As a HC kid in Boston during the 80s this was one of the bands that really blew me away. I loved all those old shows at The Channel, Green St. Station, The Rat, The Middle East, TT the Bears, etc. There was no rivalry between NY and Boston, just a great scene and fantastic bands.(Also The Living Room in Providence, never forget those Bad Brains shows!)
Do you remember when Judge was supposed to play the Rat? There was definitely some beef back then and I don't even think they even played. I know for sure Chain of Strength got run off too. Those were some crazy times. The Channel POW MIA shows were the fuckin best!
Judge is (second only to the biscuits) my best friend and life mentors favorite band. He is currently rotting away in a shitty nursing home for the indigent due to Wernicke’s syndrome. He is the sole reason for not only my survival but also my introduction to nyhc. I showed him this documentary a while back and although he won’t remember it today, at the time it lit him up bro, he was all about telling me about the old shows back in the day at cb’s, shitty gardens, etc. And judge was always one of his absolute favorites. It’s astonishing to me how much of an impact mike and the boys made with such a short lived career-to me that is the calling card of genius innovation-god bless you fucks-and for the love of god, dont stop till your dead.
These guys were my first show back when I was 13. To this day they’re my favorite band and I still wear the shirt I got that day every time I leave the house
I don´t think Mike is a Ferraro; if you check his "parents" looks and his looks, nothing to do with each other. I would say Mike genetically is a British-Viking. I have seen similar cases in basque country altough here children were stolen in hospitals to be sold to families that couldn´t conceive.I don´t know if Mike was adopted (it looks he was told nothing)or wtf. What I do now is that not having emotional ties with your biological parents, plus whatever he had to stand as a child are probably at the core of all the anger/agression expressed into Judge´s music. Big Ups to Judge for all the energy given trough their music, helping alongside to burn out some of the bullshit/crap that this mad society puts upon us since the very beginning of our lifes. Crap Solo
What an extraordinary series you guys did here. Have known about the band Judge for quite sometime, but had no idea about their story or about Mike's story. It had me glued to the screen the whole time, very interesting and intriguing guy. He has that "thing" about him, very happy to see he got back out there to play the classics they wrote. Hopefully we'll see more of these style documentaries in 2018! Cheers.
Legendary! Great documentary. Answers a lot of questions that all those rumors generated back in the day. They made some great music. Cool to see that they still hit the stage!
Well done story. I lived that scene growing up. Had tons of cassette tapes and some vinyl. Cool to finally hear the back story of something that meant so much at that time.
Love this story and band I remember whe. I first saw this video 3 or 4 years ago I think never heard of the band it turned out to be a mind blowing story and band been listening to this band ever since
Really good doc. A lot of my friends went to bnb2013, i misssed iiit. eternally bummer. went to bnb2014 it was actually very rad. this year should be good too. I'm happy the nyhc scene is being well documented with modern equipment and kickass editing. It's deserved
@@clifflastname522 Acid Bath won't get back together, they said there's no Acid Bath without Audie. However, everyone in the band except Dax were up to do a tribute band. Only reason why Dax was against it is that he doesn't play metal anymore, he's a blues guy
+R4x2 it matters because they were a prolific straight edge band who's lyrical content delved deep into ideology. It is very much a personal choice and that's why I wanted the doc to touch on that aspect. I have been edge a long time, but I'm not here to judge those who broke or whatever. For the integrity of the total project I feel like that was a big piece of the puzzle that was neglected in some aspects. For instance they touch on the reasons he walked the path but we don't ever get any insight as to why he strayed. We don't get any insight as to what he feels about performing those songs now. If the words are hollow, or if he still has a resonance to them now even given his choices. It's like doing a documentary on star wars but never asking George Lucas about jar jar binks. Again my motives aren't to bash the guy, one way or another he is a legend, and his words weather he believes them or not anymore still have meaning with many. I just believe if you are going to paint a picture you have to paint the whole picture. Awesome doc regardless just left me wanting a little more.
the words are as true to him as ever hardcore and punk rock is a reflection of what you see and here I write lyrics and as a reflection they are really fucked up input equals output he saw and was subject to abuse heartache and exclusion a that's what he spit back to make sense of it all it may not have the desired effect of righting wrongs but does anyone really expect to?
respect and understanding to all 🤘 and keep hardcore real none of this kicking punching crap sacrifice more in the pit than you take out its the real release
"Breaking edge" what are you 16? Nobody gives a fuck. Straight edge is for pussies who need a whole scene to justify why they don't do something. Not WHY they do something but why they DONT do something. Its weak. Think for yourself.
Sorry Mike, the Blackhawks suck buddy. Let's go Rangers!!! I'm glad I got to talk to Mike a few times on Facebook when he was mulling his return. It was cool to meet him and Todd at the B&B show in 2012. Super chill, down to earth regular guy. Although he is a Blackhawks fan. 🤮
Great documentary but the fact is innocent kids, just out to have a good time and go see a band, did get their asses kicked at Judge/NYHC shows specifically for being different and weak (both in body and in mind). The NYHC scene, especially theh SXE faction of it, was hardly inclusive and supportive to anyone deemed an outsider. Grudge was a much more influencial band imo.
Noisey you should come document Oakland/bayarea livewire/hip hop music the same way you did chiraq and Atlanta. Zaytoven, j Stalin, Mozzy, Joe blow, messy Marv, Shady nate, juneonabeat, DJ fresh, j diggs, philthy rich, and legends like Mac Dre the jacka and Mac Mall, etc etc etc. Theirs so many talented artist and producers out of the bay, it would be cool AF to watch.
Good story about him but I feel it kinda downplayed the relationship between hardcore/skinhead/bonehead/straight edge ... whatnot. Militant nonsense. If only ideology could stay away from good music.
