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Quality Lockin Out Related Zines

By b. murphy | Published 02/15/2010

Over the years, I’ve come to know a lot of cool people. I grew up through hardcore with a lot of them.

First up is a zine from one of Merrimack Valleys finest, Joey C. Before Joey C fronted Righteous Jams or played in Stop And Think, he was just a kid who liked to stage dive onto his couch at any given moment. He put together one of the greatest zines to come out of the valley. You can get issue #3 and #4 from the same seller. Good deal. Issue #4 has a great Floorpunch tribute and an excellent Ten Yard Fight interview.

Quality dude. Great zine. I really want #4 back in my life. I think it was left behind in one of my many moves.

Next up is a zine out of Worcester Mass. Truth Will Out. Great zine. This one comes from another solid edgeman, AJ of Stop And Think. Again, before AJ was the lead singer of Stop And Think, he was a dude who would go down to the WPI track and field, and pull off copious dives onto the poll vaulting equipment. I even played a small part in this great zine. If you flip to about halfway, there is an article about a certain Halobox demo tape. Two of my all time favorite pictures are in that article. You’ll know them when you see them.

Oh hell yes. Stand Hard Fanzine. JSH in the building. Before Right Brigade, before American Nightmare, before Follow Through, before Tenfold, before releasing Fastbreak eps, before Stand Hard Records, there was Stand Hard Fanzine. And a hardcore dude from Connecticut with an ill record collection. Great zine. This zine dropped as metal hardcore was, thankfully, waning and youth crew revival was on the upswing. Hardcore was poised for an excellent new dawn.

PS. Who is the seller? Gotta be a late 90s Worcester or Boston head. The zine selection is seriously Boston suburbs late 90s era and the seller name is a direct Bane reference. So speak up, who is it?

Jazz June Boom The Motion

By b. murphy | Published 02/14/2010

Three years ago, one month and one day, The Jazz June played a reunion show. It was strictly a benefit gig for their roadie Steve who was suffering from brain cancer. Lots of people showed up and donated. These shirts were made for that particular gig.

10 years ago TODAY exactly, The Jazz June played a gig in Worcester Mass. At the Space on 85 Harding St. Currently, it’s someone’s living room, but back then, it was decked out Prom style. That’s right, Feb 14, 1999 was the Punk Rock Prom. That’s how the show was booked.

That was Garrison. Sadly, I couldn’t find any Jazz June clips. I do recall the Jazz June causing quite a few head bobs that night. You can get a good feel of the night by checking out the sweet, sweet decorations and outfits.

Dope gig.

Garrison, Jazz June, 6 Going On 7, Hot Water Music

Bane Zip Up Navy with White Stitched Letters

By b. murphy | Published 02/09/2010

The zipped hooded sweatshirt. Some people love them, some people hate them.

I’m of a mixed opinion. I like a quality hood. Sometimes the zipped hood meets my needs. But sometimes, it gets all wrinkled up near the pockets, and that’s just not a good look.

I’m going out on a limb and saying Bane popularized this style. They weren’t the first band, but I think they were the first band to blow them up. That and the AN zip hood. The rest is history …

Now for this hood, the seller is claiming it’s the first zip hood Bane made. I’m calling him out on that. Not true. Seriously. Navy sucks. The first Bane hood was a black one with stitched letters. Black, not navy.

But it’s cool, still a dope hood.

Bane Scud Tee

By b. murphy | Published 02/08/2010

Scud The Disposable Assassin.

This is a nice cross post to remind you to read ComicNoize.com.

As I recall, here’s the story of Scud: The Disposable Assassin.

It’s the future, and robot assassins can be purchased out of vending machines. They are given one task, and after completing that task, they are supposed to self destruct. Somehow, like Johnny 5, this Scud decides he has more important shit to do with his life then self destruct. He busts up his target but does NOT kill. He then spends the next however many issues being a hired gun. The funds gained from these errands go to pay the hospital bill of the original target. You see how that works? Pretty cool little book.

Now, this Bane shirt came about because Bedard is a big fan of the series. This is a great twist on the usual Bane logo tee for the front, and adding a page graphic onto the back is an excellent look. I’m sure Rob Schrab would appreciate.

Bane 10th Anniversary Crewneck

By b. murphy | Published 02/07/2010

I was pretty psyched when I saw these getting pulled out of the merch boxes. For a few reasons.

1. For years, all I saw were BA|NE Zip Ups.
2. Bane had NEVER created a crewneck prior to this.
3. It was the 10th Anniversary and all merch was pretty limited.

So yeah, I was psyched.

Fun fact: The Bane 10th Anniversary show was actually played on their 11th anniversary. LOL.

FYI: I’m WAY more into the new “Vengeance Of Bane” crewneck. Big fan. Wear it often.

Bane XXX Tee

By b. murphy | Published 01/23/2010

This Bane tee has the distinction of the only tee to prominently feature a straight edge reference.

XXX

Hard.

Some other tshirts feature pictures of Bedard or Dalbec X’d up, but that’s about as “straight edge” as the tees got.

Sure, each dude had the edge for years, but now, they are obviously not ALL straight edge (shout outs to Stu and BM).

The seller claims this is the first Bane tshirt, but it is not. It appears someone already messaged him letting him know his error. Wonder who could have done that? …

Only REAL bum out about this tee is the grey color. It’s that yucky grey. Oh well, great tee.

Youth Of Today Youth Crew 99 Tee

By b. murphy | Published 12/31/2009

I remember A TON of hype surrounding this show, for obvious reasons. But I could not be bothered with it. Not sure why, it just didn’t seem like something I wanted to support.

It’s strange because I definitely supported Underdog in 98 and then later, Bold in 2004, … a bunch of reunions. But something about Youth Of Today was special to me, and I couldn’t find myself supporting this event.

Two gigs in two nights. I stayed home. Actually, most of the Worcester crew stayed home, as I recall. Oddly enough, to this day, I don’t regret not going.

Blood For Blood Wasted Youth Crew Flaming Hood

By b. murphy | Published 12/29/2009

Last night, I saw the Cro-Mags play the Palladium in Worcester, Mass. These dudes never fail to impress.

JJ was on point, Craig was having a blast, Mackie was just going to town. Seriously, Mackie was impressing the shit out of me.

Dudes came hard, lots of heavy mosh, plenty of singing along, and tons of old friends.

I don’t even know where all my friends came from. Some drove from Maine, others from NYC. It was a good night for a long haul apparently.

During Death Before Dishonor, I complained to another friend that this show just wasn’t all it could be without Morgado. 15 minutes later, a dude wearing a tight black knit cap and a flaming Blood For Blood jersey rolled in. It was Morgado. First thing homeboy did? Head to to the mens room to fix his hair … nah, I’m sure it was just a long drive. Actually, props to Morgado for getting a pos cut. His flowing locks were not pos at all.

Neither is this hood, obviously.

Bane red Flexfit hat

By b. murphy | Published 12/28/2009

Here’s a chill Bane hat. Red flexfit. It came in both navy blue with white stitching and red with white stitching. Sizes were Small-Medium and Medium-Large. You fat heads were out of luck, I guess.

Bane sold these hates back in 2005 & 2006. I don’t recall them flying off the shelves back then. But according to the current price, dudes are into it. I wonder if I have doubles of the red cap? I know I have doubles of the Bane trucker hat with the spray paint can (Naidoo, do you need that one??).

I’ll be watching this one. It intrigues me.

Errortype 11 Tee

By b. murphy | Published 12/20/2009

I saw Errortype 11 once.

May 5th 1998 @The Space Worcester Mass: Error: Type 11, Grade, Hot Water Music, and Converge

It was a strange gig. Converge was this odd thumb out. But of course, kids went off for them.

Grade and Hot Water Music were enjoyable. I always liked watching Hot Water Music live. Big fan.

I don’t recall Errortype 11 at all. Whoops.

However, during this gig, my friend’s car got broken into. And the girl she rode with had her bag stolen. It contained her “life savings” she said. A whopping $10. Ah, youth.