Right Direction

Bury the Hatchet (Victory)
by Tim Den

Thou art a better man than I if you can tell these two bands apart. Run Devil Run and Right Direction are both straight-up hardcore bands that site the classics as influences, which begs the question “Why duplicate what’s already been done better?” Right Direction might have a better excuse in that they’ve been doing this since ’89, but still, classic Suicidal Tendencies and D.R.I. they ain’t. You get the trademark hardcore stuff here, nothing more: scream, growl, fastbeat, breakdown mosh part, heavy guitar sound. Oh, and Run Devil Run has members of In Cold Blood, Brother’s Keeper, and The Spudmonsters, if that means anything to you.
(PO Box 146546 Chicago, IL 60614)