Killswitch Engage "Cro-Mags Ripoff"

I love the Cro-Mags. I also love the Cro-Mags "Best Wishes" record. Tom got this on a tour last year with Killswitch and told me it had my name written all over it. I wish it was a full color design but nonetheless it still ru...

Backside Disaster

I have so many great memories tied to Backside Disaster. These were the guys that I used to hang out with on a near daily basis. Fife-0-3 Crew in full effect! There was a hardcore punk band here in Portland called National Guard (I'm sure I'll be making a post about them in the coming months), and on New Year's Eve of 1996/97, the new lineup of National Guard played their first show as Backside Disaster. They sounded more reminiscent of Strife...

Unrestrained

Demo 2007Here's the portion of the blog where I blatantly promote my own band. We recorded this demo in August of '07, after only a couple of practices as a full band. We've been writing a bunch of new material lately, and it's definitely taking on a heavy Undertow/Strain feel. Keep your eyes on myspace.com/unrestrainedpdx for any and all updates on shows and future recordings.http://www.mediafire.com/?avjw1oyz...

Destro - SXE Fuck You and Reunion

Destro was my first serious band. It wasnt playing in a band with some kids I had met at a show, it was kids I had known for many years and we carried the flag for South Florida straight edge for many years. We made the first design above for Hellfest 2001 and damn we sold alot of those. The second was for out reunion show in 20...

AC/DC

Can I Sit On Your Face Girl...You Can Sit On MineI picked this bootleg up a couple of years ago, and from what I've been able to dig up, it's limited to 500 copies on green vinyl. Although the back of the cover claims that the recording was done at Apollo Stadium in Adelaide, Australia on 12/04/76, reliable sources say that it's actually from the Haymarket Fest in Sydney, Australia on 1/30/77.http://www.mediafire.com/?epwn0fd3bbjLong live B...

Let's all take a moment of silence

for a true rock 'n' roller...

Raid

Above The LawI always thought that hardline was stupid on so many levels, and yet, I always loved so many of the bands. Raid were one of the originals, and this cd has spent a good amount of time in my cd player over the years. The early material (which is towards the end of the cd) have more of a straight up hardcore sound, whereas the songs recorded specifically for Above The Law definitely took on a more metal influenced sound.http://www.me...

Sleepless Nights cover comp

I've had this comp for quite a few years now, but have never really known much information about it. I've been told that Issa from Good Clean Fun recorded these songs at his studio in Atlanta during the mid 90s, and put out this cd. It seems as though at least a few bands weren't too stoked on him using these songs for this cd.Here's the tracklist:And here's the cd:http://www.sendspace.com/file/449...

Mail day

Finally got these in the mail today from Mr. Mat Wadsworth from New Zealand. Standup guy who only charged me for shipping. He told me he wants them to go to a good home and someone who would appreciate them. I now have 2 of those All Out War shirts. Lots of wear on this one but hey its 17 years old and their first design. Im not going to be wearing it. Very stok...

The Swarm aka Knee Deep In The Dead

Seriously, The Swarm fucking ruled so hard! The real bummer here is that they played Portland once in 99 in a basement, but I didn't even know about it until after it happened, because basement punks around here never used to flyer for shows outside of their little cliques. For those that don't know, the laundry list of others bands these guys have been in is a mile long, but just a few of those bands include: Left For Dead, Haymaker, Cursed, Grade,...

Amenity

Forward, Into The Past (discography) There was some great hardcore coming out of Souther California in the early 90s, and Amenity were definitely one of the best. Along with the likes of Downcast, and Struggle, they were really pushing a lot of politics to the forefront. One of the great mysteries of Amenity, for me, is why the bass player was also in the original lineup of Vegan Reich...bummer. *NEW LINK Amenity - Forward, Into The Pa...

Canon - the interview

As a follow up to yesterday's Canon post, here's the interview that I mentioned (just click on the image to see a larger version).And, here's the the Chapter Records ad that mentions bonus tracks that were supposed to come out on the cd version of the...

Canon

The Solution 7"My pal EMS ripped this about a year ago and put it up on his blog, Coregasm (which you should definitely go check out), but I'm not sure if the download link still works or not, and I got a request for this, so I went ahead and just ripped my 7". If I didn't know any better, I would have sworn that these guys were from Syracuse, just based upon their sound, but instead, they were from Holland, PA. In an interview from Still Standing...

Disembodied - Do You Like The Pain?

So you say you like heavy music...yeah Im sure whatever band you're thinking of is "heavy" but are they as heavy as Disembodied? I think not. I was lucky enought to play a show with them in 1998 with a side project I was working on. The lineup was Shai Hulud, Overcast, Disembodied, and Dragbody. I remember watching Disembodied set up while everyone else went outside (what the fuck were they thinking???) and just seeing the most incredible guitar/bass...

Focal Point

Neglected 7"It's no small secret that I don't like anything about "Christian hardcore" whatsoever, and yet, I loved Focal Point. Before they dropped that great record on Solid State/Tooth and Nail, this 7" came out on Life Sentence in 1996. Good ol heavy 90s hardcore is well represented by the music these guys wrote. It's sad that they went onto such awful bands like Training For Utopia and Demonhunter.http://www.mediafire.com/?z3eli79dceb27sfEDIT:...

Unbroken

Live In Dagenham 7"I really think/hope that these guys don't need any kind of introduction. The word I always heard about this bootleg was that Rob, Unbroken's bass player, was the one that actually put this out. The 3 tracks on here clearly come from a soundboard recording, and I would love to be able to hear the rest of it.http://www.sendspace.com/file/lt5...

Brother's Keeper - Forever Neverending

Im gonna go on record right here and now...I love the Keeper. Brother's Keeper were always some of the nicest people you could ever hope to meet and Im happy to say that I everytime I see Mike Ski he gives me a big hug and everytime I speak to EMS he always has nothing but positive things to say. These are the people that I am glad to have met through my time spent in the hardcore scene. This shirt was printed for the release of "Forever Never Ending"...

Motive

A Doctrine Of Scripted Torture 7"These guys reunited last year, and played a show, but unfortunately I couldn't make it out to it. Motive hailed from Long Island, and impressed me heavily with this first 7". This came out on Exit Records in 1997, and I'd say that Exit was a great label at the time, releasing the likes of Indecision, Sons Of Abraham, Milhouse, Motive and more. Definitely give these mp3s a good spin, because I damn near wore out...

Absone / Decontaminate

Absone / Decontaminate 7"I got a request for this one. Absone play the late 90s style of Euro vegan metalcore, and they do it quite well. I never managed to pick up any of their other stuff, so if you happen to have their mcd in mp3 format, please hit me up! Decontaminate were Dan Gump's band after Excessive Force, but don't expect tons of chug and gang vocals here.http://www.mediafire.com/?1mthu2mm...

Strife - Arms Of The Few

This one came int he mail today. Strife...when they were still straight edge. My favorite part of the whole situation was when they said they were "never a straight edge band". Well my shirt says otherwise...either way, still listen to all their material regularly. This is from the One Truth era and its in pretty good shape...why don't more bands print live pictures on the back of their shirts anymo...

Chokehold - the demos

This Whole World Is An Addiction [demo '91]This really seems to be the holy grail of Chokehold recordings. I've been after this thing for well 12 years, and in that time, I've only seen two copies. Recently though, I was finally able to acquire one with some money and some old Dead Unknown merch that I had sitting in my basement. This is Chokehold at their earliest, and it's a great listen 17 years later. And in case you don't know, you can simply...