Confusion
Way back in 1991, Chain Of Strength dropped an EP called What Holds Us Apart? Foundation Records did this one. Not Revelation Records. The first press didn’t go so well. 500 slabs of rejected wax basically (at least 100 of them would play into an important crew pressing years later). The next first press was [...]
Halo In A Haystack
Oh boy. Check out the BIN indiana.17 put up. WOWZA. Good one! Now for my Halo In A Haystack story. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. In the winter of 2002, I met a person I had only heard about before. His name was Dickie. He sang in a band called Knockdown and [...]
Mongos Test Press
How did this EP escape my notice? I honestly can’t recall when or where The Mongoloids released an EP on AV Train Records. How’d I miss that? Or am I just confusing this with something else? Regardless, d-flow-projekt has the test press up on ebay now. Good for the Mongo fans out there. Fill that [...]
A Light In The Dark
Call me crazy, but I love this album. I picked it up in the mid 90s, after Outspoken had broken up, and before I started attending “real” hardcore shows (I’m sorry, but I have hard time justifying Tree and Sam Black Church as hardcore). I found my copy used at Bull Moose in Brunswick. I [...]
Who makes 5″ EPs anyway?
Seller crushedonyou brings back those mid 90s memories with his auctions. Not sure how all those EPs migrated to California, but he’s got some goods. Here’s the Converge Downpour/ Serial Killer EP on black vinyl. It’s weird, when I think of this one, I always picture the white vinyl. There are ~1000 total 5″s. I’m [...]
Right Idea
I don’t know who csunate is, but dude is bringing some fire. If I didn’t know Jay Jacoby’s ebay name, I would think it was him. Then I’d remember he would NEVER unload his Right Idea gear. What we have here are TWO different rejected test presses. That’s right. TWO rejected test presses. You can [...]
A Few Good Test Presses
First up is the Mercy For None comp from Reaper Records. As you know, vinylnoize.com LOVES Reaper Records, and why shouldn’t we? Great dudes, great releases. This is one of those great releases featuring many Reaper Records bands. Naysayer, Bad Seed, Absolute Madness, Unforgiven, Brick, and Alpha & Omega Best bands of 2010, basically. Next [...]
Stay Gold
Stay Gold was a smooth hardcore band from Northwest US, mostly Seattle. They began when hardcore was in a full revival swing, 98 or 99. These were the years of Floorpunch, Reach The Sky, In My Eyes, Kid Dynamite, Saves The Day … Hardcore was back and was really taking names. They released a few [...]
ALERT!
If you haven’t heard Alert yet, you must be living in a yurt in the middle of Big Sur. I can’t think of any other reason you would have missed out on this crew. Seriously. This band is all about fun. They bring it back like the late 80s. No one takes themselves to seriously, [...]
63 Inches Of Boston Hardcore
The contents of this auction may be a little overwhelming to some, underwhelming to others. For those of you expecting DYS or In My Eyes, you are out of luck on that. BUT you can scoop this lot and discover some of the Boston area gems you may have overlooked in the last 20 years. [...]
A Couple of BIN$$$$$$
I stumbled across these EPs last night. And I was astounded at how awesome they are, and the great condition that they appear to be in. Then I nearly keeled over when I saw the Buy It Now prices. 1. Together Comp EP on Orange vinyl with the Batman Stamp. Holy shit, that’s cool. Everyone [...]
Mindset
I’m a big fan of React Records. Aram is a great dude, and he’s pulled together some awesome bands for his label. He also pulls together some excellent packages for his releases. Always that personal touch. Mindset is one of those bands on React Records. Mindset is also awesome. The music is fucking excellent. There [...]
It’s All Our Blood
I came across this GREAT lot just now. Actually, a little birdie told me about it … Now, my math may not be the greatest (if you saw my tax return, you’d likely agree), but $67 for these 3 LPs seems like a a second best bargain to having actually done the pre-order the first [...]
Guns Up Rejected Test Press
I know we’ve seen test presses for this album on ebay before. BUT Never before have we seen the REJECTED test presses. In fact, I wasn’t even aware there were rejected test presses. Seller has lots of great info (of course, he’s a head). And this one seems to be coming straight from Riley’s collection. [...]
Together Comp
AS ONE We must be united, AS ONE. If this video doesn’t make you want to mosh, you are doing something wrong. I picked up my copy of the Together Comp when I purchased a whole collection. I was like a kid on Christmas morning. This collection was untouched, unsoiled, full of goodies. Here are [...]
As I/We/She/Him/Shim Look To The Future
Today is my boy Naidoo’s birthday, so here are some items he would approve of. This is the As We Look To The Future comp EP on Stonkie Records. It features Capgun, Driven, The Rolemodels and Bane. I never knew much about the other bands, but apparently one of the dudes in Rolemodels would later [...]
Your Attitude Stinks
GET LOST! A split release by Lockin Out and Painkiller Records. A gem every collection needs. Crucial dudes for a crucial time. Selling these at Posi #s 03 was intense. Their was a mob waiting to purchase them in the back little corner. Super intense. Great weekend overall, no doubt. Great Straight Ahead look.
Buckle Your Seat Belts
Time to buckle your seatbelts, folks. I fully expect this one to get super out of control. Anyone want to wager how high it goes? I’m saying it won’t end UNDER $300. There are a lot of limited covers and limited vinyl for this particular EP, but you can guarantee the test press is the [...]
So Far From Home
Reach The Sky was big. Their “final” show was one of the highlights of my life. Seriously, great show. Plus Ian Larrabee has a giant american flag tattooed on his leg. Unrelated? Probably. So Far From Home was the album that really put them on the map. Released by Victory Records, and it even garnered [...]
It’s a Malfunction!
Malfunction Records was this dope little label out of Washington DC. They released a ton of great albums from DC/ Virginia based bands. After a few years, they ended up merging with Deathwish Inc. You can still get the full back catalog from Deathwish Inc. But here are a few great gap fillers for you [...]