Powered By Pride - Jersey Style demo

Here's another demo I picked up at Alain Out For Blood's R.P.P. distro at a show back in the day. His demo-box would always be filled with new demo's to check out and buy, haha. This is the 'Jersey Style' demo by Powered By Pride, a hardcore band from New Jersey (obviously). Recorded in early 1998, this is fairly typical tough NJHC/NYHC. Good stuff tho, if you enjoy this style. The thanks list mentions bands such as Burnside, Da Real Deal and Forsaken Existence, that should give you a clue as to what this band sounds like. I don't think this band did anything else recording-wise, tho I'd love to be proven wrong, so if anybody has some more PBP recordings, do leave a comment! Drummer Jared would also do time in Ego Cage and Shortfall, no idea what the other band members did besides PBP.

Powered By Pride - Jersey Style demo

Said & Done - s/t 7"

Said & Done (not to be mistaken with the current, and great, hardcore band from the Netherlands of the same name) was a melodic hardcore band from Boston in the late 80s, early 90s. Apart from a few appearances on compilations, they did only one 7". This self-titled 7" was released on Suburban Voice in 1991. Suburban Voice ofcourse being the well-known zine done by Al Quint from 1982 until 2003 (in print format). But it was also a label on which he also released a bunch of records, many of which came as freebies with the zine, others were 'regular' releases, such as this 7", but also 7"s by bands such as Kingpin and Daltonic. Al still does Suburban Voice, now as a blog, so by all means check it out here. As mentioned, Said & Done also appears on a few comps, including the 'Boston Hardcore' comp but other than that I know nothing about this band. If somebody does, please leave a comment. Thanks!

Here's a cool live video:


Said & Done - s/t 7"

1992 Hardcore: Round 2 In An Endless Fight compilation 7"

As mentioned in the Groundwork (CT) post, they also appeared on a compilation 7" put out by the same label who released their self-titled 7". So here it is. Put out on Round Two Records in 1992 as their first release, this compilation features 5 bands. Higher Force was a band with Pete Morcey on vocals (also one of the people behind Round Two Records), who would later on do vocals for Forced Reality and 100 Demons (replacing Bruce LePage). His vocal style is a bit too much here tho for me. Another Wall would get a great posthumous 7" release on Doghouse Records, and their track here is easily the best contribution to this compilation, love this song. Groundwork I already covered in my previous post, this is a great track, just as good as their self-titled 7". Livestock I know nothing about, but would love to hear more of them, great stuff, there's even some chugga chugga in their sound. If anybody knows more about this, please leave a comment! Evolve does a decent, albeit slightly weird track on here. They also appeared on a split 7" with Mindwar, also released on Round Two Records. Overall it's a fairly solid compilation. The front and cover of the sleeve are printed in a slightly different form on the inside of the sleeve, so that's why they appear twice with the scans. The insert is rather large, so I've broken it up into separate scans. Enjoy!

Oddly enough Hearsay Records, who also released (legit or not) the Converge/Overcast and Vision Of Disorder/Loyal To None split 7"s, would release a compilation 7" with the Groundwork, Livestock and Evolve tracks from this compilation on side A and the Evolve tracks from their aforementioned split 7" with Mindwar on side B. Sounds sketchy to me, hahaha...

1992 Hardcore: Round 2 In An Endless Fight compilation 7"

Groundwork (CT) 7"

Here's the only 7" of Groundwork from Connecticut, which was released on Round Two Records in 1992. So not the (awesome, and more well-known) Groundwork from Arizona, but another one, that was around at the same time, the early '90s. This Groundwork had a more melodic and rocking sound than the AZ Groundwork and was not nearly as political. This 7" is still a great listen, even if I prefer the AZ Groundwork. Unfortunately there are only 2 songs on this 7" tho which is a bit short. Their full discography includes several demo's, a CT hardcore compilation 7" (also on Round Two Records) and a CD with a couple of their recordings. I have the compilation 7" which I posted here will post at some point, I do not have any of the other recordings unfortunately. I would love to get my hands on them, so if anybody can help, please hook me up! For now, enjoy this 7".

Groundwork (CT) 7"