"THE RISE OF VEGAN STRAIGHT EDGE & EARTH CRISIS" / Excellent Documentary!

EARTH CRISIS "Firestorm" was monumental when it came out! There's no denying that. This dude did a good job with the documentary here. Get into it!

 

HIT LIST "No Chance in Hell" 7" Record--

I guess this is one of those newer South Florida hardcore bands that have been popping up recently.  I'm not super keen on the vocals, but overall this is a great effort!!  xHIT LISTx

https://youtu.be/xPyYqqwlPc0

Culture "Oath" [Vegan Straightedge Hardcore from the 1990's]

Probably my favorite CULTURE song ever!!

Video: SAVES THE DAY "Holly Hox Forget Me Nots"

WOW! Can't believe it's been fifteen years since "Through Being Cool" came out! SAVES THE DAY were so good back then. I saw them with KID DYNAMITE in Detroit, MI. Fun times.

EARTH CRISIS "To Ashes" (I'd Call it "Firestorm II" --Let Every Meth-lab BURN!)

Great video, great story. Watch it all the way through. Read the headlines. Figure it out. Get into it. Ask yourself, "What would YOU do?!"

 

INTEGRITY "Always Is Always Forever" DVD // Pure Genius--

I have ALWAYS been a huuuge fan of INTEGRITY! I believe it was 1991 or '92 when I first heard their album, "For Those Who Fear Tomorrow" released by Overkill Records, I think, a decidedly heavy metal label. Far from the DIY, small, vegan & straightedge labels that were really just beginning to flourish at this time. Heck, even Victory Records only had a handful--less than a dozen--releases at this point. (more later....stopping mid thought as usual. Have some things to attend to at the moment...)

BUS PASS "Demo 2005" I Love This!! // RISKY BUSINESS, DRUG X TEST

Pulled this demo tape out of my boxes at my mama's house & I have been jamming it regularly in the car's tape deck!! Haha, yes, the car is THAT old! This demo still rocks! And I'm pretty sure these kids were Canadian! (I say "were" because I know they've long since broken up.) Along with DRUG X TEST & RISKY BUSINESS, they've stood the test of time. Get into it f00ls!!

 

New Books Received & Many More on the Way a.k.a. "Why I'm Always Broke"--

Got a shit ton of new reading material to keep me busy! Almost finished with "The Celestine Prophecy" & still balls-deep in "Ishmael." Plus, trying to navigate my way around two dozen other books that I continually revisit. 

Hardcore: Love It Or Leave It--

Great quote here.  Stolen from the Radio Silence site--

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In the late 1960s, two bands hailing from Michigan laid the groundwork for punk. The Motor City Five and The Stooges aren’t the center ring on punk’s tree, but they stand as the most recognizable starting point. Both bands’ revved-up version of the blues garnered attention, major label deals, and devout fans, but the landscape wasn’t yet ripe for a revolution. Ultimately, a shitload of heroin and the typical cast of clueless suits caused both bands to end prematurely.

And while wearing swastikas for shock value, disrespecting the Royal Family, and displaying a disdain for anything considered “normal” was punk’s calling card, its roots remained firmly in the streets of New York, the art scene of Los Angeles, and London fashion; places totally foreign to kids in suburban America. As romantic as it was to be a starving artist living like shit in New York City most kids just fucking hated their parents and liked to light fires in the woods.

As punk migrated to the suburbs the sound and attitude changed. Something snapped in American culture; kids who loved the speed and fuck you attitude of punk took hold of its spirit, got rid of the “live fast, die young” bullshit and made a revision: hardcore. It wasn’t a direct fuck you to punk’s aesthetic and sound, hardcore was moving too fast to give a shit. With an actor elected as President and a defense initiative named after Star Wars, the decade was as dire as it was absurd. Cocaine was huge, AIDS surfaced as global epidemic, and the suburbs were really fucking boring. Hardcore’s direct and naïve stood out as the most honest commentary put to music at the time.

- Anthony Pappalardo, Instinct and Attitude: The Art of Necessity

TERROR "Never Alone" Lyrics...

I still think TERROR are  one of the best bands in the hardcore scene....if there IS such a thing as a scene anymore.  Scott Vogel, singer of TERROR, is a dude who's my age (early 40's) & has been playing in hardcore bands since 1990 or so.  I know he played drums in FADEAWAY, then sang for SLUGFEST, DESPAIR, BURIED ALIVE, & presently TERROR for the past 12+ years.  He is one of the nicest, coolest, and most sincere people I've ever met!  I've seen most of his bands, dozens of times.  He really loves hardcore, probably as much as I do.  And to that end he's done a shit-ton of work, all in the name of hardcorepunk!  This song, "Never Alone" is on the album, "The Damned, The Shame" which came out in 2008 or so.  Solid album start to finish!  Keep on keepin' on...m//r

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Never alone!!!You've got to know...You're never alone!
So lost in these days, when there's nothing to believe.I couldn't see, couldn't breathI turned my back on everything.All my will, all my drive, put you to the test.When all that you love, all that you know is pushing you to your death.When you're down reach for me,With all you strength and I won't let go.It's you and me against this world.You've got to know that you're never alone!Never alone!You've got to know.....
You're never alone!In troubled times, I'll see you through.I feel the strains, the same pain that you do.When you're down reach for meWith all your strength and I won't let go.It's you and me against this world!You've got to know you & I are never alone.You've got to know!
Never alone!You've got to know!Never alone!

EMBASSY self-titled LP (More Excellent 90's Hardcore!)

Like the DOWNCAST records I also posted, this is 90's emotional hardcore (aka "emo") at it's finest! So much was great about that era of music & camaraderie in punk. I can't even adequately explain it most of the time. It's just a feeling that I'll always have with me. Now THAT sounds emo! m//r

DOWNCAST 7" & LP Records In Full Here-- (Great 90's hardcore!)

Well well well...I hadn't really listened to this 7" record in about 12+ years or so, but I played it yesterday, along with DOWNCAST's self-titled album.  The music is on my hard drive, and it's labelled as the "original mix."  So I guess it was re-mixed (and maybe remastered?) and re-released.  I don't know for sure, but there was probably a situation where the whole band thought the original mix "can suck it" so they reinterpreted the record for future pressings.  This is what JUDGE did, eh?  The Chung King produced album mix wasn't up to speed--well either the mix or simply a shitty recording.  So JUDGE went ahead & re-recorded the album & thus "Bringing It Down" was born!  And Revelation Records pressed up 100 copies of the og mix, making it a collectors item!  Someone told me recently that a "Chung King Can Suck It" album went for $3,500 on Ebay!!! Holy shitzzle!  
But this post is about DOWNCAST  not JUDGE.  This raw-as-fuck recording is bloody powerful!!!  I'm digging it & feel the emotion seething through.  Good, good stuff!  Early 90's emotional-political-hardcore at it's finest! m//r






P.S. I'm sure you can find a download link somewhere. I did.

" Arkangel " Animal Liberation Fanzine available for download

 I found this neat little site that has many old fanzines available for download,
including "Arkangel."  This is cool because I just recently dug out an old issue
of this fantastic militant animal liberation fanzine/magazine from my storage
unit in the basement of my mother's apartment.  Surfing around the web, looking
for Pro-Life vegan websites (I simply cannot understand how one can be vegan
but NOT be anti-abortion?!?  WTF?!?  How does that work?
Anyhow, happy to learn that there are a significant number of Pro-Life & anti
abortion vegans out there, and they are VERY vocal about it!  OK, in the spirit
of full disclosure, I will say that I am NOT vegan anymore.  And I haven't been
for a long, long time.  I was vegan in the mid 90's but stopped for a couple of years
due to circumstances out of my control.  In 1998 I went vegan again, and sold out
in 2007 or so.  It is something that was very important to me at one time though
it no longer is the most important thing to me.  I am VERY anti-abortion though.
And I know that one day soon I will have an easier time with life & thus I will
be able to follow a vegan lifestyle at that time.
Check out this site and download some 'zines!!!


"Arkangel Animal Liberation Fanzine" (link)
(Edit Aug 10, 2013 --this link seems to be dead.  I will try to find another source for this great fanzine.)

SET ADRIFT "Fifth Season" New Music From a 90's Influenced Hardcore Band--

Interesting YouTube Channel for you to waste time on--

Interesting YouTube channel here--

Check out this YouTube channel! (link)

And here's the link to the website (link)

TEARS OF GAIA "Deforestation" (CULTURE cover song) VeganXstraightedge Hardcore

TEARS OF GAIA is a new school veganstraightedge band, probably on Catalyst Records. I'm not too familiar with them, but this is a popular CULTURE song. They do a very competent job with it, therefore I posted it up here. Check it out & check out the original! Vegan Justice!

RAINDANCE " Heaven Knows No Hollow Road " Cool Video--

FALLING FORWARD "Character" // 90's Emo Hardcore Band From Louisville, KY USA

RVIVR " Derailer "

The west side the bad part of town

It's a cheap place to live so the white punks move in

Projects are one block away

People's eyes sometimes they seem to say

Get out get out you don't belong here

Get out get out its your fault that the condos are just one block away

The thing is they're right I don't know what to say

We all need a space to be even if its only temporary

Cause we don't think yeah we don't think bout anyone but ourselves

Josh was eleven years old when he came to the shop

He didn't really wanna learn his moods would change just like night and day

Learned to fix a flat and I liked him anyway

Get out get out

Get out get out

You gotta shout when no one is listening

We kicked him out and I never saw him again

We all need a space to be even if its only temporary

Cause we don't think yeah we don't think bout anyone but ourselves

Always talking bout community but like to forget about the family down the street

Cause we don't think yeah we don't think bout anyone but ourselves

INTO ANOTHER " Running Into Walls " Audio Only, No Video--

My favorite INTO ANOTHER song! From their classic "Ignaurus" album. I think it was their third album. they broke up several years ago, after hoping on a major label, like a lot of hardcore & punk bands do. Didn't work out too well for them. They recently started playing shows again, and let's hope they release some new music! ♥ m//r