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"