Monthly Archives: November 2008

Punk Rock

“Burning Fight” book to cover 80s and 90s hardcore scene

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Revelation has unveiled plans to publish a new book chronicling the 90s hardcore scene. Written by Brian Peterson, “Burning Fight:The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound, the book chronicles the late 80s and 90s hardcore scene, acting as a spiritual successor to Steven Blush‘s controversial American Hardcore [book].

A myspace page for the book is here. To celebrate the release of the book, a themed show is being planned and will feature Split Lip, Unbroken, Disembodied, Trial, Mouthpiece, 108, Underdog, Guilt, Killingtime, Damnation AD, Ringworm, Threadbare, Reach The Sky, Bane Betrayed, Blacklisted, Have Heart, Soul Control, The Killer, Convicted, Harms Way and Thought Crusade. The show will take place May 2nd and 3rd at the Metro in Chicage, IL.
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United Nations (Thursday, Glassjaw) vs United Nations (France, China, Belgium)

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More legal problems for United Nations, the project featuring Geoff Rickly from Thursday, Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw and Head Automatica, Chree from the The Number Twelve Looks Like You and Kiss It Goodbye’s Eric Cooper.

Apparently, the “real” United Nations, the one made up of the representatives of the world’s nations, isn’t a fan of the band’s use of the name and had their Facebook profile deleted. You can see the notice here.

The band released their self-titled debut earlier this year. Though originally described as a “grind” side project, many have drawn comparisons to early screamo outfits like Saetia and the Gravity Records roster.
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