I got this 7" as a bonus with an issue of a zine I picked up for $2 at a show in Richmond sometime this last year. Apparently a stack of them had laying around since 2007, and the band decided to give them out with the zine to get rid of them. As I recall, they also did a reunion at that show, and played a really fun Op Ivy cover. The music is relatively basic on this, but its really youthful and, well, fun. Sound quality isn't great, but neither is it horrible. Anyway, it's some good Richmond Hardcore. Also, the cover art is really sweet. Check it out.
Army Of Fun — Army Of Fun
Track List:
- Bite The Bullet
- State Statistic
- Walk Away
- Small Talk
- Born To Lose
- Jocks For God
Army of Fun was composed of dudes from Richmond's World War Crew a couple years back. This was a time when not too many kids were doing much, and the music scene in RVA was mostly just
Down To Nothing and Bracewar. Some younger kids got together and started jamming as Army Of Fun, and recorded this 7". They never really went anywhere as a band, but as I recall their activity sort of jumpstarted a whole bunch of other kids to start playing, leading to several other bands — most notably fellow World War band
Swamp Thing.
www.myspace.com/armyoffun
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