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New York City (1987 – present)
Judge was a New York City hardcore band, formed in 1987 by Youth of Today guitarist John ‘Porcell’ Porcelly and former Death Before Dishonor/Youth of Today drummer Mike ‘Judge’ Ferraro. Their first release was a 7” EP on Porcelly’s label Schism (which he ran along with Side by Side/Gorilla Biscuits guitar-player Alex Brown) entitled New York Crew. The record featured 5 songs, one of which was a cover of “Warriors” by the British oi!/punk band Blitz. On this recording, the band was merely a two-piece, featuring Porcelly on bass and guitar, and Ferraro on vocals and drums.
But with the addition of bass-player Jimmy Yu (of Mike’s former band Death Before Dishonor, which eventually evolved into Supertouch) and drummer ‘Lukey’ Luke Abbey (Warzone/Gorilla Biscuits), they got together a fully-functional live line-up.
The band received lots of criticism due to their militant straight edge lyrics, especially from fanzines like San Francisco’s Maximum Rock’N’Roll. The militant lyrics were a conscious move on the band’s part, as they were sick of seeing bands like Youth of Today, who in reality had a very positive message, get slagged for being too militant. So they decided to give the nay-sayers exactly what they wanted - the most militant straight edge band imaginable. And with lyrics like “those drugs are gonna kill you, if i don’t get you first”, they certainly proved provocavtive to those negative to the straight edge movement. Mike Judge has later on admitted that provocation was an important aim for the band.
The band received lots of criticism due to their militant straight edge lyrics, especially from fanzines like San Francisco’s Maximum Rock’N’Roll. The militant lyrics were a conscious move on the band’s part, as they were sick of seeing bands like Youth of Today, who in reality had a very positive message, get slagged for being too militant. So they decided to give the nay-sayers exactly what they wanted - the most militant straight edge band imaginable. And with lyrics like “those drugs are gonna kill you, if i don’t get you first”, they certainly proved provocavtive to those negative to the straight edge movement. Mike Judge has later on admitted that provocation was an important aim for the band.
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New ep from russian hellasick crossover-thrash band TRANSILVANIAN! Don't fuck it up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ckpcflMDJk / http://www.mediafire.com/?j6xdt0bd1j2lijb
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THERE WILL BE QUIET
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patan18 wrote:
NEW YORK CREW
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hear meeeee
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Martin_Iden wrote:
Great band
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njd09 wrote:
Judge is just so great. The most straight edge band alive.
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this anger and passion is unbelievable !
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judge new york crew
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Judge is the greatest!
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(.Y.)
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Hatebreed is fucking garbage
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\m/
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ReMuZe wrote:
BEST NYHC OLD SCHOOL BAND [2]
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Wickedsound wrote:
Fuck Hate Breed and all fascist scum bags!!!!!!!!!
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doc_iman wrote:
their show's in Jakarta was really great...whenever without complete former crew...and embed with BOLD, the called BRING IT DOWN
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TakaruDan wrote:
Old Hatebreed is awesome...
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eternallyguilty wrote:
Hatebreed sucks! Judge totally rules!
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Hatebreed totally sucks! Judge rules!
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