MDC

 

"millions of dead cops"
Year:  1982
Country:  US
City:  San Francisco
Label:  R Radical
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  14
Time:  20 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Hardcore Punk

MDC is a punk rock band formed in 1979 in Austin, Texas, subsequently based in San Francisco, and currently Portland, Oregon. Among the first wave of bands to define the sound and style of American hardcore punk, MDC originally formed as The Stains; they have periodically changed the meaning of "MDC", the most frequent being Millions of Dead Cops. The band's lyrical content expresses radical left political views and has proven influential within the punk counter-culture.

MDC released material through ex-Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra's independent label Alternative Tentacles. In the 1990s, vocalist Dave Dictor published editorials for the internationally distributed fanzine Maximumrocknroll. MDC's initial run ended in 1995, and the band spent five years on hiatus, before returning in 2000 with some new band members. 

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"multi death corporations"
Year:  1984
Label:  R Radical
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  14
Time:  20 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Hardcore Punk








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"smoke signals"

Year:  1986

Label:  R Radical

Format:  CD, LP 

Tracks:  13

Time:  30 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

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"millions of damn christians"

Year:  1987

Label:  R Radical 

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  14

Time:  30 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:       Punk Blues

The band's 1987 album, "this blood's for you", is indistinguishable from their previous one. Radical music change from old hardcore punk to songs slowier, melodic and closer to blues rock. In fact even "politician" is a cover of band Cream.

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Metal Devil Cokes

Year:  1989

Label:  R Radical

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  16

Time:  34 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

a lot of people back in 1989 where not happy with this record like they where not happy 3 years earlier in 1986 w/ smoke signals as many hardcore kids at this time felt mdc where going in a very fluff direction but for me?? i really enjoyed the lp when it came out in autumn 1989, some fantastic songs are on here like deep in the heart of fascist amerikkka, i was a dupe for the rcp, acid reighndeer was quite odd but it fit this record well at this time, i remember i did not like that song knucklhead i felt that was a bit silly at the time so yes i had to pick and choose wich songs i liked best of this album, the title track was very good to, i saw mdc at gillman st in berkley ca about 2 months before this record came out and the songs went over live very well, before this came out dave had played me a couple of songs from this in the summer of 89 when i was out in frisco and i crashed at the legendary rat house a night or two it was great and nice of dave to give me a little glimpse of what metal devil cokes was going to be like, anyway i really enjoy the humor and the way this album just goes great vibe but i also understand the die hard 80s hardcore crowd at that time that did not care for this release, once again i loved it and still do, i also own it on cd as well as viynl i bought back in 89 when this hit the then record shop shelves, ive been a big mdc fan for 31 years now since 1984 so even some of the records fans did not care for in the later 80s i always found something i really liked on them as i did with this one, like i said not every song is great BUT the ones that are here are worth it to buy this on lp or cd... great memories from these days ps it was at this time in the late 80s some where calling mdc a heavy metal wanna be band like dri turned into sorry i did not agree with that then and still dont, they just got a bit tripped out that is all they where guilty of (*Review by Edward Mccarthy ).

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"hey cop! if had a face like yours"

Year:  1991

Label:  R Radical

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  14

Time:  28 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

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"shades of brown"

Year:  1994

Label:  Red Archives

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  14

Time:  29 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

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"magnus dominus corpus"

Year:  2004

Label:  Sudden Death

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  18

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:       Hardcore Punk

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"mein Trumpf"

Year:  2017

Label:  Primordial

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:  34 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

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"millions of dead cowboys"

Year:  2020

Label:  Twisted Chords

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  acoustic

Style:        Folk Punk

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"war is a racket"

Year:  2023

Label:  Cleopatra

Format:  LP

Tracks:  14

Time:  28 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore Punk

"war is a racket" was a book published in 1935 and also the new MDC album. 

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CHOKEHOLD

 

"with this thread I hold on"

Year:  2020

Country:  Canada

City:  Hamilton, ON

Label:  Good Fight

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  26 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Metalcore

Chokehold is a Canadian straight edge and political hardcore punk band from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They were active from 1990 to 1996, and came together again for a reunion tour in 2015, and five dates in Japan in September 2016. They released their third album in 2019. Songs like “Profit Over People” are the natural evolution of the cultural criticism Chokehold perfected in the early 90s, from sarcastically sampling an old Young Republicans Youth Choir record on Content with Dying to critiquing a vapid TV culture obsessed with tawdry misdeeds, even as political prisoners (like Mumia Abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier) languish outside the spotlight of the tabloid circus.

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"content with dying"

Year:  1995

Label:  Bloodlink

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  24 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore

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THE FIGHT

 

"endless noise"

Year:  2020

Country:  US

City:  New York

Label:  Triple X

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:  22 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore

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CLUTCH

 

"book of bad decisions"

Year:  2018

Label:  Weathermaker

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  15

Time:  45 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hard Rock

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"psychic warfare"

Year:  2015

Label:  Weathermaker

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:         Hard Rock

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"earth rocker"

Year:  2012

Label:  Weathermaker

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  11

Time:  45 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hard Rock

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"strange cousins from west"

Year:  2009

Label:  Weathermaker

Format:  CD, 2 x LP

Tracks:  11

Time:  45 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hard Rock

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DANZIG

 

"I"

Year:  1988

Country:  US

City:  New Jersey

Label:  DefJam

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  50 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hard Rock

Danzig is an American heavy metal band from Lodi, New Jersey, formed in 1987, morphing out of the goth/punk/metal band Samhain. The band was conceived after vocalist Glenn Danzig was introduced to producer Rick Rubin following a Samhain show. Rubin was interested in working with Glenn but not Samhain so the duo set about forming a new group. Glenn insisted upon retaining the services of Samhain bassist Eerie Von. Guitarist John Christ, who had briefly served as Samhain's final guitarist, was also brought on board and, at Danzig's request, Rubin secured the services of veteran punk rock drummer Chuck Biscuits.

The first three Danzig albums displayed a heavy, blues-influenced heavy metal sound and were well-received by fans and critics. In 1993, the band scored a major hit with the release of the single for the song "Mother", which initially appeared their 1988 debut. The band's fourth release, 1994's "4p", showed the band moving away from their bluesier roots and adding more electronic elements. Biscuits left the band prior to its release and Von and Christ departed after the tour for the album. Danzig later claimed that it had been his intent from the beginning to work with different musicians in a style similar to Ozzy Osbourne, although some of the other original members have contended that Danzig was started as a band and not a solo vehicle for Glenn. Now also at odds with Rubin and his label, Danzig departed for Hollywood Records. With a new band and a new label, Danzig released "Danzig 5: Blackaciddevil" in 1996. The album featured a heavy industrial sound that was not received well by fans or critics. The situation was further complicated as Hollywood's parent company, Disney, was uncomfortable with their association with Danzig and pulled all support for the release. The label and band severed ties shortly afterwards.

Danzig continued with a revolving door of backing players joining Glenn. After the release of "Danzig 6:66 Satan's Child" in 1999, the band abandoned the industrial influences and began to return to a more hard rock/heavy metal sound, although they have not recaptured the same commercial and critical acclaim that the early Danzig records have had. In recent years, Glenn has voiced his dissatisfaction with long tours and has mentioned the possibility of retiring the Danzig band if he cannot pursue music the way he wants to. In 1996, Glenn Danzig created the Evilive label to distribute his music.

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"II"

Year:  1990

Label:  DefJam

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:  50 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hard Rock

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"III"

Year:  1992

Label:  DefJam

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  50 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hard Rock

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"black laden crown"

Year:  2017

Label:  AFM

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  9

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Heavy Metal

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INITIATE

 

"lavender"

Year:  2020

Country:  US

City:  Los Angeles

Label:  none

Format:  cassette

Tracks:  12

Time:  22 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Hardcore

Initiate is a SoCal-based that cooks up hardcore that has a lot to love about it. It's moshy, fast, angry-sounding, and just when you least expect it to be, melodic. "The band’s sound is honestly difficult to sum up in simply one description," guitarist Alec tells No Echo. "I think there are many differing a aspects of music that embody Initiate, but I guess the one underlying theme is that there’s always a sense of melody despite whether it’s fast or heavy. We all love lots of different varied music that I think adds to an interesting conglomerate for our sound."

Lavender is the newest release from the band, and it's easily their strongest batch of material to date. As I stated in the intro to this piece, the California group check off many of the boxes you want out of this kind of music, but they've clearly spent focused time on making everything flow in a powerful way: "The inspiration for the new record stemmed from a lot of different things," Alec explains. "The band was evolving musically as a whole therefore it felt right for the next release to be congruent with that. I drew inspiration from a lot of different things for the record, a lot of them being early '90s NYHC bands and also CAHC staples like Carry On. There’s also a big metal influence as well with the idea of the instrumental break near the end of the record as well as different riffs that pay homage to old '80s/'90s metal, which I love.

I ask Initiate vocalist Crystal about some of the lyrics on the new EP. "The record's title track, 'Lavender,' was inspired by Alice Walker’s book, In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens," the singer reveals. "There’s some other play on words in that song that I’ll leave for people to find on their own. I was introduced to the book by my professor, Dr. Anne Marie Mingo. She encouraged the class to make most of our academic sources by works of women. Read about the authors of our books and articles. Pay attention to what they’re doing. I had never intentionally taken my academics to that level and I became so in love with learning in a way I had never done so (*Review by No Echo ).

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PROTEST

 

"abuse of power"

Year:  2017

Country:  US

City:  Dallas

Label:  SOWN

Format:  CD

Tracks:  11

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Thrash

Hailing from the Lonestar state, PROTEST is known for one thing; an unrelenting, no bullshit metal onslaught. The band effortlessly blends it's thrash roots with a modern twist of hardcore and denim shredding old school metal attitude. Formed in 2003, the band has shared the stage with such acts as Superjoint, Kreator, Overkill, Obituary, Prong, Goatwhore, Soulfly, Cavalera Brothers, D.R.I. 

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"the corrupted code"

Year:  2012

Label:  none

Format:  CD

Tracks:  11

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Thrash

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BLANK LOOK

 

"void"

Year:  2017

Country:  US

City:   Tempe, Arizona

Label:  none

Format:  cassette

Tracks:  13

Time:  20 min.

Genrre:  rock

Style:        Grindcore

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