Jungle Juice

If you love hardcore raw and angry, Jungle Juice is definitely a band worth your attention. Their recently released debut album delivers nothing but a pissed off music backed up by a 'fuck the world' attitude. If you feel like breaking the law today, this might be a good soundtrack!

First of all, congratulations on a new full length. For those who have never had this chance, how does it feel to hold your own record in your hands?
JAKE: Thank you, and really it is overwhelming to think how far we've really come.
STAN: It's crazy to think that less than a year ago, we started this band as a joke. And I never thought the day would come where we would actually play shows, much less have an album of our own.
TED: Yeah, it feels INCREDIBLE, it's something I'm really proud of.
Mad Mike: I'm still trying to let it set in; still surpirses me everytime i see it and play our songs on my ipod.

What kind of response have you received since the Jungle Jamz hit the streets?
JAKE: Nothing but positive feedback.
STAN: Everyone seems to dig it so far, which is good.
TED: Everything that I've heard is very good, nothing negative.
MIKE: People have been very supportive and have given us the best compliments, the response has been better than i imagined.
CHRIS: We have lots of good friends and kids we have never met that come out to a lot of our shows and buy our CD then turnaround and tell us how much they liked it which is cool.

How would you describe the overall style of the record?
JAKE: A pissed off style of music with various influences. We really just wrote this record for ourselves not anyone else.
STAN: My current mindset.
TED: A really raw, intense plethora of experiences, opinions and emotions jam packed onto a disc.
CHRIS: Expressing the daily bullshit that goes on that everyone has to deal with in the world, in a pissed off way.

Are there any songs on it that you are especially proud of?
JAKE: Blood which was the first song off of 'Jungle Jamz' we released. We were skeptical since we had only released demo tracks prior to it but the feedback was awesome.
STAN: Nowhere Fast, for sure, probably one of the best things I've ever written, I can just sit back and admire that.
TED: Officer Down because it was the first time I tried vocals and it turned out great.
MIKE: Barrell Roll, I like seeing people go nuts everytime we play that.
CHRIS: No Glory, it's sweet.

There are a lot of 80’s hardcore influences in your music. How do think the band fits into the hardcore scene nowadays with all the metalcore bands getting the most of the attention?
STAN: We're inspired by 80s hardcore big time, however I think we've kind of developed a sound we can call our own, which makes us stick out.
TED: I try not to focus on metalcore bands and their attention. Kids seem to like our music so we seem to fit in fine in the hardcore scene nowadays.
CHRIS: Well, I don't really care about any metalcore bands. I am doing what i like to do, so i am happy.

Given the name of the band, what’s your stance on alcohol and drugs?
STAN: We're game.
JAKE: None of us do like hardcore drugs, but we're down to smoke weed and we're down to drink booze.
TED: Life would suck without 'em.
MIKE: Not too much my style.
CHRIS: I'm down for the occasional drink and smoke.

Is anybody in the band Sxe?
ALL: No.

Many of your lyrics deal with society and it’s fucked up ways. How is living in a place as Little Rock like?
JAKE: I love little rock, but it really has it's shitty qualities. Shitty people along with even shittier cops.
STAN: I've been more observant of my surroundings, and I've come to realize that if I were to drop dead, or not be able to keep food on the table or if I was going through any kind of hardship where a helping hand is needed, the average person, really doesn't give a shit. Regardless of location, a lot of people suck everywhere.
TED: I never really liked Little Rock, or society.
Mad Mike: Little Rock is the bible belt capital, where the religious bible thumpers frown down upon anything.

In Officer Down you deal with a police harassment issue. Does it happen often in USA that cops stop you because of your look, tattoos or stuff like that?
STAN: There's so many small, rural towns in Arkansas, where the cops really have complete control. I don't hate cops in general, however I'm not too fond of anyone who has authority and chooses to abuse it. I've actually been pulled over on my way home from work and had my car torn apart by a cop, and after he asks me if there is anything in my possession that would get me in trouble, I tell him no, he smiles back at me and says, "now, son, you can't bullshit a bullshitter", already making his assumption simply by appearance and nothing more. Then after he couldn't find anything to use against me, he left, half the shit it my car broken, or fucked up. I wrote officer down in my head on the way home from that experience.
TED: I'm young and have only had unfortunate experiences with the police.
MIKE: Profiling is part of the job now and it's bullshit.

Being against the Iraq-war, how do you feel about the Barack Obama winning the election?
TED: The fact that Bush is out of office and McCain didn't take his place is what I'm most proud of.
STAN: Let's hope things start getting better in that area. I'm hopeful.

You've shared a stage with a wide range of bands. What were some of the memorable gigs you’ve played?
JAKE: The first house show we ever played or Murderfest in Tulsa. House shows are always cool.
MIKE: This frat house we played in OKC.
TED: Definitely our show with What Life Is and our CD release show with All Teeth.
CHRIS: well me being new to the band i have only played 5 or 6 shows with jungle juice but my favorite was with our boys in ALL TEETH.

What are your views on downloading and file-sharing?
STAN: I think it's cool. With the type of music we play, it's not like we'll be rolling in cash from record sales.
TED: I could care less, I know I wont be getting rich off of this band.
MIKE: If you like a song and can get it, go for it. You get a song and show your buddies, then they get it and show theirs, it'll benefit the band through exposure.
CHRIS: For touring bands it is nice to get some money for selling merch and cds but i could careless if someone got ahold of our music in any way.

Is it threatening to the hardcore scene in any way?
TED: Hell no. If bands like us were featured on TRL and money was needed for mansions and cars, but the only thing good hardcore bands need money for is to tour and live off of.
CHRIS: I don't think too many people in the hardcore scene care unless they are in it for the wrong reasons.

What are Jungle Juice’s plans for the future?
STAN: Expect some new stuff very soon. We've done a lot of writing recently, and I think it surpasses anything we've done so far.
JAKE: True Violence on Tape (www.myspace.com/tvt714) will be putting out a rerelease of 'Jungle Jamz', we're really stoked on that.
TED: Yeah the TVT cassette release will include some new bonus tracks. Besides that, we want to do a split and tour as much as we can.
MIKE: I don't see us slowing down anytime soon.
CHRIS: We are having some fun right now, and plan on heading west this summer.

Anything else you would like to add?
JAKE: Pick up our cd and merch from www.fuckhellfish.com
MIKE: Listen to our stuff, and let us know what you think.
STAN: Be on the lookout, tons of touring this summer, so give us a place to eat, shit, and sleep.
TED: Do drugs and set your preacher on fire.
CHRIS: Fuck the pigs.

Jungle Juice at myspace

Double Or Nothing to release One Life Crew CD collection

Double or Nothing is extremely proud to announce that we have teamed up with the Clevo hardcore legends ONE LIFE CREW to bring you the CD collection "Is What It Is".

Featuring 53 songs with a running time of over 74 minutes, "Is What It Is" is the definitive offering from the one and only One Life Crew.

"Is What It Is" features special enhanced packaging as well as expanded linear notes from the original members of OLC along with entries from Joe Hardcore, Scott Vogel, Richie Krutch, and more.

And its only $5 if you preorder now. $5!

We also posted some brand new, exclusive OLC merch along with the CD Preorders. A bunch of tees and 2 basketball jerseys are up right now in our official big cartel store.

http://www.doubleornothingrecords.com/olc/

Sentenced To Fight

Name: Sentenced To Fight

Location: Las Piedras and Juncos , Puerto Rico

Active since: february 2008

How do you define your overall style?
We define our style as music that comes from the streets from our hearts , filled with hate you know agressive music with themes from our everyday living ,from our problems here in Puerto Rico , basically We are all Sentenced To Fight in this life.

Whats your goal with this band?
Our goal is to deliver good music take it as far as possible for the world to see that in Puerto Rico there is a hardcore scene that still lives , we want to deliver a message a message of patriotism and loyalty , Love for your country and a message of fighting to live.

What do you have recorded so far?
We have recorded our demo that you all know is up to download for free at our space . and we al looking forward to record a video for Jauria Guerrera and a full Lenght that we are working on since January

For those who don’t know, introduce your band and let us know what you're about.
Sentenced To Fight is a Five Piece Hardcore band straight from the streets of Puerto Rico , our members josito in the drums, gernie -bass and backing vocals , melvin -guitar and backing vocals ,brian-guitar and Joey vocals we are all boricuas hasta la muerte we defend our homeland and family till death and making music is our life so sentenced to fight its all about delivering hardcore music with solid lyrics and not allowing shit from no one Because we have work hard to maintain this.

“Sentenced To Fight was born after a lot of sacrifice” – is it hard to run a band in Puerto Rico?
Yeah its hard its pretty hard because we all have to work and we do in different shifts so is very difficult to practice and keep an band together but we have survive and keep this shit together till now and we aint quitting

Could you tell us something about your demo? What has been the response so far?
Each song has a different message and we enjoy playing each and every of them live.
OUR DEmo wich is self titled has four songs Fuerza bruta , Jauria Guerrera , Nuestra Guerra and Mi Pueblo. Each song has a different message and we enjoy playing each and every of them live. Jauria Guerrea is this song about how we as a young generation are full of hate because of the system and we dont take shit from no one , we hate hipocrites , we stay and fight as soldiers united, only with real people with our homeland until the end and everybody likes this song wich was written by melvin and is dedicated to a guy that started talking shit about us and thats whats it all about the sing along " tu moriras , te lo juro ..." his just dead ...

What is Beatdown Family? What other bands are involved in it?
Beatdown Family we are just a couple of friends that we consider ourselves family and we like to do shows and stuff so basically there are no bands in it , is just a label for show booking.

Whats the hardcore scene in Puerto Rico like? How do you feel about hardcore nowadays? What’s exciting and what needs to be changed in the scene?

The Harcore Scene here is very full of energy people are very very crazy , and we love that but lately it started falling down people stopped going to shows , they are more into metalcore stuff but hardcore bands still play everywhere anytime so we still fight to maintain hardcore alive .

What other bands are you listening to right now?
Los Brothers , Everydays Fight , Rise in Sorrow , Color of Blood , quejidos del seol , with open force , obey the lie, all of them local bands ...

From the outside : Billy The Kid , Nueva Etica , Confrontacion , Versus and a lot more

So whats next for your band? What you got coming up next this year?
We want to finish our full Lenght and tour everywhere man this year we gonna still Be Playing here in Puerto Rico and working on the Full Lenght and when its ready we go out on tour !!!

Sentenced To Fight at myspace

Killing Time: new album samples

Yeah, that's right mother fuckers, the NYHC legends are coming back with the new album! Click here to listen to the samples!

New Album "Three Steps Back"

Killing Time is now in the studio recording our third full-length album appropriately named "Three Steps Back." The album is scheduled to be released in early 2009. The band started work on the album in January 2008 after returning from our tour of Japan and South Korea. To write the material, we decided to bring it back to where it all started—Drago’s parents’ garage, the place where Breakdown had formed and where the classic “Brightside” record had been written and rehearsed. We see “Three Steps Back” as both a return to the band’s roots and a new vision of what a classic hardcore band can still accomplish. We think that these twelve news songs bring New York Hardcore back to its punk beginnings while still offering up that classic Killing Time crunch and power.

In Cold Blood discography to be released on Demons Run Amok

We are really happy to announce that the IN COLD BLOOD –Suicide Kings Discography CD will be released through Demons Run Amok! Release date is: 01.06.2009

Newjacks: IN COLD BLOOD are one of the founders of so called Clevo Style, back in the days. If you are into Integrity, Ringworm or Rise and Fall, the missing Band is IN COLD BLOOD!
This is a must have for fans of dark, apocalyptic Hardcore!

This CD is a compilation of the long time sold out 7 “ (released in 1995), exclusive songs from various session in 1998 and a live set, recorded in 1998.

Get your copy through our webshop (www.demonsrunamok.de) or through our distributors worldwide!

Line Of Scrimmage and Enemymind to release split CD

Line Of Scrimmage and Enemymind are set to release the split CD. It will contain 3 songs from the New Yorkers and 4 from the Pittsburgh guys. Expect the new CD by the beggining of July.

Fed Up! live from CBGB's coming soon

FED UP! Live from the historic CBGB's. The Best Quality Live at CBGB's Album since Agnostic Front. Funny in between banter ALA Paul Bear from Sheer Terror or Jimmy G. from Murphy's Law. 16 tracks in all including covers from Breakdown and The 4 Skins. A Classic Live Record!!!!
Pre- Order Now and get Exclusive Extras!!!!! Click here.

Jungle Juice - Jungle Jamz

Jungle Juice - Jungle Jamz
Hellfish Records 2009

Fucking go! It’s 80’again and hardcore is fast, powerful and angry. This album offers some awesome pissed off old school hardcore punk tunes that make me think of bands like Black Flag or Poison Idea. The music is straight in your face and vocals are aggressive and mean. Most of the songs are short and fast but there are also some nice breakdowns.

Actually, there are more mid paced parts and breakdowns than one would expect, but it doesn’t change the fact that the overall pace of the album is fast. The lyrics got some pissed off attitude to them so even if most of the songs are anti-social, anti-war, anti-politics, the band comes off as some seriously angry bunch of guys who are here to make sure their voice is gonna be heard and not like the pack of crying hippies. I really like the No Glory song, where they mix the USA anthem with the furious anti-army punk rock. The opening track is also great, probably my favorite one. Lyrically, the best one gotta be Changed, Not Impressed and Nowhere Fast. If you recently have had problems with your neighbors, boss, co-workers or your girlfriend you should like em too. There are 10 songs on the CD and most of them don’t even hit the 2 minute mark. It’s not a problem with me cause every time I finish listening to it I want to listen to the record again. Definitely worth checking out if you like old school hardcore they way it was meant to be played.


Jungle Juice @ Myspace
Hellfish Records

Next Step Up - The Unreleased Heavy video

In the absence of strength the opposition flourished
And they've tried to destroy that which we have nourished
Talking shit about pride and the white man's glory
It's just a scam to hide your weakness
A science fiction story
Spreading racist lies, you know that shit is whack
This scene is ours and now we're taking it back

Straight Opposition

We want to tour everywhere and then we want to speak and sing fuckin loud with everybody we’ll meet in...'

Your last album is called "Gathered against mediocracy". What does it refer to? Just the Italian government or or has it any broader meaning?
Mediocracy is the place where critical judge become confused and much more useful day by day; You can call this place Italy, Spain or Europe, anyway, if you take a look above the massification process that we live actually, you’ll find the Mediocracy’s heart.

Who writes the lyrics and what kind of subjects do they deal with?
I write the great part of the lyrics approved by the whole band. The lyrics meaning are about and against mass society’s condition; we are afraid to live in a place full of puppets where the 85% people doesn’t care about real social conditions; sometimes it seems that this world is very happy and proud to fall in every sort of enslavement.

What was the reason to allow kids to legally download your albums?
We wish to spread as much as possible our music with the following message.

You tackle issues that nowadays many artists shy away from. How important is the message in hardcore?
We personally think that hardcore music was, after some punk bands, a kind of musical expression totally based on a political/social approach, and it should be cool for us if it something of that will keep still this spirit for the future also. But, anyway, we are not fanatics, so we think everyone has the right to keep his attitude and his own feelings to take inspiration from, to play hardcore. This is shouldn’t be a closed mind music.

Do you think that there are less hardcore bands that deal with social topics in their lyrics because since there are no big problems with i.e. racism in the hardcore scene its like preaching to the converted?
Yes I understand very well your intelligent ask. Actually every topic about racism is seemingly older than this world and a lot of people could be tired and bored to speak about that; but also I think that if we know a lot about this phenomenon, it doesn’t matter that we have to stop the struggle against it, because racism is a sort of cancer that groove day by day, too hard to stop it.

Where do you get your information and facts from, that look beneath the surface?
Everyday we learn something to refuse…this evidence is in front of us daily but, of course, it depends by ours starting feelings or ours will to change: for example we must see the events on media shows for the accurate contrary than media industry prepare for us. Sometimes it seems that what is false is what has been present to you as the only chance for your real life, as your only social structure or your only kinder society. For example in Italy, it’s urgent to keep this faculty: to doubt about everything has been showed to you.


What do you think about the book Gomorra? Do you think it reflects the state of the Italian state and life in your country?
We did finish to read Gomorra’s book two or three months ago and it has been a sort of personal confirmation for some past( and present ) thoughts about Italy. Roberto Saviano speaks about Campania region especially, but we have Mafia in Sicilia and Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia. That’s not all, because each Italian citizen has one real enemy called Silvio Berlusconi with all from his mafious, corrupted and ULTRA XENOPHOBIC bastard government.

How did Straight Opposition come to existence?
S.O. come to life by the will of Luca ( guitar ), Ivan Parbone ( drums ) and me ( Ivan, vox ) to play urban music in a fast way with a critical attitude in the lyrics. After two years passed in studio to write songs we decide to start with live activity seriously since 2006. So, since 2006 we play everywhere to spread our message and rage. About studio’s work we have recorded the following releases: promo 2004 ( self produced ); step by step ( 2006/ Indelirium Records ); finish what you started split (2008 world appreciated kitsch, Greece ); gathered against mediocracy ( 2008, Indelirium Records ). Our whole discography it should be out in the both cd, due to the bldclot Record’s will to reissue it.

What's your approach as a band, what are your goals?
We want to tour everywhere and then we want to speak and sing fuckin loud with everybody we’ll meet in.

Who do you all consider your biggest musical influence(s) and how the hell have acts like Pet Shop Boys or Inxs had any impact on your sound?
We are influenced by a lot of fuckin cool bands like slapshot, knuckledust, strife, sick of it all, strife and a lot more too many to mention it. Anyway we listen don’t listen hardcore exclusively but we like rock, electronic and classic music also. About Prince or Inxs, ahahaha! These names was wrote on space just as kidding. They never was a direct influence for the straight opposition’s sound, even it could be very very interesting play like prince or boy george! Ahahahah!

What is it about hardcore that appeals to you?
Oh yeah a lot of elements, but especially 2 above the other ones: energy and intensity;

Do you have something like an early hardcore memory? Who were the bands that impressed you back in the days?
Yes of course, first of all it is important to say that we listen a lot of new hardcore bands than a lot of oldest. Personally, for example, I kept my preferences for old school or mid 90’s school that impress my self more than new kids ( maybe luca’s too ). So I adore: slapshot, youth of today, ss decontrol, rykers, bulldoze, 108, biohazard, strife, backfire!, sick of it all, uniform choice, unity, bold, napalm death, minor threat, and a lot more.

What made the bigger impression on you then - music or lyrics?
Beside music and lyrics, I think the theatrical way also to communicate some feelings. If you look for some singers like Jello Biafra or Jack Kelly, you’ll discover something’s new and really primitive about the way to represent theirselves with the own suggestions too.


Getting back to present times, is it fair to say that you are happy with the current state of hardcore scene and music?
As I said before, now things are different, that’s obvious! About current situation we didn’t ask seriously to our self if are we happy or not; maybe it depends by the current situation that we are living for in a particular moment. Maybe some experiences are good, sometimes bad too bud it’s very difficult to express any definite thought about it. Maybe I don’t like to look at kids who’s think that bands like Heaven shall burn or All shall perish plays really and uncompromising hardcore, but, ok…shit happens! Nowadays we have to remember that there’s no just one definition about hardcore but one thousand point of view about what is or what is not this music.

How’s the hardcore scene in Pescara like?
I’m not so much interested about my city. I have nothing to say, I’m sorry.


Any last words for the readers?
Yeahhh! We have the big wish to make a tour in your country! So, please, help us to book shows and prepare yourself to sing along…and at last but not least, support OLD SCHOOL HATE and those the kids who sacrifice their own life to keep real hardcore spirit alive!!!
CIAO E GRAZIE!!!
Ivan D.M. and Straight Opposition 2009;

Straight Opposition at myspace