Youth of Today [EP]

Youth Of Today

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 27, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Revelation
• ASIN: B000000TAS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #305,529 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YOT's "Salad Days", December 22, 2003

By	Michael B. Holmes (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The last effort from the band that personified NYHC and Straight Edge in the late 80's, this EP has a lot in common with the swan song released by their forefathers (and personification of HC and SE in the early 80's), Minor Threat.

Where MT's "Salad Days" was a disappointed and embittered last look at the end of an era in hardcore punk, so too is YOT's final EP a bittersweet final serving.

At the time this was recorded, Ray and Porcell were getting further and further into the Hare Krsna religion, and Ray especially was wanting to devote himself to Krsna entirely. The three songs on this disc reflect this new point of view more explicitly than any YOT tracks had, heretofore. "Modern Love Story" and "Envy" are indictments of our culture's fascination with materialism and shallowness, while "Disengage" is a tacit kiss-off to American society as Ray slipped into being a full-time Krsna devotee.

Where the themes of this disc have more in common with Ray's (and, later, Porcell's) next band Shelter, so too does the music shift. This is a much more tuneful and melodic outing for YOT, and the band proves itself capable of mastering this growth as they did their roots.

I've never heard a bad YOT song (well, maybe the "Anarchy in the UK" cover...), and these three songs are a must to any fan of hardcore.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ray cappo smashes thru again, July 31, 1999

By A Customer

ray cappo smashes thru the walls again with the strait edge morality, too bad there aren't more songs & guess he has traded in his diamonds for broken glass, tell us more ray

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

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