Skate and Destroy

Friday Hardcore



I used to hang out at a skate shop in Shimokitazawa called Violent Grind. After school, Grind was the place to hang out: we could skate, listen to punk rock records, get totally fucked up...hey, it was paradise for us high school kids. Mudafukin Pushead designed the logo for the place! How more hardcore can you get?

(Duh)

Anyway, though getting plastered every other few days was sorta fun, another reason we showed up was that we could watch the latest skate videos...for like, free. Remember The Search For Animal Chin? Ban This? H-Street, Alva videos?

Neil Blender quitting mid-way in some contest to spray paint some of his art work onto a ramp was immensely cool. (Does anyone remember which video this was from?)

We watched these things endlessly. And most of the soundtracks featured punk rock.



The Faction
Skate And Destroy
The Faction Collection 1982-1985 CD (buy)
Goldenrod 1995

To tell you the truth, I have no idea which video (if any) this was included on. But with Steve Caballero on board (no pun intended, I swear) it must be on one.


McRad
Weakness
Absence Of Sanity CD (buy)
Uprising 2001

Stupid assed name and they sound like the Offspring. But put together will Ray Barbee's awesome street skating in Ban This (I think), this song is pretty good.

The Odd Numbers
Little Kings And Queens
Jazz Cigarettes LP
Munster 1996

Again, another song from some skate video. Mods. Maybe from a Santa Cruz Video?

I used to be able to ollie.