new trapped under ice joint.

With the release of "secrets of the world" slated for 08/04/09, trapped under ice teases us with a track titled T.U.I off the record. From the sounds of it, it features a guest spot from ryan of desperate measures. its prrrrrrrreettttty sick, so peep it here:

http://www.myspace.com/underdaice

a blast from the past.

so here it is, some pages from the lockin out records fanzine of '03. a classic.

skinny.

So, my brother kyle scott is an illustrator. He recently just graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design and i thought it'd be cool to showcase some of his material in this blog so, check it out! Here's the link to his Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31286645@N05/

pegasus

So here's the story, haroun (razzle dazzle/cold world), wrote and recorded them a few years ago with DFJ (mental/mind eraser/rival mob) on drums and Scace (mental/cold world) on bass. I guess it was rumoured that george of blacklisted was going to sing over the tracks, but the songs floated around for a while before nick woj (cold world) laid some vox on them. As a big fan of the eddie sutton merauder demo, this shit is quite similar, definitely an influence. Nick woj sang on dedicated to babies who came feet first, and i was shocked yet intrigued by it, this band only extends that and i can't wait to hear more, even if it is just a side project. Check it out...

http://www.myspace.com/pegasusisgrim

jordan cooper interview.

As revelation records is one of the most reknown labels in all of hardcore, i thought it'd be cool to interview jordan for this blog.

T: Hey Jordan! Thanks for doing this interview man, I appreciate it a lot. What're you up to these days? Can you talk about what's current with Revelation? What's up with the new charity auction?

J: Hi Trent, thanks.These days I spend most of my time with the distribution, but the label has a few things going on. We just put out a new book called "Burning Fight" that covers 90s hardcore. Ther's another book coming up after that. We've got some discographies coming up including Underdog and Verbal Assault and a compilation where a bunch of great bands are covering songs from the first bunch of releases Rev did. The rare record auctions have kind of been on hold for a while. Hopefully we'll get that going again soon.

T: Tell me what the vision for Revelation is/was. What were you goals when you started with Rev? Were there any labels that influenced Rev?

J: This is a pretty well known story for anyone who's familiar with the label, but we originally just wanted to put out a record and more just kept coming and it turned into a label. All the old punk and hardcore labels influenced us, Dangerhouse, Dischord, SST, Alternative Tentacles, Positive Force, BYO, XClaim and probably more that I'm forgetting.

T: The first time you heard a hardcore song, what were the things about it that made you want to hear more? What song was it?

J: Actually the first time I heard hardcore I didn't really like it. My friends were listening to it and seemed to me to think it was funny and weird. I thought music should be serious like Pink Floyd or something at that time so I didn't get into it. A year later, I met Ray Cappo who was in the band Violent Children at the time. He loaned me some tapes and records of different hardcore bands and I started to find stuff that I liked because it definitely sounded serious or at least not trivial in what they were talking about in the lyrics. That's what I really liked at first. Later on I got into bands that had some more humor like AOD and The Meatmen. I can't remember the first song or even the first band, but DRI, Negative Approach, Minor Threat, Scream and a lot of the other early hardcore stuff.

T: I know there are a ton but, what are your top 5 Revelation releases?

J: How can I answer that? I don't think I could even tell you my top five non-Rev releases.

T: How often do you hear about Judge's Chung King Can Suck It LP? Can you explain the mystique behind it?

J: I guess most interviews have a question about it, but actually it doesn't come up too often otherwise. The mystique... hmm. I think the band has more mystique than that record. The big deal about that record was that there were only 109 copies pressed because the band hated the recording. They re-recorded the entire album at a better studio and that's what became "Bringin It Down."

T: What would be your advice to a young person trying to start a label? What does it take to be as successful as Revelation has been?

J: At this point I don't know what to say about that. There might not really be a need for record labels at this point because bands can distribute their own music on the web pretty easily. Things are changing as far as recorded music goes, so it's hard to give advice. So the best I can offer is to keep an eye on what's happening and don't look at the past too closely for models to follow.

T: Can you talk about straight edge and how it has influenced hardcore, for both the good and the bad? Are you straight edge? Why or why not?

J: How straight edge has influenced hardcore is a huge subject that I think most people who know about hardcore have some idea about. It is one of the few movements native to hardcore that has pretty much stayed within hardcore. The good side, in a nutshell is that it helped some people keep from being destructive with drugs/alcohol etc. The bad side is some of the herd mentality and high horse riding that went/goes on under its name. I'm not straight edge because I don't see a need for myself to make a rule about that part of my life. I don't use drugs and I drink so little that I don't think it makes any difference to my mind, behavior or health. Also, like a lot of people, I think some drugs can open some peoples eyes.

T: Besides hardcore and punk rock, what else sparks your interest? What do you do in your spare time?

J: My interests are pretty standard. I really like good pizza, I watch some movies and tv, I play some video games. I'm in a pinball league, but that's probably the only unsusual interest I have.

T: Thanks a lot for the interview Jordan, Revelation has provided my favourite music for years, and I hope some kids in Edmonton research what Rev is all about. Do you have any last words? What are you supporting right now? What do we have to look forward to?

J: No problem, happy to oblige. Not really. The most recent stuff we've put out is the Mouthpiece discography and the Burning Fight book. Hopefully people will check those out if they haven't already. Thanks.



http://www.revelationrecords.com/
http://www.revhq.com/

interview with jordan cooper coming soon...

secrets of the world.

hopefully these dudes come back to e-town...

http://www.myspace.com/underdaice