Within Blood

I plan on giving this blog a little more of an "Australian" feel, considering thats where i am from and that 99% of people that read this blog probably dont know all that much of what goes on down here.

So to start things off, iam going to talk about one of my favourite ever Australian hardcore bands, who just happen to be playing a reunion this weekend (i'll be there), Within Blood.

Within Blood consisted of Matt Maunder(also from Mindsnare) on Vocals, Dave and Brad(now both in Samsara) on guitars, Llyod on Bass(Guitar in HITLIST, and now Meatlocker) and some dude called Jason on drums. So i guess you could call it an "all star line up", but i would just call it a good fucking band. All these dudes were really could at their respective instrument and word is that they recorded their "First Blood" album live, and in ONE day!, yep tracking and mixing of 10 songs in 1 day!, and when i say live i mean they actually were in the same room and recorded their respective instruments at the same time, something that probably hasent been done very often since the 70's, ha.

I loved everything about Within Blood, their music, lyrics, image and even their promo pics(i cant find any online anywhere though).

Matt once described Within Blood to me as "Mindsnare for boneheads", and i guess thats a pretty good description, they kept things a little more simplier than their mates in Mindsnare, but what they lacked in technicality they made up with well structured HHAARRRDDDD hardcore songs.

Until i can work out how to post songs on here(someone help me out) my description is just going to have to do, think AF "One Voice" era, a little bit of The Mags and a touch of Merauder and your on your way.

Not only were their songs and lyrics awesome, but their live shows were some of the best i have ever seen. Here are a few highlights from the times i have seen them;

- Matt jumping and kicking a short sound lady straight in the face (accident)

- Matt elbowing a guy in the face whilst singing and not missing a word (not an accident)

- Matt headbutting a guy whilst singing and not missing a word (again not an accident)
- Matt coming on stage with a chain saw at their last show at the Arthouse and swinging that fucking thing around like crazy (it was on)

All these points have been about their front man, Matt, but every single time i saw them the whole band was tight as fuck, all 3 guitarists were always spot on and sounding great and the drums were always holding shit down.

Iam siked for Friday night.