I am not a man, I am DY-NO-MITE!

Crazy Spirit + Ancestors "I" + "II".



CRAZY SPIRIT

Crazy Spirit will mindfuck you with their abrasive, inventive but still simple and catchy rock and fucking roll. This band is proving that the wild energy of punk is still capable of possessing the souls and bodies of a bunch of fucking kids with guitars and shit and turning them into raging monsters making a racket to peel the paint off the walls and the skin off a million pansy ass dilettantes and weak kneed posers. Four punx taking a basic rock and roll structure and a relentless 1-2, Crass meets Bone Awl on doodoocaca island drum beat and injecting it with with weirdly timed cymbal hits. The guitar squeals out classic simple riffs that somehow sound fresh and coalesce with each other in a thematic way throughout all the songs, and the bass slithers throughout the guitar lines, complementing melodies or lurking in the low end. Topping off this noise are slimy, snotty, sleazy vocals that unexpectedly bring to mind an even more crazed Sam McPheeters at his most unhinged and a wild stage performance. Honestly, I wish these guys weren't my friends so it doesn't seem like I'm sucking dicks for scene cred or some other such nonsense, but fuck it. Crazy Spirit rules.

POSTSCRIPT: Their demo is great cause you can hear the songs and shit and has really cool artwork etc, but it really pales in comparison to the real live spirit. It doesn't quite justify their sound cuz it's too quiet but is still a great document of a great band. If any of you cretins get a chance, pick it up.

I made my choice, no turning back.

Ground Zero Hardcore Punk is tearing shit up. Go to these shows.

12/10
DRY SPELL (Richmond HC punk)
DAWN OF HUMANS (Local bung)
ANTI ARMADA (NJ raw fucking punk)
HUNKYPUNKZ (Gargoyle RnR)

$5
8pm
Rockstar Bar
s4th and Kent, Brooklyn
L to Bedford or JMZ to Marcy

12/15
SOUTHSIDE STRANGLERS (Richmond punk, dudes from Government Warning)
CRAZY SPIRIT (Holy shit)
SUBWAY SADISTS (Rad NYC punk, x-Thriller, Dustheads)
+1 TBA

$5
8pm
55 Waterbury, Brooklyn
L to Montrose

don't pose, come mosh

No fake rockers can come and hang...

This flyer rules but the scan sucks. Anyway.....

August 3rd saw one of NYC's best local punk shows in a good while. People came out from all over this godforsaken city and went crazy for every band. Newcomers Nomad impressed with some loud ass, noisy D-beasting raw shit in the Disclose vein with lyrics shouted with serious conviction in Japanese. My band Dawn of Humans played and it was hectic; I jumped into the crowd and fucked my boy Mike's face up with my bass. Thriller's set killed, their brand of punk as fuck NYHC was perfect for getting low and fucking shit up.

Then NYC raw punk darlings Perdition took the stage. It was their tour kick off show and one of their first since Alex their guitarist broke his hand skating. Holy fuck. The Rock Star Bar fucking blew up; it seemed like everyone was violent pogoing or hate moshing (hahaha...). I thought back to their first show, also at the same venue, also batshit crazy, opening for Rotten Cadaver in 2007(?), and realized how much more of a destructive and devastating force they've become. They've progressed lightyears and are deservedly reigning kings of the NYC punk scene.

Headliners Brain Killer (grab their demo below), fresh back from their tour, provided a fitting closer for the night. These dudes have perfected their craft and are one of the mightiest hardcore bands playing these days. Seek out all their shit if you haven't already; between them and Perdition, it seems US raw fucking punk is being kicked into some next level shit. Pretty exciting if you ask me.

Below some videos of Perdition that night, stolen from Jack Crank's blog, No Gods No Vegetables. Thanks Jack!

Perdition @ Rockstar Bar, Aug 3rd 2009 from Jack Crank on Vimeo.

Perdition at Rockstar Bar, Aug 3rd 2009 from Jack Crank on Vimeo.