Slabdragger

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Magrudergrind – ‘Bridge Burner’

Best chug riff! [Jack]

This Will Destroy You – ‘A Three-Legged Workhorse’

Brilliant post rock/metal/experimental band that I love. [Jack]

Talking Heads – ‘Girlfriend is Better’

This song is constantly stuck in my head on a loop. [Jack]

Church of Misery – ‘The Gray Man’

Has the best, catchiest riff and use of cowbell in any doom song. [Yusuf]

Ho99o9 – ‘Deathkult Disciples’

This song is absolute chaos and the gang chant hook makes me want to smash my head through a wall. [Yusuf]

The Beatles – ‘Because’

Those fucking harmonies, though! [Yusuf]

The Descendents – ‘Silly Girl’

If I could write a love song, it would be this one. [Sam]

Bad Brains – ‘House of Suffering’

Ridiculous stop-on-a-dime raging, progressive hardcore. [Sam]

Godflesh – ‘Like Rats’

If I wrote this, I’d be stoked to be honest. [Sam]

Neurosis – ‘The Doorway’

Because it’s Neurosis, how can you not be influenced by them, playing heavy music? [Slabdragger]

It is taken from Bridge Nine Records’ accompanying covers compilation for the restored version of ‘xXx Fanzine (1983-88) Hardcore & Punk in the Eighties’.

The 12″ compilation features the likes of letlive., The Riverboat Gamblers and more covering songs from that era in hardcore/punk. The collection itself is comprised of articles, reviews and photographs from the Boston based 80’s hardcore/punk zine. It not only restores such articles from that era, but also comes with a “then and now” perspective i.e. re-interviewing the bands who were originally interviewed in the document, including Ian MacKaye, Keith Morris, members of Agnostic Front, Bad Brains and Cro-Mags.

The full tracklisting is as follows:

1. Strife – Who Are You? (Void)
2. Done Dying – Blending In (Government Issue)
3. Letlive – Fix Me (Black Flag)
4. Trial – Money (Embrace)
5. H2O – Safe (Dag Nasty)
6. Nomads – How When Where / The Eliminator (Cruxifix / Agnostic Front)
7. Walter Schriefels – Society Suckers (Agnostic Front)
8. Tombs – Kiss Of Steel (Samhain)
9. Voivod – Man In The Trees (Die Kreuzen)
10. Aeges – Hungry Child (Corrosion Of Conformity)
11. Last Light – A Wish To Dream (Uniform Choice)
12. Fuck You Pay Me – Religious Wars (Subhumans)
13. Jesse Leech – Salad Days (Minor Threat)
14. Shai Hulud – Raw Power (Raw Power)
15. True Rivals – Coolidge (Descendents)
16. Fu Manchu – When The Shit Hits The Fan (Circle Jerks)
17. Gallows – The Possibility Of Life’s Destruction (Discharge)
18. American Nightmare – It’s The Limit (Cro-Mags)
19. Riverboat Gamblers – Hate The Police (The Dicks)

It is taken from Bridge Nine Records’ accompanying covers compilation for the restored version of ‘xXx Fanzine (1983-88) Hardcore & Punk in the Eighties’.

The 12″ compilation features the likes of letlive., The Riverboat Gamblers and more covering songs from that era in hardcore/punk. The collection itself is comprised of articles, reviews and photographs from the Boston based 80’s hardcore/punk zine. It not only restores such articles from that era, but also comes with a “then and now” perspective i.e. re-interviewing the bands who were originally interviewed in the document, including Ian MacKaye, Keith Morris, members of Agnostic Front, Bad Brains and Cro-Mags.

The full tracklisting is as follows:

1. Strife – Who Are You? (Void)
2. Done Dying – Blending In (Government Issue)
3. Letlive – Fix Me (Black Flag)
4. Trial – Money (Embrace)
5. H2O – Safe (Dag Nasty)
6. Nomads – How When Where / The Eliminator (Cruxifix / Agnostic Front)
7. Walter Schriefels – Society Suckers (Agnostic Front)
8. Tombs – Kiss Of Steel (Samhain)
9. Voivod – Man In The Trees (Die Kreuzen)
10. Aeges – Hungry Child (Corrosion Of Conformity)
11. Last Light – A Wish To Dream (Uniform Choice)
12. Fuck You Pay Me – Religious Wars (Subhumans)
13. Jesse Leech – Salad Days (Minor Threat)
14. Shai Hulud – Raw Power (Raw Power)
15. True Rivals – Coolidge (Descendents)
16. Fu Manchu – When The Shit Hits The Fan (Circle Jerks)
17. Gallows – The Possibility Of Life’s Destruction (Discharge)
18. American Nightmare – It’s The Limit (Cro-Mags)
19. Riverboat Gamblers – Hate The Police (The Dicks)

This is a collection of articles, reviews and photographys from the Boston based 80’s hardcore/punk zine. It not only restores such articles from that era, but also comes with a “then and now” perspective i.e. re-interviewing the bands who were originally interviewed in the document, including Ian MacKaye, Keith Morris, members of Agnostic Front, Bad Brains and Cro-Mags. Additionally, it also comes with a 12″ compilation featuring the likes of Strife, letlive., The Riverboat Gamblers and more covering songs from that era in hardcore/punk.

This is expected to be released this Autumn. More info shall be revealed soon.

Legendary emo punk band, Jawbreaker, will reunite and perform for the first time in over 20 years exclusively at the festival. They will headline the final night of the event, which takes place September 15-17 at Douglas Park, Chicago.

The other headliners for the weekend will be Nine Inch Nails and Queens Of Stone Age, with New Order, Paramore, Prophets of Rage, M.I.A., Wu-Tang Clan, Mike D (DJ Set), A Day To Remember, Gogol Bordello, Taking Back Sunday, Vic Mensa, Dirty Heads, TV on the Radio, Ministry, Dinosaur Jr., New Found Glory, Death From Above 1979, Bad Brains, FIDLAR, Action Bronson, Pennywise, Built to Spill, X, Peaches, The Lawrence Arms, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Orwells, Bayside, Say Anything, Mayday Parade, Streetlight Manifesto, Dead Cross, Minus the Bear, The Menzingers, LIARS, GWAR, Buzzcocks, GBH, Real Friends, Hot Water Music, Shabazz Palaces, Andrew W.K., Fishbone, The Story So Far, State Champs, Four Year Strong, Beach Slang, The Cribs, that dog., Knuckle Puck, Chon, Slaves, The Hotelier, The Flatliners, Dessa, Saul Williams, Nothing More, Alice Bag, Tobacco, Sleep On It, Downtown Boys, Engine 88 and more set to appear across festival.

Three-Day Passes go on sale today (4/19) at Noon CDT, and more information can be found at the Riot Fest website.

Bad Brains have hinted at recording a new album with a cryptic facebook post and the picture above. We will keep you posted on developments. It will be the follow up to 2012’s ‘Into The Future’ and only their fourth offering this side of the millenium.

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