Botch interview Summer 2000

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Botch probably need no introduction, but just in case you are unaware... well, if you're unaware just track down a copy of "We Are the Romans" or the DVD of their last show, and hear/see for yourself. No description will really suffice adequately- heavy, precision, challenging, technical, screaming, destructive- all are spot on elements of this Northwest unit that often gets called Mathcore. And if truly they are, then next to no other band I've ever heard called Mathcore could actually be mathcore because there isn't any way those other bands can hold the match to light the candle one would hold to them in that old analogy.

I digress, here's an interview from Status Magazine #12, summer of 2000.

If any of you out there have old zines you would either like to get rid of or share for scanning purposes (and then I would mail back to you) get in touch with me via email: it.follows.blog@gmail.com and we can talk about that some more.

DOWNLOAD: Botch - Interview Summer 2000

Area 51 - Discography 12 inch

Another repost from the old What We Want Blog... Great Monday Morning music, kinda sums up how I feel going back to work after having 9 days off (sorta)....

Before the Murder City Devils & Pretty Girls Make Graves there was Death Wish Kids and before Death Wish Kids there was Area 51. Hardcore punk with tons of attitude and feedback to spare. Fronted by Murder City Devils singer Spencer Moody & DWK/PGMG vocalist Andrea Zollo, the dueling vocals were fueled by pure screaming rage and backed by the hardcore punk attack of fellow murder city members Dan Galluci & Derek Fudesco and rounded out with Sterling Callier & Andy Sells. 

This sounds nothing like the later bands they became better known for, but it does sound like completely pissed off, rip your head off hardcore punk. There is an obsession with the movie "Over The Edge" as well. 
When Spencer Moody decided to leave the band they turned into the Death Wish Kids.

"if you fuck with me you better run while you can, because i'll be right behind you with a brick in my hand"



Area 51 on Myspace

DOWNLOAD: Area 51 - "Discography"

Murder City Devils - Live on KNND 1998

In case you've been in a cave, the Murder City Devils are a punk/rock band from Washington. Active off & on again since the mid-90's, this set is from October 1998. This set includes the "full" line-up with Leslie Hardy (Johnson) on organ/keys and all the other regular suspects in their respective spots. This was done in studio on the air. I was late to this band, not hearing them until a friend bought "In Name & Blood" and played it one night. I was hooked. Rock and Roll, Punk Rock, a swagger all their own, flaming drums, and that fucking organ. 

I had to convert these and re-tag them. I have the suspicion that theyre not fully tagged, so i'll post the song order to make it easier (though most downloading this are probably big enough fans to know the songs) the picture isn't the set list for this show, I was looking for a picture and it seemed a bit appropriate. Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD: the Murder City Devils - Live Radio Set October 1998

1- Murder City Riot
2- Dance Hall Music
3- Idle Hands
4- 18 Wheels
5- I Want Alot Now (So Come On)
6- Boom Swagger Boom
7- From the Cradle to the Grave
8- Broken Glass