Maximum Penalty - Independent Cassette

Maximum Penalty - Independent CassetteFormed in 1986, Maximum Penalty lay claim as one of the most unique bands that emerged during the peak of New York Hardcore. The band, established by vocalist Jimmy Williams and joined by guitarist Joseph Affe in 1988, started out as fast hardcore punk and gradually evolved to something more, driven by melody backed rhythms and soulful clean sung vocals. A staple at legendary venues like CBGB and Coney Island High from the get go, Maximum Penalty also

noisy and touched on the classic 80’s hardcore we all love so much

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reality-driven hardore and A World Of Our Own expands on that vision

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Born Into War on Cassette

In the midst of this were the five members who would form AWOL

Adjustable waist band

” And the record ends with an emotive piano ballad in “Cocaine Sunday

The band came on strong with the release of their self-titled EP the same year they started

during a time when hardcore needed a band to smash things back to center as the genre found itself falling off track

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Formed in 2021