Planet On A Chain Cocalero New Track

Planet On A Chain Cocalero is a new track from a hardcore band I fancy and this is a little something about their latest single plus a few bonus questions with Dave (Sings for POAC).

First things first. I have not posted anything in weeks or months. 2023 held a health crisis and scare that seems to have resolved or is resolving. All my effort is put into resolving this matter. Blog content suffers. Not only do I feel out of loop and inadequate, but I really did not know how to get back to content.

Therefore if you have photos, content, anything you think may fit. Reach out.

Enter Planet On A Chain’s new single Cocalero. Allow me to preface the context though. I don’t feel like I fit in to hardcore as of late. Back in the day, I didn’t fit. I was the long hair among the straight edge NJ hardcore crew. Now even more so.

I’m in the suburbs of Phoenix and when I’d see someone in Gorilla Biscuits shirt I’d get excited. (Back east, no big deal, dime a dozen) So anyways.. I reviewed Planet On A Chain’s stuff before here, please tap click this link https://meatsheetfanzine.com/heavenly-deprogram-measures…/

So here I am now and I caught a whiff that new POAC stuff is here and more coming soon. Check out the new track Cocalero. It has all the speed, aggression, and intensity of the former songs I have heard. Somehow they manage to get more tight on this song without losing any urgency or energy and therefore I must say, Bravo !

Listen up here https://planetonachain.bandcamp.com/album/cocalero-single

The flurry of the opening drum roll. Open sounding chords. Dave shouting as if he’s giving Sgt. Hartman from Full Metal Jacket his ‘war face’. This leads me to believe the LP is going to be quite the listening experience.

That being said Cocalero is blistering almost all the way through ending on a slower mosh opportunity of a breakdown.

Clocking in at a minute and change , I can only imagine this live and then the band launching into the next song. Definitely something that is better felt, seen, or listened to than having a bloggist such as me try to decipher.

Next I decide to reach out to Dave and conduct a mini feature / interview. Lucky for me he agrees. Please find the content below. Please follow us both if you do not already on Instaham

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and me

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John Meat: Dear Dave. I was wondering if I could ask you questions re: Cocalero for MeatSheet Fanzine blog?

Dave – Planet On A Chain : Of course

JM: Ok I researched what Cocalero could be.. but before that I thought maybe you were referencing ZZ top mescalero and Coca-Cola. You are referring to the workers correct ? Can you say a bit about what inspired the lyrics ?

Dave: Yes, the workers . I read about a book about the illegal gold trade and it talked about some of the working conditions of those miners. I also read another book that had some focus on the cocaine trade. Both of those combined were my inspiration

Planet On A Chain band selfie by Moses (drums)

The song (Cocalero) touches on the people at the bottom taking a huge risk but not getting nearly the same rewards as the people on the top

In South America, farmers have cultivated cocoa leaves for centuries for medicinal and cultural reasons. With the rise of cocaine trafficking, that aspect of their culture also suffers

JM: Can you tell me something about the forthcoming LP that you haven’t talked about yet but isn’t too top secret or revealing?

Dave: I don’t know. Ask me a question haha

JM: Let me think of one. lol

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JM : What was one of the biggest challenges of this LP ? Either studio, technically, logistics, or other ?

Dave: They recorded the music in Oakland and I did the vocals in Austin. I think one of my challenges is getting a solid opinion if I need to do another take or if the one I just did is good enough. I was going to reach out to a friend and have them sit in, but there was a good gig the night I did vocals so I was limited. But, I did bring my partner who was helpful.

JM : Is it true there’s a B – side called ” Ability To Multi Task ” ?

Dave POAC : This is false

JM : This is false because I made it up on the fly so to speak..

JM : On an unrelated note you’re making a recipe that calls for a specific small quantities of spices and the significant other has somehow hidden the quarter teaspoon measurement do you just estimate by using the half teaspoon by filling it 50% or just say f*** it and put in what you think is appropriate

Dave: Under filling the 1/2 teaspoon

JM : Is there anything about Planet On A Chain or the new LP that is strictly on a need to know basis right now and right now I don’t need to know ?

Dave: I would just like people to check it out. I am very proud of it. I would also encourage anyone who is curious to see us live if we come through.

As a band that features members in different time zones, you never know if we’ll come through again. I think that goes for any band though. Punk / Hardcore is a live genre to me and I think it’s best to go out and see it in person

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JM : So I asked one more question, here it go ” You are talking with someone about AC/DC , this other person claims the songs all sound alike. What track do you play them or mention to discredit this ? .. and why? I choose ” It’s A Long Way To The Top” because of the bag pipes and the song structure seems to differ quite a bit from the stuff to come after it.

Dave: Soul Stripper. It’s very midpaced and a sleeper hit.

JM : There it is. I thought of years past. How I met Dave. In 1999 ish I worked in (at the time small) legendary screenprint shop. This shop was and is TDT. It has since grown much larger in square footage since me and Dave printed there. I knew the owner, Geoff from hardcore shows. Geoff played drums in Hands Tied and has been in the crowd of many landmark hardcore and punk shows. Dave, Geoff, Bob from Axe To Grind (and quite many more) all convened there at the shop. (right after Y2K).

So my pea brain said, “John Meat, you guys spun AC/DC on the regular and consumed many frozen peas warmed by the garment dryer.. Why not ask Geoff the same query ? Geoff loves that band. Surely, he will have a song and I won’t call him surely as per the line in Airplane again. Here is the song.

JM: ” You are talking with someone about ACDC , this other person claims the songs all sound alike. What track do you play them or mention to discredit this ? .. and why?

Geoff : Rocker because it’s double time . Has a little more boogie then a standard AC/DC tune.