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A social media sabbatical
I’ve often seen people on Facebook or Twitter declare that they’re going offline for awhile or worse still, deactivating or deleting their accounts – going into social media hibernation. I’ve never really paused to give it much thought as ‘social media’ is such an integral part of my daily life, I’m required to use it and know as much about it as possible, as well as keep abreast of new developments that may affect the enterprise. But apart from that I’ve also used it to keep up with music and bands I like and to promote the new band I’ve formed. Music is easily where I have found the greatest use for social media, hearkening back to the days of …
The Trouble I Love…. this is for you.
Funny how a song sums something up so completely… well here it is.
Sick of it All + Snapcase at the same show!? Well, I’m off to New York.. (SNAPCASE edition)
SNAPCASE If anyone speaks to me about favourite bands, they’ll hear me mention SNAPCASE in the first breath. I only discovered them towards the late 90′s on a Victory Records compilation cassette (yeah we had tapes!) along with some of my other all time favourite bands Earth Crisis, Strife, Refused, The Path of Resistance.. If Sick of It All were the band that made me want to start a band, Snapcase are the reason I formed one. Musically and ideologically unmatched. Truly progressive hardcore, their sound and guitar style has influenced my own a heck of a lot. I’ve been trying to see them play since I heard about their ‘final show’ a few years back, even buying tickets to …
Sick of it All + Snapcase at the same show!? Well, I’m off to New York.. (SOIA edition)
Sick of It All/Snapcase poster SICK OF IT ALL Sick of it All’s 1994 album ‘Scratch the Surface’ was life changing for me. I first read a review on it in an amazing German socialist fanzine called ‘Blood Red’ and for some reason it piqued my interest intensely. The description of this heavy metallic punk sound with socially conscious lyrics that was known as ‘hardcore’ appealed so strongly to me.I think I basically started my little record distribution in South Africa just so I could get my hands on a copy (in those days there were NO stores that carried anything remotely close to this kind of music). The band epitomises commitment and passion, setting my personal ideals and standards …
