You Should Be Listening to… Drunkdriver
Your first time hearing Brooklyn’s Drunkdriver is probably the audio equivalent of staring into the headlights of an 18 wheeler that is half a second away from scattering you around for miles. The band plays the angriest heaviest and most distorted Hardcore Punk I’ve heard in a very long time and possibly ever. Upon first listen one might think that Drunkdriver is just noise but after you really listen you realize there is so much more going on with this band musically and lyrically and that’s when you become hooked. Drunkdriver is also an amazing live band the front man Mike is absolutely out of his fucking mind and plays with such intensity you can’t help but either run in fear or start jumping off of everything in sight.
Drunkdriver is your most deep rooted anger and resentment for anything and everything on record, they have quite a few releases, which for the most part have long sold out (but downloads are not hard to find). The band has a brand new self-titled LP out on Load Records on March 22nd that will probably make whatever you consider to be the “hardest record ever made” sound like a fucking Hanson greatest hits compilation. Record release show is on March 27th at the Market Hotel and you are not going to want to miss it …but you may want to consider bringing a helmet.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Thank the drummer Jeremy for No Age becoming a band. If he hadnt raped/attempted to rape two guys, one of whom is my best friend, Wives never would have called it quits and music would not
be the same. Not that Im a huge No Age fan. Funny how drummers are so hard to come by that people dumb down and justify this douchebags actions to keep his name clean in the scene
February 8th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Two girls I mean, whoops! I need coffee asap!
February 8th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
public eye,
get at me, curious.
February 8th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Can we please leave the gossip out of here? Thanks.
February 8th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Banana Wintour must write press releases for Hatebreed or something; so EXTREME.
February 8th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Not bad, but Paint It Black still remains the premiere hardcore band in the world today.
February 8th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
No disrespect to either bands, but Fucked Up is the premiere hardcore band in the world. Not opinion, fact.
February 8th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Hatebreed is my favorite band bro.
February 8th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Mínus piss all over them. Sorry.
Go buy/download/suck out of your mum’s cunt/whatever the albums Hey Johnny and Jesus Christ Bobby.
The only band in the history of ever that has managed the transition from first-class hardcore band to first-class post-hardcore band.
*n
February 8th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Now your guys are just doing the “i’m gonna name a band only I know as the best” game.
In that respect The Nazi Fucktards are the greatest Hardcore band around today. Live gas chamber executions and all.
February 8th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Mínus
Hey Johnny!
Jesus Christ Bobby
Seriously, I’ll rip them and upload them myself if I have to :p
Had to wait four fucking years before they toured outside of Iceland. They supported Matter (meh. pretty average) and Charger (fucking awesome. Best band T-shirt ever: full backprint of ‘VOLUME OVER TALENT’) and outshone the pair of them.
“Hello, we are Meenoosh, from Eyeshlandt, and, er….we are going to play some loud rock and roll, for you.”
*n
February 8th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Crook – not gossip. Its the reason he fled to the East Coast. Hit up No Age for the scoop. This isnt some silly allegations. This piece of shit really is guilty as charged. Roy replaced him on the final
Wives tour after he was busted trying to fuck some girl while she was passed out drunk in Texas. Roy learned all the songs in two days and they sent Jeremy packing on a bus.
February 9th, 2010 at 1:57 am
Fucked Up is the best +1…..beeeeellliiiion
February 9th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Fucked Up are great but rapidly turning into progressiveshoegazecore (still my favorite band). Sex Vid>Drunk Driver though, real talk.
February 13th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
This is Jeremy from drunkdriver. I am not a rapist. This is based on an accusation from when I was 15 years old. Years after that when I was 23, a friend of mine and I got drunk and slept together. We were on tour and a friend of her’s overheard about the incident from when I was 15 (from that girl’s best friend) and put this story together like so.
After all this Dean and Randy were by my side. I got irresponsibly blackout drunk in Texas and was inappropriate, woke up with my clothes on but I definitely did not rape anyone or do anything that could be called rape. I was a drunk asshole that night. NEVER was the word “NO” or any force ever used in ANY of the instances.
After years of being there for me, Dean and Randy of Wives couldn’t continue being in a band with me and that was the end. Roy did play drums for the rest of the tour with them. When I got back home to LA I called my family and found out that some real-life, non punk issues that put this whole thing into perspective for me, all the while a friend was convincing me to visit New York.
I came out to visit and it seemed like my life could use a big change, so I stayed. I’ve been here for 5 years and I feel like my entire life has changed for the better. Had I stayed in LA I’m sure I could have defended myself, but I most definitely did not flee here. If I were fleeing I would not go where everyone ends up a few times a year. I am just trying to go on with my life and be a good friend to the great friends I have. This is also a very short version of this but if you would like to know more you can email me here: worktodeathrecords@gmail.com
P.S. I have never lived in Seattle, I heard that just last night.
March 23rd, 2010 at 11:07 am
“I got irresponsibly blackout drunk in Texas and was inappropriate, woke up with my clothes on but I definitely did not rape anyone or do anything that could be called rape. I was a drunk asshole that night. NEVER was the word “NO” or any force ever used in ANY of the instances.”
This is seriously your response?
March 23rd, 2010 at 11:47 am
This needs to stop. If you get your information second hand there, is no reason to make those accusations. They are damaging and unnecessary.
March 23rd, 2010 at 3:01 pm
jeremy, you a rapist piece of shit and it’s time you man up to what you’ve done.
March 23rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
The most unfortunate thing about this whole situation is how unattractive Jeremy is. That really must have sucked for that girl.
PS what a shit scene in general.
March 23rd, 2010 at 10:06 pm
It is in fact complete bullshit to go around damaging anyone’s name based on second hand information. he said she said bullshit.
Fuck you for inciting a witch hunt here.
March 23rd, 2010 at 10:15 pm
You know what’s damaging and unnecessary?
Rape. And rapist musicians making bullshit excuses for their criminal behavior.
March 24th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Then why was the law not applied in any instance? In fact there were potential witnesses and the law was not applied, so that in fact criminal behavior. So in order for this to be verified it needs to go through the proper channels, NOT INTERNET FUCKING MESSAGE BOARDS.
So either do the right thing and file a criminal suit or shut the fuck up and stop slandering and potentially getting yourself sued.
March 24th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
jeremy’s also in a band called pygmy shrews. people should probably boycott that band too.
March 25th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Drunkdriver just broke up
March 26th, 2010 at 12:24 am
rape is a shameful experience. many women do not report rape.
you are all idiots.
March 26th, 2010 at 10:15 am
to be fair, the drummer being a rapist just proves how HARD the band is/was.
March 26th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
People make mistakes when their inebriated. I know there are men I wish I hadn’t slept with when I was drunk. It’s a part of life. All these accusations are from so long ago. It’s ridiculous to post them on a blog for a band this guy plays drums in. Forgive and let it go already.
March 26th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Seriously? Your response to rape victims is “forgive and let it go already”?
March 27th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Did any of you ridiculous individuals even bother to check out Mishka’s clothing line? Those buttondown shirts look awesome.
Paint It Black and Fucked Up are way better than Drunkrapist ever were.
April 1st, 2010 at 12:18 am
Where are the victims? This is all from friends of hers etc. How come there is no police report? How come this matter is surfacing right about this time? Where is the validity in all this? People collaborating their info isn’t enough.
April 1st, 2010 at 1:05 am
Unless someone here can link me to some evidence that Jeremy’s a rapist, how about everyone spreading this shit just shut the fuck up? …I don’t know any of the people accusing him nor do I know Jeremy personally. But unless you have some legitimate evidence, fuck off with this shit.
April 4th, 2010 at 9:43 am
The issue here is not whether this person actually committed a rape, the issue is that a person is innocent until proven guilty in a COURT OF LAW, not in a court of blog posts. Based on my research, there is no statute of limitations on the criminal prosecution of rape. Therefore, if anyone has any direct evidence against him, they would be helping society more by reporting this evidence to authorities rather than defaming someone on the Internet.
Rape is a very serious allegation, and it IS taken quite seriously by the criminal justice system. This idea that the there is a “blind-eye” in regards to charges like this is an obsolete concept. The D.A.’s that I have met, more times than not, have been liberal feminist women who take any allegation of sexual assault very seriously. So, if you have evidence, have this person charged.
IF you do NOT have evidence, it would be wise for you to realize that by calling him a rapist in a “written publication” (i.e. blog or message board,) when he has not been found guilty of such crimes, you are potentially setting yourself up for a civil lawsuit. Do yourself a favor and Google “libel per se” before you start accusing someone of something on the Internet.
You might say “go ahead and sue me, I don’t have any money.” Well, someday you might, and it would be taken away or garnished. If you think you are anonymous, you are not. During the discovery process in a lawsuit, your IP address will be found and traced to you via court order to your Internet Service Provider. What is an IP? It is your digital “finger prints.” You are NOT anonymous.
Look, I do not know this person, nor have I ever listened to any of his music. I came across this issue over a conversation at a bar with someone who had heard of it. However, to put my two cents in, this person’s career is essentially ruined. If I were him, I would sue as many of you as I could for loss of future wages at the least.
If you are the owner or moderator of this blog or site, I would suggest reviewing the posts and removing any potentially libelous content. I am not quite sure of the legal precedent here, but do you really want to be party to a potential lawsuit? Attorneys are not cheap!
April 4th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Apparently some people don’t like to hear the truth:
The issue here is not whether this person actually committed a rape, the issue is that a person is innocent until proven guilty in a COURT OF LAW, not in a court of blog posts. Based on my research, there is no statute of limitations on the criminal prosecution of rape. Therefore, if anyone has any direct evidence against him, they would be helping society more by reporting this evidence to authorities rather than defaming someone on the Internet.
Rape is a very serious allegation, and it IS taken quite seriously by the criminal justice system. This idea that the there is a “blind-eye” in regards to charges like this is an obsolete concept. The D.A.’s that I have met, more times than not, have been liberal feminist women who take any allegation of sexual assault very seriously. So, if you have evidence, have this person charged.
IF you do NOT have evidence, it would be wise for you to realize that by calling him a rapist in a “written publication” (i.e. blog or message board,) when he has not been found guilty of such crimes, you are potentially setting yourself up for a civil lawsuit. Do yourself a favor and Google “libel per se” before you start accusing someone of something on the Internet.
You might say “go ahead and sue me, I don’t have any money.” Well, someday you might, and it would be taken away or garnished. If you think you are anonymous, you are not. During the discovery process in a lawsuit, your IP address will be found and traced to you via court order to your Internet Service Provider. What is an IP? It is your digital “finger prints.” You are NOT anonymous.
Look, I do not know this person, nor have I ever listened to any of his music. I came across this issue over a conversation at a bar with someone who had heard of it. However, to put my two cents in, this person’s career is essentially ruined. If I were him, I would sue as many of you as I could for loss of future wages at the least.
If you are the owner or moderator of this blog or site, I would suggest reviewing the posts and removing any potentially libelous content. I am not quite sure of the legal precedent here, but do you really want to be party to a potential lawsuit? Attorneys are not cheap!
April 5th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Been accused of rape on a message board, which derailed your career as a drummer?…
Better call Saul!!!
April 13th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
id say more “harsh” than “hard”