Life's Blood

Life's Blood started circa 1987, and weren't really around for very long, but they had a great sound going with their mix of NYHC and some elements of Oi/street punk (not to mention their politics). Most notable is probably their song "Never Make a Change", which was supposedly a major calling out of Youth of Today. Adam Nathanson, and Neil Burke also went on to form the legendary (and in my top 10 bands of all time) Born Against.Even though there...

Fault

I don't have much information about Fault at all, except that they were from New Hampshire, and that this 7" is really good. This record came out in 1997 on Words of War Records (who have been back up and running for a couple of years now), and has 4 tracks of heavy hardcore that could musically be compared to the likes of Unconquered. If anyone has more info about this band, or knows of any other releases they put out, please get in touch, because...

Unbroken - 1998 Reunion, A Tribute To Eric Allen

This is the entire live set from the Unbroken reunion show in 1998 which was a tribute to Eric Allen, the guitarist who had committed suicide. I ripped this directly from a master copy of the video that was released by New Age or 31G, I can't remember. The other bands on the show were Outspoken (who also did a reunion), The Crimson Curse, Palpatine, and one other which is escaping me now. Unfortunately, I have no means to transfer the video to Youtube...

A change of plans..

Ive recently uploaded all of the pictures of my shirts onto the Collection Space. I wont be updating this blog anymore with tshirt pictures but I will upload rare records instead. Head over to the Collection Space to see more of my tshirtshttp://www.thecollectionspace.com/Collections/xchipxsem/xCHIPxSEM+Shi...

Trial

It has now been confirmed that Trial will be playing a show in Chicago in April of '09, and that is news that makes me very happy. There's going to be a book coming out called Burning Fight, that is all about 90s hardcore, and a show is being organized to coincide with its release. Disembodied, and Unbroken had already confirmed, with Undertow apparently being close to confirming as well, and then the news of Trial confirming came along to knock...

Definitely Not The Majors

Definitely Not The Majors was one more in the long line of incredible compilation cds that came out in the 90s. This comp showcases some of the best heavy bands that hardcore had to offer in that era. At the time that this came out, all of the songs were reputed to be unreleased.http://www.sendspace.com/file/vvy...

Bane - Fuck Yeah I Am Still Holding On

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Spawn - Written In Stone

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Earth Crisis - To The X I'm Crucified

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Snapcase - Progressions Through Unlearning

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Poison the Well - I Could Never Swallow Your False Ideals...

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Ignite - Past Our Means

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Floorpunch - In My Blood Records Design

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Grip - Friction Burn Fatal...

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Andrew Thomas Company - Drug Free Stormtrooper

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