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''N.Y.H.C.'' is a
documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
directed by
Frank Pavich Frank Pavich ( ) is a Croatian-American film director and producer. Career Pavich's first film as director was '' N.Y.H.C.'', a feature-length documentary about the New York hardcore music scene. The film was shot in the summer of 1995 and was rele ...
about the mid-1990s
New York hardcore New York hardcore (also known as NYHC) is both the hardcore punk music created in New York City and the subculture and lifestyle (sociology), lifestyle associated with that music. New York hardcore grew out of the hardcore scene established in Wa ...
scene. Filmed in mid-1995, it was completed and self-released on VHS by Pavich in 1999. The documentary was acquired for distribution by
HALO 8 Entertainment HALO-8 Entertainment is an independent film company specializing in genre cinema, documentaries, midnight movies, music-driven lifestyle videos, and animation. Its most popular releases include arthouse films ''Pop Skull'' and ''Threat''; animated ...
in December 2007. On March 25, 2008, Halo-8 released a two-disc special edition for the documentary's first time on DVD. Disc 2 features previously unreleased footage including "Where Are They Now?" interviews shot ten years after the original documentary, live performances of complete songs by
Vision of Disorder Vision of Disorder is an American hardcore punk, hardcore/metalcore band from Long Island, New York, that initially released three albums before disbanding in 2002. The band garnered attention for blending melody and groove into a traditional ha ...
,
Madball Madball is an American New York hardcore band formed in New York City, that originated in the late 1980s as a side project of Agnostic Front. The band developed after Agnostic Front's front man Roger Miret would let his younger half-brother Fr ...
, 25 ta Life,
108 108 may refer to: * 108 (number) * AD 108, a year * 108 BC, a year * 108 (artist) (born 1978), Italian street artist * 108 (band), an American hardcore band * 108 (emergency telephone number), an emergency telephone number in several states in Ind ...
,
No Redeeming Social Value No Redeeming Social Value, also known as NRSV, is an American hardcore punk band. The band was started in 1988 by the brothers D Thrilla and K9 the sonic Maximizer of the Queens Village neighborhood of New York City. Alcohol, marijuana and partie ...
, District 9, and more, as well as new interviews with Lou Koller (
Sick of It All Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1986 in Queens, New York City. The band's lineup consists of brothers Lou and Pete Koller on lead vocals and guitars respectively, Armand Majidi on drums, and Craig Setari on bass. Sick ...
) and Toby Morse ( H2O).


Plot

One of the few documentaries focusing on the
hardcore Hardcore, hard core or hard-core may refer to: Arts and media Film * ''Hardcore'' (1977 film), a British comedy film * ''Hardcore'' (1979 film), an American crime drama film starring George C Scott * ''Hardcore'' (2001 film), a British documen ...
music scene of one city, ''N.Y.H.C.'' featured seven bands prominent in the mid-90s scene. A diverse grouping was selected, from
Long Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...
suburbanites to
Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...
inner-city youth to
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna may refer to: * International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known Colloquialism, colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnav ...
devotees.


Live performances

The featured bands are: *
Madball Madball is an American New York hardcore band formed in New York City, that originated in the late 1980s as a side project of Agnostic Front. The band developed after Agnostic Front's front man Roger Miret would let his younger half-brother Fr ...
* 25 ta Life *
Vision of Disorder Vision of Disorder is an American hardcore punk, hardcore/metalcore band from Long Island, New York, that initially released three albums before disbanding in 2002. The band garnered attention for blending melody and groove into a traditional ha ...
*Crown of Thornz *
108 108 may refer to: * 108 (number) * AD 108, a year * 108 BC, a year * 108 (artist) (born 1978), Italian street artist * 108 (band), an American hardcore band * 108 (emergency telephone number), an emergency telephone number in several states in Ind ...
*
No Redeeming Social Value No Redeeming Social Value, also known as NRSV, is an American hardcore punk band. The band was started in 1988 by the brothers D Thrilla and K9 the sonic Maximizer of the Queens Village neighborhood of New York City. Alcohol, marijuana and partie ...
*District 9


Interviewees

Interviewees include: * Freddy Madball (Madball) *Rick ta Life (25 ta Life) *
Roger Miret Rogelio de Jesus Miret (born June 30, 1964) is a Cuban American musician. He is the vocalist for New York hardcore band Agnostic Front, street punk group Roger Miret and the Disasters, and hardcore band The Alligators. Agnostic Front are consi ...
(
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 ...
) * John Joseph (
Cro-Mags Cro-Mags are an American hardcore punk band from New York City. The band, which has a strong cult following, has released six studio albums, with the first two considered the most influential. With a Hare Krishna background, they were among t ...
) *
Lord Ezec Dan Singer (born December 20, 1971), known professionally as Danny Diablo a.k.a. Lord Ezec, is an American hardcore punk and hip hop vocalist. He is a current member of underground hip hop acts The ShotBlockers, KAOS 13 and FTW, and a foundin ...
(Crown of Thornz) *Mike Dijan (Crown of Thornz) *Kevin Gill (SFT Records) *Barbara Kenngott (SFT Records) * Vic DiCara (108) *Rasaraja dasa aka Rob Fish (108) *Trivikrama dasa (108) * Jimmy Gestapo ( Murphy's Law) *Tommy Rat (Rejuvenate) *Dean Miller (
No Redeeming Social Value No Redeeming Social Value, also known as NRSV, is an American hardcore punk band. The band was started in 1988 by the brothers D Thrilla and K9 the sonic Maximizer of the Queens Village neighborhood of New York City. Alcohol, marijuana and partie ...
) *Vinnie Value (
No Redeeming Social Value No Redeeming Social Value, also known as NRSV, is an American hardcore punk band. The band was started in 1988 by the brothers D Thrilla and K9 the sonic Maximizer of the Queens Village neighborhood of New York City. Alcohol, marijuana and partie ...
) *K love the Sonic Maximizer (
No Redeeming Social Value No Redeeming Social Value, also known as NRSV, is an American hardcore punk band. The band was started in 1988 by the brothers D Thrilla and K9 the sonic Maximizer of the Queens Village neighborhood of New York City. Alcohol, marijuana and partie ...
) *Mike Dixon (
No Redeeming Social Value No Redeeming Social Value, also known as NRSV, is an American hardcore punk band. The band was started in 1988 by the brothers D Thrilla and K9 the sonic Maximizer of the Queens Village neighborhood of New York City. Alcohol, marijuana and partie ...
) *Chris Wynne (In Effect Magazine) *Tim Williams (VOD) *Mike Kennedy (VOD) *Mike Fleischmann (VOD) *Brendan Cohen (VOD) *Matt Baumbach (VOD) *Myke Rivera (District 9) *Cesar Ramirez (District 9) *Todd Hamilton (District 9) *Loki Velasquez (District 9) Notable in this film is interview footage of
Roger Miret Rogelio de Jesus Miret (born June 30, 1964) is a Cuban American musician. He is the vocalist for New York hardcore band Agnostic Front, street punk group Roger Miret and the Disasters, and hardcore band The Alligators. Agnostic Front are consi ...
while using a wheelchair due to a
vertebrae The spinal column, a defining synapomorphy shared by nearly all vertebrates,Hagfish are believed to have secondarily lost their spinal column is a moderately flexible series of vertebrae (singular vertebra), each constituting a characteristic i ...
injury sustained at a show.


Film festivals

*
Chicago Underground Film Festival Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF), founded in 1993, is the longest running underground film festival in the world. It's an internationally recognized program providing a venue for documentary, experimental and avant-garde narrative film and ...
- 1999 *Euro Underground Film Festival - 1999 *
Hot Springs A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...
Documentary Film Festival - 2000 *
New York Underground Film Festival The New York Underground Film Festival was an annual event that occurred each March at Anthology Film Archives in New York City from 1994 through 2008 founded by filmmakers Todd Phillips ('' Road Trip'', '' Old School'') and Andrew Gurland. After P ...
- 2000 *Sound Unseen Film & Music Festival - 2000 *Mostra Internacional de Cinema (
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
) - 2001


Soundtrack

The ''N.Y.H.C. Documentary Soundtrack'' was released in 1996 prior to the film’s release by
SFT Records Striving For Togetherness Records (aka SFT Records) is an independent hardcore music label known for its mid-1990s New York hardcore releases. Notable releases * Intent to Injure - "Habit of Thought" 7-inch * Headfirst - "Intervention" 7-inch * V ...
on compact disc. It was intended to help raise funds for the completion of the documentary itself (which was finally completed & released in 1999). This CD featured live tracks as well as interview clips. The featured bands are
Madball Madball is an American New York hardcore band formed in New York City, that originated in the late 1980s as a side project of Agnostic Front. The band developed after Agnostic Front's front man Roger Miret would let his younger half-brother Fr ...
, 25 ta Life,
Vision of Disorder Vision of Disorder is an American hardcore punk, hardcore/metalcore band from Long Island, New York, that initially released three albums before disbanding in 2002. The band garnered attention for blending melody and groove into a traditional ha ...
,
108 108 may refer to: * 108 (number) * AD 108, a year * 108 BC, a year * 108 (artist) (born 1978), Italian street artist * 108 (band), an American hardcore band * 108 (emergency telephone number), an emergency telephone number in several states in Ind ...
,
Crown of Thornz Dan Singer (born December 20, 1971), known professionally as Danny Diablo a.k.a. Lord Ezec, is an American hardcore punk and hip hop vocalist. He is a current member of underground hip hop acts The ShotBlockers, KAOS 13 and FTW, and a foundin ...
,
No Redeeming Social Value No Redeeming Social Value, also known as NRSV, is an American hardcore punk band. The band was started in 1988 by the brothers D Thrilla and K9 the sonic Maximizer of the Queens Village neighborhood of New York City. Alcohol, marijuana and partie ...
, and
District 9 ''District 9'' is a 2009 science fiction mockumentary film directed by Neill Blomkamp in his feature film debut, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. It is a co-production of New Zeala ...
. All tracks were recorded live in mid-1995.


Track listing

#Crown of Thornz - "Juggernaut" # 25 ta Life - "Da Lowdown" #Kevin Gill of SFT Records (interview dialogue) #
Vision of Disorder Vision of Disorder is an American hardcore punk, hardcore/metalcore band from Long Island, New York, that initially released three albums before disbanding in 2002. The band garnered attention for blending melody and groove into a traditional ha ...
- "Suffer" #Virginia (interview dialogue) #District 9 - "Fool" # Freddy Madball (interview dialogue) #
Madball Madball is an American New York hardcore band formed in New York City, that originated in the late 1980s as a side project of Agnostic Front. The band developed after Agnostic Front's front man Roger Miret would let his younger half-brother Fr ...
- "New York City" #Rasaraja dasa of 108 (interview dialogue) #108 - "Solitary" #Vinnie & Dean of NRSV (interview dialogue) #
No Redeeming Social Value No Redeeming Social Value, also known as NRSV, is an American hardcore punk band. The band was started in 1988 by the brothers D Thrilla and K9 the sonic Maximizer of the Queens Village neighborhood of New York City. Alcohol, marijuana and partie ...
- "New 64" #Myke & Todd of District 9 (interview dialogue) #District 9 - "Victim" #Rick ta Life (interview dialogue) #25 ta Life - "Separate Ways" # John Joseph of the
Cro-Mags Cro-Mags are an American hardcore punk band from New York City. The band, which has a strong cult following, has released six studio albums, with the first two considered the most influential. With a Hare Krishna background, they were among t ...
(interview dialogue) #108 - "Holyname" #Tim & Brendan of Vision of Disorder (interview dialogue) #Vision of Disorder - "Formula for Failure" #
Roger Miret Rogelio de Jesus Miret (born June 30, 1964) is a Cuban American musician. He is the vocalist for New York hardcore band Agnostic Front, street punk group Roger Miret and the Disasters, and hardcore band The Alligators. Agnostic Front are consi ...
of
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 ...
(interview dialogue) #Madball - "It's Time" #Madball - "Crucified" (with Roger Miret on vocals) #Dean & Vinnie of NRSV with Chris of ''In Effect Magazine'' (interview dialogue) #No Redeeming Social Value - "No Regrets" #Tim Williams, Matt Baumbach, Mike Kennedy & Mike Fleischmann of Vision of Disorder (interview dialogue) #Vision of Disorder - "D.T.O." #Ezec of Crown of Thornz (interview dialogue) #Crown of Thornz - "Crown of Thornz"


Home media

The film was released on DVD on March 25, 2008.


References


External links

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Podcast interview with Frank Pavich & Lord Ezec
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2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:N.Y.H.C. (Film) Documentary films about punk music and musicians 1999 directorial debut films 1999 films Hardcore punk Documentary films about New York City Music of New York City 1999 documentary films 1990s English-language films