Jim

Agreed. Same goes for A Static Lullaby.

Yes they are. The best bands who've had stuff ot on Ferret are ETID, Killswitch Engage, Suicide Note, The Rise and Skycamefalling. Have yet to check out Scarlet though.

My main concern is (as previously aired) that majors don't give a shit about scenes and communities - they follow trends in order to MAKE MONEY. That's all that concerns them. In the mid-nineties, Roadrunner signed a shitload of hardcore bands - Shelter, Madball, Life Of Agony and Earth Crisis to name but a few. What happened when the interest faded? They were promptly dropped. Granted, we're not talking about the same scenario here - Roadrunner are only distributing Trustkill, not aquiring it. But it's a step in that direction...

Yeah, the Victory thing happened quite a while ago (MCA bought a 25% share) - it was when they started signing all the pop bands like TBS, Reunion Show etc. I think this could a good thing for Trustkill. They've got a kickass roster which will now get the distribution it deserves. Let's just hope there isn't any pressure from Universal to sign more mainstream acts...

Shit. Universal now licence and distribute Ferret and Trustkill. On top of that they own a share in Victory as well. So much for hardcore independence eh?

I came up from Edinburgh last night just to see Tar, as I missed it all the first time around. They were great and made me wanna play old school hardcore till I die. I did'nt really enjoy the other bands that much, although Simon Gall and Lucy from The Cuts both have great voices. The night did seem to drag, but maybe it because I knew I had a 2hr drive back home at the end of the night.

I've one track from each and thought they were both totally bollocks. It's a radio-rock revolution!

I think they suck. The first song on the album and 'Try Honesty' (?) were cool but the rest of the record is dodgy as fuck...

I don't see what this dicussion has to do with ANY local bands.

But surely that's what the article's driving at? He said 'Fuck Metallica and fuck Black Sabbath. Those aren't my roots so I don't care'

I've always liked "It was dark as I drove the point home..."

NYC's finest Hardcore/Jazz/Hip Hop crew are back with a new album next month which looks set to blow everyone away. This album almost didn't happen as the band were very nearly killed in a road accident whilst touring the last record ('Coma Imprint' - check it) Check out the track 'Blood' from 'What Doesn't Kill You' (out in July in the States) here.

Well fair enough. I think they're great tho...

GUTG were great - old school hardcore with a 'fuck you' rock n roll attitude. Ace.

You're damn right - they sucked! I don't think it was the soilwork dude playing for them. Last time I saw em I'm sure they had a different guy on drums (who definately was the Soilwork guy). Btw, you don't need to put 'Jim' in inverted commas - It's my real name.

I was gutted to miss God Forbid whilst still standing in the queue at 8.10. Shadow's Fall bored the hell out of me, albeit for only 5 songs or so and we laughed all the way through Chimaira's set. Killswitch Engage were ace and I was so relieved, cos last time I saw em they sucked ass. Howard's still not the best frontman of all time though - I didn't get why he stood perfectly still for the entirety of Rose Of Sharyn. Good night though, I was impressed with the venue...

Chaos AD, Arise and Beneath The Remains are all ace albums. Don't really like any of the other stuff though...

One more for ya - Give Up The Ghost (aka American Nightmare). Although I think that happened a little while ago...

On The Might Of Princes (Revelation Records) have split up. They brought the ruckus...

Don't book them - you'll only encourage them.

Nice one. Where do I know the name Ben Gosling from?

It's been out for a little while now so does anyone have any thoughts on the new WBL EP? Fave song? Constructive feedback? What could have been better? What were the best bits? Cheers...

Jimmy 'Magic' Johnson? That scoundrel. I got some today from Ripping but I'll go back tomorrow and get two more. BRING IT!

Hell yeah.

What an awesome gig. Judging from the set, the new album's gonna be soooooo good. Was blown away by a Swedish band on the bill called Burst. They were great - kinda hardcore/grind/metal. Mono were ace too. Roll on August 2nd and 'Miss Machine'...