I want an instrumental version of the MSPAINT record. The vocal melodies are too samey throughout and the Coby Shaddix similarity starts to wear on me after a bit.
Close friend of mine said he saw a subreddit voting on the top 20 most influential/best hardcore songs ever. We didn’t agree with some and they’re not even halfway done, so we made our own lists based on our own experiences growing up with the genre, popularity and influence, etc etc. and I thought it’d be fun to bring over here. In no particular order other than how they came to me mentally: 1. American Nightmare - (We Are) 2. Minor Threat - Minor Threat 3. Converge - The Saddest Day 4. Blacklisted - WAMD or IAWMD 5. Black Flag - Rise Above 6. Have Heart - Armed With A Mind 7. The Hope Con - Hope Bound Heart 8. Modern Life Is War - Marshalltown 9. Sick Of It All - Scratch The Surface 10. Verse - From Anger and Rage 11. Killing The Dream - 39th and Glisan 12. Gorilla Biscuits - New Direction 13. Trapped Under Ice - Stay Cold 14. No Warning - Short Fuse 15. The Suicide File - Fuck Fox News 16. Ceremony - Kersed 17. Integrity - Abraxas Annihilation 18. Slapshot - What’s At Stake 19. Judge - Take Me Away 20. Youth of Today - Make A Change
Obviously very opinion-based so have fun with it. We just didn’t think people understood the assignment when we saw ppl listing Saetia, Boysetsfire, Glassjaw, etc lol.
Bad Brains makes sense and yes, was no. 1 on the subreddit. I personally don’t revisit Bad Brains often.
I gotta say that I would change out Have Heart to Watch Me Rise and Modern Life is War to Dead Ramones respectively.
DEADRAMONES is their most streamed song ever. Definitely find Marshalltown to be my personal overall standout while growing up listening/seeing them/following online. I also could’ve put Reality Unfolds but same deal.
Listened to that Skourge LP like five times yesterday, not a single wasted riff. Extremely worth the wait. Need to see them again.
All I'm gonna say is that there probably is a reason it's their most streamed song ever but you can't argue with personal connections to songs. If that was the case, Midnight in America might be in the lead for me.
Yeah I’m gonna give the LP a shot but there are other heavy hardcore bands on their own record label with much more interesting songwriting
I mean playing dumb as hell hardcore (along with ties to the Bay Area scene which is all the hype these days) has gotten them some level of success so I get it: ride it out while you can. Their new record should come with a warning: brain cells will be lost listening to this.