I wanted to write something humorous today but I’m just not feeling it. Instead here’s a shot of the storm last night.
Erich over at GBM had sent me over Peter’s KBD to give a listen to what he had called the best hardcore 7″, the Urban Waste self titled. I was game for that because I hadn’t heard of that and any new (to me) hardcore is worth checking out. Unfortunately the links were dead because the single had been re-released, but it did get me to thinking. Of course the best of anything is usually subjective, but what about a category of just really good hardcore. This 7″ definitely fits into that and I would certainly call it one of the best. I did see this posted at the Old School site a long time ago, http://oldxschool.blogspot.com/search/label/Ill%20Repute , where you can also get some of their demos. Awesome stuff but I wanted to post it too. When I was in high school, my buddy Norm was friends with Tony in IR, but I never did go to see them. Funny how we would drive an hour and a half to go drink beer on the rocks in Seal Beach but we wouldn’t make the drive to go see as many shows as we should have. I got this around the time it came out in 1983 and it quickly found it’s way to a mixed tape, that I could take with me wherever I went. I’ve talked about the stereo in first car and how the treble was insane in that thing. Zero bass and sitting in the back your ears would ring if you sat back there too long. Now this Ill Repute is a super trebly kind of thing and listening to it reminded me of cranking the tunes in that car. I made sure to record this as is so you would get the full effect. In my opinion every tune on here is awesome, but if I had to pick one it would be Sleepwalking. There may be something wrong with your taste if you don’t think this is at least a really good hardcore record. Who knows though because if you pay attention around here, I have some pretty whacked out taste. Enjoy.
EDIT: Links deleted for fear of copyright police…go give your money to iTunes or something…