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Who is 25 ta life these days? Why is there always a different lineup?
THE BAND IS:
RICK TA LIFE = FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS ON VOCALS
PETEY AKA MR HYDE = GUITAR
BIG ED = BASS
JUSTIN THE JEW =  DRUMS

YO WITH 25 TA LIFE THATS HOW ITS BEEN ,AND I WILL DO THIS BAND AS LONG AS I STILL BELIEVE YA KNOW IM HAPPY THAT ENOUGH PEOPLE LUV THE BAND AND BELIEVE IN IT ,AND WANT TO HELP ME CONTINUE TO KEEP THE MISSION ALIVE YA KNOW , TO KEEP OUR SCENE ALIVE THE HC SCENE ,WE CAME FROM A DIFFERENT TIME YOU DOING BLOOD FOR BLOOD ,ME DOING 25 TA LIFE STARTING LATE 92 WRITING LETTERS PHONE CALLS YOU HAD TO DIG DEEP IT WAS SPECIAL IF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN HC ,U SEEN SOMEONE THEY HAD A T SHIRT IT WAS SPECIAL WHEN YOU SEEN SOMEONE WITH A CRO MAGS OR WARZONE SHIRT YA KNOW OR A SLAPSHOT SHIRT OR VERBAL ASSAULT ,YOU KNEW THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC TODAY HC IS AT THE MALLS, ITS SAD BUT TRUE ,I GUESS IT GOOD FOR THE BANDS TODAY FOR EXPOSURE BUT I THINK HC PUNK IS HONEST AND REAL STREET MUSIC , HC GETS TRENDY,PEOPLE RIP IT OFF AND WHEN IT DIES DOWN LOTSA PEOPLE DISAPPEAR ,IVE BEEN DOING 25 TA LIFE COMIN CORRECT NON STOP THRU THE RISE AND FALL WE HELPED BRING BACK THE NYHC SCENE IN THE MID 90S ,THE EARLY 90S NYHC FELL OFF IT WAS DEAD DUE TO VIOLENCE GANGS KIDS BRINGIN KNIFES AND GUNS TO SHOWS IT WAS A CRAZY TIME YO HC CAME BACK IN MID 90S WE WERE ONE OF THE MAIN PLAYERS IN THAT ,IT SUCKS BUT I GOTTA CREDIT MYSELF WATCH THE NYHC VIDEO DOCUMENTARY DVD YO YOULL SEE WHATS UP ,BOTTOM LINE I LOVE NYHC AND THE WORLDWIDE HC SCENE HC DIED OUT EARLY 2000 AND 2001 AGAIN

BUT IN NY I THINK ITS COMIN BACK STRONG NY BOSTON THEY STILL PLAY BIG PARTS IN HC BUT HC IS WORLDWIDE NOW YO BOTH SCENES HAVE SUCH A RICH HISTORY BOSTON WITH JERRY KIDS SSD DYS GANG GREEN SLAPSHOT.NYHC WITH CRO MAGS AF ABUSED ANTIDOTE THE MOB URBAN WASTE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

Has the internet helped or hurt bands like 25talife?
BOTH BUT I ALWAYS STAY ON THE POSITIVE SIDE,I MEAN THE INTERNET IS AN AMAZING THING YOU CAN REACH KIDS IN JAPAN ,ALL ACROSS EUROPE EASTERN EUROPE IN SECONDS I USTA HAFTA WAIT MONTHS SOMETIMES TO GET LETTERS BACK ITS AMAZING MYSPACE IS AMAZING BUT LIKE EVERYTHING PEOPLE ABUSE THINGS ,IF YOU USE IT FOR THE RIGHT THINGS ITS AMAZING LIKE ANYTHING YOU HAFTA WORK THE TOOLS THERE ARE LOTSA PEOPLE THAT ARE LAZY PEOPLE THEY WANT THINGS HANDED TO THEM THEY WANT TO BE NUMBER ONE
THAT NUMBER ONE SPOT ,I COULD CARE LESS WHEN WE PLAY SHOWS TO 1000,500,200 10 50 KIDS OR 5 OR 15 ,I DO THIS CAUSE ITS MY RELEASE I SAY WHAT I WANT WHAT I BELIEVE ITS MY DEDICATION I KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE I KNOW WHAT I PUT INTO THIS AND WHY ,AND WHERE MY HEART WAS MY MAIN THING IS GIVING BACK TO THE MUSIC TO GAVE ME HOPE, GAVE ME A WAY OUT ,SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN

Has anyone ever made sense out of any of your myspace bulletins?

OF COURSE YES ,PEOPLE SUPPORT ME,SOME LOVE ME , SOME RESPECT ME ,SOME HATE ME, SOME DESPISE ME,SOME COULD GIVE 2 SHITS YA KNOW , LIKE YOURSELF MIKE YOU SUPPORT ME ,PEOPLE SEE MY DEDICATION ,MY DETERMINATION ,IVE PAID DUES AFTER DUES PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND THAT I DO THIS WITH A PASSION A COMMITMENT HARDCORE IS ABOUT TAKIN CONTROL DOING IT YOUR OWN WAY LEARNING FROM MISTAKES THATS LIFE IVE MADE LOTSA MISTAKES,IM NOT PERFECT BUT IN LIFE WHO IS , I WOULDNT CHANGE ANYTHING IN MY LIFE NOTHING CAUSE ITS WHO I AM THOSE THINGS IVE DONE GOOD OR BAD I HOLD LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR ..AND DETEMINATION OF MAKING MYSELF A BETTER PERSON IVE BEEN STRUNG OUT ON CRACK AND HEROIN LOCKED DOWN FOR DRUGS ,BEATEN SENSELESS,I WAS CAUGHT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS YO HA HA BUT HEY IM SOBER OVER 10 YEARS NOW ,THE BEATINGS I HAVE TAKIN AND GIVIN ,JUST MAKE ME RESPECT MY LIFE MORE AND THE TIME I HAVE HERE IM GONNA DO MY BEST TO PUT THE TIME I HAVE LEFT HERE TO GOOD USE

YO THE HARDEST DUDES I KNOW HAVE HAD THERE ASSES HANDED TO THEM ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE

LIKE NAS SAYS GET YOURSELF A GUN AND LIKE THAT OLD SAYING KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE BUT YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER

Why won't bigger bands take you guys out on the road? or do you turn down offers and try to keep things more DIY?

WE HAVE PLAYED AND CONTINUE TO PLAY WITH THE BIGGEST BANDS IN THE SCENE BIOHAZARD SLAYER OBITUARY YOUTH OF TODAY BAD BRAINS KILING TIME TERROR CRO MAGS

BUT HEY ITS LIKE THIS , CAUSE LOTSA BANDS ARE ABOUT THEMSELVES LOTSA BANDS TODAY SEE THIS AS A BUSINESS I MEAN IT IS YOU GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE FEEDING FROM THE SAME POT,ITS COMPETITION I WAS FRIENDS WITH LOTSA DUDES OVER THE YEARS BUT ONCE I STARTED A BAND AND 25 TA LIFE GOT WAY WAY BIG IN THE MID 90S WE WERE ONE OF THE BIGGEST NYHC BANDS THERES NO DENYING THAT ,EVEN IF PEOPLE OVERLOOK US IN THE USA OR WE DONT GET THE CREDIT WE DESERVE I COULD CARE LESS I DO THIS CAUSE I LUV IT WE PLAY HUGE FESTS IN EUROPE 10.000 15.000 KIDS AND WE DESTROY THE PLACES ,SAME WITH THE USA WHEN WE PLAY TO 50 100 200 300 KIDS WE ALWAYS CRUSH WE HAVE SOME NIGHTS WHEN DUDES DRANK A LIL TOO MUCH AND WE DIDNT SOUND AS WELL AS ID LIKED BUT HEY EVERY BAND HAS THERE OFF NIGHTS IM ALWAYS HAVIN FUN AND THATS WHY IT CONTINUES TO BE FUN I SIT ON PLANES, 10 18 HOURS TRAINS, IN THE VAN 10 HOUR CLIPS AT A TIME ,CAUSE I FUCKIN LUV THAT 60 MIN WERE ON STAGE, ITS WHEN IM ALIVE YO ,,AND ITS LIKE THIS OUR SHOWS ARE 5 BUCX 8 BUX IF YOU WANNA PAY 60 BUX A TICKET 40 T SHIRT,THAT ON YOU WERE A HC BAND ,IF YOU ONLY WANNA PLAY BIG SHOWS WE GIVE BACK TO THE SCENE WE BUILD YO WE PLAY EVERY BIG SHOW ,IM HAPPY PLAYING TO 50 100 KIDS THATS HC YO AND IM DOWN FOR THE CORE YO

DONT FORGET THE STRUGGLE /DONT FORGET THE STREETS RAYBEEZ RIP

I hear the new CD has a lot of guest vocals, how did that all come about?

YEAH WE GOT LOTSA GUESTS AGAIN ON THIS ONE LIKE 1999’S 25 TA LIFE FRIENDSHIP LOYALTY COMMITMENT WE HAD CHRIS POWERHOUSE JAY DISTANCE,MOZAIC OF SCHIZMA,LIL JAMEY HATEBREED,ROGER AND STIGMA AF , JIMMY MURPHYS LAW ,PAUL OF SHEER TERROR,I PICKED DUDES THAT WERE COMIN UP THEN AND DUDES THAT HELD IT DOWN BEFORE US PAUL JIMMY G STIGMA AND ROGER ,IT WAS US CARRYING THE NYHC TORCH AND WE DID AND DO IT PROUDLY ON THE NEW CD SIB 2009 WE GOT ONE OF THE REALEST DUDES IN MY BOOK IS ON THE CD BOBBY FROM BIOHAZARD AND HE SHREDS YO HE KILLS IT ,THIS CD 25 TA LIFE STRENGTH INTEGRITY BROTHERHOOD ,ITS LIKE THIS IN THERE TIME BIOHAZARD WERE THE BIGGEST BAND NO DOUBT WE PLAYED A SOLD OUT SHOW 5000 KIDS AT THE ROSELAND NYC WITH THEM IN 1995/96 I BELIEVE IT WAS 25 TA LIFE ,MADBALL ROGER CAME OUT I BELIEVE AND SANG A FEW AF SONGS AS WELL EYEHATEGOD SUBZERO,CROWN OF THORNZ MERAUDER AND BIOHAZARD HEADLING THEY COULD HAVE HAD ANYONE OPEN THERE SHOW, BUT THEY PICKED US THE NYHC FAMILY OF THAT TIME 95/96 , TO ME THAT WAS THE REBIRTH OF NYHC ,DANNY DRUMMER ALWAYS ROCKED OUR GEAR ,WE WERE FANS/FRIENDS TROUBLE MAKERS HA HA OF THERES WE WERE THE TROUBLE MAKERS AT THERE SHOWS ,ROBBIN KIDS OUTSIDE THERE SHOWS, IN THE EARLY 90S I MEAN WE DID ILL SHIT ,KIDS GETTING STABBED ROBBED THE SHIT I SAW YO ,THE SHIT THAT WENT ON INSANE ,YO ANYWAYS ON THE 2009 SIB CD WE GOT BOBBY BIOHAZARD ,JAY REASON OF THE DISTANCE/BLACKENED STILLBORN RECORDS FAME,,ANDY CUT THROAT BHC JON OBW/SHERE KHAN BHC ,MARKY FROM BOSTON WITH HIS BOSTON ACCENT DOING AN INTRO TO A COVER WE DO,KEITH FROM ESSENCE OF PAIN,MY LIL BROS IN CRIMELAB,JARED ,KARL EARTH CRISIS, LORD EZEC AKA DANNY DIABLO ,KEITH OF LOA, JC OF DOG EAT DOG ,BOB RILEY OF STIGMATA /MURDERERS ROW FAME MATT OF SHAI HULUD ON GUITAR SINGER OF SHAI HULUD ON A TRACK MATT ALSO ,DEAN OF NRSV BEST SKINHEAD BAND IN NY ,LOTSA LOTSA GUESTS FROM OVER SEAS AND OLD FRIENDS I DONT WANNA RUIN ALL THE SURPRISES YO WE ROCK COVERS OF POWERHOUSE AND WARZONE AS WELL AS A GG ALLIN CLASSIC , WHY YOU ASK CAUSE WE COULD

What memories do you have of Bostonn? bands, shows, people, etc?

RICKY BRUISER MAY HE REST IN PEACE ,GETTING US OUR FIRST SHOW AT THE MIDDLE EAST IN 93/94 I BELIEVE WITH BRUISERS MADBALL 25 TA LIFE CONVERGE TOXIC NARCOTIC OPENING CONVERGE WERE ROCKIN BIOHAZARD GEAR I REMEMBER CRAZY THINGS ABOUT THE SHOWS YA KNOW I LOVED BIOHAZARD SO THAT STUCK OUT TO ME

PLAYING THE BEATDOWN FESTS AT THE RAT I REMEMBER US PLAYING THERE I WAS DOING MERCH AND THIS DUDE GOT BEAT ALL THE WAY FROM THE FRONT OF THE STAGE TO THE BACK OF THE MERCH TABLE AND HE WAS JUST GETTING HIS ASS HANDED TO HIM ,BLOOD ALL OVER THE PLACE BEING SPLATTERED ON THE MERCH FUCKIN ANIMALS ,I FELT BAD THEN I FOUND OUT HE WAS A NAZI SO I SAID FUCK IT ,THERES A PRICE TO PAY FOR YOUR BELIEFS TRUST ME I KNOW ,SO DID HE

Does Rick Ta Life have any offspring floating around anywhere?

MY SON IS 5 YEARS OLD ,MY SONS NAME IS EVAN ,HE WILL ROADY WHEN HES 8 HE WIL BE THE NEW HC KING, THE NEW FREDDY MADBALL
EVAN TA LIFE AKA LIL RTL IN 2012 HE WILL ROCK THE MIC WITH HIS POPS

Why do you keep doing this? is there something out there musically you haven't done that you're looking to do?

I LOVE THIS ITS LIKE SAYING WHY DO I WAKE UP ITS ME ITS WHO I AM ,ITS WHAT I LIVE FOR ITS MY PASSION THIS SHIT YO THIS MUSIC IS THE SOUNDTRACK TO MY LIFE

There were internet reports that you were jumped last year? why would someone have beef with you? Did that make you question whether or not to call it a day?
ITS LIKE THIS WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND IVE DONE STUFF IN THE PAST ,IVE BEAT PEOPLE DOWN ROBBED THEM ,DUMB SHIT IVE LEARNED IVE LEARNED FROM MY MISTAKES AND TRIED TO BE THE BEST PERSON I CAN IM DOING GOOD I THINK THERE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT BUT IM DOING MY BEST, NOW OTHER DUDES LIKE HOW I CAME UP A NEW GENERATION , THERE RUNNIN THE STREETS BUCK WILD THEY AINT LEARNED THERE LESSONS YET,THEY WANT THAT NAME ME I PAID MY DUES COUNTLESS DUES I EARNED MY NAME RICKTALIFE AKA THE WILDMAN AKA VATO RICK, 25 TA LIFE ASK ABOUT ME RESPECTED LOVED,HATED, DESPISED CRUCIFIED ,SO THEY ROB STEAL AND BEAT NIGGAZ DOWN,AND THEY WANT THAT HYPE THAT GLORY THAT FAME,YO THIS IS A STEET MUSIC ,MAKE KNOW MISTAKE ABOUT IT ,THAT MALL SHIT ,HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH REAL HC ,THIS SHIT IS REAL ABOUT THE STREETS REALITY ITS SCARY YO THE HARSH TRUTH THEY CAN CANDY COAT IT AND TRY TO MAKE A BUCK BUT ONCE SOMEONE GETS THERE TEETH SMASHED IN A FACIAL BONE BROKE THEY WANNA SUE AND GET THE CLUBS SHUT DOWN HC /PUNK ROCK IS VIOLENT, ITS FUCKIN HARDCORE IT HAS THE WORD HARD IN IT ,25 TA LIFE STILL EXIST CAUSE WERE HC MOTHERFUCKERS ,WERE EX ADDICTS ,EX JUNKIES FUCKIN FREAKS,WERE FUCKED IN THE HEAD WE VIOLENT,CRAZY THOUGHTS GOIN ON UPSTAIRS YO, WE AINT THE NORM WE DONT FIT IN SOCIETY ,WERE NOT SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS WE ARE THE UGLY AND THE FUCKIN PROUD YOU GOTTA BE TO LAST IN THIS YO IM KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD YO IN OUR LITTLE MUSIC ,I COULD GO CRAZY START A WAR BUT FOR WHAT IM A MAN TAKE MY WOUNDS HEAL THEM IM ALIVE ,I THANK GOD THEY DIDNT KILL ME ,I REALLY DO,IM STILL HERE OBVIOUSLY GOD WHOEVER SAYS ITS NOT MY TIME YO SO IM JUST GONNA DO MY BEST WITH THE REST OF THE TIME I HAVE LEFT ,AND IF SOMEONE DECIDES MY TIME IS UP IM NOT WELCOME ON THIS EARTH ANYMORE THEN I WILL BE UP THERE WITH MY DAD AND FALLEN BROTHERS ARCHIE SIB,ERNIE CORTES OBHC, BOSTON MIKE ,YA KNOW ALL OUR FALLEN ANGELS

YO ITS LIKE THIS HONESTLY I WASNT PLANNING ON BEING HERE THIS LONG ANYWAYS SO EVERY DAY IS A GIFT FROM GOD IM AN EX JUNKIE CRACK HEAD HEROIN ADDICT A TRUE FUCK UP IM GONNA BE 39 IM AMAZED IM STILL HERE IM NOT SAYING I WANNA DIE CAUSE IM GREATFUL EVERYDAY I GET TO WAKE UP AND HAVE ANOTHER DAY HERE

IM OLDER AND WISER AND PICK MY BATTLES I USTA FIGHT FOR SOMEONE LOOKING AT ME THE WRONG WAY YA KNOW BUT THOSE TIME HAVE CHANGED AND ITS LIKE 7 SECONDS SAID IM GONNA STAY YOUNG TIL I DIE

THANKS TO EVERY KID THAT BELIEVES IN 25 TA LIFE/COMIN CORRECT AND BTB RECORDS MAD LUV YO

Who gave you the nickname Wild Man?

MADBALL / STIGMA ONE OF THOSE GUYS
ROGER USTA CALL ME VATO RICK
I WAS AROUND A BUNCH OF SKINHEADS AND I HAD DREADS YA KNOW HA HA COVERED IN TATS PIERCINGS ALL OVER,BACK THEN A WALKING FREAKSHOW TODAY THE NORM HA HA I TOOK THINGS TO ANOTHER LEVEL YO

YO EVERY FUCKIN NERD IN HC TODAY HAS A SLEEVE KIDS WITH FUCKIN SLEEVES CRAZY YO ,ITS LIKE A SKATE BOARD TO THEM OR A COOL BIKE ,ITS LIKE THERE STAMP OF APPROVAL ITS FUCKIN SAD ITS NOT ORIGINAL ANYMORE YA KNOW YO IN A FEW YEARS IM GONNA START A TATTOO REMOVAL COMPANY AND BANK YO ANY TAKERS WANNA GO IN ON THIS WITH ME

CAUSE THESE PEOPLE AINT LIFERS
YA KNOW ITS A FUCKIN TREND LIKE RAVERS
ITS EMBARRASING AT TIMES OH WELL

TO ME THE OG TATTOOED DUDES OF HC ROCK N ROLL
ARE HARLEY FLANAGAN WHO INFLUENCED EVERYONE THAT DUDE PUT NYHC ON THE MAP CRO MAGS ERA HARLEY JOHN MACKIE PARIS DOUG HOLLAND THE BEST HC BAND EVER TO ME THEY WROTE THE NYHC BIBLE ITS CALLED THE AGE OF QUARRELL

IF YOU AINT HEARD IT GET IT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY STEAL IT OFF SOMEONE ITS WORTH LOSING A FRIENDSHIP OVER TO HAVE THAT CD ITS THAT GOOD

YO AND ROGER AND ALEX OF CIRCUS OF POWER OR ROSE TATTOO NOW ME I TOOK IT TO NEW LEVELS YO

IM THE FRONT MAN YOU WONT FORGET ,YOU WONT MISTAKE ME YO THERES NO OTHER RICKTALIFE IN THE HC SCENE FOR BETTER OR WORSE HA HA ALSO I HAD THIS SHIT BEFORE I WAS IN A BAND SO THIS WAS ME YA KNOW

BUT YO GOING TO SHOWS A METAL HEAD LOOKING DUDE WHEN I DANCED NIGGAZ ALWAYS TRIED TO FIGHT ME THE ONLY THING WAS I HAD MAD BACK YO, AND WHEN SOMEONE WENT TO STEP TO ME BAM NIGGAZ WOULD GET WRECKED THERE BOYS WOULD STEP UP THEY WOULD GET WRECKKED IT WAS CRAZY YO

YOU HAD TO BE THERE THE EXCITEMENT OF THE VIOLENCE IT WAS INTENSE LIKKE NOTHING I EVER FELT THE CLOSEST I EVER FELT WAS ON THE STAGE -FUCKIN IT UP

,AND WHEN I DRUNK I WAS A TROUBLE MAKER , IM FATTER NOW A LIL OVER 200 LPS 5/11 BUT I WAS MAD SKINNY YO

Do you think it's time to shave the dreads? I think it's time to embrace the shaved/bald look. why not cut it off for charity? isn't there a HC Hall of Fame somewhere? they can preserve that shit, ya know?

YO PEOPLE THINK I CUT MY DREADS YO THE TRUTH IS
IM LOOSING THEM IM ALMOST 40
THEY BECAME TO HEAVY ALMOST PULLING AT MY HEAD YA KNOW CRAZY YO HA HA I’M NOT COOL ANYMORE, LIKE I EVER WAS HA HA

IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS I WILL SHAVE AND TATTOO MY HEAD IM JUST GONNA ENJOY THE LAST FEW YEARS OF MY HAIR YO

ITS BEEN A GOOD RUN YO

IVE ENJOYED IT

I DONT LIKE LOOKING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN HC I STICK OUT NIGGAZ ALWAYS ASK MY FOR DRUGS ITS FUNNY YO

YO MIKE YOUR JUST JEALOUS YOUR BALD AND NOT BY CHOICE
YO DONT HATE NIGGA

I thought when you came on stage with the ski-mask back when, it was a cool thing, it was different, sense of the unknown or some shit. Why not bring out the mask again for a few shows?
YO WHEN I USTA COME OUT WITH THAT ON NIGGAZ USTA TRIP IN JAPAN IT WAS INSANE THEY WERE FREAKIN OUT YO

YO IM PROBABLY THE FIRST ONE TO EVER DO THAT
ANOTHER ONE OF MY MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
IM A FUCKIN LIVING LEGEND YO HA HA

IN THE STRENGTH THRU UNITY CD 1997 I WORE THAT MASK AT CBGBS IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICS IN THE CD BOOKLET

OH I FORGOT NIGGAZ DONT BUY MUSIC THEY DOWN LOAD IT NOW

YO REMEMBER CDS
HOLY FUCK TIMES HAVE CHANGED IT USTA BE DEMO TAPE 7 INCH SPLIT 7 INCH COMPILATION CD MAD SHOWS LP THEN CD

NOW ITS JUST DIGITAL DOWNLOADS AND MYSPACE IF YOU WOULDA EVER TOLD ME THIS SHIT BACK THEN I WOULDA LAUGHED YO
BEEN LIKE GET THE FUCK OUTA HERE HA HA

Why does every tom, dick and harry need a clothing line? Not a knock on you as it took you 16yrs to get the infamous line out but seriously don't you think it has got to the point of enoughs enough.

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

AND WITH CDS LIKE DEMO 1993 KEEPIN IT REAL 1995 ,STRENGTH THRU UNITY 1997, FLC 1999,BOF 2003,FDR 2004 HDB 2004 ,HELLBOUND MISERY TORMENT 2005
FALLEN ANGEL 2006
FOREVER TRUE REPRESENT 2008

COMIN SOON
STRENGTH INTEGRITY BROTHERHOOD 2009
LOTSA LOTSA GUESTS YO

SURVIVIN YOU ALWAYS DVD 2009
AND
REBUILT AND REBORN COMIN 2010

THANKS TO JAMEY JASTA FOR THE NAME MAD LUV YO
LOTSA GUESTS JUST WAIT THIS CD WILL BLOW PEOPLES MINDS

MY CLOTHING LINE IS CALLED
XXX
INFAMOUS
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PEEP THE PICS ROCK MY GEAR
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

HIT UP MY SPACE TOP 40

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Who can we talk shit on in this interview?
YO I WANNA SAY SUPPORT A REAL STREET NYHC BROTHA MY MAN RATBONES NYC BEEN DOING HIS THING IN NYHC FOR YEARS HES THE REAL DEAL A STREET SOLDIER AND DOESNT NEED ME TO SAY THAT HE HAS A CLOTHING COMPANY CALLED NYC PIT WEAR FIND HIM ON MYSPACE SHOW LUV YO

YO I DONT WANNA TALK SHIT I JUST WANNA SAY REST IN PEACE TO ALL THE REAL STREET SOLDIERS WE LOST ALONG THE WAY AND MAD LUV TO ALL THE REAL STREET NIGGAS AND HC KIDS THAT REP THIS SHIT AROUND NYHC HARDCORE PUNKROCK OI HIP HOP,METAL TRUE UNDERGROUND STREET MUSIC WORLDWIDE
EVERYONE THAT LIVES THIS SHIT
EVERYONE THATS ITS MORE THAN JUST MUSIC YOU LIVE AND BREATH THIS SHIT YO

YO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BROTHAS AND SISTERS OVER SEAS SHEDDING BLOOD FOR US YOU GUYS ARE HEROES MAD LUV
FUCK EVERY ANTI AMERICAN PERSON OUT THERE

EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD BE PROUD SUPPORT THIS COUNTRY 100 PERCENT ANTI RACIST FOR EVERYONE

AND PEOPLE OVER SEAS SHOULD RESPECT US WERE FIGHTING FOR ALL OUR US

IF YOU DONT BELIEVE THAT MOVE

IM SICK OF SPOILED FUCKIN DICKS THAT TALK SHIT ON OUR COUNTRY

LAND OF THE FREE HOME OF THE BRAVE

FUCK RAPISTS ,KILL THEM

ANYONE WHO ABUSES KIDS BE A HERO PUT A BULLET IN THERE HEAD
DEATH IS TOO GOOD FOR YOU SCUMBAGS BRING BACK HANGINS SLOW FUCKIN DEATH -THERES NO ROOM FOR YOU HERE

ANYONE WHO ABUSES THERE SPOUSES MALE OR FEMALE =FUCK OFF
YA LOSERS

SUPPORT EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING ANTI DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
PRAISE THE LOCAL DRUG DEALER KILLERS AROUND THE WORLD
ANYONE WHO TRIES TO TAKE AWAY A WOMAN RIGHTS -DIE


What does the future hold for the band? Plans for the end of 2008 and into 2009?
COMIN SOON 25 TA LIFE STRENGTH INTEGRITY BROTHERHOOD CD /COMIN 2010 25 TA LIFE REBUILT AND REBORN CD THANKS AGAIN TO JAMEY JASTA FOR THAT NAME YO
YO FROM THE WAY BACK BRISTOL CT BIKE EXCHANGE DAYS THE GRIPPOS AND BIG E WHATCHO KNOW BOUT THAT
REST IN PEACE LOU BOULDER AND IAN DISMAY YO

Who you voting for? Are you getting the word out to the kids to vote come November?

VINNY STIGMA DONT YA KNOW YO

I have no idea what I'm going to do with this interview when you answer the questions, any ideas?
PRINT IT OUT AND WIPE YOUR ASS YO

last words mofo?

HIT UP MY PAGE MYSPACE DOWN FOR THE CORE COMP CD THERES MAD BANDS YO

LOTSA LOTSA BANDS YO

MIKE THANKS FOR YOUR SUPORT AND CONTINUED SUCCESS WITH THUNDERHOG YOUR A REAL HC BROTHA STAY UP
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NYHC /BHC UNITY 2008 YOU SUCKAS


25 TA LIFE BTB RECORDS DFTC NEWS YOYO HOOK ME UP PEOPLE CHECK THIS OUT YO/INFAMOUS RTL
YO PUT ME IN YOUR TOP 40S

SHOW THE LUV

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