SECTOR FOUR – Disclexia

Destroy – Tallahassee (1983)

Greg Sapronetti – guitar, vocals

Neal Cline – bass, vocals

Paul Suhor – drums, vocals

Heartbreak Hotel

Jump On You

No Revenge

Time

Table Leg

Soon after recording this fine record, Sector Four decided they had to play as fast as their friends in Hated Youth and became less interesting rather quickly – though the song “Destroy” on Rick Lennick’s Florida Explosion tape is probably the best thing they ever did. The record starts with a goofy version of Heartbreak Hotel complete with Elvis-style vocals – it’s not as bad as that sounds – ok. Jump on You concerns the problem of being a teenager – which they all were – the drummer may have been a pre-teen - I don’t know how they managed to play all those shows at Flynn’s without police interest. No Revenge and Time are among their best songs – sci-fi-ish with a rare quality – welcome use of a phase shifter in a punk rock song. Table Leg is 20 seconds of nonsense yelling about “IT’S 1983!!!”. Truly a reason for the denizens of Tallahassee to hold their heads up and be proud – another rarity.

XBAND – Pleasures of Life EP

Yomamas Records Tallahassee (1986)

NCT

Behind the Wall

Moondog

Stop This Now

Chris Gleasman – bass

Bruce Hamilton – drums

Tommy Hamilton – guitar

Jeff Merritt – vocals

I’m staring at the cover trying to figure out what’s going on – an army of enraged carrots? We have hardcore from 1986 Tallahassee that manages to be somewhat distinctive with decent, clear vocals, well played stop-start songs, all without sounding like speed metal. Nice production – one of my favorite HC records after the “golden years of HC” of 1980-1984.