Hardcore will never die, at least while Keith Morris is still alive and kicking. The 55-year-old Morris co-founded the legendary Black Flag with Greg Ginn before leaving the band three years later to start the equally seminal Circle Jerks with future Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson. That band lasted a decade, though since 1994, the Circle Jerks have continued to tour sporadically but haven’t released a new album since 1995. That was going to change when the band convened last year with producer Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides) to work on new material. The result, however, was Morris quitting the CJs and forming OFF!, a new hardcore supergroup with Coats on guitar, Steven McDonald (Redd Kross) on bass and Mario Rubalcaba (Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes) on drums. OFF! recorded four EPs that will be released as a vinyl boxed set, First Four EPs (Vice), on December 14. The band will also be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with Morris.
Steven: I hate to gloat, and I know people hate us anyways, for often just reasons. But I gotta say, L.A. in the wintertime is probably the best city in the world—or at least of the cities I’ve visited. Yeah, I know, there’s all the plastic people, doing pointless things, in a hurry, etc. But if you’re lucky enough to have good people here that you enjoy and you’re able to stay away from the questionable elements, well, then you are a lucky person. When it starts to rain and the air gets clean and the hills get super green, there’s no other place like it. Especially after a big storm when the skies are dramatic but the sun just starts to peek back through. Looks like another perfect day.
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