More than just a straight-edge collection, NEW YORK CITY HARDCORE compiled bands from all facets of the hardcore scene including BOLD, NAUSEA, WARZONE, GORILLA BISCUITS, TRIP 6, BREAKDOWN, YOUTH OF TODAY, SICK OF IT ALL, KRAKDOWN, SIDE BY SIDE, YOUTH DEFENSE LEAGUE and SUPERTOUCH. Comparable to Boston's This Is Boston Not LA or Washington, DC's Flex Your Head, New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is helped push New York to the forefront of the American hardcore scene.
01 Wise up 02 Fallout of our being 03 As one escape from your society 04 Better than you forgotten 05 Back with a vengeance 06 Sick people 07 Together understand 08 Politics pete's sake 09 Ignorance 10 Dead serious time is now 11 Blue pride 12 Searchin' for the light