I know of another reeeeally good local band that would draw a big crowd and are thinking about playing this show, but I won't say who it is unless they're actually booked. You know... it's not my place to give out that information, but I can drop little hints like this just to get people more excited about the show. ;)
wouldnt putting the name out make people more interested? most local bands claim to draw alot of people but dont actually, so that doesnt really narrow it down.
With 5 bands already, I'm thinking it's unlikely that anyone else will be added. Plus, there is a chance that it will lead to a different show on an entirely different date.
we should get FFOS and Kultur to our house before hand and we'll party it up.
post by SacreligionNLI at Nov 7,2006 1:10pm
a little birdie told me watters won a party at mcfaddens again
they almost got shut down for the free booze thing though since happy hours are illegal in MA, so now it's discounted drinks($1 beers, $5 pitchers...not sure on the mixed drinks)
a party at our place would be easier though, since we have to leave to go down to the club fairly early anyway
i'll talk to sam from face full and see what time we need to be down there and if they'd be interested in doing that
it wasnt free though. we paid 10 bucks. happy hours are illegal in MA??? why the fuck is this state so gay? oh yeah because they dont like to promote happiness. i bet miserable hours are more than welcome.
post by SacreligionNLI at Nov 7,2006 1:14pm
nah it's more like miserable years as opposed to happy hours(and even though we did pay to get in, it was more like a cover charge and they were still technically serving free booze)
how can they outalw happy hour.. isn't it mostly just a promotional saying anyways.. i mean... were gonna drink at that time anyways... regardless of what it's labeled.. right?
post by SacreligionNLI at Nov 7,2006 1:27pm
i think it's the free booze thing that's illegal, it allows people to get outrageously shitfaced in a short period of time
we can't have them as crazy as they were though, because our landlord gets pissed
are you going to their costume party on saturday?
I don't know. What is the theme this time? I missed the superhero one, but I was at the white trash party.
The party I'm talking about from Friday was actually my birthday party. It was at an apartment, and Nocturnum played. The landlord lives downstairs and is totally okay with them playing very loud black metal as long as they stop at midnight. There were a whole lot of people there!
post by SacreligionNLI at Nov 7,2006 2:01pm
i think this is just a late halloween party
live black metal til midnight in an apartment is amazing
Samantha, do you happen to work at Tortilla Sam's?
Nope... but I know some of the people who do. If you're looking at the picture on my profile page with several females in it, I'm the redhead. The blonde with the hat has done multiple tours of duty at Tortilla Sam's, though.
I'm getting out of work early Friday but it's for a bachelor party. Can we move the bachelor party to the show and hire strippers?
Yeti, I believe you are thinking of Michelle. I just spent 10 minutes on myspace figuring out where I remember one of those other girls in Samantha's pic from.
as long as the strippers arent busted. i went to this bachelor party fairly recently with strippers, and all of them were fucking nasty. most were missing a lot of teeth, but others you could tell that they have recently given birth by the grotesque stretch marks or C-Section scars. it was disgusting.
If it's in Worcester, there is a 95% chance that they will be busted.
The strippers are on their own if they enrage the metal bitches. Ha ha! I have no problem with strippers; however, I also have no problem with throwing some chick into the dumpster with all of the rest of the trash if she fails to respect my boundaries.
everyone should go to this. Worcester bands at a Worcester venue. at least i am under the assumption that Nocturnum and 18 Wheels of Justice are from Worcester.
It was definitely good to see so many people at the show. My only complaint was that Ralph's had the order wrong on their myspace page, and I know at least 15-20 people who came just to see Nocturnum but missed them because they didn't know they were playing first.
Umm... I guess I will be the first to do this, and I'm hoping it will encourage other people to give some feedback as well.
Nocturnum: They were having numerous sound issues, but I think they still did a great job. The only reason why they had any screw-ups was because the sound guy must have changed the levels on the monitors after they did their sound check, and they could not hear themselves at all. I've heard them sound much better than they did, but I think their music is so original and well-written that it speaks for itself in spite of any sound issues. Besides, being the first band sucks anyway. You always get the crappiest sound, and the crowd isn't drunk enough to flip out to your music yet.
Sacreligion: I think the sound guy had finally finished fine-tuning everything at this point. I don't know what it sounded like on stage, but the sound was pretty good from the crowd. For the style of music they play, Sacreligion is really good, but it's not really the kind of metal I'm into... just a matter of personal taste. I really enjoyed the Type O cover, though. The second they started playing "Gravitational Constant", I went completely ape shit.
18 Wheels of Justice: I can't give them much of a review because I spent most of their set walking around Ralph's searching for a couple of drunk people who wandered off. I made amends by hooking up a couple of the band members with some Jaegermeister, though. Sorry guys. :( I'll catch you another time.
Kultur: Kultur is another band that plays a style of metal that really isn't what I'm into. For what they do, though, they do it well. The whole crowd was freaking out, and there was a brutal pit.
Face Full of Shotgun: They sounded even better at this show than they did when I saw them at Metal Thursday. The sound guy did a better job this time, and I was more able to hear all of Sam's sick guitar solos. Their music is very complex. Now that I've seen them quite a few times, I'm finally more able to identify how all of the parts fit together. It sort of reminds me of when I first bought Emperor's "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk", and even though I loved it, I couldn't listen to it for very long because the complexity of it made my head hurt. It took me a couple of years to fully understand and appreciate all of the nuances of that album. Face Full of Shotgun has the same effect on me.
post by Captain obvious at Nov 14,2006 4:19pm
That review should have just said "My boyfriend and friends band's were good but everyone else was terrible. Believe me it wasn't the sound guy Nocturnum just sounds like a terrible Old Mans Child cover band.
Actually Nocturnum is more of what youd get if Graveworm decided to be a good band.
post by Samantha at Nov 14,2006 4:41pm edited Nov 14,2006 4:46pm
Captain obvious said:
That review should have just said "My boyfriend and friends band's were good but everyone else was terrible. Believe me it wasn't the sound guy Nocturnum just sounds like a terrible Old Mans Child cover band.
You people never go away, do you? Try learning how to formulate a proper sentence, work on your grammar, and maybe then, I will take your opinions more seriously. You're obviously the same anonymous person who has been following me around this site for a while now. Grow some balls (or ovaries) and use your own name.
post by anonymous at Nov 14,2006 5:00pm
Captain obvious is a moron. She said the other bands were good. Read the fucking post douchebag.
If you're a guy, you are probably mad because she won't fuck you and if you're a girl you are probably jealous because you are ugly.
post by SacreligionNLI at Nov 14,2006 5:09pm
all i know is that we're a terrible band
post by SacreligionNLI at Nov 14,2006 5:11pm
i hope to get a video up of our last two songs(faithless and gravitational constant) if jeff from kultur hooks it up for us(they uploaded videos from their set but say they can't do ours because his computer will crash or something, i'm assuming his processor can't handle our awesomeness)
post by Samantha at Nov 14,2006 5:12pm edited Nov 14,2006 5:13pm
SacreligionNLI said:
all i know is that we're a terrible band
Ha ha! I didn't think you were terrible. I think the guitars had a nice, heavy sound to them, and everything was pretty tight. The actual style of music isn't my cup of tea, but you weren't bad. You were much better than the time I saw you play at Metal Thursday a couple of months ago, and all of your band members were really stoned.
post by SacreligionNLI at Nov 14,2006 5:15pm
haha yeah we were really REALLY stoned, and didn't have our keyboardist, so everything was thrown off a little bit
Even more promising is that this is the first time I've ever made more than 2 posts on RTTP without some weirdo trying to harass me.
Heh... I might be speaking too soon, though.
ariavette said:
haha... very true . can't say anything in here without the swat team responding
I think I *did* speak too soon. The SWAT Team seems to have weakened its forces, though.
post by Captain obvious at Nov 14,2006 5:26pm
It couldn't possibly be a biased oppinion. It's funny that the only bands that were your style were your friends bands. I wouldn't want to play Worcester if the review was "I'm sure your good at what you do but your not my style." That's just a nice way of saying a band sucks. Fucking Lame!
Here is a clue for you: I like black metal. I like death metal. I like thrash metal. I am NOT a fan of Hardcore. Just look at how the bands describe themselves on myspace. Gee... It's funny that the only bands whose style I wasn't a fan of where HARDCORE. It has nothing to do with who I know, who I am friends with, or anything else. I'm simply not a fan of hardcore. It's nothing to take personally.
Nocturnum Black Metal / Progressive / Metal
Sacreligion Metal / Death Metal / Hardcore
18 Wheels of Justice Metal / Thrash / Hardcore
KULTUR Metal / Hardcore / Thrash
Face Full of Shotgun Thrash / Death Metal / Grindcore
Wow! What a really big coincidence, Captain Obvious!... And if you don't want to play in Worcester if someone reviewed you by saying, "I'm sure your (SIC) good at what you do but your (SIC) not my style." then you're probably not ready to play anywhere. There are a lot of really good bands that get reviews that simply state, "This band sucks!" and they deal with it. It comes with the territory. The fact is that they have the balls to get up on stage and play what they love. Not everyone will like your band... and just because someone isn't a fan of the style of music you play, it doesn't mean that they can't appreciate your musical ability. It's not a nice way of saying that a band sucks. It's a way of expressing your honest opinion... "I don't like hardcore, but I think your band has some talent". If you can't deal with someone having an opinion about that, the problem is entirely yours.
post by SacreligionNLI at Nov 14,2006 5:48pm
i once told this rockabilly guy that i didn't like what he did but thought him and his band were talented as fuck, he looked at me like i was some kind of moron for not liking rockabilly
it happens everywhere
post by SacreligionNLI at Nov 14,2006 5:52pm
Captain obvious said:
It couldn't possibly be a biased oppinion. It's funny that the only bands that were your style were your friends bands. I wouldn't want to play Worcester if the review was "I'm sure your good at what you do but your not my style." That's just a nice way of saying a band sucks. Fucking Lame!
that doesn't make any sense. you wouldn't want to play worcester because one person didn't like a couple bands as much as the other ones? that's one opinion out of 200,000 in worcester...but i guess it must mean it sucks to play there. and if you can't handle someone not liking the music you make then don't share it or get the fuck out of the business
post by Captain obvious at Nov 14,2006 5:52pm
You think all the other bands were hardcore cause myspace said so. Hahahahahahahahahha. I don't even have to add anything else.
post by SacreligionNLI at Nov 14,2006 5:57pm
Captain obvious said:
You think all the other bands were hardcore cause myspace said so. Hahahahahahahahahha. I don't even have to add anything else.
myspace didn't say so, the bands did, they pick their own descriptions
post by ValkyrieScreams at Nov 14,2006 6:09pm edited Nov 14,2006 6:14pm
Oops. This was supposed to be a quote, not a reply.
Yeti said:<<ah. i was in Tortilla Sams and this blond girl that frequents Ralphs was there and she knew me from seeing us play. thought it might be you.>>
Samantha said: That could have been the other blonde in the picture... either that or someone else I know.
For the record, that blonde girl would be me
post by anonymous at Nov 14,2006 6:18pm
Sacreligion fucking kicked ass. I wish I didnt get way too fucking drunk and stayed for the others... ive been looking forward to playing with Kultur for a while now and well.... FFOS rocks everyones face off.
Now as for the show on Friday...
I had an amazing time. When I go to shows, I make a point of having an amazing time. What else is there? I work ridiculously hard in the "serious" parts of my life, I rock out ridiculouly hard afterwards and usually knock some heads around (frequently my own). I thoroughly enjoyed watching and listening to all the bands. Although I wouldn't toatally agree that those called "hardcore" in the comments above really fall into that category (except maybe in that elements of the hardcore influence do surface from time to time), I can step back without prejudice and realize what aspects of the sound don't have the same appeal to certain types of metalheads as they do to me. I happen to love hardcore. I also happen to love thrash, death, black, and grind metal as well as many other random and varried styles of music. Like mostly everyone, I have certain preferences; however, if I'm in the mood to listen to one kind as opposed to another, that's not to say everything else sucks. There is a difference between stating an opinion, giving constructive criticism and straight up insulting someone's creative attempts. Likewise, if someone wants to give added support to their friends' bands, boyfriends, girlfriends, etc, what's wrong with that? We're here to talk about the music, the pit, and stuff specific to the scene right? Why attack each other?
"Captain obvious" obviously lacks some reading comprehension skills, and this is why I will no longer pay attention to this person. People like this are exactly why a lot of people do not post on RTTP. There is far too much pointless drama on this site.
In any case, I'm glad that my post did eventually encourage more people to talk about what they thought of the bands that played (which was really the point in the first place). I think that bands like to hear honest feedback from the people who have seen them. I find it hard to believe that any of the bands would be offended by my saying that I think they can play well, and their music is well-written, but that I'm not a fan of their hardcore influences. At least I have something of value to say about their music, rather than being a total meathead about it like the anonymous "Captain obvious".
More than a decade ago, I lived in a city that had a big hardcore scene. I saw A LOT of hardcore bands back then, including some that are fairly well-known now but weren't years ago when I saw them. A lot of hardcore fans would be creaming their pants if they knew about some of the shows I attended. Honestly, I got bored with hardcore. What really sealed the deal was when the obnoxious jocks started coming to shows. They had absolutely no sense of pit etiquette, but I guess it was fun to watch them run around after I knocked their hats off their heads while they were in the pit. The music changed over time, and I didn't like what it had become. Anyway, I've always liked black, death, and thrash metal much better than I ever liked hardcore.
On the other hand, there are a lot of people who love hardcore and/or death metal but would rather shove a red hot poker into their eye sockets than listen to any band with a keyboard player. Sacreligion does something unique by incorporating a keyboard into the style of music that they play. I think that is cool. I'm sure that none of them think I'm an asshole because their hardcore influences are not within the realm of my own personal tastes. They seem like decent people.
post by Shannon at Nov 14,2006 11:27pm edited Nov 14,2006 11:31pm
Captain obvious,theres a vaginal spill in aisle seven that needs your attention. I think she likes hardcore,so you won't mind.
post by SacreligionNLI at Nov 15,2006 12:37am
^^ that was uncalled for
post by Captain obvious at Nov 15,2006 1:44am
Hahahahahaha!!!! I think you guys dug your own grave. All I wanted was to point out that your review was pointless. Of course your gonna say good things about your friends bands. But yet you had no oppinion about any of the other bands. Your exactly what's wrong with the metal scene. Stop posting on RTTP till you actually have a real opinion. Oh, and Shannon your just Lame.
you are incorrect and what's wrong with the metal scene
talkin shit instead of supporting someone's opinions
post by anonymous at Nov 15,2006 5:21am
Face full of Shotgun are pretty good. TONS of energy onstage.. Fun to watch.. And a cool, creative name for a band. Whats wrong with the metal scene? Unfortunatly its dying in NE. None or hardly any promotion etc..
Captain Obvious by your writing style its very "obvious" who you are,at least I have a good hunch. Digging graves,being exzactly whats wrong with the metal scene,not having a real opinion,not dancing around in hardcore pits like I have pubic lice,oh and who can forget being lame...Its what I do and if not me,who would get you so angry at the world? I could have voiced my opinion about this show in a serious way,but why bother. I know who I came out to see,regardless if I know these people on a friendship basis or not. Adam from Kultur and I had a long conversation in the parking lot about alot of genres of metal,He's aware Kultur isn't my thing. Yet that didn't stop me from watching them @ Ralphs,and I have to say their Seplutura cover was very pit inducing.
Yeah, I'm sure that people like me who go to tons of shows, enthusiastically band their heads, and are friendly with lots of people are reeeeealllly what is wrong with the metal scene. I wonder if the anonymous idiot is aware that Sacreligion was one of the bands to play that night. That person probably wasn't even at the show. Of course, I'm going to have more to say about the two bands I've seen 5 million times as opposed to a couple of bands that I've only seen twice (and hope to see again in the future, BTW).
Sometimes, I think it's more of a compliment to hear that someone who normally doesn't like the style of music you play thinks that your band is good. The people who are really into any genre will more often than not like a band that plays the kind of music they like. Those people are easy to impress, but for someone who isn't a fan of the style to say that your band has talent... Well, that is when you know that you really are good at what you do because you made a good impression on someone who wouldn't normally like what you play.
Anonymous people are stupid when they assume that they know who you are, and they know who all of your friends are. I've probably talked to the singer in Kultur about as many times as I've talked to some of the members of FFOS that I don't know so well. He is actually a pretty nice guy and a fan of black metal.
Regardless of genres and who is friends with who I can tell you at least 3 of those bands suck.
I'll let you figure out who is who.
note to Samantha.....it's not the "rttp swat team" that causes drama. it's the fact that you care enough to respond. again and again and again. shut up.
i appreciate the support and the defense, but really, who cares? welcome to RTTP where if you like something, there are going to be 40 people who think you are an idiot for it. its really not worth taking the time to type out these posts in an attempt to get someone on a message board to agree with you. its just adding fuel to the fire, and they see it gets you going, so they are going to persist until your head explodes.
No hardcore bands played this show. The fact that those bands even claim a hardcore influence in their music is hilarious.
our use of the term "hardcore" is simply for lack of a better term on myspace. i would never even compare one second of our music to hardcore. i personally hate hardcore and always have. if you werent playing hardcore about 10 or 15 years ago, then you arent hardcore.
Even more promising is that this is the first time I've ever made more than 2 posts on RTTP without some weirdo trying to harass me.
Heh... I might be speaking too soon, though.
ariavette said:
haha... very true . can't say anything in here without the swat team responding
I think I *did* speak too soon. The SWAT Team seems to have weakened its forces, though.
haha.... i know .. it really is amazing.. you'd think people would be here for the music.. let's have some intellectual conversations about music.. movies.. and what not.. but everything you say.. their will be some jackass who writes"... your an idiot" ... or " you suck" .. for no other reason than to start fucking trouble...
the closest thing i listen to thats hardcore is Carnivore.
I love Carnivore. Believe it or not, Peter Steele actually considers a lot of Carnivore's influences to be "hardcore". A lot of people now wouldn't understand that, because when he talks about "hardcore", he is talking about what it was 10-15 years ago... not what it has become now.
As a side note, for anyone who thinks that I should shut up, I would just like to point out that I have been steering the conversation away from drama and toward an actual meaningful discussion all along. Isn't that the purpose of a messageboard? It certainly accomplishes a lot more than telling people to shut up.
post by anonymous at Nov 15,2006 11:09am
RichHorror said:
No hardcore bands played this show. The fact that those bands even claim a hardcore influence in their music is hilarious.
You don't know what hardcore is
Fat nerds that pretend to be metal on the internet like RichHorror are whats wrong with metal
post by RichHorror at Nov 15,2006 11:11am edited Nov 15,2006 11:11am
if you werent playing hardcore about 10 or 15 years ago, then you arent hardcore.
I agree with this statement. Hardcore is an offshoot of punk rock. The End. People in tight pants with shitty faux-Suffocation riffs, please stop.
Hardcore was what came out of people who had their roots stretching somewhere between the punk rock and metal scenes. When it comes to hardcore, defining the lines between the styles have always been blurry, but get more and more so with every passing year and new trends within these scenes. I'm a libra- I'm indecisive, I get bored with the same flavor day in / day out- that's why I expose myself to a wide variety of everything. I can never be satisfied with one favorite this or that. I like punk (in limited doses) but have a huge preference for metal- this is probably where I get my taste for hardcore (again, not ALL of it, but there are certain bands within the category that really do get me going: Converge, Death Before Dishonor, Death Threat and Throwdown for examples, and some Agnostic Front even though that band has changed so much over the years... but anyway, that's a debate for some other time/place). Newer bands claiming to be hardcore usually aren't very close to it at all musically speaking but use the label for the exact reason noted by Yeti, lack of any other understood label. Labels are frequently misleading anyway. Aside from that, labels are often used to denote a lifestyle that goes beyond the music itself. What we saw last Friday was not a "hardcore" scene, no doubt about it. It was straight up metal in attitude and personality- no matter how you want to classify the bands' individual sounds. Everyone there was pretty likeminded and seemed to be on the same page regardless of who preferred which band or what style. I have plenty of bruises from the pit to prove everyone was having fun.
So anyway, does anyone else think we need to get off this subject since that was last weekend. What's everyone doing this weekend? Anyone else going to Suffucation / Decapitated?
I'll be at the Suffocation/Hypocrisy show. We're all supposed to be meeting up for some band room pre-gaming. That could be pretty crazy considering how much alcohol some of the people we know are capable of drinking. There will most likely be a large crowd of very intoxicated people walking through downtown Worcester on the way to the show.
I definitley understand what you're saying about a lot of new bands calling themselves hardcore when, in reality, they sound very little like what I knew to be hardcore 10 years ago. I don't know if you agree, but I think most of them sound a lot more like what I would call nu-metal or mallcore.
i will be at that show. i fucking love Fear Factory. not to mention the other massive heavyweights. Hypocrisy was one of the most impressive live performances i've ever seen.
what time are you guys going to the show? we should meet up...
That is an excellent question / proposal and I second the motion. Since the band room is walking distance to the show, that's definitely the best spot to meet up. I know a bunch of people are already planning to go there. As for the proposed time, I don't know yet, but I get out of work at 5 and I don't want to waste too much time at home before heading down there. Gotta unwind & change gears before the music starts, ya know?
I also wasn't talking shit on your or anyone else's band. I was laughing that people are bringing up hardcore as a reason to not like these bands that don't even play that style of music.
Dude, go to the museum of medical oddities! I want to go there so badly. They have all kinds of fucked up shit in there... body parts in jars, a wall of skulls with all sorts of stuff wrong with them (IE, axe through one from a woman who caught her hubby cheating, skull of conjoined twins, etc) and much more. I've been wanting to plan a trip there for a while now. I forget the full name of the place.
post by Captain obvious's mom at Nov 15,2006 3:41pm
RichHorror said:
I also wasn't talking shit on your or anyone else's band. I was laughing that people are bringing up hardcore as a reason to not like these bands that don't even play that style of music.
You talk shit all the time. You dont know what hardcore is and you dont know what metal is.
post by RichHorror at Nov 15,2006 3:43pm edited Nov 15,2006 3:43pm
Yeah, your point being? As long as your an anonymous faggot I guess I'll continue to say whatever I like. Continue crying because people don't like your band.
post by anonymous at Nov 15,2006 3:48pm
RichHorror was an anonymous faggot when he changed his name to Captain obvious
'You're' is short for 'you are', genius. If you re-read my post and think it still belongs, please report back to the banana boat with the rest of your illegal alien nigger family.
post by anonymous at Nov 15,2006 3:58pm
RichHorror said:
As long as your an anonymous faggot I guess I'll continue to say whatever I like.
Yeti: People are supposed to be meeting at the band room around 6:30.
RichHorror, if you're implying that anyone in Nocturnum wrote those anonymous posts, you're wrong because it's not possible. 2 of them don't even have internet access, and 2 of them are at work without access to a computer. The other one works in an office, and I talked to him this morning. He has been away from his desk in a meeting all day. Sorry, but you'll have to look elsewhere for the identity of the anonymous pain in the butt. It's probably the same idiot who was posting earlier.
Um, I don't care that much. I just enjoy the oppurtunity to calvalierly say the word 'nigger' in a public forum. Seeng as how I've accomplished that goal, I'm done.
post by KeithMutiny at Nov 15,2006 5:18pm edited Nov 15,2006 5:19pm
anonymous said:
RichHorror said:
No hardcore bands played this show. The fact that those bands even claim a hardcore influence in their music is hilarious.
You don't know what hardcore is
Fat nerds that pretend to be metal on the internet like RichHorror are whats wrong with metal
i didnt read the rest of this thread, nor do i give a shit about people fighting over band descriptions. but i will step right in here to say that rich horror has a VERY good grasp on "real" hardcore, so get fucked.
and i aint talking about that "worcester, fsu, tuff guy, look at my tattoos, and baggy camo shorts" hardcore.
No hardcore bands played this show. The fact that those bands even claim a hardcore influence in their music is hilarious.
You don't know what hardcore is
Fat nerds that pretend to be metal on the internet like RichHorror are whats wrong with metal
i didnt read the rest of this thread, nor do i give a shit about people fighting over band descriptions. but i will step right in here to say that rich horror has a VERY good grasp on "real" hardcore, so get fucked.
and i aint talking about that "worcester, fsu, tuff guy, look at my tattoos, and baggy camo shorts" hardcore.
No hardcore bands played this show. The fact that those bands even claim a hardcore influence in their music is hilarious.
You don't know what hardcore is
Fat nerds that pretend to be metal on the internet like RichHorror are whats wrong with metal
i didnt read the rest of this thread, nor do i give a shit about people fighting over band descriptions. but i will step right in here to say that rich horror has a VERY good grasp on "real" hardcore, so get fucked.
and i aint talking about that "worcester, fsu, tuff guy, look at my tattoos, and baggy camo shorts" hardcore.
those types are falling out of the woodwork in Worcester
i didnt read the rest of this thread, nor do i give a shit about people fighting over band descriptions. but i will step right in here to say that rich horror has a VERY good grasp on "real" hardcore, so get fucked.
and i aint talking about that "worcester, fsu, tuff guy, look at my tattoos, and baggy camo shorts" hardcore.
those types are falling out of the woodwork in Worcester
A large portion of those people aren't even from Worcester in the first place. They come from all over the Northeast in order to see some of their favorite shitty bands play at The Palladium
We all know what happens whenever ICP plays there. Heh... obnoxious kids running around downtown wearing clown make-up. It's funny when they wander toward the bus stop in front of City Hall... or even farther, into Main South. All of the ghetto people look at them like fresh meat ready to be thrown on the barbecue.
We all know what happens whenever ICP plays there. Heh... obnoxious kids running around downtown wearing clown make-up. It's funny when they wander... into Main South. All of the ghetto people look at them like fresh meat ready to be thrown on the barbecue.
I doubt they make it that far. They would likely get to Kirsch Liquors, take a look around, and KNOW they're not in Kansas anymore. The "walk / don't walk" signs don't even work. How would they cross the street? That intersection is the city's means of partitioning off the ghetto from the rest of downtown. If this weren't true, they would repair the lights.
Ha ha! One of my co-workers told me that there used to be a sign somewhere around Piedmont St. that said that AIDS and Hepatitis were not controlled in that area.
i guess they are really cleaning up that area. there is a giant section of Piedmont that has been completely cleaned out. Piedmont St. is the most foreboding area, everytime i drive past it feels like its beckoning me to join the filth and scum.
post by Beaver McD at Nov 16,2006 12:45pm
Samantha said:
Ha ha! One of my co-workers told me that there used to be a sign somewhere around Piedmont St. that said that AIDS and Hepatitis were not controlled in that area.
Yeah my father told me about that, it was during the 70's i think that they put it up and it wasn't taken down for a long time. I've never actually ever gone down Piedmont St before. My whole life growing up I was just told it was the worst street in all of Worcester so I still have yet to drive down it. I mean its probably not that bad, its just whenever you drive past it there is something about it that makes you not want to drive down it at all. Plus there hasn't ever been a situation where I've had to go down that street before.
Yeah my father told me about that, it was during the 70's i think that they put it up and it wasn't taken down for a long time. I've never actually ever gone down Piedmont St before. My whole life growing up I was just told it was the worst street in all of Worcester so I still have yet to drive down it. I mean its probably not that bad, its just whenever you drive past it there is something about it that makes you not want to drive down it at all. Plus there hasn't ever been a situation where I've had to go down that street before.
I've driven down Piedmont St. during the day. It doesn't look as bad as I thought it would. None of the crackwhores are out during the day, so the street is pretty much deserted.
In my opinion, Oread St. is the most dumpy, scary-looking street in Worcester. For those who don't know, Oread St. the dirt road that comes off Main St. near the Dunkin Donuts and Pennywise.
Actually Oread St is down a little further... about halfway between the spot you're thinking of and the PIP shelter. My ex's mom used to live in a really really nice apartment on that street. Problem was, it was on that street and there's a crack infested rooming house a few buildings down. Piedmont St isn't as bad as its rep. Back in the day maybe it was. I think the sign someone was talking about actually said some nasty things about prostitution and STDs and things like that (as if there could be any nice things to say about them). The reason it was taken down was because it was way out of line and supported false or misleading information about disease and poverty and blah, blah, blah- activists like myself finally got our way. You don't want to get me started on this topic though. I'll go on a tangent.
Anyway, to make a point that's actually useful here, Beaver McD said: "My whole life growing up I was just told it (Piedmont St) was the worst street in all of Worcester". I would advise you NOT to walk down any of the streets that stretch from the corner of Main/Chandler/Madison and up as far as Moynihan's Pub after dark. I say this because I worked at the PIP for a few years and had to help patch up numerous people (mostly college freshman jocks) who got jumped / robbed / beaten because they were easy drunken targets. So yeah. Don't walk there. Unless you want to lose your wallet, shoes, cell phone, and possible spend the night bleeding in the gutter- or worse- in Med City!
