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

Contributed by carrymehome. Posted by aubin on Monday, November 10, 2008 at 3:00 PM (EST)

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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MilesQToast (November 10, 2008)

Watership Down > this

MattRamone (November 10, 2008)

World War Z > All books ever

MilesQToast (November 10, 2008)

just because you're better than me doesn't mean I'm lazy

MattRamone (November 10, 2008)

Just because I'm dressed like this, doesn't mean I have a beard and drink PBR

MilesQToast (November 10, 2008)

then how am I supposed to pigeon hole you?

el_matt (November 10, 2008)

I love that book!

jacknife737 (November 10, 2008)

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g178/jacknife737/1225179974800 .jpg

Zombie-Guru (November 10, 2008)

Every Max Brooks book > all books ever.

baldsteve (November 10, 2008)

Those rabbits are fucked up. book > movie, but the movie is good too

MilesQToast (November 10, 2008)

I don't think I ever saw the movie. maybe I'll netflix it.

kingofsuck (November 10, 2008)

Fall of Efrafa>this.

MilesQToast (November 10, 2008)

zombie bunnies?

MattRamone (November 10, 2008)

To celebrate a book about a bunch of obnoxious bands who sound the same, the release party will feature a bunch of obnoxious bands who sound the same.

If this book treats Earth Crisis as anything but a bunch of drooling retards who were off their fucking nut, it will instantly be relegated to toilet paper.

enomaRrorriM (November 10, 2008)

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JoelSweetheart (November 10, 2008)

where are you?, so I can hit you.

MattRamone (November 10, 2008)

Joel fights for his friends and doesn't afraid of anything.

Cos (November 10, 2008)

Now now, Texas Is The Reason sounds nothing like Coalesce, who sound nothing like Earth Crisis. Don't confuse all these nuts just cuz they're in the same trail mix.

I'm officially old. I was just thinking "I'll take anything from the 90's over the crap metalcore that exists today." And, if this book is only half as shitty as "My So-Called Punk"--a low threshold, I realize--it will be a success. Given that it sounds like this was actually written by a fan, I have high hopes.

AllFallDown (November 10, 2008)

you're fucking stupid if you put earth crisis in the same category as 108, unbroken, trial, etc. trial had more important things to say than probably ANY of the bands you listen to.

MattRamone (November 10, 2008)

I only listen to the Christianaires and the first Mudhoney single.

skankin_in_the_pit (November 10, 2008)

I'm the type of dude that pretty much only listens to 80s hardcore and its revivalists, but you do sound kinda dumb. I mean, I'm making fun of a couple of friends flying out for this but "obnoxious bands who sound the same" isn't making the list of reasons why.

LookingForCorpses (November 10, 2008)

This is actually a pretty diverse bill of bands.

SlowStupidHungry (November 10, 2008)

Dude who calls himself a Ramone bagging on bands he's never heard (or heard of) for all sounding the same.

SlowStupidHungry (November 10, 2008)

One of the dudes from one of your favorite bands has hardcore lyrics tattooed across his chest.

"Know your roots"

You are a fool.

mikexdude (November 10, 2008)

Edgelife and me are stoked.

mikexdude (November 10, 2008)

and I*

chickswithdicks (November 10, 2008)

mikey edge?

mikexdude (November 10, 2008)

I'm about as straight as a circle.

edgelife (November 10, 2008)

Jumped on the horse late, but yeah, I might read it.
I honestly don't know that much 90's hardcore, though.

DrGunn (November 10, 2008)

i would go to this just to see unbroken and threadbare. but how in the fuck are unbroken playing this?

MPC (November 10, 2008)

Yeah that didn't make much sense, I wonder who is filling in. I'd love to have had the chance to see Unbroken. Threadbare was great live too.

kneel (November 10, 2008)

i think the late 90's third wave crapfest is coming back.

i predict in 2 years hardcore is going to replace the so-called 'emo' trend going on now, and i get the feeling its going to look like it did back in 96. addidias shorts, jerseys, visors, NY (or LA) hats, white tennis shoes, the whole shebang.

i also predict that the third wave ska trend is going to come back from the dead. at least this one will be fun.

anyway, i think the myspace generation is going to get bored with my chemical romance and all that shit, and some of those kids are going to cling to earth crisis, and some are going to run towards moon records.

i dont need any evidence, fuckers. its a hunch.

MattRamone (November 10, 2008)

A guy I call Cousin Brandon is super into hardcore, and I called him once and said "dude, there's a Sick of It All video on TV!"

He got pissed because it turned out to be Biohazard, but I honestly didn't know.

party-animal (November 10, 2008)

25 ta life bro!

MilesQToast (November 10, 2008)

I could see it. What about swing music/dancing?

kneel (November 10, 2008)

thats a fad that existed for a very short period of time. lots of people still do it, though. they are just older for the most part as far as i can tell.

655321 (November 10, 2008)

i could get behind a fourth wave of ska

jacknife737 (November 10, 2008)

This.

el_matt (November 10, 2008)

I wonder if this book's edges are going to be straight.

Rudy87 (November 10, 2008)

the cover is going to be X'd out

SloaneDaley (November 10, 2008)

Split Lip? fuckin' rights! I wish I could be in chicago for that.

niveK82 (November 10, 2008)

dont you mean chicage?

PaC (November 10, 2008)

Exactly what I thought. They need to tour.

JoelSweetheart (November 10, 2008)

kids with bandanas are stoked!

Cheesetits (November 10, 2008)

I've gotta bone up on my floor punching.

MattRamone (November 10, 2008)

Also make sure your windmill kicks are up to face level.

mikexdude (November 10, 2008)

Do people actually do those at hardcore shows? I thought that was only at Underoath shows? You've been to both; you tell me.

MattRamone (November 10, 2008)

I don't go to tht shit anymore. The last memorably awful show I went to was some local thing where Mass Movement of the Moth opened and the crowd acted like dipshits and I was actively trying to kill everyone in the room with my mind.

mikexdude (November 10, 2008)

Everyone busts a nut over them, I don't get it.

Cheesetits (November 10, 2008)

It's been awhile since I've been to a show where that happens, usually those kids now get beat up....but I guess it depends on the show, I'm sure it's still welcomed regularly at Underoath shows or the like.

MattRamone (November 10, 2008)

Dudes who never get laid are stoked they'll have another place to release their pent up frustration!

mikexdude (November 10, 2008)

I wish people would write a book about melodic hardcore. Talk about early AFI, inquisition into strike anywhere, lifetime, avail, all that good stuff.

SloaneDaley (November 10, 2008)

Lifetime, Avail, Inquisition were all part of the same scene if I'm not mistaken, but was AFI?

mikexdude (November 10, 2008)

Well, I just mean the genre in general. AFI played inquisition's last show. I could go on with the nerve agents or thought riot if you want AFI's scene too.

SloaneDaley (November 10, 2008)

thats what I was thinking Nerve Agents (don't know Thought Riot, am I missing out?), I didn't know they played their last show. I like things fitting into scenes and the like.

mikexdude (November 10, 2008)

They were on A-F records from 1998 - 2003(?) and they sound a bit like AFI, but better. They did a sweet fugazi and R87 covers. Anyway, like you said with fitting into the scene, I think it'd make an interesting book.

MilesQToast (November 10, 2008)

you could be people

mikexdude (November 10, 2008)

I can't write.

MilesQToast (November 10, 2008)

mikexdude IS PEOPLE

baldsteve (November 10, 2008)

THE UNHEARD MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHS 1991-1997

photos by Chrissy Piper
.160 pages
.B/N

among the others: fugazi, angel hair, gameface, amber inn, avail, chino horde,
promise ring,born against, clikatat ikatowi, current, downcast, christie front drive,
evergreen, girls vs boys, heroin, hoover, jawbreaker, joan of arc, les savy fav,
lifetime, los crudos, monorchid, neurosis, quicksand, refused, rocket from the crypt,
samiam, van pelt, treepeople, texas is the reason....

kneel (November 10, 2008)

i met that girl last year

baldsteve (November 10, 2008)

Her blake photos are fucking hilarious

mikexdude (November 10, 2008)

Where can I....

baldsteve (November 10, 2008)

You gotta ebay or amazon it at this point, it's been out of print for a while. It's worth it though.

kneel (November 10, 2008)

lots of her stuff is available here for your perusal
http://www.flickr.com/people/chrissypiper/

Nameless (November 10, 2008)

Oh, cool.

I was going to ask the same question mikexdude asked.

JoelSweetheart (November 10, 2008)

BTW, Going Underground was a waaay better book than American Hardcore.

TheOneTrueBill (November 10, 2008)

I still haven't picked that up yet and I've been meaning to for years. Stupid lack of money.

skankin_in_the_pit (November 10, 2008)

Pick it up ASAP. I think you'd definitely love it.

MattRamone (November 10, 2008)

I've been looking for a copy for a while. I just tend to tune out whenever I read the phrase "NYC Hardcore."

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MattRamone (November 10, 2008)

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u78/unreal030_/you_re-doing-i t-wrong.jpg

spec (November 10, 2008)

I would check it out.

Skitzo (November 10, 2008)

split lip?!?! this seems very very unlikely, but if it's true - holy shit

SloaneDaley (November 10, 2008)

thats what I'm saying! glad I'm not the only one.

MPC (November 10, 2008)

No kidding, and Guilt! I haven't heard them in forever. Now if only someone would call up Rob Pennington and get Endpoint back together, I'd buy a plane ticket.

Skitzo (November 10, 2008)

word! as soon as my brain wrapped around the possibility of a split lip show, my very next thought was - is endpoint playing?

Codu (November 10, 2008)

Kids in a fast lane living for today
No rules to abide by and no one to obey

MattRamone (November 10, 2008)

That's gotta be like one of the ten best punk rock songs of all time.

Codu (November 10, 2008)

Without doubt,
I really can't go a day without listening to it.

Skitzo (November 10, 2008)

fuckin bullshit - show's already sold out. this fuckin sucks. rad for the people who get to see this though. wish this was posted BEFORE tix went on sale.

Ven89 (November 10, 2008)

It sold out in less than a day, don't feel too bad.

Cos (November 10, 2008)

I went through my annual revisit of Shelter's "Mantra" a few months ago. Still love that album, as cheesy as it is at times.

MPC (November 10, 2008)

That is one awesomely cheesy album. Makes me wonder if I still have a copy. I remember when the local alterna-station here was playing the hell out of Here We Go when I was in high school.

MPC (November 10, 2008)

I could go to this show and actually not feel old. That would be pretty cool in itself.

manincognito (November 10, 2008)

to both above posters, swing revival is still fairloy popular, in smaller circles... alot of greasers are keeping it going strong..as for a 4th wave of ska...hell yes! im there!...every wave has been great, and i welcome it's survival.

Rob-o (November 10, 2008)

Burning Airlines?

diplodocuscore (November 10, 2008)

fuck the other bands...

REACH THE SKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

BMXpunk (November 10, 2008)

Anything punk or hardcore from the '90's that doesn't include Grimple is not worth the time.

xote (November 10, 2008)

Yeah this kid obviously has never heard half the band mentioned. Unbroken were amazing. Underdog were fucking great! Threadbare were very angry. Reach the sky were good emotional hardcore. I don't know 90's revelation era shit was pretty good.

acris (November 10, 2008)

my friend's coming from CA to see this, so I'm stoked

gotsmuch (November 10, 2008)

is there seriously a band called "bane betrayed"?

xmoshx1 (November 10, 2008)

Please tell me you're joking...

letthebeatdrop (November 10, 2008)

are you a fucking idiot?

AllFallDown (November 12, 2008)

two different bands...

letthebeatdrop (November 10, 2008)

reach the sky??!!!?!??!?!?!?! omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg.