OS101 - United Brotherhood Of Scenesters / HC (nr aukcji: 28051354)

Stan płyty: Idealny, niewielki otworek na kodzie kreskowym.
Label: Victory Records
Catalog#: VR86
Format: CD, Album
Style: Hardcore, Punk

1. Stealth               
2. Rehumanize Yourself               
3. 315               
4. Babysitter               
5. Hypocrite               
6. Shut Up Kid               
7. Unframed               
8. Six and Sevens               
9. Millennium               
10. All               
11. The Search               
12. World of our Own               
13. Stingray‘s Revenge

At the time this was released on Victory, their roster was more of the BLOOD FOR BLOOD/FURY OF FIVE type crowd. Many people in that scene did not give this band a fair shake. This band has a great 90's sound out of NJ not unlike VISION and ENSIGN. Fast and melodic, but far from pop: this still has plenty of moshable and singy parts to keep it East Coast.

As indicated by their moniker (which stands for OLD SCHOOL 101) this band has tapped into the past to find their way into the future. I had read a lot about OS101 and was very intrigued to hear this CD but to be honest I wasn't expecting a sound like this at all. OS101 are connected to the NYHC sXe scene so I had been expecting something more in line with the sXe cliche. I was wrong. As for sXe they seem to be influenced not by classic nyhc so much as INSTED but even more than that they bring to mind the old Orange County sound with plenty of early DESCENDENTS style brashness.