Well I guess it's been a long time for me droping a download on this thing and I found the perfect band that I don't talk about much and kind have forget about over the years, there is nothing I love more then refinding a old band again and Token Entry is a perfect example. Listen to them a little bit in high school then just forget about them over the years.Token Entry is a classic New York Hardcore/Skate Punk band to come out of the late 1980's. Actually probally one of the first self-proclaimed skate-punk bands to begin, hell the cover of Jaybird has a eagle riding a skateboard, something you wouldn't seem from bands during that period of time. Majority of the stuff coming out in the mid to late 80's was pretty angry stuff. Tokeny Entry on the other hand had a very catchy rock n' roll and slight poppy influence to their music. I guess they could be the Decendents of the east coast, just a few years later and as for a 1988 hardcore punk record its extremely positive and is filled with melody and catchy little fast rock riffs.
The band bumped shoulders with Bad Brains (Dr. Know produced the Jay Bird album) you can hear a slight bad brains guitar influence in a lot of their songs espically on this Jaybird album and Gorilla Biscuits (with whom they hooked up for their first show at CBGB's) actually I think Token Entry drummer played drums for Gorilla Biscuits for their first few shows from what I've been told. If you never had a band like Token Entry playing you probaly wouldn't have had a Gorilla Biscuits and later bands like h20, which Toby Morse has said in past interviews they were the reason h20 even started. These days Mr. Tim Chunks, lead singer of Token Entry, is Billie Joe's (Green Day) guitar tech and a few members went on to form Grey Area with a member or Warzone.
Oh Sound and Fury Blog has a nice live set by Token Entry that was recorded at their 1995 reunion show at CBGB's, you can check it out here: Token Entry Live Reunion show
On with the album....
Token Entry- "Jay Bird"
(Label-???/1988)
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01. The Fire
02. Windows
03. The Bright Side
04. Jaybird
05. The Whip
06. Entities
07. Birthdays
08. Integrity
09. Token Entry
10. Pink Things
11. Born To Be Wild
1 comment:
Wow man thanks for this download I once had this record on tape but lost it somehow overtime and never got myself to buy the record.
You should also add that Timmy Chunks was one of the main members of Redemption 87 (one of my all time favorite bands)
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