Herta Mller: Every word knows something of a vicious circle. The Zero Boys managed to come with one of the best early 80’s punk records, or one of the best records ever, period.īetween Vicious Circle and History Of, the entire recorded output of this legendary Midwest punk band’s original line up is, finally, collected. the above underlined copyright notice must be applied. Discover a Prestige Graphic Storytelling Event From the Highly Acclaimed Creators in December 2022. (Paul Rodriguez Jr) dreams of moving to New York City to pursue his dream of creating comic books. Synopsis: An artist and skater with a heart of gold, R.J. When the Ramones lost it, the Zero Boys found it Adding a slam brigade fist to the Blitzkrieg Beat. Revenge, Time Travel, and Perennial Enemies in A VICIOUS CIRCLE 1. Vicious Circle is a film directed by Paul Boyd with Paul Rodriguez, Emily Rios, Trevor Wright, Robert Zepeda. Meanwhile, frontman, Paul “Z” Mahern provides a constant wash from beginning to end. Terry’s licks and chops - a leap beyond two or three chord punk - offered a zone and measured count for drummer Mark Cutsinger and bassist David “Tufty” Clough, a rhythm unit in par with the Minutemen if not The Meters, to run lines like quicksilver. Yeah, they played shows with Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Subhumans, and others but in Terry “Hollywood” Howe’s guitar there was harmonious terror and unstoppable cadence. Now, collected here and remastered from the original tapes is the proof, if more was needed, that their take of American hardcore wasn’t all white bread numbers. Though before and after that LP’s 1982 release they recorded the Livin’ in the 80’s 7″, songs for three comps and released the post-mortem History Of… cassette revealing their transformation into a toured band warming to the metaphysical and their demise while still waving torches of rock ‘n’ roll panache. us / v.s s.k l / uk / v.s s.

Proof is Vicious Circle and the two decades since of copyists, bootleggers, practitioners and reunion concert pogoers. But unlike most coastal punk, the Zero Boys were pointing the way to a scene that could accommodate heaping helpings of melody, intelligence, and rock ‘n’ roll sus, not just turbo-charged ferocity.įrom 1979 into ’83, the Indianapolis based ZBs were the finest hardcore blitz in the Midwest if not all the lower 48 states. punk seemed to peak coast to coast that year. In one sense, The Zero Boys’ Vicious Circle was yet another example of how U.S. It came out of nowhere in 1982, this punk rock/hardcore fireball with the bright yellow sleeve. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around July 1, 2009.

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