Unlike the majority of glitz & blitz that make up our modern world, hardcore music remains shrouded in mystery, especially when it comes to Cleveland. We talk so much about the DC scene, the Boston scene and of course the New York Scene, but the Clevo scene? not so much. Aside from being home to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland is also home to some of America’s most controversial hardcore bands (e.g Integrity, One Life Crew). In this 16th installment of Heart Attack, my good friend Hilman Fathoni will share to you some of his favorite hardcore/punk jams from the beating heart of Cleveland, enjoy!

American hardcore music has tons of various musical style. From each region, they bring their own tone & emotion, and I think it always depends on what happens around their neighbourhood. Earlier this year I had a conversation through Facebook with my Richmond friend, Sam Roberts. And we talked about how much Clevo has brought influences to my band. Then I did a short research about Cleveland bands from clues that Sam told me about. I found out that bands such as h100s, 9 Shocks Terror, Darvocets until the recent ones like Wetbrain & Prison Moan sort of giving me the same vibes like some of my favorite Chicago bands such as Los Crudos, Raw Nerve, or the almighty Charles Bronson. So that’s basically the story of how I discovered yet adored Cleveland bands, within one night. So I’m just gonna call this mix Cleveland in One Night (or Cleveland Satu Malam in Indonesian). Long live the Erbas!

PS: Recently a great documentary piece which discusses about the aforementioned subscene entitled “Destroy Cleveland” just came out this year, so I suppose this can be some sort of celebration to one of important pages in American hardcore history!

Tracklist:
1. 9 Shocks Terror – Screw This Town
2. Avon Ladies – Power Failure
3. Bad Noids – Poison In The Kitchen
4. Cheap Tragedies – Sheppard To Lost Sheep
5. Confront – Right In The Eye
6. Darvocets – Space Shuttle
7. Fat Vegan – Pupusa
8. Flyin’ Trichecos – Tri-Tri-Trichecho
9. Gordon Solie Motherfuckers! – Burning Thrash Spirit / Open Letter to Cleveland Pigs
10. H100S – Destroy Cleveland
11. Inmates – HRAH!!!
12. Integrity – Release The Fiend
13. Lucha Eterna – Guerra
14. One Life Crew – Our Scene, Your Fear
15. Party Plates – Kidnapping Quatro
16. Prison Moan – Skin For Skin
17. Ringworm- Endless Cycles
18. Stray Dogs – Bucket List
19. Upstab – Greetin’s Creetins
20. Wetbrain – They Live