Somehow I didn't hear a peep about this show before hand but apparently the original Biohazard lineup played a show at L'Amour in Staten Island on June 20th. The original lineup meaning with Bobby Hambel - that dude is awesome! The best albums Biohazard made were with Bobby (including the legendary Urban Discipline!) so this is a big deal. Anyway, despite the fact that I completely slept on this at least there's a video on YouTube.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Original Biohazard To Reunite And Tour
When I was a teenager growing up in the 90'2 I fucking loved Biohazard. The band brought hardcore music to MTV which was the only place a kid from South Jersey could find it. Granted they were more metal then hardcore but when I heard Biohazard for the first time I immediately realized I was hearing something I never heard before. Eventually Biohazard got kinda corny but to this day I will still stand by Urban Discipline being one of the greatest albums ever made - it's amazing. And that's why I pumped about this reunion, it's the Urban Discipline line-up, once this line-up split the band got progressively bad... this is good Biohazard. Tour dates have not been announced but I will be at the NYC show no matter what.
Link:
Biohazard Reunite
Speaking of old school Biohazard check out this shit from 1988! Kinda sounds like Join The Army era Suicidal Tendencies.
Biohazard Reunite
Speaking of old school Biohazard check out this shit from 1988! Kinda sounds like Join The Army era Suicidal Tendencies.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Suicide City
Last night I saw that Suicide City was playing at Trash Bar. If you don't know, Suicide City is a band featuring Billy from Biohazard and a former member of Kittie. To be honest the only reason I went was because it was right down the street at Trash. I hadn't heard a single song by the band prior to the show and I really didn't think it would be good. But I thought I would give it a chance since Billy played on one of my all-time favorite albums, Urban Disciple.
The show started a little after 9PM. I grabbed my PBR's from the open bar and moved up front to check out the first band Crusade. Half way through the first song I went back to the bar. To put it nicely... these guys sucked. I guess with a name like Crusade you have to expect something horrific. The singer was a total mallcore tool and I hated his voice. I was very happy when the set ended.
Next up was Suicide City and the energy in the room was insane. The band was up onstage screwing around before the set - obviously having a good time. Once everything was setup they burst into the first song. I was totally shocked by the sounds I was hearing. It was like mid-eighties hardcore punk, not exactly but close. I didn't hear any Biohazard or Kittie - which is rare in bands like this. I was expecting some weird mash-up that tries to recreate the sounds of bands past.
This courageous crew actually went out and created a sound totally unlike what got them there in the first place. This is not Velvet Revolver or Audioslave - thank god. The tunes were pretty good but the show was brilliant. Usually, even hyper bands, only have like two people running around and going crazy - not Suicide City. The whole band was all over the place - they've obviously been watching their Gorilla Biscuits videos.
I can't honestly do the band justice with words. The sound is nothing spectacular - they are damn good but not great. The performance on the other hand was one of the better ones I've ever seen. You have to see this band live to understand what I'm talking about. I understand why Deli Mag named them the "best NYC rock act of 2005".
Here are the pictures, I have a shit load more that I'll eventually post.
The show started a little after 9PM. I grabbed my PBR's from the open bar and moved up front to check out the first band Crusade. Half way through the first song I went back to the bar. To put it nicely... these guys sucked. I guess with a name like Crusade you have to expect something horrific. The singer was a total mallcore tool and I hated his voice. I was very happy when the set ended.
Next up was Suicide City and the energy in the room was insane. The band was up onstage screwing around before the set - obviously having a good time. Once everything was setup they burst into the first song. I was totally shocked by the sounds I was hearing. It was like mid-eighties hardcore punk, not exactly but close. I didn't hear any Biohazard or Kittie - which is rare in bands like this. I was expecting some weird mash-up that tries to recreate the sounds of bands past.
This courageous crew actually went out and created a sound totally unlike what got them there in the first place. This is not Velvet Revolver or Audioslave - thank god. The tunes were pretty good but the show was brilliant. Usually, even hyper bands, only have like two people running around and going crazy - not Suicide City. The whole band was all over the place - they've obviously been watching their Gorilla Biscuits videos.
I can't honestly do the band justice with words. The sound is nothing spectacular - they are damn good but not great. The performance on the other hand was one of the better ones I've ever seen. You have to see this band live to understand what I'm talking about. I understand why Deli Mag named them the "best NYC rock act of 2005".
Here are the pictures, I have a shit load more that I'll eventually post.
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