Onward - Survive Death

A couple of days ago Oslo City Straight Edge band Onward did a reunion show together with Supertouch.
Anyone who knows his classics, must agree that Onward was one of the few bands keeping the spirit of youth crew hardcore alive during the midnineties. Besides Mainstrike and Mouthpiece there weren't that many bands playing this kind of music and especially not many bands doing it as good as Onward. Check this clip and get the These Words Still Pray record.

Lyric of the week: Mouthpiece - Left Of You

Many straight edge bands write songs about people changing, and them staying the same. Most come out pretty generic. Somehow Mouthpiece's Left Of You does work, no matter how many times you hear it. Great song, great lyrics.

What it means, and what it meant, nothing's changed in me.
I look around, the faces change, few remain,
I guess to some it's nothing more than a song,
But not to me, so I move on.
I keep it all in my head, I take what's left,
Never forget, I never break.
There's so much more than you'll ever know.
This means more to me than you'll ever see,
Can't take it away, can't kill what's inside of me.
I'll take this with me till there's nothing left of me.
You can't turn this around, you can't keep me down,
And when you're gone, I'll move on, I will continue.
I am what's left of you

Mouthpiece - Can't Kill What's Inside

Finally the Mouthpiece discography has seen the light, and it's final resting place is Revelation Records.

If you're into youth crew/straight edge hardcore Mouthpiece definitely is one of the bands you should check out. They kept the flame burning when big shots Youth Of Today and Bold threw in their towels. In fact they were one of the few bands playing this sound when everyone went metal.

Still I have mixed feelings about this release. One the one hand the booklet looks amazing, and the songs are awesome. But that's the negative aspect of it as well. If you're into the band you probably already have most if not all of these songs. The three previously unreleased bonus tracks don't add much to that catalog as they are livesongs. The sound quality isn't all that and the third song is an instrumental outro entitled 'Massive Outro'.

I would have like to see more information in the booklet as well. Maybe liner notes on the songs or short interviews with the members. I mean a full list of all Mouthpiece shows is nice and all but they never played in Europe. And I don't want to be remembered about that.