TOUCH AND GO: The Return of Battalion of Saints

Pioneering early-’80s San Diego hardcore band Battalion of Saints (just featured last week on our publisher Ian Christe’s Sirius XM show) are back and ready to rage with a three-song 7″ EP coming from Southern Lord on October 30th.

This caustic and abrasive Southern California band landed the beginning of the American hardcore movement. Their self-released 1982 debut EP, Fighting Boys, is a prime example of the homespun fury exploding from all ends of the country at the time. The follow-up,...