The band started when John Porcelly (vocalist) and Alex Brown (guitarist) planned to release a 7" compilation of rare, unreleased hardcore from the early 1980s to accompany the seventh issue of their fanzine, called 'Schism'. When they couldn't acquire the rights to release the compilation, they decided to form a 'project band', record a 7" under its name and release it with the fanzine. Fellow band members were recruited and Project X was formed. "Straight Edge Revenge" was written by John L Hancock III (aka Ratboy) for Youth of Today but was never recorded, because Ray Cappo found the lyrics to be too militant.
The record had a pressing of 500, and according to the band's bio on Bridge Nine Records' website, the majority of the records sold out at a gig in Connecticut. The record was out of print for 18 years (although it was illegally bootlegged more than once during that time),[1] but was finally re-released in 2005 on Bridge Nine Records.
The band played few shows, estimated as low as five. These included some on the east coast of the United States, and a few during Youth of Today's European tour in 1989.
The 7-inch remained Project X's only recorded output (they were, after all, just a project, and the members were busy with their other bands). So when Porcelly as a joke put Project X – The Edge of Quarrel LP on his Maximum RocknRoll playlist during a San Francisco visit, record collectors began searching high and low for this fabled LP, but alas, it never existed. The band did however write one song that was only performed live, "Can't Keep Me Down". Later the lyrics were changed, and it became the Youth of Today song "Live Free" on the band's We're Not in This Alone album.
The band played again a couple of times in 2015 while touring with Gorilla Biscuits.
Complete listing of Project X releases, shows and flyers
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project, band, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, project, band, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jsto. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Project X band news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Project X was a short lived hardcore punk youth crew band from New York City and also the name of their only release being a five track EP The band consisted of members of other prominent NYC hardcore bands Gorilla Biscuits Youth of Today Side by Side and Judge Project XOriginNew York City New YorkGenresHardcore punk youth crewYears active1987LabelsSchism RecordsPast membersJohn PorcellyAlex BrownWalter SchreifelsSammy SieglerThe band started when John Porcelly vocalist and Alex Brown guitarist planned to release a 7 compilation of rare unreleased hardcore from the early 1980s to accompany the seventh issue of their fanzine called Schism When they couldn t acquire the rights to release the compilation they decided to form a project band record a 7 under its name and release it with the fanzine Fellow band members were recruited and Project X was formed Straight Edge Revenge was written by John L Hancock III aka Ratboy for Youth of Today but was never recorded because Ray Cappo found the lyrics to be too militant The record had a pressing of 500 and according to the band s bio on Bridge Nine Records website the majority of the records sold out at a gig in Connecticut The record was out of print for 18 years although it was illegally bootlegged more than once during that time 1 but was finally re released in 2005 on Bridge Nine Records The band played few shows estimated as low as five These included some on the east coast of the United States and a few during Youth of Today s European tour in 1989 The 7 inch remained Project X s only recorded output they were after all just a project and the members were busy with their other bands So when Porcelly as a joke put Project X The Edge of Quarrel LP on his Maximum RocknRoll playlist during a San Francisco visit record collectors began searching high and low for this fabled LP but alas it never existed The band did however write one song that was only performed live Can t Keep Me Down Later the lyrics were changed and it became the Youth of Today song Live Free on the band s We re Not in This Alone album The band played again a couple of times in 2015 while touring with Gorilla Biscuits Contents 1 Former members 2 Discography 3 References 4 External linksFormer members EditAlex Brown Kid Hard guitar John Porcelly Slam vocals Walter Schreifels N D bass guitar Sammy Siegler The Youth drumsDiscography EditProject X 1987 References Edit 1 Archived November 29 2010 at the Wayback MachineExternal links EditComplete listing of Project X releases shows and flyers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Project X band amp oldid 1095175015, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
