Release
My pal Bob Shedd copied this for me a number of years back. The Release 7″ is one of my favorite Straight Edge records of all time. A really heavy intro (basically remixed with the Enuf intro for the Floorpunch intro), great lyrics, and good mosh parts. Axtion Packed Records would go on to be Jade Tree Records, which isn’t too cool but did put out Swiz records (more on Swiz later this week).
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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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Jock Itch Fanzine
Jock Itch Fanzine was supposed to be a project done by my old friend Craig Edge from Australia. Jock Itch became his fanzine The Edge Of Quarrel later on which was a great fanzine.
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Finish Line Fanzine
Finish Line Fanzine was done by my old pal Brian, who was also involved with Impact Fanzine back when it was just a Web Site (one member of which now does Double Cross). I remember walking up to a show in August of 1998 when I ran into Brian, who had just pulled up as well. He gave me a copy of Finish Line and I read it that night while icing down a few mosh pit bruises.
I haven’t seen Brian in years. I heard he got pretty far out of hardcore. He was a really quiet kid who I always liked hanging out with at shows.
