If you're ever in Brussels, Belgium, make sure to visit
Electrocution, a small record store in the center of Brussels owned by Kirby (Deviate, Length Of Time, Arkangel). I was in Brussels this past weekend and as usual dropped in for a quick browse, and walked out with a bunch of old demo tapes. Including this Planet Freek demo from 1995. I had seen their name on a few NYHC flyers from back in the day (including a couple that Rick Ta Life sent me in the mid 90s) but never heard anything by them, and had all but forgotten about them... So obviously finding this demo was a nice surprise!
In any case, Planet Freek were a hardcore band from Long Island, NY who were around for about 4-5 years but I don't have a clue if they recorded anything else besides this 'Payback E.P.' demo. This demo is a solid slice of heavy metallic NYHC with 'Tragic Fool' as my fave from this demo. Not sure about closing track 'Walk Away' which is more on the punk-ish side, but overall I really enjoy this demo. If anybody has more information about Planet Freek, please leave a comment!
Planet Freek - Payback E.P. demo
2 comments:
I was the guitar player in Planet Freek. Crazy to see this pop up after all these years. We did make one more album, i have it if anyone cares to hear it. Here is a link to my band now https://youtu.be/HK7-4jhlpQI
Thanxxx for your comment, cool to see/hear you're still playing music! I would love to hear the Planet Freek album, if you can share it somehow that would be awesome, thanxxx!
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