Strain - Demo #1 & Live on CITR

Strain's first demo from August of 1992, and a live radio set on Vancouver, BC radio station, CITR. http://www.mediafire.com/?t26m2ca103txq3u ...

Review: Hands Upon Salvation - Entity CD

We at xStuck In The Pastx know that hardcore is a worldwide phenomenon, and that there are tons of great bands all over the globe. But you come don't across bands from Indonesia all that often. The first time I encountered Hands Upon Salvation was on a 4-way split CD called 'The Burden Reflects' they did with Canopus and Gates Of Hopeless from Japan and another Indonesian band called Nothing, which I got sometime in the late 00's. It's a solid...

Kiss It Goodbye - CBGB's [6/2/96]

Full set from Kiss It Goodbye at CBGB's on 6/2/96.  This was one of their last shows before moving from NY to Seattle. ...

Avail Interview - Manor Farm Zine #2 (1993-ish)

Came across this Avail interview from Manor Farm zine #2. No date is listed but judging by the other interviews, I'm going to say about 1993. I always felt bad for bands who toured with Avail because they almost always were blown off the stage. Avail live > most other bands. Enjoy! ...

Undertow - Redmond, WA [4/8/94]

This video comes straight from the vault of Ron Brotherhood, and is a nearly full set from Undertow at Magic Circle in Redmond, WA on 4/8/94.  Also of note, that was the same day that Kurt Cobain's dead body was discovered in Seattle. ...

Glasseater Basketball Jersey

For a hot minute, Glasseater was a pretty big deal. The band was all over the country touring and releasing records with different labels. They had a pretty consistent lineup and in my opinion, their early work is their best. I'm having trouble remembering when this was printed up but I'm pretty sure it was between the release of their debut EP "Miles Ahead of Where We Left Off" and their solo Eulogy Recordings outing, "7 Years Bad Luck". This is...

Black N Blue Bowl 2013

Obviously, this was announced a couple of weeks ago but sometimes it take a little bit to get things posted...after all, we are stuck in the past (har har). Anyway, in case you missed it, Judge is reuniting to play both shows (Saturday and Sunday), May 18th and 19th. The great thing is that both days have different lineups and feature a good variety of bands, new and old including Madball, Indecision, Crown Of Thornz, Black Train Jack and Take Offense. Looks...

Counterweight "The Flames Of Victory"

I'll admit I didn't know who Counterweight was when they were around. They were a vegan (I'm going to assume also straight edge) band from Poland that released this record, "The Flames of Victory" in 1999 on Sanctuary Records. I picked this up maybe 3-4 years ago when our friend xYosefx decided to unload all of his old CDs (where are you man?). Musically, its a good mixture of the 90s Syracuse chug and late 90s European metal (Arkangel, Liar) with...

Lifetime Interview - Actionfigure Zine #1 1993

I was digging through my hard drive and trying to find an old interview to post when I came across this interview with "Lifetime's new female bassist" from Actionfigure zine in 1993. The bassist is never named in the interview but we can assume it's Linda Kay. The interview is pretty awkward as you'll see...the interviewer is really trying to pull answers out of her and not getting much. As I was digging around to uncover a little more...

Groundwork - "Living in Fear" Shirt

To go along with the Spawn t-shirt post that Chip posted the other day, I've decided to post shirts from my own collection. First on the list is the Arizona straight edge band Groundwork. I got this shirt through a trade a couple years back. The details of the deal escape me, but needless to say, I was very excited to add this shirt to my collection, seeing as how Groundwork merch is very few and far between. It's an extra large Hanes Beefy T shirt....

Texas Is The Reason "Live in 1996"

Our friend and part time collaborator, Jav, posted this live audio set of Texas Is The Reason playing Coney Island High back in 1996. Great set list and as far as I know, his site is the only place you can score this. Head on over to his site, All Over This Town to download this and check out a bunch of great 90s photos. Check it out by clicking here: All Over This Town ...

From the Dying Sky - "Truth's Last Horizon" EP

From the Dying Sky was a vegan straight edge metalcore band from Italy, active from 1999 to 2003. The band had only one proper release, an EP entitled "Truth's Last Horizon", which was released on Dark Sun Records in 2000. Five songs of crushing metalcore, not unlike Abnegation, Arkangel, and Caliban. FTDS also provided a track that didn't appear on the EP called "To Allow the Sun to Shine" for a Catalyst Records compilation called "The Path of...

Spawn "Redone" Tshirt

So many kids in the 90s (usually kids who weren't in bands) used to make fun of European hardcore bands...I never really understood why. So many killer bands came out of Europe, especially the H-8000 area in the mid to late 90s. Germany's Spawn put a slew of great releases including "Redone", their lone full length on Crucial Response Records in 1995. A little different than what CR had released previously but they were rolling with the punches...

Backside Disaster - Demo 1997 [unreleased]

On New Year's Eve of 1996, National Guard offically became Backside Disaster at Thee O, and roughly six months later in 1997, they recorded this first demo.  However, they never actually released the demo, and it has been lying dormant on a DAT tape for the last 16 years.  This demo provides a much better link between the sounds of National Guard, and the more complex riffs that would show up in later Backside Disaster songs.   There...

Chokehold - Detroit, MI 12/?/95

Chokehold playing at an unknown location in Detroit, MI on 12/?/95. This is as close to the full set as I've seen, but the video cuts out as they are halfway into the last song, "Burning Bridges".  If anyone can help with info about the venue, or the exact date, please get in touch....

Undertow - Bordertown, NJ 7/10/94

From the same show as the previously posted Unbroken set, here's the full Undertow set. ...

Unbroken - Bordertown, NJ 7/10/94

Going through my old videos has been great.  Over the coming months, a bunch of awesome full sets will be posted, and today it's Unbroken at a VFW Hall in Bordertown, NJ on 7/10/94.  It's hard to say that this is truly the full set, though, because after a half stack comes tumbling down, there's a cut in the video, but this is the full video that exists of that set. ...

Corrin - Despair Rides on Angel Wings 7"

Corrin was a mid/late 90s metalcore band from New England that featured Jesse Leach (original singer of Killswitch Engage) handling vocal duties. This is their 2 song 7" that was released on Hydra Head records in 1996. Really interesting/cool stuff, much different than your typical 1990s metalcore. FFO: Converge, Starkweather and Overcast http://www.mediafire.com/?fhb38podq5f4...

Jasemine

I haven't had as much time to dedicate to Stuck In The Past as I once did and unfortunately (or fortunately depending on the way you look at it) my posts have become few and far between. Since my Medifire account was suspended, I'm going to attempt to repost some of those old links That said, I saw someone had requested some material from the French band, Jasemine. I remember when the split with Ivich came out in about 95 or 96 and that the band...

Shai Hulud - 8/15/98 - Portland, OR

In 1998, Florida's Shai Hulud came to Portland for the first time with Overcast and Disembodied, and they all played at the Stage 4 Theater.  The show was originally set to be at 17 Nautical Miles, but it got moved a couple weeks prior, and it's a good thing it did, because there's no way everyone would have fit into that tiny venue.  Unfortunately, video of Overcast and Disembodied from that night are lost forever, as the master copies...

The Setup

The Setup was a vegan straight edge band from Chula Vista, CA. Super heavy, chuggy vegan hardcore. I've always compared them to bands like Canon and Birthright or if Chokehold was from California and had decent recordings (ha). They released the Screams of Reason 7" in 1997 on Words Of War Records, then followed up with a demo titled "Straight Outta Chula Vista" in 1998. They were supposed to release an LP on Warpath Records, but sadly that was...

The Dead Unknown / Backside Disaster - 4/1/00

April 1st, 2000 served as the first show for my old band, The Dead Unknown, and the final show for Backside Disaster.  Now that I finally have myself setup for transferring VHS tapes, here are full sets of both bands from that night. &...

Band Spotlight: Antpile (90s Influenced Post-Hardcore)

While this blog is all about reminiscing about bands of the 1990s, I'd like to use this section to shed some light on a current band who draws heavy influence from bands of that time. Antpile is a post-hardcore/screamo band from north Georgia, combining elements from bands like On the Might of Princes, Portraits of Past, and Texas is the Reason. They began in the spring of 2010 as a three piece with Brian McGhee on bass/vocals, Ben Jordan on guitar/vocals,...