Taken By Force was the band that eventually became the foundation of Treason, but had a pretty damn good career of their own in Baltimore beforehand. Started in late 2003, the original lineup included Chris Aleshire (ex Erase The Past and Carved In Stone) on vocals, Ed Lock (of the infamous Backhand) on bass, Chris "Whiskey Shits" on guitar, and Travis (Backhand, Divulsion) on drums. The name was taken from the Merauder song "Take By Force", and they set out to play NYHC inspired hardcore at a time when dumb jun-jun breakdowns were pretty much the prevailing artform. The first release they did was a demo, later released as an EP, called "Balticore", which I will up on here when I can find it.
This release is part of a kind of obscure session they did with two other closely-knit Bmore bands (Nothing Fuckin Special and Scheduled Beating) that got called The Trifecta. As I recall, it was pretty much done in an afternoon. Each band did two originals and a cover (well, NFS did an extra kind of half cover, a rip on the breakdown from "Conceived Through An Act Of Violence" called "Show Us Your Thumb"). There is also a hidden rap track at the end, which is dreadful, but I will probably upload at some point. TBF laid down tracks for "Prayer For My Enemies", featuring JR Glass of Next Step Up, "Time Moves On" and a Madball cover in "Been There Done That". Lineup on this recording was the same as listed above, except with the addition of Tony Hare on guitars.
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