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BREAKDOWN – 87 Demo on yellow

By Dave | Published 01/15/2012

Yo why are there no bids on this? We still like Breakdown right? Its kind of a universal thing. record-geek has it on yellow, which is no tiger stripe. Somebody please buy it though, its All I Ask.

I’ve never heard of this band. Facemask? 1999? This seems like something should be up my alley. They even do a Project X cover (granted, it’s the usual cover). Someone, fill me in on this band. I’m guessing the $25 BIN from cybertrunk is a tad high. Brass KnuXXX, whoa.

Deafheaven demo noise, a wee bit too high perhaps

By Tre | Published 12/05/2011

While it’s true that desertmerch has a sure-fire winner on his hands here with this Deafheaven demo tape, I think that $50 opening bid might be a lil too lofty of an expectation. Maybe I am wrong, like they say, it’s worth whatever someone will pay for it! And if you’re one of those people that reads blogs and whatnot, our boys here are making a slew of those year end, “Top whatever of 2011″ lists despite catching flack for being “hipster black metal” and all that. Anyway, black-gaze is a cooler sounding genre, if you are one of those people that has to assign a genre to everything.

Step Aside Demo 2011

By b. murphy | Published 10/30/2011

I kept wracking my brains trying to figure out why I should know who Step Aside. Not that I’m out of the loop, but it’s not often I hear about bands from Arizona. Something was ticking my memory. Maybe it was their location, or that they were a straight edge band. But upon seeing the artwork on the bandcamp page, I remembered where. The artwork is by our friend Michiel Walrave. I must have seen it floating around a while back. The demo is good stuff. I’m feeling it. So was itsxdead, but now he’s selling two versions. Both are numbered out of 50.

Both are still available from the label, Hard Press Records which may or may not be the seller, Marlon’s label. I know he has a label, just can’t remember the name of it. Get into this band. You’ll thank me.

ps. After thinking about it for a few more minutes, it occurred to me that Step Aside was a mid 90s hardcore band. You’d often see their EP in the dollar bin. THAT’S IT!!
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Happy National Edge Day!

By morgado | Published 10/17/2011

Got a couple items here we surprisingly slept on all this time, but it’s kind of for the best. Because this pair of Boston Straight Edge recordings from gblairkemp are ending today: National Edge Day. Now, what band’s last show was probably the biggest NED show ever? Have Heart. And what band’s 2nd demo (put out for Edge Day on Edge Day Records) is the B side to the lp below? Stop and Think. Yes, a very appropriate pair of auction endings to start this years NED.

Saves The … WTF?

By b. murphy | Published 09/23/2011

When Saves The Day hit the scene in the late 90s, they were a hardcore band. That’s right. You heard me. A hardcore band. They released an album on EVR, a hardcore label. They had roots in NJHC. And as such, when they released their original demo, it was on a shitty cassette tape. It was likely recorded on a shitty boombox in a shitty apartment. Or at least, an apartment with at least two too many people in it. Which leads me to this auction from surgeoheatal. WTF? There is no chance this is a legit release. Even the cover looks like a terrible photocopy. Yuck.

If you want the legit version, grab the demo tape from tracemyeyes.

No Warning’s Final Solution Demo Was F*cked Up.

By morgado | Published 09/01/2011

I kind of love that seller adversewind sort of absentmindedly tosses out the fact that this Fucked Up demo he’s selling just happens to also have the infamous No Warning “white power side project” Final Solution demo taped on the B side. *cue Nazi panic* I mean, back in 2001, the existence of those songs was actually a really big deal. People didn’t even know if it really existed, it was the cause of the entire No Warning/CC beef… so to just casually be like “Oh, and somebody taped some weird Nazi songs that sound like Ill Blood on the back of this demo” is kind of under selling the history, if you ask me.

I probably should point out that, despite what people say, FS wasn’t really a side project. It was just a really tasteless and immature joke done while demo’ing songs for Ill Blood. It was almost an inevitable thing, really, given how many people slapped No Warning with the wannabe Biohazard label… understandably though, a great many people were not amused. Shout outs to Chris Corry.

The Truth, Hypocrite & Herb

By b. murphy | Published 09/01/2011

Straight Up Hardcore.

The Return Of The Old School.

You feeling Bulldoze? This is the demo, dedicated to the memory of Vincent Cea II. You know what I’m not feeling? The opening bid aapjekoala kicked it off with. No one is trying to “clean shit up” with that kind of opening bid.

Old Blacklisted, like at This Is Hardcore

By Tre | Published 08/17/2011

I wonder if beachparty666 was at This Is Hardcore this weekend, and saw Blacklisted play a full set of old songs. It was good to hear them again, and also good to see Jay Pepito with a guitar again. Just like Posi Numbers 2004.

Speaking of Posi Numbers, Bob Macc, the brains behind that fest, also was the brains behind Walk All Night, and released these 2 Blacklisted records. Both are preorder versions, numbered, with alternate covers.

Bands I Look Forward To Seeing At Sound And Fury 2011: Not Sorry

By b. murphy | Published 07/15/2011

Not Sorry is from the northwest. You know what that means — they don’t make it out to the northeast that often. Or ever. I can’t recall ever having seen them come this way (cut to someone calling me out because they were just here … or something like that). And you know I would remember if a crew of vegan/veg, straight edge dudes rolled through. This demo dropped WAY back in 2009. Crazy. Solid NW Hardcore vibe (not No Warning but North West). Grab this one from cut_down. And check out their releases on React Records.

A Band I Look Forward To Seeing At Sound And Fury 2011: Minority Unit

By b. murphy | Published 07/15/2011

I happened to catch Minority Unit, in passing, at United Blood. I had never seen them, never even heard of them. Boy, I’m glad I looked on. Solid California Straight Edge vibe. Not Strife, more like Insted with mosh. I was into it. You know I’ll be paying close attention this year at Sound And Fury. It’s just a week away. Have you bought your tickets yet? Grab this demo tape from xruinerx2541.

Ending Soon – B level demos

By jb | Published 06/25/2011

At the time if writing this there was no bid on either of these demos from weezethesneeze. Maybe that has to do with no pics of the tapes included. When in doubt ask. Or take a chance and bid away on these 2 demos of bands that never really reached the levels of fame as some of their counterparts

Many Great Reasons To Buy A Tape Deck

By b. murphy | Published 06/24/2011

Nothing beats driving around on a gorgeous summer day blasting tape demos. Of course, no cars come with tape decks anymore. How shitty is that? Maybe we should show these auctions from overpowerovercome to some well known car manufacturers. These would certainly change their minds, right? Mental, Ten Yard Fight, Right Brigade, No Warning .. Fuck, some gems up in these auctions. Guessing the seller is David I. Close?

Saves The Day – Bringing Rock Back

By b. murphy | Published 06/17/2011

Saves The Day hit the scene and immediately polarized it. You’d think Lifetime and the Ebuillition bands would have already done that, but STD pushed it further. They released their first LP on EVR, and kids were smitten. And despite the demo claiming they were “bringing rock back,” there was an early echo of change to come. Check that acoustic track, Three Miles Down for confirmation. I’ll take the late 90s albums any day though. That’s how I roll. And if you roll like I roll, grab the demo from coldstares. They don’t come up often, and then again, they usually don’t sell for much (most STD fans are young enough to probably never even seen a cassette deck).

And if you dig that acoustic jam, check out the I’m Sorry I’m Leaving EP released on Immigrant Sun Records. This one is white vinyl with black streaks. I learned, thanks to Kyle and seekingthesimple, that this particular version has the least rare cover (orange) of the white vinyl release, but the black streaking is a nice bonus.

Stop And Think And Free Spirit

By b. murphy | Published 05/30/2011

Here are two more related (for more ways than one) demos from southparktvma. Here’s the story.

I remember one time in Haverhill they covered Stop and Think. The only people (for the whole song at least) singing alone were Jonny Cen and I. Kids that were at this show jock Stop And Think all day, but they didn’t even know the words to one of their songs. Pathetic.

I seem to recall this particular song. I also recall singing along. I also doubly recall it being a super sloppy cover. It wouldn’t surprise me if kids didn’t recognize it fully. But I’ve got to agree with southparktvma on this one. If you can’t hang with a cover by Free Spirit, it’s time to get off the jock.