HARD & FAST, etc.
GODE OF HONOR
Code of Hazer
SOA
The phone constantly rings its
never ending jingle, the postman
wearly walks up the concrete trail
barely holding the bulk of mail, each
containing questions and more ques-
tions. "What is new and hot and how
do I get it?" seems to be on everyone's
mind these recessed days.
S.S. DECONTROL from Boston,
debut LP "The Kids Will Have Their
Say" is perhaps the best rabble-rous-
ing extreme vinyl of extreme
power and determination that has
been released in a long time. Absolute
straight edge dominates here as lyri-
cal content speaks their mind and at-
titudes. "Boiling point kicks off this
black firehouse slice of oil outbursting
in tremendous thrusts of invincible
fury bulldozing its strength into the
nervous system. Vocalist Springa
sports, a mean throat cavorting in and
out of the vigorous, grinding, guitar at-
tack, Al strums to the forefront. Hectic
drummer Chris never lets up, packing
a garroting blow and heavy bass lines
delivered by Jamie tighters the entire
outfit, leaving you breathless after
each listen. "Not Normal, "Headed
Straight," and "United" stand out lyri-
cally potent and musically exhilarat-
ing, all 18 songs expose you to a new
up and coming titanic band. On X-
CLAIM/DISCHORD Records.
Those brave lads Cory and Tesco,
over at Touch & Go, have made us
proud once again. This time the two
new battering ram jolters! First the
long-awaited 10-song EP from those
rough-arsed Midwesterners NEGA-
TIVE APPROACH. Impetuous phren-
etic guitar wails striking chords as the
BEASTIE BOYS
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gnarler vocalist rasps out exerting Over at DISCHORD haus, they
grates of harsh realities. Split-second have just put together a superb double
songs that whirl wind from speed to sided LP, featuring two of the hottest
chorus, explode the total rawness and up and coming bands, FAITH and
untamed force of Negative Approach. VOID. Twelve abrasive cranium-
Second is everyone's favorite crunching cuts by each band. VOID's
parodists "THE CRIPPLED EP" by momentum is rapid and raw, uncon-
those notorious MEATMEN. Giving trolled euphoria assailing oscillating
us yet another escapade into impious, punks. Searing, enticing strength
unrestrained, clamorous skateology, surges forward in quick bursts of nitro-
once again giving. Praying Mantis's acceleration leaving you cold, de
the reason to pray for forgiveness. manding more. THE FAITH ignite with
Featuring such big mouth-watering glass shattering infernos of incinerat-
hits like "Orgy for One," "I Sin for a Living intensity! Hammering guitar
ing," and "Blow Me Jah." Not for the
warm-hearted or those who love cock-
roaches. $2.50 ea. from Touch & Go,
P.O. Box 26203, Lansing, MI 48909.
scrapes tear forth triumphant bursts of
Alec Mac Kaye's blatant vocal chords
shouting out "Face to Face," "What
You Think." and "You're X-d." Man-
euvering this piece of black vinyl to ex-
traordinary feats of positive force and
hardcore rhythm. An exceptional LP
destined to be bonafide bestseller.
$5.00 postpaid from DISCHORD,
3819 Beecher St., NW, Washington,
D.C. 20007.
The 5-0-5-1 four-song EP from San
Diego is a bit calmer, but packs the
punch nonetheless. Propellant stor
mers bombard irrefutable energy and
eminent tempos. Similarities to the
Adolescents, but with a style all their
own.
From Finland, TERVEET KADET'S
(Healthy Hands) latest eight-song EP.
"Infinite Xmas," starts off with a fabul-
ous cover and this little seven-inch
Arabella Field
erupts unrelenting spurts of persistent
chaotic flailing! Unique quick velocity
fiercely portrays maniac vocals that
come as fast as they go. Emergent
deliverance devastates desolation
leaving nothing in the wake. Excellent
international hardcore $4.00 from P.
Tuotanto c/o "Voitto Vasko" 76780,
Lamminmaki Finland.
Over in the United Kingdom, CHA-
OTIC DISCHORD'S "F-k the World"
EP is total raw noise and corruption.
Cacophonous disorder staggering out
unfetted doses of harsh zealousy.
These blokes don't lollygag around,
vital thrusts of chaos, non-hesitant
ruckus rips at the mental state and
adds more spikes to it. On RIOT CITY
Records.
могото
Barry Henssier-Necros
CRASS RECORDS
THE CRAVATS "Rub Me Out,"
"When Will We Fall"
RUDIMENTARY PENI "Farce"
From one of the lands that brought us
the Falkland Islands war (England)
comes the Cravats and Rudimentary
Peni. These two singles from Crass-
a "Peace through Anarchy" organiza-
tion, are alternative listening types.
They're not H.C., and they're not
H.M., they are such as definition is not
necessary.
The CRAVATS music sounds kind
of like the weird jazz cartoons I used to
watch at the drive-in movies as a kid.
They scared me in that special way,
back then, and now I still get shivers.
The same with RUDIMENTARY
PENI. Although the bands are not
RUB
THE
ME OUT
FARCE
PEAV
POLY WOG STEW EP by the
BEASTIE BOYS is eight boisterous heavy thrash tunes. I saw them live alike at all, they're similar only on the
melodies of frantic excitement, and they tore heavily. NECROS, their basis of their original approaches to less than 47 hardcore bands from the
"Transit Cop," "Michelle's Farm," and 9-song EP, is an excellent skate disc. life, politics and human welfare by way Northern California and Reno areas.
"Egg Raid on Mojo" distinctively put I hear there's more from them, but of their craft. Both are very favorable, Bands like Rebel Truth, Los Ol-
the Beasties in a class all their own. none has come our way. Public High especially for clearing grown-ups out vidados, Square Cools, Crucifix,
Invincible attacks and lashings shim- School, I Hate My School, and Race of the room.
Naked Lady Wrestlers, and on and on
mer the speed and amusement down Riot are good songs to work out
up to 47. There are not many losers
your throat, swallowing this mighty routines or just lean back and swivel KROKUS
on this album, which as a matter of
provocative poly vinyl carbonate to.
fact, is climbing on the underground
makes you hungry for a Beastie bit
record charts with a bullet. Accentuate
more.
CODE OF HONOR
"Fight Or Die"
SIC PLEASURE
-Brian Schroeder
"Dolls Under Control"
The C.O.H. side of this LP bran-
dishes three formidable sticks
(skates) and a guitar up against a wall.
Looks like they're gearing for an audi-
ence. C.O.H.'s title song and Stolen
Faith are pretty outstanding. Stolen
Faith seems to remind me a bit of Los
Olvidados.
"One Vice At A Time"
-V.B. Arista Records
JIFA
The Sic Pleasure side is just as J.F.A.
good, only features a different singer. "Blatant Localism"
The album is tight and I listen to it all Placebo Records
the time, so I guess it's a keeper.
5820 W. Virginia
Phoenix, AZ 85035
NECROS
"NECROS" 9-song EP
Touch & Go Records
P.O. Box 716
Maumee, OH 43537
-V.B.
These guys are all skaters. They're
from Ohio and they're hardcore musi-
cians. These guys unleash some
-Rikk Agnew
JODY FOSTER'S ARMY, premier
skate/thrash band from Phoenix, AZ.
The guys are too cool. They played
at the "Day on the Dirt" punk music
festival in Berkeley and blazed.
Their EP, "Blatant Localism," re-
moves all doubts of bogusness, Jody
Foster's Army, Beach Blanket Bong-
out, and Cokes and Snickers are way
hot tunes.
-V.B.
RIKK AGNEW, ex-Adolescent,
ex-Christian Death guitarist
"All By Myself
Frontier Records
P.O. Box 22
Sun Valley, CA 91352
I've always had special reserva-
tions for the Adolescents, of which R.
Agnew was a guitarist. On this album,
"All By Myself, it seems that Rikk has
gone ahead with what was supposed
to be the Adolescents' second album
and done it absolutely solo. Not bad
for this type of concept. It even sounds
like there's a complete band playing.
The album is definitely not one for the
circular file. He hits on a lot of song
styles (some take more time to ac-
quire a taste for), but still the album
rips. O.C. Life, Surfside, Fallingout,
and It's Doing Something are my most
favorite so far, but after more listen-
Ings.
-V.B.
-V.B.
Most of you probably think that Bon your record collection with this one,
Scott, one-time screamer for AC/DC, boys and girls.
died several years back, right? Well, GIRLSCHOOL
it's quite possible that he has been "Hard Rock on 12 Inch"
reincarnated as one Marc Storace,
lead singer for Swedish heavy metal-
Three songs from four daughters of
H.M.
ers Krokus. These guys don't fool heavy metal. Don't Stop, Wild Life,
around when it comes to sounding just and Don't Call It Love are very fine
like Bon and the boys from down rockers for all you heavy metal en-
under circa 76/77. Krokus' music is thusiasts. Marching abreast in the
dominated by loud, chunky guitar Motorhead, Iron Maiden, and Joan
surge with the likes of
work by Fernando Von Arb (yeah, Jett, GIRLSCHOOL drops in where
yeah, sounds just like Angus), and re-
minds me of cruising the skate spots other poseur H.M. bands have failed
in Blackhart's Shark when Nugent 'n' roll. A favorite is Don't Stop, with its
to achieve the coarse raw-edged rock
was king and times were simpler. Ah! suggestive connotations. This is one
Nostalgia.
MAXIMUM ROCK'N'ROLL
-K.T.
of those albums that's really good to
play over and over again. Don't be
fooled, this is heavy metal, not punk.
Ask for them in your favorite record
Compilation Double LP
On Alternative Tentacles comes a store.
massive double LP compilation of no
RIOT 303
"Crowd Control"
The Northern Continent has
spurted out a few good bands, e.g..
D.O.A. and SUBHUMANS, but the
best to date is RIOT 303. From Cal-
gary, Alberta, Canada, RIOT 303 is
fronted by rockin' Ron Hadley, a
hardcore skate enthusiast in his early
twenties. His performance on this 4-
song EP is great. He says their songs
are just about anything you can think
about. Guerilla Warfare Man, Drugs,
Organized Religion, and Something
Living Under My Bed are the songs
and not one of them is a lemon. RIOT
303 blends the best of H.C., H.M. and
H.C. punk for their own brand of rock
'n' roll. This EP is a definite must.
DEAD KENNEDYS
Bleed for Me, Life Sentence
Jello & Co. are still cranking strong
with this one. Musically, I liked "Life
Sentence" a little more than "Bleed for
Me." But in content, both songs are
relevant to today's society, something
more of you kids should look into in
these last days. Stay tuned for new
MOFOTO album and upcoming THRASHER
interview.
-V.B.
Mike Voss of Los Olvidados, on the
Maximum Rock 'N' Roll compilation
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