Blogged and Quartered is back with another great hardcore discography. Release was a late '80s straight edge hardcore band from New Jersey. Their members went on to form such influential hardcore bands as Resurrection, Floorpunch, and 108. This is a collection of everything the band released between 1988-1991 including their demo, The Pain Inside 7", their split with Courage, The No Longer 1988-1990 7", and an unreleased live track. You can download it here.
Here are some photos of my band, Strife, at the the Extreme Hardcore Fest in Paris last weekend. We played with Agnostic Front, Skarhead, and about 10 other bands. If you can read French you can check out an article about the festival here along with some more photos.
I'm heading out to France in a few weeks to play the Paris Extreme Hardcore Fest with my band, Strife. This three day festival includes performances from The Exploited, Discharge, Agnostic Front, Arch Enemy, Entombed, and more... Check out this little commercial from MTV Europe!
Blogged & Quartered put together this two volume Infest discography.110 tracks taken from a dozen recordings that are nicely cleaned up for your listening pleasure. Infest were one of the hardest bands to ever come out of California and appealed to all types of music fans including hardcore, metal, crust,and punk kids. Infest pioneered an entire genre of aggressive hardcore later coined "powerviolence" by Eric Wood of Neanderthal/Man is the Bastard. You can download both volumes here.
Blogged And Quartered comes through with a collection of songs from NYHC greats, Straight Ahead. Straight Ahead featured Craig Setari and Armand Majidi who both currently play in Sick of it All, but were also in a ton of bands including Youth of Today, Rest in Pieces, Agnostic Front, and more. This collection includes their demo, their 12 inch, as well as some live tracks and a WNYU interview. You can download it here.
More than A Witness unearthed a hardcore gem dating back to June of '85... A live soundboard recording of heavyweights BL'AST live in Sun Valley. BL'AST hailed from Santa Cruz, and featured a unique mix of hardcore and metal that was often compared to Black Flag. Check the tracklist below, and download the live recording here.
1. Our Explanation 2. I Don't Need It 3. Break It Down 4. E.I.B. 5. Fuckin' With My Head 6. School's Out (Alice Cooper) 7. Surf and Destroy 8. The Future 9. It's Alive 10. 12XU (Wire)
Here is some more coverage from our Burning Fight event. Thanks to everyone that came out, and thanks to all the websites that posted the flyer or photos from the event. I will be posting some more detailed images of some of the items on display within the next few days.
Thanks again to everyone that came out to the Burning Fight book release at Tradition... The turnout was great, and it was cool to see so many old faces and friends in one place. We have a few copies of the book for sale at the shop as well as a few copies of the limited edition 'Zine and t-shirt. Thanks again to Brian Peterson and Revelation Records for making this happen. The artshow will remain on display throughout the month, so stop by if you get a chance! I will be posting detailed photos of select pieces over the next few days. Check out the photos below, and click on the images to enlarge.
Life. Love. Regret. Eric (R.I.P.) from Unbroken's guitar
Brian Peterson talks 90's hardcore
Mike Hartsfield (Outspoken/New Age) and his bloody mess of a guitar
DJ Gordy Gord and Nate
Brian Peterson and Jordan Cooper (Revelation Records)
Stagedive Stacey
Sean Bonner - former Victory records employee gone postal
One Life Drug Free
Strife Crew "My Fire Burns On"
Colin (Even Score) and Tru Pray (Malfunction Records)
Pete Riley (Mouthpiece) & Hartsfield
Burning Fight X Tradition X Eyeone limited Zine
Andrew (Strife) and Brian Peterson
"Hang Out Times!!!" Me & evan (Ice)
OC Garb X Edge
Dan Rawe (Foundation) and his photos
Inside Out original layout (one of the most influential records of the '90s)
"We have killed.. and Shall be JUGDED" - Original Burn layout
Our Burning Fight book release and artshow is this Saturday, October 10th. This event will feature a Q&A with the author, Brian Peterson, along with Mike Hartsfield (Outspoken), Dave McClure (Downcast), Ryan Downey (Burn It Down), Vique Martin (Simba Fanzine), and more. There will be an artshow featuring a collection of photos, flyers. T-shirts, and more. I have been going through boxes and boxes of photos, flyers, posters, and T-shirts, and there is going to be a bunch of cool stuff on display. Thanks to all the sites that posted info about the event... See you there!
Here's the brand new episode of "Get In The Van" an original series that I helped film and produce featuring the hardcore band Terror. Get in the Van is an original series presented by Vimby that tracks one week on tour with some of the biggest hardcore bands in the country.In case you missed them, here are the links to episode 1 and episode 2.
LOS ANGELES - Terror heads to a show in Santa Cruz where they shut the place down, only to make the long haul back to LA that same night.
Tradition and Revelation Records are proud to present the book release party for Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound . Nineties hardcore sparked profound change and debate across musical, social, spiritual, and political landscapes, andBurning Fight draws upon the memories of many who played influential roles in the scene and understand what made this era of hardcore so unique. This event will feature a Q&A with the author, Brian Peterson, along with Mike Hartsfield (Outspoken), Dave McClure (Downcast), Ryan Downey (Burn It Down), Vique Martin (Simba Fanzine), and more. There will be an artshow featuring a collection of photos, flyers. T-shirts, and more as well as guest DJ's spinning 90's hardcore all night. There will also be a limited edition Burning Fight X Tradition X Revelation Records T-shirt release as well as a very limited 'Zine put together by Eyeone, Brian Peterson, and myself which will features unreleased excerpts from the book! It all goes down at Tradition on October 10th! Some of the flyers and photos have already started rolling in, and it looks great so far!
Blogged & Quartered is back with another collection of unreleased and hard to find tracks from another NYHC great, Supertouch. Supertouch started in 1985 out of the ashes of New York hardcore band Death Before Dishonor, which featured a young Mike Judge on drums. Supertouch made their mark with their song "Searching For The Light" on the NYHC compliation The Way It Is as well as their album The Earth Is Flat. Supertouch was a more groove oriented band, bridging the gap between hardcore and indie rock. You can download the collection here.
Tradition and Revelation Records are proud to present the book release party for Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound . Nineties hardcore sparked profound change and debate across musical, social, spiritual, and political landscapes, andBurning Fight draws upon the memories of many who played influential roles in the scene and understand what made this era of hardcore so unique. This event will feature a Q&A with the author, Brian Peterson, along with Mike Hartsfield (Outspoken), Dave McClure (Downcast), Ryan Downey (Burn It Down), Vique Martin (Simba Fanzine), and more. There will be an artshow featuring a collection of photos, flyers. T-shirts, and more as well as guest DJ's spinning 90's hardcore all night. There will also be a limited edition Burning Fight X Tradition X Revelation Records T-shirt release! It all goes down at Tradition on October 10th!
Check out the trailer for a brand new original series on Vimby called "Get In The Van," created and Executive Produced by me! Get In The Van is an all access look into the real life of a touring hardcore band. Look for the first episode to premier this week featuring one of my personal favorites, Terror.
Cleveland has had it's fair share of hardcore bands over the years, but my two favorites have to be Integrity and Ringworm. Ringworm hit the scene with their 1991 demo (which is my favorite recording of theirs) and along with Integrity, changed the face of hardcore. Thanks to Blogged and Quartered, we bring you a collection of demos, split eps (all out of print), cover songs, live tracks, alternate mixes of some tracks from their first full length, and the only known Force of Habit track recorded in 1990. 27 tracks spanning 1990-2003. You can download it here.
The set times for this Saturday's Liskfest have been announced. Liskfest features a ton of bands including Cro Mags, Insted, H20, Ignite, Strife, Alpha and Omega, As I Lay Dying, and many more. Click on the image to enlarge.
DOWNLOAD: TURNING POINT DEMOS & LIVE ON WNYU 1988-1991
Once again, Blogged and Quartered is on it, releasing another great selection of unreleased tracks and rarities from another one of my favorite hardcore bands. This time Turning Point gets the treatment, with their 1988 Demo and a live recording from 1991 on WNYU. Turning Point were possibly the best Straight Edge band to ever come from New Jersey... Although short lived, Turning Point made their mark with their original song structures and musicianship. Do your best to find their album, It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn... It's one of my favorite hardcore albums ever released! There is a link to download the recordings and more information here.
The demo was recorded July-August of 1988 at Bill Cribbin Studios in NJ. This is by far my favorite Turning Point recordings. Many of these songs were later re-recorded for the band's first s/t 7" on Hi-Impact Records released December of '88. Great record, but i'll take the demos any day. Eight of these ten tracks were released on the Turning Point discography released on Jade Tree Records in 2000, which i highly recommend purchasing.
The live set was recorded on WNYU's Crucial Chaos show on February 7, 1991. Fourteen tracks, spanning the band's output from '88-'91, including a few unreleased tracks. I cleaned up this set as best as possible, fixing any sound problems, removing tape hiss, boosting the sound, and editing the tracks to make it sound as "professional" as i could. I think it came out excellent. The band played an incredible set which deserves to be heard this way. I prefer many of these versions to the official releases, especially the LP tracks, as the raw production and added energy put these recordings over the top. Classic stuff, check it out.
