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VA Rippers

By cooch | Published 02/29/2012

Virginia… not the top of most people’s list for hardcore hot spots on the east coast, but there are a few really great and really underrated records, and sellers doctordeadstocktoo and god_among_men_77 bring us the top of the heap.

Richmond’s White Cross were one of the few (and arguably best) early American bands mining a raw, Discharge-inspired Euro hardcore sound, and their Fascist ep is a real paint peeler. The good doctor brings us a nice unplayed stock copy of the first ep, complete with unfolded sleeve (!) and a sealed copy of the LP. For those keeping track, this is the 2nd sleeve version with the close cropped band photo. Very tasty indeed.

God’s Will were from the beach, and released this sole 7″ record in 1983. Previous to this, they were known as Front Line and had a couple of demos and an unreleased 7″ (which was finally pressed to vinyl earlier this year by my main man Mark). These guys are a little more meat-n-potatoes USHC than White Cross, but this EP is still a great and underrated ripper.

WASTED TIME test presses

By cooch | Published 06/29/2010

Here are test presses of both 7″ releases by one of my favorite current hardcore bands—Richmond, VA’s Wasted Time. I saw these guys play a couple of sets in Texas about a month ago and it was some real brutal shit, just a straight up barrage of relentless no-frills hardcore (and a sweet Crucifix cover to boot) with the first show ending in Mark (vox) leaving the stage with his face completely covered in blood, looking like a young Jerry A. from Poison Idea. I recommend anything and everything by this band!

PS sweet God’s Will ripoff art on the No Shore test press.

PPS congrats to WT drummer extraordinaire/No Way Records CEO/Vinyl Conflict proprietor Brandon on his recent marriage.