AWKWARD THOUGHT LIVE ON CRUCIAL CHAOS WNYU FEBRUARY 29, 1996 AWKWARD THOUGHT LIVE SHOTS (TAKEN AT THE SPIRAL & CBGB’S IN NYC SINCE NO KNOWN SHOTS OF THE WNYU SET EXIST) PROVIDED BY AWKWARD THOUGHT GUITARIST SCOOT HORTON I had personally been going to the Crucial Chaos radio show since the early 1990’s just to hang […]
KILLING TIME LIVE ON CRUCIAL CHAOS WNYU NOVEMBER 21, 1996 KT ’96 L-R; CARL PORCARO, ANTHONY COMUNALE, SEAN O’BRIEN, ANTHONY DRAGO, RICH McLOUGHLIN (RIP) In the 1980’s, as the members of Breakdown, Raw Deal, and eventually Killing Time were making our way into the NYHC scene, WNYU’s “Crucial Chaos” with Spermicide at the desk was
DISTRICT 9 LIVE ON CRUCIAL CHAOS WNYU MARCH 9, 1995 So I don’t have a lot of “important” stuff to say about this set but one amusing thing was the fact that their singer “Puerto Rican” Myke just about cursed IMMEDIATELY when they went on the air!! Haha For those who don’t know, the FCC
Artwork by: PHECK. Graphics by: Bas Spierings Our IN THE MIRROR page initially came to us via the boombox of Mr. Lew Dimmick… native New Yorker, guitar player for 80’s NYHC unit Our Gang and author of the way cool book “This Music”. On Thursday nights back in the late 80’s and 90’s many New
FIT OF ANGER LIVE ON CRUCIAL CHAOS WNYU (1988) CLICK ON PHOTO TO LISTEN Fit Of Anger were a product of the late 80’s NYHC boom. Straight outta College Point in Queens, NY the band put together a bunch of good years on the strength of their demos and their appearance on the New Breed
TOKEN ENTRY INTERVIEW ON CRUCIAL CHAOS WNYU CLICK PHOTO TO LISTEN Photo by: Ken Salerno. Graphics by: Bas Spierings As a teen, I remember sending out letters to bands to see if they had merchandise for sale, t-shirts, old flyers, stickers, or whatever, because that was the way hardcore music commerce got done back in
KRAKDOWN LIVE ON CRUCIAL CHAOS WNYU CLICK LOGO/PHOTO TO LISTEN The great thing about KRAKDOWN is that they are a true hardcore PUNK band, meaning the punk influence in their sound is obvious. It’s true, they play punk rock at increased speed (hardcore punk), but I think Richi’s guitar style is the band’s most punk characteristic. In
UNDERDOG (WITH CARL THE MOSHER ON VOCALS) LIVE ON CRUCIAL CHAOS WNYU CLICK PHOTO TO LISTEN I was already a big fan of Underdog the night I tuned in to hear them play live on Crucial Chaos. Richie, their singer, primary songwriter, and commanding frontman, had left the band to tour with Youth Of Today
THE NY HOODS INTERVIEW ON CRUCIAL CHAOS WNYU CLICK PHOTO TO LISTEN The NY Hoods were not the greatest or the worst band to ever come out of the thriving NYHC scene of the late 1980’s but they have always held a special spot in the old memory bank as they were one of
GORILLA BISCUITS INTERVIEW ON CRUCIAL CHAOS WNYU CLICK PHOTO TO LISTEN Gorilla Biscuits @ This Is Hardcore Fest 2012. Photo by: Anne Spina Oops! For all you youngsters out there, at about 14 seconds into this interview you can hear the sound drop out for a second. That’s the sound of a kid in
