Willem Termote
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Edge The Movie
Read more: Edge The MovieI just watched this. It’s a very interesting and well made documentary of Straight-Edge in all its aspects. Where a lot of info is given by interviews with very influential people out of all three decades of straight-edge: The makers made interviews with the most influential people in the field of straight-edge. And show what…
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1917 Records #04: Guns Up!
Read more: 1917 Records #04: Guns Up!Probably because these 7″s needed to be “imported” from Europe – it is actually Demons Run Amok from Germany who pressed these -there was a time when these 7″s were totally hot on ebay. They were, and probably to some extent still are very rare in the USA, hence the prices paid for every color.…
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Vitality: Respect Is Everything
Read more: Vitality: Respect Is EverythingThe band I will be introducing is Vitality They belonged to the H8000 crew but are in a way apart from it. As the scene in ODK was something on its own. Every band member skated and was involved in the ODK Posse. All the band members have the same ODK tattoo in Gothic font.…
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Obscure AmenRa side projects
Read more: Obscure AmenRa side projectsFor several years now there is in Belgium an amazing band called AmenRa. The style they play is described as ‘sludge’ or ‘doom’ or ‘trance’, indefinable actually. They did several legendary shows on different locations including theatres. They already toured the United States but what many readers probably aren’t aware of is the fact that…
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Introducing Limited Pressing In Europe
Read more: Introducing Limited Pressing In EuropeLimited Pressing is an American based project created to support the DIY movement of Hardcore and Punk. They offer fairly priced stores for bands, labels, distros, and show organizers. In addition to stores, there’s also a ton of other interesting sections to the site. What differs this project from imitators is that it makes trading…
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The Icemen: Two 7 inch Titles
Read more: The Icemen: Two 7 inch TitlesThe Icemen were founded in 1982 by singer and songwriter Marco Abularach. Noah Evans from Bad Brains and Mackie Jayson from The Cro-Mags joined him. The band was mostly active on shows and didn’t put out official records until in 1991, Blackout! Records released an ep counting 4 tracks which was available on CD and…
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Striving For Togetherness Records
Read more: Striving For Togetherness RecordsThe label was founded in 1990 and released some New York Hardcore during the nineties. Very underground label with records that have become very hard to find, especially those I will show and discuss here. The first one is the District 9 7 inch, released in 1995 and called “Schoolahardknox”. It exists on three colors;…
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Record Collection Outtake: Colored Revelation Classics
Read more: Record Collection Outtake: Colored Revelation ClassicsThose who read my record list critically should have noticed that the NYHC section isn’t that rich in content nor in collectors items. So I took it to the bay and boosted it because I was able to buy the following records in one deal and all in Near Mint to Mint condition while paying…
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1917 Records #12: I Rise Down
Read more: 1917 Records #12: I Rise DownI Rise is from Worcester Massachusetts USA and mix mid-90’s sound with the sound of one of the greatest bands of the current decade; Have Heart. Also similarities to Soul Control can be found in the playfulness and finishing touch of the sound, certainly on the demo CD. When I first heard this ep I…
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