When @schenectavoidz suddenly came to an end in mid January 2026 I was depressed/ stir crazy / sitting idle.. I started writing Hardcorepunk songs on bass and asked @sullykpos123 to join me . Before you know it we were jamming on 6 new songs on the regular. I started looking for a guitar player. Out of the blue I received a DM from @tfalk , he was sharing his 1996 demo of him playing guitar for THE VULTURES! I had also met Tom prior up north when I used to book diy shows in Plattsburgh & at #946mason , his old band MATABURRO & THE SWITCHED ON played up north late 90s early 2000s . The story gets deeper for Tom’s connection to Kevin ( @schenectavoidz drummer ) Tom first met Kevin in 1992 at a diy punk show in Albany at PJ’s Club West organized by @nate_vviilson . At that show Tom watched Kevin drum 3 times!! He filled in last minute for PNA , then played drums from BROWN CUTS NEIGHBORS , then closed out the night with Albany Hardcorepunk band INTENT !! What an amazing story! I am thrilled to have started a new band with Tom & Kevin . We have been jamming as a full band for a # of weeks , we cut a 4 song demo at @watchmenstudios ( THANK YOU DOUG !!! ) We are still having trouble figuring out a band name . We should have that worked out soon along with a full set to play out in the future! #upstatenyhardcorepunk #exmataburro #exdevoidoffaith

ALL THINGS COME TO AN END: SCHENECTAVOIDZ is over. You can hear our last recording for free at bandcamp . ( link in bio at @schenectavoidz ) Thanks to Doug White at @watchmenstudios for some incredible recordings over the years! Thanks to all the bands we played with in Cities like Binghamton, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Brooklyn, Holyoke, Westfield, New Haven , Essex JCT, Sherbrooke, Providence, Middletown, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Kingston, Staten Island, NJ, New Paltz, Troy, Scotia, Saratoga, Albany, Rensselaer & the final gig in Ottawa!! 4 & 1/2 years , around 71 shows, thank you very much to Dan at @shocktothesystemrecs for releasing cassettes & an LP for SCHENECTAVOIDZ. Thanks to @castle.jackal & @catdirty for creating art for our band . Also thanks to Tyler at @pacemaker_audio for recording our last track . Thanks to anyone who ever helped us with a show , played a show with us , or came out to see the shows! smoked weed with us, fed us, place to crash … THANK YOU !! keep an eye out for future forms of heavily stoned anti-fascist HC Punk !! #hardcorepunkbongattack #exdevoidoffaith #exdeathiseasy #antifascist #upstatenyhardcorepunk

@schenectavoidz at @thrashcan_mtl ((( FREE ALEX STOKES ))) @freealexstokesproject #antifascist NEW YORK STATE ANTI-FASCIST

@cheap_heat_is_not_a_band & @schenectavoidz are getting the fuck out of the USA !!! Friday January 16th ~Montreal QC at @thrashcan_mtl Organized by @spiderbearprod w: @conditionsapply514 ::: UZU ::: @doublecrossmtl &&& then across the frozen north onward to OTTAWA !!! DIY show (((6PM))) with @givetheboot on Saturday January 17th !!! in OTTAWA !! at (((ASK A PUNK))) #escapefromupstatenewyork #schenectadyhardcorepunk #montrealhardcorepunk #ottawahardcorepunk #fucktheusa

1/7/25 :: Minneapolis:: ICE AGENTS SHOT TO DEATH A 37 YEAR OLD MOTHER & LEGAL OBSERVER AS SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE AWAY! SAY HER NAME !! RENEE NICOLE GOOD #antifascist #fuckice #stopice #iceisthegestapo #justiceforreneenicolegood

Ottawa Show Announced! Early gig / 6PM at ASK A PUNK Saturday January 17th @givetheboot @cheap_heat_is_not_a_band @schenectavoidz #schenectadyhardcorepunk #ottawahardcorepunk #escapefromupstateny

@schenectavoidz are ESCAPING UPSTATE NY with our partners in crime @cheap_heat_is_not_a_band (((2 WEEKS OUT))) ~Montreal QC at @thrashcan_mtl Friday January 16th w: @conditionsapply514 ::: UZU ::: @doublecrossmtl &&& then across the frozen north onward to OTTAWA !!! DIY show with @givetheboot on Saturday January 17th !!! in OTTAWA !! #escapefromupstatenewyork #schenectadyhardcorepunk #montrealhardcorepunk #ottawahardcorepunk #winterweekend

THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT MADE 2025 HAPPEN FOR SCHENECTAVOIDZ!!! #antifascist #upstatenyhardcorepunk

#ghostsofhardcore @schenectavoidz & @cb.89 as BLACK FLAG organized by @asylumalbany #blackflag

Last chance of 2025 to get your hands on the new full length SCHENECTAVOIDZ LP on @shocktothesystemrecs “Void Beyond The Pines” & the last copies of our cassette “Attaining New Levels Of High” Come see @schenectavoidz perform a cover set of ((( BLACK FLAG ))) at the first annual ::: GHOSTS OF HARDCORE Saturday December 27 2025 ::: organized by @asylumalbany An Ancient Albany HC Winter Tradition is back from the grave … @spiritkiller_hc as FUGAZI @thehauntingsny as THE DESCENDANTS KING PIN as LEEWAY @selfinflicted518 as SWEAR TO GOD @_no_division as SAVES THE DAY AM/PM as AMERICAN NIGHTMARE @schenectavoidz (& Cannonball) as BLACK FLAG @deathcultpharma as NEGATIVE APPROACH @urinex518 as SECTION 8 Early Show !!! ALL-AGES 10$ Doors at 4pm and is over by 10pm @ophelias.albany 388 Broadway ALBANY)))NY Also kitchen will be open w vegan options ! #ghostsofhardcore #covershow #allages #hardcore #hardcorepunk @asylumalbany @crisisisolation

ICE CAN EAT SHIT!!! Inspect all the detention centers NOW!!! Certainly Inhumane conditions inside every one of these private corporation prisons that are getting top dollar to abuse & warehouse humans . Court orders from last week now allow members of Congress to inspect these facilities. New York State @reppaultonko has been denied access to inspect the massive ice detention center in Batavia NY SINCE AUGUST !! Inspect that human rights violation Now !! #antifascist #nodueprocessisaconcentrationcamp #solidaritywithimmigrants #inspectthedetentioncentersnow #nojusticenopeace✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽 @schenectavoidz

the first annual ::: GHOSTS OF HARDCORE Saturday December 27 2025 ::: organized by @asylumalbany An Ancient Albany HC Winter Tradition is back from the grave … @spiritkiller_hc as FUGAZI @thehauntingsny as THE DESCENDANTS KING PIN as LEEWAY @selfinflicted518 as SWEAR TO GOD REBORN THROUGH HATE as LIFE OF AGONY @_no_division as SAVES THE DAY @scabgism as BAD BRAINS AM/PM as AMERICAN NIGHTMARE @schenectavoidz (& Cannonball) as BLACK FLAG @deathcultpharma as NEGATIVE APPROACH @urinex518 as SECTION 8 Early Show !!! ALL-AGES 10$ Starts at 4pm and is over by 10pm @ophelias.albany 388 Broadway ALBANY)))NY Also kitchen will be open w vegan options ! #ghosts of hardcore #covershow #allages #hardcore #hardcorepunk @asylumalbany @crisisisolation