Monday, November 21, 2011
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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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one of the best front mans of all-time. CIV's first album was a true kick in the ass to the sorry scene of hardcore at that time. good stuff!
ReplyDeleteI agree, they were a breath of fresh air in a scene that was, at least to me, dominated by Victory Records heavy metal bands. I know TYF and some others took an exception to CIV being on a major label, but I loved that first record and always had fun at their shows.
ReplyDeleteyeah, that first album was good, but the other hardcore at that time was good if you cared about "what was said" :)
ReplyDeleteGreat band! Walter wrote one heck of a record. WICKED!
ReplyDeleteIs there a band greater than that right now ? I don't think so..
ReplyDeleteIt's funny that you made that post about Civ just about now. Did you know that he broke his foot on the recently Gorilla Biscuits brazilian tour? Walter replaced hi on vocals and it was both historical and awesome. Kids went nuts! If think it was even better than Youth of Today here last year.
ReplyDeleteWell, I only hope he can recover well and fast and come back down here for another tour!
CIV shows were always good times. I tried to see all of their shows in the LA area (1st and 4th Warped Tours, what was supposed to be the last Quicksand show, last Triggerman show at the Whisky), and being that I was just barely too young to have gotten to see GB before they broke up, CIV felt like the next best thing. Half of that first album could easily have been songs for the 2nd GB album that never got made.
ReplyDeleteIt was so ironic that the band that was really championing that traditional late 80s style of hardcore was also on a major label and had guitar picks in Doritos bags and a video on MTV and had their song played at hockey games. It didn't bother me much. I am still puzzled as to why they wore bowling shirts and creepers (the dress code for Long Beach, CA meatheads). The last time I saw them, they were dressed like they were on a safari. Full on Crocodile Hunter mode. I kid you not.
Best song: "Solid Bond."
CIV was a band that kind of got lost in some ways as far as the HC scene went because they were not GB. The fact is that Ben is right - the album in many ways was the next GB record. Walter wrote it, Civ sang it, Sammy was the drummer at the end of GB -
ReplyDeleteCiv was and is a nice guy that puts on a great show...
thanks for sharing
I definitely consider it the next GB record. Just a name change is the only difference really. Good stuff!
ReplyDeleteBrings back good memories
ReplyDeleteJC Stark-Arts,
ReplyDeleteAND Arthur played bass in CIV (at the beginning at least). So that's one more thing that made them an extension of GB.
they're pretty boring visually, the musics good on the first record but that's it, so many better bands around than them, just open your eyes and ears.
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