SONG: "Silencers Off"
ARTIST: The Missing 23rd
ALBUM: "The End Of An Error"
YEAR: 2004
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Oxnard, California
YEARS ACTIVE: 1995 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"Silencers Off" appears to be a song about not wanting to live in a world where you can be silenced. The vocalist craves the freedom to speak his mind and won't let the negative people or the criminal elements hold him down or keep him back. It's about having the idealistic world in your mind and striving everyday to attain it.
THE MISSING 23RD DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
1996 - Nobody Moves... Nobody Gets Hurt (IF Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
1998 - The Powers The Be (Mankind Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2000 - Ctrl+Alt+Del (Sessions Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2004 - The End Of An Error (Blackbird Music)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON THE MISSING 23RD:
The Missing 23rd formed as a band back in 1995, hailing from Oxnard, California. After making a demo in 1995, they released the album "Nobody Moves... Nobody Gets Hurt" in 1996 on cassette only. 1998 saw them release a more proper album, "The Powers That Be". Many of the songs off of "Nobody Moves... Nobody Gets Hurt" were re-recorded for this album. In 2000, the band dropped "Ctrl+Alt+Del". The band's most recent full length would be 2004's "The End Of An Error". The Missing 23rd are a true hardcore punk band. They got their influence from the D.C. hardcore scene of the 80's with bands like Minor Threat and Bad Brains. The Missing 23rd is a band that wears it's ideals on it's sleeve. They are anti-conformity, anti-racism, anti-sexism, and anti-homophobia. They are pro-positivity, pro-individuality and pro-education. Over the years these guys have shared the stage with some of punks biggest acts including Bad Religion, Circle Jerks, 7 Seconds, AFI, Good Riddance and Propagandhi. I first heard of this band from the video for "Everything Must Go" from their "The End Of An Error" album. I've kinda just been rediscovering this band as of late and they are a solid hardcore band. Definitely an underground band. They haven't released anything since 2004 but as recently as 2020, they have cancelled some live shows due to the Covid pandemic so apparently they are still alive and kicking!
SIMILAR ARTISTS:
Western Waste
Pistol Grip
NearMiss
98 Mute
The Sainte Catherines
TEN THE MISSING 23RD SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Everything Must Go
2. Till It's Gone
3. Struggle
4. Freedoms Wake
5. Madness
6. Abused
7. Blues Of Room 32
8. Stroube St.
9. Born Into
10. Knuckleheadism
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