As some of you may know, I grew up in an area with an amazingly fun and positive hardcore punk scene. This was in the Chicago suburbs, specifically in DuPage county, one of the wealthiest counties in the fine state of Illinois (and of the whole country, to be honest). The burgeoning hardcore punk scene in DuPage was often picked on by the crusty, older, and questionably wiser Chicago hardcore kids, so the kids out in the 'burbs proudly called themselves part of DuPage County Hardcore.
While going through my old 7"s lately I thought it would be awesome to share some of the music that came out of the hardcore scene.
The first band I'm sharing with you is The Nineteen of Salem. Their untitled 7" was recorded in August of 2000 and was released by the band (Ryan, Andy, Jon, Karl, Tom, and Ty) and the DuPage Collective if I remember correctly.
The sleeve was screened by hand.
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The insert includes pictures, lyrics, and explanations by the writer, Ryan.
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[caption id="attachment_355" align="aligncenter" width="243" caption="Nineteen Insert, pg. 2"]
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[caption id="attachment_357" align="aligncenter" width="231" caption="Nineteen Insert, pg. 4"]
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The record was completely clean. The only way you could tell what side you were on was by looking at the inscription carved into the vinyl.
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Enjoy! Tune in for more DuPage Hardcore in the not-too-distant future.
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While going through my old 7"s lately I thought it would be awesome to share some of the music that came out of the hardcore scene.
The first band I'm sharing with you is The Nineteen of Salem. Their untitled 7" was recorded in August of 2000 and was released by the band (Ryan, Andy, Jon, Karl, Tom, and Ty) and the DuPage Collective if I remember correctly.
The sleeve was screened by hand.
[caption id="attachment_353" align="aligncenter" width="238" caption="The Nineteen of Salem - Front Cover"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_351" align="aligncenter" width="238" caption="The Nineteen of Salem - back cover"]
[/caption]The insert includes pictures, lyrics, and explanations by the writer, Ryan.
[caption id="attachment_354" align="aligncenter" width="237" caption="Nineteen Insert, pg. 1"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_355" align="aligncenter" width="243" caption="Nineteen Insert, pg. 2"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_356" align="aligncenter" width="243" caption="Nineteen Insert, pg. 3"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_357" align="aligncenter" width="231" caption="Nineteen Insert, pg. 4"]
[/caption]The record was completely clean. The only way you could tell what side you were on was by looking at the inscription carved into the vinyl.
[caption id="attachment_352" align="aligncenter" width="297" caption="Nineteen 7""]
[/caption]Enjoy! Tune in for more DuPage Hardcore in the not-too-distant future.
ek
emily, this is such a good thing! I have some very fond memories of the Dupage scene. As you said, it was admirably positive and accepting. keep it up!
ReplyDeleteI'm not even close to being from Dupage, but man I was stoked about The Nineteen Of Salem back in the day. It took me years to find a copy of this 7"...some band I had set up a show for had a test press of this record on tour with them. I was bummed that aside from some songs they posted on mp3.com back in the day that it was the only thing I could ever find from this band.
ReplyDeleteYeah I'm pretty sure that the 7" was the only thing they ever released. Definitely enjoyed their stuff, though. Killer live sets too.
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