Ross loaded me up with Oklahoma history a few weeks back, so you might want to prepare yourself for...well, just prepare yourself. BOXCAR CHILDREN were from Oklahoma City, and this copy is from a demo bought from the band in '95 or so. No cover. Maybe there was one or maybe someone got wasted and thought they made one or maybe someone else got wasted and forgot to make copies. So Ross made his own cover because...well, because he's Ross. There are nineteen bursts of fire on this tape - raw hardcore punk, recorded kinda like shit (but that settles in after the first 60 seconds or so) but with a blown out buzzsaw guitar and sharp 'n snotty dual vocals. Imagine a crew of degenerates whose interests evolved from Starter Punk to NOTA to ferocious Bay Area political hardcore...you get something like this crew of mutants who recorded "Never Again" in 1995. And it sounds fukkd up and beautiful.
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There was a DC suburbs Boxcar Children as well who were contemporary with these kids. Wish I had a copy of their demo to slide your way, they were a ska-core/emo hybrid that I think you'd appreciate.
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