Comments on: RIP Johnithin Christ

By: Al Pist

Al Pist — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:15:21 +0000

I’ve been defending “Beware The Savage Jaw” since it came out, too! That album, along with the Dead Kennedy’s, Flipper and False Prophets really opened my mind to a world of hardcore and punk that didn’t fit neatly into the prescribed package. Yeah, that album’s not perfect, but they took some chances and that’s what it’s all about: Saying “Fuck it” and following your own rules even when your scene doesn’t approve. Though I really love so many 3-chord punk bands, Code of Honor always gives me a more interesting listen…and yeah, I actually have a “Beware” cover tattoo that many HC purists bust my ass about all the time!

By: alleywaykid

alleywaykid — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:32:43 +0000

Years ago I found beware the savage jaw in a St. Vincent dollar bin. Quite a revelation at the time.

By: Jeff H.

Jeff H. — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:52:37 +0000

That’s unfortunate…the SF scene has too few survivors. At least his bands are still remembered (and rightly so). He possessed one of the best snotty California accents ever.

By: Chuck Foster

Chuck Foster — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:25:08 +0000

Aw, man. That’s really sad. I only finally got to hear CoH recently, at the end of last year. I remember reading about them in Hardcore California and thinking they sounded like they’d be really good. Unfortunately, their music evaded me until I found it on blogs in December and I thought they were great, like SF’s answer to Black Flag.

I’m gonna blast some CoH tonight!

By: Joe Stumble

Joe Stumble — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:41:00 +0000

I agree about the earnestness. I think that Code Of Honor’s saving grace is thier musicianship. Sometimes the earnestness is kinda campy but other times its just painful.

By: OTTO

OTTO — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:05:00 +0000

Loved it when it came out… played the crap out of it on my radio show… now, I find at least half of it very hard to listen to. They’re just so damned earnest… about everything. Snotty, ‘I don’t give a fuck’ punk rock has aged so much better.

By: Joe Stumble

Joe Stumble — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:47:00 +0000

Well said and I could not agree more!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:07:00 +0000

Never had any inclination to buy this back in the day and left it to gather dust in the used bins many times. Hearing it for the first time now its not so bad with a couple good songs but I always had a hard time with the vocals and and especially the lyrics of this band. All “knuckleheads” aside, I’ve always felt a band should change their name if they are going to branch out in a different direction and, in retrospect, a lot of bands who attempted what COH did would have been better off sticking to formula simply for the sake of their legacy.

By: monadjudant69

monadjudant69 — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:29:00 +0000

hey dudes !I bought this at Rough Trade, London, summer 85 , & i just loooved that stuff from beginning to end ,it’s one of those cult records from then that no-one knew & that sounded so great,like Ism or Hypnotics records.Bet how many people in France evr heard that ?!Always had fondness for those later Verbal Abuse shows,looking at Dave Chavez & thinkin COH !

By: Joe Stumble

Joe Stumble — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:23:00 +0000

Dude — I was gonna mention Faster and Louder but I figured you were the only other guy out there that would remember it. They used to play “I Killed The Dove” religiously along with “Abolish Government” by TSOL and “Everything Turns Grey” by Agent Orange. I can’t say I still love it from beginning to end but its standout tracks are equal to anything else they did.