I Object!... donde están ustedes?

Oh god! If there's a band I really miss is I Object! So far, according to their MySpace page, they're only playing their area but just a few shows due to the fact that they're all working and attending college. What I would do to be able to attend those shows! If you don't know who I Object is a straight-edge, vegan, DIY, Hardcore-Punk band (¿Algo más guey?!) from New York who, unfortunately, have come down to Laredo twice but still have hit my heart harder than any other band that has come down to Laredo (sorry locals, no offense but this means you too).

What is it about bands with pissed off female vocalists that I really like? Fuck, I don't know, but anyway the last time they came down to Laredo was in March 21, 2007 I believe (this is a little story behind these days, if you ONLY want to download the album disregard this and go straight to the links below). The first time they came down to Laredo was on a Friday, but I'm not sure what date exactly. That night, this Texas band, At All Cost, was set to play and I remember all they hype prior to the show. They weren't that good but they were really nice guys. All I remember from their set now is Cher-like vocals with chugga-chugga breakdowns and bottles flying everywhere.

After they finished their set, it was announced that I Object! would play. I was very surprised 'cause they weren't on the flyer but of course, I was going to stay for this band. I remember seeing them and thinking "a la verga, pinches crusties". They finished setting up and the singer introduces the band: Barb-vocals, Biff-guitar, Ryan-Bass and Steve-drums. There was a crowd in front of them and before it all went insane, the only thing I recall is the slam to the snare drum and crash cymbals, slides of the guitar and bass and Barb screaming off of the top of her lungs "THIRD WORLD WARFARE!" thus initiating the beginning of their performance. It was energetic, fast, wild and fucking violent! Ever since that day, my jaw clicks like crazy and I left with a trophy on the back of my head and my hip... bruises. I bought their CD and I kept playing it every morning, day and night. Literally, it never left my CD player and because of it, it was taken by my old asst. principal at Cigarroa, Mr. Hooper because he saw me take it out during class. I was hooked on this band ever since then.

The next time they came down to Laredo was on their one of their days off of their tour. I first saw that on that day they had it off and jokingly added a comment on their MySpace Page that they can play Laredo on that day because it was between a date in Mexico and San Antonio. Later I got a reply from their bassists', Ryan, record label Punks Before Profits asking me to call and ask a promoter to see if they can host the show. I instantly went on Laredo Hardcore.net and got a reply and let Ryan know about it.

I was so stoked for that day that I printed flyers for it in the shitty printer at school. I passed them out but the very few kids at Cigarroa that attended or had attended at least a few Hardcore shows asked if Full Contact or Flawless Victory were gonna play that day. Of course they weren't and I tried lying but the flyer already had the bands posted down so it's not like they believed me. While leaving school, one trash can was almost full with my flyers. I instantly laughed hysterically while this gay security guard (not being offensive, he was gay) kept looking at me like if I was crazy. The reason why I laughed was because I thought they were fools. They were about to miss out on one of the greatest bands in Hardcore/Punk just because the locals weren't added. I thought "fuck them", more fun for me and besides, I always liked smaller shows better but this was for the bands monetary efforts and because they took time from their day off to play. Another reason why not that many people attended was because it was predicted to rain, fortunately for me, it didn't.

This was filmed a few days prior to their show here in Laredo.

Their set list are the following:

"Feeding Off Ourselves" off of Teaching Revenge

"8" of Crap 7" of Passion" off of The First Two years

"Ever Impressor" off of Teaching Revenge 

"Foundation" off of their 4-Way Split Retro is Poison

   "My Kid Has A Kid" off of The First Two Years

                               

Well, out of the kindness of my heart, I have decided to share their music with you. I own the following:

I Object! The First Two Years

I got this when they played here the first time with At All Cost next to the McDonalds on Saunders.
This is actually pretty much a discography of everything they recorded plus four new songs which are the first played.

DOWNLOAD

I Object! Teaching Revenge

Unfortunately, my demonic nephews broke my Teaching Revenge LP,
but luckily I downloaded the album off of SoulSeek

DOWNLOAD

PBP Presents... Karnvapen Attack, Active Minds, I Object and Ciril: Retro is Poison.

This one, unfortunately, being that it's an LP, I need to get a vinyl-MP3 converter. Being that, I don't have anything other than two I Object songs I got from their MySpace page. I'll post them later. Anyways, here's their other ones, enjoy them!

Thanks for reading!