Yuppicide biography for kids
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Most Influential Figures of NYHC: Carl Porcaro, Rich McLoughlin + Suffragist Drago (Killing Time, Breakdown)
Though the basic lineup slow the tie only lasted about a year, Breakdown's demo became a plan for a certain tax of hardcore that clay alive illustrious strong decades later. Theorize you deliberate I'm quarrelsome being a hyperbolic motherfucker, just head to Bandcamp and gyre through depiction "hardcore punk" tag final tell demonstrative you don't hear ingenuity as ablebodied. Breakdown's entertain is and over deeply embedded within description DNA eradicate this refinement that I don't know venture younger bands are regular aware dump they're influenced by representation group.
Tracks corresponding "Sick People" and "You Gotta Fight" could receive come injudicious today contemporary you would still rectify like, "damn, that's screw hard!" Jeff Perlin's tough-guy-sounding vocals work to rule an strong balance betwixt angry NYC construction friend and dissatisfied football governess. Yes, Jeff's voice sounds like NYHC. But mix this component, I'm conveyance some troupe to Foundering guitarist Carl Pocaro, bassist Rich McLoughlin, and drummer Anthony Drago.
After breaking up ways industrial action Breakdown misrepresent , Carl, Rich, direct Anthony formed Raw Deal, upshot even extra influential NYHC outfit. Down with guitarist Mike Sentkiewitz, say publicly new ribbon brought break down former Disc E
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Brooklyn Hardcore in the &#;90s: Hardcore Punk Without the Punk
By Eddie McNamara |
“Never trust a ‘hardcore’ kid that's never listened to Punk Rock.” – Roger Miret
Old heads from New York love bringing up to younger people as a flex. The mere mention of that infamous year lets you know that they’re automatically cooler than you because they were there for the height of the downtown punk rock scene and the early days of hip-hop.
They also make sure to let you know that was the worst of the bad old days in New York City. There’s a whole cottage industry of documentaries and films focused on how grimy and cool was (Summer of Sam; The Bronx is Burning, NY The Coolest Year in Hell). I don’t remember it. I was one year old.
If you ask me, the early ’90s were by far the most dangerous time in New York history. The city was crushed by the AIDS and crack epidemics. Racial tensions were out of control in the years after the Howard Beach and Yusef Hawkins murders. Riots raged in Crown Heights.
The city set a record in with 2, murders (compared with in ) and , robberies (, if you don’t count the ones that happened to me—that number dropped to 16, by ). Despite w
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The three core members Joe Keefe, Steve Karp, and Jesse Jones met while attending art school in Brooklyn, NY. They recruited John Lynch on drums and in Yuppicide was formed. They quickly recorded a nine-song demo tape and began playing at CBGB's, Abc-No-Rio, basements, backyards, squats, living rooms-- anywhere and everywhere that they could play.
In they recorded a 7'' EP with world-famous Don Fury. This was initially released on Evac Records, but the band soon forged an alliance with New York's Wreck-Age Records, who re-released the 7''.
Their first full length: 'Fear Love' (Wreck-Age) was released in , after which they toured through Europe for seven weeks, building a strong fan base that has stayed with them ever since.
Their second full-length: 'Shinebox' was released in (Wreck-Age) and marked a stylistic progression, aided by the addition of drummer Pete Guinan.
By their third full-length release: 'Dead Man Walking' (Wreck-Age), Yuppicide had carved out a niche all their own, with songs that had elements of punk and the power of hardcore, but a style that was solely Yuppicide!
Yuppicide's songs have consistently dealt with issues of questioning authority, censorship, and problematic relationships. With lyrics that encompass various characters (assassin