New Breed
I don’t know how you can clearly pick between the three major NYHC compilations from the late eighties, but I think at the end of the day New Breed might be the best one. A mindblowing opener from Absolution, some seriously sick live tracks from Life’s Blood (with Sean Murphy from Collapse, also on here, on vocals-anyone have that entire set?), Breakdown at their rawest, that fucking scream at the beginning of Raw Deal’s contribution. A whole bunch of smaller but good bands like Our Gang, Fit Of Anger, and Collapse.
This was originally on tape (I have a nice copy of it from a first generation copy) but was also booted on CD (with booklet) around 1999 or 2000. A nice reissue of this would be great.
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Youth Of Today In Thrasher
I’ve never been a huge fan of Thrasher. Skating had little to do with me getting into hardcore so it was just a magazine that sometimes covered hardcore (I remember buying issues in 1994ish that covered Killing Time, Vision, and Mouthpiece amongst others) and had decent coverage of skating. Sure Pushead used to do a raging column monthly for it.
Back in 1988 I would’ve subscribed for sure if I got a fresh copy of Youth Of Today’s We’re Not In This Alone LP along with it. That record is a monster, so fast and pissed off. The drumming is pretty savage, having to be remixed months after its release. By far it is my favorite Youth Of Today record.
In 1998ish it was reissued and remixed for the worst on Revelation Records. A few years before that, there was a bootleg CD with both versions of Can’t Close My Eyes, We’re Not In This Alone, and the Anarchy In Vienna live bootleg.
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Teenager In A Box…Go!
Ad for Government Issue’s excellent Make An Effort ep, which, as mentioned, features the classic Teenager In A Box.
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Radio Riot
Ad for the Radio Riot show here in New Jersey. I don’t know Mat Gard that well, but I always liked the fanzine version of Radio Riot a lot.
