Hardcore Tuesday Pt 2

Okay time for some more punk/hardcore related posts


First up is All You Can Eat or AYCE for short. I think i first heard these guys because they did a split coloured 12" with sydney band Lawnsmell. After that i went and picked up their album En Ouef. These guys are so cool. So much fun they just didn't really take shit that seriously. They toured a few times but i was too young to get into the gigs. At a backyard gig in Melburn with One Inch Punch, Devon the singer climbed up on the roof of the shed and fell through. He was always doing crazy shit live. Try and find Barcode The World on VHS for some footage of them playing live in the now defunct Phantom Records.


FYP were one of those bands that hid some great talent through some we don't give a shit playing. Harsh as they were they also had strange moments of harmony. I was always looking for new bands and FYP were recommend by some friends of mine and i was hooked from the get go. Ah the sound of youth ha ha


Wow Propagandhi, Where to start with this one. I picked up their first cd on fatwreckchords (big props to fat mike for puttting some like this out) at the local music sho, Leading Edge music or Eagles or what ever the fuck it was called back then. I didn't know shit about the group but the cover and the band name intrigued me. Also the shitty mug shot photos of the band members gave me a fair idea of what kind of music they played. What i didn't realise was the politics of the band. Total anarchist, vegetarian, pro feminist, gay friendly and anti fascist. I could write a novel on how this album changed my life and perspective on things but thats a whole another post. Suffice to say it blew my fifteen year old mind.


Gonna change it up a little with some classic shit from Operation Ivy. Solid band outta Berkeley in Cali. They fused ska and punk really well. They also had the cool logo of some mod guy with a mohawk. Their self titled album on lookout records ( yes the home of green day) was rinsed out back in the day and was the soundtrack for many a drinking and skanking session. Half of the band went on to form Rancid.


Spazz was one of the founders of the movement called power violence. They were hardcore before it was cool.
They did a split cd with sydney punk kings Subversion. They are heavy as fuck. They also used to use funny ass kung fu samples in their music. Enjoy. Did i mention they are heavy as fuck ?