While Florida bands like Morning Again and Culture got a lot of attention, other awesome Florida bands stayed fairly obscure and underrated, such as Omega Man from Tampa. I don't know why tho, Omega Man was every bit as great as them. Maybe it's cuz they weren't as prolific and their sound was less polished? In any case, Omega Man deserves more recognition... Formed out of the ashes of another underrated band, Scrog, Omega Man stayed around long enough to contribute to a couple of compilations and self-release a MCD, in 1997. A year later, No! Records out of California re-released that MCD, which is the copy I have (and yes, I'm still looking for the self-released version in case anybody wants to part with it!). Lyrically the band touches upon their straight edge background, but also topics such as domestic violence and rape culture. Oh, and if you're someone who enjoys samples with their metalcore, Omega Man is just the band for you!
Omega Man - s/t MCD
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there was actually some really really good stuff coming out of Tampa during that time. Reversal of Man were in the vein of Rorschach another grindcore-esque band, and eventually ended up on Ebullition Records (which was a good place with other bands like Struggle, Downcast and Iconoclast). Tomorrow was a really good post hardcore-emo of the time band who did a split 7" with Hot Water Music. In fact, members of Omegaman and Tomorrow formed a side project called Never Again (I can't recall if they released anything formal). Order of Importance, Early Grace, combat wounded veteran, bent river dryad and Andromeda are all from that sort of cloth (cira 95-2001). Other good Tampa area hardcore included Awake, End of the Century Party, 1912, Steadfast and Red#40. I believe there might have been a comp of many of these bands made around 2000 or so. Matt Coplon (reversal of man) is still around in Tampa and has a presence in the BMX scene with Profile racing and on social media. I am certain he'd know where to look to get your hands on some of those recordings if they are still around.
hi,
this looks great, could you please re-up?
Thanks
Powerline
Re-upped!
anybody know what these guys are doing present day? such as, any new bands? i'd be interested in hearing the bands if they were!?!?
Hey! The link is broken, re-upload when you can please. Greetings!
Re-upped!
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