Fanbelt Algebra

about this album

New York Hardcore wasn't ready yet. It wasn't prepared for the death of one of its original contributors, Raybeez of WARZONE. The demise of WARZONE left the remaining members shocked and bewildered, and music stopped for each of them some for time thereafter... until now. The first of the members to get back into the saddle was Vinny Value who although played drums for WARZONE for five years, kept the monicker of his first hardcore effort NO REDEEMING SOCIAL VALUE. Teaming up with Ernie, who also has some impressive hardcore experience behind him, (BLACK TRAIN JACK, TOKEN ENTRY and IN YOUR FACE) they formed GREYAREA -the perfect blend of both the aggressive style carried over from WARZONE, as well as the melodic content carried over from BLACK TRAIN JACK. Hooks, hooks, and more hooks, is the way to describe the musical style of GREYAREA. A mature approach towards issues that everyone can identify with, with a highly addictive catchy style. A little cynical, a little tongue in cheek, but overall serious intentions carried over with the most powerful guitar tone and driving drum wizardry existing in hardcore today. Both founding members enthusiastically agree on who the shapers of hardcore were and these involuntarily became the fingerprint influences of GREYAREA's material. Bands like the BAD BRAINS, MINOR THREAT, DESCENDENTS, CRO-MAGS, and of course BLACK TRAIN JACK and WARZONE, all have branches mixed with the roots of GREYAREA's musical style. After establishing the styl

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