No Core

Under Appreciated

NO CORE
 
 

Together with Ryan AdamsJesse Malin co-founded a hardcore punk rock band in 2002 called The Finger.  Ryan Adams (not to be confused with Bryan Adams) has been active in music since about 2000.  I remember well a music video for his song “New York, New York” that was filmed just 4 days before September 11, 2001, showing the World Trade Center in the background. 

 

Interestingly, The Finger took its name from a notorious hardcore punk rock band from Raleigh, North Carolina called FingerRyan Adams was a big fan of this group.  Although I haven’t confirmed it, Finger might have grown out of an earlier Raleigh hardcore band called Colcor.  Several songs by this band were included on a 1982 cassette-only compilation album called No Core that also features Corrosion of Conformity.  I was delighted to find an LP of the music from this cassette (probably a bootleg) that was among the first albums that surfaced from the Katrina mud.  Hardcore and thrash punk is not really my thing, but I do love that album. 

 

(June 2013/2)

 

Last edited: March 22, 2021