The Zero Boys managed to come with one of the best early 80’s punk records, or one of the best records ever, period.īetween Vicious Circle and History Of, the entire recorded output of this legendary Midwest punk band’s original line up is, finally, collected. When the Ramones lost it, the Zero Boys found it Adding a slam brigade fist to the Blitzkrieg Beat. Meanwhile, frontman, Paul “Z” Mahern provides a constant wash from beginning to end. Terry’s licks and chops - a leap beyond two or three chord punk - offered a zone and measured count for drummer Mark Cutsinger and bassist David “Tufty” Clough, a rhythm unit in par with the Minutemen if not The Meters, to run lines like quicksilver. After solidifying their lineup Vicious Circle paid their dues starting out at clubs like The Iron Rail and Club Stadola to name a few. With the addition of Chris Tabor on guitar, the core of the group was established. Yeah, they played shows with Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Subhumans, and others but in Terry “Hollywood” Howe’s guitar there was harmonious terror and unstoppable cadence. Vicious Circle began playing together in the mid 1980’s on the NW side of Chicago by brothers Art and Rudy Guzman. Now, collected here and remastered from the original tapes is the proof, if more was needed, that their take of American hardcore wasn’t all white bread numbers. Though before and after that LP’s 1982 release they recorded the Livin’ in the 80’s 7″, songs for three comps and released the post-mortem History Of… cassette revealing their transformation into a toured band warming to the metaphysical and their demise while still waving torches of rock ‘n’ roll panache.
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Proof is Vicious Circle and the two decades since of copyists, bootleggers, practitioners and reunion concert pogoers. Vicious Circle (2009) The Movie Database (TMDB) An artist and skater with a heart of gold, R.J. But unlike most coastal punk, the Zero Boys were pointing the way to a scene that could accommodate heaping helpings of melody, intelligence, and rock ‘n’ roll sus, not just turbo-charged ferocity.įrom 1979 into ’83, the Indianapolis based ZBs were the finest hardcore blitz in the Midwest if not all the lower 48 states. punk seemed to peak coast to coast that year. (Paul Rodriguez Jr) dreams of moving to New York City to pursue his dream of creating comic books. In one sense, The Zero Boys’ Vicious Circle was yet another example of how U.S. An artist and skater with a heart of gold, R.J. France and Rwanda: A vicious circle Suivre cet auteur Jean-Pierre Chrtien In Politique africaine Volume 113, Issue 1, January 2009, pages 121 to 138.
It came out of nowhere in 1982, this punk rock/hardcore fireball with the bright yellow sleeve.
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