Culture - 90's Vegan Straight Edge

Catalyst Records was one of the best Labels when they started out in the 90's. After that I didn't hear much from them until about two years ago when Sink Or Swim were supposed to be release by that label. But that never happened because they broke up which is a bummer. Now 2 of the core member have a new band that you should know by now. Wolf X Down. And again they are supposed to be released on Catalyst. This time chances are a lot better for it to actually happen. Apart from that the rest of the roster doesn't appeal to me for one reason or another.
So let's get back to their heyday when people would just blindly buy anything that Kurt put out. Well, probably there are still people doing that. It's just I don't anymore so I have to travel back in time.
My mind eludes me when it comes to remembering things from 12 to 15 years ago so I did a quick check up on how many records we are actually talking about here. Unfortunately I couldn't find a decent discography (someone should seriously get on this) but what I came up with is most likely everything I am actually referring to:
CR03 Abnegation - jihad 7"
CR04 Birthright - s/t 7"
CR05 Culture - deforestation 7"
CR06 Day Of Suffering - the eternal jihad CD
Four records in total. That ain't too much. Yet they made and still make me appreciate the label a hell of a lot. For me these records were totally defining. With Earth Crisis introducing me to Veganism in '93/'94 and Hardline polarizing everything it was Birthright that put it all into perspective. To me Birthright got it all right. Kurt's writings in the booklet to the 7" about Straight Edge and Veganism and how it all ties in with politics makes perfect sense and I am still behind the meaning of these words 100%. And although he has put out records by bands that were/are? pro-life it still helped me to make up my own mind. Being pro-choice while being able to see the point of pro-lifers. Saying yes you are right. It is a bad thing to have an abortion but the society we live in forces all kind of bad things upon us and it is upon the woman to make the call what the lesser malady is. In the perfect world that I haven't quite mapped out yet there would be no need for abortions because I genuinely believe that it is not good to kill anyone or anything. For nobody. But until we live this dream where it won't be necessary to do so I won't dispute a womans right to choose. Her body her choice.
But let's get to the actual topic of this post. Ha! All this rambling because of an upcoming discography release. Well. This is how my mind works. When I hear the name Culture this is some of what comes to mind and that to me is inherently connected with the band. So out of pure nostalgia I would be inclined to buy the upcoming Culture discography on American Enemy Inc.
Their 7" on Catalyst, the split 7" with Roosevelt, the 'born of you' lp and the split 12" with Kindred sound as good to me now as they did when I heard them for the first time. These recordings truly stood the test of time and I urge each and everyone who doesn't already own all of these to buy this upcoming release. I know. You are thinking I forgot about the 'heteronome' release. Well, I didn't. I just never liked it too much. But that should not keep you from buying this. The majority of the songs are well worth your hard earned dough. I just don't know if I need it. I have all the releases I mentioned so unless they do something really special I probably won't buy it. Maybe they are going to do something nice like Bridge Nine did with the Underdog discography that I would not have bought if it would not have been for the book that came with the most limited version of the double-LP. Or the remastered Ressurection discography on Deathwish that I am waiting for eagerly since I ordered it from Per Koro. Anyways.
Here's some more info from xSITPx.
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I just saw they are also working on a NJ Bloodline discography. Now that I'm not interested in. All I need is their demo Tape. 'Fist' is such a great song and the sound from that Tape is the best they ever had! So if you're selling... I might be buying.
Peace out - sleep tight!