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TPT: Bromosexual For NWHC

By b. murphy | Published 11/29/2011

Stay Gold’s legacy is bigger than the band ever was. It’s a shame. Their sound was awesome, but people didn’t catch on until AFTER they had split up. Bummer for us. But here’s your chance to get a good one from yeggin. This is a test press for the EP on Anchor Records. This was Aram’s label before he started React! I forget how many releases he did. Maybe 3-4 with this label. I’m positive he did a What Feeds The Fire EP, and maybe an Anything Goes EP (or something like that). 8 test presses for this EP, and the cover is definitely different. Like yeggin says, you’d have to ask Aram about the Bromo part. Go ahead and grab the record release version of the 2nd ep to complete your collection AND save on shipping …

Nothing Can Stay Gold

By b. murphy | Published 10/22/2010

Or Nothing Gold Can Stay, you decide.

Whatever you do, decide quickly. sodoxmofo has up some great auctions all ending today for cheap. Scoop while you can!

Or if your pockets are deeper, go ahead grab this one. Click through to see the BIN price, I dare you.

Stay Gold

By b. murphy | Published 04/17/2010

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 albums on smaller labels (like Aram’s Anchor Records, pre React Records!). And ended up signing to Indecision Records to sell a few EPs and LPs. They did some big tours, but at least on the east coast, they never got the fanfare they deserved. Oh sure, the Tanguays moshed like crazy bastards (or at least Kyle did), but for the most part, it felt like they slipped unnoticed through the east coast. I’m sure it was an all together different story in Seattle and Portland.

Also, lets not forget that one of the dudes in the band is named Eagle Barber. Great name. And a pretty chill dude too. He hooked me up with a big box of tees a while back for a VERY reasonable price. Big fan.

First up, their first release on Anchor Records. Later Anchor Records would release EPs from What Feeds The Fire and almost Verse. Then Aram got super busy touring the world 600 times over with Champion and had to put record labels on the back burner for a bit. But this Stay Gold EP is a fave. This is the regular release.

This is the same EP but with the limited edition record release cover. Limited to 75. Aram is obviously good with packaging, always has been. This one comes with an acetate sleeve AND a vellum sleeve. Clear vinyl too!

Up next is the Caught Up In The Moment EP from Indecision Records. This one dropped in 2001 and was really when Stay Gold seemed to shine. This was the record that kids really wanted. Sadly, most of those kids wanted the record in 2006, instead of when it originally dropped in 2001. Like Van Gogh, they seemed to have got more popular post break up.