ENSIGN Direction of Things to Come 1997

 

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Ensign Biography

by Mike DaRonco

Featuring ex-members of Vision, H20, and Undertow, and inspired by East Coast hardcore legends Youth of Today, New Jersey's Ensign was originally a quartet featuring vocalist Tim Shaw, guitarist John Fraunberger, bassist Nate Gluck, and drummer Ryan Murphy. Indecision released their self-titled debut EP, quickly followed by the four-song Fall from Grace, which includes a cover of Instead's "We'll Make the Difference." In 1997, their first-full length, Direction of Things to Come, was released to a wave of critical praise, creating a fan base throughout the country. The follow-up full-length, Cast the First Stone, was released by California's Nitro Records in 1999, featuring new guitarist Ryan "Mackenzie" Donoghue and drummer John O'Neill. In 2000, Indecision released a compilation of the group's early work, titled Three Years, Two Months, Eleven Days; Ensign's official third album, The Price of Progression, appeared on Nitro in early 2001, featuring new guitarist Chris Byrnes and new bassist Chris Oliver (Gluck switched to guitar). The covers album Love the Music, Hate the Kids appeared in the fall of 2003 via Blackout, featuring the guys paying homage to such acts as the Descendents, Dag Nasty, the Replacements, and more. By then, Ensign had gone through a few more players and consisted of Shaw and Gluck (back on bass) alongside drummer Brian Kozuch and guitarist Frank Piegaro.

 

Tracklist

1		Page 32	2:25
2		Foundation	1:51
3		Day By Day	1:50
4		Direction Of Things To Come	2:00
5		Blueprint	1:58
6		Furthest From The Middle	2:23
7		Where Did We Go Wrong	1:40
8		Revolutions End	1:18
9		Tomorrow's Shadow	2:12
10		Tourniquet	1:46
11		First, Last, Only	2:50
12		Hold	2:19
13		Image	3:04

LAND OF GREED WORLD OF NEED A Homeless Benefit Compilation 1994

hardcore bands released by Watermark and Trustkill Records
 

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1	–Nations On Fire	Give Me Back
2	–Current (3)	Dance Of Days
3	–Undertow (2)	Building
4	–Groundwork	Past
5	–Outspoken	Spoke
6	–Sparkmarker	Do Not Consider Yourself Free
7	–Function (5)	No More Pain
8	–Blindfold	I Wish I
9	–Avail	Said Gun
10	–Rancid	Can't Forgive
11	–Lifetime (2)	Money
12	–Process (7)	If I Never Thought About It
13	–Farside	End Of A Year
14	–Ashes (2)	Last Song

BIG PANTS WASTE PRECIOUS FABRIC No Idea Fanzine #11 Compilation 1995

compilation released by No Idea Records out of Gainesville, Florida

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1	–Don's Ex-Girlfriend	Chesapeake	2:37
2	–Sparkmarker	Spores In Ferns	3:04
3	–Friction (8)	The Re-Makeshift Chimney	2:30
4	–Frontier Trust	Kicked To The Curb	1:55
5	–Radon	Stepmother Earth	2:07
6	–Ne'er Do Wells*	Rumble	1:52
7	–Assück	Corners	0:55
8	–Guzzard	Super Sonic Enemy Of Evil	3:10
9	–Bombshell (4)	Perspectives	2:36
10	–Schlong	Pooploops Vs. Barney	0:08
11	–Undertow (2)	Never	3:07
12	–Clairmel	Calypso Louie	2:14
13	–When Puberty Strikes	Rebound	3:23
14	–Assfactor 4	12 Years Of Living Hell	2:11
15	–Less Than Jake	Liquor Store	2:55
16	–Union Morbide	Eyes Of Hatred	2:29
17	–Tired From Now On	From Now On	2:53
18	–Rain Like The Sound Of Trains	Mind My Mind	3:58
19	–Vanbuilderass	Some Cringer Song	2:02
20	–Drop Dead*	Wake Of Deception	1:12
21	–Gus (4)	Accident Prone	4:01
22	–El Toro (3)	Pnoomonia	2:25
23	–Highway 66	Shitbeats	2:18
24	–Initial State	Die Silent	1:47
25	–Grain (8)	Outside Of The Law	2:54
26	–Radio Wendy	Pepper	4:24
27	–J Church	Chemicals Live	3:36
28	–Gimcrack	Red	2:50
29	–Corsair (2)	Gobstopper	2:57

ANTI-MATTER Various Artists 1996

by request

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Tracklist  

1	–Quicksand (3)	Shovel	3:08
2	–Gameface	Everything I Do Is Wrong	2:26
3	–Outspoken	Spark	3:47
4	–Supertouch	Better	4:33
5	–Farside	Moral Straightjacket	5:53
6	–108 (3)	Arctic	2:31
7	–Snapcase	Vent	3:30
8	–Threadbare	Weatherman	2:44
9	–Civ	Don't Gotta Prove It (Live)	3:19
10	–Garden Variety	New Guitar Parts	5:17
11	–Undertow (2)	Kill	2:52
12	–Strife	Circuit	1:43
13	–Chamberlain (2)	Magnetic 62nd	3:47
14	–Sense Field	Shady Day	2:24
15	–Lifetime (2)	Theme Song For A New Brunswick Basement Show	2:11
16	–Mouthpiece	To The Side	1:18

UNDERTOW At Both Ends 1994

hardcore from Seattle...later formed Nineironspitfire

 

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Tracklist

1	At Both Ends
2	Taken
3	Escape
4	Instinct
5	Apology
6	Buried
7	Cedar
8	Thrown Back
9	Where Do We Go
10	Pin
11	Sink

 

NINEIRONSPITFIRE Seventh Soul Sacrificed 1996

some screamin' hardcore from the ashes of Undertow

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1a	Far Too Familiar
1b	Execution
2	Read Between The Lines
3	Less Than One
4	Undone
5a	Lead Poisoning
5b	In The Comfort Of Strangers
5c	Charcoal Drawings
5d	Weapon Of Choice
5e	One Last Wish
5f	Far Too Familiar
6	Oblivian

THE EXCURSION COMPILATION Various Artists 1996

some punk, some hardcore

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1	–Red Rocket	Let Down	3:47
2	–State Route 522	Standards	4:17
3	–Hutch (8)	Jack London Hotel	2:21
4	–Serpico (3)	Double Negative	2:24
5	–Ten-O-Seven	A Disappointment	3:26
6	–Brand New Unit	City	3:48
7	–Serpico (3)	Rain	2:09
8	–Ten-O-Seven	Backwards In The Rain	5:01
9	–Undertow (2)	At Both Ends	2:30
10	–Botch	Inch By Inch	2:38
11	–Slowsidedown	Flaming Arrow	2:21
12	–Jayhawker	Discontent	5:18
13	–Jough Dawn Baker	Bridgework	2:50
14	–Nineironspitfire	End Of Everything	2:25
15	–Lit (2)	Souvenir	2:22
16	–Trial (5)	500 Years	2:25