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  Review by: FortyMinutesWest See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on March 9th 2004 Over the past couple of years, there seems to have been an influx of bands who give nods to the older variety of hardcore. Whether it’s just a coincidence, or whether it came as a knee-jerk reaction to the rise of metalcore is debatable, but whatever the reason, it’s here. Stand & Fight is one such band, and although they aren’t redefining hardcore with this release, they play with lots of energy and intensity, and that nearly negates their lack of innovation. Stand & Fight play what I like to call hardcore influenced hardcore. You see, with all the elements being pulled into hardcore these days, it seems that most bands are playing “genre x influenced genre y,” but this band is content with using the style that fits them best. You won’t find any excessive wankery here, and this sure as hell isn’t a concept album, what you will find is twelve tracks of solid, straight ahead hardcore. Still, the lack of originality here does make it slightly difficult for me to really give this a high rating, but it still makes for a very enjoyable listen. The lyrics predictably take on a straight edge agenda, and really, I don’t think anyone is really surprised by this. If you’re straight edge, you may appreciate them, but for someone like me, who has never been and never will be edge, they come off as little more than sloganeering. Regardless, if you can look past that, they aren’t too bad.
Stand & Fight aren’t going to replace Minor Threat in your record collection, but if you’re looking for some music to shout along to, you needn’t look any further than this. Bridge 9 seems to be at the forefront of this hardcore revival, and they’re doing a fine job of putting out quality releases.
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you know i think alot of you kids miss the point of punk and hardcore. I can think of a bunch of good current straight edge bands from around my general area, and none are on Bridge 9, because, well, Bridge 9 is terrible. It's that simple. Bands like No Time Left and On Alert from Buffalo, and Witness from Rochester are proof straight edge hardcore can still be awesome without being horribly derivative. Straight Edge, outside of a way of thinking among hardcore punkers in the early 80's, is such a joke. There was a time and there was a place. To the guy 2 below me, nu hardcore dancing is similar (with variations) to old punk rock and hardcore dancing of the 80s. This crap has taken "straight edge" and continued to ruin what it was about back then. What a total bunch of utter shit. Garbage. Tough guy straight edge crap. PUKE to the dude below this: I'm straight edge & I like these guys. I only listen to bands who validate my beliefs. No matter how boring or generic they are, as long as they have the edge I'll support them. I have to go now. I have to wash & dry my black hoodie, draw my Xs on my hands & I have windmill practice in an hour. TYF was fun, pretty good. i was relaly into their demo, 7"s, and first LP. S&F is really...not very good. way too similar to Ten Yard Fight, its getting boring. They are pointing, and punching the air Cliche'ed? Yes. But not without merit. I prefer this stuff to most hardcore. It's got a really old-school vibe about it. wow... did they actively TRY to be a boring retread of a twenty year old sound? Cliched?...yes Score is for the band name and cover art. |
