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Start Today (Reis)

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Start Today is one of the best hardcore albums period. It had just the right amount of melody mixed with anger and positivity. Lyricly maybe not groundbreaking but they still did things a little different and a song like, Things We Say made kids think about the way they treat people. I found this album just a bit after it came out and was in high school and feeling like an outcast because I didn't think the same things as all the other kids and this was one of those albums that make you feel not so alone in the world. This album was like a breath of fresh air when it came out and for all the people that hate on it, there's a reason that this album was instrumental in introducing so many kids to hardcore. although I question some of their intentions these days i'm looking forward to seeing them on the reunion tour and finally getting the chance to pig pile and shout these songs. Highly reccomend it.

This album is second only to minor threat's first album in terms of it being a classic. Positive, fast, and inspriring hardcore! This is true hardcore before metal ruined hardcore (well not really, but this is the way it was meant to be!).

In spite of the years, this album is still a must have to me... Gorilla Biscuits was a very original band with a very short career (but so intense...). Simply said, GB was unique and sounded differently than the others... "Start Today" is a clear evidence of that. It is rough and full of energy. Having some FUN and displaying POSITIVITY all around seemed to be the main motto of these guys. So, let's start today...

fo real. i am saying this now after owning this cd for 12 yrs. this is just some catchy, not your run-of-the mill (thank you walter!) hardcore. like many of its peers, it has an appeal to those individuals who find it important to stay true to yourself. the album is not "a call to arms" as one hapless person put it. they do endorse straightedge on one song, and vegetarianism on another (cats and dogs) but not in a hardline way. they are actually one of the most positive and open minded hardcore bands to emerge from that scene. (as well as youth of today and well most of them really) they want people to give each other a chance, they want people to be who they are, they want people to stop fighting, start loving. its not to far off from what many hippies in the sixties believed. (as radically different as they are) but with the gorila biscuits there is an urgency to this message. we need to start today. the hippies have great ideals, but they are too lax to make change, these kids have aggresion, they wont sit around, they'll scream it out loud in hopes that people are listening. now hopefully you'll get it and love it, like i and so many other have... the music is fast punk with great NYC hardcore breakdowns. wally is a great musician then and now (check quicksand and rival schools) and civ is just a your angry teen spouting his anger at societies collapse. biddip bo!

looking back at everyone else's review i dont think i can add much except a defense to someone's calling this a call to arms. 14 tracks plus one hidden and i can only recall one track that actually mentions the bands choice to be straight edge so i cannot see how this messege was pounded into anyone's head. perhaps if the listener took more time to look up the lyrics (as i did to make sure i was correct)rather than spend time slamming this album he would have seen that this messeges here are nothing but postive. i mean songs like first failure, things we say, competion, and new direction, how could you even think for a minute that this album would send people storming through the streets jumping people. like i said before this album is a milestone and my personal favorite album so i recommend it to anyone and everyone.

I cant believe they acually had it..

...this album, you must have it. Only dated by an unfortunate mention of Donkey Kong, the five guys from NY spew adolescent energy and human emotion. Is it ever bad to sing about unity?

Buy this AND Minor Threat's discography. But never, ever compare the two.

Well, reading the reviews, I think Joey Rizzolo got it right. Bands like GB were probably doomed from the start, mainly because the inspirational stream they drew from was just a trickle to begin with. However, that doesn't mean it was great fun while it lasted.

GB (and really the whole Revelation roster up to this point) was not just a band, but a lifestyle, and experience. When Revelation released a 7", you knew you would like it, that it would speak to you. It worked for a while, but again, it suffered in the long run because there was nothing new to say.. it was preaching to the choir.

That said, this is the album that defined much of the sound, and introduced so many new kids to NYC hardcore and Straight-edge. For that alone it deserves a place in history.

I'd like to start by saying that in no way did Gorilla Biscuits contribute to the hardline mentality embraced by groups such as Earth Crisis...Gorilla Biscuits were always about being a positive and accepting group, straight edge or not, they respected the other people in the scene and embraced the idea that many lost sight with, UNITY...now onto the album..Start Today is the sophomore effort of Gorilla Biscuits and while they do stray away from their more metallic debut, Start Today is still an amazing album and is one of the staples in the history of hardcore...From the beginning horns of New Direction to the humorous end of "Gorilla Biscuits in your f***** head, one more chance and you'll be dead"...the album is completely consistent and is filled with catchy riffs, positive energy, and the delightful, youth voice of Anthony Civocelli...a great album, recommended for both veterans and new kids to the scene

This album is still a major influence in the hardcore community and if it isn't to you it has contributed to the bands you listen to. Start Today's recording is much better than their s/t and was recorded at Salad Days with Don Fury (THE hardcore producer). Though we are not graced with Walter's (Quicksand, Rival Schools) voice (there is a rare album that he sings all the songs on however: check verydistro.com) we are assaulted with the raw voice of CIV. Key tracks are the opener, all the ones off the first, Start Today and.... ALL of them. If you like Minor Threat, Bad Brains or bands along these lines I don't know how this band would let you down. The ultimate downfall of this band was CIV's vocal stylings though; Walter was tired of showing him how to sing and left for Quicksand (Even though he did contribute to some of CIV's following records). This should not imply that this is crap, it's just not Quicksand. Start Today really does make you want to do something with your life and I can relate to the lyrics a lot; many times they've hit what I was thinking right on the nose; and these aren't broad topics either. Check'em out.