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This was never about making money or getting some cheesy wannabe rock'n'roll record deal. To us, it is not about a talent contest or battle of the bands and we don't do it for popularity. This is an outlet for opinion, for ideas, for suggestion. We gave back to hardcore what it gave us- Heart, sincerity and a chance to be heard. Music is our weapon and if our lyrics are ignored, then we should be too. We hope you look beyond the music, beyond the mosh parts or the danceable parts or whatever the fuck you call it. We hope this means as much to you as it does to us. Thanks for your interest and time, until next time. Stay angry and question everything.

- CHOKEHOLD -

STABBED? RUN OVER? NO BIGGIE.

From the Salt Lake Tribune:

A man escaped with no serious injuries after being stabbed, and then hit by a car early Saturday morning, Salt Lake City police said.

Just before 3 a.m., the 20-year-old man walked out of a 7-Eleven store on the 100 West block of 1700 South and was hit over the head with a bottle, then stabbed during a fight, said Salt Lake City police Lt. Cal Kunz. The man stepped off the curb and was hit by a slow-moving car. The man went to Pioneer Valley Hospital, were he was treated for minor injuries.

*Picture is not of actual victim. Just a man equally injured but still raging.

MORE HATE THAN FEAR

PLAYING DOCTOR KEVORKIAN...

Salt Lake County man's attempt to doctor girlfriend's daughter nets prison time

From the Salt Lake Tribune:

A Salt Lake County man who poked holes in the hands of his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter -- in what a defense attorney called an ill-advised attempt to provide medical care -- was sent to prison Monday for up to five years.

Derrick Lee Crispin, 30, and the girl's mother, Amy Ellene Roberts, 31, were trying to treat what they believed was a case of cellulitis, a skin disease that causes swelling.

"They were trying to get the pus out of her hands" by sucking it out with a syringe, defense attorney Earl Xaiz told 3rd District Judge Sheila McCleve.

While holding the girl's hands during the Jan. 6 operation, Rogers held the victim hard enough to break a half-dozen bones in each hand, Xaiz said.

The couple then put iodine on the girl's hands, which she rubbed into her eyes, causing temporary blindness.

When they took the girl to a hospital several days later, doctors feared the girl might permanently lose her eyesight.

"I should have known better than to play doctor," Crispin told the court Monday. "I'm sorry. I made some very bad decisions."

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