Sunday, May 16, 2010

What one hardcore/punk album has stood the test of time for you?

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Sergio with Amenity, Photo courtesy of: Amenity

Sergio Hernandez - Amenity

Crucifix - Dehumanization - straight from the start, Sothira's powerful & poetic intro leading into the classic guitar riff for the main album track blew my mind away as a 14 year old! Not to mention the fold out poster record cover, true DIY punk style. It's your choice! Peace! Or annilhilation!

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Andy Guida - Altercation / Supertouch / Running Like Thieves

I was just thinking about what record it would be for me, I was thinking that I would choose Offenders, We Must Rebel. Strange. A lot of my friends missed that record. We Must Rebel has great playing and singing on it. Those guys could play. That record hit me hard. It still does. Good alienated, pissed off lyrics, catchy songs and they were fast and tight. I used to practice drums to that record. Fun. Although I think I had The Butthole Surfers, Psychic Powerless Another Man's Sack on the other side of that cassette. I listen to that record more consistently over the years. Are the Buttholes allowed to be on the list? Does the rule book allow for that?

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Lew's guitar, Photo courtesy of: Lewis Dimmick

Lewis Dimmick - Our Gang

I could easily go with the Minor Threat LP (two 7"s) or Bad Brains ROIR Cassette, but I've decided to go with a NY record: Agnostic Front's Victim In Pain.

This record, following its release, set the template for just about all the hardcore in and out of NY in the '80s, both musically (fast part / mosh, fast part / mosh) and lyrically (unity among members of the scene, who were outcasts from society).

It was a worthy template to follow, until the late '80s when the template shifted, from fast hardcore to heavy moshcore with lyrics about busting heads, and all the energy of hardcore became horribly misplaced.

By Livewire Records at May 16, 2010

16 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 16, 2010 at 8:37 PM

    You should post something about Dio dying. Obviously he is not hardcore, but the influence of Black Sabbath in hardcore music is greatly obvious.

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  2. AnonymousMay 16, 2010 at 10:27 PM

    That Lewis Dimmick guy is something else.

    --- Lewis Dimmick

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  3. AnonymousMay 16, 2010 at 10:28 PM

    That Lewis Dimmick guy is something else.

    --- Lewis Dimmick

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  4. ShayKMMay 17, 2010 at 1:39 AM

    Yeah, I second the Crucifix choice as a great CA punk album. Still holds up against so many others in the same genre. Those guys from SF could rock! Far better than Brit/Euro bands with similar politics. Every song on this album is political, tightly played and scorching. That was a time when we all saw the music clearly for what it was... beyond the fashion, before the cliques, way before Krishna and jock morons poisoned our scene with infantile gibberish disguised as hardcore. DCXX, keep it up, keep it real!

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  5. kerrangcoreMay 17, 2010 at 7:44 AM

    yeah let's talk about Dio, he was a bigh influence in hardcore, an alternative metal style movement created by pantera in late 80's.

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  6. AnonymousMay 17, 2010 at 8:59 AM

    the dcxx facebook page had some dio stuff which was cool...i don't see it's relevance on the site though...i mean he was cool, but isn't this a hardcore site?

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  7. BrushbackMay 17, 2010 at 11:43 AM

    "Dehumanization" is TOTALLY a great record. Doesn't get enough notice. I remember when I first heard it, I was mostly into youth crew HC and not really willing to give a chance to some MRR-type political stuff, but it totally changed my mind. The recording on it is so perfect.

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  8. Ben EdgeMay 17, 2010 at 11:53 PM

    "until the late '80s when the template shifted, from fast hardcore to heavy moshcore with lyrics about busting heads, and all the energy of hardcore became horribly misplaced."

    Well put.

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