Of all the hardcore bands in the world, I feel like they were among one of the hard core-iest.

Not fucking crap. NFC for Laughing Hyenas, as well.

They're on the bill with Circle Jerks and 7 Seconds for a show in March I bought tickets to over a year ago, lol. I've never seen any of them.

I liked what I heard from Negative Approach.

An American hardcore top 10 band for me. +1 to FM Krev's Laughing Hyenas comment as well.

Anyone check out that Brannon pre N/A band STATIC? It's super lo-fi but pretty fun to listen to him. The LP is worth it just for the old photos.

zircona1 wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:37 pm They're on the bill with Circle Jerks and 7 Seconds for a show in March I bought tickets to over a year ago, lol. I've never seen any of them.

I liked what I heard from Negative Approach.

What venue? I’m going to that same show!

Krev wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:31 pm Not fucking crap. NFC for Laughing Hyenas, as well.

This

NA were great but Laughing Hyenas were mind-blowing. They were unbeatable. The new NA lineup is doing double duty as Brannon's current band Easy Action, and as much as I like the NA blast of hardcore live, I think I might like Easy Action's scuzzy, maxed-out rock and roll even more. So yeah, NA are absolutely not crap but I think I like John Brannon best when the beat behind him has a mean swagger.

The Hyenas are my fav Brannon band (esp the last record), but N.A are great - really brutal mix of early American hardcore and the tougher bits of Oi - a lean, mean sound tipped over the edge by Brannon's feral vocals (there's a really rough live track called 'Tunnel Vision' where he goes absolutely berzerk that kinda freaked me out as a kid).

These were the mix of influences that inspired a lot of early NYHC (esp Agnostic Front), so props to the Detroiters for keeping the lunkhead vibe to an absolute minimum.

N.C.

kicker_of_elves wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 3:04 pm

zircona1 wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:37 pm They're on the bill with Circle Jerks and 7 Seconds for a show in March I bought tickets to over a year ago, lol. I've never seen any of them.

I liked what I heard from Negative Approach.

What venue? I’m going to that same show!

Red Flag in St. Louis.

For early 80s American hardcore punk, they’re in the top tier with Jerry’s Kids, United Mutation and The Necros. I guess they don’t seem as special because you can readily buy their stuff or see them live. Real good shit though.