Legendary band from Columbia! Their heydays were about 1990-1995ish. I saw them at Rockafella’s in Five Points, Cola, opening foooooor, ummm, maybe Fugazi? I do have a scar in my lip from catching a head to the mouth and my canine tooth punctured my lip, making for a case of dribble lip for the evening. Whoever Bedlam Hour opened for, may not matter. The bass player dude was pretty tall and wore like a cute cuddly cow type costume, full length, udders, the lot, and Chuck was the lead singer and was hilarious. A few songs into the set, they asked if anyone wanted any hot apple strudels. They had a toaster oven on stage and had several cooking during the opening songs. He screamed out a warning for anyone receiving these strudels via being hurled from the toaster oven hopefully to the mouths of eager recipients. No hands, or so was the idea. “You better watch out! These HOT Apple strudels are fucking HOTTTTTTT!” Sure enough there was an eager group, myself included, taking blistering strudels right to the face, pieces sticking wherever, one dude next to me had to peel it off of his neck, screaming, and mine was on my forehead, definitely too hot to eat, and a sticky joyful mess was made, some guys had strudel dripping into their eyes, in their hair, goofy fun. Mosh pit ensued, good times. Crazy insane fun. A real show. Bedlam Hour. The name says it all. This set, however authentic, lacks the insanity of yore, and indeed these songs feel watered down. Hardcore this is not. Hardcore they indeed WERE. To me, hardcore is bad brains, MAYBE Suicidal Tendencies, Agnostic Front, Black Flag, the Exploited, Fear, MAYBE the Cro-Mags, I guess the Dead Kennedy’s, but too whiny and not commanding enough, but NOT the Circle Jerks, Agent Orange, Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion was anything BUT hardcore. Social Distortion was also not hardcore. Hardcore is NOT an image. It is unapologetic, shoved down your gullet, substance behind the no holds barred message, and if adhering to the ethos, a full fledged onslaught to the soul and the senses, making you consider your place in all of this. Bad Religion and Social Distortion were BARELY punk. There were no annihilating riffs, pummeling drums, no cadence more like a sprint instead of a prance, and enough edge to cut your ass, not primping style mongers just going through the paces of boring songs relying on the occasional semi - anthemic sing along, usually a lucky creation instead of a crafted assault. Pop punk, is not hardcore. To me, bad brains reign supreme.
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Legendary band from Columbia! Their heydays were about 1990-1995ish. I saw them at Rockafella’s in Five Points, Cola, opening foooooor, ummm, maybe Fugazi? I do have a scar in my lip from catching a head to the mouth and my canine tooth punctured my lip, making for a case of dribble lip for the evening. Whoever Bedlam Hour opened for, may not matter. The bass player dude was pretty tall and wore like a cute cuddly cow type costume, full length, udders, the lot, and Chuck was the lead singer and was hilarious. A few songs into the set, they asked if anyone wanted any hot apple strudels. They had a toaster oven on stage and had several cooking during the opening songs. He screamed out a warning for anyone receiving these strudels via being hurled from the toaster oven hopefully to the mouths of eager recipients. No hands, or so was the idea. “You better watch out! These HOT Apple strudels are fucking HOTTTTTTT!” Sure enough there was an eager group, myself included, taking blistering strudels right to the face, pieces sticking wherever, one dude next to me had to peel it off of his neck, screaming, and mine was on my forehead, definitely too hot to eat, and a sticky joyful mess was made, some guys had strudel dripping into their eyes, in their hair, goofy fun. Mosh pit ensued, good times. Crazy insane fun. A real show. Bedlam Hour. The name says it all. This set, however authentic, lacks the insanity of yore, and indeed these songs feel watered down. Hardcore this is not. Hardcore they indeed WERE. To me, hardcore is bad brains, MAYBE Suicidal Tendencies, Agnostic Front, Black Flag, the Exploited, Fear, MAYBE the Cro-Mags, I guess the Dead Kennedy’s, but too whiny and not commanding enough, but NOT the Circle Jerks, Agent Orange, Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion was anything BUT hardcore. Social Distortion was also not hardcore. Hardcore is NOT an image. It is unapologetic, shoved down your gullet, substance behind the no holds barred message, and if adhering to the ethos, a full fledged onslaught to the soul and the senses, making you consider your place in all of this. Bad Religion and Social Distortion were BARELY punk. There were no annihilating riffs, pummeling drums, no cadence more like a sprint instead of a prance, and enough edge to cut your ass, not primping style mongers just going through the paces of boring songs relying on the occasional semi - anthemic sing along, usually a lucky creation instead of a crafted assault. Pop punk, is not hardcore. To me, bad brains reign supreme.