THE FINAL BEATDOWN?

    I was told via e-mail from Kevin of Bulldoze that "Summer of hate will be the last show ever for Bulldoze". While this is sad news, we are honored that this legendary band will be doing this at SOH. Over the years we have had many bands that play "beatdown"style hardcore play at SOH... in fact, that is mainly the style of music we have had play the show since it was started half a decade ago so we are thrilled to have the masters of Beatdown play the show! 

Now, the only question that remains is who will survive the set? And what will be left of them???

Buy your tickets at the Pay pal link at the top right of this page, or click here to buy them via TICKET WEB, or get them in person at any Defiance Tattoos location. FEEL THE HATE!!!!

SUMMER OF HATE - MOSH OLYMPICS EVENTS

Below are the OFFICIAL SUMMER OF HATE 2011 MOSH OLYMPICS EVENTS explained in detail. Some events will be judged throughout the entire show... other events will take place over the period of just one song of a selected band's set. All events will be governed by official SOH JUDGES and GOLD, SILVER, and BRONZE medals will be awarded to those who are chosen the winners. Also, the winners will also be given other prizes! What will the prizes be? Cash? Merch? Gift Certificates? You'll have to wait and see! There will be 7 EVENTS total:

EVENT#1: HARDEST MOSH

DURATION: 1 song during BULLDOZE'S set
What better event for one of the hardest  and most respected bands of all time? This one is pretty easy to figure out. The people who display the most barbaric and brutal acts of mosh will win medals. BE WARNED: those who take cheap-shots at people standing on the outside/sides of the mosh-zone will hurt their consideration for medals, so punching the 90lb girl w/ glasses standing near the pit won't get you anywhere. However, contact w/ other moshers is encouraged! Anyone who moshes during the selected song will be considered by the judges. Go hard and go for eternal glory!

EVENT #2: KING OF THE PUSH

DURATION: 1 song during CROWD DETERRENT'S set
The old-fashioned push-mosh will be the only form of mosh considered. Keep those legs on the ground, karate kicks won't win this one! Those who manage to push the most people on the ground will receive higher consideration from the judges.

EVENT #3: FREESTYLE STAGE DIVE

DURATION: 1 song during WISDOM IN CHAIN's set
(This event may or may require pre-registration) Only those who dive w/ reckless abandon/no regard for their personal safety will take home a medal! Arial acrobatics are a must. Use the trampoline for added points!

EVENT #4: FREESTYLE MOSH

DURATION: The entire show
This category will be judged in many different areas: Recklessness, Style, Innovation, Quantity, and Brutality or mosh. Only those who's mosh leaves a lasting impression will be considered for medals.

EVENT #5: THIRTY AND UP (THE MASTER'S DIVISION)

DURATION:  during COLD AS LIFE'S set

(proof of age will be required) Old Men aged 30 + will show their skills on the dancefloor and show all the youngsters a thing or 2!!!! Of course, everyone regardless of age can still mosh/participate, just those over the age of 30 can win a medal.  It is time for you youngsters to prove yourselves as well and hang with the big dogs!!u young

EVENT #6:  THE IRONMAN

DURATION: BITTER END'S entire set
(this event may require pre-registration) This one is for those with excellent cardio! The rules are as follows: participants begin moshing as soon as Bitter End strikes the 1st note of their 1st song and do not stop (not even in between songs!). Those who stop moshing at any time are eliminated. You must keep moving and engaging in acts of mosh (determinations will be made by the judges). Of course, those who do not wish to participate in the event are more than welcome to mosh, dive, and sing. You may hassle the participants in any way you wish! Just as long as they don't stop moshing, anything goes!!!

EVENT #7: KING OF THE HILL

DURATION: 1 song during TASTE THE STEEL'S Set
A square (made of duct tape, probably 8ft x 8ft) will be placed in the center of the dancefloor. Spend the most time occupying said space and you win! Judges will watch closely, and decide who they feel occupied the designated space for the longest amount of time. Any acts of mosh may be used to occupy the space or displace someone else. Please, do not participate in this event if you cannot handle being SEVERELY moshed repeatedly and not take it personally.

As for the medals, here is what they will look like:

A panel of judges will be selected and will govern the events. ALL of their decisions will be final. There will be an odd number of Judges to avoid ties and disagreements and they will do their very best to be unbiased in their choosing of Champions. A Ceremony will be held at the end of the show and medals will be given to the winners. The bands will pick which song they want to have the event during and said event will be announced prior to said song/period of duration by SOH Masters Of Ceremonies. 

WHO WILL ELEVATE THEMSELVES TO ETERNAL MOSH GLORY??? FIND OUT JULY 9th!!!!!

SUMMER OF HATE 2011 TICKETS & FINAL LINEUP!

    As of June 27th we are done selling tickets via the Pay Pal method, you may still buy tix via the TICKET WEB option (described below) or at the Door/Day of Show. If you bought tix via the Pay Pal/Snail mail method, alll tickets will be mailed out by Tuesday June 28th.

SUMMER OF HATE 2011

"THE MOSH OLYMPICS"

Saturday, July 9th @ Peabody's

2083 East 21st St, Cleveland OH

BULLDOZE, COLD AS LIFE, WISDOM IN CHAINS, STOUT, BITTER END, SUBURBAN SCUM, CROWD DETERRENT, COLIN OF ARABIA, HARM'S WAY, DEEP ROOTED HATE, PALEHORSE, TASTE THE STEEL, LIFELESS, 10 OF SWORDS, HOMEWRECKER, COLD EXISTENCE, LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, DOMESTIC WAR

TICKETS $22.00 in Advance, $26.00 Day Of Show, Doors & Opening Ceremony @ 3pm Sharp. All Ages.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR TICKETS: 

 - There are online tickets you may buy from TICKET WEB at the link below (they charge a service fee and Sales Tax is included)

- Tickets will be available at the door for $26 (this price includes State Sales Tax of 8% and there is no service fee... venues in OH have been hassled by the State lately for Sales Tax money because they are scraping for $$$)

- You may also buy tickets @ PEABODY'S Box Office or from any DEFIANCE TATTOOS LOCATION with no extra service charges

CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS VIA TICKET WEB

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Here's some more general info that may answer any questions you may have:

- There will be 2 stages and no 2 bands will play at the same time 100%

- We do not have control over the ticket provider or the fact that Sales tax must be included in the ticket price. This is one of the only things we could not control in regards to the show since the venue has a contract that all shows go through the same ticket provider. Any service charges and fees the ticket provider charges for pre-sale tickets are out of our hands. The door/day of show price will not have a service charge, nor will tickets bought @ Peabody's Box office.

- There will be re-entry for 21+ only

- 21+ Drink w/ ID

- There will be food (burgers, dogs, etc) on the patio for a reasonable price

- There will NOT be an extra charge at the door for under-21 (Peabody's usually does this, but for this show there will not be any such extra charge for those under 21 years of age)

- The price of the show has increased this year but the promoters will STILL not make a dime off the show regardless of the turnout. ALL monies will be paid to the bands and venue and cover costs. If there is money in excess of the budget, bands will be paid more than what they were promised. Out ultimate goal is to pay the bands above and beyond what was promised... don't you want the bands you came to see get well taken care of? We do! Also, many of the bands this year are coming from places like Texas, Chicago, Boston, and other areas of the East Coast and gas is a major factor for the bands that have to travel to play for you.

We hope that everyone will have a great time this year! We tried our best to bring a good mix of the hardest legends and newer bands. Since we don't make one thin dime off doing the show, the only reason we do it every year is to provide the bands and people who attend with the most enjoyable show possible. Lots of people helped us to book the show this year... thanks to everyone who helped us get this far. FEEL THE HATE!!!!!!!

4/20/11 TEN TO MIDNIGHT

    Be here April 20th @ Ten To Midnight (11:50pm) for a final lineup announcement for SUMMER OF HATE 2011. At that time pre-sale tickets will be available for purchase as well.. This 4/20 even people who are straight edge will have reason to celebrate! See you then!

ULTIMO BEATDOWN "WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST" EP

4 Tracks of angry hardcore featuring themes of mental illness, alien Gods, and Toho monster movies. In the vein of early Blood For Blood, Cold As Life, Sheer Terror and misc hardcore. Much better quality than the War of The Gargantuas EP from years ago. Members of Crowd Deterrent.

Click here to Download ULTIMO BEATDOWN "WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST" free!

TRACK LISTING:

1. Hands Of The Creator
2. Personality Disorder
3. Mothra's Plea
4. Feelings

Enjoy!

CIRCLE STORM - SPIRIT 7"

Here is my Christmas gift to you: CIRCLE STORM'S "SPIRIT" 7". This is a GREAT 7", one of my all time favorites. This is an over-looked band that featured members of other famous Posi bands (if you don't know, then you have just been given a homework assignment). This band did an EP that really was terrible, but this 1st 7" was pure gold. 2 tracks of fast Posi Style sXe hardcore out of the 1980's. Hits hard and fast with extremely memorable sing along parts. I remember finding this 7" and being blown away by it when i was in high school and I have always wondered why this 7" is not talked about as much as many similar bands that were inferior. Download it. Love it. Live it. Happy holidays!

Download CIRCLE STORM "SPIRIT" by clicking HERE

1. No One To Blame
2. I Won't Turn Away

Mosh

More news/videos/etc

RACE RIOT will be doing a show for the holidays. it will be their 1st show since they played their one and only show back in November of last year. It will be a big one so keep your eyes peeled!

Good friends BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT will be playing in Pittsburgh on Friday the 12th of November w/ ICEBERG, GLADIATOR and more. The show is at THE SUBCULTURE. Check the  Some good bands that are worthy of your support! Check the following link for show info: THE SUBCULTURE

Lastly, CREEPOUT has posted a video commercial for their full length album "Tribe Called Hardcore" w/ some fun footage and DOMINATE has also posted a video from their "Just Chillin' At The Backyard" EP (which you can download free via the downloads tab at top). Check both the Creepout video posted below, the Dominate video had some issue w/ Youtube and it would not post properly, so check it out via the following link: DOMINATE "NO WAY OUT" VIDEO

Navigation tool bar!

    In case you haven't noticed, I have added a navigation toolbar to the site above. Just trying to make the site easier to navigate, now all you have to do is click on the RELEASES/DOWNLOADS link and you'll be taken to a page to download all the free Hard-Ass Digital releases on one page insted of having to search for them in the blog history. I will be compiling the interviews as well as the horror stuff and other categories very soon for more easy navigation links in the near future.

NEWS YOU CAN USE!

Things have been pretty inactive here, I haven't been updating the site or the radio player much but I see that there is always a steady amount of visitors to the blog so thanks! I started a new job and don't have access to a computer all day like I used to. We'll have some new stuff in the near future for you to download as well as some new interviews and such. For now, here's some news for you:

CROWD DETERRENT will have a new EP very soon. One more song needs to be finished and the new material will be released. This material sounds much more like their earlier material (Demo through Blood and Family era). I sent a message to Dave to try and get the original 1997 demo (which NO ONE seems to have) so I can hopefully post it here for download in the near future in a re-mastered form. Crowd Deterrent will be returning to Japan in Fall of 2011.

CREEPOUT will have some new releases: their split w/ Integrity will be released in the US on A389 RECORDS so keep a lookout for pre-orders on that. Their full length has been out in Japan, I think a US release is pending. The Lords Of West Tokyo may be back in the US again next summer.

RACE RIOT will have a new record hopefully by the holidays or early 2011. If you don't have the Race Riot demo, make sure to download it here: Race Riot "Crew Life" Demo

ULTIMO BEATDOWN posted some new songs on their Myspace, there is a new version of the classic FEELINGS ad well as a new jam called MENTAL PRISON (which is in rotation on the Hard Ass Radio player as well). Check it out here: Ultimo Beatdown My Space

In other non-band related stuff, Samoan Rob of Crowd Deterrent has opened a new location of his Tattoo shop DEFIANCE TATTOOS in Canfield, OH. Check out their facebook here: DEFIANCE TATTOOS

Keep on keepin on. More new stuff soon!

WHAT WOULD RAYBEEZ DO?

   Shouldn't we all be asking ourselves this question? I think the answers we'd get to this question would be much more profound than the answers we'd find if we asked the same question about Jesus. Besides,  who kept the faith harder than Raybeez? Remember, whenever you cannot find the answer you are seeking,  always ask yourself "WHAT WOULD RAYBEEZ DO?" and put on a Warzone album.The Hardcore Reality will show you the way!

In all seriousness... go listen to any of the live Warzone stuff that is out there. The LIVE @ CBGB 7" still sends chills down my spine and the track that is on the CREEPY CRAWL comp does as well. To this day, if I was going to try and show someone what definitive HC was, I'd show them those recordings. Some of the best stuff ever. I cannot find any links online to download the Creepy Crawl comp, if someone finds it send it my way. But I posted a link for the live @ CB's 7" below.

Here's a link to download the LIVE @ CBGB'S 7": WARZONE LIVE AT CBGB'S

 

"WE WON'T FORGET!"