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  Review by: thekillerinyou See others by this writer Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on December 11th 2005
When I first started getting into the underground music scene back in high school, I was fortunate to have been a part of Chicago’s booming underground punk scene. One of the bands I quickly fell in love with was 88 Fingers Louie. Shortly after getting their first full-length Behind Bars, I found out that the band had broken up; the break-up however did not last long, and they came back stronger than ever with the comeback album Back on the Streets. Once again, 88 Fingers Louie would disband shortly after that release, but not before releasing the last of their material with none other than Philadelphia, PA’s Kid Dynamite. Now, I know just about everyone has heard about Kid Dynamite, so I won’t go into too much detail surrounding their history, but I will say that these two bands came together in 1999 to release one of the best split EPs ever (in my opinion).
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great CD. i bought it because Rise Against and Strike Anywhere are my favorite bands so i needed to hear their influences. this CD definetly doesn't disapoint. i've heard all the songs except ''out there'' fuck... kickass. "Out There" explodes with heavy-metal fury that couldn't open the CD better. "slow chorus overlap" is cool i guess. "reparation" gets kinda boring and sounds alot like rise against (not a bad thing, but i'm listening to it as opposed to RPM for a reason) and the Kid Dynamite songs are incredible. "Heart a tact" is great and even has a well-defined song structure in spite of itself. and the best song on the CD "Rise Above" is a cover of the timeless black Flag song. its 1000 times better than the original, if possible. just plain explodes with rage. the guitar solo is shortened, but the passion in the vocals completely blows rollins out of the water. I was very dissapointed by the NOFX/Rancid split. "I've heard from at least 10 different people from all over the country that 88FL broke up on the way to a show in their town. Incredible, but how fucking lame." yes, explode and make up is the current band, and it's good. I'm going to take the route of listing my 6 EPs: the story so far E.P. was pretty good....it was no 88FL but still a good listen. It was with ex-king for a day so it had that indie/post-hardcore sound to it. "Explode and make up"??? at least they named their band after a Sugar song. In 1999 my two favorite bands were 88 Fingers Louie and Kid Dynamite were my two favorite bands. I had no idea that this was coming out, when i accidently found it in a record store on vacation in california, it made my trip. Alright, last post. I swear. I found what seems to be Dennis' current band, Explode and Make Up. They have a myspace that was last visited today, which leads me to believe they're active. Anyways, here it is: I did a Google search of Undercast, and it came up with this. Weird. Also, you can hear them at www.purevolume.com/undercast. "Family commitments or not, he made a commitment to tour with his band for a few weeks numerous times and had a history of bailing out on their fans. " Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of. Did you happen to hear the EP? If so, what was it like? The Story So Far is the other one (I believe). They put out one EP then seemingly vanished. Dennis went on to be in at least two more bands. One was called Undercast and the other's name escapes me. I have a few Undercast mp3's floating around somewhere on my laptop. They're nothing special though. Family commitments or not, he made a commitment to tour with his band for a few weeks numerous times and had a history of bailing out on their fans. wow, spreading a rumour about the singer (dennis) being a dickhead, is very dickheadish indeed. Nothing could be further from the truth. He is a fantastic guy, who had family commitments before touring commitments. He also has a new band, and I've heard demos of it, and it rules. Fast and heavy, not unlike the stuff on this here incredible split with another band that also broke up too soon. anyone heard the off minor side of the off minor/ i am the resurrection split...............now thats a good one heart a tact is a daaamn good song I thought I was the only one that liked 88's output on this than anything else they've released the slackers/pulley split is pretty solid....not top 5 ever, but i thought it was worth mentioning slow chorus overlap one of the best songs ever I've heard from at least 10 different people from all over the country that 88FL broke up on the way to a show in their town. Incredible, but how fucking lame. as for best split i'd go for pg99/majority rule score is for heart a tact 88's singer was supposedly a dickhead. They constantly backed out of shows in smaller cities when they didn't feel like playing only to show up a few days later in a larger area. I remember they were supposed to be a part of the Snow Jam show coming through Canada twice in the mid to late 90's. Both times I was supposed to see them, they never showed up and the other bands said that they have band issues and seem to do that often. I heard that they would play select cities like Toronto and Montreal and Vancouver but would skip the smaller dates in Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Regina. Seems like a pretty lame thing to do and an expensive way to tour across Canada without being paid very often. Pfff, none a you suckas got game Shady View Terrace/Lawrence Arms Los Crudos = best chicago band by far. That dropdead/totalitar split is amazing. I'm getting this for Christmas. This album is totally rad. I bought in San Francisco during the summer of '99 when I had to go to my neo-con step-family reunion. I left it in the car while we ate and the vinyl warped. I like it better that way. "Best split records EVER. going back to 96 i remember 88 fingers were susposed to open for good riddance when they played a tiny all ages venue and heard they broke up on the way to detroit. that actually seemed to happen every time i can remember going to a show where they were susposed to play. rather odd when you think about it "Is this out of print? I have it on 10" and would gladly part with it if someone made me a decent offer... I think I listened to it once when I first bought it (like 6 years ago)" Awesome album "4. Leatherface/HWM Best split records EVER. anything with 88 rules...... but also, a fucking 10! scottykins, how much are you asking for for this on vinyl? do tell! Believe it or not...Available on Itunes. Scott I'll give you 1 dollar, 5 spares of the the Connecticut State Quarter in P, and I'll take you to Taco Bell. I can autograph the bill too. x Is this out of print? I have it on 10" and would gladly part with it if someone made me a decent offer... I think I listened to it once when I first bought it (like 6 years ago), I bought this when it came out in 99. I remember going to an AFI/88 fingers louie show right after that, and we heard that 88 quit the tour and broke up. This, and their last album are excellent and made me mourn their passing that much more. But as the lord taketh awayeth, the lord gaveth me rise against, and all was well and good in punkrockland. whoa....dave...can you hear me? Sounds like a great buy but Leatherface/hot water music is still the best split cd out there. isn't this sucker out of print? i saw it just a week ago at a local record shop used. but i decided that since i have half of the split (the KD songs are on Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems) i figured i'd just buy the one other thing i found that i know is rare: a 12" of Redemption 87's first record. i was torn, yet only had money for one. sigh. maybe i'll go buy this just so i own everything from KD except the demo tapes... 88fl is my favorite chicago band, and its not even close. Sounds like a great buy but Leatherface/hot water music is still the best split cd out there. I only got into Kid Dynamite somewhat recently, and I really love them. Their "Rise Above" cover is one of the best covers I've ever heard, and both "Heart A Tact" and (especially) "Living Daylights" are quality fucking songs. I don't think "Daylights" is on this one, but I thought I'd mention it anyway considering I love it so much. Nice! This is a great CD. The 88 stuff on here rules.. oh how I long for those days... One of the top 5 greatest splits of all time. oh fuck yes.....awesome split! |
