hardcore
Hardcore, hard core or hard-core may refer to:
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* ''Hardcore'' (1979 film), an American crime drama film starring George C Scott
* ''Hardcore'' (2001 film), a British documen ...
and
crossover thrash
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band formed in
Bergenfield, New Jersey
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, United States, in 1986, when brothers Chris (vocals) and John (drums) Milnes joined up with Scott Dottino (bass) and Dan Nastasi (guitar) as the cover band, Predator. The band soon began writing original material and changed the band name to Mucky Pup. Over the years, the band went through several line-up changes and musical style changes while gaining minor success in both the USA and Europe. Their breakthrough moment occurred when they won second place in a ''
Bloom County
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'' comic strip contest, resulting in the band performing a song featured on a flexi disc packaged with a 1987 ''Bloom County'' comic strip compilation. However, their European success, based on strong tours and charting for the 1989 ''A Boy in a Man's World'' album, surpassed all recognition achieved in their home country. The band split up in 1995 but reunited from 2009 through 2014 with a rotating line-up of both former and new members with vocalist Chris Milnes being the only constant.
History
Early years
The band initially started as a cover band named Predator. It was not long before the band started writing original material and changed their name to Mucky Pup. They released two demo tapes in 1987. The first demo, ''Live and Mucky'', was recorded live. After its release, bassist Scott Dottino left the band. A second demo, ''Greatest Hits'', featuring former Hades member Scott LePage on bass, followed. Together, the two demos sold a combined amount of over 1,200 copies. That same year, the band was featured on a
flexi disc
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in the ''Bloom County'' book, ''
Billy and the Boingers Bootleg
''Billy and the Boingers Bootleg'' is the fifth collection of the comic strip series Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed. It was published in 1987.
It is preceded by ''Bloom County Babylon'' and followed by ''Tales Too Ticklish to Tell''.
Prior ...
''. This was the result of the band taking second place in a contest held for the ''Bloom County'' comic strip. The band, performing as the comic strip characters Billy and the Boingers, recorded "U-Stink-But-I-♥-U," to be featured as one of the two songs featured on the flexi disc.
New Jersey
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. It was during one such event, while playing with the band
Trixter
Trixter is an American glam metal band from Paramus, New Jersey. The band achieved major success in the early 1990s with their top hit, "Give It To Me Good" reaching sixty-five on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. The band disbanded for several ye ...
at the
Paramus, New Jersey
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roller rink
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, that a representative from Torrid Records first saw the band. The band was offered a record contract and several weeks later, they signed their first record deal with the independent label. Signing with Torrid brought a distribution deal in Europe with
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock bands. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City.
History
The label was launched in 1980 in t ...
' sister label, Roadracer Records. The band's first album, ''Can't You Take a Joke?,'' was released in 1988.
In 1989, the band released their second album, ''
A Boy in a Man's World
''A Boy in a Man's World'' is the second studio album by Mucky Pup. The album was recorded at Nevessa Productions and released in 1989 through Torrid Records and Roadrunner Records. The album features a re-recorded version of "U-Stink-But-I-♥ ...
''. The album featured a re-recorded version of "U-Stink-But-I-♥-U", for which the band shot their first music video.
MTV
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played the video two times. ''A Boy In A Man's World'' also featured cover art by friend and future DC and
Marvel
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Business
* Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company
** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment
** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe
** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics
...
comic book artist, Nelson DeCastro, who had previously created T-shirt art for the band as well.
Before the recording of ''A Boy In A Man's World'', LePage, who had never been considered an official member of the band, left due to touring conflicts. He was replaced by Dave Neabore. Shortly after the album was released, the band found themselves on their first tour of Europe. Although Mucky Pup never had a hit in the U.S., their European distribution deal, combined with this tour, helped the band attain success in Europe. When the band returned home, Nastasi resigned and helped co-found the band Non-Fiction with former members of Hades. Nastasi stayed with Non-Fiction for a short time before leaving to join Murphy's Law. Nastasi's position in Mucky Pup was filled by band friend Sean Kilkenny. After a year or so, Neabore and Kilkenny left to form the band that would become Dog Eat Dog and Nastasi returned to record with Mucky Pup while simultaneously joining Dog Eat Dog as well.
The band's third album, ''
Now
Now most commonly refers
to the present time.
Now, NOW, or The Now may also refer to:
Organizations
* Natal Organisation of Women, a South African women's organization
* National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization
* Now ...
'', was released in 1990. ''Now'' introduced new bass player Marc DeBacker, of Belgium, to the line-up and featured guest appearances by
Evan Seinfeld
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and
Billy Graziadei
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of the band
Biohazard
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, whom Mucky Pup had befriended and regularly used as an opening act. In the past, various clubs had refused to let Biohazard play, thinking that their performances could lead to violence, but Mucky Pup sneaked the band on stage for a few songs before their own set. The band shot a second video, "Hippies Hate Water," which MTV never played.
The band began playing shows with bands such as Primus,
Gwar
Gwar, often stylized as GWAR, is an American heavy metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia in 1984, composed of and operated by a frequently rotating line-up of musicians, artists and filmmakers collectively known as Slave Pit Inc. After th ...
,
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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, Murphy's Law,
Bad Brains
Bad Brains are an American rock band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1976. Originally a jazz fusion band under the name Mind Power, they are widely regarded as pioneers of hardcore punk, though the band's members have objected to the use of this ...
, 24-7 Spyz, and Scatterbrain. While Nastasi had returned to record ''Now'', he no longer toured with the band, as he was performing with Dog Eat Dog at the same time Mucky Pup was touring. As a result, new guitarist Splatter became the band's live guitarist. Splatter's time with band was brief and he was replaced by Terry, who remained their live guitarist until 1992.
After the release of ''Now'', Mucky Pup ended their association with Torrid and Roadrunner Records.
Century Media Records
In 1991, the band signed with
Century Media Records
Century Media Records is a heavy metal record label with offices in the United States, Germany and London. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million.
Background
Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf and Oli ...
and released ''Act Of Faith'' in the following year. Once again, the line-up shuffled with DeBacker being replaced by Christopher "Junior" LaPlante, and the addition of Kevin Powers as a keyboard player. Powers had previously played in the local New Jersey band, Articulate Violence. Videos were shot for the songs "Freakin' at the Peepshow" and "Mr. Hand", which only received airplay in Europe.
Shortly after the recording of the album, Nastasi stepped down from both Mucky Pup and Dog Eat Dog. He re-joined the original line-up of Non-Fiction, now calling themselves #9. #9 was in the process of recording their debut when Nastasi accepted a solo record deal with SPV Records. Nastasi named the band Nastasee and recorded two albums, featuring collaborations with members of both Mucky Pup and Dog Eat Dog. ''Trim The Fat'' and ''Ule Tide'' were only intended for European release and as a result, the band embarked on four tours of the continent. Before ''Ule Tide'' could officially be released, Nastasee was dropped from the label and the album was never officially released outside of promotional and mail order copies. As a result, Nastasi disbanded his band.
1993 saw Mucky Pup take a turn away from humorous pop songs to focus on more aggressive, emotional and angry songs with their fifth release, ''Lemonade''. The album brought yet another line-up change, as John Milnes moved to guitar and Kevin Powers took the drummer's position. It also saw the return of Marc DeBacker on bass. Since his previous run with Mucky Pup, DeBacker had moved on to replace Nastasi on guitar in Dog Eat Dog and had taken part in the recording of the band's second full-length album, ''Play Games'' as well as the European tour that preceded it. Once again, Mucky Pup returned to Europe, appearing frequently with
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
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with whom the band became good friends.
After releasing two albums in as many years with Century Media Records, Mucky Pup ended their association with the label.
Mucky Records / SPV Music
In 1993, the band released the album ''Alive & Well'' under their own imprint, Mucky Records, through SPV Music exclusively in Europe. The album was primarily a collection of live tracks recorded during their 1993 tour of Europe. It also contains a demo version of "The Skinheads Broke My Walkman" from the ''Act of Faith'' album, as well as cover versions of Prince's "
Darling Nikki
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Nothing Can Come Between Us
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". New additions to the line-up were Eric "EVS" VanSteenbergh and Glen Cummings, both on guitar. Cummings had previously been a member of both Ludichrist and Scatterbrain and toured Europe with Mucky Pup, on two occasions, as a part-time member of the band.
The band's final album, ''Five Guys In A Really Hot Garage'', was released in Germany in 1995. The final line-up saw John Milnes return to the drums and also featured the additions of Jack "Hinge" Pitzer, formerly of New Jersey
thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...
band, The Beast, on guitar and Joe Mama on bass. DeBacker had already left the band a second time to return to Belgium and form the band 10,000 Women Man. Bass player Bill Bergmann appeared on two of the songs and was pictured on the album cover. Bergmann remained as the bass player for what was the last several months of the band's original existence.
Post-Mucky Pup
In 1998, Chris and John Milnes formed a band named Bully with Bill Bergmann and Kevin Powers. Bully was an attempt to continue recording together without the Mucky Pup name which they felt, at the time, had run its course. This line-up recorded a five-song demo consisting of the final original Mucky Pup material but no album ever materialized. The songs were retroactively made Mucky Pup songs when included on the 2012 re-release of ''Five Guys In A Really Hot Garage'' and referred to as the ''Straight Outta' Jersey'' EP.
Also in 1998, Dan Nastasi and John Milnes joined forces with former Mucky Pup and Dog Eat Dog bandmates Dave Neabore and Sean Kilkenny, to become All Boro Kings. The project was a throwback to the early days of Dog Eat Dog, as it focused on the hardcore style that Dog Eat Dog had originally displayed on their first two releases. The band quickly signed with Century Media Records who released their debut album ''Just For The Fun Of It'' in 2002. The album was released exclusively in Europe due to the strong European fan base the members had in their other bands. The band would also appear on several
compilation album
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s. The band played most of their shows in and around New Jersey before embarking on one European tour with Biohazard,
Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front is an American hardcore punk band from New York City. Founded in 1980, the band is considered an important influence on the New York hardcore scene, as well as a pioneer of the crossover thrash genre.
History First era (1980–19 ...
,
Hatebreed
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, Discipline, Death Threat and Born From Pain, as part of the Eastpak Resistance Tour. In 2004, All Boro Kings quietly disbanded.
In 2005, Kevin Powers co-directed the music video for the Bloodhound Gang's song "
Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss
"Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss" is the eleventh track and the second single from American rock band Bloodhound Gang's fourth studio album, ''Hefty Fine'' (2005). The title is an onomatopoeic representation of a typical four-on-the-floor dance beat. ...
", the second single from their ''
Hefty Fine
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'' album.
In 2013 Bill Bergmann along with Dylan Gadino and Derek Gadino formed Robots and Monsters. Soon after their debut album ''Down to Ash'' was recorded, they enlisted former bandmate Kevin Powers for drumming duties.
Robots and Monsters went on to release the follow-up ''Nothing to Fear, Nothing to Fight'' in 2016.
Reunions
After their breakup in 1996, Mucky Pup reunited for one night performances on several occasions, each time featuring a different incarnation or combination of previous line-ups. In 1999, they reunited as an opening act for their first show ever with Dog Eat Dog. This was followed by five more one-off headlining reunion shows in 2000, 2002 and 2003.
In October, 2008, the band updated their website for the first time in several years. As part of the update, the band announced that they would embark on a European mini-tour in the summer of 2009. The reunited band, consisting of Chris Milnes, John Milnes, Dan Nastasi, Dave Neabore and Kevin Powers, made a United States appearance at Mexicali Live in
Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck () is a Township (New Jersey), township in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a bedroom community in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States census, 2010 U.S. census, th ...
, on April 11, 2009, performing to a sold out crowd. In July, 2009, the band performed at the
Rock for People
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and
With Full Force
Full Force (previously With Full Force) is a German heavy metal music, heavy metal and hardcore punk-oriented music festival held annually since 1994. The 2011 edition took place between 1 and 3 July at Roitzschjora airport in Löbnitz.
Lineups ...
festivals. The band made a second trip to Europe in late August to play a handful of festival dates with bands such as
Municipal Waste
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,
Gorefest
Gorefest was a Dutch death metal band from Goes in Zeeland. It was founded in 1989 by Jan-Chris de Koeijer, Frank Harthoorn, Alex van Schaik and Marc Hoogendoorn.
History
Within two months of existence Gorefest recorded their first demo. A ...
,
Flotsam and Jetsam
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Martyr
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, before ending the tour with a string of dates with Superbutt. The European tour dates featured the line-up of Chris Milnes, Dan Nastasi, Mark DeBacker and Kevin Powers performing songs voted on, via the internet, by their fans. The band returned to Mexicali Live on December 11 to perform their final show of 2009. The show was a release party for ''Live At Mexicali 2009'', a DVD and CD recording of the show held at the same location, the previous April. Towards the end of Mucky Pup's set, the original line-up of Dog Eat Dog reunited onstage to perform two songs.
Mucky Pup continued to perform in 2010 starting with a performance at
The Saint
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* Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the protagonist of a book series by Leslie Charteris and subsequent adaptations:
** ''The Saint'' (film series) (1938–43), starring Louis Hayward, George Sanders an ...
, a nightclub located in
Asbury Park, New Jersey
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As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 15,188
, on January 16. On May 1, 2010, the band performed at a small benefit show held in honor of Marc DiNardo, a
Jersey City
Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.Emergency Services Unit Police Officer, and longtime fan of the band, who was killed in the line of duty in July, 2009. Mucky Pup made its return to Europe during the summer of 2010 for several festival and club dates. The most notable appearance of the tour was on June 27 at the
Graspop Metal Meeting
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in
Dessel
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Nuclear industries
...
, Belgium where the band appeared alongside acts such as
Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast (band), Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joe ...
,
Amon Amarth
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and
Kiss
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. The band returned for a third performance at Mexicali Live in Teaneck, New Jersey on November 24, 2010 with Murphy's Law as an opening act.
On February 27, 2011, Mucky Pup appeared as an opening act for D.R.I. at Starland Ballroom in
Sayreville, New Jersey
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. A short tour of the Netherlands and Belgium followed in the first week of June, 2011 and featured the line-up of Chris Milnes, Kevin Powers, Mark DeBacker and Sean Kilkenny. On June 24, 2011, Mucky Pup performed on the first day of the three-day East Coast Tsunami Fest in
Reading, Pennsylvania
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where they shared the stage with several bands such as Skarhead, Murphy's Law and
Leftöver Crack
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. The band returned to Mexicali Live on November 25, 2011 as an opening act for Assault, a band featuring John Connor of Dog Eat Dog and Nelson Decastro within its line-up.
Mucky Pup performed its first show of 2012 at The Blue Room in
Secaucus, New Jersey
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in New York City. Both bands performed the following night as well at Mexical Live in Teaneck, New Jersey. Both nights featured the five-piece line-up of Chris Milnes, Dave Neabore, Dan Nastasi, Sean Kilkenny and John Milnes. The band ceased performing again after these two 2014 shows and their official website shut down.
Band members
Original line-up
* Chris Milnes -
lead vocalist
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(all releases and tours)
* John Milnes -
drummer
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The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one mem ...
, guitarist (all releases and tours)
* Dan Nastasi -
guitarist
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(''Live and Mucky'' demo - Act Of Faith'')
* Scott Dottino -
bassist
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(''Live and Mucky'' demo)
Later members
* Scott LePage -
bassist
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(''Greatest Hits'' demo and ''Can't You Take A Joke'') (not considered a full-time member)
* Dave Neabore - bassist (''A Boy In A Man's World'')
* Sean Kilkenny - guitarist (live during the ''A Boy In A Man's World'' tours)
* Marc DeBacker - bassist (''Now'' and ''Lemonade'')
* Christopher "Junior" LaPlante - bassist (''Act Of Faith'')
* Eric VanSteenbergh - guitarist (''Alive & Well'')
* Joe "Mama" Savino - bassist (''Five Guys In A Really Hot Garage'')
* Splatter - guitarist (live during the ''Now'' tour)
* Terry Torino - guitarist (live during the ''Now'' and ''Act Of Faith'' tours)
* Glenn Cummings - guitarist (''Alive & Well'') (not considered a full-time member)
Final line-up
* Chris Milnes - lead vocalist
* John Milnes - drummer
* Jack "Hinge" Pitzer - guitarist (''Five Guys In A Really Hot Garage'')
* Bill Bergmann - bassist (live after ''Five Guys In A Really Hot Garage'')
* Kevin Powers -
keyboardist
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(''Act Of Faith'' and ''Five Guys In A Really Hot Garage'') / drummer (''Lemonade '' and ''Alive & Well'')
Reunion line-ups
After the band's initial 2009 reunion, it featured several line-up variations with Chris Milnes being the only consistent member.
*Chris Milnes - lead vocalist (all dates)
*John Milnes - drummer (all but one USA date 2009 - 2012, 2014 / Europe dates in 2010)
*Dan Nastasi - guitarist (all but one USA date) / (Europe dates 2009 - 2010)
*Kevin Powers - keyboardist (2009–2011); drummer (one USA date in 2012) / drummer (Europe dates in 2009, 2011 & 2012)
*Marc DeBacker - bassist (Europe dates) / (one USA date in 2011)
*Dave Neabore - bassist (all but one USA date)
*Sean Kilkenny - guitarist (Europe dates in 2011 & 2012) / (various USA dates 2012 - 2014)
*Matt DeSomma - drummer (Europe dates in 2012/USA dates in 2013)
*Jack "Hinge" Pitzer -
live sound
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A Boy in a Man's World
''A Boy in a Man's World'' is the second studio album by Mucky Pup. The album was recorded at Nevessa Productions and released in 1989 through Torrid Records and Roadrunner Records. The album features a re-recorded version of "U-Stink-But-I-♥ ...
'' (1989)
*''
Now
Now most commonly refers
to the present time.
Now, NOW, or The Now may also refer to:
Organizations
* Natal Organisation of Women, a South African women's organization
* National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization
* Now ...
Lemonade
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There are varieties of lemonade found throughout the world. In North America and South Asia, cloudy still lemonade is the most common variety. There it is traditionally a homemade drink using le ...
'' (1993)
*''Five Guys in a Really Hot Garage'' (1995)
Singles
*"U-Stink-But-I-♥-U" (1987) (included as a
flexi disc
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in the ''Bloom County'' book, ''
Billy and the Boingers Bootleg
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It is preceded by ''Bloom County Babylon'' and followed by ''Tales Too Ticklish to Tell''.
Prior ...
'' ())
*"Short Attention Span" (1996)
Live
*''Alive & Well'' (1993) (Europe only release)
*''Live At Mexicali 2009'' (2009) (CD & DVD)
Demo tapes
*''Live and Mucky'' (1987)
*''Greatest Hits'' (1987)
Allmusic
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