Because the age of quarrel between John Joseph and Harley Flanagan still doesn’t seem to have come to an end, Flanagan is now coming out swinging under the moniker Harley’s War. Along with former members of Bad Brains, Agnostic Front, Warzone and Suicidal Tendencies, he just released “Hardcore All-Stars”. It comes packed with content on both a CD and a DVD.
First off on the CD are twelve new tracks of metallic hardcore with a mid 80s flavor that don’t equal the first two Cro-Mags albums but still come with a nice groove and plenty of aggression. Next up are four demos from 1982 (very raw, very fierce) and a 16-song live set recorded at CBGBs including quite a few Cro-Mags classics (not always great quality though).
The live material on the DVD features a ton of stuff recorded in NYC, Germany and Japan alongside a couple of videos, a short documentary about closing CBGBs and an interview with Flanagan.
Overall I’d say this is a case of quantity over quality but I don’t think the real Cro-Mags fans will frown on it.
Score: 6.5 out of 10
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