Bonds of Friendship / We'll Make a Difference

Insted | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 12, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grilled Cheese
• ASIN: B000005FO0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #463,078 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tell Me [Bonds of Friendship]

2. United [Bonds of Friendship]

3. Good Things [Bonds of Friendship]

4. Choose for Yourself [Bonds of Friendship]

5. Face to Face [Bonds of Friendship]

6. Standing Still [Bonds of Friendship]

7. Live and Let Live [Bonds of Friendship]

8. Time to Change [Bonds of Friendship]

9. Faith [Bonds of Friendship]

10. Be Someone [Bonds of Friendship]

11. At Last [Bonds of Friendship]

12. State of Confusion [Bonds of Friendship]

13. Proud Youth [Bonds of Friendship]

14. There's Nothing Like It [We'll Make the Difference]

15. Get the Most [We'll Make the Difference]

16. Feel Their Pain [We'll Make the Difference]

17. I Will Try [We'll Make the Difference]

18. We'll Make the Difference

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good hardcore music, November 12, 2003

By 

cam dunn (salt lake city, ut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bonds of Friendship (Audio Cassette)

this is one of the better hardcore with melodic melodies. i used to listen to this album while skating down colfax ave in denver, co, on my way to work in 1994 and it always put me in a happy mood. full of positive energy.

5 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hardly worth mentioning, November 22, 2004

By 

D. K. Malone (earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bonds of Friendship (Audio CD)

Bonds of Friendship was released back in 1988 or '89. There was a pretty hopping straight edge scene in OC at that time. I myself had fallen out of the SE way of life by then, but I still kept a close eye and ear on the scene. I didn't lose interest in the bands and the music. I was writing for a fanzine at the time and I reviewed this album; I panned it for being exceedingly generic, uninspired, bland, boring, etc. It was as if they'd read a text book titled "How To Be A Straight Edge Hardcore Band" and did everything the book told them to do, but didn't bother to come up with any fresh ideas on their own. They did nothing but regurgitate what tons of bands had already said and done, made no effort to make it the least bit interesting. To top it off, they were sickeningly positive to a fault... completely ineffectual and without any "edge" at all. To say they played it safe and pandered to the scene is a gross understatement. A while later I saw an interview with the lead singer "Kevinsted" where my review was brought up and Kevin claimed it was invalid because "straight edge isn't [that fanzine's] thing." I've always wanted to respond publicly that straight edge WAS my thing at the time, and I knew what I was talking about. Might as well do it here, 15 years after the fact.

For examples of bands from the mid to late '80s So Cal Straight Edge scene who brought something new to the table, try Excel, Virulence, Half Off, Visual Discrimination, Inside Out etc. Hell, even Uniform Choice's 2nd album is more worthwhile than this.