The Hardcore Thread Genre • Page 16

Fair enough, the three of them were on tour a bunch. Backtrack was one of the first hardcore bands I heard, don't listen too much anymore

 

Now there's a band I never understood the hype for. Seen em 4 times. Listened to every release. Finally accepted I was forcing it.

 

Anyone here down on Grove Street Families?

 

I feel they are waaaay ahead of the game - plus super catchy riffs, insane groove and heavy af

total winner

 

Difference of opinion I suppose. Nothing they ever did felt very big or catchy to me. And I'm even less of a fan of the vocals.

 

it's cool, different strokes bla bla

maybe their new one will make you a fan ; )

 

Code Orange's first couple releases were pretty rad, but they lost me with I Am King. Too much focus on the mosh riffs for me.

 

Code Orange sucks. But in good news anybody in the DFW area IRON AGE just announced a show for tomorrow. Playing alongside RZL DZL, Build & Destroy, Vulgar Display et al.

 

I'm interested to hear why you think they suck

 

I Am King is so boring.

 

I Am King is a really good gym record, but I don't listen to it much beyond that. I wish they pursued some of the more chaotic/ambient aspects of their first album. They're still really young, their best has yet to come.

 

elaborate

 

I think I Am King is a pretty dope record but I agree some of the riffs on the album are a little "moshy".

 

my friend just showed me Drug Church, dope as fuck

 

There's nothing wrong with playing breakdowns and having "mosh" integrated into your writing process. Just do it in a tasteful manner that's not ripping somebody else's riff or the one you played on the track before and I'll be a fan.

Code Orange's name, vocals, and all around song structuring constantly turned me off of them. I even saw them at TIH two different years. People go nuts for that band but I never felt the hype.

 

Love Drug Church. Was actually listening to Paul Walker last night.

 

my favorite Drug Church is the Swell EP - soooo good.

 

Wish I could get into drug church / sdf but I can't stand the vocals

 

interesting perspective... I thought their sound, while rooted in hxc stereotype, was quite original... all those atmospheric, noisey moments on the first LP, for example...

 

try the new Self Defense EP - Pay's doing more of the whispery kind of stuff instead of the shouty kind... you might dig

 

Will do

 

what I love about Self Defense is that one record might alienate someone, and then the next one that same person might love - sooner or later you will find a Self Defense song you'll love

 

just a quick reminder that Hüsker Dü are gods