Regulations

Regulations are a hardcore punk from Umeå, Sweden featuring members from E.T.A. and the Vicious. For latest news check out:http://www.myspace.com/regulationshc

They remind me of Nervous Breakdown era Black Flag and Career Suicide. Perfect mix if you ask me.

Regulations-S/T
Regulations-Electric Guitar

Dominic Mallary

For those that don't know who Dom is, he was the singer of the Massachusetts hardcore band, Last Lights. Dom passed away at the age of 24, of a brain aneurysm. Last Lights was quickly becoming one of the most popular, and best bands in hardcore. Dom would've been 25 today. Take it easy brother and happy birthday. Never forget. RIP


Last Lights myspace

The Fartz

The Fartz (pronounced “the farts”) was one of the first well known Hardcore bands from Seattle, Washington. Their 1981 7” “Because This World Fuckin’ Stinks” was originally released with a pressing of 500, on Fartz Records. In 1982 they released a LP entitled “World Full of Hate” on Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles Records. Vocalist Blaine Cook later went on to sing for the hardcore/thrash band The Accused. Their original drummer, Loud Fart left the band to return to his preferred instrument, the guitar.Their second drummer Duff McKaganlater gained notoriety as a member of the hard rock band Guns N’ Roses. Also, featured Tommy Hanson on guitar, later founding member of the band Crisis Party, Later, Paul Solger took over as the guitarist.They reunited to play shows in Washington and surrounding states from the late 90s till around 2003.

Band rules plain and simple. This is a style of hardcore that needs to be played more.

The Fartz- Because This World Still Fucking Stinks...

Alert!

Alert - Demo '08 (2008)

Youth crew style hardcore from Massachusetts. Released a demo in fall of 2008 and released it on vinyl June 2009. For fans of Insted, Wide Awake, Youth Of Today, Turning Point. Enjoy.

http://www.mediafire.com/?rxj32m15dgm

This is my friend Keiths band. They're pretty fucking good! Everyones talking about how much love YxC lately and this shit hits the nail on the head. So check em out!

In other news: I will be doing some reviews from the sets I saw at This is Hardcore. Look out!

Show Reviews.

Alright some time during June I went to see: Ceremony Paint it Black Crime in Stereo Title Fight and some other bands who I don't care about. This show was on the south shore of Long Island, so Nick, Matt, Ryan, and myself made the two hour plus drive out there. However, we were rejected entrance. Matt was the last one let in. Fuck you Matt. So after Ceremony's set on Long Island we booked it to Brooklyn. Reason? Ceremony Paint it Black after party/show. We got there mad early so we walked around Brooklyn for a bit. Now the show it self was wild. Paint it Blacks set was one of the tightest, most enthusiastic sets I've seen. Ceremony's set was kinda lacking but whatever. Good show non the less.

Coke Bust, Bloodtype, Sick Fix:

On July 2nd me, Matt and Ryan went down to New Brunswick to catch Coke Bust's tour kick off. It was at this guy Rich NJ's new house, I think. Side note, Rich NJ is in Stressed Out who just released a split with my good friends Rip It Up go buy it and catch them on tour. Okay, back to the show. Bloodtype was the first band to play, this was their second show. My good friend George plays guitar for them, and they fucking ripped. Fast pissed off straight edge hardcore. The demo rules. These guys are gunna get big. They also covered Cro-Mags which is always fun. Sick Fix, a girl fronted band were rad. Reminded me of His Hero is Gone a little, ehh. They covered Project X. Coke Bust fucking killed it. They were really loud and tight. Great drumming. Over all a good show. Saw a lot of friends.

Tragedy,Mourne,Blacklisted,Brain Handle, Brain Killer:

I was lucky enough to get to see Tragedy, one the best HC punk band and one of my favorite bands, play with Blacklisted another favorite of mine. The show started off with Brain Killer who played a good set. The punk were diggin' it, They were pretty good, bought a 7 inch. Brain Handle was after them and they sucked balls. The singer had no stage presence and was extremely awkward. Blacklisted was after Brain Handle , and BL nailed it. They played a good long set of old an new songs. George was moshing around on stage and doing some weird dances. Amazing set, amazing band, can not wait for the new record. Mourne was after Blacklisted. Didn't catch most of their set. But from what I did they were really good, but were really boring. They're epic crust I guess? They were whatever. I was just excited to see the next band.....TRAGEDY! Watching them set up I had the biggest smile on my face. I was hoping, praying that they would open up with " Conflicting Ideas" but they didn't. Loudest set I've heard. Also best, and tightest. They played with such ferocity. Not speaking in between songs, lead singer and guitar player Todd Burdette, only spoke to say the names of each song. After their set the audience roared for an encore. Yet, being the punks they are Tragedy didn't give us one.

I'll do the Punch reviews later. Sorry for any spelling errors and shit running on no sleep and one cup of coffee.

Any ways I'm gunna be putting up some good NJxHC soon. Keep your eye's peeled! Ifyou have any requests lemme know!

Void/Faith

Void was an early 80's hardcore punk band closely linked to the Washington D.C. scene but actually hailing from nearby Columbia, Maryland. Often credited as one of the first bands to successfully fuse hardcore and heavy metal, this was mostly due to guitarist Bubba Dupree's unique playing style that somehow managed to merge the reckless abandonment of punk with the technical riffing of metal. One of my favorite bands out of the 80s.


Faith formed as a four piece in the summer of 1981 and featured Alec Mackeye on vocals, former vocalist for the Untouchables , as well as Michael Hampton of State Of Alert on guitar. After recording a demo, the band released a split LP with fellow D.C. hardcore band, Void. It was released by Dischord Records, a local independent label founded by MacKaye's older brother and Minor Threat vocalist, Ian MacKaye. It featured the song "You're X'd," which addressed the straight edge philosophy popularized by Minor Threat and S.O.A.


This is one of the best splits to ever come out. Void is one of the best hardcore bands period. Here the Faith/Void spilt.

Void/Faith Spilt

Poison Idea

So haven't posted in a while...... Mosh. Go check out my friends in Myspace.com/xripitupx. They're going on tour soon should be rad. So I've seen some pretty rad shows lately. I saw Tragedy and Blacklisted play together. Tragedy is the loudest band I've ever seen. They played with such and intensity and ferocity, never speaking between songs just spitting out the names. Saw Punch(who fucking rule) both friday and saturday.

The show Friday kinda sucked cause all the bands but Punch and Nomos sucked. Saturdays show was amazing. Relics,

The Seperation and the other bands killed it!

For your listening pleasure heres Poison Idea's "Pick Your King".

Poison Idea was formed in 1980 by vocalist Jerry A. (aka Jerry Lang). The initial lineup consisted of Jerry A., Tom “Pig Champion” Roberts (guitar), Glen Estes (bass), and Dean Johnson (drums). Inspired by Black Flag and other early Southern California hardcore acts, they were further influenced by Discharge and Los Angeles’s the Germs. Germs singer Darby Crash was a strong influence on singer Jerry A.—vocally, lyrically, and philosophically—was monumental, and Poison Idea followed the Germs’ extremist punk ethic.

This is one of the best hardcore punk bands you'll ever hear. Their 1983 "Pick Your King" release is one of the best records of all time. So enjoy it.

Pick Your King