Universal Order of Armageddon

I first saw Universal Order of Armageddon at a church show in Boston, of this much I am sure. I have a horrible memory, which wants to say that it was 1993 and Rorschach also played and managed to clear the room. But I can't be certain that I saw both bands at the same show.

At the time the only hardcore I was familiar with was early 80's DC and Massachusetts straight-edge youth crew hawdcawh. U.O.A. blew the back of my head off. Their crazy spactic chaos was completely different from anything I had heard before and I was hooked.

I approached their singer, Colin, after their set to try to tell him how much I enjoyed the music. I innocently asked him where they were from. 'Saturn' he replied, and then launched into details.

This recording is not from that show but was sent to me by a guy who went to Worcester Polytechnic Institute when I did. I believe his name was Tim, but again due to my shitty memory, I am probably mistaken. He had great taste in music and would just send me live tapes with dubs of 7 inches or demos he was listening to at the time to fill left over space. Tim, if that is your name, if you happen to read this, get in touch!

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Saké - October 26th, 1997

I can't think of a better way to start off than with this recording of Saké in Oakland, CA. I moved from Seattle to the SF Bay Area for about a year and a half at probably one of the worst times: even more rain sodden than Seattle due to El Niño and gentrified by the dot-com boom. I spent a lot of that time only occasionally employed, wet, bored and unsure what I was doing with my life. One of the highlights was that I got to see a line up like Saké, Word Salad, Dystopia, Corrupted and Moral Crux play at the Punks with Presses warehouse in Oakland to a bunch of smelly punx and dogs.

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Data Control

There are so many music related blogs in existance right now that it's probably not worthwhile to make another one without a clear purpose.

During the 90's I used to record live music and trade tapes via mail, mostly of punk, hardcore and metal bands I saw in Seattle or the SF Bay Area. At the time, all the music I recorded was at small venues and house shows. Since then some of the bands have achieved some success in the music industry, but most have remained underground. I've managed to hold on to most of my tapes which have been collecting dust in my basement for over a decade.  The purpose of this blog is to make them available to the world, either because I like the band or because the recording is a curiosity that other people might enjoy.

Currently I have a lot going on: a relationship, two small kids, family and friends, a fairly demanding job and a garden to grow. I would like to be able to put up a couple of new tapes a month, but if I can't make the time, so it goes.