{"product_id":"struggle","title":"Struggle 'S\/T'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe self-titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStruggle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 7\" captures the raw beginnings of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eearly-’90s San Diego hardcore scene\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, years before its members would go on to shape bands including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Locust, Swing Kids, Unbroken, Three Mile Pilot, The Black Heart Procession, Bread and Circuits,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and countless other underground projects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormed in 1990 while its members were still teenagers, Struggle played furious, politically charged hardcore rooted in opposition to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eracism, consumerism, animal cruelty, abuse, and social inequality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The band’s anger was immediate and unpolished, but the restless musical ideas that would later define several corners of San Diego punk were already unmistakably present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis four-song 7\" features \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Red, White, And You,” “Death of a Friend,” “Envy,”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Pigs on Fire,”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e delivering fast, confrontational hardcore informed by bands like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDowncast and Rorschach\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Originally released by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbullition Records\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, it remains one of the clearest snapshots of Struggle at their most direct and explosive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStruggle featured \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDylan Scharf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on vocals, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJose Palafox\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on drums, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJustin Pearson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on bass, and guitarists \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEric Allen, Tobias Nathaniel, and Cliff Cunningham\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. During their brief existence, the band released this self-titled 7\", a 12\", and a split with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUndertow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, while appearing alongside politically minded contemporaries including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn Against, Downcast, Bikini Kill,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEconochrist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore than a historical curiosity, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStruggle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e documents the point where a group of San Diego teenagers began developing ideas that would splinter into some of the most influential hardcore, screamo, punk, and experimental music of the following decade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThese are remaining copies from the final pressing manufactured in the late 1990s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ebullition Records","offers":[{"title":"Black 7\"","offer_id":47922564202667,"sku":"EBU05v1","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/1642\/3595\/files\/struggle-struggle-us-7-inch-vinyl-single-ebullition-05-897520_1200x1233copy.jpg?v=1790100830","url":"https:\/\/iodinerecords.com\/products\/struggle","provider":"Iodine Recordings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}