Podcast appearances and mentions of george contreras

The song “Replacement” on A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL's “Truth Gives Wings to Strength” LP is something of a cause célebre in the hardcore scene. Released in 1990, this song seemed to come with its own set of history behind it that was completely separate from the band itself. CHORUS Guitarist Jeff Banks explains this version presented here, culled from a practice demo that, despite saying it was VISUAL DISCRIMINATION, was really a pre-cursor to the eventual Visual Discrimination of Nemesis Records lore... “Jeff Simmerman, Dan Fisher and Derek Alford had this Peace Punk band out of Lakewood, CA with a working title of Visual Discrimination. Simmerman got kicked out of Artesia high school and started going to Cerritos and we got to talking in auto shop. Steve Winders, Tim Sawyer and I were in Dead Tradition with Tim's brother Byron and some guy named Morgan. Morgan was a great drummer, but I wasn't his favorite guy. Jeff Simmerman invited me to his house to jam. Turned out Derek Alford was just learning and couldn't really play the guitar, so it became Fisher and Simmerman and me. We got this kid David Hauck to sing a couple practices. I had written a few riffs, and Replacement was written at this time. I was such a huge Stalag 13 fan that I was trying to channel the song In Control through Replacement. When Dead Tradition kind of fizzled, I told Fisher and Simmerman that I have these two guys that could probably round out the lineup nicely. That's when Sawyer and Winders came into the fold. We played as that lineup for a little while and then the band split up into two factions. Fisher, Sawyer and Simmerman started a true Peace Punk band called Non-fiction with a guy named George Contreras from Cerritos. They recorded a demo and it was great. Very Discharge meets Iconoclast and locals peace punk band 5th Column. Steve Winders and I started a Straight Edge band in the mold of Uniform Choice called Denial with Steve's brother Jeff and some guy in my biology class named Rory Cowan. We recorded a 12-song demo, and Replacement in its most polished form was on that demo. After about a year, both bands fizzled. We decided to reform and combined Nonfiction and Denial, including the songs, etc. We needed a bass player, and there was this kid named Junior Beloki, who was in a history class where I was the teacher assistant. So I asked him if he would be interested and he was. So he became the bass player. That was the lineup for the demo and the first record. I always thought the Non-fiction songs were stronger than the Denial songs I had written. Replacement was cut and relegated. Once Chorus got going, many of the old Cerritos Straight Edge crew were calling for old Denial songs. The people on that montage on the Chorus record calling for Replacement are Gary Hornberger, Boxer Hardison, my dad, my mom, my high school basketball coach Don Saul and one of my old City of Cerritos supervisors Ernest Vital. He was the guy we all picked up the phrase 'Dud' from when we thought something was weak. We all still say to this day." Jeff Banks Chief Deputy Public Defender Advanced Litigation Division Check out A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL's version of "Replacement" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg4ZBT126VA You can watch ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ochs Or, pick up the Orange County Hardcore Scenester DVD here: https://revhq.com/products/evanjacobs-orangecountyhardcorescenester-dvd?_pos=3&_sid=d2ca8b030&_ss=r Subscribe to ANHEDENIA FILMS UNLIMITED and watch every Anhedenia Film as many times as you like for $2 a month: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/afunlimited #jeffbanks #achorusofdisapproval #orangecountyhardcorescenester #orangecountyhardcorescenesteraftermath

The NHL off-season is here, so it's time for Chip turn make a hard left turn to "Other Stuff". This week she pivots to the greatest goddamn Canadian show ever: "Letterkenny". George Contreras from Anaheim Calling returns, and Dean and Tiara, hosts of the "How Are Ya Now?" podcast take some real time to discuss and celebrate this gift of a show.  Also some hockey is discussed: Corey Perry to Dallas, Daryl Sutter to Anaheim, and Donnybrook HC played it's first league game.

George Contreras and Kirstie Bender return the podcast. Chip explains her rough morning and why she may need a vacation. George isn't happy with Chip's Cup team pick, and the three discuss the glory that is Carolina infuriating Don Cherry. They also discuss the Women's Pro League ban and what needs to happen to create a sustainable league. Finally, we talk Learn to Play and the new Rinks app because Kirstie knows ALL about them.

It's been 6 weeks, so George Contreras of Anaheim Calling has self-booked himself again, and this time is joined by Birdo and Hannah Spraker from The Fourth Period. Chip shares her hockey dream that is no doubt triggered by playing a pickup game at the Honda Center with the Violent Gentlemen crew. The group talks about how the Ducks currently playing spoiler has finally made for fun watching and Hannah and George denounce the tank theory. Hannah recounts her experience participating in a Red Bull Crashed Ice qualifying event, and Chip learns a disturbing fact about someone in the Totally Offsides family.

The week WAS too quiet with the All-Star Break...until the 9-3 thing happened. The absolute dismantling handed by the Jets gave the crew much to discuss. Chip then threw some topics on a wheel, and had comedian Tony Alfano, Birdo, and self booked guest George Contreras discuss things like the 25th Anniversary of "Dookie", Guilty Pleasure TV shows, oh and Tony's former job of hauling dead bodies. Plus, how to handle Bob Murray and Carlyle at Scotty's Retirement Ceremony...and our new initiative #PinkSlipCarlyle

Chip makes a poor decision and invites George Contreras and Jake Rudolph from Anaheim Calling to come in together. Lacking any adult supervision, this episode, things go awry.  Chip celebrates her first one star rating on Itunes, and since there was no review accompanying it, invites everyone to write their own. There is some  Ducks talk about Pontus Aberg, Daniel Sprong, and Bob Murray's extension, but mostly, everyone makes fun of George being old and Chip harasses Jake about the next Podcast Classic. Enjoy the journey.

Vinnie the Barber makes his 1st appearance on the pod, and George Contreras has booked himself for his 3rd appearance. The group discusses their thoughts about the Ducks over the past week, offer an open apology to John Gibson, and talk the return of Feisty Kesler. Because it's the Halloween season, the crew chats about "The Haunting of Hill House" and their favorite horror films, both classic and recent.  Also, Chip unveils her "Rent- A-Chip" program for pickup hockey, which issure to be a success (she thinks).

Hockey News is light this week, so Chip, George Contreras and Nick Pappas cut through the hockey talk fairly quickly. Ducks Rookie Camp rosters were released, and George talks about his new Ducks tattoo. And in what must be the biggest left turn yet... the group argues over Lord of the Rings and other things of nerdery.

Es Thanksgiving y lo celebramos contando los orígenes de la tradición del fútbol americano en el último jueves de Noviembre en Estados Unidos. Desde el high school, la semilla de este día "footballístico" en los emparrillados de todo el país, pasando por college y llegando a la NFL. Lo hacemos con un estadounidense, George Contreras, con varias décadas a sus espaldas en las bandas de equipos de instituto y ahora entrenador asistente de Osos Rivas.