I saw Slapshot in 91-92 and Choke handed the mic off to me for What's At Stake and let me sing the entire song. He said I sounded fucking great. He was super nice to us, I'll never forget that.
I wish I could remember the exact date, but I saw Bad Brains & Slapshot at a show at The Channel sometime during the late 1980's. There might've even been a 3rd band, but, it was awesome.
Totally unique voice that I’ve been a fan of for many years. The singer “makes” a HC band. Mike Judge, H.R., John Joseph, Jeff Perlin, Raybeez, Roger, Paul Bearer…
Saw Slapshot plenty over the years, but one of the absolute craziest shows I saw which was just so fun was Sam Black Church, Slapshot, and Bad Brains at the Channel. Great great show
I was there. It was amazing. Even without HR, Bad Brains we’re the greatest band in the world. Slapshot was a five-piece and was just so aggressive. And SBC, well, you just had to be there. What a show.
Saw them several times, starting in '92 with the Bad Brains (with Chuck Moseley) at The Channel. Love the old stories because they bring back memories of my youth..
The other day I tore off a more then two decades old layer of stickers from the tap of my local bar until I came across the very first sticker: The Slapshot logo. I left it there :)
I was at the show in Camden in November 1982 and I was totally completely in with hard-core at that point. Of course I was a Philly boy so I needed to be at that show. I think the motorcycle gang were called the ghetto riders. I lived in San Francisco for many years, and when I move back to Philly, I was the chef of this restaurant I’m one of the servers and I started to talk about that show, he was much younger, and knew about the show because he got a bootleg record of a live performance from Minor Threat, and it was called live at Buff hall, and Camden, so he gave it to me
Slapshot was the first hardcore band I ever saw. Choke sang while holding a sawed off piece of a hockey stick, which is odd if you think about it. I'd never been to a show/ seen a pit/ seen skinheads and so forth it was a vivid experience.
Like him giving props to these awesome new bands coming out. Respectfully disagree with the Brains comment. The 3 times I saw them in the late 80's were mind-blowing.
Yup; Black Flag, creepy-crawling -- checks out, for the most part...Boston had some great bands: F.U.'s, Jerry's Kids, SS Decontrol, et al. Props from the Bowery ~ Nap
If it were not for this band I would have never known the Pleasure of smashing hippies with sawed off hockey sticks...i bet Choke won't talk about that.
Joost D. When we were kids in the 80s he had a cult of personality about him. He was "violent" "unpredictable" would beat you If you had a beer in your hand or cigarette in your mouth etc. I've talked to him several times and he was a nice man. I'm intrigued how my friends and I were essentially scared of him 25+ yrs ago.
Joost D. He hated Ray and youth of today. We saw Ray with Shelter in Boston once and Choke was stopping kids walking to the club (Bunrattys) and telling them not to see these “pathetic fucking idiots”. He could get violent at shows. Mostly to younger smaller guys getting into bands from out of state. Wouldn’t do it alone. Had his crew to back him. Bit of a cheap shot artist. I’d say choke was your classic bully.
Choke has a great sense of humor, just checkout his Instagram. I would like to know what American Skin bands he's talking about. Maybe Legion 76 or Fear City or?......
I enjoyed our time in the crew. I never realized that he wanted to be the singer of a hardcore band so much during those times. We never had that conversation.
LOL That is why I asked in the first place dumbass I'm not from the scene I don't even live in the states I don't pay attention and listen to HC music as I used to
(kind of insulting putting this Gavone on a NYHC segment when you take into consideration all the shit he has talked over the years about the Apple....)
Post '85 Bad Brains rules. If you didn't like "Quickness" you have no ears. "God of love" has THE BEST reggae tunes. "Build a nation" is a kick-ass-fest start to finish. I could keep going. Haters get a clue...
Now a days yes in my opinion, but nothing can top what the U.K. produced back in 79-80s. Upstarts, Criminal Class, Combat/Condemned 84, Last Resort, Business, Skrewdriver, Die Hards, Betrayed, Skullhead, Subculture, Vengeance, Clockwork Soldiers ect. Late 80s/early 90s American bands were pretty good too (Spirit of Oi American style comp for example.)
rightwingthug hey are you the douche bag that used to be in "any means necessary"..the shit hammerskin band from "the mean costal shores of Chatham cape cod?"...wtf..gtf out of here!
@@maxsmart9116 By clicking around. Look, I know I might sound like an asshole. But it just seems to me that everything is some kind of trend, and berift of any real inspiration, and certainly, musicality. It wasn't so in the earlier decades. Forties, fifties, sixties. Music often had orchestration and could bring forth real emotion.This makes me think we are approaching the end of the world, the way everything is so worn out.
@@maxsmart9116 People's egos are invested in this music. I personally can't listen to much that came out past, say, 1985. I do because I have to, but mostly, it hurts my ears. Unless it's something Spanish or from some foreign culture that is hanging on to that anachronistic feeling.
