Rocking The Town Thursday November 11, 2004 @ 02:00 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff 8:57 p.m. Buffalo Club Every squeegee kid and hardcore punk in town had apparently gathered for the evening at this venue. I hung out for a band called The Fight. I'd almost forgotten what real punk sounded like. After engaging the crowd with several expletive-filled statements, they informed the audience "This song is about getting tattooed in prison," and launched into a three chord noise extravaganza. The next song was equally as intellectual. It was called "My Name Is Paul." Song introduction: "It's about being named Paul." Brilliant. They kicked into yet another two-minute ditty featuring terrible drums and horribly amateur guitar solos... i.e. What punk is all about. I loved it. I'll take these guys over Sum 41 any day. Trevor Hargreaves every one suck my balls every one suck my balls
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The Fight United a fun old school punk band from Vancouver B.C. who have released a 15 song CD- D.I.Y. style.. Lead singer Trigger has a snarly punk rock voice while holding down Guitar.. Yoko Ohno on drums and Brass MacBastard on bass hold down a solid bottom end... The music is lots of fun and I am sure that The Fight United are entertaining live... Stand out songs include "Out On The Town," "Your War," "Sunset Massacre" and my favorite is "Wendy 13" written about Wendy who owns and operates the finest punk bar in B.C. - The Cobalt.. "Wendy 13 , East Vancouver’s punk-rock Queen." The CD is dedicated to the memory of 6ix R.I.P. ... Check out the bands My Space profile and decide for yourself...Ginger Coyote PUNK GLOBE MAGAZINE="" . Cobalt averts fire disaster
By John Lucas
The bands that play the Cobalt don’t generally have their own fire shows, but a recent set by the Fight United featured some unintentional pyrotechnics. As the local punk group played on the night of March 7, one of the club’s speakers burst into flames. The Cobalt’s wendythirteen told the Straight that the flare-up was quickly doused with a fire extinguisher, and that nobody bothered to call the fire department. She said the building was unscathed, but that the sound equipment didn’t fare as well: “The speaker itself had a nice big hole where the flames were coming out.â€
The club cleared out during the incident, but the band eventually soldiered on for its remaining fans. “Only some die-hards came back,†wendythirteen said. “Everyone else was gone. So there were, like, 20 die-hards out of 140 people. We’re lucky it happened at the end of the night.â€..The Fight United – “Self Titled†- Those who are faint of heart or hearing shouldn't listen to this, simply because the noise, the reconstructions of pop and punk The Fight United engages in, are likely to shred eardrums of the uninitiated, tearing them apart. Maybe this is anesthesia, maybe it's some unusual narcotic designed to make people feel sensations and emotions more intensely. Maybe..just maybe, it's a band trying to strip punk rock back down to its absolute essential & rawest form. The Fight United does what many bands haven’t done in a long time and play straight forward in your face punk rock with no hidden agendas. They do it the way it was intended, with piss & vinegar without worrying about hurting your feels or what the trend of punk is today. This is the kind of band that has the attitude & chip on their shoulders that got you into punk rock in the first place. Ironically as I write this review their song “Whiskey Pride†comes on and puts it better then I ever could. So go buy this 15 song DIY punk as Fuck CD and listen to “Whiskey Pride†to see what I mean. www.mohawkradio.com/fightunite d www.myspace.com/fightunited
