MORE BURNING FIGHT COVERAGE

Here is some more coverage from our Burning Fight event. Thanks to everyone that came out, and thanks to all the websites that posted the flyer or photos from the event. I will be posting some more detailed images of some of the items on display within the next few days.


Livewire Records - Photo's from It's Alive's own Fred Hammer

Eyeone's blog - Photo's by Ray (Macondo)

Stuck In The Past

- Drew

BURNING FIGHT BOOK RELEASE (RECAP)

Thanks again to everyone that came out to the Burning Fight book release at Tradition... The turnout was great, and it was cool to see so many old faces and friends in one place. We have a few copies of the book for sale at the shop as well as a few copies of the limited edition 'Zine and t-shirt. Thanks again to Brian Peterson and Revelation Records for making this happen.
The artshow will remain on display throughout the month, so stop by if you get a chance!
I will be posting detailed photos of select pieces over the next few days. Check out the photos below, and click on the images to enlarge.


Life. Love. Regret. Eric (R.I.P.) from Unbroken's guitar

Brian Peterson talks 90's hardcore

Mike Hartsfield (Outspoken/New Age) and his bloody mess of a guitar

DJ Gordy Gord and Nate

Brian Peterson and Jordan Cooper (Revelation Records)

Stagedive Stacey

Sean Bonner - former Victory records employee gone postal

One Life Drug Free

Strife Crew "My Fire Burns On"

Colin (Even Score) and Tru Pray (Malfunction Records)

Pete Riley (Mouthpiece) & Hartsfield

Burning Fight X Tradition X Eyeone limited Zine

Andrew (Strife) and Brian Peterson

"Hang Out Times!!!" Me & evan (Ice)

OC Garb X Edge

Dan Rawe (Foundation) and his photos

Inside Out original layout (one of the most influential records of the '90s)

"We have killed.. and Shall be JUGDED" - Original Burn layout

Turning Point - original album cover photo

Strife One Truth original album artwork

Photos by David Sine (Tidbit)

More from David

Some of my contributions to the show

Don Irwin's (Punk Life Zine) flyer collection

Ray's (Macondo) collection

Flyer wall with guitars

- Drew

BURNING FIGHT X TRADITION X REVELATION RECORDS

Here are some images of the limited edition Burning Fight X Tradition X Revelation Records tee that we will be selling at tomorrow's Burning Fight event. There are only 24 of these t-shirts in this limited edition colorway!

BURNING FIGHT X TRADITION LIMITED 'ZINE

Here are some images of the limited edition 'Zine we did for tomorrow's Burning Fight art show at Tradition. The 'Zine features unreleased excerpts from the book and bonus material from the collections of Andrew Kline and Ray (Macondo). Thanks for Ray for grinding these out for us! If you can't make it to the show, you can download a pdf version here.






- Drew

BURNING FIGHT COVERAGE

Our Burning Fight book release and artshow is this Saturday, October 10th. This event will feature a Q&A with the author, Brian Peterson, along with Mike Hartsfield (Outspoken), Dave McClure (Downcast), Ryan Downey (Burn It Down), Vique Martin (Simba Fanzine), and more. There will be an artshow featuring a collection of photos, flyers. T-shirts, and more. I have been going through boxes and boxes of photos, flyers, posters, and T-shirts, and there is going to be a bunch of cool stuff on display. Thanks to all the sites that posted info about the event... See you there!


Revelation Records

Vapors Magazine

Stuck In The Past

BURNING FIGHT AT TRADITION OCTOBER 10TH

Tradition and Revelation Records are proud to present the book release party for Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound . Nineties hardcore sparked profound change and debate across musical, social, spiritual, and political landscapes, andBurning Fight draws upon the memories of many who played influential roles in the scene and understand what made this era of hardcore so unique.
This event will feature a Q&A with the author, Brian Peterson, along with Mike Hartsfield (Outspoken), Dave McClure (Downcast), Ryan Downey (Burn It Down), Vique Martin (Simba Fanzine), and more. There will be an artshow featuring a collection of photos, flyers. T-shirts, and more as well as guest DJ's spinning 90's hardcore all night.
There will also be a limited edition Burning Fight X Tradition X Revelation Records T-shirt release as well as a very limited 'Zine put together by Eyeone, Brian Peterson, and myself which will features unreleased excerpts from the book!
It all goes down at Tradition on October 10th!
Some of the flyers and photos have already started rolling in, and it looks great so far!

- Drew

BURNING FIGHT AT TRADITION OCT 10TH

Tradition and Revelation Records are proud to present the book release party for Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound . Nineties hardcore sparked profound change and debate across musical, social, spiritual, and political landscapes, andBurning Fight draws upon the memories of many who played influential roles in the scene and understand what made this era of hardcore so unique.
This event will feature a Q&A with the author, Brian Peterson, along with Mike Hartsfield (Outspoken), Dave McClure (Downcast), Ryan Downey (Burn It Down), Vique Martin (Simba Fanzine), and more. There will be an artshow featuring a collection of photos, flyers. T-shirts, and more as well as guest DJ's spinning 90's hardcore all night.
There will also be a limited edition Burning Fight X Tradition X Revelation Records T-shirt release!
It all goes down at Tradition on October 10th!

BURNING FIGHT

I just receive my copy of Burning Fight in the mail today with a personal note from the author Brian Patterson. Burning Fight is a book about the nineties hardcore scene, and features interviews with my band Strife (a 15 page spread), as well as Undertow, Unbroken, Endpoint, Mouthpiece, Integrity, Earth Crisis, Los Crudos, and more.
This is the definitive book on nineties hardcore, and it is definitely worth reading. You can order a copy here.

BURNING FIGHT

Saturday night I may the trip down to Pomona to catch the West Coast book release show for Burning Fight. Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound is a book focusing on 90's hardcore written by a hardcore kid turned school teacher, Brian Peterson. The book draws upon the memories of many who played influential roles in the scene and understand what made this era of hardcore so unique, and it includes lengthy interviews from a ton of bands including Undertow, Unbroken, Strife (my Band), Mouthpiece, Integrity, Shelter, Endpoint, and many more.
This show featured sets by 3 very influential bands from the 90's: Unbroken from San Diego, Undertow from Seattle, and Threadbare from Minnesota. All proceeds from the sold out show went to charity, and as you can see from the photos below, a good time was had by all.



I first met Unbroken in the early 90's. We played a basement show together out in Chula Vista back when they had Brian "Iron Jaw" on vocals. Our guitar player at the time owned New Age Records, and he quickly signed Unbroken and released their first 7" You Won't be Back.



Unbroken released their first album, Ritual, in 1993, but it was their second album Life, Love. Regret that would really define Unbroken as a band.



Undertow was a Straight Edge hardcore band from Seattle. To be honest, I can't even remember the first time that I met these guys. We played with Undertow a bunch of different times, and even borrowed their van for a cross country tour. Everyone from Undertow except for John came in the van with us (Their were over 12 of us in that van), and we all became close friends.





Unfortunately I missed Threadbare's set. I got to the show at 8:30 only to find out that they played at 7:15. They should have played much higher on the bill if only for the fact the they came all the way from Minnesota and they never once made it to California when they were an active band. Threadbare's album Feeling Older Faster is one of my favorite records from the 90's and still hold up to this day.





I chilled with Ryan from Chain Of Strength (far left) for a good portion of the night. We talked about the possibility of a Chain reunion, their official collab tee with The Hundreds, as well as a ton of other stuff. I have known Ryan forever, and it's always good to see him. On the far right is my homey Mitch from Chula Vista. He booked shows in his basement, which he called "Club Mitch." He booked our first show with Unbroken and House of Suffering (which may have been our first SD show ever) in his basement (Photos from that show made it on the insert to our 7" My Fire Burns On)



Here's a photo of me and Dave Mandel. Dave used to do Indecision Fanzine, and continues to release records on his label also called Indecision. He's also the man behind the extremely limited 3 album Unbroken discography that is already selling for a ton on Ebay. Indecision is already almost up to it's 90th release, and Dave has something special planned for number 100!


Last but not least is Burning Fight author Brian Peterson with Scott Beiben (Bloodlink Records, Retrieval Inc.). I've known Scott forever, and it's always go to see him doing his thing. You can order Burning Fight from Revelation Records. You can check out more photos from the show here.

All photos by Dan Rawe