It was bout time to punk this blog up a bit more. Small countries like Holland and Sweden keep me amazed with so many excelency in hardcore punk music. This time i'd like to "offer" 2 releases who are nothing but amazing, in one hand we have the dutch Sick Mormons, for those who appreacite 80's punk LA style in the vein of TSOL and Adolescents. In the other side, with a more aggressive approach 80's hc revival like Black Flag and Poison Idea, the split between 2 deutsch bands: Press Gang and Sniffing Glue.
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Through Lord Ezec's motivation SKAM DUST (of Skarhead) started his own project, featuring D.M.S. members Freddy Crucien, Puerto Rican Myke, Lu Subzero, Ceekay Jones among other collabs like Earth Crisis and Olde York singers, they bring true thug-core straight from the Rotten Apple. This album compiles 16 tracks taken from Skam Dust EP "Son of Skarhead", Son of Skam's "Sing Of The Times" and a few brand new releases, including the off-the-chains track that entitled this release - Corona Drug Bust.
Skam Dust himself once said "My lyrics tell the stories of my youth, recalling a time when the police and the public were in a state of panic. A time when the 44 Killer, otherwise known as the Son Of Sam, was on the loose and filling the city with terror. Meanwhile, NYC was undergoing a city-wide blackout. My lyrics speak about the excitement that filled the city after the NY Yankees won the World Series and Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in one game. And they speak about the days when graffiti was on every subway train and hip-hop was making noise. My lyrics reminisce about the days spent riding shotgun with my dad, who seemed to work incessantly as a NYC cabbie"
Musically they sound something between Body Count and Biohazard. Evil Dick is on the loose once again!
Hardcore alemão rápido, digno de uma 625 Thrash, membros das bandas Toxic Revolution, Short Fuse e Nervous Breakdown. Em seu segundo registro, eles tocam 12 músicas em 12 minutos! Cuidado ao ouvirem a faixa 8 pra não explodirem nas calças.
THE MOB dates back to 1980, therefore they belong to the first wave of US hardcore! 1986's We Come To Crush is their one and only full-length and follows the sound of their peers in Bad Brains and Murphy's Law. I ended up getting both the LP and the CD version out by Another Planet Records.
I find this LP very entertaining, crazy lyrics with funky jams, but the majority prefer their first 2 EP's with a more raw hardcore sound like Urban Waste.
In 1998 they've put out a live session CD that took place in 1987 during a radio show, some tracks in this album were unreleased so it makes this more worth checking out despite the quality, 19 tracks in total plus one reggae dub to boot!
"Old School Gems #5 - Dutch's Uppercut are also remarkable (not the be mistaken with NY's Uppercut), formed in 1995 they play some frenzy fast old school hardcore revival at its best. They released 3 albums and 1 EP or so, wich I will upload them one day as well, unfortunaly they called it quits last year. Interesting choice for this album's name by the way, in portuguese, meaning "the struggle continues" didnt figure out why though."
Debut release on Nemesis Records by these cali crossover maniacs (ex-Point Blank), the best one in my opinion. Later re-released in 1995 by everyone's favorite Lost & found Records (they inverted the artwork, the front print to back)
Good x News Records was a very promising label, they had records from Risky Business, Keep It Up, Team Effort, Stop At Nothing, Fortunate Son and PROVEN, a canadian super duper youth crew group.
This was their only recorded material, split 7" with KEEP IT UP. Later they formed the more well-known punk group VICIOUS x CYCLE.
Tracklist: 1. Face It 2. My choice 3. Pick up your jaw 4. Always a friend for life [WARZONE]
Old School Gems Series #3 - Here we have another great obscure release by one the best north amercian bands of the old school hardcore revival in the late 90's.
This 7" came along with the Tension Building Zine issue 4 around 1997 limited to a hundred few. The highlight is the HANDS TIED exclusive track to this compilation - Lost Ground! Great song that shouldnt be left out from their EP.
