I’m a bit late, as it seems, but just a few minutes ago I learned of’ Sean Finnegan’s death.
Sean was the drummer in DC’s VOID, one of the most important Hardcore bands ever and, personally spoken, of the greatest influence on my life. It may sound pathetic, but this makes me feel real sad although I’ve never had the pleasure to meet anybody from this band personally, but as I said, VOID were, are and always will be a part of me.
Enjoy this hard to get (?) bootleg live 7″EP that was released a few years ago by a friend of mine from very northern America. As you can hear, this is an excellent live recording, fast (!) raw and obnoxious, with a killer sound. amazing how the band switches from structure into chaos, loses control just to get back on track again. Essential! This was Hardcore! It was recorded almost exactly 25 years ago – can you believe this, hearing how fresh it sounds?!
Read more on Joe’s Last Days of Man blog.
Here’s a guestbook.
VOID: Live at 9:30 Club, DC, Feb 13th 1983 Side A.mp3
VOID: Live at 9:30 Club, DC, Feb 13th 1983 Side B.mp3
Check scans for more details.
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sad news indeed.
you’re not going to believe it but I’ve been at this show. it was a BLAST. if I remember correctly, the Bad Brains and Minor Threat also played plus some others.
let me tell you “thank you” for your blog and all the work. people like you keep (real) HC alive.
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*checks mailbox…moths pour out.
Um…Erich?
Just got DEAD MINT UNPLAYED (!!!) stock copy of Coma’s “In A Coma” for…20 bucks!
Oi, Not into Joy Division, but hell, loved my “synth” era Armia/Siekiera, and of course this ep!
And I agree, I do appreciate this blog as well…minus a few vocal disasters! :p
REPSECT!
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It’s always sad to hear of losing someone who has influenced you so much. Void will forever be Thee best to ever come out of D.C. Thank you so much for this! You don’t know how long I’ve been trying to track down this 7″.
RIP Sean.
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Thanks for posting this.
Void definitely was one of the greatest HC bands ever.
Great blog, btw…
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Sean Hogan: aa, great to see you´re into polish stuff. Though I prefer early recordings from these bands. And “Fala” comp. LP
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that Coma EP reminds me more of Killing Joke-Revelations than anything. i picked this EP up about 5 or 6 years ago. mine has a red cover and the pitch seems to be off. is it a different pressing? it has photo labels and is black vynl.
blake
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Mine has photo labels too. What do you mean by “the pitch is off”?
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Its sad, Sean was only a few years older than I am. Died way to young(43).
He worked on the HBO’s tv program the Wire.
Have you ever heard the unreleased LP?
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Summer 1983: Faith/Void split landed in my lap. Void was an outer body experience. Rest in peace Sean.
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Thanx for posting this. Like so much of what is found here I never knew it existed.
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it never played properly on turn-tables without pitch. i had to turn it down slightly. there was a slight warble (
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thanks for this one
Void was one the best Hc bands ever
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Thanks for the effort and this one beeing a ‘permanent link’, one question though: Owning the split with Faith, i’m surprised illustrations are the same except from this orange background, guess not much else is avalaible from the band anyway?
Cheers from a fan and yup, rip Sean…
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when I found out on the fAITH vs. VOID split LP
about the death of Sean Finnegan (at the dead wax area), I asked someone (Dischord ?) and they said
it was a dedication for Sean Finnegan´s young baby
who passed away right after the recordings for that album.SO the drummer musta being still alive,but I
immediately thought the same thing back then when I did read that on the dead wax area….
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Wow! Void were an amazing band. I them several times and i think I saw this show. They always reminded me of an explosion, the energy and chaos was totally amazing.
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Rest in Peace, Sean Finnegan.
Void were a major influence for Life’s Blood – although that hardly matters now. Still…I couldn’t have gotten through the 80′s without bands like them.
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