Crucial Response Records

• European Straight-Edge

  Profound Integrity

  

  Profound were and early Straight-Edge band from the Netherlands. This short post is about their record and their label. A rare transition copy of the first press is pictured.

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  7 July 2020

  Last modified

  23 August 2023
• European Straight-Edge

  Mainstrike No Passing Phase

  

  Mainstrike from the Netherlands was one of Europe’s Straight-Edge Hardcore powerhouses from the mid to late nineties. They played at times groovy and at times fast paced Youth-crew Hardcore. And brought a positive message of Straight-Edge and sober living. Reflections about growing up, living life and about the influences of…

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  19 June 2020

  Last modified

  20 February 2021
• European Straight-Edge

  Spawn & Feeding The Fire 7 inch

  

  The pressing history of this records seems – according to the Crucial Response pressing info page – quite disastrous. Seems that the vinyl labels were inverted, did not know if they meant the colours or the side the labels are on. But also the sleeves were reprinted after being rejected.…

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  3 October 2012

  Last modified

  22 February 2023
• Various

  Man Lifting Banner 2LP RED vinyl

  

  Some people might argue on what we (Bloggers) do is useless. But all ignorance aside, the real know that it’s useful to make pictures and describe everything you know about a certain release for example on the world wide web. Ofcourse every true collector needs no further explanation… and I…

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  31 July 2012

  Last modified

  6 January 2022
• European Straight-Edge

  Profound Integrity other 7 inch versions

  

  I like music and I think it’s of historical relevance. Hardcore might (still) mainly be about pioneering and this band might not have initiated a certain sound of music but they did bring the American Hardcore sound to European soil back in 1989. Oh yeah, need to say that these…

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  23 June 2012

  Last modified

  23 August 2023
• European Straight-Edge

  European Hardcore from the early 90’s

  

  It all started with the Congress interview I did with Josh. He spoke about Feeding The Fire as a band he knew through another guy called Rob. Rob was the vocalist for Feeding The Fire. But as you might know Rob also played together with Josh and Hans in Wheel…

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  3 February 2011

  Last modified

  14 August 2023