Twenty years ago, I bought Century Days by Milwaukee band Die Kreuzen, one of my favourite hardcore outfits from the Midwest. The cassette that I bought then, which I still have mind you, has been one of the most often played tape I have bought in my entire life. I think only Young God's Eau Rouge and Bad Brains' I Against I have been played more often. The diversity of the music, and the intuitions they pointed to with every single note they played -- be it grunge, post-rock, or emo -- is there, a bridge between straight-out one-two-three-go hardcore (their first record) and progressive music that would become the mainstay of American and Western kids all over the planet. Heck, the guitar player's sound even predates Piggy's trademark signature wail!
And, yes, vocalist Dan Kubinsk is wearing a White Zombie t-shirt and, yes it's his fault I started listening to that NY band the same year... Enjoy "Stomp", L & G.
Posted by phonono at mars 24, 2008 11:33 PM