H2O

H2O is a band that had beginnings like any other band. No one could have guessed that a few guys and a former roadie from New York would start a band as a one-song side project and it would turn into a world-touring powerhouse. They took humble roots and worked their way to add their chapter to the long history of New York Hardcore and they would define the term “Melodic Hardcore” that would become so common years later. From 1996 to 2003 was unavoidable- four albums on Blackout!, Epitaph, and MCA records with over 300,000 copies sold, constant world touring with the likes of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Rancid, AFI, Pennywise, & the Used, Sick Of It All, the Misfits, 7 Seconds, and Madball, as well as runs on the Warped Tour-they established themselves as a household name and inspired countless others in their wake. In the pre-internet world of Hardcore and Punk, H2O was the band that blended the heavily-tattooed, unbridled rage of New York bands like the Cro-Mags and Agnostic Front, with the Punk melodies of bands like the Descendents and Token Entry. It’s hard to argue that bands a decade later would take the melodic hardcore groundwork laid by H2O to wider audiences.

H2O (1996)

01 - 5 Yr. Plan

02 - Scene Report

03 - Spirit Of '84

04 - I Know Why

05 - Gen-Eric

06 - Surrounded

07 - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

08 - Family Tree

09 - Hi-Lo

10 - My Curse/My Love Is Real

Thicker Than Water (1997)

01 - Universal Language

02 - Everready

03 - Talk Too Much

04 - I See It In Us

05 - Sacred Heart

06 - Innocent Kids

07 - Scarred

08 - Go

09 - This Time

10 - Friend

11 - A Plus

12 - Phone Song

13 - Responsible

14 - Wake Up

15 - Thicker Than Water

16 - No Fucking Tears

F.T.T.W. (1999)

01 - Faster Than The World

02 - Empty Pockets

03 - One Life, One Chance

04 - Guilty By Association

05 - Fading

06 - Bootstraps

07 - Can I Overcome?

08 - Found The Truth Within

09 - Old School Recess

10 - Helpless Not Hopeless

11 - On Your Feet

12 - Day By Day

13 - Forcefield

14 - E.Z.2.B. Anti

15 - M&M

16 - Reputation Calls

17 - Liberate

18 - Follow The Three Way

Go (2001)

01 - Role Model

02 - Self Reliable

03 - Well Behaved

04 - Out Of Debt

05 - Memory Lane

06 - Ripe Or Rotting?

07 - I Want I Want

08 - Songs Remain

09 - Forest King

10 - Shine The Light

11 - Repair

12 - Underneath The Flames

13 - Like A Prayer

Nothing To Prove (2008)

01 - 1995

02 - Nothing To Prove

03 - Sunday

04 - A Thin Line

05 - Unconditional

06 - Still Here

07 - Fairweather Friend

08 - Heart On My Sleeve

09 - Mitts

10 - What Happened

CBGB OMFUG Masters: Live August 19 2002 (The Bowery Collection) (2008)

01 - Family Tree

02 - Everready

03 - Role Model

04 - F.T.T.W.

05 - Memory Lane

06 - Thicker Than Water

07 - Guilty By Association

08 - Spirit Of '84

09 - I See It In Us

10 - Sacred Heart

11 - 5 Year Plan

12 - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

13 - Hi-Lo

14 - One Life One Chance

15 - Liberate

16 - All Talking

Don't Forget Your Roots (2011)

01 - Attitude

02 - Satyagraha

03 - Pride

04 - Get The Time

05 - Said Gun

06 - I Wanna Live

07 - Cats And Dogs

08 - Someday I Suppose

09 - Journey To The End Of The East Bay

10 - Safe

11 - Sick Boy

12 - Friends Like You

13 - Train In Vain

14 - Scared

15 - Don't Forget The Struggle, Don't Forget The Streets...

Use Your Voice (2015)

01 - Black Sheep

02 - Skate!

03 - Thick And Thin

04 - Use Your Voice

05 - Father Figure

06 - From The Heart

07 - Popage

08 - LYD

09 - Still Dreaming

10 - #NotRealLife

11 - True Romance

The Don Fury Demo Session (2017)

01 - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

02 - Scene Report

03 - If The Mask Fits

04 - Go

05 - I Know Why

06 - Temperature

H2O & Sharp/Shock

Split 7'' (2019)

01 - H2O - I Want More (Suicidal Tendencies Cover)

02 - Sharp/Shock - Silly Girl (Descendents Cover)

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