Urban waste
| Urban waste | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | New York , USA |
| Genre (s) | Hardcore punk |
| founding | 1981, 2002, 2008 |
| resolution | 1984 |
| Founding members | |
singing |
Billy Phillips (1981-1982) |
guitar |
Johnny "Johnny Waste" Kelly |
bass |
Freddie Watt (1981-1982) |
Drums |
John Dancy (1981-2010) |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Joshua Gitts (since 2012) |
guitar |
Johnny Kelly |
bass |
Nonlee Saito (since 2012) |
Drums |
Stooley Kutchakokov (since 2015) |
| former members | |
singing |
Kenny Ahrens (1982–1984, 2008–2011, † 2018) |
singing |
Zac Stough (2002, 2012) |
bass |
Andrew "Andy Apathy" Bryan (1982–1984, † 2002) |
bass |
AJ Ricci (2002, 2011–2012) |
bass |
Phil Kinkel (2008-2009) |
bass |
Sammy Ahmed (2009) |
bass |
Paul Bakija (2009) |
bass |
Sonny Baron (2009-2011) |
Drums |
Jimmy Duke (2010-2014) |
Urban Waste is a hardcore punk band from New York , which existed from 1981 to 1984 and was one of the first bands of New York Hardcore . In 2008 the band reunited. The only permanent member is guitarist Johnny Kelly.
history
Urban Waste was founded in the spring of 1981 in the New York borough of Queens . At the time of formation, guitarist Kelly was 13 years old; Rehearsals took place in the homes of Phillips and Kelly's single mothers. For financial reasons, the band had to fall back on free second-hand equipment and improvise a lot - the first cymbal of Dance's drums was a garbage can lid. The band name was chosen by Douglas "Doug Holland" Lozito from the band Kraut . The first appearance took place in February 1982 in the A7 . Local companions with whom the band often rehearsed and played were Gilligan's Revenge, Kraut, Murphy's Law , The Mob and, from 1982, Major Conflict. 1982 singer Phillips left the band to form Major Conflict; henceforth some members played in both bands, which often appeared together. Urban Waste swapped bassist in the same year because Freddie Watt had a heroin problem; the new bass player Andrew Bryan came from Reagan Youth . On Mob Style Records, the label of The Mob, Urban Waste released a first, self-titled EP in 1982. The release led to a surge in popularity within the booming New York hardcore scene. The band members began to use hard drugs, which negatively affected the creative output of the band. After a final appearance with Minor Threat and The Mob in the CBGB , Bryan and Ahrens left the band. Instead of looking for new musicians, Kelly and Dancy joined Phillips' Major Conflict. Kelly also played for Armed Citizens. Because of its importance for the development of New York Hardcore, the interest in urban waste has not ebbed over the years. In 1987 the EP was re-released by Big City Records, in 1993 by Lost and Found Records , in 2003 by Mad At The World Records and in 2012 by the Dutch label Even Worse Records. In 1994 the urban waste song Public Opinion was pressed onto the NYHC sampler Sunday Matinee (The Best Of NY Hardcore) .
In 2002 the band got together for a show at the CBGB on the occasion of their 20th anniversary. At first there was no further cooperation. In the same year, former bass player Bryan died of a heart attack . In 2008 the band reformed again and since then has been giving concerts at irregular intervals, including their first concert abroad at the R'R Fest in Venlo in 2012. In 2010 the album Recycled was released with partly new song material. In 2011 drummer Dancy and singer Ahrens withdrew from the band for health reasons and were replaced. The 2015 EP Wastecrew featured guest contributions by Vinnie Stigma and Roger Miret of Agnostic Front.
The current bassist Nonlee Saito, a native of Japan, plays parallel to the New York punk band High Teen Boogie. Former short-term bassist Paul Bakija is back playing with his main band Reagan Youth. Drummer Jimmy Duke played with the New York crossover band The Blame after leaving .
Style and reception
The music journalist Matthias Mader counts Urban Waste among the founding fathers of NYHC; the quartet has had a lasting influence on several generations of hardcore bands. Urban Waste's music has "without a doubt set new standards in terms of hardness and speed". André Bohnensack from Fanzine Ox described the band's music as "beating down primitive punk rock songs at high speed (with) a singer whose shrill voice constantly rolls over while he pukes out his hatred". He rated the 1982 EP as a "grandiose, unsurpassed record" and "the absolute ultimate in early hardcore". The Vice magazine described the sound of the first EP as "constantly on the verge of implosion moving cacophony that all the dirt and all the grim determination embodies the New York at the time accounted for." The magazine highlighted the band's importance as an essential proponent of the NYHC's first wave. The Boston music magazine Thrash N 'Bang sees the band's music as "heavy hardcore" with influences from traditional punk and skate punk . In a review of the 2015 EP Wastecrew , the magazine assessed that Urban Waste did not rest on their laurels like other bands of the first hardcore generations, but also presented the spirit and the guts of the early days with current material. Agnostic front singer Roger Miret claims to have gotten to hardcore through Urban Waste. The New York music magazine No Echo selected the urban waste piece Ignorant in its list of "Top 10 NYHC Breakbeat Intros".
Discography
- 1982: Urban Waste (EP, Mob Style Records)
- 2010: Recycled (Album, Rebel Sound Records)
- 2014: Split EP with Notox, The Nasty and Red Tape (Pine Hill Records)
- 2015: Wastecrew (EP, 1-2-3-4 Go Records)
Web links
- Urban Waste at Discogs (English)
- Urban Waste on Facebook
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steven Blush: American Hardcore. A tribal history . 2nd Edition. Feral House, Port Townsend 2010, ISBN 978-0-922915-71-2 , pp. 207 .
- ↑ Tony Rettman: New York Hardcore 1980-1990 . 2nd Edition. Bazillion Points, New York 2015, ISBN 978-1-935950-12-7 , pp. 143 .
- ↑ DeadPunkStars.com: Andy Apathy. Retrieved February 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Last.fm: Urban Waste Biography. Retrieved February 4, 2017 .
- ^ Matthias Mader: New York City Hardcore - The Way It Was ... IP Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-931624-10-1 , pp. 140 .
- ↑ Ox-Fanzine # 52, September 2003: Urban Waste - s / t. Retrieved February 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Vice.com: Psychedelic Drugs, A7, and That One Incredible EP: An Interview with Urban Waste. Retrieved February 4, 2017 .
- ↑ ThrashnBang.com: Urban Waste - “Wastecrew”. Retrieved February 2, 2017 .
- ↑ NewNoiseMagazine.com: Urban Waste Proceed with Vocalist Josh Waste. Retrieved February 2, 2017 .
- ↑ NoEcho.net: Top 10 NYHC Breakbeat Intros. Retrieved February 4, 2017 .