Connection

It's no secret that we love Avail.  I frequently have "all Avail" days and only listen to their records.  So I figured I'd start my first post of 2010 with a little tribute to them.

The namesake of this blog is from the title of an Avail 7" that came out on Catheter-Assembly in 1992.  It was recorded, but not released before the band broke up the first time.  The guitarist Joe was either about to have a kid, or just had one, and that was that.  I don't know the in's and out's of why exactly- so I will leave it to a page from Bitch Magazine #3 (May 1992) for a first-ish hand (albeit vague) explanation:

Anyhow- I remember hearing that there was an impending break-up and a farewell show.  So on May 1st 1992, some friends and I drove down to Richmond to see them off at The Metro.  Almost 18 years later, I still vividly remember Tim Barry playing the floor tom during the song "March".  Towards the end of the song he picked up the drum and repeatedly hit his head against it.  He was a bloody mess, but totally caught up in the weight and intensity of the moment.  Fucking punk rock.  Enjoy a little recording of the song "Connection" from that show...