attn: version sound - NYHC: 1986-1990 download

[Stormy]

NYHC: 1986-1990

I tried to make this as diverse as possible, to show (hopefully), that there were some pretty interesting and sometimes even unique hardcore being recorded in the time period. Hopefully a band or 2 will click. At least half of these are demo recordings (when it cam to NYHC in the mid to late '80s, the demos were where the best stuff was. For me anyway. Enjoy.

01 Token Entry - The Edge
02 Absolution - Dead And Gone
03 Our Gang - Gone Through
04 Beyond - Someday
05 Damage - This House
06 Burn - Godhead
07 Collapse - Collapse
08 Krakdown - Idle Hands
09 Abombanation - Disinherit
10 Leeway - Be Loud
11 Life's Blood - Never Make A Change
12 Straight Ahead - On Parade
13 Breakdown - Kickback
14 Citizens Arrest - Serve And Protect
15 Altercation - Vigilante Song
16 Agnostic Front - Strength [live]
17 Born Against - Mount The Pavement
18 Madball - Spit On Your Grave
19 GO! - A Day to Fight For

https://www.sendspace.com/file/bwes0w

side note - the first 2 Madball eps were pretty stripped down, basic HC. Vinnie Stigma on guitar. This track was a bonus on the CD version of the first ep. Recorded live on WFMU in '89 i think.

[version sound]

Rad. Thanks.

[drew]

Very cool. Thanks.

[scannest]

Is the band Our Gang Lew Dimmick's band?

[aquaman]

Should be. Him and Hobi.

[BAIN]

17 Born Against - Mount The Pavement (1991)

replace with Half Mast or Riding w Mary and you have one hell of a comp

[worldismyfuse]

While Dead and Gone is a rad song, if you have not ever heard Aboslution, please listen to Never Ending Game. I love that song and think it's their best.
Absolution is a really incredible band with awesome an demo, 7" and comp. tracks.

[Stormy]

17 Born Against - Mount The Pavement (1991)

replace with Half Mast or Riding w Mary and you have one hell of a comp

LP was recorded in '90 so it gets a pass. Plus that song is too fucking good to omit.
By the way, you just listed my 2nd and 3rd fave BA songs. Cheers

[drew]

Is the band Our Gang Lew Dimmick's band?

yep.

[Stormy]

Is the band Our Gang Lew Dimmick's band?

yep.

The song on the comp made is from the 3 songs they recorded with Javier from Born Against on bass. Much more melodic (kinda emo-ish actually) compared to their other more straight forward HC stuff. The whole collection's on Blogged and Quartered. Excellent sound, taken from "Lou's CD", plus an entire radio set.

As far as Absolution goes, Neverending Game is great, but the sound quality on Dead and Gone is so much better, plus it really is a killer track

[JGJR]

17 Born Against - Mount The Pavement (1991)

replace with Half Mast or Riding w Mary and you have one hell of a comp

LP was recorded in '90 so it gets a pass. Plus that song is too fucking good to omit.
By the way, you just listed my 2nd and 3rd fave BA songs. Cheers

"Riding with Mary" is an X song. Sorry for the nitpickiness, but I felt the need to point that out since I love X and the album it's from (Under the Big Black Sun).

Anyway, yes "Mount the Pavement" is really good as is the rest of the Lp but they were best on the 7" and early compilation tracks.

[Stormy]

Yeah, i know Riding With Mary is an X song. Still one of my fave es though.

hey version sound - you check any of this out yet? I'm curious as to what you think

[Michele]

sounds great and some few names are even completely new to me...

[version sound]

First, I like this stuff. However, it just proves my assertion that the notion that the DC bands I listed weren't hardcore is complete and utter bullshit. Most of these bands have at least as much metal in their DNA as the DC bands have post-punk. Just because '90s hardcore was infected with metal doesn't make this stuff more legit HC than what came out of DC.

[Stormy]

First, I like this stuff. However, it just proves my assertion that the notion that the DC bands I listed weren't hardcore is complete and utter bullshit. Most of these bands have at least as much metal in their DNA as the DC bands have post-punk. Just because '90s hardcore was infected with metal doesn't make this stuff more legit HC than what came out of DC.

'90s NYHC (aside from '91-93) was when the metal sound blew up. Like said, i can care less about what came after '93 or so. As for what i posted, the only stuff even remotely metal influenced would be Leeway and Altercation (who both did the crossover sound right imo). I still don't see what any of this has to do with the bands you posted not really falling under the umbrella of what would be considered hardcore. Every band i posted was a HC band, If you can compare any of what i posted to metal, and therefore somehow justify posting stuff like Shudder or Think or Ride, because of that, as HC, i'd say that's a stretch. That's just me though. I actually tried to include some melodic, almost poppy type stuff (the Our gang stuff, Anombanation, Token Entry...) in there to even things out. Anyway, to me it's not a contest (as i've said a hundred fucking times). It's all good music. Listen to good music. As much good music as possible. Fuck genres, fuck geographic locations... Get in as much great stuff as you can find. Then we die.

[version sound]

Come on, no one posted Ride. That's just silly. Compare 95% of the bands on your comp to classic hardcore circa '81/'82 and you'll hear the difference. That thing is full of music that isn't just straight hardcore.

Hardcore + Metal = Hardcore
Hardcore + Anything Else = Not Hardcore?

Nope, that just doesn't add up.

[Stormy]

never said that

hardcore + metal = hardcore (or crossover, whatever)
hardcore + other influences = still hardcore
Shudder to Think + Shudder to Think = great music, but not hardcore

all i said was 1 or 2 bands you listed were not HC, that's all. no need to attack the statement with huge posts