![]() The obligatory punk rock stuff like The Sex Pistols and The Ramones. I just went through some of my old ticket stubs from back in the day and one'sįor The Ramones and The Lunachick at The Ritz in 1991. Was the big thing so I think I just got up, drank a coke and got back into the I remember that I gotĭropped on my head at that show, but that was way before concussion awareness It was around 1991 that I got into New York hardcore. Reconstruction Records which was this amazing DIY record store in the east I started to go to AiBC no Rio and did most of my record shopping at Once I discovered hardcore, that was pretty much Gorilla Biscuits show and got to see bands like Sick Of It All, Vision, Sheer I caught the last (or at least it was at the time) Scene, in retrospect, because it was sorta dying at that point, all the oldīands were breaking up. It's probably a Pilates studio now or some shit. Into the bands that have been the big ones for me ever since, like BornĪgainst, Rorschach, Merel, Articles of Faith, Universal Order of Armageddon,Įconochrist, Citizens Arrest, shit like that. ![]() Specifically labels/distros like Ebullition, Bloodlink, Lumberjack, Vacuum (notĪt all straightedge affiliated but I bought a TON of stuff from them because Of great straightedge and straightedge associated stuff going on at that point, In 1994, I started college at NYUĪnd became straightedge, as was the style of the time. I guess the word "emo" hasĭifferent, HORRIBLE connotations nowadays, but that's what I called bands likeįrail, Elements of Need, Julia, Groundwork, Spirit Assembly, Max Colby, Still Into the German hardcore bands of that era like Dawnbreed, Stack, Systral,Ĭarol, Morser, Acme and Vacuum was the best place to buy that kind of stuff.Īlso, in the late 90's, the straightedge stuff kinda took a turn for the more They specialized in international stuff), and so on. Life, Current, Heroin, Anasarca, Mohinder, god I can go on forever. Time, Saetia was playing, there were a bunch of amazing bands that were doing The kind of stuff I was primarily influenced by in Saetia and Off Minor. Similar stuff like Closure, You and I, Sleepytime Trio, 400 Years, The Vidaīlue/Ten Grand, Managra and on and on. Punk because it was still sorta a new thing.
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