schism records. 1 / 5 tracks / 1987

RI: D: ? / 4 tracks / 1989 (bootleg)

RI: US: “schism”. 1 / 1990 (bootleg)

RI (CD): D: lost & found records. lf 072 / 7 tracks / 1993

RI (7”,CD5): bridge 9 records. 49 / 5 tracks (7 on CD) / 2005 (?)

#1 - 500 made of the original with tan sleeve color. 300 sold with Schism zine #7. 100 copies with “Project X” stamp sold at a show, the remaining 100 sold separately. #2 - German repro with plain white paper cover with a sticker, the sound is much worse (mastered from a poor quality tape) and Cross Me is missing. 500(?) made. #3 - 500 made of the US boot, good reproduction, same matrix number, great sound. Cover is on white paper instead of tan and the labels are silver (original on white). After 100 copies were sold the band caught the bootlegger and destroyed the remaining 400 copies. #4 - I also heard about a bootleg that comes with a bootleg Schism zine. #5 - German L&F reissue (CD only) has two bonus live tracks at the end: Dance Floor Justice and Cross Me, both live at the Anthrax, CT, Mar 18 1988. #6 - Bridge 9 CD has the same two bonus tracks. From the RevHQ newsletter: “Project X only practised three times before they recorded the 7”. Walter (“N.D.”) only made it to two of them and the record only cost $100 to record.”

A stealth supergroup of NYHC feat. Sammy & Porcell of Youth of Today, Walter of Gorilla Biscuits and Alex of Side by Side. Fast and rough straight edge/hate core with fundamentalist/militant hard edge lyrics. Although this was just a very short lived band and has even been labeled a “joke project”, the lyrics are definitely no-nonsense and helped to kick off a wave of militant hard edge bands. Good music that had a huge impact but a questionable philosophy. [7]  

Eine Undercover-Supergroup des NYHC mit Sammy & Porcell von Youth of Today, Walter von Gorilla Biscuits und Alex von Side by Side. Schneller, harter Straightedge/Hatecore, prima Musik, allerdings mit ziemlich nervigen, militant-fundamentalistischen Texten. Die Songs stammen ursprünglich von Youth of Today, da sich aber Ray weigerte, die Texte zu singen, wurden sie auf diesem Wege veröffentlicht. Ganz wohl scheint die Sache aber auch den übrigen Musikern nicht gewesen zu sein - sie tauchen alle nur unter Pseudonym auf dem Cover auf.

Tracks: straight edge revenge / shutdown / cross me // dance floor justice / where it ends