CENTIPEDES CIRCUS - CRESTFALLEN (2022), PLASTIC FACT RECORDS

 CENTIPEDES CIRCUS

CRESTFALLEN 

2022 PLASTIC FACT RECORDS, PFR-018 

  CRESTFALLEN SERVES AS A PROPER DEBUT ALBUM FROM THE EAST SAN DIEGO COUNTY ALTERNATIVE FOLK PROJECT CENTIPEDES CIRCUS.  IT IS THE RESULT OF A SERIES OF RECORDING SESSIONS WHICH LASTED SEVERAL MONTHS IN 2022.  TRACKING BEGAN LATE WINTER AND RAN UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER.  THE ALBUM WAS RECORDED BY IAN PLASTIC AND RYAN H., AND MIXED AND MASTERED BY DALE HOLLAND.  

CENTIPEDES CIRCUS HAS, SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN THE LATE 1990S, BEEN THE SOLE WORK OF RYAN H., WHICH OCCASIONALLY INVOLVED A SMALL GROUP OF VARIOUS OTHER MUSICIANS.  SEVERAL DEMOS WERE RECORDED AND PASSED AROUND WITHIN SMALL CIRCLES OF FRIENDS.  THERE HAVE BEEN A HANDFUL OF OPEN MIC PERFORMANCES AT VENUES IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA, SUCH AS LESTAT'S WEST ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE.  

AN EARLY DEMO WAS POSTED ON THIS BLOG A WHILE AGO TITLED CAT LESIONS.   CENTIPEDES CIRCUS HAS A DEDICATED BANDCAMP PAGE, IF ONE WAS INCLINED TO FOLLOW AND SUPPORT THERE, AND BOTH CAT LESIONS AND CRESTFALLEN HAVE BEEN DIGITALLY RELEASED ON PLASTIC FACT RECORDS.  

CRESTFALLEN IS COMPRISED OF TWELVE TRACKS WHICH WERE WRITTEN OVER THE YEARS, NONE OF WHICH ARE VERY NEW.  THREE TRACKS APPEARED ON THE CAT LESIONS RELEASE.  

WHILE THESE SONGS WERE RECORDED IN A D.I.Y. MANNER, THE GOAL WAS TO DOCUMENT THIS COLLECTION WITH THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE QUALITY.  

CENTIPEDES CIRCUS PLANS TO PRODUCE MORE MUSIC IN THE FUTURE AND EXPAND INTO A WIDER VARIETY OF SONIC TERRIROTY.  FOR THE TIME BEING, PLEASE ENJOY CRESTFALLEN, AND SHARE IT WITH ANYONE WHO MIGHT ALSO ENJOY IT.  DOWNLOAD INCLUDEDS DIGITAL PDF INSERT BOOKLET.  

48KHZ 24 BIT MP3, 320 KBPS 

TRACKLIST: 

1. WISHING WELL 

2. SPARK MORNING 

3. GIRL IN THE CANYON 

4. I'LL BE HOME NEXT SUMMER 

5. MOURNING GLORY 

6. YELLOW SON 

7. SUMMER'S HERE AND SHE IS GONE 

8. RAIN 

9. WILLOW 

10. IT IS WHAT IT IS 

11. FLAKY WONDER 

12. TAKING A TRAIN 

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L7 - LOSE YOUR DIGNITY, LIVE IN THE UK, 1992 REPRISE RECORDS

 L7 

LOSE YOUR DIGNITY (1992) 

REPRISE RECORDS 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, HERE IS A LIVE EP FROM L7: LOSE YOUR DIGNITY, ON REPRISE RECORDS.  SIX TRACKS RECORDED LIVE IN FINSBURY PARK, UKM ON JUNE 6, 1992.  CLASSIC! 

TRACKLIST: 

1. PRETEND WE'RE DEAD 

2. EVERGLADE 

3. SHITLIST 

4. FAST AND FRIGHTENING 

5. (RIGHT ON) THRU 

6. DIET PILL 

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CONDOMINIUM - LIVE ON RADIO K (KUOM MINNEAPOLIS, MN), OCTOBER 28, 2012

CONDOMINIUM 

LIVE ON RADIO K, OCTOBER 28, 2012 
KUOM UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS 

CONDOMINIUM FUCKING RULES.  ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA EXPERIMENTAL NOISEY HARDCORE PUNK, FRUSTRATED AND ANTI-SOCIAL OVERTONES FUSED WITH SOME SENSE OF IRONY AND WARPED HUMOR, RAD FUTURIST, WEIRD/SCI-FI-ISH ARTWORK, AND A BARRAGE OF LOUD-AS-FUCK ANALOG SONICS.  MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS BAND IS INCREDIBLE.  FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT SEEMS THAT THIS BAND HASN'T GOTTEN AS MUCH PRAISE AS THEY DESERVE, BUT PERHAPS SOME OF US LIVE UNDER A ROCK AND NEED TO GET OUT MORE.    

CONDOMINIUM APPEARED LIVE ON UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS'S RADIO K AT LEAST TWICE, ONE APPEARANCE BECAME THE BAND'S CASSETTE RELEASE "LIVE ON RADIO K 6-1-2008," THE OTHER APPEARANCE IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE HERE.  THIS IS NOT AN "OFFICIAL" CONDOMINIUM RELEASE, NOR IS IT AUTHORIZED, SO HOPEFULLY NONE OF THEM MIND, AND HOPEFULLY THEY LIKE THE QUICKLY THROWN TOGETHER ARTWORK THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.  

THE A FEW OF THE SONG TITLES ARE A BIT AMBIGUOUS, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY WERE EARLY PERFORMANCES OF MATERIAL WHICH MADE IT ONTO LATER RELEASES ("NEW MIDPARED" IS INDEED THE SONG "THUG" FROM THE EP OF THE SAME NAME).  

THE RADIO K PAGE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE (WHERE THE PROVIDED AUDIO ORIGINATED) CAN BE FOUND HERE.  CONDOMINIUM'S BLOG, HELLO TOMORROW, CAN BE FOUND HERE , ALONG WITH MEDIAFIRE LINKS TO MOST OF THEIR RELEASES.  AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF BEING HELPFUL, THEIR 2007 DEMO AND LIVE ON THE BLOC CASSETTES CAN BE FOUND OVER AT TERMINAL ESCAPE, (WHICH CANNOT BE PRAISED ENOUGH FOR THE QUALITY OF THE WIZARD'S CASSETTE RIPS). 

TRACKLIST: 

1. NEW FAST 

2. TEETH 

3. AN ARBITRARY CHOICE BETWEEN INFINITE COEXISTING REALITIES 

4. NEW SLOW 

5. THUG (NEW MIDPARED) 

6. UNDER GLASS 

7. LIFE IS AMAZING 

RADIO K 2012 

GEL - LDB FEST, MARCH 11, 2022, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

 GEL - LIVE AT LBD FEST, MARCH 11, 2022 

ART SANCTUARY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY  
 (hate5six) 

IT'S CREATIVE BOOTLEG PIRACY TIME!  TODAY'S POST FEATURES NEW JERSEY'S FEMME-AGGRO HARDCORE OUTFIT GEL, PERFORMING AT THE LIFE & DEATH BRIGADE'S 15TH L.D.B FEST ON MARCH 11, 2022.  THE TWO-DAY FEST WAS HELD AT ART SANCTUARY IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, SHOWCASING HARDCORE ACTS SUCH AS GOD'S HATE, MINDFORCE, YEAR OF THE KNIFE, GATES TO HELL, INCLINATION, RESTRAINING ORDER, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.  

THIS RECORDING WAS SCOOPED UP AND FELL OFF THE BACK OF A TRUCK IN TRANSPORT TO A SECRET HARDCORE ELITE LOCATION (YOUTUBE), TO ULTIMATELY BE FOUND IN AN ALLEY AND PRESENTED TO YOU HERE.  ACTUALLY, THIS RECORDING WAS SIMPLY ACCQUIRED FOR PERSONAL COLLECTING GRATIFIACTION VIA THE USUAL INTERNET YOUTUBE-TO-MP3 CONVERTERS THAT EVENTUALLY END UP HIJACKING YOUR BROWSER, STEALING ALL YOUR CREDIT CARD AND PAYPAL INFO AND MAKING RANDOM CHARGE ATTEMPTS AT VARIOUS BLOOMINGDALE'S IN NEW YORK CITY (WHILE YOU LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND HAVE NEVER BEEN TO NYC). IT WAS SHARED AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT TO THOSE WHO MAY LIKE TO HAVE A COPY TO HEAR ON THEIR RESPECTIVE SOUND DEVICES.  

THIS SET RIPS BOTH SONICALLY AND VISUALLY, THANKS TO THE SHARED AUDIO SKILLS OF COLIN FEENEY (TRACKING), PATRICK SCHROERING (ENGINEER), AND GEL DRUMMER/MIXING AND MASTERING ENGINEER ZACH MILLER AT NOISEWAR, COUPLED WITH GREAT QUALITY MULTICAM FOOTAGE AND EDITING COURTESY OF hate5six. 

THIS BAND IS GETTING A LOT OF HYPE LATELY, THIS RECORDING MAY OFFER SOME EVIDENCE AS TO WHY THAT IS.  GUITAR TONE IS ON POINT AND THE PERFORMANCE IS OVERALL QUITE SUPERB, IF YOU LIKE THAT SORT OF THING, AND IT SEEMS THAT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE DO.   

(LIVE AUDIO VIA hate5six ON YOUTUBE)

1. BITCHMADE 

2. TURBULENCE 2.0 

3. METAL STATIC 

4. SUICIDE PACT (HOAX COVER) 

5. VIOLENT CLOSURE 

6. XOXO 

7. ASSUMPTION 

8. VIBE FUCKER* 

9. GUIDED MEDITATION* 

10. PREDOMINANT MASK* 

(*PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)

...

YOU'RE WELCOME. 

SPECULUM/TOMOKIE'S CUP SPLIT CASSETTE 2022

 SPECULUM/TOMOKIE'S CUP 

SPLIT CASSETTE 2022 

BIRDEATER ENTERTAINMENT BE08 

PRESENTED HERE IS ANOTHER EXPERIMENTAL NOISE POST: A SPLIT CASSETTE WITH SPECULM AND TOMOKIE'S CUP.  AS STATED IN THE LAST POST, THERE ARE MORE SPECULUM RELEASES AVAILABLE ON THIS BLOG THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY UPLOADED (4 MORE TO BE EXACT, PLUS A COMPILATION APPEARANCE ON APOCALYPTIC VISIONS RECORDS'S 2000 CD-R COMPILATION).  TOMOKIE'S CUP ARE IN A SIMILAR SONIC VEIN AS SPECULUM'S MORE CURRENT OUTPUT, EXPERIMENTAL NOISE, BORDERING ON AMBIENT.  THEY ARE CURRENTLY A TRIO, 2 OF WHOM ARE A MARRIED COUPLE, FROM JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.  THIS ANOTHER LIMITED RELEASE, WITH ONLY 23 COPIES IN CIRCULATION.  AN ACCQUIRED TASTE TO BE ENJOYED WHILE IN CHEMICAL-INDUCED HYBERNATION ON A DEEP SPACE MISSION. 

1. SPECULUM SIDE 

2. TOMOKIE'S CUP 

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SPECULUM - ABORT THE PARASITE EP 2021

 SPECULUM 

ABORT THE PARASITE 

2021 BIRDEATER ENTERTAINMET BE04 7 INCH EP / USB 

TODAY'S POST FEATURES THE LATEST RELEASE FROM SPECULUM, AN EXPERIMETAL NOISE PROJECT WHICH HAVE BEEN ACTIVE ON AND OFF IN SAN DIEGO FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES, AND HAS SPANNED GENRES RANGING FROM GROTESQUE, HYPER AGGRESSIVE GORE AND GRINDCORE TO SCI-FI SPACE NOISE.  SPECULUM HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AT LEAST TWO OTHER POSTS ON THIS BLOG.  THE RELEASE OF THE NEWEST EP "ABORT THE PARASITE" SEEMS TO HAVE COINCIDED STRANGELY WITH A RECENT TURN OF POLITICAL EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING NATIONAL POLICY ON WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.  WHILE IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE EP WAS INTENDED TO BE A FORM OF PROTEST AGAINST THE RECENT OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE, LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE NEVER SEEM TO FAIL TO DEMONSTRATE A STRANGE SYNCHRONICITY OF TIMING.  "ABORT THE PARASITE" WAS RELEASED AS A LATHE CUT 7 INCH EP IN A SUPER LIMITED RUN OF TWENTY COPIES, AS WELL AS IN AN UNORTHODOX USB WITH QUITE THE CREATIVE PACKAGE.  THE USB DRIVE IS EMBEDDED INTO A CORK WHICH IS THE PLUG TO A SMALL GLASS JAR, LIKE WHAT WOULD BE USED TO STORE MARIJUANA.  INSIDE THE JAR, INSTEAD OF MARIJUANA, THERE IS A SMALL FOLDED UP PIECE OF PAPER WITH A STRANGE DRAWING OF A MONSTROUS ALIEN-LIKE FIGURE.  THE JAR COMES IN A LARGE MEDICAL BIHOAZARD BAG, ACCOMPANIED BY A DISPOSABLE SPECULUM WHICH HAS A SMALL SKELETON HAND HOLDING A RUBBER, NEON RED BLOOD-SPLASHED FETUS.  APPARENTLY, THESE RUBBER FETUSES ARE TYPICALLY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT A FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN SUPPLY OUTLET, SOLD FOR USE IN ANTI-ABORTION PROTEST ACTIONS.  OVERALL, THE PACKAGE IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE AND UNIQUE, AND RANKS UP THERE AS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE ARTISTIC ASSEMBLIES EVER CREATED FOR ANY D.I.Y. RELEASE.  INCLUDED IN THE DOWNLOAD ARE A FEW PICTURES OF THE OUTER PACKAGING, AS WELL AS A SCAN OF AN ORIGINAL PAINTING BY BRIAN SPECULUM. 

1. ABORT THE PARASITE 

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HATE DISEASE - SLOW BURN TO OBLIVION, 2022 PLASTIC FACT RECORDS

 HATE DISEASE

SLOW BURN TO OBLIVION 

2022 PLASTIC FACT RECORDS PFR-017

FINAL EP BY SAN DIEGO HARDCORE PUNK TRIO HATE DISEASE.  RECORDED JANUARY 2022 AT PLASTIC FACT RECORDS BY IAN PLASTIC, MIXED AND MASTERED BY DALE HOLLAND. 6 TRACKS, 15 MINUTES.  INLUDES PDF INSERT BOOKLET.  48KHZ/24 BIT MP3.  

TRACKLIST: 

1. DIRGE 

2. LONG WAIT 

3. DEAD HAND 

4. CULT OF REVOLUTION 

5. HATE SPEAKER 

6. RUINS 

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HATE DISEASE - IN YOUR ABSENCE - 2021 PLASTIC FACT RECORDS/NECRO PIMP RECORDS

 HATE DISEASE 

IN YOUR ABSENCE 

2021 PLASTIC FACT RECORDS PFR-016 

NECRO PIMP RECORDS NPR-002

STUDIO EP FROM SAN DIEGO-BASED HARDCORE PUNK TRIO HATE DISEASE.  THE FINAL OFFERING, RECORDED LATE SPRING THROUGH SUMMER OF 2021.  EX-DREADED SOLUTION/DIVERGENT/BLOOD STAINED REALITY, NO KNOCK RAID/RABID DECEPTION.  RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED BY DALE HOLLAND.  

DIGITAL ONLY RELEASE FROM A SHORT-LIVED STUDIO-ONLY PROJECT. 

1. ROMANS 

2. THE FOURTH TURNING 

3. FISH HOOK 

4. BLACK STORM 

5. PALM SONG 

6. ZITGHOST 

7. DOOM CAROUSEL 

8. WEATHER REPORT 

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DROP FORGE - THE LARGEST TOOL KNOWN TO MAN 7 INCH EP, 1995 BEER CITY RECORDS

 DROP FORGE 

THE LARGEST TOOL KNOWN TO MAN 
1995 7 INCH EP, BEER CITY RECORDS BCR-031 

DROP FORGE WAS A FOUR PIECE OLD SCHOOL PUNK RAWK BAND FROM MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.  THEIR ONLY OFFICIAL RELEASE WAS THIS THREE SONG 7 INCH EP, "THE LARGEST TOOL KNOWN TO MAN."  IT WAS RELEASED ON BEER CITY RECORDS IN 1995.  DROP FORGE CONSISTED OF JOHHNY POWDERLY ON LEAD VOCALS, PETER ROSENZWEIG ON GUITAR AND BACKING VOCALS, TIM SPANKOWSKI ON BASS, AND HANS FESTER ON DRUMS AND BACKING VOCALS.  MP3S RIPPED FROM VINYL.  

TRACKLIST: 

1. HANG 'EM HIGH 

2. NOT OUR PROBLEM 

3. NIGHTFALL 

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DROP FORGE - THE LARGEST TOOL KNOWN TO MAN 7 INCH EP 1995 

FEAR ÖF TOMORROW - DEMO '08, CASSETTE DISTORTVANCOUVER 2008

 FEAR ÖF TOMORROW 

DEMO '08 CASSETTE 
2008 DISTORTVANCOUVER 

HERE IS A DEMO CASSETTE FROM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA'S FEAR ÖF TOMORROW, RELEASED IN 2008 ON DISTORTVANCOUVER.  THEIR 7 INCH EP WAS LATER RELEASED ON THE LABEL CHARGED//DISTORT, WHICH IS LIKELY AN EVOLUTION OF DISTORTVANCOUVER.  THE CASSETTE FEATURES ELEVEN RAPID AND RAW THRASHY D-BEAT HARDCORE TRACKS.  THE LINE UP OF FEAR ÖF TOMORROW WAS HESHER ON DRUMS, FOAT ON GUITAR AND VOCALS AND ADAM ON BASS, ALTHOUGH HESHER PLAYED BASS ON THIS CASSETTE.  THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED MORE THAN SIMPLY A DEMO, AS THE RECORDING QUALITY IS GOOD AND THE CASSETTE SHELL IS SOLID BLACK AND HAS CUSTOM SCREEN PRINTING OF THE BAND'S LOGO AND THE "DEMO '08" TITLE (SIDE A SAYS "PLAY LOUD," AND SIDE B SAYS "PLAY DRUNK").  THIS RELEASE WAS RECORDED BY ANDY PLACEK AT CRIMSON STUDIOS.  ALL SONGS WERE WRITTEN BY FEAR ÖF TOMORROW, EXCEPT "PRESSURE" AND "THIS IS WAR," WHICH WERE CO-WRITTEN BY SIMON. 

TRACKLIST: 

1. BLUDGEONED BY FEAR 

2. EVERYDAY 

3. READY TO KILL 

4. DEPRESSION 

5. BULLSKIT 

6. DEAD IN THE WEEK 

7. PRESSURE 

8. NO FUTURE 

9. FUCKING COWARD 

10. TAKE CONTROL 

11. THIS IS WAR 

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FEAR ÖF TOMORROW - DEMO '08 CASSETTE 

NOT ALIVE - ONLY A NIGHTMARE - DEMO CASSETTE, 2012 DEMONS WITH MUSIC

 NOT ALIVE 

ONLY A NIGHTMARE 
DEMO CASSETTE 
2012 DEMONS WITH MUSIC - 1 

NOT ALIVE WAS A FOUR PIECE HARDCORE CRUST PUNK BAND FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.  THEIR ONLY RELEASE WAS A  DEMO CASSETTE FROM 2012 ON THE LABEL DEMONS WITH MUSIC.  THE BAND CONSISTED OF JOHN ON VOCALS, JORDAN ON GUITAR, ANGEL ON BASS, AND KANEK (CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ) ON DRUMS.  THE DEMO FEATURES SIX SHORT, BLASTING, GRIMEY HARDCORE CRUST SONGS WITH HEAVY DISTORTED BASS AND AGGRESSIVE VOCALS. 

TRACKLIST: 

1. DRONE ATTACKS 

2. AGITATED GRAVES 

3. ANSWER 

4. NO SOLUTION 

5. THROUGH DARK SKIES 

6. A ACCEPTED EMPATHY 

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NOT ALIVE - ONLY A NIGHTMARE - 2012 DEMO CASSETTE 

PIRATE RADIO - WRECK 'EM ALL, 2008 ROTTEN APPLE RECORDS

 PIRATE RADIO 

WRECK 'EM ALL 
2008 ROTTEN APPLE RECORDS 

PIRATE RADIO WERE A FIVE PIECE FROM THE DREARY COLLEGE TOWN OF EUGENE, OREGON, WHO PLAYED CLASSIC ROCK AND ROLL STREET PUNK.  THIS RELEASE, TITLED "WRECK 'EM ALL," WAS A LIMITED D.I.Y. CD-R ISSUED IN 2008 BY ROTTEN APPLE RECORDS. IT CONTAINS 17 TRACKS, INCLUDING A COVER OF THE DEAD BOYS' "SONIC REDUCER," AND A SONG CALLED "ALTERED BEAST," AN ODE TO THE CLASSIC ARCADE GAME AND A SONG TITLE SHARED WITH L.A.'S MOTHERSPEED AND AUSTRALIA'S KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD.  THE BAND CONSISTED OF JOHN CAIN ON VOCALS, TEREN BAKER AND JAMESON COWMAN ON GUITARS, LEN BOSKET ON BASS, AND TAYLOR COWMAN ON DRUMS.  IT WAS OBTAINED FROM THE BAND VIA TRADE WHILE ON TOUR IN OREGON.  

STRAIGHT UP NO FRILLS, NO GIMMICKS, ALL PUNK.  

GRAB A PBR AND CRANK IT.  

TRACKLIST: 

1. CONFLICT 

2. WORKING CLASS 

3. HIERARCHY OF NEEDS 

4. DEATH DREAM 

5. CHRONOS 

6. HOBO SOLDIER 

7. ALTERED BEAST 

8. I EAT BABIES 

9. PARFUME DE GUERRE 

10. SEAN-CORE 

11. MY PIN 

12. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 

13. BABYLON IS BURNING 

14. OVERBOARD 

15. SONIC REDUCER 

16. WET DREAM 

17. CAPITOL CONFORMITY 

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PIRATE RADIO - WRECK 'EM ALL 2008 

CENTIPEDES CIRCUS - CAT LESIONS, 2020 MOUNTAINTOP MUZIC/PLASTIC FACT RECORDS DIGITAL RELEASE

 CENTIPEDES CIRCUS 

CAT LESIONS (2020 DIGITAL RELEASE) 
MOUNTAINTOP MUZIC MTMZ-01 
PLASTIC FACT RECORDS-015 

CENTIPEDES CIRCUS IS A MULTIFARIOUS PROJECT FORMED SOMETIME AROUND THE MID-1990'S IN THE FOOTHILLS OF EASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.  THE PRIMARY CREATIVE FORCE BEHIND CENTIPEDES CIRCUS IS A RECLUSIVE, ECCENTRIC MUSICIAN WHO IS KNOWN SIMPLY AS RYAN H.  HE BEGAN WRITING SONGS STARTING ABOUT 1994 AND CONTINUES TO WRITE MATERIAL UP TO THE PRESENT.  THE LACK OF A SUSTAINED BACKING BAND HAS FORCED HIM TO MAINLY WRITE AND PLAY ACOUSTIC, FOLK-ORIENTED SONGS WITH ODD TITLES, QUIRKY LYRICS, WHICH SOMETIMES CONTAIN CRUDE AND OFFENSIVE SUBJECT MATTER.  OVER THE DECADES, THERE HAVE PROBABLY BEEN UPWARDS OF TWO HUNDRED SONGS PENNED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF CENTIPEDES CIRCUS.  

BETWEEN 1999 AND 2000, AT ZAROFF STUDIOS IN MOUNTAINTOP, CALIFORNIA, A COLLECTION OF THIRTY-THREE SONGS CALLED "CAT LESIONS" WERE ASSEMBLED AND RECORDED ON A FOUR-TRACK CASSETTE RECORDER, USING ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITARS, SYNTHESIZERS, VARIOUS PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS, AND MISCELLANEOUS SAMPLES.  IF THE MATERIAL HAD TO BE DESCRIBED, IT COULD BE COMPARED TO SOMETHING BETWEEN BECK, WEEN, AND MID 1960'S TO EARLY 1970'S PSYCHEDELIC ROCK, FOLK, AND AMERICANA.  THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE MUSIC AND WAS WRITTEN, ARRANGED AND PERFORMED BY RYAN H., WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SONGWRITING BY SOMEONE CALLED ELLIOT C. GHALDING (WHO MAY OR MAY NOT NOW BE DECEASED).  ALL LYRICS AND VOCALS WERE WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY RYAN H. THE BASS ON THIS RECORDING WAS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY BASSIST MIKE GRAY, AND LEAD GUITAR ON ONE TRACK, "LEAVING STONECREEK," WAS PERFORMED BY CHANCE BRAY.  

"CAT LESIONS" WAS TRANSFERRED TO MP3 FORMAT AT SOME POINT, THEN SAT ON A HARD DRIVE FOR YEARS AFTER BEING FORGOTTEN ABOUT.  IT WAS RECENTLY RECOVERED AND FINALLY RELEASED IN DIGITAL FORMAT BY PLASTIC FACT RECORDS IN COORDINATION WITH MOUNTAINTOP MUZIC.  THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE FILED UNDER LO-FI, AND CONTAINS SOME FAIRLY CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS, AS WELL AS LYRICS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED OFFENSIVE.  FAIR WARNING.

TRACKLIST: 

1. INTRO 

2. SPARK MORNING 

3. SHE HAS A KID 

4. FREE JOKE 

5. COCAINE SNORTIN' ELEPHANT 

6. BOTTOMLESS RIDDLES 

7. ELEPHANT MAN 

8. DIRTY FLY WITH BROKEN WINGS 

9. MESSIAH'S DESTINY 

10. GIRL IN THE CANYON 

11. SOLID ROBIN 

12. YOU'RE 16 NOW 

13. THE HEYO DOME 

14. LEAVING STONECREEK 

15. COLD BREW 

16. LADASCOPE 

17. VOGUE n MATTER 

18. WILLOW 

19. HAWKY MONGROL 

20. ATTACK OF THE FAD LEECHES 

21. LARRY'S ION CHARGE OF THE BUMPER BOATS 

22. DON'T GO AGAINST THE WALL 

23. SOLSTICE 

24. SHALLOW POND 

25. PROCEED TO GO 

26. EERIE TOWN 

27. ELECTRIC BATH 

28. THE SWORD MASTER 

29. VOGUE 

30. CANDLESTREAM 

31. TIGHT WAD FEEL 

32. CAT LEGIONS 

33. PANDA REALITY 

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CENTIPEDES CIRCUS - CAT LESIONS (2020) 

THE GR'UPS - SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP, 1992 IMMATURE RECORDS/ZAFIO RECORDS

 THE GR'UPS 

SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP 
1992 IMMATURE RECORDS / ZAFIO RECORDS 
IR-001 / Z-1 

BEFORE BLATZ AND THE CRIMINALS, THERE WERE THE GR'UPS.  FEATURING DUALING VOCALS FROM FUTURE BLATZ MEMEBERS JESSE LUSCIOUS AND ANNA JOY, THEY PLAYED A BLEND OF GARAGE PUNK AND ROCKABILLY, AND HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR RELEASES (INCLUDING THIS ONE, WHICH WAS MOST LIKELY THE SECOND RELEASE, FOLLOWING A SINGLE-SIDED CASSETTE, BOTH RELEASED IN 1992).  IT SEEMS THEY WERE ONLY ACTIVE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, UNTIL THE FORMATION OF BLATZ, AND LATER THE CRIMINALS, IN THE MID-1990'S.  EVENTUALLY THE GR'UPS REUNITED AROUND 2011 AND RELEASED A COMPILATION LP AND PLAYED A FEW SHOWS TO PROMOTE THE RECORD.  

THIS EP WAS RECORDED JUNE 13, 1992 BY KEVIN ARMY, BILL, AND LINT AT SOUND VISION, MIXED BY THE GR'UPS WITH KEVIN ARMY JUNE 19, 1992 AT DANCING DOG, AND MASTERED BY KEN LEE AT SONIC ARTS.  THE LINE UP CONSISTED OF JESSE LUSCIOUS AND ANNA JOY ON VOCALS,  DEB DISASTER (QUEEN MAB) ON BASS, MATT FREEMAN (RANCID, M.D.C.) ON GUITAR, AND KAMALA LYN PARKS (CRINGER, NAKED AGGRESSION) ON DRUMS.  THE TRACKS FROM THIS EP WERE LATER USED AS THE FIRST FIVE TRACKS ON THE 2011 COMPILATION LP, "A LI'L LOST."  THE LYRICS TO THE SONG, "OINK," WERE COWRITTEN BY JESSE LUSCIOUS AND ANNIE LALANIA FROM BLATZ.  

TRACKLIST: 

1. ALMOND TREE 

2. ROCKABILLY SONG 

3. OINK 

4. RED RIDING HOOD 

5. YER A JOB 

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THE GR'UPS - SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP 1992 

RAW NERVES - WE MUST BE DREAMING 7 INCH EP, 2010 INK BLOT RECORDS IBR015

 RAW NERVES 

WE MUST BE DREAMING
2010 7 INCH EP - INK BLOT RECORDS IBR015 

"WE MUST BE DREAMING" IS THE FOURTH RELEASE FROM PORTLAND, OREGON HARDCORE OUTFIT RAW NERVES.  IT WAS RELEASED ON 7 INCH VINYL IN 2010 BY INK BLOT RECORDS.  THE EP WAS RECORDED IN APRIL, 2010 AT TYPE FOUNDRY IN PORTLAND, OREGON, AND ENGINEERED BY STAN WRIGHT.  EDITING AND DIGITAL MASTERING WERE DONE BY BRAD BOATRIGHT AT AUDIOSIEGE, AND VINYL MASTERING WAS DONE BY BONATI.  THE BAND'S LINE UP ON THIS EP WAS MATT SVENDSEN ON VOCALS, MATT NOBLE ON GUITAR AND BACKING VOCALS, CHAD KAWASHIMA ON GUITAR, JONATHAN HUGHES ON BASS, AND ERIK TREXEL ON DRUMS.  THIS EP WAS PURCHASED FROM THE BAND ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, 2013, AT THE TIN CAN ALE HOUSE IN SAN DIEGO WHEN THEY PLAYED WITH AGE OF COLLAPSE.  THE EP IS COMPRISED OF THREE ORIGINALS ALONG WITH A YOUTH OF TODAY COVER.  MP3'S RIPPED FROM VINYL.  

TRACKLIST: 

1. LIFETIME GUARANTEE 

2. THE ELEGANT DANCE OF WORLD DESTRUCTION 

3. LIVE FREE (YOUTH OF TODAY) 

4. WE MUST BE DREAMING 

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