Sunday, December 19, 2010
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INTRO BUST
Welcome to DOUBLE CROSS - an online fanzine dedicated to the hardcore we love... past, present, and future. The goal is classic fanzine vibe and content, with stories, interviews, photos and more - updated every day through the week. While this might be a "blog," we want it to go beyond what that term typically represents.
And while we are undoubtedly straight edge and will put the best straight edge bands at the heart of this site, in no way does that mean we won't be featuring all of of our other favorite hardcore bands here as well.
Check out the below links for more info on us, as well as what we have been putting up here since beginning construction in March '08. Get in touch if you wanna contribute or just say what's up.
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Tim McMahon / Gordo
THANX:
We would like to give thanks and credit to Ken Salerno, Tim Singer / Boiling Point, Dave Sine and all the other photographers that have graced the pages of Double Cross. We could not do this with out you, so thank you very much for your contributions.
Big thanks also to some of our regular contributors, people like Joe Nelson, Billy Rubin, Agent A, Tony Rettman, Jordan Cooper, Larry Ransom, etc. All have been huge assets to Double Cross and we greatly appreciate all your help, effort and time.
Also, we'd like to give thanks to Ed McKirdy over at Livewire Records for lending his help and support to this project.
To contact Tim: TimDCXX@gmail.com
To contact Gordo: bcjordan1 at gmail.com
And while we are undoubtedly straight edge and will put the best straight edge bands at the heart of this site, in no way does that mean we won't be featuring all of of our other favorite hardcore bands here as well.
Check out the below links for more info on us, as well as what we have been putting up here since beginning construction in March '08. Get in touch if you wanna contribute or just say what's up.
X X X
Tim McMahon / Gordo
THANX:
We would like to give thanks and credit to Ken Salerno, Tim Singer / Boiling Point, Dave Sine and all the other photographers that have graced the pages of Double Cross. We could not do this with out you, so thank you very much for your contributions.
Big thanks also to some of our regular contributors, people like Joe Nelson, Billy Rubin, Agent A, Tony Rettman, Jordan Cooper, Larry Ransom, etc. All have been huge assets to Double Cross and we greatly appreciate all your help, effort and time.
Also, we'd like to give thanks to Ed McKirdy over at Livewire Records for lending his help and support to this project.
To contact Tim: TimDCXX@gmail.com
To contact Gordo: bcjordan1 at gmail.com
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Trevor, Tim and Taryn McMahon at the Phillies World Series parade, Photo: Traci McMahon When Gordo and I talked about doing a "Year In ...
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Joe Nelson contiunes with part II of the Orange County White Power saga. I really didn't think this needed clarifying, but in light of s...
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Originally formed in 1995, Floorpunch really made a splash in the hardcore scene that would continue until the end of the decade when they b...
Smalley saying that the reunion in Revere was the only time they were ever going to play again.......... yeah, another pathetic and embarrassing turn on those words.
ReplyDeleteAnastas was the driving force behind these two shows. Looks like a tour of Europe is on the horizon!
ReplyDeletespringa and ssd have been practicing anout for aweek now and plan to do a xclaim tour with dys, fu's,
ReplyDeleteSmalley has to feed his 324 kids somehow. Ahhh hardcore, what the hell happened to you?
ReplyDeleteGood for DYS and their fans. Fuck the luddites jerking off on their TAANG! reissues dreaming about having "been there" in the first place who hang on the words of their to validate their own beliefs.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous 12/20, 12PM:
ReplyDeleteThe story here is pretty simple. We planned August expecting it to be the only show, a one-time thing to support Duane and Drew's film, our city, our scene and fans who wanted to see us. There was no grand plan. We had no idea how it was going to go, how it was going to feel, if anyone was even going to show up.
Based on what they saw, a week after the reunion show, the Bosstones asked us personally to play with them at the13th annual Throwdown. We were honored to play with long-time friends/supporters, again in a celebration of the Boston scene (Hell, it's called the "Hometown Throwdown").
Once that was booked, I asked the question "well, the band is already together that week, what else can we do?"
We had really been blown away by the NYC support of the August show, they sent a bus up, made t-shirts, etc. NYC has also always been a very important city for Hardcore. So, we said "let's play NYC too!"
As a reminder, not being a full time touring band, there are a lot of expenses in doing these shows: travel, equipment and truck rentals, sound and tech crew, rehearsal space rental. We try to put as much as we can toward making sure we sound as good as we can for the fans. I can promise you, no one in DYS is looking at this band like an ATM, no one is pocketing big money.
We're looking a a few options for 2011. Nothing is set in stone, nothing is off the table either. We'll do the things that feel right to us, we'll try to do things that make for the most fun experiences for our fans.
Please take us at our intentions and at what we deliver, not our literal words. We had no idea we'd have been playing in front of 1,000+ people when we agreed to the August show and we had no idea we'd be asked to play the Throwdown.
You'll all know as soon as we make decisions.
Support and even the questions are appreciated.
-JA
Jon Anastas - I admire your bands and your spirit, 30 years into this. RESPECT.
ReplyDeleteGotta admit the "Smalley 324 kids" comment was funny as fuck. I'm glad that we are playing these upcoming shows together my old friend it's going to be a lot of fun and that's a damn good reason to be playing music at this point.
ReplyDeleteThes guys are O.G.!!!!! let them do whatever the fuck they want they earned it
ReplyDelete"how it was going to feel, if anyone was even going to show up."
ReplyDeleteGive us a break. It is not about money. It is about being something more than money: having integrity, knowing when it is important to have a band and when to realize that you have to be brave and say it is over, move one.
You guys sold out and not for money, you sold out for a plane ticket and the sounds of people shouting you name.
Nigel os Spinal Tap: It's number five, last week, actually. So, he asked me, to ask you, Tap, if you would be interested in reforming and, uh, doing a tour of Japan.
DYS IS DEAD.
RE-SPECT!!
ReplyDeleteFuck the haters!!
DYS LIVES!!!
jon, dave and co., COME TO FUCKIN' EUROPE, RIGHT NOW!!!!!. and you too, drew and nunz, pendejos!!.
ReplyDeleteLove it or hate it, it's happening. The band is having fun, the fans are having fun. That should be good enough.
ReplyDeleteIf Spinal Tap toured... I would pay!
ReplyDeleteSound and tech crew? Travel and equipment? Fucking lame! These knuckleheads are about as hard as a fucking cheeto.
ReplyDeletecomo say amo "cha-ching" suckers!!!
ReplyDeleteWOLFPACK!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete"travel, equipment and truck rentals, sound and tech crew, rehearsal space rental."
ReplyDeleteHmmm, many bands tour without all that "sound and tech crew" crap and still blow OLDYS off stage.
Black emptiness denies all stars
ReplyDeleteGetting bigger, tougher, meaner,
Meaner and stronger
As invisible and
Intangible as she
Yet closer still
is called "cho-chos" lickers!!! viva d.y.s.!!!
ReplyDeleteIf anonymous makes one more comment about Hardcore bands making $, I'm getting back in my Rolls Royce and driving the fuck home!
ReplyDeleteBenj said...Love it or hate it, it's happening. The band is having fun, the fans are having fun. That should be good enough.
ReplyDeleteYes and the same can be said about Limp Bizkit concerts. I thought punk rock was different. It ain't.