This issue of EXD features an interview with Robot Has Werewolf Hand from Buffalo that was done at CIUT. There was also an unpublished interview with DRI done originally in 1981. Daragh Hayes caught up with them in Germany while touring Europe and this was right when DRI was blowing up. There is also reviews and show listings from December 2002.
This band is from Ajax. This ep was released on Underground Operations. The songs on here are:
This was released on Bridge 9 and I think it was recorded by the legendary Don Fury.
This interview was conducted with Riot99 shortly after the band's first line up change back on March 3rd, 2002. The interview was transcribed and published in the November 2002 issue of MRR, which is issue #234. The PDF of the Riot99 interview can be opened by clicking the cover above. The full issue can be gotten at http://maximumrocknroll.com/back-issues/.
This issue came out in November 2002 and featured a side project of the Tijuana Bibles fronted by the bass player Blue Demon. There was an interview with Downbelow who featured folks from Triggerhappy and the Tirekickers. Lastly a band from Winnipeg who would become Under Pressure, but were originally called Guns, Liquor, and Whores.
This is one of the best tributes I have ever heard. The Vapids from Hamilton cover the entire first record of Teenage Head's, another Hamilton legend. The do so in reverse order. This CD was produced by Gord Lewis of Teenage Head and released by Double Hell. The order of songs are: 
This was the first full length release after Joey started up Sudden Death records. The Great Baldini was drumming but Randy rampage had been brought back into the fold on guitar. Songs on here are: 
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This issue of EXD zine features an interview with the theatrical bije advocates from Philly, R.A.M.B.O. They were fuckin' awesome and their artit Mike Bukowski came up with them. It was neat to meet them all. There was some reviews and show listings from back in October 2002.
System Shit were from Halifax. This ep was released in France by Undislessed and Skud Records. The songs on here are: 
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This is an early profile of Schizophrenic Records out of Hamilton, which looks at the BCT re-issues and the early first time releases by Craig Caron. This is only the interview with Craig but back issues of this copy of MRR are available at http://maximumrocknroll.com/back-issues/. This is issue #231 and came out in August 2002. 
Destined For Asssimilation (DFA) had come through town from Saskatoon. This was excited because a new label at the time, Ugly Pop, had just released a 12" by the band. It was ferocious unleashing the spirit of crossover legends of the past like the Accused and beyond Possession. And the band played upstairs instead of Studio 3 downstairs. This issue also contains reviews and show listings from back in July 2002.
This was the first local full length put out by Ugly Pop. It took a while to come out and was an old recording, but when it finally got released it had all the songs that we were ready to hear. The songs on here are: 
This is Haymaker’s first full length released on Deranged Records. Side 1 or the first 12 songs were recorded in April 2001. This line up features Chris Ansley of Burst of Silence fame. The next 12 songs were recorded in August without Chris. Haymaker are from Hamilton and the band features Jeff from Chokehold / Left for Dead. Christian played guitar in the Cursed and the Swarm. I’m not sure where Curtis and Scott are from. But Haymaker borrows from their past. The heavy down tuned sound, the breakdowns, the pushing the envelop lyrics all come from the Chokehold era. The fast hardcore with emphasis on short fast songs comes from the Left for Dead period of this group of people. Haymaker are the evolution of sound based around Jeff Beckman and although the musicians are really responsible for the sound the vision comes from Jeff. Musically you can hear bits of influence from different places but I have never heard it brought together in this way. The lyrics are pretty straight forward taking on some of the age old issues that hardcore did when it first became a thorn in society’s side. From the fatalistic view of the title track to the reflections of living in the rust belt with “City that Always Burns” this is a playbook on the raw side of life. There are no Disney endings, no delusions or looking the other way, songs like “Another Million More Dead Cops” is born out of the experience. It is also a clever way of breathing life into a sentiment by a great band like MDC. And it is not the only time. Jeff pays respect to the Subhumans UK with the title of “From the Cradle to the Pavement” and to Unbroken with “Life. Love. Revenge”. They also do a cover of what may seem like an obscure band from Kitchener-Waterloo called the Nunfuckers, but to us were a band we would see often. Jeff brings popular culture face to face with the class war in “Who wants to Kill a Millionaire?” “Cameras in the Streets” is a big issue here in Toronto as the police installed security cameras on the major streets for the G8 summit and they were never taken down. This is just one of many observations Jeff shares about the erosion of our civil rights. And Jeff’s stand on atheism which were prominent in Chokehold to stave off the christians who were weaseling their way into the scene through straight edge in the early 90’s, this theme remains in songs like “God Can Fuck Hymnself”. There is a host of great issues to sink your brain into and here is a list of what can be found on the full length.
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