Reincarnation, rebirth, zombie apocalypse, or a bad dream? Call it what you want just dont call it regression or imperceptive, because A18 have been called every name in the book and still seem to find the gall to say Fuck you, were plugging in!

Founding members Mike Hartsfield and Isaac Golub formed A18 in the late 90s in a public storage unit in Huntington Beach, on the same streets where they paved the now industrious Southern California Hardcore ethos. Their main focus: To show that the old guys still got it. While all the kids are practicing kung fu dance moves and sharing make up tips, their parents are two-stepping to the geriatric but albeit still pertinent sounds of real So. Cal. Hardcore. Many have walked the road and tasted success, but never were able to fill the shoes.

A18 was well rounded by sturdy and some not so sturdy past members, but the positive and negative seemed to balance each other out. Especially on their last Victory release, Dear Furious. A pounding anthem of personal triumph and tragedy, and knife to the neck of hardcore nay Sayers. Three Lps later, various mix matched tours, and inner band strife A18 reemerge. Now fixed with Illinois transplants Matt and Nicholas Lynch and Colin Duckmonton of Evenscore fame, the A18 train seems to continue where it never ended; Still unapologetically straightedge, still adamantly DIY, and still here.

Source : New Age Records