Earth Crisis - Firestorm EP (1993)

Straight outta Syracuse comes a legendary EP of awesome straight edge metallic hardcore from one of the best in the business. For some reason any "violence against violence" mentality coming through in music form is just too badass.

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Jawbreaker - Live at CBGB's (1993)

A great bootleg recording of Jawbreaker in what was arguably their post-throat surgery prime. A nearly flawless setlist, with some of the earliest performances of 24 Hour Revenge Therapy tracks, which the setlist is largely dependent on. The playing is tight as always and features a much stronger voiced post-op Blake Schwarzenbach. Sound quality is near perfect, and really captures the rawness that made Jawbreaker what they were.

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John K. Samson - Slips & Tangles (1993)

In 1993, John K. Samson, while a member of the up and coming Propagandhi, and later to be the driving force in The Weakerthans, released a cassette of solo acoustic recordings. What makes this album so memorable and special to me is how the lo-fi recording quality, most likely recorded in his bedroom, gives such a large sense of insight and essentially voyeurism into what was just a 19 year old guy by himself many years ago. Never reprinted, actual copies are essentially non-existent. What really makes me wonder is the fact that this fantastic album would have likely never been heard by anyone out of John K. Samson's immediate circle at the time had Propagandhi/The Weakerthans never achieved popularity, let alone being listened to by some guy in Australia 18 years later. An excellent album of the earliest known John K. Samson written material.

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