The New York Hardcore Chronicles 10 Questions w/ Jack "Choke" Kelly (Slapshot / Negative FX)

The New York Hardcore Chronicles 10 Questions w/ Jack "Choke" Kelly (Slapshot / Negative FX / Last Rights / Stars And Stripes)
Directed by Drew Stone

[@sj8801]

I saw Slapshot in 91-92 and Choke handed the mic off to me for What's At Stake and let me sing the entire song. He said I sounded fucking great. He was super nice to us, I'll never forget that.

[@skridtractor875]

I wish I could remember the exact date, but I saw Bad Brains & Slapshot at a show at The Channel sometime during the late 1980's. There might've even been a 3rd band, but, it was awesome.

[@jefftaylor529]

Sam Black Church, Bad Brains w/Chuck Moseley (HR had lost it by then) and Slapshot. At The Channel in the winter of '91-'92... Epic show.

[@danadabrowski3366]

One of my favorite hardcore singers. He's totally got his own sound .

[@danmatrisch4463]

Choke is Top three HC Singer All Time This Man is HC for life Old Time Hardcore 🔥👊 Dan from Bonn West Germany !! Slapshot Fan since 1989

[@stonefilmsnyc]

He's a great frontman.

[@danmatrisch4463]

@@stonefilmsnyc Thanx Dude You are Right 😂 👍 Good Job 👌his Lyrics are so Awesome 👌 " You talk about Anarchie .. I Show you some 🔥👊🔥 😂😂😂

[@lechanneldemysterieuxmante1807]

Saw Slapshot plenty over the years, but one of the absolute craziest shows I saw which was just so fun was Sam Black Church, Slapshot, and Bad Brains at the Channel. Great great show

[@whitelobster1ify]

I was there. It was amazing. Even without HR, Bad Brains we’re the greatest band in the world. Slapshot was a five-piece and was just so aggressive. And SBC, well, you just had to be there. What a show.

[@Lordestroyer]

Totally unique voice that I’ve been a fan of for many years. The singer “makes” a HC band. Mike Judge, H.R., John Joseph, Jeff Perlin, Raybeez, Roger, Paul Bearer…

[@justdid9166]

I would also add Anthony Comunale and Jim Williams (MP). Really memorable singers

[@DavidAlpin-hv8jq]

Jerry A poison idea

[@robbertvanoosten2530]

Neg FX, that's one of the finest! I miss those days..

[@0mega.mechan1c.]

Bad brains were AMAZING after 1982. "Quickness" is beyond the beyond. "Build a nation" is a fantastic record; produced by Adam Yauch R.I.P.

[@joseperez4460]

Beautiful job drew 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

[@jefftaylor529]

Saw them several times, starting in '92 with the Bad Brains (with Chuck Moseley) at The Channel. Love the old stories because they bring back memories of my youth..

[@whitelobster1ify]

What a show. Even without HR, Bad Brains were great that day. And I remember Slapshot were awesome. Who else played? SBC?

[@jefftaylor529]

@@whitelobster1ify yup, Sam Black Church opened. I think I was homeless but had a dj staff pass for the show lol.

[@unbridledenthusiasm]

one of the best yet. boston is still killing it

[@Count_Apollyon5]

What are the Newer Boston bands to look out for?

[@kryptichands968]

@@Count_Apollyon5 bloodkrow butcher, they've came and went but left a few hardcore as fuck ep's

[@cigarettecat3981]

@@Count_Apollyon5 vein , typecaste

[@SxSxG666]

The other day I tore off a more then two decades old layer of stickers from the tap of my local bar until I came across the very first sticker: The Slapshot logo. I left it there :)

[@xisotopex]

+1 for violent reaction

[@MichaelSmith-wu8rv]

What's at stake was there first song I heard....Omg I still jam it to this day 2022

[@FuckPunkers]

there needs to be an Al Barile interview

[@stonefilmsnyc]

That's not going to happen.

[@stonefilmsnyc]

@John Micheal It actually ended up happening. He was on my show The NYHC Chronicles LIVE! It's a great interview, check it out.

[@randyreilly2031]

​@@stonefilmsnyc Cornball.

[@mm9773]

Good man.

[@beladurst1452]

I was at the show in Camden in November 1982 and I was totally completely in with hard-core at that point. Of course I was a Philly boy so I needed to be at that show. I think the motorcycle gang were called the ghetto riders. I lived in San Francisco for many years, and when I move back to Philly, I was the chef of this restaurant I’m one of the servers and I started to talk about that show, he was much younger, and knew about the show because he got a bootleg record of a live performance from Minor Threat, and it was called live at Buff hall, and Camden, so he gave it to me

[@skinheadyouth66]

best interview so far

[@horstkantholz8386]

Der Kerl ist ne lebende Legende

[@ignatziusturret5641]

You have the best voice in HC for me. Greets from Germany.

[@centralscrutinizer66]

I only saw post I Against I BBs Waaaaah! Didn't play Detroit often, but I didn't start going to shows til 83. Missed ALL the fun.

[@deanjackson6028]

don't apologize....they were still AMAZING.......GREATEST PUNK ROCK BAND EVER !!!!!!! BAR NONE

[@PaddyLaPoint]

2022 and the hardcore scene is thriving in UK

[@LauraSquirrel]

Even though I was just a little kid when they were around, I fucking LOVE Negative FX!

[@jefftaylor529]

Binge-watching Might Makes Right

[@zumbiNINJA]

"We're pretty humorless fucks" lol

[@lesterhalfjr]

no matter how many tattoos he gets he always has a gym teacher vibe

[@lesterhalfjr]

@Stefan Eric way to go you guys

[@NikoFrederiko.]

@@lesterhalfjr you're his dad my ngga

[@danthomas2146]

The Channel!!!!

[@oliw9993]

Hårda Tider crime city hardcore! Totally didn't see that shoutout coming

[@editor108]

Yup; Black Flag, creepy-crawling -- checks out, for the most part...Boston had some great bands: F.U.'s, Jerry's Kids, SS Decontrol, et al. Props from the Bowery ~ Nap

[@Elgrano50]

Like him giving props to these awesome new bands coming out. Respectfully disagree with the Brains comment. The 3 times I saw them in the late 80's were mind-blowing.

[@jacobinfranca5815]

Chunks - by Negative FX is a great song good shit choke!

[@thomashartmann7317]

Choke is hardcore

[@ExUSSailor]

A hardcore fixture from Boston, in a video about NYHC, and, where was his his favorite show? That's right, New-Freakin'-Jersey! Dirty Jerz, represent!

[@lesterhalfjr]

Slapshot was the first hardcore band I ever saw. Choke sang while holding a sawed off piece of a hockey stick, which is odd if you think about it. I'd never been to a show/ seen a pit/ seen skinheads and so forth it was a vivid experience.

[@danielkrall6501]

Violent Reacting is fucking amazing. UK Skinhead Straightedge Hardcore.

[@ipeefreely2364]

Make up your mind

[@JusticeNotPolitics83]

Its Violent Reaction, not Reacting

[@ThaClipKeepah]

Am I the only one that thought "hey this guy is from Boston n made a song called fuck ny so why is he being interviewed for nyhc?"

[@stonefilmsnyc]

It's in the past.

[@callmeishmael5742]

I know, right?

[@johnnikollaj496]

I dunno why people hate on th e guy so much. Then again, people want to be wole and real but get offended by lifes wake up calls and truth.

[@smakaap]

Doe Hét!!!

[@teheod960]

Teh eoD

[@andrewduchesne2466]

Jack !!!!

[@DarthBrooks66]

If it were not for this band I would have never known the Pleasure of smashing hippies with sawed off hockey sticks...i bet Choke won't talk about that.

[@mb-bi3nm]

This is Boston not N.Y.

[@alleystargrowley2784]

This is Charlestown not boston

[@kombinezon85]

so what? still good hardcore

[@bove2k918]

@@kombinezon85 yup. Always loved Slapshot!

[@DaveMcIroy]

No. THIS IS SPARTA!!!

[@Largemarge666]

This is Uranus

[@rogertx210]

No hardcore is definitely not dead love slapshot.

[@chuleta1976]

He looks a little & sounds a lot like Jim Norton

[@JoostDNonsens]

I always heard shit (the kind of messageboard rumors) about Choke but he seems like a real sympathetic person.

[@vadermasktruth]

Joost D. When we were kids in the 80s he had a cult of personality about him. He was "violent" "unpredictable" would beat you If you had a beer in your hand or cigarette in your mouth etc. I've talked to him several times and he was a nice man. I'm intrigued how my friends and I were essentially scared of him 25+ yrs ago.

[@edradil3438]

Joost D. He hated Ray and youth of today. We saw Ray with Shelter in Boston once and Choke was stopping kids walking to the club (Bunrattys) and telling them not to see these “pathetic fucking idiots”. He could get violent at shows. Mostly to younger smaller guys getting into bands from out of state. Wouldn’t do it alone. Had his crew to back him. Bit of a cheap shot artist. I’d say choke was your classic bully.

[@FireIsTheCIeanser]

@@vadermasktruth was he straight edgse?

[@FireIsTheCIeanser]

what kinda shit you heard?

[@vadermasktruth]

@@FireIsTheCIeanser Yes he was and still is.

[@xclaim41]

Choke.

[@xclaim41]

I remember driving home in the van when he hurt his knee. I was feeling really bad for him.

[@xclaim41]

I enjoyed our time in the crew. I never realized that he wanted to be the singer of a hardcore band so much during those times. We never had that conversation.

[@scotto2863]

Choke has a great sense of humor, just checkout his Instagram. I would like to know what American Skin bands he's talking about. Maybe Legion 76 or Fear City or?......

[@danielkrall6501]

Scot To check out Victory, or Fatskins, or Noi!se, or Yellow Stiches

[@jefftaylor529]

That's a tough subject, coming from an old Independent who saw the joining of punks/Skins. Punks with shaved heads are NOT automatically Skins.

[@johngillespie3409]

Fear city are awesome

[@natwhite1679]

Kenmore Square is nothing now. It's a huge hotel for very rich people.

[@stonefilmsnyc]

It was a fun dump back in the early 80's.

[@mb-kh2nb]

Choke remember the rat in the 90s and the ducky boys opened for you? Or was the bruisers I use to steal guinesses off the bar when i was 17

[@mb-kh2nb]

Fat pat was therw. Cmon the rat was legendery

[@jefftaylor529]

Everytime I hear Ducky Boys I think of anal sex with an old girlfriend.. minus the smell thankfully lol.

[@chadbrow]

The funniest guy in hardcore is Shane Mackie.

[@thosethatcan]

Voyage to infinity ♾️ *

[@1afterthep]

were slapshot a straight edge band?

[@callmeishmael5742]

Yes

[@petercrowley41]

He's right about BAD BRAINS. Up until '82, they were the most amazing band in the scene. After that, not so great.

[@deanjackson6028]

THEY WERE GREAT TILL AROUND WHEN HR AND EARL CAME BACK AFTER CHUCK FROM FAITH NO MORE....... THERE IS ALWAYS A SPOT IN MY HEART FOR THEM

[@TYKE4EVR]

Why is he on here He ain't NYHC So his beef with NYHC bands is already squashed?

[@Agz86]

you're paying to much attention to the soap opera. there never was a beef. just fools with big mouths trying to start problems

[@Adrian-kr4cg]

Takumi Koyama it's years that it was over with you must really not know anything about the hardcore scene

[@TYKE4EVR]

LOL That is why I asked in the first place dumbass I'm not from the scene I don't even live in the states I don't pay attention and listen to HC music as I used to

[@ballsofdoom3124]

Been squashed for quite some time now.

[@chefkenburnem211]

.

[@razorcatheter6333]

America has better skinhead bands??? WHAT????

[@PunkandDrunk7782]

Now a days yes in my opinion, but nothing can top what the U.K. produced back in 79-80s. Upstarts, Criminal Class, Combat/Condemned 84, Last Resort, Business, Skrewdriver, Die Hards, Betrayed, Skullhead, Subculture, Vengeance, Clockwork Soldiers ect. Late 80s/early 90s American bands were pretty good too (Spirit of Oi American style comp for example.)

[@razorcatheter6333]

+Oxblood Skin Agreed. Check out Public Enemy as well (not to be confused with the rap group) and The Ovaltinees...around during that same era.

[@iluceferi6938]

Skrewdriver is numero uno.

[@augustusmustus6217]

rightwingthug hey are you the douche bag that used to be in "any means necessary"..the shit hammerskin band from "the mean costal shores of Chatham cape cod?"...wtf..gtf out of here!

[@augustusmustus6217]

rightwingthug yeah Ian Stewart & the Klansmen were shit just like skrewdriver...

[@0mega.mechan1c.]

Post '85 Bad Brains rules. If you didn't like "Quickness" you have no ears. "God of love" has THE BEST reggae tunes. "Build a nation" is a kick-ass-fest start to finish. I could keep going. Haters get a clue...

[@kookadams85]

Rock for Light was their apex tho, most of I against I was good.

[@EshuOdara21]

(kind of insulting putting this Gavone on a NYHC segment when you take into consideration all the shit he has talked over the years about the Apple....)

[@brianmaceachern9837]

You take that stuff too seriously

[@natwhite1679]

Punk is dead...good riddance to that phoney-baloney bullshit.

[@natwhite1679]

First disco, then punk rap hardcore hip-hop. All not music, godawfull, unlistenable. Not music. At least the sixties stuff was music.

[@maxsmart9116]

How did you find this video?

[@natwhite1679]

@@maxsmart9116 By clicking around. Look, I know I might sound like an asshole. But it just seems to me that everything is some kind of trend, and berift of any real inspiration, and certainly, musicality. It wasn't so in the earlier decades. Forties, fifties, sixties. Music often had orchestration and could bring forth real emotion.This makes me think we are approaching the end of the world, the way everything is so worn out.

[@maxsmart9116]

@@natwhite1679 you sound more like a moron than an asshole.

[@natwhite1679]

@@maxsmart9116 Sure, if you think so why don't you elaborate. Explain how I'm a moron.

[@natwhite1679]

@@maxsmart9116 People's egos are invested in this music. I personally can't listen to much that came out past, say, 1985. I do because I have to, but mostly, it hurts my ears. Unless it's something Spanish or from some foreign culture that is hanging on to that anachronistic feeling.

[@imgdispatcher6524]

guy with eyes so near apart should never be a shot caller about things.. luckily this is just an interview.,..

[@marvinturner3583]

slam dancing sucks