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The Swimming Pool Q's - Rat Bait 7"

2011-11-05T13:33:00.000-07:00

Released on their own Chlorinated Records in 1979, this was the first record from this Atlanta, Georgia outfit. The highlight here is of course the title track. Although the B-Side is definitely not a downer. It's almost reminiscent of Detroit's Destroy All Monsters. They would go on to release more records into the 80's, none of which I've personally heard. I do believe they still plays shows in & around their hometown. Check out their site here. Enjoy!

Rat Bait 7"

Rat Bait
The A-Bomb Woke Me Up
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The Avengers - Frontier Records 30th Anniversary - Live At The Echoplex

2011-10-24T17:33:00.000-07:00

Still going strong with original members Penelope Houston & Greg Ingraham, The Avengers were next to take the stage. They played tracks from both E.P.'s & their 1983 album. I think I Believe In Me was the only track missing from their set. They even included their version of The Rolling Stone's Paint It Black. Now unfortunately this was the last band I got on camera. All 4 of my camera batteries were totally juiced after The Avengers. Besides there's already an abundance of live material from T.S.O.L. & The Adolescents available on the interwebs.

Also check here for a great review/photos from the show.

Frontier Records 30th Anniversary - Live At The Echoplex

We Are The One
Thin White Line
Teenage Rebel
Open Your Eyes
Corpus Christi
Uh Oh!
Cheap Tragedies
White Nigger
Car Crash
Paint It Black
The American In Me
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The Middle Class - Frontier Records 30th Anniversary - Live At The Echoplex

2011-10-15T16:35:00.000-07:00

27 years later, The Middle Class were finally set to take the stage. I think most everyone that night came out to see this highly anticipated reunion. Playing tracks from everyone of their releases, the band definitely did not disappoint. The atmospheric post punk of their later records blended well with the adrenaline-induced hardcore of their earlier material. Both old and young danced, stared, screamed, & yelled in awe of this great bands long awaited performance. Bass player Mike Patton closed it out with a "cover" of Eddie & The Subtitles American Society. I say "cover" because Mike Patton did play bass on the original record. So is it really a cover? Hope you all enjoy this music as much as I got the chance to that night.

Frontier Records 30th Anniversary - Live At The Echoplex

Home Is Where
You Belong
Archetype
Restless Young Men
Situations
Above Suspicion
Love Is Just A Tool
Introductory Rites
Ritual & Deceit
Insurgence
Blueprint For Joy
Mosque
Out Of My Hands
Last Touch
Out of Vogue
Track 16
She Cracked
American Society
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The Deadbeats - Frontier Records 30th Anniversary - Live At The Echoplex

2011-10-05T18:04:00.000-07:00

Take a little bit of The Screamers, mix it with some of The Weirdos, top it with just a bit of The Mad, & then you might just end up with something that sounds sort of like The Deadbeats. The band released their lone Kill The Hippies 7" on Dangerhouse in 1978. Classic L.A. Punk at its best.

Frontier Records 30th Anniversary - Live At The Echoplex

Final Ride
Brainless
Let's Shoot Maria
Hooked On Jailbait
Tomcats Need Pussy
Deadbeat
The Munsters Theme
I Want Your Body
Deadbeats On Parade/Crawl
Kill The Hippies
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Rikk Agnew - Frontier Records 30th Anniversary - Live At The Echoplex

2011-09-19T20:48:00.000-07:00

Backed by his buddies from Poop, Rikk Agnew was next to take the stage. His set had songs spanning from his time with the Adolescents, D.I., Christian Death, & even his 1982 solo album, All By Myself. Toward the end of his set, Rikk brought out a surprise special guest. Original 1979 Adolescents guitarist John O'Donovan took the stage to play Creatures & Kids of the Black Hole.
Pretty cool guest.

Frontier Records 30th Anniversary - Live At The Echoplex

No Way
Falling Out
Yur 2 Late
Just Like Before
Romeo's Distress
Everyday/O.C. Life
Creatures
Kids of the Black Hole
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Flyboys - Frontier Records 30th Anniversary - Live At The Echoplex

2011-09-12T19:42:00.000-07:00

Next to the Middle Class set, this was my next favorite of the night. The Flyboys came together in Arcadia,Ca circa 1977. They released their first 7" in 1979 on their own Flyguy Records. 1980 saw the release of their self titled E.P., which was also the very first release on Frontier Records. Singer/Guitarist John Curry would later go on to write the music for The Plugz title track off their 2nd album, Better Luck.

I'm not quite sure about the exact date of the above photo, but as you can tell from their attire it was some time ago!

Frontier Records 30th Anniversary - Live At The Echoplex

Crayon World/Different Kind Of Guy
I Couldn't Tell
Picture Perfect
Dear John
Everyday
So Juvenile
Square City/Theme Song
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The Stains - Frontier Records 30th Anniversary - Live At The Echoplex

2011-09-08T22:09:00.000-07:00

Last Nov. the Echoplex in Los Angeles hosted the Frontier Records 30th Anniversary Party. As you can see from the image above, they had a great line up put together. The image is a patch they handed out to all who attended that night. So we'll start with the Stains set. If you've never heard The Stains from East L.A. you can find their 1983 record here. They sounded great playing almost every track off their album including a cover of The Seeds classic Pushin' Too Hard. Stay tuned for the rest of the show!

Frontier Records 30th Anniversary - Live At The Echoplex

Sick & Crazy
Violent Children/I'm Normal
Get Revenge
Germany
Pretty Girls
Nowhere
Pushin' Too Hard
Young Nazis
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NNB - Slack 7"

2011-09-05T14:08:00.000-07:00

As with The Suburbs, NNB also hailed from Minneapolis, MN. Although they did not release much material, they have always been one of my favorites from the area. Guitarist/Vocalist Mark Freeman was the driving force of the band. With tracks up to par with the likes of Television & Pere Ubu, they have often been described as producing "a wall of sound". The Slack/New World 7" was released in 1978 on Wave 7 records. They released two tracks on the Big Hits of Middle America Volume III on Twin Tone records 1979. Lastly there was one track off the No Magazine Flexi in 1979. There's also a video of One Mat Room recorded live at Hurrah's in 1981 floating around on You Tube. I also ripped the audio from this video and have included it with the 7". Enjoy!

NNB - Slack 7"

Slack
New World
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The Suburbs - World War III 7"

2011-09-03T10:31:00.000-07:00

Although it took me about a year, I finally got all Riot Fest 2010 up for you. Unfortunately I wont be making the trip out to Chicago this year. Next up for the videos and live audio I got the Frontier 30th Anniversary show featuring the the Flyboys, Rikk Agnew, the Avengers, & the Middle Class just to name a few. But I'll take a little break from the videos and post a couple records, which I have not done for some time.

The Suburbs second 7" was released in 1979, again on Twin Tone records. They serve up some more poppy weirdness in the same vein as their debut E.P. They would go on to release their first full length In Combo in 1980. You can find their first record here. Enjoy!

The Suburbs - World War III 7"

World War III
Change Agent
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Riot Fest 2010 - Roy Ellis (Symarip) - Live At The Subterranean

2011-08-31T22:11:00.000-07:00

Riot Fest 2010 - Live At The Subterranean

Try Me Best
Banana
Holidays By The Sea
I Was Busted
Skinhead Girl
Skinhead Moonstomp
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Riot Fest 2010 - Negative Approach - Live At The Double Door

2011-08-29T23:38:00.000-07:00

Riot Fest 2010 - Live At The Double Door

Lost Cause
Can't Tell No One
Sick of Talk/Hypocrite
Why Be Something You're Not
Whatever I Do
Ready To Fight
Evacuate
Said And Done
Tied Down
Live Your Life
Your Mistake
Pressure/Dead Stop
Friend or Foe
Negative Approach
Friends of No One
Borstal Breakout
Genocide/Nothing
Chaos
I'll Survive
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Riot Fest 2010 - Zero Boys - Live At The Double Door

2011-06-27T22:18:00.000-07:00

Riot Fest 2010 - Live At The Double Door

Pipebombs
Track 2
Track 3
Vicious Circle/Amphetamine Addiction/New Generation
Dirty Alleys, Dirty Minds
Civilization's Dying
Livin' In The 80's/Drug Free Youth
Down The Drain/Outta Style/You Can Touch Me
Forced Entry
Hightime/Charlie's Place
Trying Harder/Outro
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Riot Fest 2010 - Articles of Faith - Live At The AAA

2011-05-08T21:08:00.000-07:00

Here's the second night of their two show reunion. I think this might have been the best show of the entire fest. They played songs from their entire catalouge, from their first 7" to the second full-length, & everything else in between (even a Johnny Cash cover). Larry Damore of Bhopal Stiffs/Pegboy sang back up vocals on American Dreams. They even blew two fuses throughout the show. The band also invited Jeff Dean onstage to play guitar with them. He engineered the bands new album New Normal Catastrophe. There was one track at the end I was not familiar with. Any help with the title for that one would be appreciated. Stay tuned for some Zero Boys and Negative Approach!

Riot Fest 2010 - Live At The AAA

Everyday
I've Got Mine (Blown Fuse)
I've Got Mine
Remain In Memory
Give Thanks
Bad Attitude
Everyman For Himself
Brother John
Buried Alive
False Security
Cambridge (Blown Fuse 2)
American Dreams
My Father's Dreams/What We Want Is Free
In This Life
Folsom Prison Blues
Track 16
Up Against The Wall
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Riot Fest 2010 - Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine - Live At The Metro

2011-05-03T18:24:00.000-07:00

Riot Fest 2010 - Live At The Metro

The Terror Of Tinytown
Clean As A Thistle
New Feudalism
Electronic Plantation
California Uber Alles
Panicland
Let's Lynch The Landlord
Three Strikes
.com Monte Carlo/Pets Eat Their Masters
Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's
Holiday In Cambodia
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Riot Fest 2010 - Articles of Faith - Live At The Metro

2011-04-20T19:14:00.000-07:00

Riot Fest 2010 - Live At The Metro

Everyday
Remain In Memory
With A Vengeance
I've Got Mine
Give Thanks
My Father's Dreams
Buy This War
Everyman For Himself
New Normal Catastrophe
5 o'clock
Brother John
Buried Alive
False Security
Acceptance
What We Want Is Free
American Dreams
Bad Attitude
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Riot Fest 2010 - Bhopal Stiffs - Live At The Subterranean

2011-03-23T19:42:00.000-07:00

Riot Fest 2010 - Live At The Subterranean

Intro/Road To Bhopal
One Track Head
Bottle It Up
I Came For You
No Future/Born Again
Human Race
Drunken Stupor
Fun At The Beach
Capetown Youth
Pay To Play
I Don't Know What To Say To You
Product
Too Many Things
Too Much Pain
I Don't Care
The Hunt
I Want Off
Not Just My Head
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User Feedback Time!!

2010-11-03T17:50:00.000-07:00

Ok so I've finally had the chance to start working on the the other videos from the Riot Fest. Next in line is the Bhopal Stiffs show at the Subterranean. Now this was one of my favorite shows of the whole fest. They played for over an hour with their set including just about everything they ever recorded. From their 7" to their E.P. to their 10 song demo. Now the only disappointing thing about the show was that there was barely any light on them. My camera does absolutely horrible in low light and it really does show.

Luckily the video edit program I use has all these neat features to do all kinds of stuff. So I uploaded 3 30 sec. clips from Road To Bhopal. The first is the original footage. Second is the first edit. And the third is the second edit. Take a look at them and let me know what you think looks the best. I wanna get some feedback before I go ahead and edit the rest of the show. Right now I'm leaning towards the third clip. It brightens the picture without a whole lot of the color bleeding in the second clip. So let me know what you think!

Original Footage

Edit #1

Edit #2

Riot Fest 2010 - Busted At Oz Reunion - Naked Raygun

2010-11-01T16:07:00.000-07:00

So this was the long awaited "original" Naked Raygun reunion. Well almost original, Jim Colao broke his collar bone a few weeks before the show, so Eric Spicer filled in. They played material mainly from the Basement Screams E.P. & the Throb Throb LP. Their set wasn't that long, but it included many great songs they rarely play, including a cover of the Avengers "We Are The One". I would say the highlight here was Bombshelter/Tojo. Great stuff indeed. Check it out for yourself! Enjoy!

Naked Raygun - Busted At Oz Reunion

Managua (No Guitar)
New Dreams
Bombshelter/Tojo
No
Roller Queen
Surf Combat
Metastasis
I Lie
We Are The One
No Sex
Managua
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Riot Fest 2010 - Busted At Oz Reunion - Subverts

2010-10-29T19:58:00.000-07:00

Short and sweet. Here's the Subverts. Same show as the first three. Nice mix of old and new. (At least other than what was on their 7" & the Oz comp., sooooo new?) Check it out, hear it out, & enjoy!

Subverts - Busted At Oz Reunion

Radiation Nation
Man For The Job
State Of The Union
Psycho High
March Forth
Track 6
T.V. Personality
Eye Sore
Mindless Fun
Can't Control Myself
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Riot Fest 2010 - Busted At Oz Reunion - Steve Bjorklund

2010-10-26T20:21:00.000-07:00

Now this was the set I had been waiting for all night long. There were many great bands to come out of Chicago, but little to none possessed the ferocity of Strike Under. Now unfortunately not all the original members could make it. In fact there was only one. Steve explains why in the beginning of the set. Now although Chris, Pierre, & Bob were not able to perform, it's not like Steve just got 3 guys off the street to join him on stage. He rounded up Vic Bondi & Dave Shields of Articles of Faith as well as Joe Haggerty of Pegboy/Bloodsport. So sit back & enjoy the first (& last?) time Strike Under songs have been performed live since 1981!

Steve Bjorklund - Busted At Oz Reunion

The Elephant's Graveyard
Sunday Night Disorientation
Context
Fucking Uniforms
Immediate Action
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Riot Fest 2010 - Busted At Oz Reunion - Silver Abuse

2010-10-17T11:08:00.000-07:00

Next band up is the great spastic art punk known as Silver Abuse. This would be the second of three bands that Chicago all-star Camilo Gonzalez would have a hand in for the night. (Toothpaste, Silver Abuse, & Naked Raygun) They played a couple from the Oz album, "Cuban Homo Farms" from their 7" (Although tonight it was known as "Buggery Barn"), plus some others. Great set over all. Check it out for yourself!

Silver Abuse - Busted At Oz Reunion

Buggery Barn
Track 2
Ron Santo
Anti-Hot Dog
Kill The Commies
Bombshelter
Track 7
Track 8
Track 9
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P.S. Having a little trouble with some of the titles (obviously!). If anyone can help feel free to leave a comment.

Riot Fest 2010 - Busted At Oz Reunion - Toothpaste

2010-10-15T19:40:00.000-07:00

I know I've been gone for a very, very long time. Again just another one my of many hundreds of apologies. I decided I'd better have something damn good when I do come back. I hope this doesn't disappoint.....

Complete coverage of this year's Riot Fest will be coming straight to you all by way of me and my little Kodak camera. Well I guess not complete coverage seeing as I didn't make it to every show. Just all the ones the were worth flying halfway across the country for. Basically all the reunions. So we'll start with the first night, the very, very long awaited Busted At Oz Reunion. I won't be doing any reviews per say, because the nice people over at The Punk Vault have already done a wonderful job of that. I'll just let the videos speak for themselves.

I filmed well over 10 hours of video and have much to go through. So over the next few weeks I'll be posting videos from the Oz show, Bhopal Stiffs, Articles of Faith & Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine, Articles of Faith secret show, Zero Boy & Negative Approach, & Roy Ellis (Mr. Symarip). So please do stay tuned. It will be worth the wait.

Let's get things started with the Busted At Oz Reunion......... TOOTHPASTE!!!

Toothpaste - Busted At Oz Reunion

Young & Large
Spy-Guy
Amerikan Beauties
Palestine
Le Transfer
Opposable Thumbs
Sex In Space
Oh Yeah Come On
Freud Taught The Mambo
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Curtiss A

2010-07-24T13:37:00.000-07:00

Here's the first solo single by Curtiss A. I Don't Wanna Be President was released in 1979 on Twin Tone records. Prior to this release, Curtiss A was featured both in The Spooks & two other acts on the Big Hits of Mid-America Vol. III. Those two acts were of course Curtiss A & The Originals and Buzz Barker & The Atomic Bums. The second act did an earlier, slower version of Land Of The Free, the b-side of the single mentioned here. What was special about this line-up was that it consisted of Curtiss A (Buzz Barker) and the Suicide Commandos (The Atomic Bums). So here's the comp. tracks and the single. Enjoy!

Big Hits of Mid-America Volume Three

Curtiss A & The Originals - Bad News From Phoenix
Buzz Barker & The Atomic Bums - Land Of The Free

I Don't Wanna Be President 7"

I Don't Wanna Be President
Land Of The Free

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Tools

2010-06-22T19:06:00.000-07:00

Wow. I almost completely forgot about this. Well not really, just lack of time I guess? Whatever it is I apologize for yet another long stint of pure nothingness. So enough bullshit, let's get back to what counts. The music!

Today I got for you the second output by San Francisco's Tools. A decent follow up to their Smoke Filled Rooms/Adopted Procedures 7". Which in my opinion is the best of their three. And I know someone has that one available, but I'm not sure where at the moment. If you can't find it and you're in dire need, let me know and I'll post it. It's a must.

Their Hard Wark/The Road Forever 7" was released in 1980 on Subterranean Records (SUB6). The title track is just as great as their first 7', while the b-side is more atune with the tracks on their 3rd 7". (Not very good) Enjoy!

Hard Wark 7"

Hard Wark
The Road Forever

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Death

2010-02-23T16:10:00.000-08:00

Detroit band Death released one 7" in 1976. It's quite hard to come by and usually very expensive. This album here compiles those two songs from the 7" plus the other 5 songs they recorded during that same session. All songs were recorded in 1975. Think along the lines of Sonic's Rendezvous Band. Great stuff.

...For The Whole World To See

Keep On Knocking
Rock-N-Roll Victim
Let The World Turn
You're A Prisoner
Where Do We Go From Here???
Politicians In My Eyes
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Mission Of Burma - Live At The Echo

2010-01-10T14:15:00.000-08:00

The same weekend Cock Sparrer played in San Francisco, Mission Of Burma played in Los Angeles. Well they also played in San Francisco on Saturday, but I was at the Sparrer show so that wasn't gonna happen. So it was Sparrer in San Francisco on Saturday & Burma in Los Angeles on Sunday. A bit of a trip, but it was deffinetley worth it. as always, Burma put on one hell of a show. If you haven't heard by now, they just recently released a new album titled The Sound The Speed The Light. Just as every other release of theirs, this one does not disappoint.

Now unfortunatley, the show was moved to The Echo at the last minute. It was originally scheduled at The Echoplex, which located right below The Echo. Not to say that The Echo is a bad place, it is much smaller than the Echoplex so it has much more of a bar feeling to it, but The Echoplex has a much better sound system. But despite this, the show was still none the less amazing. They played a great mixture of old and new. I couldn't have asked for more. So check out the videos, listen to the tunes, & let me know what you think! Enjoy!

Live At The Echo

Dirt

So Fuck It

Blunder

2wice

Forget Yourself

Here It Comes

Comes Undone

Nu Disco

Academy Fight Song

This Is Not A Photograph

Trem Two

One Day We Will Live There/Untitled

Spider's Web

1,2,3, Party!

Careening With Conviction

That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate

Learn How

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P.S. The two Untitled songs just stumped me! I went through all my Burma material (which is just about everything they ever released) and I still could not come up with the titles. I know I've heard these songs somewhere. Maybe they're covers, but I just can't put my finger on them. Help?! Anyone?!

Riot Fest 2009 - Cock Sparrer

2010-01-02T14:41:00.000-08:00

So here we are with the last of the Riot Fest posts. I wanted to get them all in before the new year, but 2009 in 2010, so what right? But of course, I saved the best for last. Cock Sparrer played two nights at the Fest. Played saturday night at the Congress Theatre (which they didn't even headline, NOFX did. Just down right fuckin sad.) & sunday night at The Metro (which they did headline). Now I got both shows on video,but for saturdays show I was up front in the pit. So watching that video might make you a bit nauseous, too damn shaky. Sundays I decided to stay up on the balcony & get some great footage. Naturally sundays show was better between the two.

You know I really would have been happy just to see them once, but to see them twice in Chicago & then again in San Francisco a month later, just amazing. Every show was great and different in their own way, but hands down the one at The Metro was the best. And that's the video I have to share with you all here. I believe Pirate Press Records is putting out a video of the shows in San Francisco so look out for that. So sit back, watch the video's, and enjoy the music that is COCK SPARRER!

Riot Fest 2009 (Live At The Metro)

Intro/Riot Squad
Watch Your Back
Working
What's It Like To Be Old
Sussed
Teenage Heart/Droogs Don't Run
Spirit Of '76
Tough Guys
Get A Rope
Argy Bargy
So Many Things
Running Riot
Chip On Your Shoulder/I Got Your Number
Suicide Girls
Because You're Young
Take 'Em All
Where Are They Now
Sunday Stripper
England Belongs To Me
We're Coming Back
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Riot Fest 2009 - Pegboy

2009-12-29T20:21:00.000-08:00

Gonna keep this one short and sweet. Here's some footage along with all the audio from the Pegboy show at the Congress Theatre. Great show & I was quite glad to see John Haggerty play. Along with Larry Damore as well. I'll have the last Riot Fest installment within the next couple days. Enjoy!

Riot Fest 2009 (Live At The Congress Theatre)

Dangermare
Through My Fingers
Field Of Darkness
Witness
Time Again
Strong Reaction
Hardlight
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Riot Fest 2009 - 88 Fingers Louie

2009-12-09T22:14:00.000-08:00

Here we got footage of the long awaited 88 Fingers Louie reunion show. I have to say I am a big fan, but I was kinda disappointed. I mean the music was great as ever, but Dennis just can't sing no more. I guess that's what happens when you grow old. So does your voice! His vocals really started to give out towards the end, especially in songs like I've Won. But despite this, it was still a great show. I'm glad I finally got to see them. Played a pretty good set as well. Though the set at their first reunion show in August was even better! Of course they had more time to play. Check out the music and videos and see what you think. More to come!

Riot Fest 2009 (Live At The Congress Theatre)

Pent Up
Selfish Means
Outright Lies
Slow Chorus Overlap
100 Proof
Tomorrow Starts Today
Blink
Go Away
Past Mistakes
I've Won
I Hate Myself
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The Effigies - Live At Reggie's Chicago, IL 2009

2009-11-24T19:28:00.001-08:00

OK finally I got some time to get back on the posts. Been busy lately. Still editing videos and making DVDs for friends here at home. Last weekend I was in San Francisco for the Cock Sparrer shows up there. Good times. Didn't film those ones though. Pirate Press already had it covered. So look out for that DVD soon. So going back to Chicago, here's a great set from the Effigies. Now they weren't part of the actual Riot Fest, they just happened to play at some bar after Naked Raygun played at The Metro. I got the chance to have a word with John Kezdy before they went on stage. In his own words, he had this to say about the Riot Fest: " We didn't get invited to play." Kinda sad, huh? One of the true punk pioneers in Chicago & they got excluded from the biggest Riot Fest to date. Well, at least they did play while I was there and I'm now able to share it all with you.

They played a great mixture of both old & new. There were titles from the Haunted Town E.P., the Body Bag 7", & their new album, Reside. In fact their opening song was even newer than the new album. Didn't catch the name, so I just titled it "I Get By". In my opinion it sounds even better than anything on Reside. But that's just me. So again I got the audio of the full set available for you, plus a couple videos. I got video of the whole show, but I won't post them all here. There will be a couple more posted on You Tube. Now about You Tube, I must admit I've never been a big fan. But all in all I can't deny that they have one of the best video players available on the net. At least compared to the one here on blogger. Makes my videos look like crap. Uploaded to You Tube still ain't as good as the raw footage, but a definite improvement. So there you go. Enjoy!

Live At Reggie's Chicago, IL 2009

I Get By
Cold Plate
Strong Box
Baby Sleeps Alone
The Guv'ner
Haunted Town
The Full Weight Of Failure
Haz-Mat
Mob Clash
Security
Body Bag
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P.S. I'll get the Raygun video's uploaded to You Tube as well. Soon.

Riot Fest 2009 - Naked Raygun

2009-10-27T15:02:00.000-07:00

So it's been about two weeks since I've been back. I know I was supposed to keep you guys updated everyday out there and what not. But things just got busy with sightseeing during the day, and all the shows at night. We saw 8 different shows in 4 nights! Pretty hectic. But it was great. I got great footage of a lot of the bands. The first night we missed the Butthole Surfers. Kinda sucks cause I wanted to see them, but by the time we flew in, checked into the hotel, and grabbed a bite to eat, they had already played. All the shows were early ones. Ending no later than 10:30 or 11:00. Curfew for all the kiddies.

So as I mentioned before, I didn't get video of 7 Seconds, just audio. Got Kevin Seconds "acoustic" set though. (It was supposed to be acoustic, but no one had an acoustic guitar!) So I'll get that up later. Next night was No Empathy, Rights Of The Accused, & Naked Raygun. Showed up late so we missed No Empathy. Real bummer. Caught Rights Of The Accused, but only got first half on video. Some security jackass came around & made me stop recording. Even went as far as telling me to delete what I just recorded in front of him. So me not being a dumbass deleted another video in front of him. I at least got an audio recording of the rest of their show.

Then it was time for Raygun! Great show as always. They played a great set, about 23 songs in all. They even played 4 new songs! Or least ones I haven't heard before, so they should be new. My favorite new tune was Growing Away. (I think that's what it was called) Great classic sounding Raygun. So since I knew security was on the look out for me, I unfortunately couldn't record the whole show. I had to pick and choose songs to record. That really sucked. There's too many great songs! All in all I got about six of the 23 on video. Doesn't do justice I know, but what can ya do?! Again I at least got audio for the entire show so it wasn't a total loss. So here I got for you are two of the six videos & all 23 audio recordings. If you guys wanna see the other videos, let me know and I'll post those too. Stay tuned for more Riot Fest footage! Enjoy!

Riot Fest 2009 (Live At The Metro)

Home Of The Brave
Metastasis
Backlash Jack
Iron Maiden
Walk In Cold
Coldbringer
Dog At Large
Growing Away
Peacemaker
Treason
Vanilla Blue
Surf Combat
Hips Swingin'
Home
Entrapment
Hot Atomics
The Strip
I Don't Know
Knock Me Down
Rat Patrol
Unknown I/Unknown II
Wonder Beer
New Dreams
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P.S. New ones are Iron Maiden, Growing Away, and the two unknowns. Didn't catch the names of those two but I'm pretty sure they're new. Titles might be wrong so don't get mad!

Riot Fest 2009 - 7 Seconds

2009-10-09T16:02:00.000-07:00

Day 2 of the Riot Fest here in Chicago. Well, yesterday was, today's the 3rd. Yesterday was 7 Seconds at the Beat Kitchen. Got a few audio tracks from the show. Got there about 15 min. into their set, so it was already a packed house. It was much too dark in there, so the video came out kinda crappy. After the show, Kevin Seconds played an "acoustic" set at the Cobra Lounge. Great show & got great video of that show. Post that later. In the mean time enjoy these tracks recorded last night. Heading to the Raygun show now!

Riot Fest 2009 (Live At The Beat Kitchen)

Committed For Life
Trust
In Your Face
Walk Together, Rock Together
Here's Your Warning
If The Kids Are United
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Naked Raygun III

2009-10-07T09:38:00.000-07:00

Quick last minute post before I get on the plane! Here's Raygun's 2nd album, All Rise. Great stuff if you don't already have it. Gotta make it short, not too much time before we leave. While I'm there, I'll try to keep you guys updated each day with pictures & videos of each show. If I got time. Til next time!

All Rise

Home Of The Brave
Dog At Large
Knock Me Down
Mr. Gridlock
The Strip
I Remember
Those Who Move
The Envelope
Backlash Jack
Peacemaker
New Dreams
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The Effigies III

2009-09-30T17:59:00.000-07:00

It's a shame these guys aren't playing Riot Fest this year. Maybe we'll get lucky & they'll play a secret show, but I won't keep my fingers crossed. So today I got for you their infamous Remains Nonviewable 7". Or otherwise better known as the Body Bag 7".
This truly is a stellar record. If you don't know this song by now, then you need to put away your crappy Sex Pistols Cd's & get on board with some real shit. This song was known to start riots. Hell I wanna start one every time I hear it! With the erie xylophone intro to the opening drums, each pound of the drum is like a punch to the face.

Now in no way did The Effigies ever advocate violence. Just take a look at the insert headed "Boycott Fascist Culture". It was just something that happened. It was part of the scene. Now I'm not saying you would go to a show to deliberately fuck someone up. Not to say there wasn't people out there like that and still are today. But if you have any kind of human decency and respect, when you knock someone down in these "viscous circles", you better bend your ass over and help them up. Otherwise, you got yourself an enemy for the rest of the night. And that's the last thing we all need is another enemy. With so many all around us, that's the last thing we need to be doing is fighting each other.

Anyways, I'm just rambling on now. As for Security, what other song makes you wanna dance without losing your masculinity? Great stuff. The only other that comes to mind is Entertainment from Really Red, but still doesn't come close to the anguish & aggression felt in this song. So please enjoy this music as I have for many years. Stay Tuned!

Remains Nonviewable 7"

Body Bag
Security
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Toothpaste II

2009-09-29T18:01:00.000-07:00

I only got about a week left, so I'm gonna try to post as much as I can until then. Still sticking with Chicago, but we're gonna go about 10 years back from the last couple of posts. Now to my knowledge, (please anyone correct me if I'm wrong) Toothpaste only released their Self Titled E.P. plus this here 7". And what a great little 7" this is.

The first track is in the vein of what you might call the Chicago sound. Personally, my favorite track of theirs aside from Palestine of the E.P. Now the second track is a bit different. It starts off with a drug induced take on Rumble by Link Wray. Then the rest of the song....... well just imagine the guys of Toothpaste started spending a lot of time with the guys of End Result. You get the idea. Definitely not a bad song, just different. Enjoy!

Toothpaste 7"

Oh Yeah, Come On
Kids Do The Darndest Drugs
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Chicago vs. Amsterdam

2009-09-28T18:44:00.000-07:00

Back again with another split 7". Same Chicago bands as the last post plus two bands from Amsterdam. A-side has Talkpeople from The Bollweevils which is a bit of a love song, but it's still a pretty good track. Unfocused from 88 Fingers Louie has a great opening bass line and is really one of my favorite tracks of theirs. Now prior to ripping this 7", I never really heard of the two Amsterdam bands. I've heard of Funeral Oration, but never heard their music. Never heard anything about NRA. They're both ok I guess. You decide. Stay tuned!

Chicago vs. Amsterdam 7"

The Bollweevils - Talkpeople
88 Fingers Louie - Unfocused
Funeral Oration - I Can Not Stand
NRA - Fuel
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VIVA CHICAGO!

2009-09-16T21:00:00.000-07:00

Three weeks & counting to RiotFest 2009! Another trip to Chicago to see even more bands than there was in 2006 & perhaps even the past two years! There's gonna be Naked Raygun, 88 Fingers Louie, Pegboy, No Empathy, Rights Of The Accused, Screeching Weasel, 7 Seconds, Butthole Surfers, & perhaps the best?!: Cock Sparrer! If you don't know anything about this show, then check out the full list of bands here.

So I've been quite busy the past couple months planning for the trip and what not. Caught a couple of shows as well. Like I said in the last post, saw Patti Smith two Thursdays ago at the Santa Monica Pier. Great Show! Couldn't believe she had Tom Verlaine on guitar & Flea on bass! Last Thursday I went to Los Angeles premiere of Let Them Know: The Story Of Youth Brigade & B.Y.O. Records. What a night that was! First was the movie, then there was a show with Youth Brigade, Swingin' Utters, & 7 Seconds! So like I said, I've been kinda busy. Check this out to see when the movie is coming to a town near you.

So since I'll be heading to Chicago once again in 3 weeks, let's hear some Chicago music! Here's a split between two of my favorite bands: 88 Fingers Louie & The Bollweevils. Now 88's gonna play this year which I'm totally psyched about, but unfortunately The Bollweevils aren't. And neither are The Effigies. At least I got see them both in 2006. So here they are doing covers of Bhopal Stiffs, Articles Of Faith, Naked Raygun, & The Effigies. This was released in 1994 I believe on Rocco Records. So enjoy this and stay tuned for some more Chicago!

Viva Chicago

The Bollweevils - I Lied
The Bollweevils - Body Bag
88 Fingers Louie - My Father's Dreams
88 Fingers Louie - Not Just My Head
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Repost: Reptile House!

2009-09-09T20:20:00.000-07:00

After a month and some odd days, I'm back from the dead once again! Been very busy past couple weeks and will be even more so in the weeks to come. I will find some time though to keep this site running. So even though I'm gone don't think your comments have gone unnoticed! I know many of you out have been asking for my first post to be reupped, so here it is!

I made brand new rips of both their 7" & their LP, complete with scans. If you're new to the band and don't know much about them, check out my original post here. Otherwise enjoy the newly ripped tunes! So stay tuned because I'm back with much more to come. I got more 70's, Chicago, & I even got a live recording of Patti Smith's free show she put on last week at the Santa Monica Pier! Which by the way is 100 years old today. (the pier, not Patti Smith) But what an amazing show she put on! Stay Tuned!

I Stumble As The Crow Flies E.P.

Keel-Haul Love
Social Champion
Mrs. Rain
Sleestak Weather
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Listen To The Power Soul

Power Soul
Ike's Hammer
Evil Iron Any Day Now
Para PolyAnna
Engine
Mother Michigan
Sky Head
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P.S. Check THIS out to get their song off the Bouncing Babies Comp.

Fingerprints

2009-07-23T19:49:00.000-07:00

And here we are with the last of the first three Twin Tone releases. Not too much info one this record though. Fingerprints debuted with this record in 1978, the Christmas Down 7" the same year, two tracks off the Big Hits of Mid America comp., & another single in 1980.

Now as with the last two, the music is quite good for first releases. (Now I Wanna Be A) Space Girl is a great track! And it might just be me, but I swear that Track 9 is the theme song to something, but I just can't quite put my finger on it. Any guesses? Anywho, hope you enjoy the music as much as I do. Stay tuned!

Fingerprints E.P.

(Now I Wanna Be A) Space Girl
Burn Those Bridges
Track 9
Wasted On You
Made In The Shade
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Spooks

2009-07-20T14:20:00.000-07:00

There were many great bands in & around the Minneapolis area during late 70's. (As well as the 80's too!) It's hard to choose a favorite. I mean you have the pioneers of the scene, The Suicide Commandos. Who could argue how great they were? But there's always one artist that comes to mind that was so unique throughout all of his projects.

Curtiss Almsted (a.k.a. Curtiss A) was one hell of an artist. I've always kinda thought of him as the Joe Cocker/Bruce Springstein of punk. With his hometown rock n roll guitar & his tough as rocks vocal chords, this guy could really get you goin'! His first Twin Tone release was with the Spooks. Also the second of the first three releases by Twin Tone. Now this E.P. is quite good, but not as great as his solo material. Although I do believe the title track is one of his best songs. Great depiction of the times. Take a listen & decide for yourself! Enjoy!

1980-1990 E.P.

1980-1990
Fun Is Everything (science-fiction world)
Sinister Forces.... peculiar points of view
Evil Eye/Hit The Lights
Laugh It Up (it's all a big joke anyway)
Scum Of The Earth for Travis Bickle
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The Suburbs

2009-07-14T21:04:00.000-07:00

Twin Tone Records was started in Minneapolis, MN in 1978. Their first three records were released simultaneously the very same year, all on red vinyl.The debut Suburbs E.P. was the very first. An outstanding record in my opinion. I love the cartoon artwork on the cover as well. Side A is all punk done up Suburbs style. The flip side is a bit more pop induced, although the great Prehistoric Jaws has got to be one my favorite tracks on the record.

They went on to release more records throughout the eighties though I believe they were a bit more new-wave. Never really listened to their later material. You can find a couple more great early tracks of theirs off the Big Hits Of Mid America Volume III. The World War III 7'' is great also, if you can track it down. Enjoy & stay tuned!

The Suburbs E.P.

Memory
Go
Stereo
Teenage Run-In
Chemistry Set
Your Phone
Couldn't Care Less
You
Prehistoric Jaws
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The Reds II

2009-07-09T18:42:00.000-07:00

Here's the 2nd single from the boys from Philly. Great cover, but an ok title track. B-side might be better here. My personal favorite is their 3rd single, which you can grab here. Much more to come so stay tuned! Minneapolis next week?

Self Reduction 7"

Self Reduction
Victims
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The Reds

2009-07-08T18:57:00.000-07:00

Back from the dead once again. Featured today is a band from Philadelphia called The Reds. Not too much info on these guys. A few singles and an album? Anybody confirm? Anywho, here we got their debut single from 1978 on Go Go Records. Features Joey with the b-side Automatic Boy. You can find their first LP here. Maybe more power pop than punk, but who's to judge? Take your pick & stay tuned for more to come!

The Reds 7"

Joey
Automatic Boy
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The Girls

2009-05-11T16:55:00.000-07:00

The Boston scene of the late 70's had many a great band to go around. You had La Peste, Real Kids, The Molls, DMZ, The Infliktors, & Nervous Eaters just to name a few. Then there was The Girls. Great spazzed out art punk. These guys were on a completely different level and frankly, just out of their minds. Their only proper release was a 7" released on Pere Ubu's own Hearthen Records in 1979. They were the only band featured on the label outside of Cleveland. About 7 years later, another record would be unearthed titled Reunion. Now this was not an actual reunion LP, but rather a collected work of their short time of existence. Everything is great, but the 7'' still holds a special place with me. So sit back, pop a couple of tabs, and ENJOY!

The Girls 7''

Jeffery I Hear You
The Elephant Man
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Target Video Tribute

2009-05-07T18:32:00.000-07:00

This post is about a week late, but I've been sick with The Swine! Not really, just a normal cold. So many people are stressing over this damn thing. It's just another damn flu! Influenza mutates every couple of years anyways! If it didn't we would be immune and never catch it. Anyways, enough of that crap.

So about a week ago I caught that Target Video Tribute movie that Joe over at Last Days spoke so very highly of. Having a few of the old Target Video Tapes myself, I was expecting to recognize some of the clips. Man was I wrong! This film was absolutely fucking amazing! Sooo much rare footage of great bands from the late 70's/ early 80's. 2 hours of just pure live performance. I felt like I was a little kid watching cartoons for the first time!

It started with Joe Rees (founder of Target Video) coming on stage & saying a few words about the film & how their whole operation came about. The first band of the movie was really one that I could not have picked better myself. 1978 black & white footage of Middle Class performing Situations. After there was The Mentors & The Bags from 1979. Others like The Weirdos, Avengers, Geza X, The Plugz, The Dickies, Screamers, Fleasheaters, The Cramps, The Dils, The Zeros, Tuxedomoon, Nash The Slash, DNA, Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Catholic Discipline, B People, Castration Squad, Go-Go's, Flipper, The Offs, Chrome, Black Flag, T.S.O.L., Gun Club, Minutemen, CH3 & The Feederz!!!! And that's just the 30 that I can actually remember! They ended it with great footage of Gang Of Four doing Damaged Goods. Good stuff.

I have to say one of my favorite clips was from The Cramps. They performed at a mental institution in 1978. To just see all these mental patients dancing and smiling and laughing to The Cramps play, truly amazing. Especially with Lux Interiors recent passing, this was really great footage to see. So all in all I really can't put into words how great this film was. Truly timeless footage you wouldn't be able to see anywhere else. I wish you all could have seen & enjoyed it as much as I did. I really do.

After a little bit of searching, I did track down two of the videos that were in the film. The first of the Screamers doing 122 Hours Of Fear and the second of Tuxedomoon doing Jinx. Now the Tuxedomoon here is a bit different from the one in the film. Same exact footage, but this one has some kind of weird effect on it that makes it kind of unclear. Oh well. I tried to find better. Enjoy none the less!

Arthur's Dilemma

2009-04-28T16:08:00.000-07:00

Another one of those New York bands that hid under some kind of rock that never got discovered. This one's a bit of a mystery. Not too much information on this band. I do believe they released another 7" prior to this one. Released on their own? Cuntagious records in 1979, it was never got issued with a picture sleeve. Could this be another one of those American bands with an English singer? Like The Tenant? Not too sure. If anyone has any info, please do chime in. Enjoy!

Up To You7"

Up To You
Kicks
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The Twenty Seven

2009-04-23T17:05:00.000-07:00

The Twenty Seven were another band from Detroit. Their record was released in 1979 on Tremor Records (Tremor 006). A mediocre effort, sounding more glam than punk. Only half way descent song is Catastrophe. The other two have a weird, out of place synth & the first just plain sucks. Oh well, you be the judge. Enjoy!

The Twenty Seven 7"

Don't Go To Extremes
Catastrophe
Lifeblood
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Cold Cock

2009-04-21T16:30:00.000-07:00

It's about time! After a year & a half, finally! My 100th post! (I'm not very good at this shit, huh?) For the somewhat special occasion, I decided to post one of my all time favorite 7". Now I know I've said that about alot of records on this this site, but this time I really mean it. When it comes to 70's punk, this record & The Next's Make It Quick 7" are my hand's down favorite.

So here we are with a little band from the great city of Detroit, Michigan named Cold Cock. I know, I know, the name is just too damn humorous! But the music is f'n great!! Released in 1979 on their own Cold Cock label, the A-side was comped on none other than Killed By Death Volume 1. Although many other punk 7'' of the time usually only had one good track on them, this definitely was not the case here. The flipside is just as strong as the other. The band didn't release much else besides a track off the Detroit On A Platter compilation. Much more was needed from such a great band. Enjoy!

Cold Cock 7"

I Wanna Be Rich
You're A Mess
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Chain Gang

2009-04-16T17:14:00.000-07:00

Another great band out of New York City, Chain Gang released the Son Of Sam 7" in 1977 on Kapitalist records. One of my favorite punk records ever! The title track is a classic. The guitar sounds like a jagged edged saw cutting it's way into your skull. The b-side is just as good as the a, just a bit less manic. Enjoy!

Son Of Sam 7"

Son Of Sam
Gary Gilmore & The Island Of Dr. Moreau
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The Luchs Brothers

2009-04-14T16:09:00.000-07:00

Here's a nasty little 7" out of Chicago circa 1978. The Luchs Brothers debut with their single Kill Me I'm Rotten. A vile anthem filled with sarcasm pointed towards none other than Johnny Rotten. Here's a excerpt from Collector Scum:

Kill Me I'm Rotten was written in 10 minutes after my first
exposure to the voice of Johnny Rotten, which I thought was
one of the funniest things I'd ever heard, and to which I
wanted to pay some kind of comedic homage. To this day, I'm
amazed at how little press is devoted to the humor of the
Sex Pistols and how seriously everybody takes punk. The
idea that this man has made a living from singing all these
years is, to me, hilarious. [Kurt Luchs]

The flipside is more of a novelty song, but still quite humorous. My favorite part is when the chipmunks chime in. Enjoy!

Kill Me I'm Rotten 7''

Kill Me I'm Rotten
Losing My Lunch
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Snuky Tate

2009-04-09T17:53:00.000-07:00

Here's one of my favorite 7" out of the San Francisco area circa 1979. Snuky Tate's debut record is 70's punk at it's rawest. He was one of the few black punk artists of the time. Members of The Mutants were in his backing band. Stage Talk was comped on Killed By Death # 8.5. The original record was released on the Blackmouth label with a yellow cover. Here we got the 2002 reissue on Blammo with a green cover. Original is going for up to $200 to $300. Definitely not affordable. Enjoy!

Who Cares 7''

New Time
Stage Talk (Zepplin Yell)
High Hopes
Can You Dance To It
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Jimi Lalumia & The Psychotic Frogs

2009-04-07T17:54:00.000-07:00

I apologize for the recent utter negligence. No excuses really, just another lazy episode. But I promise the following weeks will make up for the lost time. A very special treat for all you 70's KBD fans out there.

Let's kick things off with 1977's debut 7'' from Jimi Lalumia & The Psychotic Frogs. The band hailed from none other than New York City & played Max's Kansas City quite often. The title track is a humurous middle finger to the disco era. Flipside is a nice cover of the classic surf track Wipeout. Their vulgar X-rated version of the Beatles classic Eleanor Rigby found on the Typically Tasteless E.P. would go on to be comped on Killed By Death #14. I believe he's still going today with some kind of dance music. Total 180, I know. Enjoy!

Death To Disco 7''

Death To Disco
Wipeout
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Circle One

2009-03-19T18:18:00.000-07:00

Here's a live 7'' from the Los Angeles band Circle One. It was recorded in 1981 at C.S.U.N. They're still around playing shows every so often, although with a new singer. Original singer John Macias was shot dead by police at the Santa Monica pier. Apparently he was preaching there and a security officer told him to stop and disperse. John didn't like his angle so he threw him off the side of the pier. Cops showed up & tried subdue John. When he didn't comply, they shot him. Sad. Gives us all a reason to hate cops even that much more. But that's the way of the world! Enjoy! (the music)

Live At C.S.U.N. 1981

You're So Boring
Relics From The Past
Hippycrits
PAU
L-R-L
Real Machine (Red Machine)
Anarchy
Highway Patrolman (Demo)
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Stiff Little Fingers

2009-03-17T18:08:00.000-07:00

Almost forgot today was St. Patty's Day. Noticed a lot of Irish related posts today so I thought, better jump on the band wagon like a jackass, right? So here's one from way back in 1979. This is probably my favorite SLF 7'' (next to Alternative Ulster of course) The title track ain't anything spectacular, but it's the b-side that's the true gem here. Bloody Sunday is an amazing song. Great music, great lyrics, & great energy. Just wish it had a proper ending (can't be too greedy, right?) It pertains to the infamous Bloody Sunday which occurred in Derry, Northern Ireland 1972, where 27 civilians were shot dead by the British Parachute Regiment during a civil rights protest. Sad day. So you all just sit back, enjoy a pint of Murphy's (cause Guiness here in the U.S. is just watered down piss), & be thankful for what you have. Enjoy!

Gotta Gettaway 7"

Gotta Gettaway
Bloody Sunday
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Negative FX

2009-02-24T17:17:00.000-08:00

Fronted by the infamous Choke, Negative FX were one the meanest, fastest, & best hardcore bands to break out of Boston in the early eighties. Prior to recording their legendary LP for Taang!, they recorded an eight song demo. These tracks never saw the light of day until 2003, when Distortions Records finally released them on a 7'' titled the Government War Plans E.P. Enjoy!

Government War Plans E.P.

Government War Plans
IDNTFS
Feel Like A Man
Negative FX
VFW
Protester
Nuclear Fear
I Can't Take It Anymore
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The Crucifucks

2009-02-23T16:40:00.000-08:00

Excuse the extended absence. Between a snowboarding trip, a new 42" Sharp Aquos, & a new PS3, I've been kind of busy. Posts will resume as regular.

Fronted by the demented Doc Corbin, The Crucifucks formed around 1981 in Lansing, Michigan. Their first record was released in 1984 on Alternative Tentacle Records (Virus 38). They would go on to release Wisconsin in 1987. A bit of a different sound from their first, but still great. The 90's saw a new line up and a couple other releases. Enjoy!

The Crucifucks

Democracy Spawns Bad Taste
Go Bankrupt And Die
You Give Me The Creeps
Marching For Trash
Legal Genocide
I Am The Establishment
Cops For Fertilizer
Hinckley Had A Vision
By The Door
Oh Where, Oh Where?
I Was
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Official Terrorism
No One Can Make Me Play Along With This
Down On My Knees
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Neurosis

2009-02-02T19:49:00.000-08:00

Neurosis developed around 1985 or 1986 in Oakland, Ca. They released the Aberration E.P. in 1989 on the local Berkley label, Lookout Records. I believe they released an album prior to this 7'' and many others since. I must say though I haven't heard anything other than this E.P. Any of you familiar with the band & their work & would like to point me in the right direction, please do. Otherwise..........Enjoy!

Aberration E.P.

Self-Doubt
Nonsense
Pollution
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One Last Wish

2009-01-28T16:58:00.000-08:00

Rites Of Spring disbanded in 1986. The remaining members (minus Michael Fellows) teamed up with Michael Hampton (Faith, Embrace) to form One Last Wish. They recorded only one session that same year at Inner Ear, but sadly was never released at the time. 13 years later it was finally released by Dischord on CD. If you love Rites Of Spring, you're gonna like One Last Wish. Enjoy!

One Last Wish

Hide
Burning In The Undertow
Break To Broken
Friendship Is Far
My Better Half
Loss Like A Seed
Three Unkind Silences
Shadow
Sleep Of The Stage
One Last Wish
This Time
Home Is The Place
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Soul Side II

2009-01-26T17:35:00.000-08:00

Soul Side's Bass 7'' (Dischord 34) was released in 1989 just before the Hot Bodi-Gram album. It contains two studio tracks and one live track. Enjoy!

Bass 7''

Bass
103
Otherside (Live)
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Repost: Kingface

2009-01-21T12:29:00.000-08:00

Soul Side vocalist Bobby Sullivan had a brother named Mark Sullivan. He just happened to be the vocalist for another magnificent band named Kingface. Read more about them in my original post. If not, enjoy the new rip and new scans!

Kingface

Crawl Into Tomorrow
I Don't Want To Be Anything
Lull-A-Bye
Anyone
Lick The Moon
Like A King
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Marginal Man

2009-01-19T20:44:00.000-08:00

After Artificial Peace broke up in 1982, Marginal Man was formed. The following year they went to Inner Ear to record an album with Don Zientara. It was released in 1984 as Identity (Dischord #13). Along with the Faith's Subject To Change album from the previous year, this album really showed the new melodic direction the D.C. scene was heading into. My favorite tracks are Missing Rungs, Emotional Scars, & of course, Marginal Man. Enjoy!

Identity

Missing Rungs
Friend
Torn Apart
Mental Picture
Pandora's Box
Fallen Pieces
Identity
Emotional Scars
Marginal Man
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Soul Side

2009-01-14T18:18:00.000-08:00

Lunch Meat released a split 7'' with Mission Impossible in 1985. The next year the band changed their to Soul Side & released their first full length, Less Deep Inside Keeps (Dischord/Sammich 1986). Two years later they followed it up with my favorite album of theirs, Trigger. Many great songs like Problems Faced When Traveling, Name In Mind, & War. This album shows a great deal of progress not only in musicianship, but also lyric content. Great stuff. Enjoy!

Trigger

Name In Mind
Problems Faced When Traveling
Forgiveness
Pocket Hurts
Baby
War
K.T.T.K.
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Ignition

2009-01-12T18:17:00.000-08:00

Here's one from Ian's little brother, Alec Mac Kaye. Not quite The Faith, but Ignition began where Subject To Change left off. The band consisted of ex Faith members Alec Mac Kaye & Chris Bald (Who switched from bass with the Faith & Embrace to guitar with Ignition), Chris Thompson on bass (also played with Lunchmeat & Soul Side), & Dante Ferrando on Drums (Also played with Iron Cross & Gray Matter). The band made there debut with the Sinker 7'' (Ignition Records 1987). Anxiety Asking sounds like it could have been on Subject To Change. Maybe it's just me. The band released one more 7'' and two albums. Enjoy!

Sinker 7''

Sinker
Rebuilding
Anxiety Asking
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Skewbald

2009-01-07T17:07:00.000-08:00

In 1981 Minor Threat guitarist Lyle Preslar left D.C. for college in Illinois. During this time, remaining members Ian Mac Kaye & Jeff Nelson teamed up with future Rites Of Spring guitarist Eddie Janney & bassist John Falls to form the side project Skewbald. They recorded three songs that year at the Inner Ear Studios. In 1992 they were finally released on a one-sided clear 7'' as Dischord #50. Great material in the same vein as Minor Threat. Personally, I like these songs a bit more than most MT material. You decide! Enjoy!

Grand Union 7''

Sorry/Change For The Same
You're Not Fooling Me
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The Dicks III

2009-01-05T22:48:00.000-08:00

These People (Alternative Tentacles 1985 Virus 43) was the bands second record to be released during their time in San Francisco. Being their final release, it was subject to many disappointing reviews. Despite what others may say, I still find this record to be quite enjoyable. Lost And Divided & Cities Are Burning are my two favorite tracks. You may be familiar with Dead In A Motel Room from their split with the Big Boys. Though it was written in 1980 with the original line-up, it was never recorded in the studio until this record. Enjoy!

These People

The Police (Force)
Off-Duty Sailor
Executive Dive
Sidewalk Begging
Lost And Divided
Dead In A Motel Room
Cities Are Burning
Doctor Daddy
Decent And Clean
Legacy Of Man
Little Rock n' Roller
George Jackson
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Eddie And The Subtitles II

2008-12-31T10:44:00.000-08:00

Another year done. Nothing special, nothing great. First year for this site though! Didn't realize it until I looked back at my first post; Dec. 1, 2007. Time flies. Anyways............. Back to the music! Now a lot of people have said that Eddie's last record was a disappointment. I've never really thought so. With a record that's mainly about heroin addiction, you know it might be a little off. Sure it may not have as many great songs as the first, but there's still a few. Waiting For The Bombs & Circus sound like they could have been off Skeletons In The Closet. And with B.F.Q.B.M.T., if that's not comedy then I don't know what is!

There's quite a few covers on this record too. One from The Animals (I'm Cryin'), The Rolling Stones (Connection), & Money which was popularized by The Flying Lizards in 1979, but was written by Berry Gordy & performed by Barrett Strong in 1959.

Great cover art, great record title, great band! Enjoy!

Dead Drunks Don't Dance

Shoot Up And Dance
I'm Cryin'
Utopia
Dead Presidents
Tonight
If I Had A Hammer
Connection
Waiting For The Bombs
Heroin Street
Until Tomorrow
Circus
B.F.Q.B.M.T.
Dancing In The Devil's Drawer
Money
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The Up Another Octave Transmission

2008-12-28T14:55:00.000-08:00

A quite diverse yet interesting sample of Orange County music circa 1980-81. Side A is entitled "Tekno Rok" while Side B is "Nu Rok". The record starts with a 6 min. futuristic melancholy anthem by Farenheit. Probably the best track on Side A. Tuxedomoon & The Units definitely come to mind. Null And Void's ain't too bad either. Berlin's track is off their first album, pre Terri Nunn. I'm not too partial to the synth side of music, but lately it's been kinda growing on me.

The "Nu Rok" side is of course the better of the two & holds the best track on the entire record. Hang Ten In East Berlin is the only track ever to be released by The Detours. Before there was D.I., there was The Adolescents. Before there was The Adolescents, there was The Detours. In 1980 they recorded 3 songs in a San Diego studio: Amoeba (later released by The Adolescents), Hang Ten In East Berlin, & The Saint (both later released by D.I.). Hang Ten was the only one ever to be released. If anyone out there has either of these two other tracks, for punks sakes please make them available! Even Rikk Agnew himself told me at their first Detours reunion show in 2006 to never let this record go being as it's rare as hell! (unless of course I wanted to sell it to him!) It was advice well taken.

Another band worthy of note are Anaheim's The Vectors. They released the Death To Disco 7'' and a 12'' in 1981. Hey Kirby was also released on the 12''. A little poppy,but not too bad. Beat-E-O's track is ok. No info on them though. Enjoy!

The Up Another Octave Transmission

Farenheit - Farenheit #1
Craig Sibley - You See Art, I See Clay
Berlin - Talk Talk Video
Null And Void - I Can See What's Happening
Nu Beams - Chico
Videos - Skitzo Attack
The Barbies - Boys Will Be Boys
The Vectors - Hey Kirby
The Detours - Hang Ten In East Berlin
Beat-E-O's - China Sleeping?
Removed - Missing Person
Finesse - Nervous Time
Tactics - Things I Am
The End - Time Before I'm Done
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Shattered Faith

2008-12-18T22:26:00.000-08:00

One more to add to to the list of great but forgotten O.C. bands. Shattered Faith started playing around 1978-79. Their first record was released in 1981 on Posh Boy Records. You can find it at KBD. Here we got an entire live set from 1982. This was recorded in Riverside, Ca. amongst many die hard fans. Great set I might add, full of energy! Tracks are from the 1982 Cd put out by GTA Records. Enjoy!

1982

Another Day Passes
The Verdict
USA
Hard To Be Free
Right Is Right
I Love America
Mirrors Reflection
Strange Daze
Short Haired Thugs
Too Tense
Dark Side
Always The Same
No Fun No Friends
Trilogy
Born To You
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China White

2008-12-15T20:14:00.001-08:00

Another classic O.C. punk record! Along with T.S.O.L., China White were one of the biggest punk bands to come out of Huntington Beach. If you've never heard this record then you need crawl out of whatever rock you've been living under and get with the times! Known for major riffs and violent gigs, these guys had it down.

They released their Dangerzone E.P. (Frontier Records 1981 FLP 1005) shortly after The Adolescents Blue Album & T.S.O.L.'s Dance With Me. Produced by the great Mike Patton of the Middle Class. Another great O.C. record! Enjoy!

Dangerzone E.P.

Dangerzone
Live In Your Eyes
Addiction
Daddy's Little Queen
Anthem
Nightlife
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Funeral

2008-12-10T18:47:00.000-08:00

Funeral originated from Long Beach, California. Though not technically from the O.C., they definitley did have the O.C. sound!
You can find their first 12'' from 1980 & their 1981 Waiting For The Bomb Blast E.P. here. The tracks below were recorded during the same session as the Bomb Blast E.P. Great stuff from one of my favorite bands! Tracks taken from the Have You Seen My Leather Jacket? CD on GTA Records. Enjoy!

Waiting For The Bomb Blast Session

My Waiting Has Only Just Begun
Social Eyes
Good Guys Don't Wear White
Legal Aid
Time Has Come Today
Please Make My Daylight Go Away
Junkie
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Rikk Agnew

2008-12-08T21:15:00.000-08:00

The untouchable Rikk Agnew at perhaps his best ever. His first solo record titled All By Myself (Frontier Records 1982 FLP 1009) released just after he left The Adolescents & just before he joined D.I. This album is masterpiece! Except for maybe one or two songs the whole album is perfect. With songs like O.C. Life, Falling Out, Surfside, Fast, & Section 8, it's hard to deny that Rikk was just a pure genius at work! In my opinion, this is the best he's ever done in his whole career. But that's just me. Listen for yourself! Enjoy!

All By Myself

O.C. Life
10
Yur 2 Late
Everday
One Shot
Falling Out
Surfside
It's Doing Something
Fast
Section 8
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Eddie And The Subtitles

2008-12-03T20:25:00.000-08:00

A great lost and underrated band from Fullerton, Ca. Eddie And The Subtitles started in the late 70's and played until sometime in the mid 80's. There were a few different line up changes throughout their career. In 1980 they released the Fuck You Eddie 7'' (No Label Records). The line up was Eddie on guitar & vocals, Mike Patton (of the amazingly incredible Middle Class!) on bass & vocals, & I believe Matt Simon on drums. This is an absolutely classic single. Killer version of Louie Louie! I believe Frontier records recently reissued this on clear vinyl along with a best of CD. Track them down if you can! Enjoy!

Fuck You Eddie 7''

American Society
Louie Louie
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The Crucified II

2008-12-01T17:24:00.000-08:00

Got a couple of good comments on Nailed, so I thought I'd post their first. Take Up Your Cross was recorded back in 1985, but didn't get released until 1986. This album is a bit more punk, rather then the trash metal of the second. It's great all the way through. Enjoy!

Take Up Your Cross

Silent Scream
You Don't Understand
G.O.D.
Seal Number Four
Conviction
No Decay
The Nowl
Be Warned
Rebellion
All You Need
Problem Solution
Directed Youth
Washed Out/Apathy
Freedom
I Want To Be A Bug
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Crashdog II

2008-11-29T10:28:00.000-08:00

Here's their second release with Andrew Mandell on vocals titled Outer Crust (1997 2 Jake Records). I posted Cashists, Fascist, And Other Fungus way back in January. This is a great follow up to that album. Many great songs here. Branded, Millstone Co., & GoDjudge just to name a few. Like I said before, these guys have always been one of my favorite bands. Great music with intelligent lyrics. Let's see if you all can guess where the intro comes from! Enjoy!

Outer Crust

Intro
Branded
Proclamation
Planned Parenthood
Violence Of Love
Carrer
GoDjudge
Fair Play
Easy Out
Liberacion
More Famouser
Billboard Justice
Millstone Co.
Forget My Name
Had To Be There
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The Crucified

2008-11-24T17:21:00.000-08:00

Here's an amazing band out of Fresno,California. I'm not gonna attempt to call them christian punk as their first song on this release clearly states why. The Crucified started around 1984, played shows throughout California, & ended up disbanding sometime in 1993. This was their seconds cassette release titled Nailed. It was recorded in 1986, but didn't get released til the following year. 7 songs, 7 thrashers, none over two minutes. Just the way I like it.

Sure they had certain beliefs & different views, but the music rocks! Isn't that all that matters? If you all like this one, let me know and I'll post their first release Take Up Your Cross. More diverse, but just as good. Enjoy!

Nailed

I'm Not A Christian Punk
Death To Death
Your Image
God In A Cage
Crucified With Christ
Give It Up
Disposal
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Plasma Alliance

2008-11-20T16:28:00.000-08:00

Here's a radically political band out of Ohio. Plasma Alliance released their We Can't Wait E.P. on Michigan's Depression Records in 1985. A blazing 11 tracks in under 15 minutes. Great cover too. The record came with like 50 inserts.(Ok maybe only 8, but that's still a lot!) Some with little drawings & some with political agendas & what not. I uploaded a few of them for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

We Can't Wait E.P.

Fernault Must Halt
Move Comes To Shove
United We Stand
5 Years Later/America
Revenge
Please Peace
History
C.I.A.
Peace & Freedom
We Can't Wait
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Note: All April posts re-upped !

Born Without A Face

2008-11-19T16:50:00.000-08:00

Their name, cover, & sound; just one huge pile of murderous filth. I love it! Out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, they were one of the lesser known bands to come from the state of The Fix, Negative Approach, Necros, & Violent Apathy. The Unbecoming E.P. was their first official release breaking out in 1986. They had two demo tapes prior to this E.P., Freakshow & Psyche I believe. You can find Freakshow at Lo-Res Viscera, still trying to track down the other one.

After the E.P. they had two tracks off the There's A Method To Our Madness comp. & another E.P. titled Worship. Not much from this great band, but whatever you get a hold of, snag it! It's all great! Enjoy!

The Unbecoming E.P.

Maelstrom
Black Narcissus
The Next Big Thing
Stubborn Beast Flesh
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Re Post: Bhopal Stiffs

2008-11-15T10:51:00.000-08:00

I met this guy last night at the Face To Face show at HOB in Anaheim that complimented me on my Naked Raygun shirt. Started talking about another Chicago band, Pegboy, to which I had asked him if he had heard Vince & Steve's first band, Bhopal Stiffs. To my surprise he hadn't. I told him about this site of mine where he could find all their music plus many other great Chicago bands. Not too sure if he would remember the site name seeing as he was pretty drunk. So if you did and you found it, this one's for you, & if you didn't then this one's for everyone else who's been wanting this since the link went dead. If you want more info on the band check out my original post here. Enjoy!

P.S. Fuck the House Of Blues! Racist Bastards! Got kicked out of last weeks F2F show cause some 6'5 white guy started shit with me & my girl. I'm only 5'8 and they kick me out saying I fronted him. Fat ass white security guard threw me out and said "Get out of here you fucking mexican!" I replied, "I bet you voted for McCain, didn't you?" Security: "You goddamn right I did!" I just laughed & said, "Guess what? Colors win bitch!" Don't you just love the racist world we live in?

Bhopal Stiffs 7''

Not Just My Head
One Track Head

E.P.A.

Bottle It Up
Road To Bhopal
I Came For You
Product
I Can Do It
Too Many Things
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Note: All links from May-July back up! Double O back up for you Earthdog!

No Trend II

2008-11-12T16:41:00.000-08:00

Much to my dismay, I had no idea I had requests for the live No Trend show when I posted their Inner Ear Session way back when. So now that I figured out how to get updated on new comments, here you go! Recorded in 1983 at The Marble Bar in Baltimore, MD. This set features 5 songs that are not found on neither the inner ear session or any of their other records. Good stuff. Enjoy!

Note: If you've never heard Karma Nights off their second album, then please for god's sake get it here! Perhaps their best recorded song. Ridiculously awesome! KARMA! KARMA NIGHTS! Makes me wanna do the jitterbug.

Live At The Marble Bar 1983

Turn Away
Cancer
Blow Dry
Polyester Man
Kiss Ass
Teen Love
Mass Sterilization
Hanging Out In Georgetown
Death
Punker
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Minor Threat/Youth Brigade

2008-11-11T00:00:00.000-08:00

Here's a nice Austrian comp. that's got both Minor Threat's & Youth Brigade's first demos. Never been that big of a Minor Threat fan, so I've always loved the Youth Brigade side. Especially since it has four unreleased tracks not found on their sole E.P. The tracks here are much more raw then the ones found on their seven inch. Get this if not only for the thirty three seconds of pure manic bliss that is I Object. Great stuff. Enjoy!

(#2 on the Minor Threat side says it's Filler, but it's really Stand Up.)

Minor Threat/ Youth Brigade Demos

Minor Threat
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Minor Threat
Stand Up
I'm Seein' Red
I Don't Wanna Hear It
Small Man Big Mouth
Straight Edge
Guilty Of Being White
In My Eyes

Youth Brigade
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I Object
Full Speed Ahead
Last Word
Waste Of Time
Youth Brigade
Bouncer
Snow Job
Moral Majority
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Note: Links for August-October of this year are back up. The rest will be coming soon.

The Dicks II

2008-11-08T13:59:00.000-08:00

Peace? 7'' recorded in San Francisco with Spot. Released on R Radical records in 1984. What the hell can I say about these guys? If you don't know them by now, then you need to be shot! Believe me, it's from the heart.

Peace? 7''

No Fuckin' War
Nobody Asked Me
I Hope You Get Drafted
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Re-Ups II

2008-11-08T13:31:00.000-08:00

Quite disappointing. I finally took the time to go through all the posts here on I Have A Brain In My Ass. It seems as though all links up to last month's Volcano Suns Greasy Spine 7'' have either been looped or deleted. That's a whole shit load of music gone. Like I said, quite disappointing. I now have the difficult task of going through all the posts (all the way back to Dec. 2007!) & re-uploading them all using sharebee. It will take some time, but please bear with me. Believe me, I hate going to sites & finding something I've been searching for for quite sometime, just to find out the link is dead. So for for all you music lovers out there, don't despair! I'll be re-uploading all posts starting with the most recent ones. I'll also include some new artwork scans. If anyone would like to see any certain one post re-upped sooner, please let know and I'll make those priority. For now, both Squirrel Bait records are back up due to requests. Long live great music!

Really Red

2008-11-06T18:32:00.000-08:00

I'm not too sure exactly what it was about Texas that inspired so many pissed off kids to make so much great music. From bands like The Next, Hates, Huns, & Legionaire's Disease Band to The Dicks, Big Boys, Offenders, MDC, & of course, Really Red. All their records were released on their own CIA records, starting with the Crowd Control 7'' in 1979. The next year came the Modern Needs 7''. 1981 saw the release of both the Despise Moral Majority E.P. & the magnificently untouchable Teaching You The Fear LP. With 1982 came perhaps their best 7'', the New Strings For Old Puppets E.P.

As their final output, the Rest In Pain LP came out in 1985. Released a year after they had already disbanded, this album may not be as great as their last two releases, but it still harvested some great songs. Youth Culture For Sale is still one of my favorite tracks along with Nobody Rules, Personal Hell, & Balance of Terror. On second thought, this album is just as great as their two previous. The only tracks that bring the album down are the agonizing Star Mangled Banner & the unbelivably excruciating Just The Facts, Ma'am. So there you have it, legitimate rips of every record from one the greatest Texan bands ever. (except for Teaching You The Fear which comes from a remastered CD. What are you gonna do?) Enjoy!

Rest In Pain

Youth Culture For Sale
Balance Of Terror
Personal Hell
Ritual
Let The Night Roar (With Us)
Hang 'Em High
Star Mangled Banner (Live)
Nobody Rules
War Sucks
Just The Facts, Ma'am
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Re-Ups

2008-11-06T17:27:00.000-08:00

It's recently come to my attention that Zshare has been looping certain links. I found out my Rifle Sport Voice Of Reason post was one of these. I've re-uploaded the link which you can find here. If Zshare continues to loop links I'll be forced to use a different host. If anyone comes across any other looped or disabled links and wishes to have them re-uploaded, please notify me and this will be done so right away. Thanks!

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T00:25:00.001-07:00

Middle Class

2008-10-29T16:42:00.000-07:00

After their amazing 1978 Out of Vogue E.P., the boys from Fullerton, Ca. dove into the arty side of punk. Though they did slow it down a bit, they never lost their musical touch. Two years later they released their second record, the Scavenged Luxury E.P. (Tortured Garden 1980) This record was just a taste of what was to come on their post/art punk Homeland LP. Enjoy!

Scavenged Luxury E.P.

Home Is Where
A Blueprint For Joy
Last Touch
Introductory Rites
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The Proletariat II

2008-10-27T18:23:00.000-07:00

One of the greatest bands to come out of Boston alongside Mission Of Burma, all of The Proletariat's work was sheer genius. With their beginnings as a seminal hardcore band, they released tracks on the This Is Boston, Not L.A. & Unsafe At Any Speed compilations. Soma Holiday was their first full length released in 1983. The Marketplace 7'' was released in 1985.

Later that year they unveiled their greatest work yet, the Indifference LP. From start to finish, this record is a true masterpiece. Each song is spewed out with an almost melancholic, sarcastic disdain view. The title track has to be the best and by far one of the best transitions I've ever heard. Mission Of Burma's Roger Miller plays piano on An Uneasy Peace. A truly great band. Enjoy!

Indifference

Indifference
Pride
Better Man
Homeland
Columns
Sins
An Uneasy Peace
Recollections
Instinct
Trail Of Tears
The Guns Are Winning
No Real Hope/Prelude
No Real Hope
Piecework
Marketplace
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Moving Tagets

2008-10-25T15:16:00.000-07:00

Moving Targets were another great band from Boston. Along the same lines as Mission Of Burma, Volcano Suns, later Husker Du, Squirrel Bait, you get the idea. Their first output was three ripping tracks off the 1984 These Band Could Be Gods compilation. Amazing stuff if not their best material. ( At least my favorite.) Two years later they released their first full length, Burning In Water. And three years after that they released their second, Brave Noise. These two are both amazingly great records similar to the above mentioned bands. You can find both of these here. In 1986, around the same time as the first LP, they released the Less Than Gravity 7'' (Taang! 18). It featured two songs from the first LP plus one unreleased track. Great stuff! Enjoy!

Less Than Gravity 7''

Less Than Gravity
Faith
Squares & Circles
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Rifle Sport II

2008-10-23T18:40:00.000-07:00

Probably not as good as their first, but still worth your time. This Minneapolis-based band released their second album titled White (Ruthless Records), in 1987. A bit more rock oriented than Voice Of Reason, this album loses the sort of nervous, jangly guitar of their first. Still has some great songs though. Enjoy!

White

Green Cans
Broken Window
Ocean Wind
Experience The Pain
Pleasant Surprise
Certain Situations
King Of Trash
Liquid
Bloodline
Blackbird
Mad World
Burn Em Up
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Volcano Suns II

2008-10-21T16:46:00.000-07:00

A week or two prior to seeing the MOB show, I finally got to see their DVD, Not A Photograph. Quite interesting for any die hard MOB fan. It's an in depth look at their past and present, including Miller & Conley's first band, The Moving Parts. One thing I was kind of disappointed in was that there was no mention of Peter Prescott's other projects. For starters his pre-MOB band, The Molls. They put out one hell of a single called White Stains in 1979. Then there was the band he started after the initial break up of MOB, Volcano Suns.

Here's their first single titled Sea Cruise (Homestead 1986). Released a year after their first album, The Bright Orange Years, this single shows them finding their own sound rather than just an MOB off shoot. Greasy Spine is a great song with it's heart throbbing bass. The title track could probably do without the Sea Cruise chorus, but that's just me. Enjoy!

Sea Cruise 7''

Sea Cruise
Greasy Spine
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Mission Of Burma

2008-10-14T16:44:00.000-07:00

Saw them play about two or three weeks ago at the Echoplex here in Los Angeles. As always they played an amazing show. Their set included the entire Vs. album plus the Trem Two/Ok/No Way 7''. Still unbelievable after all these years. Caught a couple of pics of Clint. Not too great, but depends on how you look at them.

1982 saw the release of their second single, Trem Two (Ace Of Heart). The cover features images of all the members of the band overlayed to form one, which gives it it's double-vision look. Please excuse the pops & crackles. It is vinyl you know!
Enjoy!

Trem Two 7''

Trem Two
Ok/No Way
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100 Flowers

2008-10-06T22:18:00.000-07:00

Some of the most intelligent, creative, & individual bands are trio's. For instance, the Minutemen, Husker Du, Mission Of Burma, just to name a few. Then there's Urinals-->100 Flowers-->Chairs Of Perception-->Urinals. By far the longest running band out of the above mentioned. Their last official release was the Drawing Fire E.P. (1984 Happy Squid 012 ). This record displays so much character & complexity, you can even attempt to take it all in upon the first listen. I never tire of songs like Contributions & Triage. The band is still going strong today. Writing new material and performing throughout the L.A. area. I believe they're heading to the east coast soon. Check here for dates. Enjoy!

Drawing Fire E.P.

Bunkers
Long Arm Of The Social Sciences
Triage
Contributions
Let's Not
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United Mutation II

2008-09-30T18:10:00.000-07:00

And yet another from the Lost & Found vaults. ( What a great label!) In 1991 they released a 7'' from United Mutation titled Gotterdammerung. It features five songs from a live show recorded at the East Side Club in 1987. The last two songs are from a demo recorded in 1982.

Gotterdammerung

Passout
Zone
Infinite Regression
Manna
Fat Louie
Happy Daze
So Morose
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Dove

2008-09-24T18:59:00.000-07:00

Back in 1992 Lost & Found Records released a CD from Dove titled Wrecking Ball. I don't know exactly when these tracks were recorded, but I would imagine it was around the same time the Bouncing Babies track was recorded. As I mentioned before, the band features the singer for both Red C & Double O, Eric Lagdameo. Also featured is Peter Moffett, who had a brief stint with Government Issue in 1987-88. Vigilante is the best track here hands down. A little metal, but still a thrasher! The rest of the album is hit & miss. Mostly miss. Enjoy!

Wrecking Ball

Wrecking Ball
In A Circle
Dreaming Man
Tomas O Bedlam
Hopes?
Just A Dream
Waiting For You
Vigilante
Who's That Face?
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Beaver

2008-09-22T19:18:00.000-07:00

I had never heard of Beaver prior to listening to the Bouncing Babies compilation. The same can be said about Reptile House, The Last Minute, Braille Party, & Dove. Reptile House was of course my first post, so you can find all their material here. The others will pop up in future posts. Now as for Beaver, they released their self titled seven inch in 1981 on Choice Cut Records. Nothing outstanding or fantastic. More for your hardcore D.C. fanatic like myself. "Punch Him In The Head" is the strongest track here, although the comp. version is still better. To my knowledge they consisted of Government Issue minus John Stabb. (I could be wrong here, fill me in.) Like em' or not, they're still D.C. history. Enjoy!

Beaver 7''

Trendy
Georgetown Sucks
Video Disease
Punch Him In The Head
Limited Nuclear War
Life Is A Joke
Vladimer
Boring
KKK-FM
No Messages
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Bouncing Babies

2008-09-17T22:24:00.000-07:00

Fountain of Youth released the Bouncing Babies compilation in 1984. It featured bands from both the D.C. & Baltimore areas. A very wide variety of sound which really captures the scene as a whole.Punk, hardcore, psych, ska, & everything in between. My top pick has to be Reptile House. Talons & Claws is their best song next Sleekstak Weather off their e.p. Take a listen to them all and decide your favorite. Enjoy!

Bouncing Babies
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Side One
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Dove - Ambivalence
features Eric L. of Double O & Red C
Crippled Pilgrims - Black & White
weird. get their debut here
Body Count - Bull In A China Shop
decent ska
Lucky Pierre - Looking Back
Underground Soldier - Sunday Slaughter
Artificial Peace - Frustration
get their debut split with Exiled here
Exiled - Guilt Trip
vocalist Derrick Hsu started Fountain of Youth records
Scream - Ultra Violence/Screaming
Glee Club - Disguise (A Lie)
No Trend comes to mind. perhaps End Result?
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Side Two
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Black Market Baby - Suzie Dear
Reptile House - Talons & Claws
features Daniel Higgs of Lungfish
9353 - Ten Witches
even weirder than Crippled Pilgrims
The Last Minute - Infinite Regression
aka United Mutation. amazing, huh?
Beaver - Punch Him In The Head
pre-Government Issue
Assault & Battery - Evidence
pre-Artificial Peace
Braille Party - Terrorist
Void - Get Out Of My Way
Government Issue - Dead Dog
Death Camp 2000 - Unknown
secret song, info here. features members of Crippled Pilgrims
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Malefice II

2008-09-11T18:28:00.000-07:00

Soon after their Overboard 7'', Malefice went back to Inner Ear to record what would be their first full length. There were two sessions between late '84 early '85. Nothing ever got released until sometime around 1990 when Lost And Found released the Lotus Blossom LP. Their original drummer, Davis White, was only with them to record Sea Level. United Mutation drummer Billy Fox stepped in to record both Acid Death & Bloody Insane while John Richman recorded the remainder of the album. I think the two with Billy Fox are the best, but that's just me. Enjoy!

Lotus Blossom
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Media Disease

2008-09-09T20:38:00.000-07:00

Here's another early D.C. band by the name of Media Disease. Their only official release were several tracks of the Mixed Nuts Don't Crack compilation which you can pick up over at Maikoholic. Back in 1990, Lost and Found put out their Hit & Run 2x7''. It has an entire session recorded at Hit & Run Studios 6/12/82. The tracks from the comp. are included seeing as they were taken from this very same session. A while back I read somewhere that members of Media Disease would go on to form Malefice. Not sure if this is true or not, but maybe someone can confirm? By the way, here's to my 50th post! It's about damn time. I'm way too slow with this shit. But then again, I do have a life. Enjoy!

Hit & Run 2x7''
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D.C. Demos

2008-09-03T18:35:00.000-07:00

Here's a great record for any D.C. hardcore fan. D.C. Demos includes four early demos from Artificial Peace, The Faith, Void, & Double O. I believe it's a Spanish import on the Spic And Span label. Great music & a cool cover too! More D.C. records coming up!

Side A
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Artificial Peace: May 1981 Demo

War Path
Dead End
Danger UXB
Self Destruction
Evidence
I'm Watching You
Evacuate
Assault & Battery
Force It
Missing In Action

The Faith: First Demo 1981

You're X'd
Don't Tell Me
In The Black
In Control
It's Time
Another Victim
Nightmare
Trapped
No Choice
Confusion Is The End
What's Wrong With Me?

Side B
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Void: Hit & Run Demo 1981

Short Song
War Hero
Go South
Condensed Flesh
Controller/Revolt
Dehumanized
Summer Sucks
Organized Sports
Who The Fuck Are You?
Annoyed
I Don't Wanna Be Like You
Black, Jewish, & Poor
Please Give Us A Chance
Please Sir/Time To Die
Self Defense
Draft Me Please
No More Authority
Untitled
I Was A Weekend Punk
Wasted

Double O: Demo #3 1982

No Limits
No Reply
Take A Position
No Reply II
The End
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Squirrel Bait II

2008-08-26T17:21:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately I don't have any live sets from these guys. And if anyone out there does have any, I know me, earthdog, and many others would love to hear them. So since I can't give you a live set , I'll give you their second record. Like I mentioned in the previous post, Skag Heaven was released in 1987 on Homestead Records. A great follow-up album in the same vein as their first. Many great songs.This used to be up at The Commercial Zone, but the link is no longer available.

I also did some more searching around & came across their 1984 demos + a 1987 interview at Shitegeist. Great Stuff. Another thing I found was this song by a band called Motorola Cloudburst. Supposedly this is Squirrel Bait under a different name. Check out the story & the song at The Punk Vault. Is sure does sound like Searcy's voice & Grubbs' guitar. Enjoy all the Squirrel Bait!

Skag Heaven

Kid Dynamite
Virgil's Return
Black Light Poster Child
Choose Your Poison
Short Straw Wins
Kick The Cat
Too Lose To The Fire
Slake Train Coming
Rose Island Road
Tape From California
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