BETTER NOW THAN NEVER.

This should have been here like more than two month ago, i'm sorry.
Our friend Justin will write some shit for the blog and the Zine from time to time.
Peace

Lifers Crew Worldwide.

What's up everyone? my name is Justin. i just turned 30 and live in northeastern Pennsylvania. I've been going to shows for 13+ years and very excited to be writing for lifers. the first two issues were great and it's only getting better. I'm just going to talk about random things from the past year and the upcoming year.

I want to start off with my top 5 hardcore albums of last year (in no particular order). i know most people are going to think 3 Pennsylvania bands? hahaha. but these records can't go unrecognized:

Maximum Penalty - Life & Times
Wisdom In Chains - Everything You Know...
Strength For A Reason - Burden Of Hope
Steel Nation - forever wounded
Death Before Dishonor - Better ways to die

Bands whose albums i'm looking forward to in the upcoming year:

Killing Time
Everyday Dollars
Confusion (been waiting for the discography for a while)
Darkside NYC (see confusion)
Madball

Shows/Things i'm looking forward to in the upcoming year:

united blood fest
superbowl of hardcore (my single favorite show of the year)
this is hardcore (best weend of shows all year. runs flawless and usually ahead of time schedules every year)

current playlist

Biohazard - urban discipline
n.w.a. - niggaz for life
cocksparrer - all
foundation - hang your head (my favorite younger new band)
clenched fist - just like roaches
denied - prayer for the enemy

always on rotation

leeway - rise and fall/desperate measures
cro-mags - age of quarrel
underdog - the vanishing point
killing time - brightside
sheer terror - all
neglect - all

bands from my area (and surrounding areas) to be on the lookout for: (some are obvious and some are up and coming):

Strength for a reason
Cold world
Wisdom in chains
No turning back (Netherlands)
Not without resistance
Steel nation
Deliberate intent
Barricade
Bad Seed
Title Fight
Not til Death
Concrete Reality
Dead End Path
Suburban Scum (new jersey)


great things from 2009:

seeing Breakdown in three different states
Fall brawl in Baltimore (All Out War KILLED it, Bulldoze were great, Breakdown were really tight and Gut Instinct)
Floorpunch twice (once less than 30 minutes from my house)
Biohazard in Allentown, pa