Dance-crashing British 8-piece, The Indecision, were raised on the soulful ska of Studio One. Authenticity coupled with deft songwriting skill, and forward thinking respect for the sounds of 1960s Jamaica, David 'Ram Jam' Rodigan has featured the band. As with Torch Songs, Indecision doesn't yet allow Pezzati to step out of the shadow of Raygun, because while the bulk of the album positively rips, when the band attempts to slow things down it loses much of its magic. Tracks like the incendiary 'Burn It All' rekindle much of that same power as does 'Up from the Floor,' but the lengthy 'Never.
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Indecision may refer to:
- Indecision (band), a 1990s hardcore punk band from the United States
- Indecision Records, an American hardcore punk record label established in 1992
- A series of special television programs on American elections on the Comedy Central channel including:
- InDecision, a recurring segment and title on The Daily Show
- Indecision, a 2005 novel by American author Benjamin Kunkel
- 'Indecision', a song on the 1979 album Sheep Farming in Barnet by Toyah
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| Indecision | |
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| Origin | Bay Ridge, Brooklyn/New York City, USA |
| Genres | Hardcore |
| Years active | 1993–2000, 2006-present |
| Labels | R.P.P.(1993, 1998)Back Ta Basics(1995)Positive Face(1996)Under Estimated(1997)Exit(1997–1999)City Lights(1997)Crisis(1998)Revelation(1998)Household Name(1998)Denied a Custom(1998)MIA(1999) Jawk(2000) |
| Associated acts | Milhouse |
| Website | Indecision |
| Members | |
Justin Brannan: Guitar Pat Flynn: Drums Steven Bago: Bass Artie Phillie: Vocals (1997–2000) Rachel Susannah Rosen: Guitar (1998–2000) | |
| Past members | |
| Tom Sheehan: Vocals (1993–1998) | |
Indecision was a prolific hardcore band which was started in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in 1993 and officially disbanded in the summer of 2000 though they still play shows occasionally for charity.
Indecision is known for their song 'Hallowed be Thy Name'. The song features the lyric 'For those I love, I will sacrifice' that fans across the world have turned into a tattoo. [1][2] Most famously, the image of the tattoo on the ribs of a 19-year-old US Army Infantryman named Kyle Hockenberry being treated in a medevac helicopter following an explosion that cost him both of his legs and one arm. The photo was taken for a military newspaper and went on to win photographer Laura Rauch an award from the Society of Professional Journalists.[3][4][5][6][7]
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History
From the band:[8]
Formed in 1993 in Brooklyn, NY, disbanded summer 2000 in El Paso, TX. Notorious for their tireless work ethic, Indecision toured the world until exhaustion, literally. They released three full length albums, as well as countless 7's and EPs. Took pages from Sick Of It All, Agnostic Front and the Cro-Mags as well as the West coast sounds of Unbroken, Undertow and Outspoken and created a sound of their own. Indecision is revered for their uncompromising integrity. Inspired some, hated by many but ultimately respected by all.
The band members—guitarist Justin Brannan drummer Pat Flynn, bassist Steve Bago and vocalist Tom Sheehan (who was replaced by Artie Phillie in 1998) -- met while attending Xaverian High School in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. The band added second guitarist Rachel Rosen after having met her while performing live on her infamous WNYU radio show, Crucial Chaos, in 1996.
Initially Indecision played mostly in local clubs. Over time, a lot of the venues in their neighborhood closed down, which prompted them to take a larger step and lead to the bands integration into the New York City hardcore scene. In the early days, the band would often show up to gigs all in one car, with their equipment tied to the roof with Bungee cords.
Justin Brannan recounts these early days in the liner notes to A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall:[9]
Fort Hamilton High School Auditorium in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York. The infamous 'Battle of the Bands'. Our first show as Indecision. Also playing was Out of Line, Confusion and Purge. Indecision had a different drummer, two guitarists and two bass players at the time. What the fuck were we thinking? We used to tie Bago's bass cabinet to the roof of his car with fishing rope and drive to the shows like a caravan. 5 U.S. tours, 2 European tours, almost 300 shows and 5 years later - here we are. Indecision in late 1998. [...]
The band was first noticed for its insane live shows at The Wetlands Preserve. Indecision, being a relatively new band at the time, would often open up the Sunday matinees. After they had finished their set, the club would quickly empty out. This only added to their mystique and quickly built a cult following.
Touring
Relentless recording and touring kept the band relevant long after many of their contemporaries faded away. Inspired by bands like Black Flag, Indecision embarked on voracious trailblazing tours, and it became their trademark usually spending a solid 9 to 10 months a year on the road. They were dubbed 'The Working Man's Band' for their affinity to tour cities and countries that other bands wouldn't dare.
Indecision was the first American band to play in Croatia (Zagreb) after the Croatian War of Independence ended in 1995
Indecision also showed its appreciation for its home Brooklyn as well as New York City -- which they regularly labeled 'Gotham City' on merchandise --.
The Indecision Band
The former Indecision-members Justin and Rachel are now in the hardcore band Most Precious Blood on Trustkill Records.
Records and labels
The band released their first recording in 1993 on a 7-inch released by R.P.P., a then small Belgian hardcore label. Over the next 7 years, Indecision would tally over a dozen 7-inch singles on a number of different labels, including many limited color vinyl and special edition covers. The band got known on a very grassroots word-of-mouth level from New York City to Thailand, where Indecision remains one of the most popular underground American bands to this day.
In 1996 they signed with WreckAge/Exit Records family and would release 3 albums with the label over the next 3 years: 'Unorthodox', 'Most Precious Blood' and 'To Live and Die in New York City', all of which showed off their slightly metal-tinged brand of thought-provoking hardcore (which managed to express anger and injustice without being hateful).
To Live and Die in New York City
In 1998, 'To Live and Die in New York City' was their first album to feature the polarizing Artie Phillie on vocals (whom the band befriended and poached from noise-crust-punk labelmates, Milhouse), but the album retained the straight-ahead style that their other releases possessed.
The album featured an eerily prophetic manipulated photo of the Manhattan skyline, including the World Trade Center, completely engulfed in flames. Post-September 11 the album cover was banned in many places.[citation needed]
The song 'Purgatory' features an audio sample about the Union Carbide tragedy in Bhopal, India. In December 1984, a gas leak at a Union Carbide India Limited plant in Bhopal, India, results in tragic loss of life in what is known as the Bhopal disaster, when up to 20,000 people lost their lives.[10]
Release the Cure
In 1999 they tried their luck at another label, putting out Release the Cure on M.I.A. Records (and on Overcome Records in Europe). This, arguably their most highly acclaimed album, would be their last.
The lyrical content was notably more socio-political with songs questioning the government and health care and conspiracy theories in regard to AIDS and cancer research. It was the first album recorded with full songs with singer Artie...formerly of the band Milhouse. Tom Sheehan was singer previous and now for MOst Precious Blood
History
Controversy
Indecision was notoriously outspoken. Most of their album art and merchandise was somehow controversial. The band always claimed it wasn't done maliciously or hatefully, but to 'stir-up a dialogue and inspire free-thought and discussion.'
Touring disasters: The 'Indecision Curse'
The bands tour stories have become legendary. During their first European tour in 1997, after having played a show in Wels in front of a handful of people at an indoor skate park with Flatline and Racial Abuse the band was stopped at the Austrian border on their way to Zagreb. The members were strip searched and held for hours, while the van was disassembled by the customs officials. Another incident happened on the last day of a tour in Quebec in 1999, when they had all their money and merchandise seized.
A follow-up to 'Release The Cure' was in the works and tentatively entitled 'The Curse' but the band broke up before anything was recorded.
The breakup
Indecision disbanded after a show in El Paso, Texas while on tour with Kill Your Idols on June 7, 2000.
Discography
Indecision Band Charlottesville
Full length
EPs
Idecision
Split records
- Youth Crew 1995 (7' 'Split with Shutdown)
- 7' Split with Sons of Abraham
- 7' Split with Sons of Abraham
- 7' Split with Indifference
- Smash Tradition (7' Split with Knuckledust)
- Fall of Every Man (10' Split with Shai Hulud)
Contributions to compilations
- Harder they come, Harder they fall
- East Coast Assault
- From the Ground up
- All about friends
- Definitely not the Majors
- New Yorks Hardest
- Incompatible CD-ROM Zine
- Losing Face
- N.Y. Catheter Crew
- Punk Rock Jukebox
References
- ^http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/tat_the_truth_dbhv3NBkBI9e8WOo2eGHiP
- ^http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/09/28/no-idle-boast-a-soldiers-tattoo-becomes-truth/
- ^http://www.stripes.com/news/stars-and-stripes-reporter-laura-rauch-wins-spj-award-for-photo-1.174182
- ^http://noisey.vice.com/blog/justin-brannan-s-lyrics-helped-an-afgan-war-vet-survive
- ^http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2011/09/3548531/story-behind-soldiers-tattoo
- ^http://www.homereporternews.com/news/general/local-activist-penned-now-famous-lyrics/article_5d6c7860-a9d0-11e1-8f44-0019bb2963f4.html
- ^http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE1D7113AF932A15751C1A9679D8B63
- ^MySpace.com - INDECISION - BROOKLYN, New York - Hardcore / Punk / Drum & Bass - www.myspace.com/indecisionnyc
- ^Justin Brannan, Linear Notes of the CD 'A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall', 1998
- ^www.bhopal.org
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