The Dillinger Escape Plan live at Virgin Megstore, New York City, 1/20/2005. Vocalist Greg Puciato head walks during the opening of “Sugar Coated Sour,” easily one of the craziest moments in mathcore history.
The Blood Brothers live at UC Berkeley, California 9/9/2004. While more of a post-hardcore band, the sassy vocal stylings of The Blood Brothers arguably helped shape what is now (regrettably) referred to as sasscore
The Chariot live in Perth, Australia circa 2011. After their show was infamously shutdown because of a spilt bowl of pears, one brave soul offered to host a house show
Hella - “Biblical Violence” live at Shibuya O-Nest in Tokyo, Japan 5/7/2004. Taken from the “Concentration Face” DVD, but specifically this set is so magical
An Isle Ate Her live at Summerville Civic Center 12/28/2010. Vocalist Chaz Bell and drummer Matt Cooper would later go on to become hip hop artists Slug Christ and Yung Skrrt, respectively. Severely underrated band, truly the real deal in terms of technical ability & composition.
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza live at KC’s in Fredericksburg, VA 5/16/2006 with The Red Chord and Shari Hulud. This band and Ion D really set the super bar high for heavy and chaotic music that many have tried to imitate
Jeromes Dream live at Munoz Gym in Bakersfield, CA 3/29/2000. The Munoz Gym hosted many legendary screamo shows back in the day, but this is the one I revisit the most. Note the band is not using mics, something for which they were well known.
Heavy Heavy Low Low - “Eating the Porridge” live at The Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia 8/2/2006. Taken from the “This Ain’t Your Moms Hardcore Vol. 2” DVD
Tower of Rome performs in a classroom circa 2004 (compilation). The original “ping” snare band, ToW’s drummer utilized a piccolo to really cut through the mix 🎥: m1ssmachine
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’s full set from More Than Music Fest ‘02 is now live. In this footage, they perform much of their recently released “Jane Doe,” and an early permutation of the eponymous track from “You Fail Me”
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