Screaming For Change

Uniform Choice
Region Of Ice 7"

come on guys, this thing rips. uniform choice was the first show i ever went to see. the year was 1988 and they were on tour with the amazing reason to believe and i think local favorites the headless marines opened up, along with a band from alabama called constant change (which consisted of 2 huge samoan looking dudes and a little tiny white kid singing). for awhile prior to the show friends and i had been in contact with the pats (dubar and longrie) through mail and ordering records and whatnot. there always seemed to be a fuckup with wishingwell records and you just never really got them on time (if at all). one time my friend called them up wondering where the order was and choke answered the phone. yes that choke...slapshot! being like 15, i was pretty fucking stoked. so this show happens. we are there. all we know of uniform choice is the album "screaming for change" which we have memorized front to back, and also the unity 7" which was also memorized. the band shows up and i sweat to god they are wearing skin tight pleather pants and like those crazy net mesh shirts. they have like long curly hair and are just totally rocked out. in a way we were disappointed cuz fuck, you see those records weve been worshipping for the past year or so and we want some mean shaved head sxe dudes coming out ready to whip us in a frenzy. bummer...pleather pants. we try and talk with pat dubar for awhile but all he keeps talking about is this "new band in seattle called soundgarden," and we are like "thats a gay name." needless to say though, when they hit the stage, it was fucking amazing. they played all the "hits" and we screamed along (for change) all night. but man, they broke into some new stuff and we were both floored and disgusted. metal. kinda yucky. but it was still pretty awesome. i didnt care. it was my first show and i was just happy to get to stay out late. anyway, this 7" came out soon after. yep, its the metal songs they played. yep, they are wearing their pleather pants on the back photo. soon after came the new LP and it was more of the same. also quite good i might add. then the new unity 12" which was the same kinda deal too. more rockin metal styles. after uniform choice and unity, pat dubar went on to sing in mindfunk. no i did not make up that name, they were seriously called mindfunk. and they were seriously awful. no idea what happened to the rest of em. but i gotta say, i still like this shit. and if you were able to stomach it when bold released the running like thieves 7", then you just might like this too.

git em gat em