Curt McGirt

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS The SxOxB/Googolplex split came in from Sorry State and it contains NOT JUST Leave Me Alone by SxOxB but the equally raging Thrash Night 7" trax!!! For some seriously deranged thrashing hardcore, it gets no better. RIP Tottsuan

Boy, AJ sure had to protect every foreigner back then... How did Dusty get those shoulder scars? A barbed wire match?

Whoa, when and where did Cesaro and Necro have a cage match?!

It just came out today. $30, but it's worth it. I've heard about four or five of the bands already and they rip if you like D-beat shit.

Only if the pool explodes like in FMW

Somebody on Facebook said he died a month ago and the news is just getting out? EDIT: Wow, he died on the tenth of last month apparently.

Does this means no closed fists in AEW?

So Honma is as bad physically as his former BJW tag partner? If so, that's pretty sad. Then again Honma beat his wife too so I can't feel too bad

Does that mean Jimmy gets to be a drug dealer? That's an interesting premise.

Same here. Didn't he have to get a liver transplant or something? EDIT: No, but this happened... woof The rest is a laundry list of DUIs

I just kind of had to -- morbid curiosity. Desus and Mero skewered his ass last night too.

I just remembered you're a CD guy. That might make the struggle a bit easier (I stress "might") and you'll be able to find far more material than having to scrape around for represses of old flexis, for example. (Flexis are another particular feature of Japanese hardcore, it was a cheap way to get out material so some bands' first material was on that format. You don't see that internationally anywhere else.)

Oh no. My buddy Greg has a similar situation with his SO, so I've witnessed this plenty. Just don't listen to GISM or Disclose around her haha If you're actually going to buy these things you're in for an uphill battle. I've got a couple sources and try and jump on reissues when I can but some of it you just have to get bootlegs of. GISM, for example, will never be reissued in a million billion years (and there are rumors/stories of Sakevi physically attacking bootleggers). The mentality of a lot of Japanese bands is very unique in that once a band is done it's typically very much over and the members fully jump into new projects with their all, so not a lot of reissues or anything -- new creation is priority. If I had to pick a handful of records that are the essentials I would say Death Side - Bet On The Possibility Death Side - Wasted Dream (these are two sides of the same coin and both as important as the other) Bastard - Wind of Pain Judgement - all EPs DSB - everything GISM - Detestation SxOxB - Leave Me Alone (coming in the mail here soon!!! Later material is more grind, this was pure fastcore at its best) Lip Cream - any, pick one Disclose - Tragedy Paintbox - Earth Ball Sports Tournament (THIS ONE. FUCK.) Gauze - 面を洗って出直して来い (translation is close to "Go Wash Your Face And Come Back", commonly said after someone's ass gets kicked in Japan. This record says that to you the whole time you listen to it.) The Gauze records actually got re-released last year so you can find them for about $35 a pop if you're lucky (Hell's Headbangers still has 'em with superficial packaging damage -- seriously, a crinkled corner is not going to stop me buying one of those). If you want any help tracking anything PM me. The scene is so deep that I'm still getting into bands; hell I just heard The Sexual for the first time yesterday...

One from the 2018 list. King Fowley was pretty busy last year, getting his autobio put out and working on yet another Deceased LP, both ended up highly entertaining. This one mines the more melodic side of Deceased a la Supernatural Addiction, and has some of the longest songs they've ever put out (the second one runs I think 15, I was driving home listening to this, glanced down at the timer and it was already at 12, I couldn't believe it). The band has never put out a bad record and aren't stopping anytime soon, if this is your first time hearing them it might pay to listen to Fearless Undead Machines first but all of them have their own unique vibe so this is still a good a place to start as any.

I meant more corny in the Nekromantix/Mad Sin sense -- total immersion in the fashion of psychobilly as a subgenre, which can get pretty OTT. Guitar Wolf missed that which I like. Now, where's my CD of Golden Black... Anyway, I'm exhausted after work, so here's a couple links that will do what I could have https://yattatachi.com/history-punk-rock-japan -- A good basic underline though they cross it with noise artists http://clrvynt.com/japanese-hardcore-feature/ -- A better basic underline http://www.invisibleoranges.com/core-values-2-japanese-hardcore-and-burning-spirits/ -- One hell of a laundry list of essential bands, with Youtube files. https://rateyourmusic.com/list/mattgee725/no-side-a-history-of-japanese-punk-and-hardcore/ -- Another good list but no files. I own a lot of this stuff, or will buy the ones I don't on sight. Basically hardcore in Japan started with either SS or The Stalin's Stop Jap LP back in the early '80s, Gauze heard Discharge and came out with Fuck Heads, then there were a bunch of crazy bands like the incredible GISM who combined metal and punk with the most violent possible imagery and stage show to warp all kinds of minds. The base Japanese hardcore style (Burning Spirits) is highly anthemic and semi-melodic but they have a strong crust scene with its own permutations, like crasher crust (lots of fuzz and feedback), and there's plenty of thrashier stuff in the vein of SxOxB and Outo, and of course grindcore bands like Unholy Grave who have one of the longest discographies ever. As with all genres of music in Japan I'm sure there's a big Straight Edge scene, pop punk, basic '77 style stuff (AKA Killed By Death), etc. but my interest is in hardcore so that's what I know about the most.

Jordynne vs. Sonya was a nice Battle of the BBWs (I know, I know, settledownHollywood. Couldn't resist) only with a really shitty ending. There's a Fisherman's Buster in there that has to be seen to be believed. I'm not sure which is worse: Orange's shirt or Stokely's pants

That's almost as stupid as Inoki sending his top draws to get crushed in Pride.

God, Bison had some spectacularly shitty hair. I might miss that the most about him.

Oh, they're punk as fuck, they're just not a hardcore punk band. I'm on my phone right now so I'll write up a little tutorial on Japanese hardcore history when I get home. Them playing with the Cramps is what I was getting at: stylistically, they're more of a psychobilly band, only minus some of the corniness that typically entails.

Guitar Wolf rules, though they aren't a HC punk band. I consider them more a blown-out version of something like the Reverend Horton Heat. EDIT: It has been a minute since I've listened to them and that's a cover so my memory might mean that's a poor comparison

Marika Kobashi? Kenta's daughter, by any chance?

That hair is quite the change

We need to blast this thread (or another one) with Destroyer matches. RIP

Colbert did a bit on R. Kelly and it looked like they cut him prior to air. As far as us "all being on the same page", I mean as in "we all agree R. Kelly is a fucking psycho pederast". If you see that footage and still want to defend him you've got issues. Gayle King is gonna be on Colbert tonight btw

It seems like Colbert was edited, perhaps out of good taste. In any case seeing the actual footage... well, I just hope we're all on the same page here now. In better news right before it he paid tribute to Trebek which was nice.