PROJECT X Added To REVELATION RECORDS 25th NY Shows

Details: Published: 16 August 2012

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Revelation Records has announced that PROJECT X will be joinging the Saturday night lineup of their 25th Anniversary shows on the West Coast to take place at Irving Plaza in New York from October 11th to 14th. Strangely enough Project X never released anything through the Revelation Records label..

From Wiki..

Project X was a short-lived hardcore punk/youth crew band from New York City, and also the name of their only release, being a five-track EP. The band consisted of members of other prominent NYC hardcore bands Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Side by Side and Judge.

The band started when John Porcelly (vocalist) and Alex Brown (guitarist) planned to release a 7" compilation of rare, unreleased hardcore from the early 1980s to accompany the seventh issue of their fanzine, called 'Schism.' When they couldn't acquire the rights to release the compilation, they decided to form a 'project band,' record a 7" under its name and release it with the fanzine. Fellow band members were recruited and Project X was formed. "Straight Edge Revenge" was written by John L Hancock III (aka Ratboy) for Youth of Today but was never recorded because Ray Cappo because he found the lyrics to be too militant.

The record had a pressing of 500, and according to the band's bio on Bridge Nine Records' website, the majority of the records sold out at a gig in Connecticut. The record was out of print for 18 years (although it was illegally bootlegged more than once during that time), but was finally re-released in 2005 on Bridge Nine Records.

The band played few shows, estimated as low as five. These included some on the east coast of the United States, and a few during Youth of Today's European tour in 1989.

The 7-inch remained Project X's only recorded output (they were, after all, just a project, and the members were busy with their other bands). So when Porcelly as a joke put Project X – The Edge Of Quarrel LP on his Maximum RocknRoll playlist during a San Francisco visit, record collectors began searching high and low for this fabled LP, but alas, it never existed. The band did however write one song that was only performed live, "Can't Keep Me Down." Later the lyrics were changed, and it became the Youth Of Today song "Live Free" on the band's We're Not In This Alone album.

Members:

Guitar : Kid Hard (Alex Brown)

Vocals : Slam (John Porcelly)

Bass : N.D. (Walter Schreifels)

Drums : The Youth (Sammy Siegler)

Although previously announced, Curl Up And Die are no longer playing. Tickets are now on sale through ticketmaster here.

REVELATION RECORDS 25th Anniversary Shows for New York

The full lineup for each night is as follows:

THU OCT 11th
Texas Is The Reason
Underdog
Shades Apart
Gameface
On The Might Of Princes

FRI OCT 12th
Chain Of Strength
Mouthpiece
Damnation A.D.
Shook Ones

SAT OCT 13th

Chain Of Strength