I know three people on this board probably care, but just heard this morning the phoenix rises from the ashes...again. The two original guys are on
the prowl, so we'll see what materializes. SO stoked.
Here's Hostile Behavior for the affordable price of free w/ a cool write up:
I have some stuff on VHS. One set from a garage party in '93 when they were still called Critical Beatdown and one from a bar show they played w/
H8INC...maybe '03ish? I don't know if you ever got that Decade of Dysfunction CDR discography CD I was burning, but all the live stuff at the end was
from the '93 show.
They've never had too media friendly of of a following so even pictures are few and far between.
I really wish someone would have recorded one of their practices when they were writing those songs for Realm of Indifference...that was before the
drummer from the CD left (who is now since passed) and those songs never sounded quite right live w/o him. Those basement practices were amazing.
I have a feeling this new stuff is going to be more in the vein of the early stuff like "backlash"
Realm... is the only thing I've ever heard from them. I grabbed it one of the times I was ordering from you just to check it out. How much stuff
have they released?
‘Do you know what a love letter is? It’s a bullet from a fucking gun. Straight through your heart.’
I have a feeling this new stuff is going to be more in the vein of the early stuff like "backlash"
Realm... is the only thing I've ever heard from them. I grabbed it one of the times I was ordering from you just to check it out. How much stuff
have they released?
ok...
Tim(vocals) and Chris (bass, then guitar) were in a band called
Audacity. They released a 7 or 8 song demo in '91.
They then w/ some different members changed to the band Critical Beatdown, that recorded some comp tracks and a split 7.
They then changed their name to Insult to Injury because a hip hop group had the rights to CB. They recorded more splits and the Hostile Behavior 7",
which is a criminally underrated and essential hardcore 7" (download linked in the blog post linked above) in the vein of fast 80's/DRI style HC.
After that they were on and off again w/ various lineups around Tim and Chris. They then split up and reformed during the Realm of Indifference era,
recorded that and some comp tracks.
Chris left the band and the remaining members recorded the 4 songs for the MWHC split. Mike "no limits" Lopez the other guitar player formed the
Injured after that lineup threw in the towel. He's now singing in a band called Shithammer.
Tim and Chris are now reforming w/ 2 different guys on bass and drums as far as I can know at the moment and are saying it's going to be more stripped
down spead freak style like the old stuff and less Realm of Indifference.
Audacity, Critical Beatdown and 90% of I2I prior to realm sounds pretty much like that Hostile Behavior 7" so if you like that you'd love all the
other old stuff.
I have a 51 song burned CD type discography CD that someday I need to upload somewhere that has everything pre-Realm on it.
So when I posted this it was just talk and not much else...in true Chicago time lapse this is actually happening...2 years later
Three of the guys from the Realm of Indifference lineup...Tim (v), Chris (g) and Mike (g) are playing with some other guys from Chicago area bands
like the Cenobites...playing mostly Hostile Behavior era stuff.
Four songs into the set some dippy broad tripped over the guitar player on the rights amp chord jerking it out of the back while trying to get to the
bathroom.
So while they were fixing it...some stupid crusty was starting shit with this guy we know...it got squashed...but when the band finally got things
back up the crusty threw a beer can and it hit Tim (singer) who was uncharacteristically diplomatic about it. Before anyone knew what happened though,
Insults other guitar player flipped out...dropped his guitar and did a flying mortal combat Jax style punch and cracked the crusty.
20 people run over trying to separate it and when it got broke up he was pissed off and packed up his guitar while the rest of the band played a few
more songs...one of which a new one 'Revelry in Disaster'...appropriate.
Four songs into the set some dippy broad tripped over the guitar player on the rights amp chord jerking it out of the back while trying to get to the
bathroom.
So while they were fixing it...some stupid crusty was starting shit with this guy we know...it got squashed...but when the band finally got things
back up the crusty threw a beer can and it hit Tim (singer) who was uncharacteristically diplomatic about it. Before anyone knew what happened though,
Insults other guitar player flipped out...dropped his guitar and did a flying mortal combat Jax style punch and cracked the crusty.
20 people run over trying to separate it and when it got broke up he was pissed off and packed up his guitar while the rest of the band played a few
more songs...one of which a new one 'Revelry in Disaster'...appropriate.
Four songs into the set some dippy broad tripped over the guitar player on the rights amp chord jerking it out of the back while trying to get to the
bathroom.
So while they were fixing it...some stupid crusty was starting shit with this guy we know...it got squashed...but when the band finally got things
back up the crusty threw a beer can and it hit Tim (singer) who was uncharacteristically diplomatic about it. Before anyone knew what happened though,
Insults other guitar player flipped out...dropped his guitar and did a flying mortal combat Jax style punch and cracked the crusty.
20 people run over trying to separate it and when it got broke up he was pissed off and packed up his guitar while the rest of the band played a few
more songs...one of which a new one 'Revelry in Disaster'...appropriate.
Perfect comeback.
Holy shit, that's an amazing story!
On one hand it really sucked because I wanted to see them play a full set, not to mention the reason the band never seems to maintain any forward
momentum is because of this type of mayhem and constant derailment...but on the other hand I was grinning ear to ear while it was happening because it
did feel good to see some things never change.
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