Purification begins rehearsing new material

From Monster:For the ones interested, Purification will start rehearsing new material during the upcoming weeks.The new material will be posted "exclusively" on the myspace's tribute page.More news to followPurification on Mysp...

Martyr AD - the demos

As one of the people that's been obsessed with all things Disembodied/Martyr AD for a number of years, I have always desired to know more about the 2002 Demo that has been floating around the internet for a number of years now. I emailed Tara to see what the scoop is, and if there were any other demos. Then when I woke up this morning before work, I had an email from Joel in my inbox containing ALL of the various Martyr AD demos. Suffice to...

Label Spotlight: Surprise Attack Records (SA Mob)

If you've followed us since we changed formats, one thing I've (Chip) made clear is my love for EMS and Brother's Keeper. Always a band that was out doing something different, they were definately a band that you either loved or hated. They were one I loved and were always extremely friendly and generous, taking my old band out on tour a few times. Through this relationship, EMS's label, Surprise Attack Records, asked to put out my next band All...

European Hardcore in the 90s

Within the last year, Ive been going back and re-discovering a lot of 90s European hardcore bands that I had either never heard or hadnt heard in a long time. Honestly, Im so glad I did because there were so many good bands to come out of Germany, Poland, Italy, Sweden and especially the Belgium H8000 scene. Many of the bands were disregarded by US hardcore kids are knockoffs of Morning Again, Culture or Earth Crisis but hey so were lots of the American...

Paid In Blood - Demo

As requested, heres the demo from Atlanta's Paid In Blood. 3 songs of fast heavy hardcore. Pretty sure this was released in 2003. Atlanta's Foundation actually covered a song from this demo on their split with Meantime. You can order the 7 inch here *NEW LINK* Paid In Blood - D...

Heckle - The Complicated Futility of Ignorance

Someone requested this and I forgot to post it. Great band from New Jersey that played fast melodic, punk hardcore. This was originally released in 1997.Heckle - The Complicated Futility of Ignorancehttp://www.mediafire.com/?zykommly...

Casey Jones' Case Against Lost and Found Records

Love them or hate them, LOST AND FOUND put out some crucial records in the 90's. I got this little tract in a copy of the Bloodlet live 7" (which justin is supposed to rip for us). It's nothing new, but i have never seen it in this form; a small pamphlet that looks like it would be telling us about the evils of sin, and not the evils of a German record lab...

Falling Forward Interview: Rumpshaker #3 1995

Here's an interview with Louisville's Falling Forward from Rumpshaker #3, one of the best zines to ever grace the hardcore world. Eric, if you want me to take this down, just message me and I will do ...

Big Frank Harrison's post-Carry Nation band ear2ear

Here's a xStuck In The Pastx exclusive for ya - a 4 song demo by Big Frank Harrison's post-Carry Nation band ear2ear. Frank sent me these songs last night and asked that I post 'em on here, so here they are. It's pretty heavy stuff to say the very least. According to Frank, these songs were recorded in 2 hours about 5 years ago and the band played live for about a year. Enjoy.http://www.mediafire.com/?xi2nqjuy...

Mike Hartsfield lets one out of the vault

From Hartsfield's music Myspace blog: Ok, just found this jem in the garage in a box.In 1991 John Coyle moved to San Francisco and left Outspoken with a big decision to deal with. Were we going to deal with flying John down/to every show we were set to play or find a new vocalist? Well, the first idea that came up was to find a new guitar player and have myself move to vocals. At band practice it seemed to sound pretty good but the real...

Quick Update

Hey everyoneHope everyone is enjoying the cool weather, I know I am. This weekend I will be heading up to Nashville, TN and won't be back til Sunday so no updating from me. Hope everyone has a good weekend and Ill see you all when I get backC...

Split Lip/Chamberlain to play NYC on Decmber 7, 2009

Just got wind of this, courtesy of Ry-bunal, Split Lip/Chamberlain will be playing the Bowery Ballroom in NYC on December 7, 2009. Doors will be at 7:00 and the cost is $19. Not sure who else will be on the bill but if you can make it I'm sure it will be amazing. Unfortunately, the site says it will be an 18 and over show. Check the Bowery website for more i...

Andrew Thomas Company - Straight Edge Means I Have No Friends

The original and still the best. I picked this up recently from Andrea, the same guy who sold me the Contempt shirt. Straight Edge clothing companies sure don't make em like they used to. The first in a long line of great shirts produced by the Andrew Thomas Company...speaking of which does anyone know who ran ATC (was there an Andrew Thomas?)? Curiousity...

Record Review: Mourningside AD - Confessions of Disbelief

Something I have learned in my years of being active in the hardcore scene is that there are two types of bands: bands who establish themselves, break up, start a new band and ride the wave of popularity that an "ex members of..." band generates and then there are the bands who go out, play their hearts out and gain a following from that. Mourningside AD is the latter. If you guys read my review of their demo, you know I was nuts about it. A band...

Seven Generations Last Show: October 24 in San Diego

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In My Eyes interview, Openzine v. 10: Fall 2000

Here's an interview with In My Eyes from South Florida's Openzine. This was one of the most consistent zines in South Florida in late 90s, early 2000...

Walls of Jericho covering Earthmover at Detroitfest 2000

Just came across this video of Walls of Jericho covering Earthmover's "A Commitment to Murder". Watch the kids lose their min...

Current Bands Playing 90s Style Hardcore, Part 4

Here we are again with another installment of Current Bands Playing 90s Style Hardcore. Since the last time I posted an update, Ive been searching for new bands to bring you and I think Ive got some good stuff for you. As always, Im open to suggestions and I listen to all bands that are suggested, so please email me and let me know if you have a band that would fit in our next installment. Make sure to put either "Stuck In The Past" or "Current Bands...

Burning Fight recap on the Tradition blog

Sorry for the double post but I felt that Andrew Kline's excellent recap of Burning Fight on the Tradition blog warranted a post of it's own. I should also mention that the art show will be on display at the Tradition store for the rest of October, so please stop by if you're in town or live nearby.http://www.shoptradition.com/store/blog/2009/10/burning-fight-book-release-recap.h...

Fred Hammer's photos from Burning Fight at Tradition on 10/10/09

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Contempt Tshirt

Picked this up a few weeks ago...honestly, I don't know if I had ever seen a Contempt shirt up until that point. I may have but I dont recall...either way, I scooped this up and pretty excited. This was made for the release of their 7 inch I believe. The thing is in great condition, almost unworn. If anyone has anymore info on this, let me kn...

Farside - Scrap

Farside's "Scrap" is a collection of their first 2 demos, the first of which featured Zach De La Rocha on guitar. The lineup is more or less the same as the later releases but with Zach on guitar. This CD is pretty hard to come by from what I understand so enjoy this. All this material was released before they signed with Crisis/Revelation. EDIT: After posting this, K. Murphy passed on this info, correcting what I had written. Thanks for the update...

Orphan Jams

The Orange County, California hardcore scene (hell, the hardcore scene PERIOD) isn't known for spawning very many non-white frontmen but Against The Wall's Mike Madrid is a welcome and refreshing exception to that unfortunate rule. Madrid has returned to the scene with his new band Orphan Jams, a noisy punk/hardcore outfit that combines the best elements of the '80s and the '90s O.C. hardcore scenes to bring a fresh sound to the current scene. ...

Quicksand - B Sides and Rarities

To be honest, I was never a big Quicksand fan until the last few years. Mainly because of the fact of which bands the members were previously associated with, the sound that Quicksand produced was quite different than anything else coming out at the time. They went on to influence numerous bands and still do to this day. This folder of songs was something I downloaded off of Soulseek years ago and I don't know the origin of some of the songs or where...

Anybody wanna open for Korn?

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Chokehold Interview from Clear Path #1, April 1994

Heres an interview that Clear Path fanzine did with Chokehold in April 19...