Honoring ThisTimeItsWar.com
ThisTimeItsWar was an important part of the Southern California hardcore scene in the early 2000s.
When I built notPopular.com, I intentionally didn't include a dedicated photo section because that was ThisTimeItsWar's space. Their photos were raw, energetic, and captured moments that are impossible to put into words.
In late 2002, ThisTimeItsWar went offline, and with it disappeared thousands of photos documenting Southern California hardcore shows. In the pre-social media era, these images were often the only photographs ever taken at many of those shows.
Although the site existed for only a short time, it left a lasting impression on me.
Years after ThisTimeItsWar disappeared, I receive a copy of the original photo archive.
Twenty-five years later, I'm honored to help preserve this small piece of Southern California hardcore history.
This site exists to preserve those photos, honor the legacy of ThisTimeItsWar.com, and provide a snapshot of the Southern California hardcore scene during 2001 - 2002.
— Josh Highland
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— Chain ReactionHope Conspiracy, Reach The Sky, Rise Against, Stretch Armstrong, Terror
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— Chain ReactionCity of Catepillars, Forstella Ford, Majority Rule, Pg99, The Lack, Wilmont Proviso
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— Chain ReactionAs Hope Dies, Fall Silent, Taken
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— Showcase TheatreAvenged Sevenfold, Bleeding Through, Fallen Angel, Himsa, Hurricanrana
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— Chain ReactionBane, Countervail
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— Koo's CafeCurl Up And Die, Downed, Harkonen, National Acrobat, Taken
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— Showcase TheatreAs Hope Dies, Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Cast In Stone, Scars Of Tomorrow, Taken
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— Koo's CafeCreation Is Crucifixion, Kalibas, Ruhaeda
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— Koo's CafeAtreyu, Bleeding Through, Huricanrana, In Reply, Risen
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— Showcase TheatreEighteen Visions
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— Koo's CafeNightmare Syndicate, Red Light Sting, The Blood Brothers, True North, Walken
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— Koo's CafeAtreyu, Iron Lung, Never Say Die, Scars Of Tomorrow, Teen Cthulhu
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— Showcase TheatreFate Thirteen, Hurricanrana, Matoe, NJ Bloodline, Scars Of Tomorrow, Settle The Score
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— Chain ReactionHaste, Not Waving But Drowning, Spiritfall, Zao
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— CBGB - New YorkAmerican Nightmere, Down In Flames, Kill Your Idols, Most Precious Blood
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— Koo's CafeA Days Refrain, Neil Perry, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Ruhaeda, Under A Dying Sun
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— Koo's CafeWill Haven
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— Koo's CafeAzdachao, Hurricanrana, Scars Of Tomorrow, Uphill Battle, Walken
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— Showcase TheatreAdamantium, Death By Stereo, Faded Grey, Over My Dead Body
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— Chain ReactionAtreyu, Darkest Hour, Drowningman, Hurricanrana, Scars Of Tomorrow
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— Living Waters ChurchAmordeum, Beauty To Ashes, Carpe Diem, Indwelling, Torn In Two
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— Chain ReactionCountervail, Curl Up And Die, Eighteen Visions, Matoe, The Mistake
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— Chain ReactionIn This Victory, Point of Recognition, The Deal, The Frontline, Wrecking Ball
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— Bill's Bar (Boston)Haste, In Pieces, Pictures of Gabriel
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— GlasshouseCandiria, Cryptosy, Origin, Poison The Well
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— Koo's CafeCountervail, Downed, Taken, The 88th Mark, The Evolution
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— Showcase TheatreAtreyu, MartyrAD, Poison the Well, Taken, Wrench
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— Chain ReactionBlood Has Been Shed, Cast in Stone, Eighteen Visions, Hurricanrana, Twelve Tribes
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— Koo's CafeBlood Has Been Shed, Matoe, Over My Dead Body, Taken, Twelve Tribes, Within a Heartbeat
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— Koo's CafeHara-Kiri, In Reply, Kilnemia, Point of Recognition, Wrench