One of the reasons why I blew off going to the Night Birds show in Boston on Friday was because I was already figuring on seeing Brain Killer at Whitney House on Sunday, except that Brain Killer ended up dropping off just a few days before the show. It still turned out to be a pretty good show, with Napoleon Complex filling in last-minute, and Bloodkrow Butcher still coming down from Massachusetts... Bloodkrow Butcher were awesome, though I don't really have enough reference points to convey what they sound like-- they probably sound like a bunch of Swedish bands that I've never heard of. There weren't a lot of lyrics to their songs, either; it was more like, play for half a minute, then the bass player barks out a couple of lines, then play for another half a minute. The best I can say is that they seemed like a cross between "Boston Not L.A."-era Gang Green and Discharge (imagine "Kill a Commie" with d-beats). I can also say that standing in front of their drummer while they played was like a million punches to the face. I might've gotten a better idea had I been able to buy a tape from them, which I tried to get by following them out to their van, but they chased me away, saying "uh, we don't have any... we've never made one... well, we've made three, but they don't really exist... we don't really give them out to anyone". In other words, leave us alone you twerp.
Napoleon Complex had a tape, a hand-numbered demo called "Flesh Control" that includes a sleeve that folds out to a neat 8" x 11" full-color glossy poster, but there's no song titles listed so I couldn't make heads or tails out of it. One of the songs has a part that sounds EXACTLY like "Ready To Fight", I don't know if they've just never heard it before. There also seems to be a straightedge slant to their lyrics-- either that, or they just really hate drunk people... Napoleon Complex aren't the hardest-looking hardcore band in the world, but they were still pretty great. About halfway through their set, I was looking around behind me, trying to find someone to say "why didn't someone tell me they were this good?" to. I really liked their stuff-- fast, thrashy hardcore (I guess it's called "fastcore" now) with some cool chugga-chugga mosh parts, like one or two of the songs on "Pick Your King" or maybe like that Genders 7".... my camera wouldn't stay in focus the whole night, probably because I pressed the wrong button at some point, so pretty much none of my Iron Hand photos came out right. Iron Hand were a steamroller, as usual. There's a new Iron Hand record due out on Redscroll anytime this week, but I haven't heard it yet. Stefan was wearing three buttons on his jacket; I figured it had to be funny, so I checked and I was right: The Stalin, Urban Waste, and Tyvek. No mp3's this time-- I don't really have any new ones to add.
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hey this is nick from napoleon complex (guitar player). Thanx for all the nice stuff you said about us, we really appreciate it. We didn't put song titles on there cause we just figured no one would give a shit what we named the songs. We did the poster cause i always get psyched when i buy a record or tape and it comes with something cool like a sticker or poster or patch. I am straight edge, but our singer isn't and our drummer parties hard, so we are definitely NOT a straight edge band. I think it's more that a certain group of people are wastoids and they've fucked with Tracy in one way or another, so as with alot of her lyrics they're geared at specific people. She definitely drinks, more so when we first met though. I've heard that song, READY TO FIGHT, before but i honestly have no idea what song of ours you're talking about...guess i'll have to listen to it again. we're playing again on friday with a bunch of killer bands in Waterbury, CT if you want to come. send me an email if you want the info on that show, or if you have any other questions, or if you wanna just shoot the shit. again i can't thank you enough for your awesome revue. napoleonnickthepiercer@gmail.com
Nick, there's a song towards the end of the demo with a slow part that sounds just like "Ready To Fight"-- I couldn't tell you which song, because I guess your songs are only numbered (I, II, IV, V, etc). Figures that I also can't tell if it's in the middle of one song or at the beginning of the next, since the tracks sorta run together right at that point. It's certainly not a bad thing to sound like Negative Approach, in any case.
I knew about that Waterbury show coming up on Friday, lots going on this weekend though (big show at Trinity on Saturday and M-13 in Bridgeport on Sunday)...
Yeah, the demo came out really cool, you guys did a good job. Didn't know you'd been in Hip Cops until I read the friggin' Advocate. I saw Misanthropic Noise at Whitney House once, too.
Dan, jeez, what can I say. Do you really read this thing?
did you see misanthropic when they were a 3 piece or when i sang for them or recently when the guitar player is just singing and there's a new guitar player?
I saw them back in '09, when they played Whitney House with Escalator and Sonorous Gale. I took pictures, the guitar player is singing. Looks like a three-piece, I don't really have the whole band in any of the shots.
Brushback: I thought it was supposed to be Deacons in Bridgeport, not M-13. (Or did they switch it up? Wouldn't be that hard I guess.) Well, whichever band Al and Rich are playing in this weekend, I'll see them on Saturday here in Providence, so I won't be at the Bridgeport show. So we can not meet again!
Shit, Jere, you're right!! It is the Deacons.
I have a flyer that still says M-13, but I forgot that Rich e-mailed me and told me that it had been changed to The Deacons because a couple of the guys can't make it.
"Boston Not LA" Gang Green + d-beats = Totalitär (duh)
I didn't figure it out until after I wrote this.
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