Thursday March 28th 2024

Neighborhood Shit – “Pick A Side”

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Neighborhood Shit – “Pick A Side”

 

So I’m sitting in the doctor’s office waiting room for a 9AM appointment when a bear walks in. He’s wearing a set of headphones and obviously listening to something quite lively as he’s boppin’ his head vigorously. I think to myself, “Wow, what luck to have a bear walk in”. I’ve always wanted to ask a real bear that age old question that’s been rolling around inside every person’s head for decades. You know the question I’m talking about.

So I get up to approach the bear, when the receptionist says, “Mr. Bear, Dr. Rabbit will see you now.” As the bear walks passed me, he hands me his headphones and iPod and says, “Hey dude, can you hang onto these until I get back?” I say, “OK” and the bear disappears down the hall. I sit back down in the waiting room and wait for my turn.

As I’m waiting, I start to wonder what type of music bears listen to these days. So I pop the headphones on and crank up the volume. This is what I hear.

[audio:https://www.thrashnbang.com/wp-content/music/01 Pressure.mp3|titles=Pressure]

“Holy Shit!!!”. Awesome stuff, right?

I look down at the ipod and see that I was partially right. The band is actually called ‘Neighborhood Shit’. And the tune is called ‘Pressure’ from their EP, ‘Pick A Side’. No wonder the bear was groovin’ like a wild animal. The energy is amazing. I decide to queue up the next tune, which is called ‘Pick A Side (pigacide)’.

[audio:https://www.thrashnbang.com/wp-content/music/02 Pick A Side (pigacide).mp3|titles=Pick A Side (pigacide)]

“Wow, wow, wow!!!”. Nice raw hardcore action.

Not sure what these dudes have against pigs (I mean, doesn’t everybody like bacon), but as far as rockin’ and rollin’ goes, they definitely know how to bring it.

So I google Neighborhood Shit on my phone to see what I can find. On their facebook page it says they’re a 3-some from good ‘ol Southie. They feature B-Atty on Guitar, Alex O.L. on Bass and Terry Tweek O.L. on Drums and they all do a bit of the vocals. Most certainly a talented group of local boys combining passion and style with grit and energy. I must hear the last track on the EP.

[audio:https://www.thrashnbang.com/wp-content/music/03 Rot (Destroy your hood).mp3|titles=Rot (Destroy your hood)]

“Fuckin’ A!!!, Smash, bang, boom!” The tune is called ‘Rot (Destroy your hood)’ and is my favorite on the EP.

Just as the tune finishes, the bear walks back into the waiting room. I take off the headphones and hand them back to him. I say, “Wow man, that band Neighborhood Shit is amazing, I definitely need to grab a copy of their EP, Pick A Side.”

The bear looks at me quizzically at first and then says, “Yah, their awesome, if you like that shit, we should keep in touch and check out one of their shows.”

I respond, “That would be cool, I’d really like that.” I then add, “Hey, you know there’s a question I’ve always wanted to ask someone like yourself.”

Looking a bit perturbed, the bear asks, “What’s that supposed to mean?”

I quickly respond, “Oh, nothing, just a question that’s been nagging at me for a long time.”

The bear asks, “What question?”

I hem and haw a bit and finally blurt out, “OK, here’s the question. If a bear shits in the woods and nobody’s around does it still stink?”

The bear thinks for a moment, then cracks a smile and says, “No, it really doesn’t stink, because at the end of the day, it’s still all part of the same Neighborhood Shit!!!”

 

(Andy Bang)

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