THE PSYCHOS • One Voice LP
This band was legendary to most of us who missed them in the early days. I recall my buddy Telf had a cassette of the demo with zero info… no song titles, nothing… just the cassette tape. He’d play it for us all (a small group of hardcore buddies in upstate NY), but he would never allow any of us to copy it. He held it closely like it was the only copy. That just sort of added to the legacy and mystery of this early New York Hardcore band. All I really knew about them was that both Billy Milano and Roger from AF played in the band at different times. That along with holding onto and trying on the classic T-shirt my buddy Jim MacNaughton’s wife owns were what I knew.
Cooch and company over at Radio Raheem did a great job cleaning this shit up… I can only imagine what they had to work with as far as tapes, graphics etc. go.
In my opinion, this is an absolute must for anyone who deep dives into New York Hardcore. Musically, this is very sloppy but also super catchy with a ton of heart and sometimes out of tune classic NYC hardcore. It has everything a fiend might be scouring for… Good mosh parts, Don Fury recordings, a couple tracks with Tommy Rat on vox,, and some very cool images many of us have never seen of the band before now. The booklet that comes with this vinyl is pretty incredibly put together. It looks cherry.
The one take I took out of this record was that It seems that the only two constants in this band over the years were the drummer and guitar player. Singers and bassists seemed to be a rotating cast of characters.
Don’t sleep on this. (NW)
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Justin Dratson: JD Nate Wilson: NW Matt Average: MA
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