When one thinks about old-school hardcore/punk, the word ferocious “brevity” certainly comes to mind first. Think Negative Approach, 7Seconds, and the Circle Jerks to name a few. Yet living and breathing by the punk ethos, there were countless other bands that played loud, and fast and delivered an unrelenting message of truth. Enter The Goons.
The Goons were a hardcore/punk band from the Washington DC area that was active from 1994-2006. The Goons sought to stir up DC while they blasted their dire and charming (to their fanbase only) short, tight blasts of “mohican-kid speed-rock” and dared them to come out and play.
The band will be releasing their first official live LP Live at the Black Cat on DCxPC on January 20th (which is a Florida live recording label that patterns itself after the classic VML Records label). DCxPC started during the pandemic and has so far done short-run vinyl from Ann Beretta, Curtains, Call In Dead, Ratchet Boys, etc. Glide is premiering the fast, curious, and undeniable punk hooks of The Goons on “Hey You” off Live at the Black Cat.
Scott Pasch from DCxPC Live had the following to say about the release
“We came into inception during the pandemic when live shows went to livestreams. We recorded the streams, and decided to release them as live albums on vinyl with covers that pay homage to the VMLive album covers of the 1990’s. We have since expanded to recording full live shows as well as releasing live shows from the past. We have released the following: A split with Call in Dead (Orland’s hardest punk band or their lightest metal band…take your pick)/2AMature (Agent Orange meets PUP), Year of the Fist (CA’s Best Riotgrrrl band!) , Two Man Advantage (bringing hockey punk to NYC and beyond for over 20 years), and a split with Grave Return/The Hamiltons (Orlando punks with nothing to lose). We have releases from The Ratchet Boys (Baltimore Ska–all $$$ goes to cancer research in honor of their singer, Dan Hess, who died of Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2007.), Ann Beretta (RVA favorite melodic punk band bringing live acoustically), a split with Orlando’s Curtains/Swift Knuckle Solution (Both bands are veterans of punk rock like your great grandmother’s secret lover moshed to). In 2023 we will have releases from The
Goons (Kings of DC Punk from the 1990s into the early 2000’s), Some Kind of Nightmare (touring monsters), a split with Tampa’s Rath and the Wise Guys/The Kutoffs (Bringing the dirty punk and pop punk together for families of all ages), Fortitude (FL hardcore legends), No Coffin (Miami fastcore), a split with Atlas/Moat Cobra (Orlando Metal Maniacs), and a Rhode Island’s Degenerates of Punks (RI is too small to contain a band this fucking good!)
Yes…we know this Vol. 5 is coming out after Vol. 6, 7 and 8, but there were supply chain issues and as a new label we had to hunt around for different options as we figured out who was best to press our records based on price and based on speed of production. Like a good punk rock show, our release schedule is organized chaos.”
