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Fired Up
When the Lights Go Out

Youngblood (2007) Jason

Fired Up – When the Lights Go Out cover artwork
Fired Up – When the Lights Go Out — Youngblood, 2007

Recently Youngblood Records expanded their roster by adding the metallic Iron Age and the Bad Brains influenced Lion of Judah but got back to what they are famous for by signing Fired Up. Connecticut's Fired Up is what I come to expect from Youngblood: fast, '88 influenced, positive hardcore with sweet breakdowns. Sure you know what you are going to get, but you also know it's going to be good.

8.0 / 10Jason • July 8, 2007

Fired Up – When the Lights Go Out cover artwork
Fired Up – When the Lights Go Out — Youngblood, 2007

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