F this, F that...

Floorpunch: Division One Champs/Goal Line Stand (Yeah it's two records, but still...)

The fact that Right Idea's demo was first distributed at the FP reunion says a lot.  Intro.  Changes.  Ya know what I mean?  Millin and Hesser have stories that go beyond my time, maybe they'll post an FP part II?

The tentative runner-up is Farside's The Monroe Doctrine:

The Monroe Doctrine was post-hardcore when people played guitars and hooks and sang about normal shit rather than becoming fixated on aesthetics and sub-clicks like today's post-hardcore morphologies.  Millin should have a story or two on this as well.  My only story is this: great fucking record.

Honorable mention includes Face to Face's Don't Turn Away, Faded Grey's A Quiet Time of Desperation, Fugazi's 13 Songs, The FU's Kill for Christ, From Ashes Rise's Nightmares, Fastbreak's Don't Stop Trying, Final Plan's Dead End Nights, Fired Up's When the Lights Go Out, The First Step's What We Know.  Chuck says lil flip or Freddie Madball's rap project?

C is for....

Count me Out: Permanent.

This record slays. Period. It also has the best hardcore song of the era on it: Against the World. The joint is like a minute long and it has 800 plays on my itunes. I air drum so hard to it that I nearly separate both shoulders. The guitar work was melodic, but most songs were fast and the drums made every song hard. Pissed vocals and a superb recording make this my preferred CMO record over 110 (sorry Bubs).
 

And one more thing...it's a TIE!  Chain's "True Till Death"

No explanation needed there...

CMO and Chain, that's all I'm listening too all night...all night ("Hey baby, has the edge gone dull?")...

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Runners up: Cause for Alarm, Cro-Mags "Age of Quarrel," Carry On "A Life Less Plagued,"Champion's "Come Out Swinging," Committed, Confront "Payday," Cursed "I"