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The great JFA (Jodie Foster's Army) live on this day in 1983 at the Mad Garden, in their hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. Bands played in the wrestling ring at the building's center, setting their amps and drums on the padded floor between rubberized ropes. The stage wobbled during...

As mentioned on the INTENSE DEGREE post, March saw several UK hardcore/grind bands record Peel Sessions. On this day in 1988 HERESY recorded their second. This was the same year they released the debut LP Face Up To It. ConsumeFace Up To ItInto The GreyWhen Unity Becomes SolidarityThe...

INTENSE DEGREE recorded their Peel session on this day in 1988. Later that year (October) they released the crushing album War In My Head. Maida Vale 4 hosted several UK hardcore / grind bands at that time! HERESY recorded their second Peel session a couple of days after...

Come to Southern Studios, cheap evening rates... CRASS recorded this demo eight months before their debut LP The Feeding of the 5000. On this day in 1978. Live at Southern Studios with John Loder. End ResultG's SongGeneral BacardiSecuricorAngela RipponMajor General DespairDo They Owe Us a Living?Punk Is Dead You...

Deceived and then punctured. SKIDS released their second and most successful single on this day in 1979. The b-side is a live recording of T.V. Stars at the Marquee, London W1. Three days later they were in Maida Vale 4 recording their third Peel session!

Released by Derek Birkett's (FLUX OF PINK INDIANS) Spiderleg on this day in 1983. Apocalyptic crust / punk from darkest Devon, on the western edge of Dartmoor. AMEBIX documentary, Risen:

ENT were amazing. So were their fans. Any track more than 20 seconds long was greeted with derisive cries of "too long, too slow" or "fucking prog-rockers" from the faithful, most of whom looked as though they had but recently risen from shallow graves alongside the A12, the...

Recorded and mixed on this day in 1983 at JJ Studio, Tampere.

Live on this day in 1983, part of the January Earth A.D. Tour. This was the first of two nights in California, this night with the CIRCLE JERKS, two days later in Mendiolas Ballroom, L.A. with YOUTH BRIGADE. There were two separate videos shot for this gig, the...

BATTALION OF SAINTS live on this day in 1985. Ends with the Ace of Spades cover. You'd have riots, people were getting maced and arrested. These poor kids would go to see a show and come out with their nose in their ear and the cops did it....

BROKEN BONES released their first single, Decapitated, this month in 1984. It was a double a-side 45 with Problem and Liquidated Brains. Released by Fallout Records. Decapitated live:

Recorded at the Norwich Road Church Hall in Forest Gate, east London on this day in 1982. Around the time of the self-titled (Outer Himalayan) and Farce (Crass Records) EPs. The church and hall were built around 1880. It's still standing but has been gutted to make way for...

Recorded at Scoop studio in Norwich with Mark Wyatt during this month in 1987. A lot of the lyrics have fantasy visual imagery to make them more interesting, but the most recent lyrics I've not even bothered with that, and just stuck to personal feelings etc. Obviously, "protest" lyrics...