unpleasant dreams...

I think this is probably the first thing I have put up here that is actually recent.

Den is like an unpleasant dream and I mean that as a compliment. Unpleasant in the sense that you had a dream that you finger banged a dog or something. I dunno. Not that I have ever dreamed anything like that but I imagine I would not be stoked to wake up and know my mind came up like that. Hell, I guess my mind did come up with that comparison.

Well, anyways, Den is a new band from Chicago. Imagine a little dinosaur rock like Black Sabbath(they do cover Symptom of the Universe) or maybe even Blue Cheer. Then throw in a little Godsheadsilo or Man is the Bastard . Finally if you throw in a little bit of the noisy Boner records bands from the 1990s and some bands from Touch & Go circa the early 90s you are probably getting somewhere.

So yeah, get into it. They are a good band and it would be nice if people took attention.


http://www.mediafire.com/?wjwcb3lrpw1pbc0

Pikadori

Today is March 15th 2011, 9 years to the day that a band that means the world to me, released their first (and only) album. The band is Pikadori and their untitled album literally changed my life and had a pretty tremendous impact on lil ol 19 year old me.

I think if i tried to put into words they would fail me, all i can say is Pikadori are one of the most important bands I've ever experienced.  I was lucky enough to get to do my very first tour with them as well as multiple weekends and one off shows here and there, as a result i eventually become relatively close friends with them which lead to me becoming friends with alot of their friends and even touring with said friends and then even moving to Pittsburgh,PA because i loved these people so much.

Tours end, bands break up, friends lose touch, people move away/on, but in the end you're luckily left with more memories than you even have time to share and of course, the music. There's nothing much more that i can say except, LIVE THE LIFE!

Thank You Joel,Joey,Jason and Jacob.

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As an added bonus, here for your enjoyment is their entire set from 9 years ago.

part 3.

Saginaw hardcore...

I think I was 18 or 19. My band was invited to jump on a show in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The show had a bunch of crust bands from Grand Rapids, a local christian metal band called Bones Of Adam, who, I'm sure were there for comedy relief, Naked Agression and,oh yeah, Hellbender also just sort of jumped on the bill..

Anyways, at that time, my old band was more concerned with "going off" then actually playing. We were going to show these kids we perceived as being out of touch with what was going on in contemporary hardcore/punk what it was all about. Why? Because we were young and arrogant. By the first song, most of the drums were strewn across the stage and a marshall head fell on my head.

Anyways, at that show we met these 2 kids-ben and jim. They had just moved to Grand Rapids from the Bay City/Saginaw area. They were stoked to meet kindred spirits, as were we.

They started coming down to shows in Kalamazoo and we would hang out with them up in Grand Rapids and eventually we ended up doing a split 7" with them.

Bev Clone, in my opinion, could have been huge. Unfortunately, they never were able to put together a tour and broke up after recording a final demo, which was great.

Here is the Bev Clone discography. The first 7" is pretty much just them doing Fugazi Worship, the split 7" material was dark and ugly hardcore, not unlike Union of Uranus. The final demo is a mix of the darker and ugly hardcore of the split 7" and the more chaotic Gravity records bands of the mid 90s.

I will always have fond memories of Tom, ben,Jim,Karl and Scott. Even removing myself from the ties to the band I find myself really digging this band..

Tom and Ben are in a band, that, in ben's words, is a mix of Southern rock and "screamo" (?) Karl and Scott are raising families and jim does Tristeza.
http://www.mediafire.com/?17ca4qnib4zmb5m

...so yeah. Check it!

Thrash Metal Magazine-where it all started..

I think I was 13 years old, may have even been 12. The grocery store in my shithole little town had a magazine called Thrash Metal. Liking metal and wanting to find more bands that sounded like Anthrax and Metallica either me or my little brother bought it. Yes, there were features on metal bands, but what I remember most were features on bands like Agnostic Front and Excel. There was also a small feature on this band called Bl'ast!. All of these bands seemed very intriguing and I was curious what the difference between this "hardcore" music and speed metal was. Anyways, here's Bl'ast's first lp Power of Expression. You probably already have it but if you don't do yourself a favor and get it. They do "damaged" era black flag almost as well as black flag did it, intense jams, occasional long songs, little train that could drumming. You get the deal.

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

I wanna be adored.

Not much to say today.. Just want you to enjoy this wonderful little piece of british-ness.

Seriously, a great record.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jyn7pkelxaavewo/stone%20roses.zip