Hardcore punk from Long Island. This is everything the band recorded between 1988-1993. Enjoy.
In Your Face discography
1988 demo lineup
Marc - vocalsEric - guitar
Joe - guitar
Mike - bass
Johnny - drums
The 1988 demo is my favorite In Your Face material. The music has a bit of a crossover feel to it, and juvenile lyrics as you can see from the song titles. Don't write this off because of Faggot Stomp (a song the band has since apologized about), it's a great demo.
1989 "Grub" lineup
Marc - vocals
Joe - guitar
Dave - bass
Ernie - drums / guitar
The "Grub" 7", released on Common Cause Records in 1989, has a more mature sound, although the lyrics are still a bit on the silly side. The music here is much different than the demo. At their best moments they sound like a mix of 411, Angry Samoans and Token Entry. Great ep, with artwork by drummer Ernie Parada, who also played in Token Entry as well as other notable NYHC bands. The song "My Turn" is a classic.
The first comp track, a great cover of Devo's "Gates of Steel", was originally released on the compilation 7" "Seeing With New Eyes" on Scooby-Doo Records in 1990. I'm not sure where the other comp track is from, if anyone knows, please leave a comment.
Up next is the unreleased "Henpecked" 7", recorded sometime in the early '90s. This ep sees the band changing sounds yet again. This one has much more of a pop-punk feel. Very Screeching Weasel influenced, even going so far as to cover Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now".
After that it's back to the early lineup for the live at WNYU set. This set has Timmy Chunks of Token Entry filling in for Marc on vocals, and Mike, the bass player for Ludichrist, filling in for Joe on guitar. The sound quality is a bit rough on these recordings, but it's listenable (and gets better as it goes along), and it's a great set. Energy and antics, that sums this set up.
Closing up the collection are 2 live songs recorded at CBGB sometime in 1988.
Thanks to Mark Anthony for the music and the artwork. I included the covers he sent me below.
great work ! thanks a lot !!
ReplyDeleteI think I remember this band from back in the day. I could swear I used to have a CD by them or 7 inch or something. I STILL love NYHC after all these years. Thanks for the post and I'm adding your blog - love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the demo.
ReplyDeleteGreat band and grerat blog.
Jean Marc
a tune like faggot stomp is about as passively ignorant of tolerance as it gets.
ReplyDeleteMosher, that's '80s NYHC for you. As much as i love bands like Cro-Mags, Warzone and AF, those bands were all "bashers" at one point, only difference being they didn't write songs about it. (check out the Skinhead Youth live CBGB set). Most of those bands have since apologized for the ignorant shit they did as kids. Fuck, even Eric Wood, who is about as PC as you can be, had a song called Smear the Queer on the PHC album. And not to try and defend anything, but the '80s was a different time. NYC at that time may as well have been a different planet.
ReplyDeleteTo put it into perspective, i'll never stop thinking Bad Brains were the greatest HC band of all time, and i will never stop listening to them, despite them being as homophobic as you can humanly be.
Looks good Vinnie! You didnt have to clean up any of my music? Let me know where else I can help. I am thinking you should examine a Stand Proud entry in the future... I'll see what other things I have compiled. Keep up the fine work.
ReplyDeleteHey Mark. I didn't clean a thing, everything sounded fine to me. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard Stand Proud, but i'm sure it's right up my alley. Anything you can send me by that band, or anything else you think belongs here, would be great.
I agree with you Stormy about NYHC being a pretty un-PC place, but then kids growing up... (hopefully). I hated the homophobia back then, but honestly, to be fair, if I am going to listen to all the rap and reggae I do, and give those musicians a pass, than I need to do that same with HC. But I usually have to skip those songs. Same with slightly or overtly bigoted lyrics. Or in the case of Carnivore, the lyrics are just so insane, that it is actually amusing, maybe...
ReplyDeleteI did find it impossible accept a certain (majorly over-rated) band and their certain zine editor friend in the mid and late 90's who thought it would be "cool" to bring back racism and homophobia, or that it was at least ok to let their true feelings out. They actually caused a trickle down effect where younger kids around them thought it was cool to have the same attitudes. Hearing the word Nigger on a regular basis was a bit hard to handle.
Actually... on second thought... Racism in HC always pretty much sucked. Pet Steele gets a pass, because he is a cartoon.
ReplyDeletei made that comment tongue in cheek. i dont take some goofy lyrics or song titles to heart. i can put them into perspective. being born in the 80s, and growing up in the 90s ive been cultured to assoc "faggot" with a bad guy. i have the demo tape, but there arent any lyrics enclosed, so i have peace of mind assuming when they reference "faggots" its like saying bad guys. if the tune detailed gay ppl, or was similarly called "negro stomp" thatd be another story, and i prolly wouldnt have any interest in archiving it.
ReplyDeleteshoutouts to the penguin stomp/romp
Mosher, i knew your comment was tongue in cheek, i know you're a big NYHC fan. I just figured the issue had to be addressed eventually here, before the comments come chiming in.
ReplyDeleteya no problemo, i know were on the same page. i wanted to throw my impression in for their reasoning &/or lax use of politically correct terms. i mean for gods sakes. they were practically kids right? i will use bad words till the day i fry! it just feels good.
ReplyDeleteTo be clear the song is anti-gay. Lines like "because of you, I might get aids" are unmistakable in their intent. But again, this was the 80's and news outlets were routinely telling us that aids was the "gay disease" and in fact AIDS was originally called GRID (gay related immune deficiency). I won't cast stones because I was equally as ignorant then, and half as ignorant now. The band members are much more well informed now, as we all are.
ReplyDeleteWow...i haven't heard this demo in a LONG time... i remember see IYF at for the 1st time Sundance...Good times!
ReplyDeleteI am looking for 2 demos from 1987 - 88 from NY bands. Strong Hold and also Stand Proud. I had them both back in the day but they got stolen. If anyone knows anyone who can help me out post a comment... Thanks
ReplyDeletethanks for this, i was reproducing my first mix tape on cd and thought i'd have to leave IYF off the mix!!
ReplyDeleteI like the cover on the left, but i am wondering if these are original covers of "Fan-made" covers, because if they are originals then they had a very average artist and very few ideas, but if it is the latter then good job keep it up.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure the art on the covers is from either one of the band members, or a friend of the band who did a lot of late '80s NYHC demos and flyers.
ReplyDeleteI like his stuff.
As far as everything else on the blog, i make the covers myself.
Vin
We rocked I left and they sucked..I wrote the entire demo they released as there own....I would to if the material I came up with wasthat bad thanx eric roi
ReplyDeleteHey You might not have met me but I was the first singer for IN YOUR FACE. My name was Mark and met Jason at CB's and used to go to band practice all the way from Jersey out to the island. Great times but it didn't work out....was just thinking about Jason.
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I loved In Your Face, they always put on a fun/awesome show. Not to mention the singer helped save my life after I got amnesia at a Bad Brains show. (true story).
ReplyDeleteGod only knows why someone would claim to be the singer of an obscure NYHC band (see above),but it somehow makes me feel less like a loser for trolling a band i was in all those years ago. I want to thank Blogged and Quartered for seeing us fit to put this out there. But most of all I want to set the record straight (and this seems to be the official record) of the song "Faggot Stomp". Although we changed the lyrics while we were still actively playing, and even though the inter web wasn't even invented yet , the damage was done. And rightfully so. I remember a feeling of relief when Mike Bullshit (Bullshit Monthly Zine ) came up to me in front of CB's and just simply asked me how i felt about that song, it was almost like he knew we had already renounced it and just wanted to hear it from us. He printed it, not in any big way, just kind of like we realized we were idiots and let it be at that.
ReplyDeleteAs so eloquently put in this blog, those lyrics were real and hateful, I regret singing them to this day. As does everyone else in the band. In fact we might have done a reunion if it wasn't for that song. Anyway, to Anonymous , January 11 , 2015. I REMEMBER YOU ! You inspired me to even write this. I remember the horrified look on your face and you not being able to remember anything ! All these years that was all I could remember ! ( i have amnesia for other reasons). But its really helpful to me to hear that maybe I wasn't just a total scumbag growing up ! Because God knows I'm trying to be a better person now. Marc
Stoked to find IYF online and love this blog. Marc, thanks for setting the record straight on the FS song. Let's never drop the banner of Unity and Brotherhood that we held so high during those times...
ReplyDeleteI hear Eric is possibly getting the boyzzzzz back for a reunion. Possibly with a few other bands like Under Pressure for a nice nostalgic show.
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