Various Artists – New York City Hardcore / Various

The V/A New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is full-length is considered by many to be a classic, documenting NYHC as it was in 1988. More than just a straight-edge collection, it compiled bands from all facets of the hardcore scene including BOLD, NAUSEA, WARZONE, GORILLA BISCUITS, TRIP 6, BREAKDOWN, YOUTH OF TODAY, SICK OF IT ALL, KRAKDOWN, SIDE BY SIDE, YOUTH DEFENSE LEAGUE and SUPERTOUCH. Comparable to Boston's This Is Boston Not LA or Washington, DC's Flex Your Head, New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is helped push New York to the forefront of the American hardcore scene. The photo on the album cover was taken by iconic NYHC photographer BJ Papas at The Anthrax in Norwalk CT, and feature Gorilla Biscuits performing along with members of Warzone, Youth of Today, BOLD and other staples of the scene at that time.

1. Bold - Wise Up
2. Nausea - Fallout Of Our Being
3. Warzone - As One
4. Warzone - Escape From Your Society
5. Gorilla Biscuits - Better Than You
6. Gorilla Biscuits - Forgotton
7. Trip 6 - Back With A Vengeance
8. Breakdown - Sick People
9. Youth Of Today - Together
10. Youth Of Today - Understand
11. Sick Of It All - Politics
12. Sick Of It All - Pete's Sake
13. Krakdown - Ignorance
14. Side By Side - Dead Serious
15. Side By Side - Time Is Now
16. Youth Defense League - Blue Pride
17. Supertouch - Searchin' For The Light

Label: Revelation

Catalog: 7

Genre: Rock