Floorpunch-Goal Line Stand Demo
At the time, it seemed like few people remembered hardcore. There were good bands in 1995. But for every Mainstrike, Mouthpiece, Voorhees, or Devoid Of Faith there was an endless stream of craptacular Snapcase or Earth Crisis clones. Or worse.
During the summer of 1995, we heard rumors about a new band called Floorpunch. They were supposed to sound like the Gorilla Biscuits. Then, they were supposed to be really violent. Confused, an older friend, who was tight with the band, told us more about them. He described them as “Youth of Today meets Breakdown.”
Uh, wow. This blew our teenage minds. Immediately, piles of singles were stuffed into envelopes and sent off to In My Blood Records HQ. When we got tapes back, a few of us sat down on my bed and hit play. Everyone was really quiet as this heavy intro that recalled both Breakdown and Youth of Today. It was heavy, it sounded pissed off. There were dive bombs and a lot of mosh parts. The intro ends and I hit stop. We looked at each other and smiled. A few “whoa’s” later, I hit play again. The rest of the demo was just as good, with righteous Straight Edge lyrics, huge mosh parts, and generally the vibe we had been looking for but never finding.
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