CRAZY EDDIE - Urban Styles

Location: NYC

Release: Wardance, 2018
Artwork: Orlando Arce

Freddy Alva's incredible book is about to hit the shelves for a second time, enhanced with extra pages and an exclusive flexi-disc featuring the Urban Styles Theme song by CRAZY EDDIE!

Krylon and Doc Martens, URBAN STYLES
Sick hands and heavy chords, URBAN STYLES

Frontline, Adam 12, paved the way
Absolution, Outburst, pushed along the way
Madball and Crown Of Thorz, rep it til today

Subculture waves remain, UNITED & STRONG
Doc Marten Stomp, URBAN STYLES
The Mob Rules, URBAN STYLES 



Those dudes put out a classic of an album earlier this year "Eddie Drops Out Of College", the first record since its inception in 2016, old school hardcore true to the roots. If you checked them already on Urban Styles Mix Tape you know what Im talking about, legit stuff! During the 90's they were busy busting out jams in Fahrenheit 451, District 9, Downlow, Without A Cause and more recently in Abject!. All pieces of the NYHC and DMS history.   

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[Eddie drops out of college LP]




As a x-mas bonus I'm leaving a link for those aforementioned bands first recordings (demos, etc..), enjoy:

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Urban Styles Mix Tape - Compilation

Location: New York

Release: Wardance Records, 2017
Artwork: STAK TFP

Exactly 1 year ago the sold-out DiWulf's book "Urban Styles: Graffiti in New York Hardcore" was released along with this limited 25-track compilation on tape format. Now it's getting a revamped 2nd edition already on pre-order.

This compilation features bands whose members are/were part of the NY graffiti scene, a few of the tracks are unreleased like the ones by Crazy Eddie (one of the comp's highlights).

SIDE A

Frontline: Formed in 1981 and featured HYPE, ME 62, RATE 5, RAGE, and NOAH. Members would later go on to the Cro-Mags, Bad Brains, The Icemen, and others. RATE 5 and ME 62 formed Stimulated Dummies and went on to produce golden era hip-hop classics in the '90s.

Adam 12: Early '80s NYHC band that featured REVS, FRIPP, and ENO. REVS went on to release a solo LP in the '90s, as well as playing in God Squad, all the while becoming one of the more notorious graffiti writers NYC has ever seen.

Terminal Confusion: Formed out of the ashes of STD (Skinheads Til Death). Terminal Confusion released their first demo in 1986 and featured VOYER, NIM, MAR, BUNK; all writers affiliated with northern Queens crew TMR (The Mob Rules). Members would go on to Unholy Alliance, Second 2 None, and Seizure Crypt.

Loud and Boisterous: Brooklyn band formed in 1985 featuring MANOR and SATYR. MANOR would go on to play in Warzone, Project X, and Gorilla Biscuits.

SIDE B

DIE 116: Named after an alternate tagging name by legendary writers SANE SMITH, featuring NATZ and CREEP. NATZ had played in NY Hoods, Side By Side, Absolution, and went on to Burn, Pry, and Big Collapse in the '90s.

Second 2 None: Another TMR crew related band featuring BUNK, ZZ, ACID, and TRETAL. BUNK published two of the earliest NYHC fanzines that included graffiti: The Village Noize and Yes Zista zines.

Crazy Eddie: A new band featuring Chucky Brown (CB) with members of past NYHC outfits Fahrenheit 451, Abject!, Downlow, Dominican Day Parade, and others.

Scoundrel: Featuring Brooklyn writer HESA from all-city crew STAFF (Satanic Teens Attacking for Fame). HESA has played in various underground outfits throughout the past three decades and continues to churn out uncompromising sounds.

Last Cause: Featuring NOW, WOES, and YOURS 174. NOW played in Fit of Anger in the late '80s and went on to Everybody Gets Hurt. WOES played in Taste of Fear and continues to perform under the Woe Is Me name. YOURS 174 is a toy from Jackson Heights, Queens.

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Also the 89's infamous NEW BREED Tape Compilation, which was published originally by Urban Styles Records, has a documentary being screened on selected theaters since 2016, still not available in any other way. Wardance records is taking care of its memorabilia sales.