Check out the first trailer for the documentary ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENSTER. This film covers the Orange County, CA hardcore scene from 1990 to 1997. Below is what film maker Evan Jacobs from Anhedenia Films had to say about it all..
In the early part of the 2000's Dan O'Mahony and myself were driving to the movies to see a double feature of THE PERFECT STORM and ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE. Well, it may not have been that combo of films but we went to the movies a good amount during that time. On one of these trips I told him about how I wanted to make a documentary on the 1990's Orange County Hardcore scene but I was coming up with reasons not to do it. There was the time factor, the finding footage factor, the editing factor (at this point I don't even think I had an editing system in my home!), etc.
He told me regardless of all that I should still make the film.
Flash forward a decade and I have made a documentary on 1990's hardcore titled ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER. Is it definitive? No. Was it ever intended to be? Never. This documentary is just that: a document.
Albeit, a highly personal one that goes in many directions and, at times, lingers on events that yours truly was particularly effected by.
At present I have sent OCHS to a few festivals and I am about to start showing it to distributors. Once I have a better idea of how this movie is going to be released, I will start re-editing it for that purpose. It should be available in the next 6-12 months.
Looking back now, I think Dan O' pushed me towards making this movie as we drove to see ROMEO MUST DIE in Anaheim. I might be wrong … but sometimes being wrong makes for a better story.
Best,
Evan Jacobs
Anhedenia Films
www.anhedeniafilms.com
In other Orange County news, No For An Answer recently recorded a new EP, for TKO Records called "It Makes Me Sick". The recording represented No For An Answer’s first return to the studio in more than two decades. A mainstay of the 1980′s straight edge scene and Revelation Records first West Coast signing, NFAA reperesent an important touchstone in the history of underground music in Orange County. Over the course of their existence NFAA line ups have included future members of Rage against The Machine, Ignite, Uniform Choice, Wool and countless others.The session at Sound Playground featured original members Dan O’Mahony, Gavin Ogelsby, Casey Jones, and John Mastropaolo.
There are only 500 copies being pressed. Head over to the TKO webstore to nab yourself a copy.
