First time here. What a banger of a show. Got me reminiscing of the early 90s. I was 13, 14 longing for 80s hardcore. Saw Shelter and Quiksand at City Gardens in Trenton. Basically turned into a YOT reunion and the longing was fulfilled. Momentarily. Bless you both.
What an amazing interview. The history is fascinating . Ray is always interesting and entertaining, but I especially appreciated his comments on divorce and breaking up the family. I was/am in the same boat, and can relate completely. It was the hardest thing I ever went through and, after 4 years, I’m still wrestling with the consequences that my kids feel every day.
August 4, 1989. The last show at Fenders. The lineup was stacked... Youth of Today, Judge, Gorilla Biscuits, Insted, Chain of Strength, Supertouch, and Up Front. I still have my ticket stub $12.50 plus 2.50 in Ticketmaster fees.
hey ray... I went down to costa rica a long time ago for a surf trip, and walked into the place I had arranged a room for my month there, and there was this familiar looking short italian dude there... looked familiar until I walked into the game room and saw the youth of today poster on the wall and knew that it was you! I met you in houston for a show very briefly when a band I was in opened up for youth of today...
That first mix of the "can't close my eyes" ep has kind of been lost to history. They massively remixed it for the CD and I'm sure those are the versions that have been uploaded here and on spotify etc. Only if you had the 7 inch would you know. so much reverb it sounded like Venom or something
Shelter was one of those bands where I never missed a tour when they came to the UK, but I was never able to see Youth of Today or Better than a Thousand .... it's disappointing that Ray's winding down the number of shows he plays. I know he has enough interests and fingers in pies to occupy his time but a Spoken Word tour would be great too, as the stories are great and his memories seem so clear.
You need a nausea episode for all the crust picks. Also that's crazy the idea of someone from the ultimate early American crust punk band being housemate with someone from YDL who seemed like boneheads.
02:02:12 I agree Mantra really sounded great. Too bad it came at the time of all the crossover commercial bands that Shelter joined after Mantra but still the record just sounds great.
