Here's some punk rock for ya! With a review by Jay Frost from last week!

            NYC’s Urban Waste continued the old-school savagery. Playing an hour long set, they managed to crank out enough material to fill two full-length grindcore albums (or four seven inches, more likely). Though only active in their original incarnation from 1982 to 1984, Urban Waste’s impact on the burgeoning New York punk scene – and what became NYHC years later – is so far-reaching that they have been cited as influential by the likes of Agnostic Front’s Roger Miret. Like the F.U.s, they had also gone through a number of line-up changes, with guitarist Johnny Waste the sole surviving member from the old days.

            The crowd had remained relatively tame most of the night on account of the small space up front, but this went out the door with Urban Waste’s set. Memorable moments were “Banana Nut-cake”, “Reject”, “Police Brutality” and their eponymous tune. Stylistically similar to the F.U.s, but unique in an Agnostic Front “Cause for Alarm” manner, Urban Waste is most certainly from New York. There is no denying this; their attitude, sound and stage presence qualified this. If you couldn’t make this show and travel’s convenient, make sure you catch them on tour – not just for the novelty or nostalgia of seeing such a seminal act resurrected, but for the sheer fun of it.