Dangers

Yes, you read right. Decibel editor Andrew Bonazelli, author of 'A Regular,' is releasing the tome via Vitriol, the record label owned and operated by art purveyor Justin Smith of the band Dangers. It may seem odd on paper to release a book through a record company...

New York hardcore is the stuff of legend and lore, but what about Los Angeles hardcore? Does Left Coast hardcore bubble under the general heavy music scene's radar? It's certainly not as prominent of a genre as thrash and glam, but it's most definitely out there...

Dangers guitarist Justin Smith is also in Graf Orlock, a Los Angeles-based concept band! Stop right there! Don't go rolling those eyes and dismissing the band as too precious for its own good! Graf Orlock's lyrics are comprised entirely of lyrics and dialogue that quotes Hollywood action movies while all song titles are named after DVD chapters...

Justin Smith of Dangers, Graf Orlock, Ghosttlimb and owner/operator of Vitriol Records, is building his own independent multi-media empire in the little-discussed Los Angeles hardcore scene. "The label is just an extension of the bands, I suppose, and a natural step in trying to assert control over everything we are doing," Smith told Noisecreep...