STRAW DOGS.

I'll have to admit that back in the day, I wasn't much of a fan of what the F.U.'s had become, but John Sox's vocal delivery intrigued me in a "WTF?" kind of way? Super-nasally, yet super unique - dude had some deep pipes to go along with that though, and that kept me wondering. "How the hell does he sing like that?"

Some riffs on this here record are some straight-up heavy metal 80's-style stuff, but I got hooked on that "Young Fast Iranians" jam they did, and while I've been a dude who preferred "a bit of metal in his hardcore", this record somehow worked for me. Seriously, there are some killer fucking riffs delivered on here. Take "Cavalry" for instance…

These days I prefer "a bit of hardcore in my metal", and these days, this record gets a lot more play around here.
Rockin' stuff from one of the best hardcore bands there ever was - don't let that scare you…



Straw Dogs - We Are Not Amused

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BULGE.

Here's a wonderfully dingy, obnoxiously abrasive, & poignantly juvenile record from one of my favorite Boston HC bands ever, Bulge, née, Psycho.

I used to write to Charlie Infection way back when I was a shit-kid skaterat back in the mid-Eighties in mid-Michigan, and he would send me tons of flyers, homemade stickers, cassette comps, etc.
I am sure I wasn't the only one he wrote back to; I gotta say that all the cool stuff that he sent me over the years warped my young & impressionable weed-addled-sponge-of-a-mind by helping me to realize that you really could do whatever the fuck you wanted with your life if you really wanted to, and gnarly-ass hardcore, skateboarding, tattoos, a broke(n) family, & a small midwestern hick-town upbringing/existence just helped to stir the pot for what came next in (my) life.

Anyways, I'm rambling on about the path I took, but for what it's worth, Charlie Infection is 52, still jams with Psycho, puts out (aXctio) Records, etc. - what do you think you'll be up to when you're 52? You gotta make it there first, son.

(By the way, Bulge was the pseudonym that Psycho used when they backed GG Allin on his classic LP, "Freaks, Faggots, Drunks and Junkies" ).



Bulge - Penis Rising

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ETERNAL SUFFERING.

Loyal L-RV comrade (and recent Bay Area transplant?) Moose suggested these guys after checking out my post featuring gurgle-shredders Pyrexia. Thanks to the wonders of the webernet, I was able to this down for you all...

If you enjoy Pyrexia, vintage Suffocation and early Obituary, then you should have no problem downing this either.

A classic in it's own right, really.



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Eternal Suffering - Drowning n Tragedy

SOCIETY SYSTEM DECONTROL.

Boston's infamous "Glue Crew"...

Here's a nice collection of cuts spanning their entire catalogue, as well as some unreleased material.

Enjoy.



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SSD - Power




Now playing: Doug Stanhope - Don't Pull Your Dick Out
via FoxyTunes

WATCHMAKER.

The sheer violence in their sound was like a lullaby to me.
Still bummed they packed it in a while back.

THE SAW WAS THE LAW.

(Dig around the archives, you'll find more shit from these dudes around here).



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Watchmaker - Kill.Fucking.Everyone.




Now playing: The Offenders - do or die

OUTPATIENTS.

Unsung, young, and out-of-fucking-control.
Yeah, there's a Deep Wound connection here, but I'd have to say I dig these guys better - their attack was even more primal and unpolished.
This is REAL teenage-angst / spastic-primitive balls-out hardcore.

*(They also had the best song on the Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Compilation Vol. II)*



Outpatients - Hardcore Outcasts Revisited '82 - '84

DISRUPT.

By request for faithful reader Sueleiman , here's some classic drunken/political/grindy crustcore for y'all...

D/L Disrupt - Unrest (part 1) right here.
D/L Disrupt - Unrest (part 2) right here.




Now playing: Libido Airbag - Ambidextrous Amok Marathon

HIRUDINEA / WATCHMAKER.

Hirudinea fucking slay, bro.

I woke up this morning and knew exactly what I was gonna post.

I scored this a while ago, and I've been so busy with the madness at work as well as a full-plate at home that it just sat on that corner of my desk that is always a three-foot-tall stack of unlistened-to CD's.
I finally had the time to actually start going through some of the logjam in the last week - thus the lack of updates.

My first test for a new CD to see if it is "worthy" is by playing it on my drive to work.
That usually tells me within 15 minutes if a CD kills or not.
This split CD definitely is a strong cup of coffee - made with turpentine, per se'.

Very violent, and at full speed, both of these Boston bands make some seriously scary fucking music that is not without being heavy as well.
Hirudinea is a new one for me, and I sure as fuck hope to hear more from these guys.
Watchmaker is a personal favorite of mine, and as usual, they do not disappoint!

I'd love to see both of these bands on a full-on Boston bill, the line-up (in no particular order) being:
Hirudinea / Watchmaker / Raw Radar War / Converge / Out Cold - fuck, I'll stop right there...

D/L Hirudinea / Watchmaker split CD right here.



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Now playing: Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King

F.U.'s

Hey here's a rad recording from of one of the greatest first-generation hardcore bands of all time, Boston's own F.U.'s from way back in 1982.
I have a feeling some of you may have missed punk rock the first time around - let me tell you, it was pretty rad...

D/L F.U.'s - 10.10.82 WERS, Boston MA right here.

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Now playing: D.R.I. - Bail Out

SHIPWRECK A.D.

Riff-heavy / heavy-riffed heavy hardcore - that makes sense, right?
All I know is that I like it, and if you are a regular here at L-RV then you pretty much know what I'm in to.

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.

D/L Shipwreck A.D. - Abyss right here.



(I don't foresee my HD coming back to life any time soon; the holidays have put a serious lock-down on my spending right now so a new HD & file recovery will have to wait for awhile.
Still, I'm not gonna give this up - it's too much fun)...


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Now playing: Hellchild - Soul of Purity

OUT COLD.

Formed in the outskirt suburbs of Boston nearly 20 years ago, these guys have been prolific in their output over the years, yet they remain largely under appreciated for their very kick-ass take on power-chord hardcore - not unlike Poison Idea in many ways, and hey, that's good, right?

No need for a history lesson as the record holds its own...

D/L Out Cold - Permanent Twilight World right here.

ONLY LIVING WITNESS.

A band I feel never quite got the full credit that they deserve (especially in the States). ANY band Jonah Jenkins is a member of is gonna be good, but these guys were special...

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.
Metal Archives.

D/L Only Living Witness - Prone Mortal Form right here.

ORCHID.

Spastic/chaos Massholes who created an ear-piercing wall of skree.
Some folks called this stuff screamo, but it's so much better than that description...

D/L Orchid - Totality right here.

WATCHMAKER.

Must be something in the water supply up there in Boston because so many of their bands just kill...

Seriously powerful (and pissed off) Boston hardcore/grindcore/powerviolence action from one of my favorites, here's Watchmaker's 2005 release "Erased From The Memory Of Man".



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Watchmaker - Erased from the Memory of Man



*Quietly re-upped on 12.29.2008*

RAW RADAR WAR.

Um, this is one of my favorite hardcore records of all time.
It's not even two years old yet, but it fuckin' delivers.
These guys are hard to beat...

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.
Land O' Smiles.
Shifty.
Game Two.

D/L Raw Radar War - Double Equals right here.

JERRY'S KIDS.

Absolutely fucking KILLER live in-the-studio set from one of the best hardcore bands ever.
I'm fucking tired as fuck, so only one post tonight, hope you like it.

D/L Jerry's Kid's Live on WERS, Boston MA 01.05.1983 right here.

Now playing:
Killdozer - Big Song of Love
via FoxyTunes