Best European straight edge band

I have this poll running on Twitter but thought it would be nice of other people could speak their mind as well:

Favourite Carry On records (according to Twitter)

Once again I used Twitter to come up with some sort of list of favourite Carry On records. Now this question was kind of hard on some people as not everyone seems to know exactly what Carry On has released.

1. A Life Less Plagued (2001, Bridge 9 Records) The most favourite record for a majority of people on Twitter. Also the record that put the band on the worldwide hardcore map. Though I love most of the songs on this one and admire the transition that Carry On made in their song and lyricwriting it's not my favourite record. I miss the positivism and youth crew sound of their earlier records.

2. Roll With The Punches (2000, Teamwork Records) Teamwork was known for putting out classics like Floorpunch and Atari. This Carry On record was another 'hit'. It's aggresive and straight edge. And easily one of the best 7" to come out after the youth crew revival. Cause the thing with Carry On is, they just missed that boat. Another thing about this record is the 'Fuck Your Politics' song and the flyer that came with it. At the time the hardcore scene was way more pc than now and Carry On made the daring stance to say they we're there for the fun, not for the debates. They were a bunch of guys who like hardcore, nothing more.

3. The Line Is Drawn (1999, Youngblood Records) My personal favourite. When I first heard it, I was blown away. To me Carry On were the new Insted. The same positive, Californian vibe. The artwork is awesome with all the live pics. I still regret selling the shirt that I ordered with the record.



A lot of people mentioned It's All Our Blood (2001) which is a collection of the Roll With The Punches and The Line Is Drawn 7" so I left those unaccounted for.

Not surprisingly no one mentioned the first Carry On record: Stabbed In The Face (1998) which is a very bad record from a band still finding it's sound.

Top 3 Shelter records according to twitter

Like many others I spend a lot of time on twitter (twitter.com/xroldx) and together with my 'followers' I came up with this top 3 of Shelter records.

1. Mantra (1995, Roadrunner Records) This was the record that got me into Shelter. Actually Shelter was the first non European hardcore band that I've seen in a small club instead of a festival. The impression that show left on me, changed me for good I guess. I was already into punk, hardcore and straight edge but after that show it became a huge part of my life.

2. Attaining The Supreme (1993, Equal Vision Records) The Shelter record I play most often, songs like 'Consumer' and ' In Praise of Others' are so good.

3. When 20 Summers Pass (Victory Records) Surprisingly a lot of people on Twitter said this is their favourite Shelter record. I admit it was a good comeback after that awful Beyond Planet Earth thing, but it's not up there with Mantra. To me this will always be the Shelter record 'with that guy from Saves The Day singing'

Another record that quite a few people named (so it should be on spot 4) is Eternal (2006, Good Life Recordings). To me it's a Ray Cappo solo record. I miss a genuine band on that one and ofcourse Porcell's work.

Here you can check a complete discography of Shelter and other Ray Cappo bands. Doing so I 'discovered' that I have never heard any song from The Purpose, The Passion is that one worth checking out?