Boston Hardcore cont…

I mentioned this band last week, Negative FX were another of the groups that were associated with that whole ‘Boston Crew’ straight-edge scene.

This is their discography plus tracks from one of Choke’s earlier groups – Last Rights.

Negative FX

Last Rights
01.Chunks 02.Out Of Our Minds 03.So Ends Our Night 04.Show The Way 05.Wasted Time 06.No Guts No Glory

Negative FX
07.Feel Like A Man 08.Together 09.Protestor 10.Mind Control 11.I Know Better 12.Citizens Arrest 13.Negative FX 14.The Few, The Proud 15.Punch In The Face 16.Primary Attack 17.Hazardous Waste 18.Turn Your Back 19.Nightstick Justice 20.IDNTFS 21.Modern Problems 22.Nuclear Fear 23.VFW 24.Repaet 25.Might Makes Right

Boston Hardcore

As I was talking about straight-edge the other week I thought I’d post a couple of classic examples of the more uncompromising groups that came out of that scene.

SS Decontrol and DYS were part of the ‘Boston Crew’ who epitomised some of the more intolerant and aggressive attitudes that came to define straight-edge.

These releases are from the early 80s – both groups becoming more rock/metal influenced in later periods. They are the first two SS Decontrol releases before they abbreviated their name to SSD, while the DYS album is a 1989 re-release including the Brotherhood 12″, the Wolfpack track plus three – what I presume to be – studio out-takes.

When I was getting into this music it was Slapshot who personified the whole Boston straight-edge hardcore thing and who at times included members from both SSD and DYS and were fronted by Choke, who had previously sang for the other main Boston straight-edge group – Negative FX.

 

SS Decontrol

01.Boiling Point 02.Fight Them 03.Do You Even Care 04.Not Normal 05.Wasted Youth 06.Jock Itch 07.Fun To You 08.V.A. 09.How Much Art 10.The Kids Will Have Their Say 11.Headed Straight 12.War Threat 13.Teach Me Violence 14.Screw 15.Who’s To Judge 16.Police Beat 17.United 18.The End 19.Glue 20.Forced Down Your Throat 21.Get It Away 22.Under The Influence 23.Nothing Done 24.Xclaim 25.No Reply

DYS

01.Wolfpack 02.Open Up 03.More Than Fashion 04.Circle Storm 05.City To City 06.The Girl’s Got Limits 07.Brotherhood 08.Yellow 09.Stand Proud 10.Insurance Risk 11.Escape 12.Iron Man 13.Dirty Dog 14.Rub A Dub

No Man – How The West Was Won

No Man is one of the groups formed by Roger Miller, the guitarist from Mission Of Burma (classic post-punk/hardcore group from Boston) during the period between Mission splitting up in 1983 and reforming in 2002.

How The West Was Won was the final album by No Man – others being Win Instantly, Damage The Enemy and Whamon Express – and was released on SST in 1991.

Unsurprisingly it doesn’t sound a million miles away from Mission Of Burma, with plenty of tape samples and effects being used, but it still definitely falls into the area of guitar driven post-punk/ alternative rock music.

How The West Was Won

01. Cartoon, Cartoon (Where’s The Exit?)
02. Boomerang
03. How The West Was Won
04. Reach For The Sky
05. Here We Go
06. The Set-Up
07. Wounded World
08. Grabbed Star
09. It’s Just A Day
10. No Warning
11. Call On Me
12. (Astronomy Engine)

How The West Was Won

No Man – Wounded World