Sand in the Face - Music Made to Riot New Jersey Hardcore 1982-1983

Music Made to Riot collects the very earliest recordings of Montville, NJ's Sand in the Face. Largely recorded at Boonton, NJ's Mix-O-Lydian Studios. The same studio that had already given us The Misfits "Walk Among Us".

The demos within feature the pre-LP lineup of  Pete (Aaron) Wegele,
(bass, vocals) Paul Schraft (vocals, guitar)  and Mark "Munk" Lombardi, who sadly died of cancer in 2010 on drums.

I found this to be a fun and quick listen.
A good time capsule highlighting the first wave of  NJ Hardcore (Something I believe to be criminally overlooked.) Overall the tracks are what you'd expect from a young band getting to know themselves in the early days of Hardcore. A trio of high school kids getting to know their sound while working in the studio for the first time.  Snotty, mid to fast paced teenage anthems A sound akin to such contemporaries Adrenaline O.D. and Bedlam. Music Made to Riot compiles eighteen tracks in all and detailed liner notes written by Wegele himself. His dedicating the release to his departed friend and band mate is, to say the least, touching. Limited to 600 copies. My one complaint, if any, is that this did not come with a digital download. Something that would have come in handy when compiling my New Jersey Hardcore mix tape. James Damion

http://www.matwrecords.com/

Paul Mauled And The Defendents - Take A Deep Breath

Paul Mauled and the Defendents drop 18 songs of pure punk rock bliss on their brand new CD  "Take A Deep Breath." I promise this collection of tunes  is guaranteed to leave you wanting to hit the repeat button over and over again with it's catchy as fuck hooks that will rattle around your feeble brain for days..

Paul's been knocking around the Jersey club scene for 10 plus years, playing with such classic Jersey  bands as The Accelerators, The Undead and numerous projects of his own, and all of this experience definitely shines through on this collection of tunes.

If you like your punk with a little bit of a 90's pop punk twist then I highly recommend you give Paul mauled and The Defendents a good long listen. If pop punk is.not your thing then there's some cool garage rock influenced tunes on here as well. Overall, a diverse collection, but rock solid all the way through...Dave G.

Not Aloud Records