Beaver

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

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

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

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

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

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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Squirrel Bait

Here's a great band from Louisville, Kentucky. Squirrel Bait released their first 8 song E.P. on Homestead records in 1985. Great melodic punk with plenty of hooks. Definite Husker Du & Naked Raygun influences. Pegboy comes to mind, although I do like these guys more. Cover art done by Steve Albini. Their second record Skag Heaven was released in 1987 on Homestead as well.





Squirrel Bait E.P. (1985)

Hammering So Hard
Thursday
Sun God
When I Fall
The Final Chapter
Mixed Blessing
Disguise
Perfect
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