Down Low is a New York City Hardcore band with an old school sound
similar to the first NY hardcore bands created in the Lower East Side
of New York City back in the early 80's. The band has consistently
played this traditional form of hardcore throughout their existence,
despite the trend towards nu-metal, and feel that the old school sound
is the way that hardcore music should be, as it was from its roots.
Lyrically the Down Low deals with many kinds of social issues, as heard
in Slipping From Reality and Payback, but still manages to keep a good
sense of humor with tunes like Light Up You Fuckin' Herb and Diarrhea.
The Down Low formed in the Fall of 1994 and played their first show in Peekskill, NY on a large bill of popular NYC hardcore bands. They also recorded their first self titled demo that year, and after a lot of gigging and writing, recorded for several CD compilations throughout '95 and '98, including Another Planet Records "Creepy Crawl Live" and " Bad Taste - The Brotherhood of Antigood". In 1998 Downlow returned to the studio to record the Wall of Anger CD/EP with the production help of Mike Dijan ( Breakdown, Coldfront) which was released on Eyeball Records. Later that year Downlow released All My Life on a NYHC compilation CD for Triple Crown Records. The band played some landmark shows in 1998 - CBGBs 2-day tribute to James Ray Barbieri a.k.a. Raybeez from Warzone, (who passed away earlier that year) with Sick Of It All and many others to pay tribute and respects to Raybeez and his participation and support for the NYHC scene. Another highlight of the Summer of 1998 was playing a huge free show in Tompkins Square Park to hundreds of people, again alongside many great bands including headliners Breakdown. In 1998 the band temporarily disbanded because of personal family issues and legal difficulties. Joe V. and Raeph toured with Cause for Alarm, M.M. Fury continued with Disassociate and Paul and Raeph joined Kill Your Idols. After years gone by, the band members reconnected with each other and reunited in Fall of 2003 with Joe V. on Guitar, MM Fury on Bass, Jason Madrock on drums and of course, Joey Downlow on vocals. Initially planning to play only one gig in support of NY legends Urban Waste (making it a double reunion) Downlow decided to keep the band going and continues to gig into 2004. Free Spirit Records released the bands second 7", Slipping From Reality, featured the early 90's lineup of Joey, Joe V, MM Fury, Paul and Raeph. In 2006 JoeV bailed the fuck out of NYC and moved to California to restart New Faith. Years went by but Downlow couldn't be stopped and in 2011 regrouped with JoeV, Dave Rollins, Jason and Joey. MM Fury came back to the lineup in 2012, JoeV left in 2014 and thats where the band is now. DownlowNYHC - still alive in 2014, gigging everywhere, ready to fuck up the scene, the show and everything around us. |
CHECK OUT OUR CRAPPY OLD MUSIC ON THESE GREAT CD'S AND 7"/12" RECORDS
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Wall Of Anger EP |
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"Slipping
From Reality" 7" Released 1998 |
"All My
Life" |
"Stop-N-Think" |
"Slosh Victim" |
And Justice Shall Be Served |
"Streets of
America" "Hardcore
Punk & Oi Compilation" |
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