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Total Abuse also announces official tour :
Total Abuse on the road featuring dates with Chicago's Rectal Hygienics !
July 14 - Austin, Tx at Club 1808 w/ Versus , Mindless + More
https://www.facebook.com/events/1436719629904271/
July 15 - Denton , Tx at Rubber Gloves w/ Filth , Corporate Park , Dromez , Public Health
https://m.facebook.com/events/1417070241887006
July 16 - Kansas City , KS at FOKL Center
July 17 - Saint Louis , MO at Punk House
July 18 - Chicago, IL * at The Mouse Trap w/ Rectal Hygienics and Final Grin
https://www.facebook.com/events/266253923545813/
July 19 - Milwaukee, WI * at The Uptowner w/ Climax Denial
July 20 - Madison, WI * TBA
July 21 - Cincinnati, OH * TBA
July 22 - Dayton, OH * at The South Park Tavern w/ New Regrets
July 23 - Boston, MA * at Obrien's Pub w/ Karlheinz
July 24 - Providence, RI * at Penny Gaff w/ TBA
July 25 - Buffalo, NY * at Summer Scum Fest w/ Pharmakon , Nick Klein + Many more !
https://www.facebook.com/events/543993715679617/
July 26 - NYC * at Death By Audio with Uniform plus more
July 27 - NYC at The Red Light District *
July 28 - Allentown, PA * at Good Weeknd w/ Bad American and Breathing Problem
https://www.facebook.com/events/233748786816261/
July 29 - Baltimore, MD at Gold Bar w/ TBA
July 30 - Memphis , TN w/ Ex-Cult
https://www.facebook.com/events/725694680858796/
July 31 - New Orleans , LA - DAY OFF
August 1st - Houston, TX at Mangos w/ Rusted Shut + RU-486
* = with Rectal Hygienics
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
ALIEN RESURRECTION
Total Abuse is again.
The powers that be maintain we were never fully gone. Death rattles are strange things. Our little project that took place in the time period of 2006-2011 made it's small and strange mark upon the world of sound / music. It was thrown in the grave because of personal problems with the players involved. Insanity and the very human desire to hurt one's self took over and the players knew Total Abuse could not go on. When the dust settled and the eyes focused we saw ourselves scattered across the psychic plane. Wandering helplessly but fully aware we were still filled with ideas and the thirst for more music. Total Abuse has more to offer in 2013 than ever before. In the unforgiving and small minded world of HARDCORE PUNK most will laugh and spit. But that has always been the case with our group. Total Abuse has always intended to exist outside of that very weird world anyway with one leg stuck in and out. Look out into the world and see the light. I am sorry for my sins. Forgiveness is real.
FIRST GIG:
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH 2013
CLUB 1808 (12TH AND CHICON IN AUSTIN TEXAS)
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TOTAL ABUSE - first show in 2 years
RECIDE - fast modern hardcore for the new age
CAPTIVE - new romance
OFFICER PROBLEM - noisecore hell noise
BP VS BRR - metal wires broken electronic voices
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STARTS AT 9PM
SMALL $ MAY BE REQUIRED
AGES: ALL
The powers that be maintain we were never fully gone. Death rattles are strange things. Our little project that took place in the time period of 2006-2011 made it's small and strange mark upon the world of sound / music. It was thrown in the grave because of personal problems with the players involved. Insanity and the very human desire to hurt one's self took over and the players knew Total Abuse could not go on. When the dust settled and the eyes focused we saw ourselves scattered across the psychic plane. Wandering helplessly but fully aware we were still filled with ideas and the thirst for more music. Total Abuse has more to offer in 2013 than ever before. In the unforgiving and small minded world of HARDCORE PUNK most will laugh and spit. But that has always been the case with our group. Total Abuse has always intended to exist outside of that very weird world anyway with one leg stuck in and out. Look out into the world and see the light. I am sorry for my sins. Forgiveness is real.
FIRST GIG:
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH 2013
CLUB 1808 (12TH AND CHICON IN AUSTIN TEXAS)
---------------------------------
TOTAL ABUSE - first show in 2 years
RECIDE - fast modern hardcore for the new age
CAPTIVE - new romance
OFFICER PROBLEM - noisecore hell noise
BP VS BRR - metal wires broken electronic voices
----------------------
STARTS AT 9PM
SMALL $ MAY BE REQUIRED
AGES: ALL
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
PRENATAL MOMENTS
We are reverting back to old habits. nothing moving to it's right place.
are you planning on starting a project for every genre you happen to cross paths with?
you currently have a few secret bands. but can't get it right.
the tumblr seems intense and strange enough. not too many notes. but enough to where you know people are reading right?
i used to think i needed the approval of the internet and then i was sure i needed it there by my bedside. the gratification one gets from knowing they or their project (meaning they) is trending at the moment is indescribable and almost erotic. the power. the stats. the reblogs. i do not say this jokingly. to know you or you're "thing" is big is a huge surge of energy within the core.
how does it feel to have a project that is being acknowledged by the powers that be? how does it feel to have that like (faccebook) by the man or woman or entity you respect.
what was it like to see the email where they asked you to do the art for a limited but popular rerelease of record they had once had their hand in. you did the layout not the art though. but you were still a part of that magic weren't you....right? im sure of it.
i want you to be aware of this. this fact. when they finally asked for your project. your band. to be put out on the label. how did it feel. few know.
how did it feel to have that kind of recognition / approval / support / peace .... inner peace. what did it feel like?
when the copies were sent out. a few months late. but it came out. they heard it. they posted links on the sites. they liked it. it felt good. and you kept going didn't you . you kept searching for the new updates / thoughts / reblogs and you knew it was going to be ok. you were in the lexicon.
do you like my new project?
do you like the genre in which the project safely fits?
do you like it?
Thursday, April 19, 2012
LISTEN TO YOUR MASTHER
is this really what's going on?? seriously??
you guys are really into "moshing" hu8h? like slam dancing?? like your just into that ignorant negativity that seethed through the like uh like early 80s LA hardcore scne? really? just you know straight forward fucked up harsh hardcore? right man? man i just wanna go to a show and get so fucking stupid and (im straight edge) just fucking bash a girl in the face and mosh so hard. i like sheer terror too you know. just like get dumb with that shit dude. fucking stupid. like ignorant hate mosh. like i might even bring a fucking bat to a show. just go off. like if you're into the way TOO FUCKING BAD bro. ha no but seriously check out these pictures of my girlfriend...
man our demo is just some fucking like ignorant stupid scribbles of like this masked hardcore dude with muscles with Xs on his fists just fucking hard dude. like who gives a fuck. fucking hardcore should just be harsh and ignorant. so fucked dude.
what's wrong with you? u fucking pussy. go back home mommy. tell your dad he should check out some flag songs. get married.
you guys are really into "moshing" hu8h? like slam dancing?? like your just into that ignorant negativity that seethed through the like uh like early 80s LA hardcore scne? really? just you know straight forward fucked up harsh hardcore? right man? man i just wanna go to a show and get so fucking stupid and (im straight edge) just fucking bash a girl in the face and mosh so hard. i like sheer terror too you know. just like get dumb with that shit dude. fucking stupid. like ignorant hate mosh. like i might even bring a fucking bat to a show. just go off. like if you're into the way TOO FUCKING BAD bro. ha no but seriously check out these pictures of my girlfriend...
man our demo is just some fucking like ignorant stupid scribbles of like this masked hardcore dude with muscles with Xs on his fists just fucking hard dude. like who gives a fuck. fucking hardcore should just be harsh and ignorant. so fucked dude.
what's wrong with you? u fucking pussy. go back home mommy. tell your dad he should check out some flag songs. get married.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER
hands down the best review i've ever received (Total Abuse - Prison Sweat LP):
"This is fucked up. Possibly the bleakest thing I've ever heard. Definitely in the same pocket as pigeon religion but with a more hardcore tinge to it. The sound of self-hatred, not just like "I'm depressed, I think I'm a piece of shit" but self-hatred in the sense of actual hate, actual loathing. Intense self-destruction not just in the sense of nihilism but in the sense of an actual true desire to violently destroy ones self, slowly and painfully. It's a really good record." (MM) from MRR
"This is fucked up. Possibly the bleakest thing I've ever heard. Definitely in the same pocket as pigeon religion but with a more hardcore tinge to it. The sound of self-hatred, not just like "I'm depressed, I think I'm a piece of shit" but self-hatred in the sense of actual hate, actual loathing. Intense self-destruction not just in the sense of nihilism but in the sense of an actual true desire to violently destroy ones self, slowly and painfully. It's a really good record." (MM) from MRR
Saturday, December 3, 2011
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
"Total Abuse have been dishing out their disturbing brand of hardcore music over the span of 3 excellent full length Lp's , a 7" and a demo tape later released on 7" vinyl.
Their new album "Prison Sweat" begins with a long creepy intro of ringing distorted guitars that will make the hair on your arms stand up. As a matter of fact my wife actually burst into the room while I was playing this record in a panic because the intro was actually scaring her and making her uncomfortable (she actually said it sounded like people were being tortured) , and at that very moment I knew this record was special.
After the intro the band throws itself full throttle into a twisted mess of swirling ringing guitars and demented sounding vocals. At times the band takes a slower approach with equally effective results. Honestly, what Total Abuse does better than most bands is set a mood with their music. It's a disturbing mood that will leave you feeling a little dirty in the end, however...feeling dirty never felt so good...Dave G."
Their new album "Prison Sweat" begins with a long creepy intro of ringing distorted guitars that will make the hair on your arms stand up. As a matter of fact my wife actually burst into the room while I was playing this record in a panic because the intro was actually scaring her and making her uncomfortable (she actually said it sounded like people were being tortured) , and at that very moment I knew this record was special.
After the intro the band throws itself full throttle into a twisted mess of swirling ringing guitars and demented sounding vocals. At times the band takes a slower approach with equally effective results. Honestly, what Total Abuse does better than most bands is set a mood with their music. It's a disturbing mood that will leave you feeling a little dirty in the end, however...feeling dirty never felt so good...Dave G."
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