Colin Of Arabia Introdcution Of Destruction Illegal Exhibitions of Speed (2004) twitter.com www.facebook.com In an era where Hardcore has been sliced and diced and its byproduct Metalcore is sold as a high end replacement to an era where there was more grit then glamour and more balls then precision, an act like Colin Of Arabia was the only likely reaction to the corporate takeover of the beloved 'Core. Bands today deceive the masses by ducking under the pretenses of "Hardcore" building a legion of loyal fans within the underground only to use them as a weight in a major label deal. Yet it's the bands like Colin Of Arabia that not only place themselves at the heart of the scene but also facilitate its growth and its rebellion against the big glossy over priced glam versions of its roots. As I mentioned above it took grits and balls tacked together with a healthy dose of punk and a dab of metal to make Hardcore what it was. Colin Of Arabia are a rare breed of bands bent not o! n world domination and Ozzfest but of changing the face of Hardcore back to a time when it took more then a few visits to Hot Topic to make the cut out on the floor each weekend. Based firmly within the Boston/Brockton scene, COA champions their own brand of disgust each weekend the old way, one weekend at a time with only a beat up van to get them to their next show. While not only being the backbone behind many of the bands and shows that make up one of the best hardcore scenes in the country, they
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