William Martyr 17 were an extremely short-lived band based out of Little Rock, Ar. with the founder of File 13 records on vocals. While not as legendary as Chino Horde, or as brutal as Benchmark, they were the younger band on the scene with their own feelings to display. Sadly before they could really find themselves as a band, their drummer, Chris Horne died in a fatal car wreck. Instead of carrying on the torch, the band dissolved half turning up in the Soophie Nun Squad, the others in Hundred Years War.
The Mukilteo Fairies was a brilliant band name that only a Washington local would get. It's a pun off of Mukilteo Ferry, the ferry from a town North of Seattle to Whidbey Island. The band came out of Olympia in 1993 and broke up only a year later. They played hardcore with queer oriented lyrics (often dubbed Queercore or Homocore in that era). They played lots of fast and furious songs and had a huge following during their somewhat short existence. While they played what was essentially grindcore, because of their location and connections, they ended up having most of their releases come out on indie pop labels that didn't exactly know how to market them. Mukilteo Fairies live shows were crazy, singer Josh Plague (Joshua Plogue) would constantly jump out in the audience and audience members would sing along in his microphone.
Fast, quick, and brutal -- that was the Battalion of Saints way, perhaps all the more necessary considering the band's fairly conservative surroundings in San Diego. Collecting the original Fighting Boys EP and Second Coming album from the early '80s, plus a number of other random tracks from compilations and singles.
David Talley, Dennis Bee, Geoff Kelly, Ray Kamb and Sam Kelly were Short Lived. Punk, kinda poppy.
Nothing to find information wise on this early 90's San Diego band with Erik Wraaman, John Rancik, K.C. Dalton, Rich Daguio.
Amenity was San Diego, CA based straight edge hardcore punk band active in late 80s and early 90s. Greg Anderson (False Liberty, Brotherhood, Statement, Engine kid, Thorr's hammer, Goatsnake, Sunn O))), Teeth Of Lions Rule The Divine, Burial Chamber Trio) used to play with them few live shows and recorded songs on "Chula Vista" EP.
…and the first time the DOWN SIDE logo was ever printed on something….we were off…. full of idealism, love and anger….of note is the liner note on the tape which was sort of a mission statement for us…..it read… As the social values in our society becomes more set in stone, the individual is forgotten. When what the individual stands for goes against the ideas of the mass, and is considered a threat to order, be it right or wrong—they are forced down— disciplined to maintain "the order" Some conform, some resist, some fall, and they are forgotten…. "time to rise from our knees and live on our feet"
Before The Locust, before The Swing Kids, before Bread & Circuits there was a very young band from San Diego called Struggle. They were an energetic band that played brutal political hardcore that was powered by anger and youthful angst.The early Struggle sound was heavily influenced by Downcast and Rorschach, and this first release was a powerful explosion of high energy hardcore. Furious and aggressive. Probably their best release.
