all photos and words by Josh Sisk
Saturday night I trucked down to Silver Spring to venerable punk house/venue the Corpse Fortress to catch the reunion show(s) of The Chase, Breathe In Breath Out, At Best & Timber. It was awesome, I
hadn’t been to a punk basement show in so long. I got moshed a bit, and was slightly nervous about having my gear in the “pit”, but it went well and was a lot of fun.
Highlights included the girl who lived there loudly hinting that everyone should get the fuck out of her house and no one listening, all the sing-a-longs, AFP from the Chase demanding that the Chase replay parts of songs over and over, the wall of death, and me convincing Ari Goldman that the box of free records was actually a donation box, then realizing I just conned Ari!
House shows are the best. SiurSprang reprznt!
December 23, 2008 at 11:38 amwhat?! they cover MOTP?????
I DEF. have to see them.
December 23, 2008 at 12:26 pmgoddammit i missed this.
December 23, 2008 at 1:07 pmBefore there was the Chase, there was Redline, which was 10x better.
December 23, 2008 at 2:57 pmdamn, i’m so out of the loop with regard to “the ‘core.” would have loved to have seen THE CHASE one more time (still have the cd), but like c. burns, i would love to have seen REDLINE even more. saw them soooo many times years ago…
December 23, 2008 at 8:48 pmmaryland uber alles played 2 times in a row. so awesome. one of th best house shows ive been part of this year.
December 23, 2008 at 11:04 pmYup. Redline was the truth.
December 24, 2008 at 8:15 am“the girl who lived there loudly hinting that everyone should get the fuck out of her house and no one listening”
That girl was so pissed at the kids that were eating in her house but didn’t throw their trash away. I admire her moxy- she’s got it in spades.
December 24, 2008 at 1:41 pmSo bummed that the Elbowdrop reunion couldnt have happened too
December 24, 2008 at 2:20 pmelbowdrop, de nada, crispus attucks
what about a dead vice-prez reunion? but this time rap about weed and alcohol
December 24, 2008 at 6:49 pmThe Elbowdrop reunion will happen when the prophecies are realized…
December 24, 2008 at 11:06 pmFACT:
If kids come to your house and eat all the food, you reserve the right to start some shit. Don’t take no bullshit from hardcore kids who wanna eat all your pretzels and steal beer.
Redline? “I’ve got my preeerioritees straight,” right? haha
December 28, 2008 at 10:58 pmi would do anything 4 an ELBOWDROP reunion!
BACK UP OFF ME
February 24, 2009 at 3:37 pmJoe Mitra. Among my favorite influences in energetic musical performance.
xWhat shape does cheese come in?x
tyler witness
June 16, 2009 at 1:17 pm
FUCK!
These guys used to do the sickest cover of “March of the Pigs.” I remember seeing them all the time at University of Maryland.
How I miss the wall of death.
December 23, 2008 at 11:22 am