STR-HATE A'S

NO LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
myspace.com/straightas
Check these wankers out.
They mix the OLC thing with some raw nyhc.
John Lockjaw approved: listen to the 'No Light' song ahahah!!!!

TFS vs California .

Here's a sweet video report of TFS cali weekend. Filmed and produced by Larry Ansom. Send comments and positive feedback to this dude.
larryransom.com

Department of Youth Services II

Second part of some youth crew records reviews. Last week I caught some new 7"s: The First Step, True Colors, the Keep It Clear tape (review just below) and the One Kind Word fanzine/compilation.

Here we go. The First Step is releasing "Connection" their 2nd EP and 4th release (Demo, Open Hearts & Clear Minds 7", What We Know LP and now this one. And they don't change the formula. Plain and simple old school hardcore, with simple lyrics, simple layout. They just play some generic but great youth crew . And i think that's enough to please me.
myspace.com/thefirststep
thejourneyofathousandmiles.com


Still hot from Powered Records, True Colors are releasing some new hardcore anthems. And they are definitely true to the game. Straight Edge Youth Crew with agressive vocals (Packo improved a lot from the Building period). That "No Way Out" song with the mid tempo ending is a hit song. Not much more to say. Just dig the record (1st press is almost sold out).
myspace.com/truexcolorshc

TRUE COLORS - "Perspective" Release Show


And finally, Cycle Records (Barcelona) put out the second issue of One Kind Word Fanzine, coming up with a 7" compilation: Get The Most, Go For Broke, Common Cause and Cinder.
myspace.com/cyclerecords

LIGHT IN THE DARK

YO YO YO!
i'm back.

i spent these last days working or sleeping ahah. god damn stupid life.
But i'm just enjoying to drop some lines on this blog. As my buddy ROD, i've been to this Justice (Be) last show in Temse (Belgium) last saturday and I definitely had a blast.
Driving from Tours to Belgium and getting back was a pretty boring experience, even if my bros from Angers, Tours and Paris were such an endless source of entertainement: "THE ROOM" (do not ever watch this movie!). After a stop off in Paris, city of lights, we drove straight to Belgium, and arrived with like 4 hours lead ahah. After having encourage a local youth football team (annoying them a bit too ahah) we finally met up some frenchies (about 30 of us were there this night) and entered the venue, some classic village hall, pretty big (about 600 people), filled in about 30 minutes. People were sticking the merch tables like flies on a honey jar.

Seed of Pain started and nobody seemed to care ... weird.

Then Hoods Up, and i felt a bit disppointed about them, not that energetic. they covered YOT Break Down The Walls. 65/88 on the cruciality scale because of their feebleness.

Dirty Money played next. Nike and Supreme Hats yo!
Nuclear show but i expected that killer Leeway cover intro (Rise & Fall). BTW, these guys are huge on stage. Good flavour. 90/91 on the agressivity scale ahah.

True Colors 's next. A Time We'll Remember as starter, new songs and TC anthems as main course and Turning Point Insecurity as special dessert! CRUCIAL. 89/88
(here's a TC new song from the Perspective 7", review coming soon)

Guru George and the Blacklisteds hit the stage, and people just went nuts. Ivory Tower, Tourist, Long Way Home and all the atomic hit songs were preformed with a special featuring on Memory Lane by ROD Hellion.
"You've seen my worlds at war, when I unlock my door, showed you the things I'd hoped you'd never see. You just said "Oh George, you could be so much more, you lost your way it's a damn shame...""



Then, and for the last time ever, Justice arrived on the stage.Pure intensity, energy, anger. Great times for great dudes. We'll miss that band for sure. (maybe not in France because of our love for beatdown metal and that kind of crap....).
"you're nailed to your couch and that's where you'll stay eyes peeled on the tv did you know your life slips down the drain things you promised to do usually never happen right away tomorrow always stays tomorrow tired, always tired of you i refuse to be like you going for the crumbs along for the ride on the back of someone you gotta push it to the edge."

True Colors

Justice

Fluorescence

For french speaking people, best blog ever written by my partner in crime RODzilla.
Check this out, prankster!

GFB / SWDN

GO FOR BROKE has a new EP out. Crucial!

KOOL V EDGE

maybe you guys know that some MC's claim their adherence to the straight edge (vegan/vegetarian) movement: here's a few examples of cool dudes spreading the message all around the world.
From United States:
XReignOfTerrorX (has a new album out soon)
XedgeX
vxDEDxv
Vegan Hip Hop Movement

From Russia:
xedgexjihadx


check out these guys , article to be continued.

Wilkes Barre Goldmine

Wilkes Barre, PA seems to be the place to be when you're playing hardcore punk music. Led by freshest hardcore hype Cold World, this scene is growing fast. Cold World have just released their discography 'No Omega' on 1917Records, containing both Ep's and split with War Hungry. They incarnate the mix of some early Biohazard, Life Of Agony, Cro-Mags with lots of hiphop influences (GZA, Mobb Deep, Public Enemy, Kool G Rap etc...) It results some fresh and dancing tunes. lyrics are sometimes cynical or full of anger, and sometimes kind of generic with some funny/street credible words:
"I'm sorry, but someone has to lose in the game of life.
And tonight that someone is you.
We went from boyz II men living in sin.
Waiting for the world to end.
I'm gonna do my thing no doubt.
No matter what comes out of your mouth.
Real recognize real, it's true.
And I just can't recognize you. "
I love it. for those who don't have ep's, you should check this record out (comes with a dvd on its cd version) myspace.com/thecoldworld

Same influences for War Hungry (they share a split 7" with Cold World) but on this new EP 'Return to Earth', they manage with some Entombed, Black Sabbath and a huge stoner edge. Really groovy riffs and some powerfull vocals, far from hardcore cliches. War Hungry is about to come one of the best hardcore band around. Keep an eye on these guys. myspace.com/whwb

Department of Youth Services I

Some bands have drawn my attention at the beginning of this year.

Keep It Clear (what a generic name, love it) are coming from Vancouver BC and features ex members of Go It Alone, Blue Monday, Get The Most... If you're into generic straight edge hardcore like Floorpunch, Chain Of Strength and Youth Of Today, dig this band. They released a demo tape (euro release by Nico Sailin' On Zine, available through High Hopes Distro for french kids). myspace.com/xkeepitclearx.

Oh, about Get The Most, their demo just got re released on one 7" by React Records, 4 tracks and a cover of Insted 'Good Times.' myspace.com/getthemosthc



Get The Most - Good Times (Insted)

React Records is also about to re release the legendary Breakthrough demo with remastered tracks and one unreleased song. More informations soon.

UKHC: the black list.

QUICK UK HARDCORE SCENE REPORT

band profiles feature: band name, hometown, influences, myspace site, live pic.
don't send me messages about mistakes I could have made in description, i just don't give a fuck. just listen to these bands.

(music or photos: all rights reserved to their author )

1. LIFER - Durham
NYHC
http://www.myspace.com/liferhc 
No Warning, Cro Mags

2. CHOKE - Durham RIP
NYHC
http://www.myspace.com/chokehc 
No Warning, Madball, Breakdown

3. PULLIN TEETH - Durham
tough hardcore
http://www.myspace.com/pullinteeth
Buried Alive, Clevocore,  Blacklisted

4. ON THIN ICE - Margate RIP
Clevocore
http://www.myspace.com/onthinice 
Cro Mags, Integrity

5. OUT OF HAND - Canterbury RIP
fastcore
 http://www.myspace.com/outofhandhc 
Think I Care, Outbreak, Tarpit

6. FAST POINT - Grimsby
fastcore
http://www.myspace.com/fastpoint 
Tear It Up, Minor Threat,

7. COP OUT - Sheffield
punk hardcore
http://www.myspace.com/thecwms 
Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, CIV

8. DEAL WITH IT - Leeds
NYHC
http://www.myspace.com/dealxwithxt 
Cro Mags, No Warning, Raw Deal

9. DIRTY MONEY - London
NYHC
http://www.myspace.com/thedirtymoney 
Biohazard, Killing Time, Madball

10. THE LEGACY - Sheffield
hardcore mélodique
http://www.myspace.com/thelegacy
Carry On, American Nightmare, Right Brigade

11. SELF DESTRUCT - Yorkshire
hardcore punk
http://www.myspace.com/selfdestructhc   
Negtaive Approach, Government Issue, Angry Samoans

12. BASES LOADED - Sth Cenbral
hardcore
http://www.myspace.com/basesloadedhc
DYS, Stop & Think, Mental

13. SEARCH & DESTROY - Bridlington
hardcore skinhead
http://www.myspace.com/searchdestroy 
Negative Approach, DYS, Iron Cross

14. BRAIN DEAD -
Fastcore
http://www.myspace.com/braindeadukhc 
Crossed Out, Infest, Sheer Terror

15. HORDES - Durham
Hardcore sombre
http://www.myspace.com/hordesuk 
Integrity, Entombed, Ringworm

16. BRAINDUSTER - Durham
fast hardcore
http://www.myspace.com/brainbusterhc
Infest, Knife Fight, Think I Care

17. XCURRAHEEX - Manchester
hardcore
http://www.myspace.com/curraheehc 
Stop & Think , Righteous Jams, Right Brigade

18. HELLMOUTH - Cheshire
hardcore metal
http://www.myspace.com/hellmouthhardcore
Ringworm, Voorhees, Entombed

19. GET FUCKIN' DEAD -
negative hardcore
http://www.myspace.com/getfuckingdead 
Ringworm, Mental

20. LAST WITNESS - London
hardcore metal
http://www.myspace.com/lastwitnessuk
Shattered Realm, On Borken Wings, Knuckeldust

21. CROSSES - London
rockin' hardcore
http://www.myspace.com/crossesuk 
The Suicide File, American Nightmare, The Hope Conspiracy

22. ALMOST HOME - Nottingham
modern hardcore
http://www.myspace.com/hcalmosthome 
Bane, With Honor, Comeback Kid

23. GAMEOVER -
hardcore sombre
 http://www.myspace.com/gameoveruk 
Walk The Plank, Cro Mags

24. AUDACITY! -
Positive hardcore
 http://www.myspace.com/audacityhc 
Over My Dead Body, Have Heart, Champion

25. LIFE WON'T WAIT - Essex
modern hardcore
http://www.myspace.com/lifewontwait138
Count Me Out, Carry On

26. DEAD SWANS - South Coast
modern hardcore
 http://www.myspace.com/thedeadswans
American Nightmare, Panic, The Hope Conspiracy

No man is stronger than....

From a time i'll never know by myself, here's a vid of Mass' TEN YARD FIGHT last show, in Boston 1999. The track is Glory Bound from 'The Only Way' EP. Lyrics are kinda generic and basic but it seemed to mean something to these kids, back in the days.

English Dogs.

Let's start with Dirty Money, the hardcore hype on this side of the Channel. Tough hardcore with some groovy parts, heavy breaks, angry vocals etc.... but with something special, dunno exaclty what but this record is really blowing away. Think about the reunion of Cro Mags, No Warning "s/t" and some bands like Outburst or Death Threat but with some modern edge.
The lyrics remain always simple but strong and agressive. I also love the layout and cover: streetwise and reality united ahah.
So now, use your petrodollars and buy this record. Out on Dead& Gone Records.
myspace.com/thedirtymoney
Oh, they're going to Europe in June, with Lion of Judah (harDCore) and Trapped Under Ice (review coming soon) so check out the dates and get your minds ruined.


DIRTY MONEY - Dead Man Shoes (2007)

Oh, there's something i forgot....

....to say about this blog.
I am FRENCH okay? so i learned english at school so my english sucks ass. word.