V/A - Forever
Man, 1990 was a great year for hardcore compilations, especially those in featuring bands from the NYC region. Forever is one of three killer NY/NJ hardcore 7″ comps released in ‘90 (Murders Among Us and Rebuilding being the other two 7″s, not to mention the Look At All The Children Now 12″). Forever was released on Irate and features early material from some of the NY/NJ hardcore scene heavies. 5 bands, 5 tracks, featuring posi-core from Turning Point, bilious hardcore from Born Against, and vicious blasts from Rorschach and Citizen’s Arrest. Not to be overlooked, Burn contributes a wild hardcore track that borders on greatness, hindered only by muddy production. One of my favorite comps from my own hardcore heyday:
Turning Point - Insecurity.mp3
Born Against - Mary and Child.mp3
Rorschach - Checkmate.mp3
Burn - Decay.mp3
Citizen’s Arrest - Pain.mp3
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Great stuff in its day, especially when you consider what was getting airplay at the time (think Rico Suave). The Citizen’s Arrest track still makes me laugh everytime I hear it. Insane.
speaking of Rebuilding you should out it up there were some rad tunes on there
more 90s NYC hardcore … yuppicide, please.
This is one of my favorite comps ever. All 5 songs are excellent and 3/5 might be the band’s best work.
I wish there was a proper reissue of this.
All of these bands rip. That Rorschach LP is crazy. Isn’t “Rebuilding” still being pressed by someone? I only have it on an old cassette.
Rebuilding was reissued with a couple songs from Forever + some other assorted stuff on CD + LP but I am pretty sure the label who did it went under.