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Murphy's Law performs "Maximum Lie"

In hardcore circles, Jimmy Gestapo is a legend. Along with bands such as Agnostic Front and the Cro-Mags, Gestapo’s band, Murphy’s Law, is responsible for the creation and nurturing of the second wave of New York City hardcore, which began around 1984. More militant and gang-oriented than what came before them, second wave New York City hardcore became the sound of the times, and most bands have since aped it and applied it to their own sound. Although both Agnostic Front and the Cro-Mags often displayed a “thug-like” brutality in their music, Murphy’s Law was always a bit more lighthearted, injecting humor into a scene that was often accused of having none. Both the self-titled debut and the band’s second album, Back With a Bong (Another Planet) remain classics of the hardcore genre, and while Murphy’s Law has gone through what seems like hundreds of lineup changes, Gestapo continues to front the band with as much fervor and rage as ever. Last November, fans at the Mohawk saw them almost demolish the place, and the bartenders were kept busy long after they wanted to go home. We’re hopeful, in a strangely conflicted way, that the same will happen this Saturday night. Special guests Wolf Tickets, Trailer Park Tornados and Ken-Ton Vigilantes will share the stage.

Saturday, June 10 at 10pm. The Mohawk Place, 47 E. Mohawk St.,

(855-3931) www.mohawkplace.com.