4 In Tha Chamber - Unstable Foundation MCD

4 In Tha Chamber was a hardcore band out of the Bronx, NYC. They were formed in 1996 by Dave Mitchell (ex-Without A Cause/Fahrenheit 451), and in 1997 their 'Unstable Foundation' MCD was released on Extreme Championship Wreckords. ECW (a reference to then-popular Extreme Championship Wrestling) was a label run by 4ITC's singer Jon. Heavy & semi-groovy NYHC with a slight rap-influence, 4ITC had their own sound going on. They had some problems with their line-up and commitments outside of the band, causing the band to go through several periods of inactivity. In 2000 they released a full-length called 'Existence' on Kingfisher Records and even toured Europe in 2001. Shortly thereafter the band pretty much quit, but then reformed a few years later, with a new singer, and a heavier sound, under the name 4 In The Chamber. This resulted in the excellent 'Memories Die' CD in 2007, which they released themselves again. After that CD the band folded but again reformed a few years later, this time under the name Unstable Foundation. Under that name they released one album that I know of, which I unfortunately do not own. The last thing I heard of Unstable Foundation is that they were looking for a new singer.

Anyways, if anybody has their other stuff (especially their split with As They Die on Moosestyle Records, from 1999), please leave a comment.

4 In Tha Chamber - Unstable Foundation MCD

Trial By Jury - 1991 demo

And another Trial By Jury request. Not that I mind, Trial By Jury were awesome. Here's their 1991 demo. It has a few songs on it that did not make it on the 7" version of this demo, which was released on Reflection Records in 1992. Reflection Records also did 7" by bands such as Green Rage, Counter Punch and Framework. Anyways, back to the demo. Early 90s new school hardcore with that typical crunchy guitar-sound and spoken/shouted vocals, this is the kind of stuff I live for. I love this band, I'll probably be posting the remainder of their discography sometime soon.

Trial By Jury - 1991 demo

Chilmark - Mosaic 7"

Another request. Chilmark were a post-hardcore/emo band from Barnstable/South Yarmouth, MA. The first time I heard this band was on the 'Boston Hardcore - In Memory Of...'comp 7" on the amazing Moo Cow Records, from 1994. Chilmark had already released 2 self-titled 7"s by then (commonly referred to as the 'Driftwood' 7" and the 'Mosaic' 7" respectively), which were released on CMK Records and Used Gears Records in 1992/1993. I believe CMK Records was renamed to Used Gears Records and was in fact Chilmark's own label? Moo Cow ended up repressing both 7"s, in 1994. Also in 1994, Chilmark's last recordings were released, the 'Fifteen Fingered Man' MCD, again on Used Gears Records. I have no idea what happened to the band members unfortunately. If you're into 90s post-hardcore/emo however, give this band a shot.

Unfortunately my copy doesn't come with an insert, sorry. And even worse, my copy is in pretty rough shape, I tried to clean up the sound as best I could, but don't expect great sound quality, sorry about that!

Chilmark - Mosaic 7"

For those interested, I don't have Chilmark's 'Driftwood' 7", but someone posted it on youtube:

Triphammer - s/t CD

Here's another request. Triphammer's self-titled CD has been posted on a few blogs before, but it seems most/all links are now expired. Which is a shame, this band from Salt Lake City, Utah was awesome. I even posted their 1997 demo as one of my first posts here. Unfortunately those are the only 2 recordings this band ever released to my knowledge. This CD was released on the awesome Life Sentence Records, at a time when every release on xLSRx was an instant buy. I haven't kept up with the label after around 2000, but in the 90s, they released pretty much nothing but awesome records. Anyways, Triphammer... Like the demo, this is incredibly heavy mid-tempo metalcore, 7 songs with an average length of 6+ minutes, and not one dull second among them. Anyways, if you haven't checked out this band yet, please do, you won't regret it. More requests coming up soon.

Triphammer - s/t CD

Trial By Jury - Fortune Cookie CD

Here's a request made by someone on my old post on Trial By Jury's excellent 'Ignite' 7". This was Trial By Jury's final release, the 'Fortune Cookie' CD, which was released on Outback Records in 1993, the band folded sometime later that year I believe. Outback Records had released Trial By Jury's 'Alter' 7" the year before, a 7" that already showed signs of Trial By Jury's attempt to incorporate more influences into their music. Like all TBJ records, this is great stuff, although truth be told I play this album the least of all their records. It's hit or miss, and at times it feels like the band wasn't quite sure what direction to go into, because of the at times funk-like bass which doesn't always work all that great, and some ideas that didn't work out too well in my opinion such as a pretty weird, and bad, intro and a pretty useless instrumental tacked onto the end of the last track. There are some great tracks on here such as 'Paper', 'Sirens' and 'Self' but also a couple of tracks that do nothing for me like 'Crest'. Having said that, it's still Trial By Jury, so the good far outweighs the bad for me.

Trial By Jury - Fortune Cookie CD

Lifeline - s/t MCD

No, this is not the current Lifeline that is fronted by Don Foose of the Spudmonsters. This particular Lifeline was formed in 1997 in Massachusetts and as far as I know only did some demo's and this MCD. Information on this band is quite scarce, so if anybody has any more info, please leave a comment, this band seems to have gone completely under the radar. This MCD was released in 1998 by Break Even Point Records, a prolific Italian hardcore/punk label that released records by European bands as well as US bands like Endpoint, Backlash and Lifetime. Lifeline played an odd mix of raw and fast East coast hardcore with almost youth crew like vocals. It doesn't work 100%, and the vocals are definitely the weakest part of the band, but I've also heard worse. But more burly and gruff vocals definitely would've worked better with this band. Still tho, give it a shot.

Lifeline - s/t MCD

Withdrawal - Our Piece CD

Here's another record I picked up at a distro at a show back in the day because the cover somehow hit a chord with me. And it turned out to be a great, and fairly unique, record. Withdrawal was a metallic hardcore band out of DeLand, Florida which started in 1994. In late 1997 they self-released the 'Our Piece' CD. Excellent hardcore that is very a-typical and is yet another example of the large amount of great bands coming out of Florida in the 90s. I know very little about the band, they didn't seem to get the recognition or attention they deserved unfortunately. I know they did at least one demo, as well as a 7" called 'The Same Rhythm' (the title track also appeared on a compilation tape called 'Rise Up!' that my old band Disdain was also on), but I've never been able to track down a copy of either of them. If anybody has either of them, or other Withdrawal material, please leave a comment. Especially if you're looking to get rid of it, haha... Anyways, enjoy!

Withdrawal - Our Piece CD

Mind's Eye

Here's a post made mostly for the purpose of simply documenting a band with a ton of hardcore pedigree. Cuz really, Mind's Eye's own releases don't do too much for me, haha. Mind's Eye was a short-lived band made up of Carl Porcaro of Killing Time fame and several members of Uppercut, which was formed after Uppercut broke up in/around 1990. Despite having such a NYHC background, the band sounded nothing like their previous bands, the best description would be something like post-hardcore meets rock... It doesn't do too much for me to be honest, but it's cool to see a band try something else rather than rehash stuff of their old bands, even if it's not for me.

Their 1st 7", called 'Almond Tree', was released in 1992, it was also the 1st release on Carl Porcaro's own label, Rope A Dope Records. Their 2nd, self-titled, 7" was released in 1993 and I can handle it better than the 1st 7", esp 'Shaft' is a pretty decent track. It's really the singing that kills this band for me. Both 7"s would later be added to the re-released CD version of Uppercut's 'Four Walls' 12", oddly enough with some of the titles different from the original ones ('My Douchy Friend' is called 'MDF' and 'Sea' is called 'The See' on the CD). I don't have that CD however so these rips are straight from the 7"s. I couldn't get rid of the skip at the start of 'Almond Tree', sorry about that. Also, neither of my copies comes with an insert. I have no idea if they originally came with an insert or not.

Mind's Eye - Almond Tree 7"
Mind's Eye - s/t 7"

Fear Tomorrow - Born In Blood 7"

Here's the only 7" by Fear Tomorrow, a short-lived band from New Milford, CT. Fear Tomorrow was formed in 1999 out of the ashes of youth crew hardcore band Follow Through together with members from another local hardcore band, Dismantle. Unlike Follow Through, Fear Tomorrow was much heavier and more metallic, somewhere inbetween Cro-Mags and Integrity. I'm not sure they even did a demo, but they got signed to Follow Through's old label East Coast Empire Records quickly who released their 'Born In Blood' record on 7" and CD in 1999. The CD, which I don't have unfortunately, has one extra track. Later that same year, Fear Tomorrow did a split MCD with the almighty Integrity, who were an obvious influence on Fear Tomorrow's sound, again on ECER. It could have gained the band a lot of attention, but in early 2000 the band folded due to line-up issues. Anyways, here's the 7", it's pretty damn good, so check it out.

Fear Tomorrow - Born In Blood 7"

Welcome To Albany compilation 7"

Stepping out a bit from the 90s era, here's a cool compilation 7" that documents the Albany/upstate New York hardcore scene circa 1988. It was (I believe) the only release on Grinch Records, and features Substance, Insult To Injury, Face Up, No Outlet and Infectious Waste. This compilation is quite varied in style, which is always nice. Even though it's from 1988, there's only 1 youth crew band on here, Face Up, and they're actually quite decent. There's also more rocking hardcore on here by No Outlet and Infectious Waste, mid/up-tempo hardcore by Substance and burly hardcore by Insult To Injury (which might be their first non-demo appearance?). Substance and No Outlet are my favorite bands on here, but really, all bands are solid on here. Definitely give it a chance!

Update (thanxxx to my man Scott): This was indeed Intent To Injury's only non-demo appearance, not to be mistaken with I.T.I. from Chicago, as I had assumed. I.T.I.'s singer Shane is also the guy behind Grinch Records and played in Wolfpack for a short while.

Welcome To Albany compilation 7"

Recoil - Demo '91

Recoil was one of the early 90s hardline bands, after Sean Muttaqi & Vegan Reich started it all. Recoil was from Memphis, TN, and released only this demo that I'm aware of. Members were also in other bands from the local sXe scene at the time like Raid, Pure Blood and Monkey Wrench. The demo's got some solid hardcore that's somewhere between Judge and A Chorus Of Disapproval, but with not such strong vocals, and 2 rather boring instrumental tracks. I know nothing about this band really, there is a bit of information about this band on the XCatalystX Records forum but also not that much really. Henrik posted this demo a few years ago on his excellent, but now seemingly abandoned, Bring Honour Or Walk Away blog but without scans. I've ripped it from my copy tho and included full scans. Enjoy!

Recoil - Demo '91

New blood: Kingpin (UK)

There's a ton of awesome bands coming out of the UK nowadays, and here's another one, Kingpin from Glasgow. With ex-members of Eviscerate AD, Rough Justice and a few more bands, this band hasn't been around for all that long, but fuck it... Their recently released demo, recorded after only 3 rehearsals with the current line-up, shows a lot of potential and promise! The 3 tracks display a love for 90s NYHC as well as more modern influences. I hope this band sticks around long enough to do some more recordings, would love to see where this band is heading... As much as I love 90s hardcore, I also love checking out new bands, and so should you!

Lube Job compilation 7"

Here's a cool and relatively obscure compilation 7". I got it because it's got S.F.A. on it, and I love S.F.A. New York City Hate-Core as they call it, and that's spot on. Great band, especially the first 2 albums. Their 2nd album 'So What?' was released on LP as well as on CD, but the CD version was a split with another band, Necracedia from Philly, with their album 'Now I See Clearly'. Necracedia is also on here, they're a solid punk/hardcore band with some good rough, snotty vocals. Doomwatch was more of a crossover band, mixing punk/hardcore with some thrash metal. Pretty good stuff. Submachine was a punk rock band with a pretty extensive discography. For me, they are the weakest band on this compilation, not into the vocals, the music is pretty solid tho.

This compilation 7" was the first release on Rust Records, in 1991. Rust Records was a label from Pittsburgh, PA, but they didn't stick around for too long. They did only a couple more releases after this compilation, including a Submachine 7". After Rust Records folded, CI Records, another label from Pennsylvania, ended up with the leftover copies of this compilation (as well as the other Rust Records releases), added their name to the cover, hand-numbered them and sold em. My copy is one of the original ones tho, not the 're-packaged' ones.

Lube Job compilation 7"

Apathy - s/t MCD

Apathy was a hardcore band from the Baltimore, MD area who were around from the mid 90s till 2001 or so. In 1997 they recorded their self-titled MCD, which unfortunately wasn't released on Gain Ground Records until 1999. I don't know why it took them so long to release it tho, it's a pretty solid record. Great metallic hardcore, but the vocals were their most distinguishing feature. They were handled by both guitarists at the time, Rob Ingram and Adam Brown, and their combined range makes Apathy sound like Vision Of Disorder at times.

After this release, Rob would focus solely on vocals and they would add an additional guitarist to the band, Ben Swan. With that new line-up Apathy would release a full-length album on Gain Ground in 2000 called 'What The Dead See Through The Eyes Of The Living', and a 2-song promo CD right before their demise in 2001 (neither of which I have unfortunately).

Rob Ingram now does a one-man hardcore band called Stateside Firefight as well as an Iron Maiden tribute band called Powerslave. Ben Swan moved on to do vocals for Samadhi and Age Of Ruin. I have no idea what the rest of band did after Apathy.

Apathy - s/t MCD

Running Like Thieves - Same Time Next Year... demo

Sometimes when you buy a lot of records, you'll come across nice surprises. I got this demo as part of a big bag of demo's a guy was getting rid of over here. There were mostly youth crew demo's from the early 00's in the bag, not the stuff I go nuts for, but I love demo-tapes, so it's all good anyways. One of the surprises was this Running Like Thieves demo.

Formed in the late 90's by Matt Warnke (Bold, Crippled Youth) and Andy Guida (Supertouch, Absolution, Altercation), Running Like Thieves definitely had all the necessary NYHC credentials, but they went into a more melodic direction instead, not wanting to rewrite their past bands' songs. After recording a demo in 2001, the band signed a deal with Livewire Records and released (and re-recorded?) the demo on CD in 2002, with an additional track, as well as a follow-up 7" in 2003. Anyways, here's the original demo, not the Livewire release. This is more melodic hardcore/rock-oriented than their previous bands, and I will say this is not for me really, but I'm sure some of you are interested in checking out this demo.

Matt Warnke and Andy Guida are currently writing music under the name The Mistaken. Andy Guida is also drumming for My Rifle, who released a pretty good 7" on Wardance Records a while ago.

Running Like Thieves - Same Time Next Year... demo

Implicate

After my post on the Hudson Hardcore Volume 1 compilation tape here, a comment was left asking if somebody had Implicate's 'Sworn Anomie' CD. Well I do, so here it is, as well as their self-titled 7". The cd was released by the band themselves in 1998, and is really solid from start to finish, great 90s metallic NYHC. Their dual vocals approach really worked for them, the vocals differ quite a bit which helps ofcourse. The 3 tracks that appeared on the Hudson Hardcore comp were taken from this CD, with 4 additional tracks. An underrated album.

Their self-titled 7" was released on Penske Material out of California, in 1999. By that time one of the singers had left the band, so there's only one singer on this recording. Not that it matters a lot, the 7" is great as well. They re-recorded 2 songs and added 2 new ones. Good stuff still, but the lack of the additional voice makes it stand out a bit less than their CD. But overall, Implicate were an underrated upstate NY band, so check it out.If anybody has any info on the band, please leave a comment.

Implicate - Sworn Anomie CD
Implicate - s/t 7"

Hudson Hardcore Volume 1 compilation tape

Here's a cool compilation/3-way split tape with 3 good upstate NY bands that was released on Dynasty Records in 1998. I don't know if Dynasty managed to do a follow-up comp or not? If someone knows, drop a comment, I would love to know. Anyway, this comp features Implicate, Slipfist and Sedition with 3 songs each.

Implicate are the best band on here for me. Their dual vocal attack combined with solid metallic new school meets NYHC hardcore is really good. Their songs here are taken from their self-released, and awesome, 'Sworn Anomie' CD from 1998. The band also did a 7" in 1999, again great stuff. Slipfist are also great, they have hints of Vision Of Disorder and One 4 One in their metallic hardcore sound, nothing wrong with that! They did 2 demo's and then quit, but the band recently got together to write some new music, and also put their 2 demo's out on CD not too long ago, you can listen to them here. John Vista (Inner Dam) did an interview with their guitarist Todd which you can read here. Their songs are taken from both demo's. Sedition rounds off this demo and their songs are taken from their 1998 demo. I wish I knew anything about them, but I don't. If you do, please leave a comment. Good harsh up-tempo NYHC with some nice shouted vocals.

Hudson Hardcore Volume 1 compilation tape

One 4 One - Beyond Hate demo

It seems there are more than a few readers of OnexPath that are into NJ's One 4 One, so here's another One 4 One release, their 'Beyond Hate' demo from 1994. Great stuff again, it's a good mix between harder/tougher hardcore and more old school hardcore. I love this band, as I mentioned in my previous posts (here and here), there's something about them that really does it for me. Check those posts for more info. Some of the songs of this demo would later be re-recorded for their 'In Search Of' CD on Back Ta Basics Records. Enjoy!

One 4 One - Beyond Hate demo

Crosscurrent (MN)

Not to be confused with the other Crosscurrent I posted a while ago, this band from Minneapolis, MN was pretty short-lived, and had Chad Dziewior (Threadbare, Downside, The Judas Factor, ...) on guitar. I don't know much about this band to be honest and I am not even sure they did any other recording besides their 'Injustice Is A Symptom Of Institutionalized Oppression' demo from 1992, which features an intro and 2 songs.  The band was formed shortly after the L.A. riots began, as explained on the 7" which contains the same recording as the demo, and the lyrics deal with that as well.

  

The 7" was released in 1993 on Old World Records out of Germany. Crosscurrent played great early '90s newschool hardcore. Besides Chad Dziewior I have no idea who the other band members were or what they did before/after this band. It would appear Crosscurrent was a short-lived project used to release some frustration and anger more than anything else. Either way, I'm quite into these songs, so give it a chance, just keep in mind both downloads are the exact same recording, one released on tape, the other on 7". Enjoy!

Crosscurrent - 'Injustice Is A Symptom Of Institutionalized Oppression' demo
Crosscurrent - s/t 7"

One 4 One - Trust Is Lost MCD

Someone requested this CD recently on a previous One 4 One post, so here it is. This CD was released in 1998 on Kevone Bulldoze's Time-Served Records. Great NJHC with Dan Murray's distinct vocals (he's also the one member who survived all of their line-up changes). It's not exactly original nor is it the best record ever, but as I explained in the previous One 4 One post, I have a soft spot for this band. And One 4 One was definitely an underrated band, don't get me wrong. So if you want some great NJHC, look no further than One 4 One. Also don't forget to check out AJ's post on their 'Seven Year Cicada' album which is their last, and best, album.

One 4 One - Trust Is Lost MCD

5 Minute Major - Droppin The Gloves demo

5 Minute Major was a NYHC band from Astoria, Queens which formed in the late 90s out of the ashes of a band called Inside Job, when their old singer left. The rest of the band continued under a new name with a local tattoo artist, Kevin, on vocals. In 1998 they recorded their 'Droppin The Gloves' demo, which gained them a lot of attention. Soon after they were picked by France's Inner Rage Records who released their 'Where It Ends' CD in 2000, which also has the demo tracks on it. I ripped the original demo tape however, complete with the intro to 'Defiance' and outro to 'Crosscheck' which aren't on the CD. This demo was also re-released by Spill The Blood Records out of Germany in 1999, with a much fancier cover, but I don't have that one, so no scans from that demo, sorry! Anyways, 5 Minute Major stood for good, tough & heavy mid-tempo NYHC that should appeal to a lot of OnexPath regulars and NYHC fans who can enjoy bands like One Second Thought, Bulldoze and Setback. There were plans to do another full-length but as far as I know that never happened and the band folded sometime in 2001/2002 before it came to fruition. Members moved on to bands such as Denied and Everybody Gets Hurt. Enjoy!

5 Minute Major - Droppin The Gloves demo

Reality Check - No Love For The Underdogs demo

The Polish hardcore scene has been going through a resurgence as of late. There are a ton of great bands coming out of Poland, such as Iron To Gold, Desperate Times, Outbound and Last Dayz, and also a number of labels making sure these bands are released on tape & vinyl. Reality Check plays heavy up-tempo hardcore akin to bands like Terror, No Turning Back and such. Good stuff. They contacted me (and other blogs) about putting their 2011 demo up for download. Since doing this demo they appeared on the excellent 'Very Cool & Very Core' compilation 7" from 2012 which showcases 6 bands from the current Polish hardcore scene, including some of the aforementioned bands, as well doing a 7" called 'The World On My Shoulders' in late 2012. The compilation 7" was released on Poland's own Ratel Records, and the EP was released on 2 other Polish labels, Elephant Skin Records and Last Warning Records. So if you want a taste of the current Polish hardcore scene, check out Reality Check and the other bands, and the labels. There's some pretty good stuff coming out of Poland, so give it a chance.


Reality Check - No Love For The Underdogs demo

Sharon Tate's Phoetus (S.T.P.)

Sharon Tate's Phoetus, or S.T.P., started in 1983 during the formative Boston hardcore years. But they didn't last too long and late 1983/early 1984 they broke up again after a couple of members quit S.T.P. to form Deathwish. In 1989 original members Chris Jordan (vocals) and Cliff Truesdell (guitar) reformed S.T.P. and their style transformed over time from their old Boston hardcore roots to a slower and more riff-based style of hardcore, with great results. This reformed band did 3 recordings, two in 1990 and one in 1991. The 2 recordings that were done in 1991 were released as the 'Sick Plus Three' demo and the 'Hate Is The Move' demo, the 3rd recording was never released in full as far as I know, only partially later on. In 1994 the band split up.

In this post I've compiled all the S.T.P. releases I know of, and have, that were released with songs taken from the aforementioned 3 recording sessions. In 1991, Germany's Lost & Found Records released 4 songs from the 2nd demo as the 'Hate Is The Move' 7". In 1992 a self-titled S.T.P. 7" was released on Boston's Finest in a single run of 500 hand-numbered copies. Boston's Finest was a label run by Chris Jordan and S.T.P.'s bassist at that time, John Kozik, and the 7" had 2 songs on it that were taken from the 3rd recording session. In 1993, Lost & Found re-released the 'Hate Is The Move' 7", only this time as a CD with the full 'Hate Is The Move' demo on it, as well as 2 additional songs taken from the 3rd recording session, one of which was also on the 7" on Boston's Finest. For some reason Lost & Found renamed the band Stomp That Pussy on the cover of the CD, as opposed to S.T.P. on the 7", even though the band had never used that name for themselves (their crew of friends was called the Stomp That Pussy crew). Finally, in 1995, Taang! Records released 2 more S.T.P. songs on their 'Boston Hardcore 89-91' compilation which were both taken from their 1st demo. If anybody has their full 3rd session recording somewhere btw, I would love to hear it!

Members of this band (all line-ups) would end up in bands such as the aforementioned Deathwish, Slapshot and Anal Cunt. Also 3 members are no longer with us, 2 due to an overdose and 1 committed suicide. R.I.P.

S.T.P. - Hate Is The Move 7"
S.T.P. - s/t 7"
Stomp That Pussy - Hate Is The Move MCD
S.T.P. tracks from 'Boston Hardcore 89-91' compilation

Time's Up

Here are 2 7"s by the New Jersey band Time's Up. They were around in the mid 90s. After doing 2 demo's sometime around 1993, which I don't have, they managed to do 2 7"s which I posted here. As far as I know that's all they did, I'm not sure if they even appeared on a compilation? The band itself isn't too well-known, but guitarists Chris Rascio and John Adubato would play in Burnt By The Sun after Time's Up folded (Adubato forming BBTS and Rascio joining later), and Burnt By The Sun was awesome. Time's Up isn't quite on BBTS's level, but they were pretty damn good still. Creative, off-beat & dissonant metal/hardcore with fairly straight forward shouted vocals.

The first 7", 'At Ease', was released in 1994 or 1995 on Happy Days Records. Happy Days Records would also release Endeavor' '...Of Equality' 7", with Mike Olender on vocals, who would later on do vocals in Burnt By The Sun. The second 7", 'Discernment', was released on Chainsaw Safety Records in 1996. It is more complex than the first 7", and has got some pretty sick parts. The first 7" is great, the second 7" is even better. So give this band a shot, you won't regret it.

BTW, sorry for the shitty quality of the 'At Ease' rip, my vinyl copy is in pretty rough shape. I did what I could to clean it up a bit.

Time's Up - At Ease 7"
Time's Up - Discernment 7"

Fragment - Allegory 7"

Fragment was a short-lived mid-to-late 90s band from South Carolina and played metallic new school hardcore with throaty vocals, reminiscent of bands like Andromeda, Fortydaysrain and such. Unfortunately there's little information on them to be found with the 7" and I can't find a reference to them online either. Which is a damn shame cuz this band was pretty good. This 7" was released on a SC label called Deedlit Records, which also does not bring up any info online. I believe Fragment's drummer was also drumming for Codeseven at some point tho? Oh, and this is not the Fragment from MA who were around at roughly the same time. AJ did an excellent post on them a while ago over at Path To Misery. Anyways, if anybody has any information on Fragment from SC, such as what else they did, what the band-members did before/after Fragment, etc, please leave a comment!

Fragment - Allegory 7"

Youth For Justice compilation CD

My Faultline post from a month ago received a comment about a compilation Faultline were on. As it turns out, it's the Youth For Justice compilation mentioned in my post. So I ripped it and here it is. This compilation was put out in, I think, 1996 by Earth House, a label (or maybe a collective?) ran by John Faultline, singer of Faultline and Mark Lucy. The compilation features a number of bands, as well as almost a dozen spoken words tracks by among others John Faultline and Mark Lucy. The spoken words tracks deal with a variety of subjects such as objectification, feminism/women's rights, racism, the injustice of the political system etc, but truth be told, they're all too short in length to really delve into their respective subjects. The bands on here are Faultline (with 2 tracks from their 'Roots Of The Rape Culture' album), Council Of Five Nations, In Vain, Faceless, Ego Filter, Emberscent, Quadiliacha (the only band on here I cannot get into) and Element 33. Overall, it's a pretty cool & interesting compilation with a huge variety in styles, ranging from 90s 'new school' hardcore to emo to punkrock. Beside Faultline, In Vain and Element 33 are the standout bands for me. Enjoy.

Youth For Justice compilation CD