Gorilla Biscuits!!

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   If you've never heard of the Gorilla Biscuits before, then you must lead a dull life, here's a rough background sketch, some pictures, and a sound file, the sound quality isn't the greatest, but it's still worth listening to.
   The Gorilla Biscuits were one of many Straight-Edge bands in New York. The scene there started out when Ray Cappo and Porcell came down from Hartford, where they were college students, and started the seminal band of the era, Youth of Today. Many bands began to immitate their style and soon enough they all began to sound the same. The Positive Youth Crew was in full effect, many of these hardcore straight-edge kids soon became intolerant of any one without an X on their hand. Closed-minded and often violent in their actions, their music bore little else. Then the Gorilla Biscuits came forth and gave to the scene a new life in fast, tight, stylized melodies, and lyrics devoid of the jock-brained superiority which lives on (unfortunately all too obviously) in a considerable portion of today's hardcore and straight-edge scenes.
   So, these guys broke the mold from which all of their contemporaries were seemingly cast. Laying out their message with open arms, instead of closed minds. The Gorilla Biscuits rejected the ideas of looking down on anyone who wasn't straight-edge (just listen to the song "Better Than You" on New York Hardcore: The Wa It Is, a poignant commentary if ever there was one). This belief in all-encompassing unity and respect still shines through in their music, and is perhaps why they have done so well to outlive the memory of many bands who were their contemporaries. They are still pretty much worshipped throughout the east coast. They released two full-length albums on Revelation Records , as well as appearing on numerous compilations. They're easily one of the best bands ever, and there are not enough sites on the web dedicated to them.