattano tutti? Quello che vedete è il Lower East Side di Manhattan. Attualmente di italiani ed irlandesi ne sono rimasti pochi, i cinesi si sono moltiplicati e lo spazio libero è stato tutto occupato dai punk. Incidentalmente lo spazio libero è solo un palazzo, comprato dal collettivo ABC NoRio dopo quasi trent’anni di occupazione per $1, con la promessa di sistemarlo. La cosa meravigliosa è che questo progetto ha ottenuto dal sindaco di New York oltre un miliore e mezzo di dollari lo scorso giugno per riqualificare il quartiere. Chissà se Filippeschi è mai stato in America.

Quando i matinee hardcore del CBGB sono finiti per problemi di ultraviolenza tra gang, tutta la scena si è spostata all’ABC NoRio, con nuove politiche di selezione (solo gruppi indipendenti e niente armi pesanti). Purtroppo, come dice l’amico Blake degli Olde York, la scena hardcore è in feroce declino. Ho questa brutta idea che si siano sterminati a vicenda, ma non ho il cuore di chiedere.

Tra le cose notevoli della giornata elencherei sicuramente:

1. due ragazze punk amiche di Blake, una nata nei tardi 60 l’altra nei tardi 80, madre e figlia. La mamma ha portato la figlia a sentire il concerto degli Olde York nel locale dove andava da ragazza. Dopo il concerto ha raccontato ad un piccolo pubblico di quella volta che un portoricano le ha toccato il culo e ci hanno messo giorni a togliergli la bottiglia dalla faccia. A seguire altre storie Old School.
2. L’appartenenza: stando a quanto dice il mio nuovo amico, in certi ambienti di NY, devo ostentare di appartenere (“You have to show that you belong. Do you understand what I mean?”). L’idea è che devi avere sempre la faccia un po’ scazzata, camminare dritto per la tua strada e fare le cose esattamente come se le avessi fatte per una vita. Se qualcuno ti chiede qualcosa rispondi sottointendendo sempre “Ehi, c’è qualche problema? C’è qualche problema?“. È facile per uno cresciuto in Italia negli anni ottanta: basta imitare i telefilm. E se proprio va male, chiamare l’A-team.
3. il posto: una figata. È un buco fetido, proprio come ogni locale memorabile che si rispetti. Ci sono scritte sui muri di ogni gruppo che ci ha suonato. Sono anche abbastanza sicuro di aver visto un foro di pistola, in mezzo agli adesivi dei gruppi.
4. gente a caso: tipo una ragazza solitaria e dallo sguardo omicida che mi ha ricordato tantissimo la mia cara amica Marbie. Marbie mi manchi, tivibì. Prometto che se facciamo un altro viaggio non mi lamento per una settimana del mio povero cuore infranto. Vieni a NY? Lo so che mi leggi =)

Non ho passato tutta la giornata al concerto, comunque: la mattina sono stato a fare colazione ad Union Square, che è un po’ il centro del mondo universitario del lato sud di Manhattan. Se a nord c’è la Columbia, qui ci sono la NYU e la New York Film Academy e l’impronta “culturale” della zona si sente tantissimo: librerie, locali carini, un mercato contadino GIGANTE quattro giorni la settimana. È una zona più vivace e gggiovane di dove sto io e meno commerciale (per quanto possibile, negli States) di Times Square. Ho mangiato la mela più buona del mondo e sento già il bisogno di averne un’altra. Chi dice che a New York l’emergenza droga è passata mente: ha solo cambiato forma.

Ritorno in metro fruttuoso stavolta: non ho contato i minuti ma sono riuscito a prendere l’ultimo treno diretto da Times Square. Ho comprato un’insalata DIY in un posto fighetto e me la sono mangiata a casa guardando Little Britain sulla tv via cavo. A metà mi sono guardato, un po’ disgustato, pensando “Ehi, ma è sabato!” Poi mi sono addormentato con la forchetta in mano.

Per la cronaca: oggi indossavo All Star blu elettrico, jeans corti, maglietta nera. Più o meno come al solito. Al ritorno sopra la maglietta nera avevo una maglietta della band, che però è del Lower East Side, quindi per evitare che magari qualcuno alla stazione della metro di Harlem mi guardasse male ne ho approfittato per comprare una felpa cool in saldo per mimetizzarmi, oltre ad un pacco di boxer e calze. Sì perchè per un po’ non avrò il tempo di andare in lavanderia e sto iniziando ad andare in esaurimento di biancheria. È un casino vivere da soli, figuratevi senza lavatrice in casa.

Finalmente sappiamo la risposta alla domanda “può un aereo centrare un elicottero?“. È “Sì, ma solo se non ci sono grattacieli nelle vicinanze“. Questione di bersagli prioritari:  fa parte del codice professionale dei piloti kamikaze.

Ultima nota: non posso fare a meno di guardare con sdegno i turisti italiani che trovo in giro, un po’ come mi aveva preannunciato il mio amico Mucio. Non è solo che tipicamente sono ricchi, snob e girano per la quinta da un negozio all’altro ostentando un’appartenenza che non hanno (cose tipo “Devi assolutamente provare le noccioline tostate che fanno in quel locale li, si sciolgono in bocca” o “guarda, io a New York ci torno tutte le volte che posso, è un richiamo ir-re-sis-ti-bi-le”) trascinandosi appresso ragazzine annoiate. Lo so, me la sto tirando anche io, ora, ostentando un’appartenenza che non ho, però almeno io sono stato autorizzato: il Buon Vecchio Zio Blake (che sta imparando l’italiano perchè nella vita serve sempre) mi ha detto “You’re working here, so you’re a New Yorker“.

And here I belong.

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Genre: New York Hardcore
Country: USA
Website: Myspace

Tracklist:
1. Unfinished Business
2. Gameover
3. Talk Shit/Get Hit
4. Memories
5. World Of Lies
6. Harsh Reality
7. Client 9

Allright, first interview here at Soulcraft! I feel like a real dickhead making it public after almost one year I received it (Flza sent it back at me on the 2nd of July 2008), anyway, here it is… just to remember one really good hardcore band of the last years!

First of all introduce yourself: who are you? What do you do in life? How much do you like the Cro-Mags?

I am Flza, I played drums in Iron Boots,  I enjoy NY Hardcore, watching movies, hanging out. I work construction for a living.  I install heat and air conditioning. My love for the Cro-Mags is beyond this world. I aspire to be as good as Mackie one day. I even named my dog Mackie. Another band I played drums in (Victim) played with FVK (Cro-Mags) for our record release and Mackie watched our set and afterwards told me I was really good. Basically it made my whole life.  I’ve been inspired by that dude for so long, its the best compliment ive ever gotten. He used my drums that night too and afterwards I wouldnt change the set up for like a month. I also have a Cro-Mag Life tattooo as well as own an O.G. Age of Quarrel Promotional Poster. I’m scared to hang it up.

Now let’s talk about Iron Boots – how did it all start out?

We (Jesse, Dave and I) were all on an insane warzone kick. Dave was still in high school, probably like 17 or so, he definately prayed at the alter of Raybeez. We just decided we needed to do a band together, I had been in seperate bands with both of them, and me and Jesse were always hanging out writing songs, so we figured we’d put some to use. We just wanted to sound like Warzone. We lived, breathed, ate, slept Warzone. We didn’t care about sounding too much like them, for us, the closer we sounded the better. I pretty much tried to play like Lukie Luke as much as I could. And I think it was just natural for us all. We all pretty much just listened to NY stuff for along time already. It was just natural progression. Our boy tommy who was in the band for all the records is like a guitar phenominon, he could play every Metallica song solo included when he was like 14 and Murphy’s Law is his favorite band ever so he was the prefect dude to do a Warzone style band. and the Scrappy is like a Harley Jr. the dude is good at Bass, its insane.

On the 31st of May you guys played your last show, what pushed you to call it quits?

Well, our boy Ryan Braces (who played in the band for a while) was getting married, and wanted to have a crazy bachelor party show, and we were one of his favorite bands and we were already talking about calling it quits, anyway he asked us to play and it just made sense. So we said deinatley! We’ve had line up issues alot, we would get offers to play crazy shows or tours and everything would be ready to go then, one thing or another would fall apart at the seams. So it kinda just discouraged us from moving foward, we were getting a rep for being huge flakes so we just didn’t try to do anything, we were like “we’ll just cancell it anyway, fuck it” then of course we were just kinda stagnant for a while, ocassionally we would try to get things going again but it just never panned out.

From 2003 to 2008 you guys released one demo and two amazing 7″s, was there an LP in the work?

Yeah there was, we wrote about 10 songs with the plans of doing an LP. It was going to be on Parts Unkown Records in the U.S. and Powered Records in Europe. We actually recorded the music twice, for the most part. The first time we got all but solos and vocals recorded on 8 of the new songs. But after listening to it we thought it just sounded like shit (the recording) I didnt like the way the drums sounded and didn’t like the bass tone really. So we said fuck it, and tried again. The second time, all of my drum stuff was locked in a storage unit where we practiced at because no one payed the rent. So I had to use some drums the guy had at his studio and use his cymbals which were cracked and sounded like donkey shit. So obviously we werent going to finish that session. Then we weren’t really happy with the songs and got an idea to re-work the songs, we actually did it, we re-worked them and we all stoked on them. It was definatley a progression of EZ green stuff, but we never took the next step. We’re cursed man…

I love the two songs on the “Generations” compilation, when were those songs recorded? Did you record more unreleased tunes during that session?

Actually both songs on the Generations comp were recorded at the same time as the Easy Green e.p. originally that 7″ wasn’t supposed to come out. 2 songs were meant for the Generations Comp, 2 songs were meant for a split with Cold World and 2 were meant to be exclusive tracks for our CD discography. But Cold World told us they were calling it quits so we decided to make it a 7″ instead.

Which one is your favorite of the records your released and why?

Mine is definatley definatley Easy Green. I love the tone of the record, I love how we kinda progressed from just sounding like Warzone, to adding alot of other influence, (Cro-mags,AF, Altercation) I feel like I reached a new high with my goal of playing like Mackie. Everything about it I was just a lot more happy with. I think the lyrics were more grown up you know, War Dogs is about our friends and families being sent to war. Where we live is a VERY heavily Military populated area. My family is military, my dad is in the navy my brother is in the army. A lot of kids we grew up with made a choice to join the military. That’s just us saying thank you to them, putting their life on the line. The main dude who that was written about (our boy Jeb) went to Iraq and back a couple times. He killed people, saw a lot of shit people in their 80’s will never see.  It’s just crazy to me people would be so selfless.

You guys have toured a lot, although you unfortunately never made it to Europe… favourite show/tour and cool tales from the road?

Dude I don’t know, I don’t have a favorite tour, certain pieces of each tour… but not a whole tour. We played CBGB’s which was a highlight of my life. Now especially that it’s gone, it was such a huge goal. The first time we played Canada was insane, especially Montreal, we went like 8 hours out of our way to pick up Hoodrack (War Hungry) so he could roll with us, that dude just makes a trip fun. He did a little Intro for us and we busted in Clobberin’ Time, I for real felt like I was at CB’s in like ‘87. The shit was so hard. We had DTN dudes fill in for us alot, they did a whole week in california with us (we leached off them) that shit was so cool. We played the first Sound And Fury that week, they helped us out with an east coast weekend like the next week, David played guitar Vinnie Stigma style (unplugged) it ruled. We hit the jersey shore hard. I for real can’t narrow it down. You have no idea how bummed I still am that our Euro tour got cancelled. It would have been insane.  Dead Stop’s last show. OOF

Tell me more about Victim and Stone Thrower (if I remember correctly) – what happened to those bands?

Victim was Me, Jesse, Scrappy Tommy and our Boy Snooky (old school dude for the VB scene, one of my best friends, he took me under his wing when i started going to shows) it was basically a more metal, crossover, meets Ball of Destruction worship band. We started Victim before Iron Boots actually. It was alot of fun, I’m really proud of the Victim LP. Definate NY influence. We called it quits at the beginning of the this year. We were just tired of playing the same show over and over.

Richmond, is it really the best place one will ever be? Any cool bands to check out at the moment?

I love Richmond, it’s been one of my favorite places especially for shows for years, I just moved here a year ago and Dave Boots lives here now too. There’s always stuff to do. The river’s my life right now. I take my dog there at least a couple times a week. It’s a young city. VCU is the the biggest school in Virginia so theres so many college kids every where, you can ride a bike or scooter everywhere. It’s just fun.

You definetly paid a good tribute to NYHC, list your top 3 NYHC bands, LP’s and 7″s…

It changes from time to time but its always in the same ballpark. Right now its:

LPs
Leeway – Desperate Measures
Cro-Mags – Best Wishes
Crown of Thornz – Mentally Vexed

EPs
White Devil – Reincarnate
Burn – Shall Be Judged
Alone In A Crowd

All so hard, all so creative.

Now that Iron Boots is over, are you guys into other bands or planning to do some new ones?

Actually yeah, Me, Hunter (Bracewar) Groater (DTN), Dave(IB) started something, it’s pretty Leeway influenced. Of course other NY bands as well but so far Leeway’s Desperate Measures is a big influence. I’m really stoked on it. Also I have another band with Ryan Braces called No Values, its’ not NY style, it’s fast kinda Suicidal Tendencies and Violent Minds style stuff. A little something different.

Last question: should we consider Iron Boots done for good or is there any hope for something new in the future?

You know I would go ahead and say it’s down for. I’d like to release those songs we wrote but we can’t ever get anything together so I’d say were done.

End this however you want…

Yo, thanks to you for the interview. Thanks to everyone in Europe who was into us. It was a big goal of ours to play Europe, sorry to let you down. We had a lot of fun with the band and that’s all we really set out to do. So goal accomplished. “Everybody out there. Always keep the faith”

Because of this lack of updates some of these are pretty old, still these are some records that I’ve really enjoyed in the last months…

BIRDS OF A FEATHER – THE PAST THE PRESENT [Refuse Records]
myspace.com/xbirdsofafeatherx | refuserecords.prv.pl

I feel stupid reviewing this record almost one year after JP gave it to me last summer at Fluff Fest, no doubt procrastination is a big problem for me… anyway, at least I’m reviewing this while pre-orders are being taken for the vinyl version of the record, which is also featuring a 12″-sized book entitled “The Past The Present 1982-2007: A History of 25 Years of European Straight Edge” written by Marc and JP, documenting the history of the European straight edge scene through bands going from Lärm to Eye of Judgement as well as Mainstrike and whatever else can come to your mind! Musically expect the good old youth crew sound always backed by Bigma’s socially conscious and positive minded lyrics. Get your hands on the LP + book, definately a European hardcore must-have!

CRUEL HAND – PRYING EYES [Bridge 9 Records]
myspace.com/cruelhand | bridge9.com

Started as a side-project featuring members of Outbreak, this band got many people siked since their first 7″ came out in late 2006. Anyway, since then this band managed to put out an amazing LP, tour both the US and Erope and finally sign a deal with Bridge 9. In fact here they are releasing their B9 debut, “Prying Eyes”. Believe me if I say this is going to be one of the heaviest records released this year, and the 12 songs featured on this LP, a perfect mix of hardcore, metal and crossover influences, can only confirm what I’m saying. Aggressive and brutal are the best words to describe the sound of this band, bringing faster parts with some pretty heavy breakdowns, sure to be the soundtrack of some heavy moshing during their live shows. These dudes are constantly touring, so be sure you don’t miss the chance to have some fun on the dancefloor!

DANNY DIABLO – HARDCORE 4 THE COLD HEARTED [Countdown Records]
myspace.com/lordezec | countdownrecords.com

When you hear the name Danny Diablo you pretty much know what to expect, and this release once again confirms that the DD / Countdown Records combo is nothing but a winning team! After more than ten years of activity it’s time for this NYHC icon to have a collection release… and here it is! On these two CD’s you can find more than 50 songs that include Crown of Thornz, Skarhead and Icepick material as well as Lord Ezec’s solo projects featuring guest appearances of OG dudes such as John “Bloodclot” Joseph, Freddy Madball, Lou of Subzero, Craig Ahead, Roger AF, Danny Boy and Everlast of House of Pain, Skinhead Rob, Necro and many others… grab this shit and go TCOB!

H2O – NOTHING TO PROVE [Bridge 9 Records]
myspace.com/h2ofamily | bridge9.com

Finally, after a 7 years long wait, New York’s hardcore legends are back with a brand new record – and let me assure you it was worth waiting this long! After being around for more than 13 years, they couldn’t pick a better title for this record, as they really have nothing to prove at the point they’re at right now. The formula remains the same: hardcore in its purest form with a lot of melody and catchiness, great lyrics and an energy equal to no one around these days. If you were among those who were let down by their last effort “Go!”, as some people said when it came out, this record is definately going to bring you back on a heavy H2O trip. I really don’t know how they managed to do this, but there is no single song on this record that won’t stick in your mind and that you won’t find yourself humming while driving or walking in the street. Just like everything they released in the past, this is going to be a true classic!

IRON AGE – THE SLEEPING EYE [Cyclopean Records]
myspace.com/ironagetexas | cyclopeanrecords.com

Long-anticipated by last year’s “The Way Is Narrow” 7″, the new Iron Age record is something I was really looking forward to… unfortunately, not having too much time because of work and touring kept me out of date on this and I didn’t even know it was out, and when I did, it was already sold out (in a day?! amazing!)… curiosity pushed me to download it as soon as I heard t he news, so here I am listening to one amazing metal record, yeah, that’s what it is, it ain’t cheap metal played by a hardcore band, this is good metal played by an amazing hardcore band! Crossover influences of bands such as Crumbsuckers and Corrosion of Conformity perfectly melts with heavy metal and doom atmospheres. Tee Pee Records is re-releasing this in August to the masses, must grab this masterpiece!

OLDE YORK – EMPIRE STATE [Countdown Records]
myspace.com/oldeyork | countdownrecords.com

Two good friends involved in this release, my brother Luca of Countdown Records and my good NYC friend Blake Farber – the first one’s putting out this record while the second one’s playing guitar on it! Was really looking forward to hear this record and believe me, as soon as you put this into your CD player you’ll be brought back in time to CBGB’s matinees. While a lot of band nowadays are trying to get back to the NYHC thing, this is some real NYHC here, influenced by the likes of Warzone, Sick of It All and Breakdown, their fast and furious style is bound to turn heads. One old New York glory brought back on here too, Eddie Sutton of Leeway, featured on the song Talkin’ Smack. Plenty of good and danceable tunes here, so just make sure to grab this if you want some real New York hardcore!

RANCID – LET THE DOMINOES FALL [Epitaph]
myspace.com/rancid | epitaph.com

Six years passed since their last studio album and I’m pretty sure everyody into these legends of punk rock couldn’t wait anymore to listen to the new record! To be honest I was really excited when I heard the single “Last One To  Die”, it featured every single element that made Rancid what they are now, the catchiness and the intensity that only a classic band like them can keep through the years. Listening to the whole record you can hear how they got back to their earlier sound, the dope bass lines, the rocksteady influences, Lars and Tim unique vocals… it’s all there! Some say it’s already a classic, can’t say that as pretty much their whole discography is, but undoubtely an amazing new chapter in their career!

REMAIN – OUT OF ANGER [Not Just Words Records]
myspace.com/remain | njwrecords.com

Featuring ex-members of The Dead Scenestars and Spirit 84, this band already got me pretty siked with the first 7″ that came out a couple of years ago, and I must admit I really couldn’t wait to get this LP to see what was up with these guys right now. All I can say is that my expectations were fully satisfied – nothing has changed about them, they’re still all about straight to your face hardcore. The 14 songs featured on “Out of Anger” are strongly influenced by bands such as Judge, Floorpunch, Right Brigade and No Warning, with some amazing mosh parts here and there, a strong NYHC vibe, all topped by an energy equal to few. Within way too many hypes and meaningless poses, Remain’s taking back some real deal with no frills!

RUINER – I HEARD THESE DUDES ARE ASSHOLES [Bridge 9 Records]
myspace.com/ruiner | bridge9.com

Baltimore’s Ruiner are the perfect example of how a good DIY mentality and hard work can get you good results. These dudes started out by releasing everything by themselves and are now a world touring band releasing records on one of the biggest hardcore labels around right now. After 4 years as a band here they are with their 2nd release on Bridge 9 Records, which is  a collection featuring their “What Could Possibly Go Right” EP, their split with Portugal’s Day of The Dead as well as their first demo ever. Here’s a record to be considered a proof of dedication and loyalty to being a hardcore band.

THE RIVAL MOB – RAW LIFE [Lockin Out Records]
myspace.com/therivalmob | lockinout.com

I had never heard of this band until the first show of our US tour in March when we played The Democracy Center in Cambridge, MA and one of the band on the bill was in fact The Rival Mob. I must admit that even though I was as stoned as an orangutan I really enjoyed their show, these dudes decided to bring back some really old and unusual shit, influnced by bands such as Abused and Warzone what they do is straight up hardcore, some sweet mosh parts here and there, everything played fast and with no frills, shit is real! After the show their singer was cool enough to hook me up with this LP that I spin from time to time to enjoy some good ‘core!

TRAP THEM – SEIZURES IN BARREN PRAISE [Deathwish Inc.]
myspace.com/trapthem | deathwishinc.com

Allright, this is one of the hardest, heavier and most intense record that came out in 2008, get a fucking clue. People talked about this band called Trap Them and their descriptions didn’t really fit my taste so that I never really got to listen to them until we had the chance to play a show with them on their European tour last year with Grief… I stood open mouth from the first to the last song and ran to their merch table to grab an LP right after the show was over, couldn’t sleep on a band like them! It is pretty hard to define what these guys sound like, all I can say is that their heavy and abrasive sound is something unique and intense, backed by some truly awesome lyrics. The story of a ghost town called “Barren Praise” that will without any doubt make you think about your own life, at least that’s what it did with me…

Now playing:

• Cormega – The Realness
• Diplo DJ set yesterday night was the shit!
• Black Friday ‘29 – The Pursuit of Happiness

Genre: NYHC
Country: USA
Website: Myspace

Tracklist:
01 Cheap Thrills
02 Brightside
03 Fools Die
04 Tell Tale
05 What I Want
06 No More Mr. Nice Guy
07 My Reason
08 New Release
09 Backtrack
10 Wall Of Hate
11 Wisdom

If you’re anything like me, and around the same age, your first chance encounter with CIV probably came in the form of their 1995 video for “Can’t Wait One Minute More”.  As a Midwestern fifteen year old kid hearing what was, at the time, seemingly just a catchy song and moderately entertaining video, I had no idea of the resounding implications it would cause; the full scale musical genesis that was going on, unbeknownst to me, in my life. I was just an impressionable youth watching MTV-who at the time still actually played music videos (for better or worse) – and didn’t realize I was gaining my first insights into hardcore.

Now, CIV itself did not play quite as a significant role as the last paragraph might have let on; it was my discovery months later that the band was headed up by Anthony Civarelli, former vocalist of legendary hardcore band Gorilla Biscuits that really served to promote my growth in the punk rock and hardcore scenes. But CIV was an important piece in the overall puzzle. By age fifteen, I was totally immersed in skateboard culture and had been listening to bands like Pennywise, NOFX and No Use for a Name, but it was this chance viewing of a music video that really set the groundwork for getting into what I found was the ‘real stuff’…the meat and potatoes of independent music that would set me on a path that leads up to today and the days following this. Weird how that works out.

CIV did not play traditional hardcore music by a long stretch; most of their songs were a blending of hardcore and pop punk with a lot of elements of what would have been referred to as an ‘alternative’ sound. Every once in a while though, the Gorilla Biscuits references would shine through and  “Do Something”, “State of Grace” and “Gang Opinion” are perfect examples of this. Regardless of what classification you want to lump their songs into, CIV’s songs were catchy and fun and at the end of the day that’s all that matters.

This double disc discography is great for conveniently having their full catalog in one package (duh.) complete with B-sides and live tracks.  If you like CIV, but were never inspired enough to go and search out all their releases, like me, then this is the perfect alternative option.

EbayでLeewayの2006年再結成ツアーTをゲットしました

ボディの色がいまいちですが

デザインが超かっこいい

I bought Leeway 2006 Reunion Tour shirt at Ebay

Very cool design compare to their other recent merch