FANS OF HARDCORE PUNK

GREAT PICTURES

2008-03-17T14:09:00.005-04:00

Photo's evoke all sorts of emotions for me..

2008-03-15T11:33:00.007-04:00

THESE ARE SOME PICTURES MY WIFE TOOK WHILE WOORKING IN
THE WOODS THIS WEEK.
SHE CAME A CROSS SOME OLD FORGOTTEN HEAD STONES AND SOME MORE ANIMAL SKULLS TO ADD TO ALREADY LARGE COLLECTION..

Y DI

2008-03-10T17:27:00.006-04:00

Y DI

NEW WAVE THEATER

2008-03-08T16:57:00.006-05:00

Shows like this were the reason cable TV
was going to be so great! What happened?
now cable sucks! sure Peter Ivers
was queer but he was a big fan of the scene
and helped a lot of bands
get their start. NIGHT FLIGHT on USA.
does anybody remember it?
I do. It was a must see!

FEAR

CIRCLE JERKS

DEAD KENNEDYS

45 GRAVE

THE UNKOWNS

Angry Samoans - gas chamber / not of this earth

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ED COLVER (Photos)

2008-03-08T16:25:00.008-05:00

CODE OF HONOR

2008-03-05T12:32:00.002-05:00

CODE OF HONOR

About Code of Honor
Code Of Honor formed in San Francisco in late 1981 after the sudden end of the hardcore punk band Sick Pleasure, when guitarist Mike Fox, bassist Dave Chavez, and drummer Sal Paradise were left without a singer. The following is from a band history written by Mike "During Sick Pleasure's activity, I kept producing bands and Steve and I kept releasing records, including two separate Society Dog singles. We both dug them. Their singer, a friend of Steve's named Johnny [aka Johnithin Christ], needed a place to live, and since we had a room for rent at Guy Place, he moved in. One day he was in my room and noticed the "code of honor" poster I had drawn, said that "code of honor" would be a good song title, and I agreed. We worked out lyrics that encapsulated my code of honor, deciding to name a band that too. I called Dave to ask if he would play bass, he agreed, and Sal agreed to be the drummer. We recorded several songs right away, enough for half an album. I didn't want to ditch the Sick Pleasure recordings, so we released an LP with Code Of Honor on one side and Sick Pleasure on the other. "In 1982 we did a US tour with Fear, but after the Seattle show Fear split from the tour when Lee Ving's agent called and told him he got the part of the sleazy guy in "Flashdance." We were booked in Canada for 2 weeks at 3 venues. One venue was a good place to make some much needed bucks. Were booked for 7 days, 2 shows a night, food, crash pad and a great way to build up $ so we could play more states & towns with very small scenes. "I had some of the best times doing gigs in out_of_the way bars or halls. At one gig we did in Oklahoma, this cool guy with a giant mohawk met us as soon as we arrived. He took us to his house, and said what he had, we could use. He looked very bizarre for 1982 Oklahoma, where everybody in town dressed in overalls or polyester suits. The gig had a square bar with rednecks filling seats. There was a pretty big dance floor, no stage. What was cool was we played on the same floor as the audience and there were only 20_30 punks, but they knew the words to songs from our first album and sang along and danced and pogoed. Even the regulars at the bar were dancing and carrying on, all 18 of them, and actually gave the punks some competition grooving, gyrating and pogoing along with everybody else. As a matter of fact everyone, especially the bartender/part_owner as well as regulars at the bar were very courteous, accepting, open minded and helpful. We played through the USA, SF to New York, back thru Texas and New Mexico on that tour. "Bands we played with at one time or another included The Exploited, Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, DRI, Bad Religion, Fear, Black Humor, Jody Foster's Army, DOA, TSOL, Los Olvidados, MDC, No Alternative, The Offenders, Go Gos, Flipper, Bad Brains, Urban Assault, Tales of Terror, Free Beer, X, Fifth Column, Tanks, Weirdos, Circle Jerks, VS, The Afflicted, Agent Orange, Faction, Twisted Roots, Seizure, Middle Class, Wasted Youth, Fang, Toxic Reasons, The Lewd, Rebel Truth, Wounds, Bags, Alley Cats, Straw Dogs, Minimal Man, Crucifix, Deadly Reign, Spikes, VKTMS, Fuck Ups, Battalion of Saints, Ribsy, The Damned, Sex Gang Children, Gun Club, Subhumans, Big Boys, Legionnaire's Disease, Poison Idea, Sado Nation, Husker Du, Cramps, Ramones, Mau Maus, Misfits, and the Adolescents. "Around '80_'83 most of the great Southern California bands were banned from playing because of riots and attacks by Nazi jocks and the cops, so we got them playing here in San Francisco to escape the fascist pigs and government in LA. At every gig we played in LA, the cops busted the show and some heads. In 1982 we played at the Olympic Auditorium in LA downtown (the place holds 3_5000 people) with GBH, the Dicks, MDC, Discharge, the Dead Kennedys, and maybe 3_5 more bands. 5 or more ambulances came to take away people. "When we started work on "Beware the Savage Jaw," we wrote and recorded most songs in my studio. On both albums there is quite a bit of music that came out of dreams and disparate melody or riff ideas I had been writing since 1970. Writing flowing lyrics is not my forte, but Johnithin was an incredible wordsmith, putting my thoughts to words. How we worked was at the start I supplied music and chorus or direction each song needed to go, Johnithin came up with a lot of great lyrics, we worked out music & words together then recorded it then introduced it to Dave & Sal at the studio. When Dave and Sal heard what we had written, they worked to flesh out the best way to emphasize the new song. Dave is a musical genius; he can play anything, and do it after one listen. He came up with all those neat, crazy bass excursions, and showed Sal how to mesh with him. Sal constantly improved on drums, but Dave can play most instruments extremely well, and seems to have a photographic memory with songs, as well as his unique style of bass. He plays more like a lead guitar, which worked well because he instructed Sal on when and what to do, and since I played a very rhythm style on guitar, he had freedom to spontaneously combust on bass. We were a live band first and foremost, thriving on stage, becoming one with each other and the audience. We were also always recording and rehearsing when not gigging. We seriously thought we could touch people, empower them, coax them to realize they were a product of their own choices, and could become anything they dream of being. "The Code Of Honor theme song states my own personal parameters of living my life. I have shared it with people in recording and life. It is all I need (the 11 codes) to deal with any situation, helping me with personal growth and to take responsibility for all. Also I'm still big on disbanding the Federal government. Code Of Honor lyrics suggest one man can achieve anything and be secure in choice and results." Other than a couple of compilation tracks, the band had only 3 releases during its existence: the split LP with Sick Pleasure, the "What are We Gonna Do?" 7" single, and the LP "Beware the Savage Jaw." Code Of Honor came to an end just as the final mixdown on that album was being completed.

THE EAST SIDE CLUB

2008-03-04T14:20:00.003-05:00

PICTURES OF SOME SHOWS AT THE
EAST SIDE CLUB 1981
13TH AND WALNUT
PHILADELPHIA PA

DISCHARGE

THE EXPLOITED

DECONTROL

SUDDEN IMPACT

2008-03-04T13:59:00.008-05:00

About Sudden Impact
Born out of a basement in Lansdowne Pennsylvania they were not around very long, but they left there stain on the Philadelphia area. they played very few live shows in there short existence. most notable shows were with Negative Approach at the Long march right next to the famous LOVE Club! also opened for such great bands as DRI, White Cross, Dead Milkmen, Sadistic Exploits.. they also played live on WXPN radio show along with many great Philly bands such as, Y-DI, McRad, and the Dead Milkmen just to name a few!

NEGATIVE APPROACH - IN PA 1983

2008-03-03T14:36:00.003-05:00

Negative Approach - Live in Philadelphia at the LOVE CLUB.

The year was 1983 it was in a small all ages Club called The Love Club.
It was a great place to see Hardcore shows Misfits, Flipper, Minor Threat, Scream, Fang, Void, Ruin, McRad, FOD, MDC, just to name a few. it was the place to go
every Friday and Saturday night,

Many local bands got there start here and could work out there songs live in front of all there friends before they went out on the road.
Y-DI use to play every week it seemed like not that we were complaining.

WE LOVED THEM, IN FACT THEY WERE ONE OF MY FAVORITE LOCAL BANDS

Y-DI LIVE IN PHILLY - 1983

And yes them and FOD and McRad are still going strong after all these years.

MINOR THREAT D.C.

2008-03-02T17:11:00.004-05:00

Some great Hardcore bands came out of the D.C. Virgina area in the 80's
Minor Threat was just one of the most popular. them and the Bad Brains-
THE NOW FAMOUS DISCHORD HOUSE

THE WIFE AND I WENT TO BOTH OF THESE SHOWS AND THEY WERE INDESCRIBABLE. YOU JUST HAD TO BE THERE TO UNDERSTAND JUST HOW POWERFUL THIS BAND WAS. AND HOW GREAT THESE SHOWS REALLY WERE!

FLYERS FROM HARDCORE SHOWS

2008-03-02T12:09:00.000-05:00

JFA

SUDDEN IMPACT

SCREAM

THE STICK MEN SEEDS OF TERROR

BAD BRAINS

MDC

JUST A FEW FOR NOW WILL ADD MORE SOON!

OLD SCHOOL HARDCORE PUNK

2008-03-02T10:39:00.000-05:00

I started this blog to try and explain my life as a member of a Hardcore band. and part of a great Hardcore/punk/alternative, scene in Philadelphia in the 1980's. they were great times that people today who were not a part of it, think they know but really don't have a clue.

I will try my best to explain it the best I can. I'm not really a writer but at least I lived it

and I am interested in trying to tell people more about it.

Seems there has been more and more interest in it since the release of the American Hardcore movie. which I thought did a great job of showing the pictures of how it was but the stories were a little chopped up so the could get everyone they could to tell there story in 2 min or less.