Slapshot recording new album (teaser).

Will end the Slapshot discography by promoting their upcomming album. Hopefully we can see a new album in 2012. No label is clear and hardly any info is available to date but here is one of the newly recorded songs called I believe. Sounds great

Slapshot "covering" Stars & Stripes '11

Slapshot has yet again reunited and even if the lineup is far from original the sound is the same. All we can do now is hope for a Stars & Stripes reunion (ignoring that awefull release some years ago). Video shot some months ago in Massachusetts.

Trailer for the Slapshot documentary.

Chip on my shoulder released 2005. Worth watching.

Slapshot - Tear it down CD (2005)

Tracklist:
01. Relight the fire
02. Fuck New York
03. Terrorized
04. Rap sucks
05. Tear it down
06. Spread the fear
07. Hardcore rules

Released by Thorp Records in 2005. Also released on LP with 2 aditional songs as a bonus.

The band got a bit of recognition at this time in their career and many of the new generation of the Hardcore youth choose this bands honesty towards the old days over the crossculture hiphop bullshit or the MTV metal offered by many other bands in the scene. Great music for old fucks basicly.
The band also got their own documentary this year by the name Chip on my shoulder. A great watch with lots of old stories by the bandmembers and "scene people".

I really liked the sound on this album and as short as it might be it doesnt fall into the same reinventing trap as many of their former albums did. They keep it simple and slow leaning towards punk more than hardcore and thats the sound i prefer most.

Best songs on the album are Spread the fear and Fuck New York.
8/10

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The record is for purchase at most major and small distros on the net. A simple search will help you find it.

Slapshot - The New England production session PROMO 7'' (2003)

Tracklist:
01. Old tyme hardcore
02. Identity
03. Secrets
04. Digital warfare
05. Back on the map

This EP was limited to 500 copies and was given away for free when pre-ordering the Digital warfare LP from Bridge Nine Records.

The record was recorded live when playing the 101.7 WFNX in September 28th, 2003.

It's a nice little collectable but like most other live records it's basicly just bad versions of studiorecorded songs you already have. Though i must say the song Back on the map has aged well with the band and actually sounds even more intense and brutal than it did when they originally recorded it back in the 80's.
6/10

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Lyrics for The last laugh Slapshot

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Slapshot - Digital warfare CD (2003)

Tracklist:
01. Digital warfare
02. The last laugh
03. Identity
04. Kill your parents
05. Spirit of 81
06. Straight edge (Minor Threat cover)
07. Had it with unity
08. Tear down the walls
09. Stupid fucking kids
10. Focus
11. Wasted time
12. Witch hunt
13. C is for cockie (cover of some old kid's song)

Released on CD by I Scream Records in 2003. Also released by on LP the same year by both Knock Out Records and Bridge Nine Records.

After some years of feuds within the band and a bullshit greatest hit's records they finally came back with this album where they returned to their original roots. A brand new old sound that has more of a punkfeeling to it than any metal or screamoHC.

During their 6 years without any new material recorded Jack Kelly had some quality hatefueling time on his hand and that can be heard in both the lyrics and the overall sound.
On the record he spills out his hate on trendy hardcore kid's (Stupid fucking kids), revolutionary kid's without any sense of reality (Had it with unity) and basicly anyone from New York or anyone who doesnt fit in to his "1% of the people i can stand" list. Damn i love it!!!

The winner of the hateprice (and the best song on the album) is the song The last laugh. He doesnt stop at spilling his hate on this song he even goes so far as to dedicate it to Hoya from the band Madball. The whole thing started when a bunch of the gangsters from Lars Frederiksen's and Skinhead Rob's hiphop crew known as DMS attacked Choke in a concert.

Jack tells the tale himself:
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Intv- So you where punched by one of the guys from Madball?

Jack- My mother hit's harder than Madball.

Intv- What was the problem?

Jack- He had heard that they had heard that I was saying all kinds of stuff about them and D.M.S., which is their little crew. Most of it's true, I hate them, they're dickheads. I've known Matt and Willy for a long time. But Freddy is just a dumb little asshole, and Hoya is just a fat prick. He's just a pussy, he had 2 other guys with him when he hit me. He pulled me aside like he wanted to talk to me. The whole story got screwed around as if he asked me questions and wouldn't to him about it. He didn't even give me a chance because he had nothing to say. If he had asked me, if he wanted to sit down and talk about stuff I would have told him. I would have told him that D.M.S. is stupid and full of shit!

Jack- Here's the situation: I had guys 2 behind me and Hoya in front of me.

Jack- He said "Yo Motherfucker" and then he hit me! I said is that all, is that it?!

Jack- I turned around and walked away, I mean what was I going to do in a room that was closed. It was just me. It's just typical, that kind of gang. It's usually the weakest people that get in gangs. (So sad and so true)

Jack- They can't deal personally one on one, and they haven't got the brains to talk normal with somebody. I get used to it. I've been called fascist, I've been called gay, I've been called every word of the goddamn book in the years. I run to fascist to now when the rumor was that I was homosexual. Let everybody say what they want, because if I start talking back to it they start saying more and more. I don't give a shit what everybody says.
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Some wonder why i like the straight edge facist Jack Kelly aka Choke...... well beside from all the great music he has made there you have the reason.

8/10

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Record is still available from both minor and major recordstores so go google.

Slapshot performing Old Tyme hardcore live

Performing one of the few good songs from their 1996 release on an easpack tour sometime in 200_.

Slapshot - Olde tyme hardcore CD (1996)

Tracklist:
01. Coaches speech (intro)
02. Olde tyme hardcore
03. Silence
04. Pennies from heaven
05. Whats on your mind
06. In my head
07. Lip service
08. Get it away (SSD cover)
09. If you had
10. I knew I'd lose (+hidden track called Swedish whoreshow)

Released by Taang! Records in 1996. Also released by Century Media the same year but without the hidden track.

The band released the CD on Taang! Records but also struck a deal with Century Media for the European distribution. CM also convinced Slapshot to do a European tour. The whole tour was handled poorly from the start and the band was far from treated good by CM. After just three weeks on the tour Chris Lauria gave CM a big middle finger and took the first plane home sick and tired of it all. Slapshot made a silent breakup in 1997 and many believed that this was their last release. Though the band keept on playing some shows here and there it wasnt until 2003 that they actually released some new material.

This album is loved by HC-fans and it's only right then that i hate it. 2 good songs but nothing more. Just a tired sound if you ask me.
6/10

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Slapshot - 16 valve hate CD (1995)

Tracklist:
01. Watch me bleed
02. How much can i take
03. Secrets
04. Do what you want
05. 16 valve hate
06. Teach me to kill
07. Johnny was..
08. The truth hurts
09. Desensitized
10. 108
11. I want you dead
12. Big mouth strikes again (The smiths cover)
13. L.o.s.e.r.

Released by Lost & Found Records in 1995. It was later re-issued by Taang! Records in 1996 with 2 additional tracks.

When Slapshot got back from their European tour with Ignite Jack and Mark McKay burried their hatchets and Mark joined the band again on drums. They started to record a new album but Chris Lauria thought it sounded to much like their old generic sound and wanted to do something else so he started his own band called Bitter. Jack was so impresed by Bitters sound so he and Chris did some sort of mixing of the two different recordings and this album was the result.

Lost & Found payed the band in CD's for this release (haha cunts). It's easy to understand why the band left the label afterwards.

This CD was a big step away from Slapshots old stop/start sound with heavy battering drums and even if it might have been a step in the wrong direction it was probably essential to keep the band fresh and alive.
The result if you ask me is Slapshot sounding like 80% of all other HC bands out there. The whole album sounds like one long track basicly.

The track that sticks out the most is the cover of The smiths. Love it when a band from one genre covers something from a completly other genre. It doesnt make it worse that it's actually really really good. Click here to listen to the original version by The smiths.
6/10

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Slapshot & Ignite - Europe-tour 7'' (1994)

Tracklist:
01. Slapshot - The day my thoughts turned to violence
02. Ignite - Automatic

Released by Lost & Found Records in 1994.

Not a liverecording but instead a split EP to promote their EU tour. The tour started in Sweden on the Hultsfred festivalen.

This album was the first one the band released on Lost & found and from what i have heard they have not been payed a cent for any of their records by the company (cunts).

Listening to this odd bandmixture for a split it's plain to sdee what good hardcore and bad hardcore is and how both types sound.

Slapshot never liked the idea of touring with Ignite but did it for the big paycheck they would recieve from Lost & Found...... oh they never got a cent? That sucks.
6/10

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Slapshot - Unconsciousness CD (1994)

Tracklist:
01. The day my thoughts turned to murder
02. Unconsciousness
03. Broken
04. Gasoline
05. Bulletproof
06. My mothers son
07. Victimised
08. Pushing in on me
09. Back to my friends (Negazione cover)
10. Insomnia
11. Blameless
12. You have the right to remain violent

Released by We bite Records in 1994.

Right before this album Darryl left the band and was replaced with Mike Bowser.
During the recording of the album the bands old member and friend Jordan Wood commited suicide. This event brought the old band together but they didnt get along outside of the funeral. According to Chris he tried to convince Jack to take back Mark McKay into the band but Jack refused for some reason.

This album is probably Slapshots most musically advanced album and (dodging under table from incomming bottles aimed at my head) my favourite album by the band.
The band got Steve Albini to produce the album (he was behind some productions for titans like Nirvana) and it's easy to hear his influence on songs like Insomnia.

The sound is still the destinct Slapshot-sound but with a bit tweaking to break it out of the (to be honest) quite generic mould that most of their songs often follow.

Best songs are Bulletproof, Victimised and the incredible You have the right to remain violent.
9/10

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Record can still be bought at Musicstack, Cduniverse and other major stores.

Slapshot - Live at SO36 CD (1993)

Tracklist:
01. Firewalker
02. No friend of mine
03. I've had enough
04. Battered
05. Another mistake
06. Back on the map
07. Wired
08. Freezer burn
09. No time left
10. Whats at stake
11. Hang up your boots
12. Dealing with pennies
13. Chip on my shoulder
14. Step on it

Released by We bite records in 1993.

Ok lets just get this bullshit out of the way so i can continue with the proper discography.

I hate live records that offer nothing new even more than i hate "greatest hits" records released before the old record has even sold out from stores.
Slapshot is a great live band and that surrely comes through here but since all these songs have been recorded in studio and released before i dont see no reason for it to exist.

Go to a show and check them out in real life instead of jumping around in front of the mirror lipsyncing to this record.
3/10

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Musicvideo for Wired by Slapshot.

Leave the trees alone Jack!!!

Slapshot - Blast furnace CD (1993)

Tracklist:
01. Blast furnace
02. Battered
03. Breakaway
04. Another mistake
05. Them aren't
06. Wired
07. Hidden instrumental outro

Released by We bite Records in 1993 on both LP and CD.

Three years since their last album, a defunct Stars and Stripes and a whole lot of people getting kicked or leaving the band one could almost say that this was the result of the second instalment of Slapshot.
In 1991 the band wrote a three record contract with We bite records and right after that the turmoil in the band started. Jordan didnt get along with Jack and Steve so he convinced Chris Lauria to quit the band with him. Chris left but return to the band some time after. Chris brought along Darryl Sheppard who was an old friend from his days in the band Deslok to replace Jordan.

In 1992 Steve Risteen was kicked from the band and in that conflict the the bands friend and roadie left with Steve in sympathy. Mark McKay couldnt join the US tour the leftovers of the band was going to do and also he got kicked from the band. He was replaced by Barry Hite on drums.

Thanks to all the lineup changes the band now had to go in and rewrite their contract with We bite Records. This relationship was fucked before the band had even released their first of the three albums.

Blast furnace is probably the most confucing album by the band and their first attempt to try a bit more "hairy sound". Metal guitars and a tired drumbattering and as a grand finale they even shot a musicvideo for the new MTV generation where Jack runs around kicking dead trees.
Even the band themselfs admitted that they where tired of the album before it was even released. Not the best one so to speak.

Even if i hate this album i kind of love to hate it. First song on the record is an actually good song and Wired is just one of those songs you have to like for it's bravery to be so hairy and cheesy.
The band also uses parts of conversations from old movies such as Star wars and Silence of the lambs (put the fucking lotion int he basket! haha). We can also hear a soundbit from the great David Lynch masterpiece Blue Velvet on track three.

Guess the bands stress to put an album out there in two weeks time and the fact that Jack and Chris where the only original members left in the band can be the reason why it sucks. But that still doesnt explain the whole hary glambullshit they got going on here.
Dont really know how i stand with this record. I basicly love the album even though i hate it to death. Basicly the same relationship as the one that i have to my mother.
5/10

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Slapshot - Sudden death overtime CD (1990)

Tracklist:
01. What's at stake
02. Firewalker
03. Dealing with pennies
04. Transmission
05. Something to prove
06. Nation of hate
07. Punk's dead, you're next
08. Say goodbye
09. War on drugs
10. Get me out
11. Change
12. White rabbit (Jefferson airplane cover)
13. Chip on my shoulder (Live)
14. Moment of truth (Live)

Released on CD by Emergo Records in 1990 and LP by Taang! Records the same year.

Before this album Jamie Sciarappa on bass left the bandafter moving to LA but was quickly replaced by Chris Lauria that was friends with the band when some of them played in Terminally ill.

A month before this album the band released their EP called Firewalker, since all 3 songs on that release where added to this release i wont bother uploading it.

Yet another superb release by the band. A bit more guitarmasturbation this time around but nothing as annoying as other HC bands from this era produced.

It's somewhat of a twosided record though. I absolutely love the first half but never understood the last part of the album. Songs like Get me out try to be advanced and special and succed but in the wrong way. The song is that sort of "special" that if it was a human he would put fingers up his ass and drool constantly.
As much as i like the bands decicion to step out of the mold and cover White rabbit by Jefferson airplane it isnt really that good.
The two livesongs that where exclusive for the CD are not really that great either and could easilly be left out. Fun fact is that they are not even live in the first place. The band recorded it in a studio and added the shouts and handclaps afterwards. Whats up with that?

First half is great though and best one's there are Whats at stake with one of the best buildups to a hardcore song ever, Firewalker with great lyrics and a damn catchy chorus.

Another great song is Something to prove that touch on some of the numerous feuds Slapshot had with other bands. This one is about the beef with Youth of today and Bold.
The whole conflict has it's roots in the old NY vs Boston beef that was around int he early days. Bands from both areas played the same shows and all had loyal supporters so it often ended in conflicts in the pit (Bold's drummer even got so heckled once he actually left the stage and jumped into the crowd, fists flying and all that).
Bands showing up late so they could play after another band instead of opening for them and bands talking shit in magazines etc was basicly the largest outcome of this. When will hardcore bands start to take notes fromt he rappers so we can get some real action going hehe :)
8/10

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Record is so wellknown that you can even find it through Pricerunner. Noone of the stores listed there need my promotional help so i wont link to any stores.
Instead support someone who also buy's from smaller labels and buy it from Interpunk.

Slapshot live at The Rat in Boston 1989.

Performing 2 songs that was not yet released and also No friend of mine from their 1988 LP Step on it. Great footage all thanks to MetalMikeP.

Slapshot - Step on it LP (1988)

Tracklist:
01. Step on it
02. Chameleon
03. No time left
04. Show the way
05. Kill for a drink
06. Same mistake
07. No friend of mine
08. I've had enough
09. Could it be
10. No guts, no glory (Last rights cover)
11. Rise and fall
12. Hang up your boots
13. Enforcer
14. Chant/In your face

Released by Taang! Records in 1988 and later re-issued by Taang! on cd the same year and also later in 2002 with additional songs from earlier LP Back on the map.

With the same lineup as their EP the band went in to record their most "slapshot sounding" record to date. Much like their first LP it's dark and hard with more leanings towards an Oi!/Punk sound than the metal most others played at this time.

Right after this record Jack started Stars and stripes and the sound on the record is a somehwat pitched up version of that band basicly (though the whole bomb the middle east and kick out the immigrants bit is abscent here to).

Around this time the band was in a fued with UK band Exploited. It all started when Slapshot was going to play a show with them and decided to wear t-shirts saying Punks dead....your next and on the back it was a picture of Wattie (frontman of Exploited) with a gun to his head.
Exploited found out before the show and called the ones behind the gig that kicked Slapshot from the show.
Exploited got some crap from Slapshot hangarounds on comming gigs but the band themselfs never went any further than making a record threat. Thereoff the "No thanks to: Wattie (we'll get you) writen on this records sleeve.

Best songs on the record are Chameleon, No friend of mine, Enforcer, In your face and the classic Hang up your boots that has been covered by both Discipline and The business.
9/10

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Re-issues of the record can be bought from all over the world but check the original one for sale at ebay.

Slapshot - Might makes right/Same mistake 7'' (1988)

Tracklist:
01. Might makes right
02. Same mistake
03. Gilligan

Released by Taang! Records in 1988.

Right after the Back on the map LP Jordan Wood (The loved ones) joined the band as a second guitarist though thanks to Jonathan leaving the band he instead had to play the bass. Before this recording Jamie Sciarappa (SS Decontrol) joined the band on bass and Jordan could go back to playing guitar.

A twosonged ep with a hidden acapella of the old Gilligan island theme (i know) called Gilligan.
A-side is superb but dont really know what to make of the track Same mistake.
7/10

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Slapshot performing It's happening today live

Footage from 1987 at a livegig in Ontario on some university campus. Thanks to 10pounds for the footage.