Gravity Records

Androol · 08.17.2006, 02:37 AM

Mohinder is the most underrated

Cantankerous · 08.17.2006, 03:03 AM

i love black dice.

Androol · 08.17.2006, 03:22 AM

between angel hair and vss is a tough choice

Pookie · 08.17.2006, 04:00 AM

Sound like a load of heavy metal bands.

Androol · 08.17.2006, 04:04 AM

haha well its all relative. i mean heavy metal compared to what?

the names of the bands or have you heard them?

Pookie · 08.17.2006, 04:06 AM

No, I haven't heard any of them. Describe the type of music in one easy to understand sentence.

Toilet & Bowels · 08.17.2006, 04:26 AM

like hardcore punk but more so, and with men screaming

Pookie · 08.17.2006, 04:49 AM

Anything like Lightning Bolt, because after listening to their album I couple of times, it now bores me to tears.

Norma J · 08.17.2006, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

like hardcore punk but more so, and with men screaming

You just described Hardcore Punk twice.

Androol · 08.17.2006, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

Anything like Lightning Bolt, .

no not all i dont think

if i knew antioch arrow was gonna still have zero i would have voted for them. completely amazing band who deserves all the notoriety, which is why i didnt vote for them.

Androol · 08.17.2006, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

like hardcore punk but more so, and with men screaming

fisticuffs bluff singer is a girl

who screams

Dan · 08.17.2006, 01:18 PM

I'm just getting into Clikatat and I'm pretty fucking impressed. I haven't listened to this stuff in a while, and I don't know why I always veered away from them when I did. I guess because I could never remember their name.

But yeah, I voted for Universal Order of Armageddon just for a little b-more represent action.

Androol · 08.17.2006, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan

I'm just getting into Clikatat and I'm pretty fucking impressed. .

the live album is simply awesome

HaydenAsche · 08.17.2006, 08:01 PM

In order:
Heroin
Clikitat
Angel Hair
Antioch Arrow
Black Dice

The rest I could do without.

Swing Kids kicks all of their asses.

DJ Rick · 08.18.2006, 09:46 PM

I voted Antioch Arrow on this poll, but I really could've voted for Heroin or VSS, too.

The VSS played one of the greatest live shows I ever witnessed at the Epicenter Zone in San Francisco in either late 1996 or early '97. The Make Up also played that show, and I was so bored by the "Everybody, say YEAH!" contrived situationist pantherisms that came off as lame as a strutting 80's hair band or even Neil Diamond. But the VSS just transformed the room with the bleak tones, aggression, and their DIY light-show which shot light under Sonny from the floor up.

I credit Heroin for changing the hardcore game. They sorta retroactively brought Black Flag within the realm of "influences of emocore." I was way into the HC-emo back in those days, and I was always floored by that band from the moment I heard that first 7-inch. But really, what they were doing was setting the table for the whole HC/emo scene to blow up.

By 1992, there were already dozens or hundreds of bands just doing that octave-chord, falling-forward, back-to-the-audience bullshit that sounded pretty good when I was 18, but by 22, I was so ready for something not so formulaic. Heroin showed me that guts and fury could be channeled into it, and that being kinda noisy or fucked up could be welcome, too.

Antioch Arrow took emo-core into a more spazzy and wild creative direction...they collided everything from goth and other art-rock and even freakin' Vaudeville vamping with the HC/emo on that first 12-inch. And by "Gems of Masochism," you couldn't hear the emo roots at all.

A lot of the leaders of "noiserock" or experimental rock or artpunk or whatever come from bands of this particular milieu. The best Gravity stuff was like missing link evolutionary weirdpunk.

Swing Kids are kinda the weak link outta that lineup, I think. First record's good, but the rest doesn't hold up well after all these years, I believe. I never saw them live, though, and to talk to San Diegans my age, they all swear they were great...so I dunno.

HaydenAsche · 08.18.2006, 09:48 PM

Swing Kids live is a sight to behold. I saw it on Circumstantial Evidence and even then it blew me away.

Everyneurotic · 08.18.2006, 10:15 PM

you forgot:

tristeza
the locust
sea of tombs
black heart procession
three mile pilot
crom-tech

all ace bands on their gravity releases. universal order are so awesome!

Androol · 08.19.2006, 01:29 AM

Tonie Joy's other band Lava was pretty good too but nowhere even near UOA

i was trying to compare bands that were the most similar

black dice i'm just going off their first 7"

Androol · 08.19.2006, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ Rick

I voted Antioch Arrow on this poll, but I really could've voted for Heroin or VSS, too.

The VSS played one of the greatest live shows I ever witnessed at the Epicenter Zone in San Francisco in either late 1996 or early '97. The Make Up also played that show, and I was so bored by the "Everybody, say YEAH!" contrived situationist pantherisms that came off as lame as a strutting 80's hair band or even Neil Diamond. But the VSS just transformed the room with the bleak tones, aggression, and their DIY light-show which shot light under Sonny from the floor up.

I credit Heroin for changing the hardcore game. They sorta retroactively brought Black Flag within the realm of "influences of emocore." I was way into the HC-emo back in those days, and I was always floored by that band from the moment I heard that first 7-inch. But really, what they were doing was setting the table for the whole HC/emo scene to blow up.

By 1992, there were already dozens or hundreds of bands just doing that octave-chord, falling-forward, back-to-the-audience bullshit that sounded pretty good when I was 18, but by 22, I was so ready for something not so formulaic. Heroin showed me that guts and fury could be channeled into it, and that being kinda noisy or fucked up could be welcome, too.

Antioch Arrow took emo-core into a more spazzy and wild creative direction...they collided everything from goth and other art-rock and even freakin' Vaudeville vamping with the HC/emo on that first 12-inch. And by "Gems of Masochism," you couldn't hear the emo roots at all.

A lot of the leaders of "noiserock" or experimental rock or artpunk or whatever come from bands of this particular milieu. The best Gravity stuff was like missing link evolutionary weirdpunk.

Swing Kids are kinda the weak link outta that lineup, I think. First record's good, but the rest doesn't hold up well after all these years, I believe. I never saw them live, though, and to talk to San Diegans my age, they all swear they were great...so I dunno.

haha yes!

you have to help me get Matthew, Bedbeats, and William over here

uhler · 05.16.2008, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

you forgot:

tristeza
the locust
sea of tombs
black heart procession
three mile pilot
crom-tech

all ace bands on their gravity releases. universal order are so awesome!

yes! tristeza is one of my favorite bands. that one sea of tiombs record is so amazing and crom-tech is cool too.

i picked the vss in the poll. they are probably my favorite. UOA come close along with antioch arrow and heroin.

once again, just like most of the recent hardcore bands i've listened to in my younger days, i haven't listened to most of those bands in many years. i still put on tristeza of course.

i always preferred the crimson curse over swing kids.

View Poll Results: which are your four favorite bands?
Heroin	6	37.50%
Angel Hair	6	37.50%
Mohinder	2	12.50%
Antioch Arrow	3	18.75%
Fisticuffs Bluff	3	18.75%
Clikatat Ikatowi	4	25.00%
VSS	4	25.00%
Black Dice	6	37.50%
Lava	0	0%
Universal Order Of Armageddon	3	18.75%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 16. You may not vote on this poll

08.17.2006, 02:37 AM	#1
Androol the destroyed room Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Austin Posts: 578	Mohinder is the most underrated
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08.17.2006, 03:03 AM	#2
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	i love black dice. __________________ RETIRED
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08.17.2006, 03:22 AM	#3
Androol the destroyed room Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Austin Posts: 578	between angel hair and vss is a tough choice
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08.17.2006, 04:00 AM	#4
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Sound like a load of heavy metal bands.
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08.17.2006, 04:04 AM	#5
Androol the destroyed room Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Austin Posts: 578	haha well its all relative. i mean heavy metal compared to what? the names of the bands or have you heard them?
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08.17.2006, 04:06 AM	#6
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	No, I haven't heard any of them. Describe the type of music in one easy to understand sentence.
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08.17.2006, 04:26 AM	#7
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,268	like hardcore punk but more so, and with men screaming
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08.17.2006, 04:49 AM	#8
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Anything like Lightning Bolt, because after listening to their album I couple of times, it now bores me to tears.
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08.17.2006, 01:18 PM	#12
Dan bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 156	I'm just getting into Clikatat and I'm pretty fucking impressed. I haven't listened to this stuff in a while, and I don't know why I always veered away from them when I did. I guess because I could never remember their name. But yeah, I voted for Universal Order of Armageddon just for a little b-more represent action.
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08.17.2006, 08:01 PM	#14
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	In order: Heroin Clikitat Angel Hair Antioch Arrow Black Dice The rest I could do without. Swing Kids kicks all of their asses. __________________ rip
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08.18.2006, 09:46 PM	#15
DJ Rick 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sacto (CA) Institute for Record Collection Scrutiny Posts: 817	I voted Antioch Arrow on this poll, but I really could've voted for Heroin or VSS, too. The VSS played one of the greatest live shows I ever witnessed at the Epicenter Zone in San Francisco in either late 1996 or early '97. The Make Up also played that show, and I was so bored by the "Everybody, say YEAH!" contrived situationist pantherisms that came off as lame as a strutting 80's hair band or even Neil Diamond. But the VSS just transformed the room with the bleak tones, aggression, and their DIY light-show which shot light under Sonny from the floor up. I credit Heroin for changing the hardcore game. They sorta retroactively brought Black Flag within the realm of "influences of emocore." I was way into the HC-emo back in those days, and I was always floored by that band from the moment I heard that first 7-inch. But really, what they were doing was setting the table for the whole HC/emo scene to blow up. By 1992, there were already dozens or hundreds of bands just doing that octave-chord, falling-forward, back-to-the-audience bullshit that sounded pretty good when I was 18, but by 22, I was so ready for something not so formulaic. Heroin showed me that guts and fury could be channeled into it, and that being kinda noisy or fucked up could be welcome, too. Antioch Arrow took emo-core into a more spazzy and wild creative direction...they collided everything from goth and other art-rock and even freakin' Vaudeville vamping with the HC/emo on that first 12-inch. And by "Gems of Masochism," you couldn't hear the emo roots at all. A lot of the leaders of "noiserock" or experimental rock or artpunk or whatever come from bands of this particular milieu. The best Gravity stuff was like missing link evolutionary weirdpunk. Swing Kids are kinda the weak link outta that lineup, I think. First record's good, but the rest doesn't hold up well after all these years, I believe. I never saw them live, though, and to talk to San Diegans my age, they all swear they were great...so I dunno. __________________ http://artforspastics.blogspot.com/
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08.18.2006, 09:48 PM	#16
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Swing Kids live is a sight to behold. I saw it on Circumstantial Evidence and even then it blew me away. __________________ rip
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08.18.2006, 10:15 PM	#17
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	you forgot: tristeza the locust sea of tombs black heart procession three mile pilot crom-tech all ace bands on their gravity releases. universal order are so awesome! __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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08.19.2006, 01:29 AM	#18
Androol the destroyed room Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Austin Posts: 578	Tonie Joy's other band Lava was pretty good too but nowhere even near UOA i was trying to compare bands that were the most similar black dice i'm just going off their first 7"
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