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Well, it's that spook-tacular time of year again wherein nearly every working musician decides to suddenely drop a ghoulish new batch of msuic THE DAY before Halloween. Now, don't get us wrong, we LOVE it... but it's just too much music for a one-man operation,s uch as ourselves to cover in just one day. So, expect another Halloween-centric feature either this weekend or early next week right here on these pages of The Witzard. We've been covering Halloween-adjacent content here for the better part of the past two weeks. However, today, just in time for your Halloween Weekend festivities, we're back with a brand spankin' new feature on one of our favorite artists: Brycon. For those unaware, every year around this time Brycon and his fellow producer/DJ G-Pek recruit a bunch of their beat-minded friends and peers to partake in their annual There's No More Room In Hell Halloween beat tape series. There's No More Room In Hell 6 by Brycon, G-Pek, Eons On...

Above, you'll see a flyer for an infamous mixed-genre show at CBGB's billed as HARDCORE 1997. Said flyer for a June 29, 1997 gig explains, "This IS the actual band order, so be there early! CB's... usually START ON TIME!!!" and lists the night's performers/genres: "SPAZZ (West Bay HARDCORE Mayhem, first tour ever!) Braid (A damned EMO band on tour from somewhere?) MONSTER X (Ebullition's only real HARDCORE band.) The Get Up Kids (Another wretched EMO band on tour.) HEMLOCK (HARDCORE? DEATH METAL? At least it's not EMO!) 97a (New Jersey HARDCORE, with a brand new record, too!) Ethel Meserve (Hmm... More EMO still?)" It's crazy to think bands as different as SPAZZ, Braid, and The Get Up Kids were all featured on the same bill for a 3:00pm gig at CGBG's, but, I guess, times were different and it's an awesome piece of Punk/Hardcore-adjacent to see nearly 24 years later. Last week, amidst The COVID-19/Coronavirus global pandemic, Japa...

HARD FOUL at KFJC 89.7FM's "Wall," 2020 (SOURCE: @DanLactose) HARD FOUL is a new Punk/Hardcore band consisting of bassist/vocalist Frank Ripple , guitarist Dan Lactose , vocalist Kurlee Daddee , and drummer Cris R. Collectively, HARD FOUL 's members have spent time playing with Agents of Satan, Deny The Cross, Elephantman, Kalmex & The Riff Merchants, Plutocracy, Radioactive Lunch, Redacted, CCCRRCCSSLLRRKKRRSSS, Dank Goblins, Funeral Shock, Grand Invincible, Happy? Shadow People, Shed Dwellaz, Sheep Squeeze, SPAZZ, Three Wheel Motion, Torture Unit, U.S.F. Underbucket, and DEADPRESSURE. However, with that said, HARD FOUL is Kurlee Daddee 's first time ever participating in a band as an official member! HARD FOUL recently played their "quarantine compatible" live debut on Los Altos Hills, California radio station KFJC 89.7FM this past Saturday, March 14, 2020 from 3-6:00pm with These Bastards . HARD FOUL 's 10-minute set included a select...

"Luke Sick is, also, working with Toronto beat-maker Andrew Nolan AKA WOLFAGRAM (Intensive Care, Column of Heaven) for a full-length tape release through IRON LUNG Records. The working title is: Yegg War..." read a blurb in the June 2019 installment of 36CrazyFists . 36CF is a digital/emailed 'zine run by SPAZZ's Dan Lactose AKA DJ Eons One. In addition to SPAZZ, Lactose has recorded and released music with Superbad, Funeral Shock, DANK GOBLINS, Deny The Cross, Grand Invincible/Collab, Underbucket, and CCCRRCCSSLLRRKKRRSSS, as well as a gaggle of other bands and runs his own label imprint, Tinted Windows Record Co. A few of the aforementioned groups have been with Megakut Records & Gurp City's own Luke Sick AKA Clell Miller & J. Luke Oakson. Earlier this morning, some additional details and release specifics concerning Yegg War have been properly announced to the masses: LUKE SICK & WOLFAGRAM's Yegg War project will be released on cassette and di...

Old and Pissed by These Bastards These Bastards are a phenomenally-named Punk/Hardcore & Powerviolence band hailing from San Francisco, California . It appears as though These Bastards initially formed around January 2018, prior to the release of their frantic 6-track DEMO 2018 EP . These Bastards' first proper release, Old... ...and pissed 's 7-inch liner notes proclaim, " These Bastards are these bastards: T.C. Bonelocs : Drums, Stoney : Guitar, Leech : Vocals, Bruno : Bass." These Bastards' Bandcamp page boasts it, in fact, consists of members of Conquest for Death , Venkman, Slobber , Agents of Satan, and Go Like This . These Bastards' Facebook page—I know, these bastards are all over social media!—additionally lists their "Affiliations" as: Dioretix , Fassbender, Mad Cow Dizeaze 182 , Translators, Feldmans , Creepy People, Shed Wellaz , Gym Class Heroes(?), Say Bok Gwai , Theeannoying, Three Wheel Motion , and Useless Youth. Lo an...

WINTER 365 by Grand Invincible Grand Invincible is a California -based 2-man Hip-Hop crew featuring emcee Luke Sick and esteemed producer/turntablist DJ Eons One . Luke Sick AKA J. Luke Oakson & Clell Miller owns and operates Punk/Hip-Hop imprint, Megakut Records . While DJ Eons One AKA Dan Lactose was once a founding member of Hip-Hop -loving Powerviolence band, SPAZZ and has his own small-batch imprint called Tinted Windows Record Co. Both DJ Eons One & Luke Sick have released countless records under an infinite amount of aliases, but together, they've released three albums and three singles/EP's as Grand Invincible between about 2008-15. Ask The Dust (2008) was self-released by Grand Invincible themselves, 2010's COLD HAND IN THE DICE GAME was released on Zero Friends , and Menace Mode was released on super-limited cassette by Luke 's own Megakut Record s. Amidst this aforementioned series of releases, Luke Sick & DJ Eons One unleashed...

Strike the Clutch by Luke Sick & Damien It's been a big year for Spokane, Washington -based I Had An Accident (IHAA) Records . Just this year, they've released a staggering number of releases from EQUIPTO & Brycon Present: The Watershed , Rabbi Max, Tenshun & Bonzo , BRZOWSKI/MC Homeless, C$ BURNS , Audiosiris, Bonzo Speechless & Damien , Namo, Blood Monk Consortium , Mhaze, The Deaf Index , SKRAPEZ AKA Tenshun & Psychopop, and countless others. Now, IHAA have returned with what's poised to be their last release of 2018: Luke Sick & Damien's Strike The Clutch. As many of you may well remember, Luke Sick & Damien previously released a similarly-titled EP together, which was featured within an edition of The Witzard 's Rap EP Wrap-up earlier this year. Damien Miller is, actually, the current owner and label-head at I Had An Accident , as well as a skilled producer on their roster, while Luke Sick is an emcee and founder of Megakut Re...

It all started just a few days ago, when I saw a post on F*CKED UP frontman Damian "Pink Eyes" Abraham 's Instagram page ( @leftfordamian .) He was teasing a then-upcoming episode of his weekly podcast, Turned Out A Punk , featuring Chris Dodge from "The Beastie Boys of Hardcore," SPAZZ . A photograph of @mrchrisdodge was surrounded by images of No Use for A Name , NOFX frontman Fat Mike, CROSSED OUT , Kool Keith , Southern Lord Records , Melt Banana, and The Melvins . I ( @sharpcheddar856 ) posed an exclamatory question through comment, "Woah, now, what's Chris ' relation to Kool Keith !?" Fellow Instagram Punker @bengonzales815sl soon Replied: "@sharpcheddar856 Kool Keith did a guest spot on a SPAZZ record," which I soon learned, was in fact, SPAZZ's 1997 album, La Revancha . Later, Damian Abraham himself, actually, Replied back, as well: "@bengonzales815sl @sharpcheddar856 they are also name checked on Dr. Oc ....

G-Pek, Brycon, Eons One, Yelir & B.I. Lectric - There's No More Room In Hell Part 4 by Brycon It's that time of year wherein artists unleash festive freebies, ghoulish get-downs, and Horror -filled haunts. Yes, we're talking about seasonally-appropriate Halloween -themed/centric releases! San Francisco producers, Bay Area beatsmiths, and Gurp City affiliates G-Pek & Brycon returned with the fourth installment of their annual Halloween beat tape, There's No More Room In Hell Part 4 ; this time, recruiting like-minded producer buddies DJ Eons One AKA Dan Lactose, Yelir , and B.I. Lectric for their ghoulishly good time. Studio Don , a mysterious entity, somehow affiliated with the series, explains: "for the last 4 years, Gurp City producers G-Pek & Brycon have been assembling a nightmare soundtrack for Halloween revelry and inviting one more beat-maker homie to join in every year. This year, the legendary B.I. Lectric AKA Big Shawn of Bored S...

HEALER / DJ EONS presents: DANK GOBLINS - split by Warthog Speak Records Dan "Lactose" AKA Dan Oblivious AKA DanOne 625 AKA Kung Fu Dan AKA DJ Eons One was once the guitarist/vocalist/sampler for Redwood City, California -based Punk/Hardcore & Powerviolence band, SPAZZ . Although, SPAZZ were only initially active from 1992-2001, Oakland -based imprint Tankcrimes has recently re-released Sweatin' to The Oldies , Sweatin' II: Deported Live Gorilla, and Sweatin' 3: Skatin' Satan & Katon , which were originally issued by 625 Thrashcore/Slap A Ham Records . Aside from SPAZZ , Dan Lactose (@DanLactose) has spent time playing or recording with CCCRRCCSSLLRRKKRRSSS , Crate Goblins, Deny The Cross , Dreonism, Funeral Shock , Grand Invincible, Shadow People , Shed Dwellaz, Sheep Squeeze , Three Wheel Motion, Torture Unit , U.S.F. Underbucket , and more. Lactose has also, recorded and released a number of Hip-Hop/Breakbeat -minded projects attributed ...