Your scene

[Alcore]

Right...seeing as hardcore/emo is heavily based around local/regional scenes why don't we share a few of our local small bands? It would be interesting to compare and we can all find some more cool music while we're at it!

[raus]

http://www.myspace.com/trashtalkfu

[Let's Chop Cats!]

http://myspace.com/mongoloidsnj
http://myspace.com/mothernight
http://myspace.com/theprocedure
http://myspace.com/betweenthewars
http://myspace.com/diehipsterdie

[Lazybassplr56]

http://www.myspace.com/brokenneedle
http://www.myspace.com/fastthreat
http://www.myspace.com/rabiesarmy
http://www.myspace.com/badreaction

[Mr. Ron]

Not a ton of good local bands from upstate NY...

[Let's Chop Cats!]

Except Earth Crisis.

[RetiredAt21]

Who turned into a lame nu metal band.

[Mr. Ron]

Except Earth Crisis.

ugh, I forgot you liked them.

[Let's Chop Cats!]

I forgot you're gay and don't like them.

[lunchforthesky]

http://www.myspace.com/thefinalsigh (Progressive Math Metal)
http://www.myspace.com/thelegacy (Melodic Hardcore)

About the only two bands near me worth mentioning.

[Mr. Ron]

I forgot you're gay and don't like them.

Nah, they just blow. Always have.

[Feel The Darkness]

http://www.myspace.com/flawlessv
http://www.myspace.com/fivefamilies
http://www.myspace.com/fullcontact
http://www.myspace.com/takeyourshot
http://www.myspace.com/xkerplunkx
http://www.myspace.com/spaztikcolon
http://www.myspace.com/underbosstxhc

[santi3hg]

http://www.myspace.com/fedup****you
http://www.myspace.com/xthickasbloodx
http://www.myspace.com/cqc305
http://www.myspace.com/dancefloorjustice305
http://www.myspace.com/knowthescore
http://www.myspace.com/allhellbreaksloose

The first one is dope as ****.

the first link the bleeped word is f u ck.

[Feel The Darkness]

Know the Score rules. I saw GB do a DFJ song with DFJesse

[bottlerocket]

http://www.myspace.com/coacentral
http://www.myspace.com/slutsdotcom
http://www.myspace.com/novemberfifth1955
http://www.myspace.com/mcclane
http://www.myspace.com/inremembrance
http://www.myspace.com/thecarrierhc

Word.

I absolutely love Nov. 5.

[santi3hg]

Know the Score rules. I saw GB do a DFJ song with DFJesse

When'd that happen?

[Flagjacket]

All the hardcore bands from around here are hardlines who are in Courage Crew, and the guitarist from B4B lives in my area now.

[Wow]

http://www.myspace.com/pollywog


I'm like romantic and ****.

[Left Shoe]

dayton ohio you ask?

http://www.myspace.com/hawthorneheights

http://www.myspace.com/tdwp

http://www.myspace.com/wordsasweapons

kiiiilllll meeeeee

[RetiredAt21]

dayton ohio you ask?

http://www.myspace.com/hawthorneheights

http://www.myspace.com/tdwp

http://www.myspace.com/wordsasweapons

kiiiilllll meeeeee

Lol, that's not that bad compared to Lancaster. We have Augst Burns Red. :(

[bottlerocket]

Hh < Abr

[40 oz 2 freedom]

http://www.utsa.edu/today/images/events/flags.jpg

NUFF SED

[Left Shoe]

Lol, that's not that bad compared to Lancaster. We have Augst Burns Red. :(


ok...you win this round.

[Let's Chop Cats!]

http://www.utsa.edu/today/images/events/flags.jpg

These colors don't run.

[RetiredAt21]

Hh < Abr

Yeah. :(

[Feel The Darkness]

When'd that happen?
I know they did it on several of the tour dates, but I saw 'em in Austin, TX.

[cobert]

http://www.myspace.com/causticchrist
http://www.myspace.com/thestatictransistor
http://www.myspace.com/builtupon
http://www.myspace.com/hankjones
http://www.myspace.com/voiceinthewire (pop-punk)

Meh.

[young, loud, and andrew]

http://myspace.com/mongoloidsnj


One of the worst things to ever come out of the state of New Jersey.

[40 oz 2 freedom]

That's a bold statement Andrew.

[young, loud, and andrew]

That's a bold statement Andrew.

Positives: Life of Agony and Outburst covers.

Negatives: wannabe Sheer Terror vocals, awful stage presence, annoying singer, boring music, ironic tshirt designs, getting added last minute to too many shows I plan on going to.

I'll think of more reasons later.

Also the fact that people actually like this band baffles me.

[40 oz 2 freedom]

No I don't mean the fact that they're bad, which I won't disagree with. Just that they would be the worst thing to ever come out of New Jersey?

[bottlerocket]

That's a bold statement Andrew.

Seriously...totally feel you on that one, man.

[young, loud, and andrew]

No I don't mean the fact that they're bad, which I won't disagree with. Just that they would be the worst thing to ever come out of New Jersey?

NJ has produced great music.

Maybe I should have said "music-wise."

[pixiesfanyo]

http://www.myspace.com/pollywog


I'm like romantic and ****.

This is so creepy.

[Aus Rotten]

Nah, they just blow. Always have.

Whoa. Earth Crisis? Their newer stuff, i'd agree with, it does 'blow' -- "Always have" ? No way. Their older stuff is intense.

[Amit]

i'm part of the south asian massiv scene tbh

[raus]

i'm part of the south asian massiv scene tbhYou've made like 2,000 posts in a month.

[Amit]

i thought i hit 40,000 in november

[raus]

You thought wrong.

[40 oz 2 freedom]

Sucks for Atman

[Amit]

yeah i guess that's a bad thing for me oh well!

[pixiesfanyo]

plz leave.

[faith and fiction]

http://www.myspace.com/batsandknives
http://www.myspace.com/handsofthefew
http://www.myspace.com/ricinthrash
http://www.myspace.com/ans
http://www.myspace.com/manismostlywater

[chips88]

on my side-www.myspace.com/onmysidehc
ten crowns
pride kills
my luck
will to live
die young
your mistake
vitality
lmf

[Alcore]

http://www.myspace.com/thefinalsigh (Progressive Math Metal)
http://www.myspace.com/thelegacy (Melodic Hardcore)

About the only two bands near me worth mentioning.

Hey, I'm in Sheffield just down the road (so are the legacy!) :wave:

[Wow]

This is so creepy.


If by creepy you mean incredible, you are correct.


Actually yeah, it's a little creepy at times.

[RetiredAt21]

http://www.myspace.com/batsandknives
http://www.myspace.com/handsofthefew
http://www.myspace.com/ricinthrash
http://www.myspace.com/ans
http://www.myspace.com/manismostlywater

Man Is Mostly Water is pretty good.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

http://www.myspace.com/crosschecknewcastle
http://www.myspace.com/ratherbedeadband (not quite local but close enough)

[RetiredAt21]

Rather Be Dead seemed kinda cool, but a little bit generic.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Yeah. I listened to the songs for the first time earlier and they weren't as good as they seemed to be live.

[RetiredAt21]

http://www.myspace.com/vincentpricesorphanpowereddeathmachine1

I love these guys. One of my favorite bands, but everyone here hates them. :(

[Mr. Ron]

Whoa. Earth Crisis? Their newer stuff, i'd agree with, it does 'blow' -- "Always have" ? No way. Their older stuff is intense.

Buechner's vocals drive me nuts. Their songs are just uninteresting tbh.

[Luxor]

Silverstein, Boys Night Out, Grade... all the bands from my area suck. With the exception of Grade of course. The only bands we have are terrible Grade rip offs.

[RetiredAt21]

I haven't listened to Grade in forever.

[bottlerocket]

Grade is so good. I love Gathering Darkness (Acoustic) on Punk Goes Acoustic. Great song.

[RetiredAt21]

I never listened to it. I figured it'd be gay because it's on that cd.

[bottlerocket]

It's a really solid CD. I like it. Some songs suck, though.

Like From Autumn to Ashes, haha.

[RetiredAt21]

Lol, I don't think anyone listens to FATA anymore. I'm pretty sure that fad died out.

[RCVA]

The Steal - www.myspace.com/thesteal
from kingston really near me. band is ****ing amazing live.

Gallows - www.myspace.com/burnthegallows
http://www.last.fm/music/Twofold - twofold. couldn't find a myspace for them.

pretty much the bands from this record label as well http://www.gravitydip.com/home.jsp
which is pretty much just a mix of indie/hardcore/ska bands but they ones i've listened to so far are really good.



We haven't got a big hardcore scene but it's a pretty close knit one and i see the same people when i go to shows around here. The indie scene is pretty good.

[RetiredAt21]

The Rivalry got booed out of a venue around here once. Lol, they suck so bad.

[Amit]

plz leave.

why

[team_racket]

http://www.myspace.com/cardiffhc - these people put on some ace shows in my area. i heard a rumour about annhilation time playing soon, so im stoked for that. various local bands are on that site.

http://www.myspace.com/captaininsano00 - whilst hardly reinventing the wheel, they always put on a good show.

[pixiesfanyo]

why

i don't want you spoiled.

[Amit]

:->

[pixiesfanyo]

8*)

[whiteminority]

http://www.myspace.com/hoth (sludgey)
http://www.myspace.com/myspine (noisey grind, broke up; drummer to be trying out for CTTS)
http://www.myspace.com/generationofvipers (post metal, getting some attention)
http://www.myspace.com/andrethegiantrules (indie pop)
http://www.myspace.com/whitechapelmetal (death metal, touring europe this summer and canada in like a week)
http://www.myspace.com/gertrudeband (grind)

[RetiredAt21]

What about Sadville, Ben. They are near you, right?

[whiteminority]

True, they are about an hour away in Crossville.
http://www.myspace.com/sadville

Great sludgey metal, just released an LP in the fall. Check them out.

[RetiredAt21]

They are awesome.

[whiteminority]

I was supposed to see them at the last My Spine! show but the date was changed and Generation of Vipers was added and Sadville dropped, which sucks because I've been wanting to see them for a while now.

[RetiredAt21]

I don't really like My Spine! alot. They are ok, but they kinda get on my nerves.

[whiteminority]

That cd is waaaaaaaaaay different than how they were live. Both times I saw them they didn't have any of that noise stuff, (which was incidentally drawn from the Mike's noise project Thiam), and were insane. Their first show no one had any idea what the hell they were going to be like, and the singers Andrew and Darren were just in the crowd talking to people but then Derek and David started playing and they freaked out and started screaming in the people they were speaking to's faces. Probaly the best 10 minutes I have ever seen.

[RetiredAt21]

That sounds sweet. I think it sucks when bands over-use the noise crap, though.

[whiteminority]

Basically that was the Wolf Eyes in them they could never do live.

What did you think of Sweat the Magic?

[Eliminator]

http://www.myspace.com/levansona
http://www.myspace.com/bohemiangrove
http://www.myspace.com/esskyma
http://www.myspace.com/xlenorahx

those are probably the only half decent bands here

[Flagjacket]

Grade is so good. I love Gathering Darkness (Acoustic) on Punk Goes Acoustic. Great song.

I thought Grade was from Canada, not Boston? And does a band still count if they're broken up?

[Luxor]

I was the one who brought up Grade being from my town.

[Flagjacket]

Oh, my bad. You're from like, Hamilton then?

[Luxor]

Grade's from Burlington. Which is attached to Hamilton so basically yeah.

[Flagjacket]

Headfirst Straight to Hell is so great.

[RetiredAt21]

I thought Grade was from Canada, not Boston? And does a band still count if they're broken up?

Sure, why not.

[whiteminority]

**** if we are counting broke up bands, The Red Scare was from Knoxville.

[Dextomethorphan]

www.myspace.com/holdencaulfield
www.myspace.com/beyondallhope

Eh.
Lincoln was from WV.

[RetiredAt21]

**** if we are counting broke up bands, The Red Scare was from Knoxville.

The Red Scare is awesome. You were right when you said they rule.

[RetiredAt21]

http://www.myspace.com/ihatetheredscare

I don't know if this is bad or good.

EDIT: LOL bad

[Concubine]

http://www.myspace.com/siksakubur (death metal)
http://www.myspace.com/highoctanerock (hardcore/stoner)
http://www.myspace.com/onestepforward (metalcore)
http://www.myspace.com/yehova (crust)

[pixiesfanyo]

my scene is a bunch of thirty two year old men who try to get with the fifteen year old girls i have crushes on.

[Arrakakaka]

http://www.myspace.com/asromans Decent metalcore.
http://www.myspace.com/severalltiesmetal Gothenburg influenced snorefest.
http://www.myspace.com/headlightsoverhills Boring post hardcore.
http://www.myspace.com/milesfromvega Boring pop-punk (amazing live though)
http://www.myspace.com/myspaceisgay Scene grind.

Michigan is doomed.

[RetiredAt21]

my scene is a bunch of thirty two year old men who try to get with the fifteen year old girls i have crushes on.

That's really weird, that's how it is here, too. Creepy.

[Dextomethorphan]

It's like that here too, except I'm only 18 so I don't feel so bad doing it myself.

[whiteminority]

The Red Scare is awesome. You were right when you said they rule.

Damn straight.

[Bajs]

Well, i got kicked out from gay emoshow last night couse i moshed to violently.


Man, the band had to explain what mosh was for the audience.

I hate my life.

[Flagjacket]

http://www.myspace.com/asromans Decent metalcore.
http://www.myspace.com/severalltiesmetal Gothenburg influenced snorefest.
http://www.myspace.com/headlightsoverhills Boring post hardcore.
http://www.myspace.com/milesfromvega Boring pop-punk (amazing live though)
http://www.myspace.com/myspaceisgay Scene grind.

Michigan is doomed.

I've never heard any of those bands. You're from Troy right, are you sure maybe those aren't just gay high school bands?

[Arrakakaka]

I've never heard any of those bands. You're from Troy right, are you sure maybe those aren't just gay high school bands?
Most are high school bands, but not the crappy kind you see at talent shows and battle of the bands. One or two are signed.

[Flagjacket]

Yeah, I had just gone to a Battle of the Bands in Novi, most of the bands were trash. Those bands are all from Troy?

[Arrakakaka]

Troy/Clawson area.

[Brandon_S]

Well, i got kicked out from gay emoshow last night couse i moshed to violently.


Man, the band had to explain what mosh was for the audience.

I hate my life.

lmaoyale all the kids here just push each other then run away.

its gay,i finally got some throwdowns going though that was cool.

[Left Shoe]

omg xtough throwdownsx

[RetiredAt21]

Yeah, he's mad tough.

[RCVA]

Well, i got kicked out from gay emoshow last night couse i moshed to violently.


Man, the band had to explain what mosh was for the audience.

I hate my life.

Go to concerts for the music not just to ****ing mosh you idiot.


All the kids round here run into each other for anything and then do some lame **** called the wall of death or something. The bands they're listening to are just alt rock or toned down metal it's really bad.

i wanna start a band so badly but i can't find a drummer.

[RetiredAt21]

Go to concerts for the music not just to ****ing mosh you idiot.


All the kids round here run into each other for anything and then do some lame **** called the wall of death or something. The bands they're listening to are just alt rock or toned down metal it's really bad.

i wanna start a band so badly but i can't find a drummer.

Same here. Everyone around here wants to start grind bands with more keyboards than anything else. So queer.

[whiteminority]

If you can find a grind band with a keyboard excluding the Locust, who aren't even really grind anyways, then you sir have found the end of the universe.

[Bajs]

Go to concerts for the music not just to ****ing mosh you idiot.


All the kids round here run into each other for anything and then do some lame **** called the wall of death or something. The bands they're listening to are just alt rock or toned down metal it's really bad.

i wanna start a band so badly but i can't find a drummer.

well, moshing is a lifestyle.

there are 3 things in life that gives me that makes me feel really good, alcohol, sex and mosh. i dont drnk anymore, but when i mosh i dont fell that i need alcohol.

[whiteminority]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

...ahem, that is the most ****ing retarded thing I have ever heard in my life, and I live in god damn Tennessee.

[RetiredAt21]

well, moshing is a lifestyle.

there are 3 things in life that gives me that makes me feel really good, alcohol, sex and mosh. i dont drnk anymore, but when i mosh i dont fell that i need alcohol.

You're an idiot.

[cobert]

GET IGNORANT IN THE PIT

[RCVA]

Same here. Everyone around here wants to start grind bands with more keyboards than anything else. So queer.

Haha weird.

I don't know what kind of music i wanna play. I'd quite like to do some really weird ****ed up stuff that will just confuse all the stupid kids round here. And it would be really heavy.

but seeing as i'm not amazing at bass i'd probably do a fun pop punky hardcore band. Or at least try to.

[i am the robots]

My local hardcore scene is kind of bad.

Metal used to be alright, I guess.

Probably the only truly good local band, they just finished recording two nights ago:

http://www.myspace.com/bereavementmetal

The stuff I deem good-to-decent for by the "local band" standard:
http://www.myspace.com/bataandeathmarch
http://www.myspace.com/firesetbirth
http://www.myspace.com/ischemiaband
http://www.myspace.com/ofthedyingbreed [my old band; vocals]
http://www.myspace.com/neveragainforyou
http://www.myspace.com/whengirlstelephoneboysnoise
http://www.myspace.com/thenineordersofangels
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=53230926

Then we have a lot of stuff like this:
http://www.myspace.com/setthesewingsablaze
http://www.myspace.com/itdwellsinside
http://www.myspace.com/alongawaitedtragedy
http://www.myspace.com/sleptthroughthescreaming
http://www.myspace.com/nothingtolose610

[Dextomethorphan]

Well, i got kicked out from gay emoshow last night couse i moshed to violently.


Man, the band had to explain what mosh was for the audience.

I hate my life.

This whole time I've been assuming you're being sarcastic...then you made another post....

[sr800bkBassist]

San Diego

Lanterns
http://www.myspace.com/wearelanterns

This Flood Covers The Earth
http://www.myspace.com/thisfloodcoverstheearth

[punknmetal4lyf]

We have a country band called Lost Cause and a pretty shitty metalcore/nu metal act (the vocalization of which is performed by a racist drug dealer, not kidding). That's pretty much the musical scene in my area. I heard of this one band that was covering Rise Against songs, but they also covered a bunch of crappy papa roach crap, so not much respect there.

[RetiredAt21]

That sounds awesome.

[surfkauai]

San Diego has a lot of really good stuff. To name a few...

More "traditional" hardcore:
Lewd Acts
Last Priest
Lewd Acts
Crime Desire
Until the Fall
Take Offense

Other good stuff:
This Flood Covers The Earth
Spacehorse
Colossus of Roads
Lanterns (more indie, but whatever, it's good)

Pretty much all the bands on Gravity Records (Heroin, Antioch Arrow, Clikitat Ikatowi, that kind of stuff), and ThreeOneG (The Locust, Plot to Blow Up The Eiffel Tower, etc) are from San Diego

And bands that broke up...

Unbroken
Over My Dead Body
Find Him and Kill Him
An Arrow in Flight
Swing Kids

Yeah, we're pretty rad.

[Lazybassplr56]

1, 2, Get Lewd!!

[Dextomethorphan]

Yeah, I was gonna say, SD has it goin' on...

[Feel The Darkness]

Dude, Take Offense rules.

[Bruce_Springsteen_Rocks]

You failed to name the only important band from San Diego.

PC DEATHSQUAD

[surfkauai]

You failed to name the only important band from San Diego.

PC DEATHSQUAD

Ah, well there was a reason i left them off.

Are you from San Diego?/Would i know you maybe?

P.S. You have the raddest username ever.

[Bruce_Springsteen_Rocks]

Ah, well there was a reason i left them off.You're gay?

[surfkauai]

You're gay?

Yeah totally. Or i just don't like them as much as those other bands so i didn't put them on the list?

[RetiredAt21]

I love Lewd Acts.

[kyle_yordy]

Representing Michigan

www.myspace.com/andtheskywentred
www.myspace.com/forthefallendreams
www.myspace.com/besieged
www.myspace.com/todayiwait
www.myspace.com/reinventingyesteryday
www.myspace.com/aresletummi

thats all I'll do for now

[Let's Chop Cats!]

Ugh a bunch of terrible metalcore bands.

[RetiredAt21]

Mad terrible.

[Flagjacket]

Representing Michigan


Trust me, he isn't.

[i am the robots]

Yeah, Michigan has Wu-Tang controllers.

[Flagjacket]

Yeah, Michigan has Wu-Tang controllers.

Well, at least MY band plays songs about those...

[NewKindofArmy03]

The stuff I deem good-to-decent for by the "local band" standard:
http://www.myspace.com/bataandeathmarch

I was into them a lot the few times my old band played with them.

[Let's Chop Cats!]

Bob did you go to Reign Supreme's first show? I forget where it was, somewhere in PA though.

[NewKindofArmy03]

Nah, I think it was in Kingston though, which is near Wilkes-Barre.

First time seeing them will be April 1st with Iron Age, Rise And Fall, Justice, Let Down, and Steel Nation. I can't wait for that.

[Let's Chop Cats!]

I want to see them so bad. They're already on 2 labels, pressing the demo for a 7" wrote an EP and currently like halfway done with an LP. Its crazy.

[NewKindofArmy03]

Yeah, when were the songs put up, like a little over a month ago too? demo is so good.

WELL IM CALLING YOU OUT
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW
IT'S JUST YOU AND ME
AND YOUR HYPOCRICY

[Arrakakaka]

Michigans music is teh suck.

[Intransit]

This is so creepy.
hahahhahahah does anyone else find this as ironic as I do?

[maxiepaxie]

Black haven: www.myspace.com/blackhaven
Morda: http://www.myspace.com/mordahc
Amen Ra: http://www.myspace.com/amenra

[Lazybassplr56]

Your guy's scenes suck. Stop posting them.

[RetiredAt21]

hahahhahahah does anyone else find this as ironic as I do?

:lol:

[VisceraEyes]

http://myspace.com/septemberisfalling
http://myspace.com/florence
http://myspace.com/despisedicon
http://myspace.com/iondissonance
http://myspace.com/issuesixteen
http://myspace.com/delsondrive

[whiteminority]

Your guy's scenes suck. Stop posting them.

‪‪‪

[chips88]

Your guy's scenes suck. Stop posting them.

:rolleyes:

[bottlerocket]

Hahaha, all these "scenes" make me realize why stuff on the radio blowssssss.

I think we should go back to the good old days of music: If you suck at an instrument, you can't play it. Playing an instrument is no longer "cool" so if you're planning on buying a cheap instrument and starting a band to get more friends on MySpace, don't.

Everyone that buys an instrument should be subject to a screening before they purchase the instrument to ensure they're not a total tool.

[cobert]

Incorrect Gavin.

I agree with the screening for people who are tools part, but not so much in the talent department. I seriously learned to play guitar and bass by messing around and playing by ear. Everyone starts somewhere, son.

[whiteminority]

I agree because then everyone would sound like Dream Theater and **** that.

[cobert]

What, with me, or with Gav?

[whiteminority]

I agree with cobabe.

[cobert]

Damn straight.

[sr800bkBassist]

i recently sent emails to gravity records (regarding Spacehorse) and to The Black Heart Procession (as they are both SD bands) and politely (and with eloquent wording) asked them if they'd like to headline the benefit show i'm organizing. neither of them even replied with a "no". at least they could have some courtesy.

my local scene just went down a couple points in my eyes :mad:.

[cobert]

They got you good on that one.

[sr800bkBassist]

oh i know, it's tragic.

[cobert]

Those bastards.

[Matt?]

maybe the other bands were s'hitty.

not saying i know if they are or not but it seems like that might be a turn off

[whiteminority]

i recently sent emails to gravity records (regarding Spacehorse) and to The Black Heart Procession (as they are both SD bands) and politely (and with eloquent wording) asked them if they'd like to headline the benefit show i'm organizing. neither of them even replied with a "no". at least they could have some courtesy.

my local scene just went down a couple points in my eyes :mad:.

I don't know about Spacehorse, but Black Heart Procession is a fairly popular band they may not be able to play a show that small.

Also when did you email?

[sr800bkBassist]

I don't know about Spacehorse, but Black Heart Procession is a fairly popular band they may not be able to play a show that small.

Also when did you email?

well it's at the Che, which is SD's main/most known DIY venue, so a lot of the most well known hardcore, punk, post-hardcore, etc, bands play there when they come through San Diego. look it up on wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Cafe or their official site http://checafe.ucsd.edu/ , it gives a good explanation.

it's run as a volunteer collective with no bosses (since it's generally meant for the more radical left crowd) so any collective member can organize a show, and in this case it's me. so whenever there is a show, there's always the one or few collective members who need to contact the bands, get it organized, all that, and it's just me doing everything. except on the day of the show, i need to have a "core" collective member (a collective member who has been there for a long time, the only real difference is that they have copies of the keys) unlock the door so that i can get the ball rolling.

and i emailed them about a week ago. so it hasn't been a LONG time, but perhaps long enough to know i should try looking elsewhere.

[whiteminority]

Sounds sick dude. What's the benefit for?

[sr800bkBassist]

Sounds sick dude. What's the benefit for?

the common ground collective, which is a New Orleans relief effort that also defends the rights of many evicted and mistreated people there.

[whiteminority]

Sounds good man, good luck!

[comptonassrobert]

http://www.myspace.com/evaline

They all went to my highschool and I'm pretty sure the singer worked at our Little Caesar's for a while.

[Sparrow Guitars]

Here in Vancouver BC Canada, we have a thriving Punk/Hardcore scene.
Bands including:
Go it alone
Margret Thrasher
In Stride
Pride Tiger
Bison
Jaws


darren
www.sparrowguitars.com

[bottlerocket]

Incorrect Gavin.

I agree with the screening for people who are tools part, but not so much in the talent department. I seriously learned to play guitar and bass by messing around and playing by ear. Everyone starts somewhere, son.

I meant not having the ability to play guitar.

I know a bunch of kids who are like "YEAH I PLAY GUITAR!" when, in reality, they don't have the ability to play it and just have an old Squier chillin' out in the corner of their bedroom...never touch it, never really played it.

People like that.

I hate Dream Theater.

[cobert]

I feelz ya.

[Eliminator]

I can play a C chord.

[Jono9119X]

My local hardcore scene is kind of bad.

Metal used to be alright, I guess.

Probably the only truly good local band, they just finished recording two nights ago:

http://www.myspace.com/bereavementmetal

The stuff I deem good-to-decent for by the "local band" standard:
http://www.myspace.com/bataandeathmarch
http://www.myspace.com/firesetbirth
http://www.myspace.com/ischemiaband
http://www.myspace.com/ofthedyingbreed [my old band; vocals]
http://www.myspace.com/neveragainforyou
http://www.myspace.com/whengirlstelephoneboysnoise
http://www.myspace.com/thenineordersofangels
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=53230926

Then we have a lot of stuff like this:
http://www.myspace.com/setthesewingsablaze
http://www.myspace.com/itdwellsinside
http://www.myspace.com/alongawaitedtragedy
http://www.myspace.com/sleptthroughthescreaming
http://www.myspace.com/nothingtolose610


along awaited tradgedy, and bataan death march, i saw both of them play at some highschool, where most of those students go, eh im not really into death metal or whatever they are, some sort of metal...

[kyle_yordy]

Well, usually I get beat down in this forum, but I'll try one more time...

http://www.myspace.com/underanchor

[Crapdragoon]

http://www.myspace.com/nunswithguns

[Matt?]

it rules basically

[Cadaveric]

my scene sucks. it's all breexcore bands. there's this one really cool pop punk band though, called Sam's The Hero, which is what they're called now. they used to be called Sons of Noah

[Matt?]

va has a great scene...

[Flagjacket]

I think the kid means locally not statewide, VA is pretty big.

[Cadaveric]

yeah, you're probably thinking of harrisonburg or richmond. they have great hardcore and punk scenes. where i live it's mostly crap, but sometimes i head to va beach, which has a pretty fun pop punk scene if you know which venues to hit up

[Dextomethorphan]

I was thinking about going to Harrisonburg next weekend to see BTBAM...I'm still debating, it's a 4 hour drive.

[Boilermaker]

myspace.com/geoffuseless

Really strong pop-punk scene around here. It's because the Queers are from my town, so their are tons of bands that have connections to them. The Drummer and guitarist/singer of the Guts (the band that I just posted up there) both played with the Queers on their last tour. Nice guys, gave my band our first show.

Really great stuff, they're touring Europe.

[Left Shoe]

my scene sucks. it's all breexcore bands. there's this one really cool pop punk band though, called Sam's The Hero, which is what they're called now. they used to be called Sons of Noah

what is breexcore

[Converge#12]

www.myspace.com/holdencaulfield
www.myspace.com/beyondallhope

Eh.
Lincoln was from WV.

Do you happen to know Derek Fulmer?

[Dextomethorphan]

Not personally, but I think I've heard the name.

[Matt?]

haha way to accentuate the worst aspect of nh. do you live in portsmouth?

what is ur band

[Cadaveric]

what is breexcore

it's like the new scene kid music. it combines crappy nu metalcore with death metal. the vocalist supposedly says words, but all you can hear is this noise that sounds like bree, hence the name

[cobert]

Shitty scene metal. I dont think it really needs a special name.

[Cadaveric]

yeah, it doesn't deserve one. it's seriously one of the stupidest things i've ever heard. like all the music and lyrics could be written by someone that is borderline retarded.

[RetiredAt21]

it's like the new scene kid music. it combines crappy nu metalcore with death metal. the vocalist supposedly says words, but all you can hear is this noise that sounds like bree, hence the name

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's the funniest way I've ever heard anyone describe that. I almost pissed myself from laughing so hard.

[40 oz 2 freedom]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's the funniest way I've ever heard anyone describe that. I almost pissed myself from laughing so hard.

......really?

[Dextomethorphan]

It wasn't that funny.
It was accurate, but not funny?

[i am the robots]

along awaited tradgedy, and bataan death march, i saw both of them play at some highschool, where most of those students go, eh im not really into death metal or whatever they are, some sort of metal...

Probably Emmaus, Battan is from that school, and AAT is big amongst the scenee kids there.... are you from the Valley?