Thursday, December 23, 2010

SUBSTANCE-demo (1989)

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1.suppressed
2.in touch
3.breaking through
4.pressure point
5.over the top
6.draw the line
7.build up

Substance were originally called Hard Times and were from the Albany NY area(Troy, Clifton Park and Albany). They of course were heavily influenced by the Cro-mags, and used to play Cro-mags covers. Unfortunately Substance never did a record. Members went on to play in All Fall Down, Cutthroat, and Stigmata. Buddy the guitarist was/is a swell dude who sort of transcended between the "hard" mosh scene, and the dorky, more "elitist" hardcore kids. Things were pretty divided back then, and in my opinion he helped to challenge that by just being a great guy and not giving a shit about what others thought or were into. Although at first many of my peers weren't so into Substance because of scene politics, and the heavy mosh factor these boys brought to shows, I think people eventually learned to love em for being good dudes and speaking up at shows when shit went wrong. My favorite track ever by them is "sea of fear" which was on a compilation. I had to upload this demo because listening to it had me thinking about home and the holidays. Enjoy.

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14 comments:

  1. Been looking for this for quite some time now. Thanks for posting. Shout out to Buddy the baby maker too. Wonderful dude.

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  2. Classic! Always liked the little bit of John Carpenter's Halloween theme in the intro to Suppressed. Thanks Nate!

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  3. You made my day. I've been scouring the internet for years for this.

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  4. AWESOME! i have had me eyes out for this for years. i saw buddy play with all fall down a few times but wasn't around for substance. can't wait to hear it.

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  5. yo! this band rules. i heard the song sea of fear about 8 years ago on a mix tape my brother had from the early 90s. they were the only band on the tape i never heard of. the tape got lost and i searched for the song or any info on the band for years to no avail. a site dedicated to 80s albany hardcore was brought to my attention and sea of fear was on it. but the whole demo.. awesome! ive been wanting to hear more from them for a long time. thanks

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  6. Didn't these guys have a cut "Sea of Fear"
    or something? Maybe my memory is all jacked up since it has been over 20 years

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  7. Had the song pressure point back in 1989. I wonder if you have the non-demo version. email mmakar@nycap.rr.com

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  8. anyone reading this and is interested. i just put up some live substance from WNYU crucial chaos at my demo tapes blog
    http://demo-tapes.blogspot.com/2014/02/substance-live-on-wnyu-crucial-chaos.html

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  9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRZWwxEuj4U

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