Four Walls Falling

Four Walls Falling rose from the ash of political hardcore band Pledge Allegiance from Richmond, Virginia. The mid-eighties saw a host of talented and influencial punk/hardcore and indy bands on the Richmond scene, including legends like Honor Roll, Graven Image, White Cross and others. With the break up of Pledge Allegiance in 1987, brothers, Bo and Taylor Steele, founded a brand new power house of the new hardcore trends from the New York Straight Edge scene blended seamlessly with the off-time melodic flavoring of West coast bands such as B'last! and still fresh stylings of Metallica and Slayer.I have chosen to only showcase a single moment in Four Walls Falling's seven year journey as one of the most influencial and often underrated hardcore bands of the late 1980's and early 1990's because I know the band most intimately as its bassist from the premier 7" released in 1989. Arguably, the period when the band achieved its iconic status as a world class and enduring underground musical effort.Welcome to a portal back to a monumental time when the hardcore scene was bursting with creativity, energy, passion and zeal. A time we will remember as possibly the most important years of what hardcore had become and would evolve into. A time where youth crews and brotherhood and values and consciousness were the apex of our aspirations. Where drug free commitments and political awareness were paramount in our everyday lives. A time when friends were everything, despite our varied costumes and beliefs. Certainly, a time we will always remember! -Caine Rose