PRESSING ON!!!!!!!!

So fuck it I don't have the scans for it yet but I'm going to upload it anyways. I've been listening to this all morning and really wanted to put it up because it's something that needs to be listened to by everyone

Hopefully I don't have to really introduce this band. They've been ripping it up with the most intensity and sheer brutality for a long while. Definitely one of the most well known Japanese Hardcore bands out there GAUZE! This record though I feel gets overlooked a lot. It was released by Prank in the '97. It's not any new material, it's 3 songs from Equalizing Distort and 3 songs from Genkai Ha Dakoda. These songs are definitely beefed up though and sound thicker than anything else they've done. The two most recognizable songs for most are probably Low Charge and Pressing On since equalizing distort is one of their better known albums and both have english names but you will barely recognize them. Pressing on is somehow played louder faster and harder than on the LP with cool backing vocals on the "pressing on" part. I think the best is definitely Sinin Ni Kuchinasi which is the last song of Genkai Ha Dakoda. Just the beginning of the song sounds so powerful and then at the snap of a finger it blasts into full speed.

So this is definitely for those people who like good ripping fast music.

Go download this now and listen to it non-stop.

Dedicated to all the real hardcorepunkers

So I still haven't quite figured out the format for this blog. I don't really have enough records to rip and upload to make it worth being dedicated to that. And I know nobody really cares about the everyday happenings of my life (hell I barely do). But for now I'm going to upload a couple of awesome records. I'm sure the blog will come into heavy use during the tour.


First up today is the second installment of the Best Run Fast 7" compilations from Japan. The first one is actually better in my opinion (you have slaver and lc pirates and a much better DONDON song) but I needed to rip this anyways for myself so decided to share it. You can search 7" punk for the first comp. After the second 7" came a video and a compilation LP in the series. I still haven't been able to find a copy of either, digital or physical. The compilations were put out by MCR in the early 90's. MCR still is putting out tons of cds and videos. You can check them out HERE.





The last picture is a sticker... it's pretty large and all one sticker. A little weird, I don't know anyone who'd really want to just slap that on stuff.

As far as the songs go, the sicilian blood song is definitely the ripper of the bunch. The mess song is really good but not quite up with the Sicilian Blood song. I'm not too much of a fan of Idora's rendition of Helter Skelter. It's interesting, but I don't think I've ever heard a cover of that song I like. DONDON's song is super powerful with the driving force typical of Japanese hardcore. I myself like the song exterminate to the fashion from the first Best Run Fast Better though.

Also as the first 7" this one is also dedicated to all the real hardcorepunkers.

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Speak Mouth Fuck You

So I haven't really taken the time to write anything in here. I'll change that soon, just adjusting to working again and looking for a second job.

Flint Pl is moving soon. I think familiar faces are occupying this place though.

When I get home I think I'll rip a 7" to upload up here. It's Gauze's 7" on Prank. All the songs were released on other records but these versions are a million times more ripping. Pressing On from Equalizing Distort starts it off and is so much heavier and crushing than the LP version. I sold mine in desperation for money but finally got another copy the other day and have been listening to it non-stop since.


Also in other music related things. I got the Loner's new LP last night. I haven't gotten to listen to it entirely (and have to fix it, the center hole is too tight and makes it play at the wrong speed) but the songs I have listened to are great. The B-Side opener is definitely the hit off the record. It's the song Let Me, one I have heard them play and that stuck out both live and on the record as an amazing song. So either go see the loners or check out churchkey records to pick up a copy.


Also Logic Problem has a record coming out on Grave Mistakes very soon and is almost done with our LP to come out on Abuse Records in Brussels. So get ready for two total rippers.

My other more powerpop/rock band needs a singer and a bass player, practices are sunday at like 4. To give you an idea we are planning on covering Harmony In My Head by the Buzzcocks as a song to try out singers.

Also Decimates is still looking for a drummer. Don't have to be awesome but need to be able to keep up. We should be working on a demo soon enough.


Ok so i'll leave you with this




Come check out the Remedy on Hargett street if you're looking for food. Things have been going rather well there. I'm there most nights from 5 to close.

Annihilation on parade

So first order of business.
I finally acquired my own copy of the Skitkids/nightmare split.
The comforting feeling of listening to this on vinyl is great.
Every time I listen to the first Skitkids song I have this feeling of anticipation before the solo and then once it comes to the pause I feel like my heart stops for a second. It's awesome.
The nightmare songs KILL.
The artwork is also awesome.



Also I picked up a copy of Sorry State's new release Under Al Kritik and it is almost as ripping of a record (trust me that's an awesome complement). Definitely has a feel of some of the other Danish records with some of the weirdness of Dead Kennedys and some of the harshness of Articles of Faith. The b-side opens with a metal ripper. This record is awesome and I'm definitely in love with it and highly suggest you get one since Sorry State was nice enough to make it available in the states for a decent price.




Logic Problem played Charlotte last friday night. It definitely wasn't one of our best shows but it was fun. Well for everyone else. I managed to destroy my finger (it didn't really hurt that bad but all the blood was a nuisance).


Lots of awesome shows coming up.
Fucked up @ Milestone friday
Shards first show @ ???? saturday
Social Circkle/Shards@ Slims the 27th
Logic Problem @ UNCC the 31st

Lots to do so go.

Search For the Sun

In honor of finding this album I decided to upload it.
Ha sadly I have no cover or insert to scan.


One of the first American releases on Crass' Corpus Christi label in 87. This album has something for everyone. It's definitely d-beat to the bone. It's a west coast Discharge, everything great about Discharge but with a little bit of some of the sound and general feel of the west coast tossed in. They were featured on the Not So Quiet on the Western Front LP and their song fits in with a lot of the other music on there but still manages to stand out. The song on the comp is a rawer slower version of Annihilation without the speech that starts off the LP. I kind of like it better than the album version. You can listen to that version HERE.

Anyways I think this album is a classic for most everyone, even if you don't get behind the whole peace punk stance this album is still awesome.

CRUCIFIX - DEHUMANIZATION LP

Another Mouth To Feed

Rites of Spring LP $2
Crucifix - Dehumanization $1.50 (no cover or insert though)

Still feel like I won though.

More and More

Everyone should check out the newest Raleigh freaks Shards.
Their demo is coming out soon on Sorry State Records.
Till then check out their myspace.
http://www.myspace.com/shardsnc

The band is a real super group containing members who have been in this band and that band. All are familiar faces from the area but this is something completely different.
I was surprised the first time I heard the vocals. There is a feeling of nihilism in them, very reminiscent of Darby Crash in delivery along with all the slurring of words. The music is a little more midpaced with an early west coast feel to it. Think Live Fast Die Young by The Circle Jerks but with a couple of weirder parts added in and more demented vocals.

Keep an eye out for the demo it is amazing.
I can't wait to see where this band goes if this is just the beginning.

Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell

Ron Asheton was found dead today.



Truly a sad way to start a new year.

NME has comprised their list of his five greatest riffs
check it out here.

NME BLOG

TV Casualty

So it's 3am. I am not tired at all. The TV just stopped working, not a single channel will come in. I am starting to get hungry but don't want to eat because then I'll never get to sleep. And now the power just went off for a second leaving me in pitch black darkness. It's kind of freaky for this stuff to happen while I'm home alone at 3 in the morning.

I don't know the point of this.

Join the Rejects

I'm bored... nobody else is home and I've just been sitting around doing nothing all night.
Pretty shitty day. Denied more jobs. This feels like it's one big joke.
Here's a couple of videos involving crazy animation.... I wish I was able to do this kind of stuff.



and another one that's a music video for a remix of a radiohead song. the song may not be the best but the video is great.


and an insane one by the street artist Blu



Ok that's it.......

I was a teenage pretty boy

It's hard to type because my hands are so numb from the cold.

It's not too bad though.. it's kind of a refreshing cold like sticking your head in the freezer.

Today's Agenda:

- Go get ticket for expired registration dropped
- Go to GFC to apply loading/unloading trucks (it's a job and pays $11 an hour)
- Go do some very light grocery shopping
- CLEAN the house and possibly the inside of my car
- Try to seal up my room better to keep the cold out
- Jam session with matt and dave


The problem is that it is now 1 am when I'm posting this and I still need to get ready to go out.
Guess I have to get to it.

I nicked this off of Wooster Collective.
It is an amazing video.

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

The video is for a publisher's(4th estate) 25th year anniversary. It's pretty crazy and had to have taken a lot of time and creativity to make.

Ok well off to make the most of what's left of the day.