Terror

As all the thrilling summer tours wind down, none was more worth the price of admission than the inaugural 10 for $10 Tour, which featured 10 established and up-and-coming hardcore bands for a ticket price that was as cheap as a fast food meal...

Long Island, N.Y. is known for many things. The Big Duck, for instance. The Hamptons. The L.I.E. Amy Fisher. It's where guys like Jerry Seinfeld and Billy Joel grew up. It even has its own intoxicating brand of iced tea. But for some of us, Long Island will always be known as a breeding ground for some of the hardest-hitting music of the late '90s...

This summer, the odometer of Poison the Well's white 2005 van will finally break the 200,000 miles as the band crisscrosses the nation as part of the 10 for $10 Tour, which boasts a hardcore bill featuring the likes of Terror, Vision, Madball, Death Before Dishonor, War of Ages and This Is Hell...

If you had a dime for every time a hardcore band sang about unity, you'd be picking up change in the pit long after the show ended. But as much of a lyrical cliche as that is, the sense of togetherness the genre inspires was in full force at the New York City stop of the 10 for $10 Tour last week...

Nothing should prevent heavy music fans from attending the "10 for $10" Hardcore Tour this summer, which kicks off tomorrow in the city of Brotherly Love. (That's Philadelphia, Pa., if you didn't know!) While the buck-per-band concept may be appealing, fans shouldn't let the term "hardcore" throw them off...