Judge (band)

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Judge is a

History

Their first release was a 7-inch

Judge was not just heavy in message, the music had very metal-influenced riffing, but remained close to its hardcore roots, without going all out metal, such as bands like Agnostic Front and D.R.I.

With a new line-up of Sammy Siegler (Side by Side/Youth of Today/Project X etc.) on drums and Matt Pincus on bass, the band proceeded to record their full-length LP Bringin' It Down for Revelation Records at Chung King Studios in New York City. The recording was finished, but the band were so unhappy with the result that they decided to scrap it and re-record it at Normandy Sound in Rhode Island, where the Cro-Mags had recorded their Best Wishes album. Revelation did however put out a limited pressing of the original recording, fittingly titled Chung King Can Suck It. It was given to people who had pre-ordered the record, and with only 110 copies pressed (all on white vinyl), it is one of the most sought-after hardcore records in existence, going for as much as $6,600 on online auction sites such as eBay.^[3] Eventually, Bringin' It Down was released in 1989. Judge continued touring up until 1991, and even released another 7-inch EP, There Will Be Quiet, featuring "The Storm" and "Forget This Time" (the CD-version also contains a cover version of "When the Levee Breaks", originally by Led Zeppelin).

In May 2013, Judge reunited and played two shows in New York City. In 2014 and 2015, the band continued to play shows in United States as well as in South America and Europe.

Careers after Judge

Mike Ferraro (musician) (not to be confused with television and filmmaker Mike Judge) formed the band Mike Judge & Old Smoke with Judge roadie Todd Schwartz, a band playing Neil Young-inspired acoustic as well as guitar driven music. They released a 12-inch "Sights on Revelation Records in 1993. In his free time, Ferraro now raises chickens on a family farm in West Virginia.

• Mike Ferraro – vocals (1987–1991, 2013–present), drums (1987)
• John Porcell
  – guitar 1987–1991, 2013–present, bass (1987)
• Sammy Siegler – drums (1989–1991, 2013–present)
• Charlie Garriga – guitar (2013–present)
• Matt Pincus – bass (1989–1991, 2013–present)

Former

• Luke Abbey – drums (1988–1989)
• Jimmy Yu – bass (1988–1989)
• Lars Weiss – guitar (1990–1991)
• Ryan Hoffman – guitar (1991)

Discography

Official releases

• Schism Records (SKIZ-2) (1988) / Revelation Records
  (REV 14)) (1989)
  • 3000 copies in 3 pressings on
    Schism
    .
  • Later re-pressed on Revelation, with a picture label of
    CBGB's
    . The 1st press was 4000 black and 1000 blue vinyl. It has later been repressed in the thousands.
• Chung King Can Suck It LP (Revelation Records (REV −1))
  • One-time press of 110 on white vinyl.
• Bringin' It Down LP (Revelation Records (REV 15)) (1989)
  • 1st press: 5458 black vinyl, 712 green vinyl, purple labels.
  • 2nd press: black vinyl, red labels.
  • 3rd press (and beyond): black vinyl, maroon labels.
  • Final press (2001): 333 orange vinyl.
• There Will Be Quiet... 7-inch EP (Revelation Records (REV 20)) (1990)
  • 4000 black vinyl, 1000 gold vinyl.
• What It Meant: The Complete Discography CD/2×LP (Revelation Records (REV 122)
  • Contains all of Judge's recorded output, including Chung King Can Suck It for the first time on an official, non-limited Revelation release.