Mafia vs Ninja - Straight Outta Thirsk (2002)

Self released demo / Choke On It Music Anti©

1: Back 2 Da Old Skool
2: Choke On It
3: Happy Addict
4: Why?
5: Kill You Bastard (Mr Bear vs. MvN) Remix

Recorded at the same time as …And Now The Screaming Starts… which were all supposed to be released on an album which we never got round to (story of our lives). Has a couple of real early tracks when we first started out 'Choke on it' and 'Happy Addict' a couple of later ones and even a bastardized remix 'Kill You Bastard' - containing mainly samples we previously used - created by another Thirsk hero, Mr Bear. Again manic, angry, energetic tunes - an ideal soundtrack for smashing up pretty much anything within an arms lengths radius whilst slamming around like an idiot. We had great times in this band and got up to tons of mischief: Manic hometown shows, BeatUp nearly getting beheaded, Broken down vans, blagging lifts on fancy tour buses, getting stopped in the middle of London because the cops thought we were terrorists, stealing Leftöver Cracks rider, banned from the Horseshoe in Portsmouth - lots of blood, chair dancing, Jez in Stockport, Robbo in Notts and many many more. We met some great people, loads of weirdos and played with some amazing bands...those were the days! Even features BeatUp's arse on the cover with his Thirsk tattoo - now there's dedication...



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Mafia vs Ninja - …And Now the Screaming Starts… (2002)

Self released demo / Choke On It Music Anti©

1: House At The Edge of The Park
2: Evil
3: The Last House on the Left
4: Outro (Shogun Disorder)

Brings back great memories listening the the Mafia CDs. A manic punk band featuring all the great Thirsk superstars including The Day of Heroes team. An energetic and eclectic mix of punk rock, rap and ska so we branded ourselves as Darkska Splatterpunk Rapcore whatever that ment; we were kinda a hard band to pin down and pigeonhole. All band members were into different stuff so we dumped all our influences in a big stinking pot and mixed it up to see what we could create. Initially Mafia had 4 vocalists which was pretty mental to begin with but after BeatUp's departure we settled on 3 for a while. Only 3 vocalists!? This CD was self released just to get it out there so it's pretty hard to find and reflects MvN's old school horror fixation with the likes of the 'House' tunes which were just plain hard punk rock; 'Evil'- MvN's ska anthem which starts with one of the best samples ever (taken from The Hammer House of Horrors series) and always used to get the kids toes tapping and bouncing around and 'Outro' a nice little instrumental with samples taken from Shogun Assassin....Check out the MvN Krew and see what all the cool kids were listening to in 2002!



Dave Heroes Says: Grab yo-self a little snippet of some Thirsk punk rock history...

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Mafia Vs. Ninja - Radiation Generation CD (2002)

Self Released EP

1: Crossface
2: Radiation Generation
3: Nobby (Live)

Probably the most crazy, funny and disturbing tour/gig stories I have are from my times in Thirsk Splattercore ska-rap freaks 'Mafia Vs Ninja'. This is probably my favourite MvsN release, apart from the un-released EP we recorded just before we split. These 3 songs are where done while I was on hiatus from the band (but dont let that put you off...). The first track Crossface is ballsy, demented punk rock ska core and rap fuelled mayhem, just bursting with anger and venom, about self-doubt and paranoia. Radiation Generation is a right fucking beauty, more straight melodic punk rock this time, with hints of Bad Religion, about the addiction many people now have with pathetic gadgets, phones, computers and what-not. The 3rd one is a joke song we wrote when we first got together, and is about drummer Nobby, recorded in Hull (I think) and you can catch Jimbo from Freaks Union shouting 'Ay Up, we're from Hull' at the begining... We dropped this from the set early on, so this a chance to relive those foul memories of 7 or 8 inbred morons drunk on stage.

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