NEW YORK HARDCORE COMPILATIONS

THE WAY IT IS

"New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is" is considered by many to be a classic, documenting NYHC as it was in 1988. More than just a straight-edge collection, it compiled bands from all facets of the hardcore scene including Bold, Nausea, Warzone, Gorilla Biscuits, Trip 6, Breakdown, Youth Of Today, Sick Of It All, Krakdown, Side By Side, Youth Defense League and Supertouch. Comparable to Boston's "This Is Boston Not LA" or Washington, DC's "Flex Your Head," "New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is" helped push New York to the forefront of the American hardcore scene.

1. Bold - Wise Up 2. Nausea - Fallout Of Our Being 3. Warzone - As One 4. Warzone - Escape From Your Society 5. Gorilla Biscuits - Better Than You 6. Gorilla Biscuits - Forgotten 7. Trip 6 - Back With A Vengeance 8. Breakdown - Sick People 9. Youth Of Today - Together

10. Youth Of Today - Understand 11. Sick Of It All - Politics 12. Sick Of It All - Pete's Sake 13. Krakdown - Ignorance 14. Side By Side - Dead Serious 15. Side By Side - Time Is Now 16. Youth Defense League - Blue Pride 17. Supertouch - Searchin' For The Light

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

In 1989, Noiseville Records teamed up with Blackout Records to put out "Where the Wild Things Are". A collection of what was going on in our local NY scene back then. It was an exciting time and that is clear on this compilation, which at the time featured bands that were new or completely unknown. Since then, many have emerged as major forces in the NYHC scene. Sheer Terror, Raw Deal (later Kiling Time), Breakdown, Maximum Penalty, Norman Bates and the Showerheads. This album was the spring board for these bands and this scene.

1. Outburst: The Hardway 2. Outburst: Controlled
3. Killing Time: Brightside 3. Killing Time: Backtrack
4. Life's Blood: Reckoning Force 5. Life's Blood: Counting On
6. Breakdown: All I Ask 7. Breakdown: Dissed And Dismissed
8. Breakdown: Kickback 9.Sheer Terror: Cup Of Joe
10. Sheer Terror: Not Giving Up 11.MaximumPenalty: Hate
12. Maximum Penalty: Immaculate Conception
13. Uppercut: Down For The Count 14. Uppercut: Am I Clear?
15. N.B.S.H.: Hellminded 16. N.B.S.H.: Desperate
17. Gorilla Biscuits: Sittin' Round At Home


LOOK AT ALL THE CHILDREN NOW...

Released in 1990, when the first wave of the NYHC hype was already over. This is partly meant as an overview of the alternatives to that scene. It's astonishing, though, how close a lot of bands are to the early Revelation sound. Powerful, fast and simple hardcore with some exursions into emo core (Moondog) or crust (Citizens Arrest, Rorschach) and some others.


1. Bad Trip: O.M.D.B 2. Bad Trip: No Easy Answers 3. SFA: Power 4. Moondog: Expression
5. Go!: Electricity 6. Go!: What's Your Price?
7. Yuppicide: Yellow Journalism 8. Bustin' Out: Exit 2-3
9. Citizens Arrest: Death Threat 10. Citizens Arrest: I Won't Allow
11. Bugout Society: Partyline 12. World Discrimination: Inspirations
13. World Discrimination: Skins & Punx 14. Rorschach: Someone
15. Rorschach: Clenching 16: Product 19: America Drules
17. Mas: Grey Morning


LINKS:

The Way It Is
Where The Wild Things Are
Look At All The Children Now