'To those of us who think of early Boston hardcore as Jerry's Kids, Gang Green, and SS Decontrol, Slapshot's mere 17 years on the scene qualify them as arrivistes. But when you consider the fact that many of this band's current fans weren't yet born when they hit the scene -- and the fact that those other hardcore bands are long, long gone -- you realize that in today's punk economy, Slapshot are true eminence grise. And no one can accuse them of selling out, either; Choke may be starting to get a bit thic...   [ read more ]

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Olde Tyme Hardcore starts with a clip from the '70s hockey movie that gave Slapshot their band name. (The title is actually a triple pun: hockey, the touristy Revolutionary War-era kitsch of the band's native Boston, and the fact that this kind of old-school hardcore was entirely out of fashion are all being referenced here.) From that opening, the band blasts through nine furious slabs of straight-edge fury with the wild-eyed abandon of true believers tempered with a bit of wistfulness. There'...   [ read more ]

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