tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67208196660681837142024-03-12T19:24:25.161-07:00Some Dudes Tell StoriesJavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05210774236317928156noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-76259092490876289192010-02-12T17:52:00.001-08:002010-02-12T17:52:54.778-08:00GEHENNA interview<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/SDJIsggO7bI/AAAAAAAAAFU/sYMwO3Y_7do/s1600-h/Blood+Book+4.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/SDJIsggO7bI/AAAAAAAAAFU/sYMwO3Y_7do/s200/Blood+Book+4.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202300449042918834" /></a><br />Gehenna's Mike Rhoades was interviewed for Blood Book Issue #4 (Winter 1995/1996) - a 'zine done by Dwid (Integrity). This issue was limited to 666 and included a 7" version of the Ringworm demo.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: What does "Gehenna" mean?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: A lake of fire, in a part of hell which is pretty much on earth right now.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: What releases do you guys have out?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: We have a demo and a split 7" with Apt. 213.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: Do you have aspirations for an upcoming full length record?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: It's all up in the air right now. We may do something on our own or maybe something with Earache.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: Earache?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: Yeah. We have been talking to this guy who works for them. He used to be in Heresy! He's totally cool. I hope everything works out. They put out a ton of awesome stuff. Entombed "Left Hand Path"... you know?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: So, what are your feelings on the fallen hardcore movement at present?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: It's pretty pitiful. There's just a bunch of fucked up kids. Followers. There's too many cliques. And whatever is thought to be "cool" in the city you're in, well then that's what you're supposed to be into. And if you don't fit into the trendy style that they like, then you get ostracized. We're not even recognized as a band from our old home town. We were outlawed in San Diego. That's one of the reasons we move around so much.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: Yeah, we saw a flyer for your band with pictures of you and Mike Cheese on it, saying that you were banned from the scene! How fucking ridiculous. Who did that stupid shit and why?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: A bunch of kids that look like Spock from Star Trek did it. They all have that stupid haircut like him. They're supposed to be like all the "cool" kids that everyone wants to be tight with, and we know that these kids are full of shit so they all hate us, they made flyers with our pictures on them stating that we were "kicked out of the scene". They were like wanted posters.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: Judging from your live performances and your approach to this interview, have any of you ever been institutionalized?<br />Mike: Not recently. Maybe once a long time ago in the bowels of a worm.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: Let's try something easy. What are some of your favorite bands?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: Voivod, G.I.S.M., Integrity, Mobb Deep, Wu Tang.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: I know you are into collecting records, and you are the only guy I know that has at least a dozen Project X e.p.'s, but what records are you looking for?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: Snukythe<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: What are your religious affiliations?<br />Mike: I'm not sure I believe in anything.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: You seem rather calm today. Is there something wrong?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: I'd like to do a split 7" with a river. (??!!!)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: How do you feel about the newly formed Holy Terror movement?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: It's good that you turn your back on all that candy ass hardcore stuff. Now there will finally be a genre where we "fit in".<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: Didn't your old room-mate shoot your girlfriend in the head with an AK-47?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: Yeah, he did. The dumb ass was f**king around with it and didn't know it was loaded. She was just sitting on the floor and he shot her in the neck. She didn't die though, she bled all over the place.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: Have you guys been touring?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: We did a small tour with Integrity last summer, and this summer we're going to tour across the country with this band called Fall Silent from Reno.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BB</span>: Final words?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mike</span>: Gehenna killer bees are swarming.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/SDJz7AgO7cI/AAAAAAAAAFc/j4-Vvc8bqtU/s1600-h/Gehenna+Pickle+Patch.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/SDJz7AgO7cI/AAAAAAAAAFc/j4-Vvc8bqtU/s200/Gehenna+Pickle+Patch.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202347977151016386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/SDJ0GwgO7dI/AAAAAAAAAFk/oJxCP9Ay8-8/s1600-h/Winter+Noise+Festival.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/SDJ0GwgO7dI/AAAAAAAAAFk/oJxCP9Ay8-8/s200/Winter+Noise+Festival.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202348179014479314" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-79260047264006302902010-02-12T17:49:00.000-08:002010-02-12T17:55:06.352-08:00WORKSHED RECORDSWorkshed Records existed from 1988 into the early 90's. It was run by Dan O'Mahoney (No For An Answer, 411, God Forgot, Carry Nation, Speak 714). Here's a somewhat accurate Workshed Discography:<br /><br />Hard Stance - Face Reality 7" (WSR #1, 1988)<br />1st Press - Blue Vinyl (1000)<br />2nd Press - Red Vinyl (1000)<br />3rd Press - Green Vinyl (1000)<br />4th Press - Black Vinyl (1000)<br />5th Press - Clear Vinyl (1000)<br /><br />Headfirst - Back In Control 7" (WSR #2, 1989)<br />Clear<br />Purple<br />Black<br /><br />Carry Nation - Face The Nation 7" (WSR #3, 1989)<br />Clear<br />Black<br /><br />Shocking Truth - Acquaintance 7" (WSR #4)<br />Yellow<br />Black<br /><br />Voicebox - Silence Lies 7" (WSR #5, 1990)<br />Blue<br />Black<br /><br />Headfirst - The Enemy LP/CD (WSR #6, 1991)<br />White<br />Black<br /><br />411 - This Isn't Me LP (WSR #7, 1991)<br />Maroon<br />Black<br /><br />Mission Impossible - s/t 7" (WSR #8)<br />Purple<br />Black<br /><br />Blackspot - Check Out The Helmet 7" (WSR #8)<br />Pink - 1<br />Green - 1<br />Purple - 2<br />Orange - 50-100 (?)<br />Clear - 300 (?)<br />Black<br /><br />Triggerman - Dead Like Me LP/CD (WSR #9, 1992)<br />Black<br /><br />Note: Blackspot 7" and Mission Impossible 7" are <span style="font-style: italic;">both </span>Workshed Records #8. I've been told this was due to an argument over whose record would come out first, thus the label listed them both as #8.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-32088834867682824712010-02-12T17:46:00.000-08:002010-02-12T17:48:49.903-08:00GEHENNA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R0lSpr8GfJI/AAAAAAAAAAk/cmDT7jrax20/s1600-h/Chase.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136727726115683474" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R0lSpr8GfJI/AAAAAAAAAAk/cmDT7jrax20/s320/Chase.jpg" border="0" /></a>11.11.07 / Que Sera (Long Beach, CA) / Pic: OldHCdude.com.<br /><br />Gehenna Discography (leave a comment with more / different info):<br /><br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Demo</span> [Revolutionary Power Tools #1]<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Split 7" with Apartment 213</span> [Area 51 #3]<br />--- Photocopied Cover w/ 7-headed serpent on back<br />--- Manilla Envelope Sleeve w/ Silkscreened Acetate front<br />--- * Blue Ink on Insert<br />--- * Red Ink on Insert<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Birth of Vengeance 7"</span> [Revolutionary Power Tools #6]<br />---Red Cover w/ vellum lyric sheet<br />---Serpent Cover<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">War of the Sons of Light and the Suns of Darkness CD</span><br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Live Split LP with Catharsis</span> [Wicked Witch #15]<br />---Black Vinyl<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Negotium Perambulans In Tenebris LP</span> [Crawlspace #3]<br />---Black Vinyl<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Upon The Gravehill LP</span> [King of the Monsters #17]<br />---Black Vinyl<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">V/A In Our Time LP</span> [CrimethInc]<br />---White Marble Vinyl<br />---Red Marble Vinyl<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lands of Sodom 7" </span><span>[Hit The Deck]<br /></span>--- Limited Cover (# / 25)<div>--- Regular Cover<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">War of the Sons of Light and the Suns of Darkness LP<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span><br /></span>--- Orange Vinyl<br />--- Green Vinyl<br /><br />"Birth of Vengeance" Test Pressing:<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/SFW3aR_Jb1I/AAAAAAAAAF0/m3Ui7N7ejoE/s1600-h/Gehenna+Test.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/SFW3aR_Jb1I/AAAAAAAAAF0/m3Ui7N7ejoE/s200/Gehenna+Test.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212273805883961170" /></a><br />"Birth of Vengeance" Limited Cover:<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/SFW3wWKJkWI/AAAAAAAAAF8/NEnpcKDuKhw/s1600-h/Gehenna+Birth+LTD.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/SFW3wWKJkWI/AAAAAAAAAF8/NEnpcKDuKhw/s200/Gehenna+Birth+LTD.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212274184960971106" /></a><br />Finn McKenty did an interview with Mike Cheese around 1995. I copied it from his blog (http://lightheavyweight.blogspot.com):<br /><br />I interviewed Mike Cheese from Gehenna. He wasn’t very nice, but since I went to the trouble of writing him I guess I might as well print this anyway... I don’t think it turned out very well, but interviews aren’t very interesting to begin with so whatever. <p style="margin: 0in; font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">What’s up in San Diego? It seems like the stereotype is that they’re all screamo Gravity type bands...</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">It’s really hard to say cause we all live in different parts of the West. One in San Diego, two in Orange County, and 2 in Reno, Nevada. As far as the “scene” in general everywhere in the US sucks shit pretty much. And Southern California is no different. Stupid ass people and crumby ass motherfucking chump bands everywhere you look. Fashion rules while any real threat takes a back seat. Hardcore is shit!</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">How would you say the band has changed since it started? The demo is pretty straightforward HC, while the split w/ Apt. 213 is more grindy. </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Gehenna is a band with a sort of “revolving door” line up. Members come and go, each adding or subtracting a bit of an influence or another. But it seems to always move to a more extreme form of music every time.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">How many people in the band write? (I meant write graffiti...) </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">None of us are illiterate. But when it comes to writing letters to friends or what not, you’d think so!</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">What records do you still have available?</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">I couldn’t help ya there. Sorry.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">I heard you got in a fight or something in San Francisco when you played with Spazz and Fall Silent. What’s up with that? </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">I got Terrets Syndrom (sic) and sometimes shit just goes wrong and I’ll freak the fuck out and just start doing wild shit. I don’t remember exactly but you can ask the nerd who does Monkydickbite zine. He was at our show to pretend he was punk but went outside to *** off and suck some cock to get an interview or scene points for his *** ass zine. Or maybe ask the vegan Monster Crew ***, who thought he was tough and wound up layed on his sissy vegan ass. I don’t fuckin’ know though.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">What bands / records / people are you into right now? </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">We like a ton of stuff here’s the rundown: Bands: GG Allin, The Motherfucking Titty Suckers, Avalanche Master, Fall Silent, Unruh, Apeshit, DEA, Schellar, DRI, Chain of Strength, Enewetak, the Chiefs, Catharsis, Sleep, the Police, The whole Rap-A-Lot Records family, Gehenna (us of course!), Herb Alpert and the TJ Brass, and 3 Stoned Men! Records: 7”, 12”, and misdemeanors. Felony’s (sic) are to (sic) hard to shake. People: “The 3-D’s”: Dice, Dangerfield, and el Duce.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">When you hear about people in bands like Nirvana, Pennywise, etc. dying from overdoses, what’s your reaction? </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">I hope our band end’s (sic) up like that. I couldn’t give a flyin’ fuck. Suicide is the only answer anyway’s. (sic) Just do it. Kill everybody.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Anything you want to add / thank / talk shit about? </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">I would like to thank: Everyone who is dead for not bothering me, the inventor of pot and the inventor of fire, the inventor of pot on fire, and all the bad words that make people mad. I would like to talk shit to: Everyone alive for bothering me. I want to add: 420 + 40oz = fucked up’ 420 + 69 = party! Shout outs: “Check me out.” “That’s what men’s do.” “Sometimes I just loose my mind when I play drums.” ‘Blow me.”</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Gehenna / Box 83694 / San Diego, CA 92138-3694</p><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-11497500328739879482010-02-12T17:44:00.000-08:002010-02-12T17:46:03.580-08:00SANGRAALSANGRAAL is Gehenna's black metal/thrash side-project. It features Cheese on bass, Rhoades on guitar/vocals, and Josh on drums. When they played the PCH Club, I took 1 picture and it turned about pretty bad:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R00Bpb8GfNI/AAAAAAAAABE/k0TLksxuQ4Y/s1600-h/Sangraal+at+PCH.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137764561285709010" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R00Bpb8GfNI/AAAAAAAAABE/k0TLksxuQ4Y/s320/Sangraal+at+PCH.bmp" border="0" /></a>Wicked Witch Records released an LP titled "Wolves of Armaggedon" (WWR #16). The regular version comes on black vinyl and features a gatefold sleeve (note the Seven Crowns on decapitated heads in the cover art). I've heard it's limited to 500.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R0z9Jb8GfKI/AAAAAAAAAAs/gkjk21F69ws/s1600-h/Sangraal+Reg+SMALL.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137759613483383970" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R0z9Jb8GfKI/AAAAAAAAAAs/gkjk21F69ws/s400/Sangraal+Reg+SMALL.JPG" border="0" /></a>There's also a limited version on maroon/black swirl vinyl, with different cover art, a pentagram drawn in real (human?) blood on the back, and hand numbered out of 48.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R0z9dr8GfLI/AAAAAAAAAA0/VQ4-wEG4pBk/s1600-h/Sangraal+ALL.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137759961375734962" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R0z9dr8GfLI/AAAAAAAAAA0/VQ4-wEG4pBk/s400/Sangraal+ALL.JPG" border="0" /></a>Shirts were made, but unfortunately, I never ordered one.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HAJ7NKOD"target="_blank">Download the SANGRAAL LP</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-56970018611414006492010-02-12T17:43:00.000-08:002010-02-12T17:44:29.894-08:00FunctionOrange County hardcore in 1992 and 1993 saw the emergence, rapid rise, and sudden demise of Huntington Beach's FUNCTION. A sort of "little brother" band to Blackspot (literally, as Function's Barry Fader was Sean Fader of Blackspot's younger sibling), they quickly garnered a rabid legion of young fans aided in part by some members association with "Kid Crew", a sort of Sloth Crew, Jr. Function, along with Neck Deep, played their last show(s) on December 10, 1993 at Club 8 1/2 in Fullerton, CA (a/k/a Club Apparition / Club 369).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5aZXxrbKkI/AAAAAAAAABM/Y0qv_o2YyE8/s1600-h/Function+Last+Show.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5aZXxrbKkI/AAAAAAAAABM/Y0qv_o2YyE8/s320/Function+Last+Show.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158479056950995522" border="0" /></a>The lineup: Matt Enright (Eleven Thirty-Four / Enswell / Piccolo Petes), Barry Fader (Blackspot / Eleven Thirty Four / Innaway), Chris Cechin, Zack Woods, and Jason Luparello.<br /><br />They recorded 7 songs total. Six of these were released as a demo, a 7", and in a cassette version of the 7". The 7th song was a cover of Embrace's "No More Pain" which appeared on the "Land of Greed, World of Need" compilation (Trustkill / Watermark).<br /><br />The "S/T" 7" is Crisis Records #7. There are Green Vinyl and Black Vinyl versions:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5a8fLvoViI/AAAAAAAAABk/kcvr4bFwQ98/s1600-h/Function+7.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5a8fLvoViI/AAAAAAAAABk/kcvr4bFwQ98/s320/Function+7.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158517667114014242" border="0" /></a><br />After the demise of Function, Matt and Barry formed Eleven Thirty Four, whose song "Step Off The Tracks" was rumored to be an unrecorded Function tune.<br /><br />Flyer for Function / Blackspot Summer 1993 U.S. Tour:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5aachrbKlI/AAAAAAAAABU/4vRDMQoGlhg/s1600-h/Blackspot+Function+93+Tour.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5aachrbKlI/AAAAAAAAABU/4vRDMQoGlhg/s320/Blackspot+Function+93+Tour.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158480238067001938" border="0" /></a>Function Discography (warning: low quality rip): <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2TWI66EN">http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2TWI66EN</a><br /><br />If anyone has a better quality MP3 rip, please let me know.<br /><br />Looking for a Test Pressing of the 7", as well as any shirts, flyers, etc. PDRecords [at] Gmail [dot] com.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-89236235126390261882010-02-12T17:41:00.000-08:002010-02-12T17:43:27.115-08:00BlackspotCleaning up / consolidating blogs. This was posted elsewhere before, but will reside here now:<br /><br />Blackspot existed from 1991 (their first show was Insted's last) until about 1998, and in that time rarely played beyond the borders of Southern California - with the notable exception of a Summer 1993 U.S. tour with Function.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5eFxbvoVjI/AAAAAAAAABs/11FHOTTl_Ic/s1600-h/Blackspot+Alano.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5eFxbvoVjI/AAAAAAAAABs/11FHOTTl_Ic/s320/Blackspot+Alano.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158738982483809842" border="0" /></a>Alano Club / Long Beach, CA / July '94 / Photo: Prime Directive<br /><br />The original lineup featured Greg Brown, Scott Lytle, Chris Lohman (<a href="http://www.myspace.com/obeythedamage">Collateral Damage</a> / John Henry Holiday), and Sean Fader. Barry Fader (<a href="http://primedirectiverecords.blogspot.com/2008/01/function.html">Function</a> / <a href="http://www.myspace.com/1134band">Eleven Thirty Four</a> / <a href="http://www.myspace.com/innaway">Innaway</a>) & Roger Merritt replaced Lohman on guitar in the summer of 1994, but Lohman returned in the end for a 3 (!) guitar attack.<br /><br />My pride and joy:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R0lI178GfGI/AAAAAAAAAAM/V6iJBmq-2x8/s1600-h/BlackspotDiscog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R0lI178GfGI/AAAAAAAAAAM/V6iJBmq-2x8/s320/BlackspotDiscog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136716941452803170" border="0" /></a>Blackspot Discography:<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Demo</span><br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Check Out The Helmet" 7" [Workshed Records #8]</span><br />--- Pink Vinyl (1)<br />--- Green Vinyl (1)<br />--- Purple Vinyl (2)<br />--- Orange Vinyl<br />--- Clear Vinyl<br />--- Black Vinyl<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Banana Split" 7" with Triceratops [Bastille Records #1]</span><br />--- Chinese Symbols Cover (10)<br />--- Live Cover (30)<br />--- Yellow Vinyl (300)<br />--- Black Vinyl (600+)<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">V/A Guilty By Association LP [Indecision Records #5]</span><br />--- Red Vinyl (476)<br />--- Black Vinyl (1260)<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">V/A Bringing It Back 7" [Ammunition Records]</span><br />--- White Vinyl<br /><br />If anyone has more specific pressing information, please let me know. Also, if you've got anything I might want (rare 7" pressings, test pressings, SHIRTS, etc), drop me a line: PDRecords [at] Gmail [dot] com.<br /><br />Blackspot Discography: <span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8H6PQXIQ">http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8H6PQXIQ</a><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5eHFrvoVmI/AAAAAAAAACE/mgcoJoctI-o/s1600-h/qn5q0w.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5eHFrvoVmI/AAAAAAAAACE/mgcoJoctI-o/s200/qn5q0w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158740429887788642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5eHTbvoVnI/AAAAAAAAACM/bZy2RxgfHOU/s1600-h/Come+Join+Friends.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5eHTbvoVnI/AAAAAAAAACM/bZy2RxgfHOU/s200/Come+Join+Friends.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158740666110989938" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5eHfbvoVoI/AAAAAAAAACU/hTDy3gmnWT0/s1600-h/hyroiw5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5eHfbvoVoI/AAAAAAAAACU/hTDy3gmnWT0/s200/hyroiw5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158740872269420162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5eHt7voVpI/AAAAAAAAACc/s_IFzh0NKpU/s1600-h/Integrity+Blackspot+Gehenna.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_dEmKhTyAR8U/R5eHt7voVpI/AAAAAAAAACc/s_IFzh0NKpU/s200/Integrity+Blackspot+Gehenna.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158741121377523346" border="0" /></a><textarea style="width: 320px; height: 5px; display: none;" id="texturl"></textarea> <script type="text/javascript"> var fo = new FlashObject("gui/ar_r.swf", "", "30", "10", 7, "#ffffff"); fo.addParam("wmode", "transparent"); fo.write();</script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-58120308686295445732010-01-21T08:50:00.000-08:002010-01-21T09:12:51.262-08:00into another again<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/S1iKq_6CAkI/AAAAAAAAAVE/HVkxXmsOWNU/s1600-h/3416058795_a01135a018.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/S1iKq_6CAkI/AAAAAAAAAVE/HVkxXmsOWNU/s200/3416058795_a01135a018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429241822109106754" /></a>i love into another. <br /><br />i have a couple of into another 12"s on ebay right now. i dont really care about collection vinyl anymore.<br /><a href="http://myworld.ebay.com/unholybloodlust">my ebay</a><br /><br />we posted a live into another record a few months ago<br />http://bestoftimesoc.blogspot.com/2009/05/into-another-live.html<br />but when i started doing that i was naive to the ways of uploading music for downloading and used rapidshare. here is is again, on mediafire<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?umzyq2uo1td">live at the tune inn, 1994</a><br /><br /><br />and if youve never heard it, i suggest picking up their lost, unfinished masterpiece <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4j2dhnnnkxw">"soul control"</a><br /><br /><br />the first time i heard them was probably in Gabe Wyatt's car, maybe 10th or 11th grade (so, 1994?) and i think i literally laughed out loud. i remember Gabe and Jim Schwartz singing about lying on their backs in the front yard of a suburban home, and i didnt get it. for a few weeks. then, i got it.<br />i think i saw them 4 times, including once at Cal State Fullerton with Seaweed. amazing every time. <br />i saw Richie once at Alisan, wearing like Oakley's with yellow lenses, playing chess by himself. it was really awkward.<br />ive always wanted an into another tattoo. maybe i will will some day.javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-68949878398875072102009-11-26T12:56:00.000-08:002009-11-26T13:14:01.452-08:00how i learned how to lick basses and stop worrying<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fak3r.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/refused_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 342px; height: 500px;" src="http://www.fak3r.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/refused_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />i was reminded by my friend <a href="http://anattitudeexhumed.blogspot.com">Buske</a> about this awesome part of my past:<br /> <br />@javjavjav Whenever I see dudes lick their basses I think of you. No homo. <br /><br />he is, of course, referring to the video where i lick my bass. actually, maybe hes referring to the whole period of my life where i was licking the necks of both my bass and James Hart.<br /><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AvgBmCnI0yM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AvgBmCnI0yM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object><br />but, as with all cool things, there has to be an origin or inspiration. mine came from an unlikely source. <br /><br />Refused.<br /><br />yes. Refused. the influential, liberal, revolutionary hardcore punk band from Sweden. who woulda thought? <br />but in i believe it was 1996, Refused played the Showcase Theater in Corona. i think with Spawn, maybe Strain. who the fuck knows. anyway... it was before they were super mod. they were still a hardcore band. "rather be dead" was their best known song at the time. the bass player had an awesome bowl cut, and guess what? he licked his bass. a lot.<br />bass guitars do not taste good. especially after a few nights on the road, where all you taste is literally metal, sweat, and maybe a little blood. i dont recommend it.javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-89760594186422334312009-11-21T11:24:00.000-08:002009-11-21T11:25:09.481-08:00population: 1in the book WE GOT THE NEUTRON BOMB, they talk about a movie called Population 1 that Tomata Du Plenty starred in, and about how it tore apart the Screamers.<br /><br />here is the trailer to that movie<br /><br /><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C1TSl1qfP3Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C1TSl1qfP3Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object>javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-62035168018513308772009-11-12T17:35:00.000-08:002009-11-12T17:37:58.517-08:00GEHENNA videoVintage GEHENNA (circa '96) @ Koo's. Yours truly can be spotted sporting a Mummies t-shirt:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D0XmZ-WhxVY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D0XmZ-WhxVY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-17076485926557930572009-11-11T07:16:00.000-08:002009-11-11T07:17:25.433-08:00Ray Cappo explains Straight EdgeOver the years I've ignored most of the gossip I've heard about myself. I find gossip a waste of time for both the hearer as well as the speaker. I let it go, "Ray Cappo's dead, Ray Cappo's in Jail, Ray Cappo has a secret arcade in the temple basement, Ray Cappo's not a Krishna.... I know all these things first hand" But I must address my recent accusation... "Ray Cappo's a drunkard and gets wasted everynight on tour with Better than 1000 and preaches Straight edge on stage, and this is why Jeff Neuman quit the band, due to Ray Cappo's blatant hypocrisy".<br /><br />Sit back cuz all this I'm going to address all this, and not to save my face, but to point out the fucking idiocy, psychosis, and the neurotic behavior that has comes about in our hardcore scene over something like SXE, which was initially intended (at least in my book) to better one self and have one keep their body and mind in control. These principles I love and support and rally behind both in my lyrics and for the most part, in my life.<br /><br />Important personal backround: As a person I love natural foods, healthy living, working out, natural medicine martial arts, yoga, enlightening literature and good friends. I hate; lethargy, laziness, junkfood, duplicity, arrogance. For the most part I try to steer myself in the direction of the first batch although I'm definitely not perfect. I don't like intoxication and I never really have. I don't like how it makes my body feel, I don't like the fact that it destroys my liver and brain cells and I don't like the fact of potentially doing something ridiculous by my not having control over my body and senses.<br /><br />But I've grown, the hard way into becoming very accepting of people that do drink, smoke or whatever. I guess because when YOT started I had fanatic blood in me. (which I think mellowed down by the time Break Down the Walls came out, only to be traded in for fanatic Krishna blood which sort of calmed down by the time of MANTRA was released) I condemned, criticized and belittled those who weren't like me. Any shit I get now from kids is some karma I'm going to have to eat so I don't even mind so much.<br /><br />My real important lesson over the years was that there has to be a motive behind things. WHY? WHY are we SXE? What's our motivation behind the Act? Is it merely so we can get a "True till Death Tattoo"? Is it because we want to feel accepted in a crew and part of an elite rank? IS it because we have a hardcore hero that is? Or is it because we want to better ourselves in this lifetime? Now I hope you chose the last one. If you chose any of the others I think you should start being a little reflective, perhaps start thinking for yourself and develop your own opinions.<br /><br />Whenever we do something for self-improvement we should be careful not to be arrogant though. This is the sticky web the fanatic gets caught in all the time. The Fanatic hates dialogue. There's one way. His way. The only way. We've all witnessed it with bible thumping Christians, Bhagavad Gita thumping Krishna's or banner waving SXEer's. Fanatics don't necessarily even know Why they are intowhat they're into a generally can't explain it very well to an educated person. They're generally arrogant. Arrogance is not a quality those who want to improve themselves cherish. We generally don't see arrogant people as evolved. So, the question is, "if you're getting into straight edge for bettering yourself, why develop arrogance alongside of it?<br /><br />The real sad gist of it all is that not all people get into SXE for the right reasons and they further complicate their lives. For example, my mother. She's not SXE. But she's great. She's funny, sweet and would do anything for anybody at any time of the day. If I chose to call her up right now (I'm in Washington DC) and said "mom (she's in NYC) I don't feel good can you come down here" She would come. At the same time I know a few SXE kids who are the biggest meanest assholes I ever met. Which is a higher principle?<br /><br />When Youth of Today would play in Boston and Slapshot would put meat products on our van did I have any respect for their version of SXE. No. As a matter of fact from then on I realized people have different motivations why they get into it and a lot of times it's less than noble. In the name of this noble movement we have some people doing some real fucked up things yet feeling safe, self righteous, above the rest behind their SXE banner. This is fucking disgusting- right up there with the inquisitions, Salem witch-hunts, Ku Klux Klan, and McCarthyism. Hiding behind a veil of perfection but fueled by arrogance. How 'bout SXE band that recently had a stripper over there house and were licking whip cream off her body. Is this type of depersonalization of women something to be self righteous about?<br /><br />Let me also state that this is the exact same reason why I gave up waving a Krishna banner. Not because I don't believe in Krishna, God or the particular way of life...I don't preach it unsolicited because I felt the same thing was going on in that scene too. Arrogance in the name self betterment (I was guilty of it too-an apology) I've forced myself to become accepting of others because, fuck, maybe other people have some good idea's too. Fuck maybe I'm not the smartest most perfect guy I thought I was, and fuck I don't even know the person yet I'm jumping to all these conclusions about them.<br /><br />My crime was when I was in Italy, in wine country, in a particular village in front of the entire band I had a glass of wine with my meal. Big fucking deal. Some how this turned into "Ray's been Drinking in Europe". (There's an equal amount of truth in that statement as in Bill Clinton's "I didn't have sex....") It's nothing I'm ashamed of. It's nothing I even thought twice about. It's nothing I feel to be ethically twisted or a philosophical U turn. Has it scarred my character? I think, and I'm sure any practicing psychiatrist would think that if you have a problem with it then you've got the problem, not me. Is this type of neurotic finger pointing the sign of people psychologically healthy and secure with their own convictions? Even if I got wasted out of my mind...why is that anyones business or problem but my own? Shouldn't one offer sympathy rather than cruelty? I urge peoplee to really look at why we became straightedge. Is it merely to prove we're better than other people? No. This is fucking wrong.<br /><br />Here's the other sad thing. Imagine if I did get drunk every night. What kind of a community have we developed that a person gets, condemned ostracized and expelled rather than encouraged loved and supported by friends? Wouldn't true friends say, "shit ray you've been getting drunk every night, are you going through a rough time or something? Could I help in any way? Do you need a friend to talk to?" This is friendship in my book. This is the type of community I want to be a part of. Wouldn't you want that as a friend instead of a fair whether Judas who betrays you in a moment. Finger pointing SXE kids should take a lesson from Alcoholics Anonymous. I recently went to an AA meeting with a friend who is a recovering alcoholic to observe their techniques in healing and empathy. The groups trust and lack of judgement fascinated me. Because they've developed a society of trust and confidentiality, people feel free to entirely reveal they're faults, which is a first step for improving them. The others in turn empathetically listen and encourage. I was so impressed by their character and aspire to be like that too. I want to become that type of friend that a person can really trust and count on.<br /><br />So here's the deal. If we want to become SXE, Krishna, Vegan, Vegetarian, Hardcore, or what ever do it for the soul reason that WE want to become it. These are personal choices. Practically speaking no one else's business. Once we make them into political parties they tend to be self-defeating. We should be happy with ourselves and not make others feel intimidated because they're not like us. If we actually want to influence (a lot of these groups want to preach because they're into what they believe) follow the Advice of Socrates. Just become happy and balanced with your life. Socrates said being a living example is the best form of influence. It's better than debate or preaching. If you 're happy and balanced people will want to be like you. You need not even speak unless asked.<br /><br />To me life and spirituality has become so personal. I don't talk about it unless people want to know. I'm saddened by the even the questions "are you straight edge or are you Krishna?" because I don't want to be sized up by people right off the bat. I want people to respect or disrespect me for what I am,and get to know me but not because I wear particular logo or subscribe to a particular philosophy.<br /><br />In closing I especially feel sad for the bands who rant and rave about fallen SXE heroes on stage and how fucked up they are. I know all those fallen SXE edge heroes. I grew up with them and they were good people with good hearts who said good things and changed a lot of people's lives. (Even yours Toby) If they can't live up to those principles today it's sad but maybe they're better off in some other way that you or I can't see. Instead of scrutinizing their foibles, why not scrutinize your own? Encourage and support each other. Life is a long path filled with ups and downs. If you're down someday won't it be nice if someone picks you up. Most of all people be kind.- rcjavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-42790000160580563392009-10-21T00:09:00.000-07:002009-10-21T00:13:01.218-07:00Shirts v.3 (New Age Records)I've never seen or even heard of another one of these. Beverly Hills 90210 rip-off design. Very early shirt as that's the Big Bear zip-code. At what point did Hartsfield move? Not near my record collection, so can't check my Powerhouse, etc. 7"s to figure it out.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uJzB1pCju44/St60P9_LooI/AAAAAAAAAD8/en1V-mybtPI/s1600-h/DSC_1504.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uJzB1pCju44/St60P9_LooI/AAAAAAAAAD8/en1V-mybtPI/s320/DSC_1504.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394947590067036802" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-80879625862631585082009-10-21T00:03:00.000-07:002009-10-21T00:13:38.956-07:00Shirts v.2 (Man Is The Bastard)I missed out on this gem when M.I.T.B. was around. Found it on eBay semi-recently, though. Still looking for the one with a Hindu god (?) juggling MITB skulls. They were selling it at the Koo's show with Lack Of Interest (Nov. '94 ?), but I was an idiot and didn't pick one up.<br /><br />Classic M.I.T.B. showcasing their love of Hello Kitty. Simple and awesome:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uJzB1pCju44/St6zAsCTgbI/AAAAAAAAAD0/oCgBY0A4N_4/s1600-h/MITB.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uJzB1pCju44/St6zAsCTgbI/AAAAAAAAAD0/oCgBY0A4N_4/s320/MITB.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394946228038631858" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-77904750912461006882009-10-20T23:25:00.000-07:002009-10-21T00:02:06.835-07:00Shirts v.1 (Econochrist)I'm going to post some pictures of my shirt collection. Part archive, part bragging, part addition to the institutional knowledge of hardcore.<br /><br />Everyone knows my love of all things early 90's and crusty. Resultingly, sometime in the late 90's my man A.P. gave me a sweet original Econochrist shirt. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of lending it to a friend. Word of advice; never do this. I never saw it again. I was mad for 10 years. Like, legitimately pissed every time I saw that person. Then I found the exact same shirt on eBay. Now I can be nice to said human again.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uJzB1pCju44/St6xBBZQA2I/AAAAAAAAADk/zbLKov14ZAA/s1600-h/Econo+Front.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uJzB1pCju44/St6xBBZQA2I/AAAAAAAAADk/zbLKov14ZAA/s320/Econo+Front.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394944034748760930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uJzB1pCju44/St6xBV_MSNI/AAAAAAAAADs/c0B3o2AQXMM/s1600-h/Econo+Back.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uJzB1pCju44/St6xBV_MSNI/AAAAAAAAADs/c0B3o2AQXMM/s320/Econo+Back.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394944040276609234" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-70310629077395324482009-10-09T11:15:00.001-07:002009-10-09T11:24:05.599-07:00Coalesce / Cave In 10.8.09<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Ss9_aMxCV0I/AAAAAAAAAPs/TdU4hmc44sM/s1600-h/DSCI1278.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Ss9_aMxCV0I/AAAAAAAAAPs/TdU4hmc44sM/s200/DSCI1278.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390667367065999170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Ss9_JMmtGaI/AAAAAAAAAPk/MelcSYPU4rM/s1600-h/DSCI1300.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Ss9_JMmtGaI/AAAAAAAAAPk/MelcSYPU4rM/s200/DSCI1300.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390667074964887970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Ss9-zU6ByXI/AAAAAAAAAPc/ckLBgrL0r9g/s1600-h/DSCI1268.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Ss9-zU6ByXI/AAAAAAAAAPc/ckLBgrL0r9g/s200/DSCI1268.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390666699236297074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Ss9-ed9VC3I/AAAAAAAAAPU/S-Tx6m_SmVc/s1600-h/DSCI1264.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Ss9-ed9VC3I/AAAAAAAAAPU/S-Tx6m_SmVc/s200/DSCI1264.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390666340888808306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Ss9-J5kDsiI/AAAAAAAAAPM/fplQ2hYjaDU/s1600-h/DSCI1251.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Ss9-J5kDsiI/AAAAAAAAAPM/fplQ2hYjaDU/s200/DSCI1251.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390665987521753634" /></a><br />got the chance to hang out with Sean Ingram at the free Coalesce and Cave In show at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood that was sponsored by Scion. I felt like i was interviewing him, so ill try to pass along some of what i learned.<br />1. Scion was sponsoring the event as a marketing tool. instead of putting money into tv ads and stuff, they flew the two bands across country to play in markets that they thought needed help, Atlanta and LA. the bands got to stay in 4 star hotels and all expenses paid for. the cool thing was that Scion didnt put up ANY posters. all they did was pass out shirts after the show. the knitting factory holds 500 people, and close to 2000 people RSVP'd for free entry.<br />2. Sean has 4 kids, Jes has 4 kids, Nathan has 2 and Jr. has 2. <br />3. Smallville is a real city in Kansas<br />4. Coalesce rules<br /><br />Sean is one of the smartest most down to earth dudes ive ever met. i feel lucky to call him a friend. its awesome when your friends happen to be in some of your favorite bands. <br /><br />Cave In was whatever. they played a couple old songs, and a bunch of new ones. honestly i dont like anything they did after Creative Eclipses.<br /><br />After the show we went to House Of Pies and then walked by Danzig's house.<br />Good Night.javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-81677645214069416432009-10-02T15:26:00.001-07:002009-10-02T15:44:27.591-07:00Born AgainstFrom Adam Nathanson's zine, a little write up/ history of Born Against. Awesome.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsZ_22tTBFI/AAAAAAAAAO0/SY9iSsc8fXU/s1600-h/BA1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsZ_22tTBFI/AAAAAAAAAO0/SY9iSsc8fXU/s200/BA1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388134584570545234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsZ_dZDmL5I/AAAAAAAAAOs/bAi85pqzmZM/s1600-h/BA2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsZ_dZDmL5I/AAAAAAAAAOs/bAi85pqzmZM/s200/BA2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388134147114282898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsZ--EEwcVI/AAAAAAAAAOk/czlpY5ZsUQs/s1600-h/BA3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsZ--EEwcVI/AAAAAAAAAOk/czlpY5ZsUQs/s200/BA3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388133608906060114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsZ-U-ZPdtI/AAAAAAAAAOc/lvfV5Y7uMk4/s1600-h/BA4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 129px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsZ-U-ZPdtI/AAAAAAAAAOc/lvfV5Y7uMk4/s200/BA4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388132903006729938" /></a>javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-62448958995936147492009-10-01T10:21:00.000-07:002009-10-01T10:40:10.323-07:00Indecision NewsletterBefore Indecision was a prolific record label, it was an awesome zine.<br />I think this may have come out before the final issue, and is just kind of a scene report. it's a cool snapshot of the time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsTo2AVO43I/AAAAAAAAANc/1QdGV1Lc8q0/s1600-h/indfront.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsTo2AVO43I/AAAAAAAAANc/1QdGV1Lc8q0/s200/indfront.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387687068741591922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsTnB_FVG3I/AAAAAAAAANU/LRTjDjjK5FA/s1600-h/ind1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 155px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsTnB_FVG3I/AAAAAAAAANU/LRTjDjjK5FA/s200/ind1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387685075541629810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsTl10o_aMI/AAAAAAAAANM/ijqMopgGMxY/s1600-h/indback.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 129px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SsTl10o_aMI/AAAAAAAAANM/ijqMopgGMxY/s200/indback.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387683767068354754" /></a>javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-90432655062849139002009-09-21T18:57:00.000-07:002009-09-21T19:41:55.862-07:00HURRICANRANA- Destroying The Opposition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Srg3dUwgRXI/AAAAAAAAAME/mpjVB-ic1eY/s1600-h/DSCN2434.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Srg3dUwgRXI/AAAAAAAAAME/mpjVB-ic1eY/s320/DSCN2434.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384114331449312626" /></a><br />When the singer of a band rolls in with a hammer taped to the microphone, you know its gonna be a good time.<br /><br />Hurricanrana was a band that didn't really break out of Southern California, but the bands that it spawned sure did. Andres and Martin were once mild mannered, if not large and unsuspecting member of the audience of hardcore shows. Eventually they formed a band, and the Destroying The Opposition demo was the first thing to come from the band named after a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2PdBQj4F1A">professional wresting move</a>. <br />Musically, its hard to compare it to anything. Hints of Vision Of Disorder, tribal drumming, weird chords, and most of all, punishing breakdowns would form the band's sound. Visually, it was interesting to see a hardcore band on stage in Southern California with NO WHITE PEOPLE IN IT. Blood, hammers, "fight sticks", prop bottles... violence of the showey kind would eventually lead to violence of the real kind, or life imitating art.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Srg5UTQfRMI/AAAAAAAAAMM/mL4c0Q4tyls/s1600-h/DSCN3345.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Srg5UTQfRMI/AAAAAAAAAMM/mL4c0Q4tyls/s320/DSCN3345.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384116375451026626" /></a><br />Martin and Dre and Nick would eventually start the infamous <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1U0ywdm--o">Donnybrook!</a>, and Martin now plays guitar in Terror.<br />This is the first demo the band put out, but i really feel like the second one was better. I only have the "remixed" version of that, with a bunch of extra sounds and effects that Nick put in after his time in recording school, and i feel that it is missing the rawness and brutality of the original version. But at least there's no Mike Milford singing on it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Srg3N4cL1nI/AAAAAAAAAL8/xhs6Qd9D-Kk/s1600-h/Hfront.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Srg3N4cL1nI/AAAAAAAAAL8/xhs6Qd9D-Kk/s200/Hfront.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384114066149856882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Srg1Uug4OJI/AAAAAAAAAL0/OQvcu0DMLuA/s1600-h/Hback.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/Srg1Uug4OJI/AAAAAAAAAL0/OQvcu0DMLuA/s200/Hback.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384111984721016978" /></a><br /><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/282907865/Destroying_The_Opposition_.zip"><br />Hurricanrana Destroying The Opposition 2001</a>javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-81241055460025391872009-09-19T17:30:00.000-07:002009-09-19T17:33:07.852-07:00SSITNHaC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SrV4GXC7pfI/AAAAAAAAALs/rbHo_JLqMZs/s1600-h/ha1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SrV4GXC7pfI/AAAAAAAAALs/rbHo_JLqMZs/s320/ha1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383340980252157426" /></a><br />When you gonna shave that hairy fuckin' chooch?javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-7539881158630062042009-09-18T16:45:00.000-07:002009-09-18T17:41:49.010-07:0018 Visions Tour Journal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SrQnK0yJdyI/AAAAAAAAAK8/499vvfYCAG8/s1600-h/18Vjournal1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SrQnK0yJdyI/AAAAAAAAAK8/499vvfYCAG8/s320/18Vjournal1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382970521535739682" /></a><br />i found an old journal with some entries devoted to 18 Visions tour<br />heres a sample:<br /><br />December 29th, 1999<br />We are leaving Chicago and things have been so great. It took us 38 hours to get here. I drove for 13 hours straight, from Albuquerque to Missouri. We got to Brandan's mom's house at about 5pm, and decided to go to a movie at the mall. We ran into Pete (Wentz) and Mani, who we thought was in Guatemala. We got into the movie and i slept straight through it. Went back to the house for showers and sleep. I had one of the worst sleeps of my entire life, which didnt help after 6 hours of sleep in the past 2 days. <br />Woke up and made our way downtown. Vegan Chicago style pizza was a treat. Just chilled in the city until the show, which was at the Fireside Bowl, an old bowling alley that Brandan and i have always dreamed of playing. The show was with XCLEARX and 3 bands that sounded like Hatebreed. Lots of friends. After the show we had vegan french toast and other good stuff.<br /><br />December 30th, 1999<br />At our show in Albany. The last couple days are a total blur. We left chicago and made it just into Ohio when our van took at shit at around 6am. We were 11 hours from Philly and didn't think we'd make it. After a trip to a mechanic, we made it back on the road and barely made the show in Philly. The show was fucking awesome! Hung with Carl (Severson), Big Daddy, and Torn Apart. They were so amazing!!! Nora was kinda whatever, but still fun. Overall, the show was really really good. <br />Stayed at (Chris) Ross' house in Jersey. It was a nice sleep but it smelled like smoke. Snapcase came to sleep too. Uh, Cool. Ate and stuff in NJ and made it here to Albany.<br /><br />(note: That show in Philly was at the Stalag, and Try. Fail. Try also played. I also bought an Ink & Dagger record from Robby Redcheeks. I remember that he had one with real blood on it that he was selling for 75 dollars!!! I also remember Keith being so shocked that there were no white people on the streets.)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SrQoQm7EfQI/AAAAAAAAALM/cmjmORsYdkg/s1600-h/TAsetlist.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SrQoQm7EfQI/AAAAAAAAALM/cmjmORsYdkg/s320/TAsetlist.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382971720405908738" /></a>Torn Apart setlist<br /><br />December 31st, 1999 I-90 westbound<br />I just realized that its the last day of the year. Fuck the y2k bullshit. <br />Anyway, we are on our way to Syracuse from Albany. Small show, but still awesome. The August Prophecy played, and they were amazing in every way. It really made me want to start another band. <br />I've had such a good time on this tour. Meeting new people is the best. It makes driving crazy distances all worth it.<br />We haven't been fighting, and I'm not sure why. Maybe because all of the shows have been good and we are just excited to be here. Biggie has really kept the spirits up too. The next four days should be awesome.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SrQnyltKmTI/AAAAAAAAALE/GjDuZj7th9w/s1600-h/snapcaseflyer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SrQnyltKmTI/AAAAAAAAALE/GjDuZj7th9w/s320/snapcaseflyer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382971204683077938" /></a><br />January 4th, 2000 Winston Salem, NC<br />We are in North Carolina and it sucks. I'm not really having a good time at all. Ever since we left Buffalo I have been in a shitty mood. Everything was going so well. The New Year's Day show was really fun... so many rad bands and good kids, except Snapcase being fucking assholes. <br />From there we went to Erie and it was one of the best shows of my life. We played good and had so much fun. Girls were throwing bras at Keith. We stayed with Leah (Urbano). It was just a rad time.<br />From there we went to Buffalo. It was cold and rainy, as most of our time in that area was. We played some bar with Dillinger Escape Plan and Idle Hands. I got to hang out with Sweeper and Janelle, and saw Scott (Vogel). The show was just OK but being around friends made it worthwhile. <br />In Syracuse we picked up a passenger, Angela, who looks a lot like Kathleen. She wants to move to OC and she seems pretty nice.<br />I guess it all started going downhill when i drove through the night in really bad weather into the shithole part of America. I've been arguing with everyone. I don't like where I am, my body is sore, I just want to be back home with my friends. Things were so awesome until today. I just already have this idea in my head that the next 5 days will suck so bad.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2WTtJlBVM1E&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2WTtJlBVM1E&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />January 5th, 2000 Tennessee<br />We're driving through Tennessee right now and it looks kinda nice, but I'm sure as soon as the car stops it won't be cool. We played NC last night and I had zero fun. Yesterday was so shitty.<br />The August Prophecy randomly showed up and played. We all went to this fat kid named Dave's house out in the boonies. His grandma had died in the house and it stank of death. There was mildew and trash everywhere and Doug took a shit in the shower, so i slept in the August Prophecy bus. They have a short bus with a TV and playstation and tons of room. I hate the south a lot so far. We are on our way to Nashville and then to Memphis. Suck.<br /><br />January 7th, 2000 Texas<br />We're on our way to Houston right now after driving all night from Memphis. Memphis wasnt as good as Nashville. In Nashville some girl asked me and Ken to Sign her boobs and then we got to touch them.<br />The south itself sucks, but the shows have been ok. We played a few times with this band called Spitfire from VA and they are pretty cool.<br /><br />January 10th<br />Just made it home. We didn't die. Good times.javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-2856166630364684502009-09-17T16:22:00.000-07:002009-09-17T16:23:13.148-07:00Bringing It Back, part 2<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hy872GcsbU4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hy872GcsbU4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-12873175201351281312009-09-15T15:57:00.000-07:002009-09-15T15:58:50.837-07:00Stuck In The Pastso it looks like they might have to drop the X's from the name, cause Xstuck in the pastX has asked me to contribute to the blog.<br /><br />now i only have 5 blogs<br /><br />www.xstuckinthepastx.blogspot.comjavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-61671938442709123072009-09-05T18:25:00.001-07:002009-09-05T18:34:13.867-07:0018 Visionsfound some old 18V stuff in an envelope.<br /><br />Josh Trustkill sent us a batch of stickers. we were just as baffled as anyone else as to why it said "hollywood" on it, but whos gonna say no to free stickers? i think that he thought it added to the "mystique" of the band<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SqMPpeL_WRI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/NM49D324TXs/s1600-h/18vstick1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SqMPpeL_WRI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/NM49D324TXs/s320/18vstick1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378159585162909970" /></a><br /><br />Review from Scratch Magazine. awesome.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SqMQdfI7UDI/AAAAAAAAAKY/MtplxL7YbbY/s1600-h/18vreview.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 172px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SqMQdfI7UDI/AAAAAAAAAKY/MtplxL7YbbY/s320/18vreview.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378160478771695666" /></a>javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-53833292960169698802009-09-04T15:05:00.000-07:002009-09-05T18:25:07.450-07:00lost mstk layouti found the original layout that Ben Goetting made for the "fuck everything up" record. unfortunately, this layout was scrapped even before the lyrics were inserted. We took some of the rest of the layout and messed with it until Ben, Cheesegrater and myself were happy with the end result. While the final cd booklet isnt as exciting as id planned, or as some of this, its still a great snapshot in time. keep in mind that this was 2002.<br /><br />rough draft of the cover of the cd<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SqMOcCjO8YI/AAAAAAAAAKI/G3kJLgCTMsQ/s1600-h/mstk2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SqMOcCjO8YI/AAAAAAAAAKI/G3kJLgCTMsQ/s320/mstk2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378158254894281090" /></a><br /><br />i believe this quote was from "please kill me" and pretty much summed up the reason why we started the mistake.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SqMOPeFh7FI/AAAAAAAAAKA/4oVTsj924PM/s1600-h/mstk1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SqMOPeFh7FI/AAAAAAAAAKA/4oVTsj924PM/s320/mstk1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378158038947589202" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SqMODGY_sHI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/d6NYJWeEdcc/s1600-h/mstk3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SqMODGY_sHI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/d6NYJWeEdcc/s320/mstk3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378157826428350578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SqMMGATdIdI/AAAAAAAAAJw/-2uicYaQLoc/s1600-h/mstk4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SqMMGATdIdI/AAAAAAAAAJw/-2uicYaQLoc/s320/mstk4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378155677310853586" /></a><br />what became the back cover was originally the center spread. it was taken with a disposable panoramic camera at Showcase Theater.javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720819666068183714.post-86553451731602499802009-08-31T21:04:00.001-07:002009-08-31T21:12:41.609-07:00Throwdown at Stone's house<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SpydyecSYzI/AAAAAAAAAIw/TuCUHET5dns/s1600-h/TD1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AQlAPNVIxcU/SpydyecSYzI/AAAAAAAAAIw/TuCUHET5dns/s320/TD1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376345545664258866" /></a><br /><br />Aaron Stone lived on Santa Ana Avenue in Costa Mesa, CA. His family had decided to move away, and they let Aaron have a show there on the last night of living there.<br />Sadly, due to either work or being ostracized from that scene at the time (i'll go with the latter), I didn't go to the show.<br />I found this picture of Throwdown in Accession Fanzine, made by Matt Mently, who went on to play for Throwdown a few years later. It's an awesome picture. From left to right, ill lay the scene.<br />First, Brandan is playing guitar, and striking a nice pose. Next to him, you can see the blond ponytail of one of the Bowne brothers. To his right, wearing a visor, is Dave "brundy" Brundage. Adam Vanberklaer is possibly smiling next to him, and our very own Cheesegrater is sporting shorts and most likely flip flops.<br />Couple other randos, then you see Aaron Stone himself. Heavy K looks like he's flying quite high, but im quite sure that it is an illusion of perspective, because Dom next to him is only 5'6" and kinda bent over. The Mighty Bishop is in the background, next to the GET SICK sign.<br />This was also the night that Sean Gorman threw Dom's girlfriend off of the room, and im pretty sure someone went through a wall.<br />Good Times.javhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07552279377443009439noreply@blogger.com3