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Fury sets this record straight

don fury | new york | 07/14/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"ok don't get your panties in a bunch. i (don fury) recorded 6 songs for this record: No Bridge, Incarnation, Deceived, Covered, Anothers Life, and Fields of Illusion were the original titles. this recording was made and mixed on a weekend with a budget for an EP. i didn't do the other cuts for the record, and had no input at mastering. the original masters are fine. the band sounds more hardcore and raw on these tracks since it was very early in their development., and since we did them in 2 days. (the band survived 2 M80 attacks while they slept in their van that night, near the 4th of july) but - i can't vouch for the final product or the cuts i didn't do, or the fact that there's only 9 songs on the CD. if you're a snapcase aficionado, buy this record even though it's probably overpriced, but don't expect smooth sounding vocals or a slick production vibe. this was the beginning.(...)"

Good, but not up to their later standard.

don fury | 10/30/1999

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Snapcase's debut full-length album, "Lookinglasself", is a decent beginning that suffers from two major flaws. First, Don Fury's production just out-and-out STINKS. I've heard much better recording, mixing and mastering from bands recording themselves with four-tracks in their garages and putting their own stuff out DIY. Either this guy was trying to record this album on the extreme cheap, or he's a complete incompetent who belongs behind a mixing board about as much as Jesse Helms belongs as president of the NAACP. Second, with the notable exceptions of "Drain Me/Filter" and perhaps "Incarnation" (which, however, I still feel is the most overrated song in the Snapcase canon), these songs are powerful the first time you hear them, but don't wear too well with repeated listens. I listened to this album almost daily when I first bought it after hearing them play at the Lost Horizon in Syracuse with Sick of it All in 1995. In the last 3 years, I may have listened to it all the way through a grand total of twice. No, come to think of it, once - when I was introducing my girlfriend to their music. Make of that what you will.That having been said, I like this album better than anything Earth Crisis has ever considered putting out (although I will admit, before all of the vegan militants begin trashing me, that "Destroy the Machines" has its moments musically -- one or two of them), and it's not bad for a bunch of kids who weren't even out of high school at the time. Also, some of these songs really kick live when they bother to play them. Even with all of its flaws (and, believe me, it has them), "Lookinglasself" is still better than 80-90% of the albums that Victory Records has put out in their history.Their 4-song followup, "Steps", was a significant improvement over this album, and their followup full-length, "Progression Through Unlearning", was only the single greatest set of hardcore songs ever burnt onto a compact disc. (See my review of that album elsewhere on this site for more info.) "Lookinglasself" is listenable, and should be obtained by fans of this band and/or genre, but it's of more interest as an historical document than as a musical one."

To the guy that slammed Don Fury

mikelandes | 02/09/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Don Fury stinks? Clearly you have no idea who he is or what you're talking about. That's why he has produced all these titles:A DAY FOR HONEY
"Brilliance of Sun" (lp) Building/TVT
AGNOSTIC FRONT
"United Blood" (ep) Relativity
"Victim In Pain" (lp) Rat Cage / Relativity
"One Voice" (lp) Relativity
"CBGB Live 92" (lp) Relativity

ALONE IN A CROWD
"Alone In A Crowd" (ep) Flux

BAD TRIP
"Buzzy" (lp) Wreck Age
"Positively Bad" (ep) Wreck Age
"Fear & Loathing" (lp) Wreck Age
"Elevator" (ep) Wreck Age

BLANKS 77
"Up The System" (10") Quality of Life
"Tanked & Pogoed" (lp) Radical Records
"Killer Blanks" (lp) Radical Records

BLOODSISTER
"Bloodsister" (lp) 109

THE BOOKED
"Feel The Pride" (lp) Radical

BORN AGAINST
"Eulogy" (ep) Vermiform
"Half Mast" (ep) Vermiform

BURN
"Burn" (ep) Revelation

CHARLES COMPO
"Psycho Jammy" (lp) Lakehouse

CITIZEN'S ARREST
"Light In The Darkness" (ep) Wardance
"Colossus" (lp) Wardance

CIV
"Set Your Goals" (lp) Lava/Atlantic
"All Twisted" (single) Revelation
"Can't Wait One Minute" (single) Revelation

COCOBAT
"Return of the Grass" (lp) Toy's Factory

CORVAIRS
"Hitchhiker" (lp) New Rose

CRASH AND BURN
"Crash and Burn" (ep) Rodent Popsicle

CRAWLPAPPY
"CrawlPappy" (ep) Blackout!

DAYINTHELIFE"dayinthelife" (lp) Building/TVT

DE LA HOYA
"Dance Techno Mega Mix Vol. 42" (ep) Red Leader

DENIED
"Denied" (ep) Independent

EGO
"Form As Function" (ep) Stand As One

EIGHT BALL
"Angry" (ep) Eightball

ETHNIC
"Ethnic" (ep) Framework

EQUALITY
"Equality" (ep) Break Even Point

EYE FOR AN EYE
"Omega Drone" (ep) Blackout!

EYES OF HATE
"Eyes Of Hate" (lp) Independent

FARSIDE"Farside" (ep) Crisis

FLESHTONES
(ep) Independent
GO"Why Suffer" (ep) Forefront
"Your Power Means" (ep) Kingfish
"Time Is Now" (ep) Noo Yawk
"Total" (lp) First Strike

GG ALLIN
"Brutality and Bloodshed for All" (lp) Alive

GOD IS MY CO-PILOT
"G I M C P" (ep) Making of Americans
"Wing and a Prayer" (ep) Funky Mushroom
"Gender Is As..." (ep) Funky Mushroom
"How I Got Over" (ep) Ajax
"Speed Yr Trip" (lp) Making of Americans
"I Am Not This Body" (lp) Making of Americans
"Straight Not" (ep) Outpunk

THE GOOPS
"The Goops" (lp) Blackout

GORILLA BISCUITS
"Gorilla Biscuits" (ep) Revelation
"Start Today" (lp) Revelation

GROWING UP SKIPPER
"Growing Up Skipper" (ep) Making of Americans

GULAG
"Stand On Your Feet" (lp) Lazy Dog/Greece

H20
"Seveninch" (ep) Equal Vision
HALFMAN
"No Choice But To... "(ep) Chicken Farm

HAMMERBRAIN
"Don't Even Think of It" (lp) Empty

HELL NO
"Hell No" (ep) Wardance

HELMET
"Born Annoying" (ep) Amphetamine Reptile

HIRETSUKAN
"Invasive//Exotic"(ep) G7 Welcoming Committee

I C U
"O No No O Zone" (lp) Radical
IN YOUR FACE
"The Grub" (ep) In Your Face
INDECISION
"To Live and Die in New York City" (lp) Wreckage
INSIDE OUT
"No Spiritual Surrender" (mix)Revelation

INTO ANOTHER
"Lack of a Better..." (lp) Revelation

IRONY OF LIGHTFOOT
"Ibex" (ep) Wreck-age

JUDGE
"New York Crew" (ep) Revelation
"After The Storm" (ep) Revelation

KILLING TIME
"Happy Hour" (ep) Blackout!

LAMANGA
"Ceremony" (ep) Wreck-age

L.H.Q.W.ESPANDRILLOS
"220 Bowery" (lp) Blu Noise

LIFE'S BLOOD
"Defiance" (ep) Combined Effort

LOCKED IN A VACANCY
"Ethos" (ep) Purity

LUNACHICKS
"Sugar Luv Double" (ep) Blast First

MADBALL
"Ball of Destruction" (ep) Relativity"Droppin Many Suckers" (ep) Wreck Age

MIND OVER MATTER
"Mind Over Matter" (ep) Wreck Age
"Hectic Thinking" (ep) Wreck Age
"Security" (lp) Wreck Age

MOMMY AND DADDY
"Permed Past Her Prime" (ep) Big Cat
MOTORBETTY
"Redline" (lp) Skeet
NEGLECT
"Pull The Plug" (ep) Wreck Age

NEW SCHOOL
"Hardharderhardest" (lp) Jackson T Bone

NO DEMUESTRO INTERES
"Extremo Sur" (lp) Frost Bite

NO FUTURE
"You Decide" (ep) One Way

108
"Songs of Separation" (lp) Equal Vision

ORANGE 9MM
"Orange 9mm" (ep) Revelation

OUTFACE
"Friendly Green" (lp) Crisis

OUTPATIENTS
"Test of Time" (lp) Free Association

P19
"Look Again" (ep) Ice
PHALLACY
"Against It" (ep) Struggle
PINTSIZE
"Collapse in Style" (lp) Building
POWER OF IDEA
"Yellow Thrash" (lp) Tribal War Asia
PROJECT X
"Project X" (ep) Schism
PSYCHOTICA"Psychotica" (lp) Ventrue/American
PUZZLEHEAD
"See Thru" (ep) Next Generation
QUICKSAND
"Manic Compression" (lp) (Prod. 6 trax, mixed lp) Island
"Slip" (lp) (Prod. 2 trax) Polydor
"Quicksand" (ep) Revelation
"How Soon Is Now" (single) Island
"Clean Slate" (live single) Island
"Voice Killer" (single) Island
RADICAL DEVELOPMENT
"Radical Development" (lp) Navigator
RAY AND PORCELL
"Fame" (ep) Revelation
RAUNCH HANDS"Stomp It" (ep) Egon
REJUVENATE
"Rejuvenate" (ep) Free Spirit
"Moment of Truth" (lp) Lost & Found
SCAPEGRACE
"Plead" (ep) Framework
S F A
"The New Morality" (lp)
"So What" (lp) Wreck Age
"Unclean" (lp) Wreck Age
SHELTER
"No Compromise" (ep) Equal Vision"
"Defense of Reality" (ep) Equal Vision
"Attaining The Supreme" (lp) Equal Vision"When 20 Summers Pass" (lp) Victory
SHIFT
"Pathos" (ep) Equal Vision
SICK OF IT ALL
"We Stand Alone" (ep) Relativity
"Borstal Breakout" (single) East West
"Straight Ahead" (single) East West
SIDE BY SIDE
"You're Only Young Once" (ep) Revelation
SLIPNOT
"Slipknot" (ep) Revelation (not Slipknot on Roadrunner)
SNAPCASE
"Snapcase" (lp) Victory
SPARKMARKER
"Plug" (ep) Selfless
"500 Watt Burner" (lp) Revelation"Products and Accessories" (lp) Final Notice
"Sawed Off But Silent" (single) Sub Pop
SPORTSWEAR
"Sportswear" (lp) Supersoul
STILLSUIT
"At the Speed of light" (lp) Building/TVT
"Green Spock Ears" (ep) Wreck Age
SUMMER'S EVE
"Summer's Eve" (ep) Independent
SWITCH STYLE
"Metronome" (lp) Arista/BMG/Japan
TASTE OF FEAR
"Taste of Fear" (lp) Lost and Found
THIS YEAR'S MODEL
"Wanted: New Best Friends" (ep) Law Of Inertia"This Year's Model" (ep) Independent
THORN
"She Rises" (ep) Lungcast
TRIP 6
"No Defeat" (ep) Inner Spirit
UNDERDOG
"Vanishing Point" (lp) Caroline
"Underdog Demos" (lp) Revelation
UNDERSTAND
"Understand" (ep) East West UK
UNITED MAGNETICS
"Reinventing the Fifth Wheel" (lp) Bad Stain
VOICE OF REASON
"New Beginnings" (lp) Triple Crown
WARRIORSOUL
"Drugs, God, and the New Republic" (lp) Geffen
"Chill Pill" (lp) Geffen
WARZONE
"Live at CBGB" (ep) Victory
WIDE AWAKE
"Ct. Hardcore" (ep) Schism
WIVES
"Wives" (ep) Redd
YOUTH GONE MAD
"It's Spreading Again" (ep) Campary
YOUTH OF TODAY
"Disengage" (ep) Revelation
"Can't Close My Eyes" (lp) Caroline
YUPPICIDE
"Yuppicide" ep) Wreck Age
"Fear Love" (lp) Wre"