Supertouch started in 1985 out of the ashes of New York hardcore band
Death Before Dishonor, which featured a young Mike Judge on drums. They released a demo but no actual records. Supertouch, named after a
Bad Brains song, had a different drummer than DBD, since Mike went on to
Youth of Today and later,
Judge, but it still had the Yu brothers on strings and of course Mark Ryan on vocals. Ryan had been into New York hardcore since about 1982 and was probably the first
b-boy in hardcore, along with Eddie Sutton of
Leeway, making him cooler than everyone. Keep in mind this was in New …
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