Originally published in ‘zine issue #7, 1993
Sick Of It All, Biohazard, and Sheer Terror
9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
by Vaughn Currier
Well, I walk in the door, and, lo and behold, Sheer Terror’s been added to the bill. The Blackout! Records band started the show off and got a really good sound. It was punchy with the bass drums a-rollin’ and a great bass guitar sound to boot. The singer issued a challenge to a fist fight with any Riot Grrrl in the club.
Next was Roadrunner’s Biohazard and, granted that I disagree with its politics in regards to eating animals, it did have some hip things to say about racism. The band was quite good and wound up devoting a good portion of the set to its older stuff. The place was really moving for Biohazard.
Sick Of It All had replaced Rich once again on bass, but this time with Craig of the now-defunct Agnostic Front. Nearing the end of the set, he broke the low bass string and had to finish things by playing an octave up. SOIA was incredible. Lou talked about recent events where that kid, wearing an SOIA shirt, went on a homicidal rampage and the press linked the kid’s actions to SOIA’s music. Lou sarcastically asked the crowd in which song it was that he told people to go out and kill people. We all had a good laugh.
It was a really intense show, and all the people made the club nicely humid and stuffy. ■
