BOMB SHELTER KIDS - DEMO CASSETTE, 2000

BOMB SHELTER KIDS 

DEMO CASSETTE, 2000 (SELF-RELEASED) 

THE BOMB SHELTER KIDS WERE A '77-STYLE PUNK ROCK BAND FROM EAST SAN DIEGO COUNTY, ACTIVE FROM AROUND 1998 OR 1999 UNTIL 2000 OR 2001.  THEY PLAYED SEVERAL SHOWS AT LOCAL BARS AND ALL AGES VENUES, INCLUDING  SHOWS AT THE RECORD STORE SPASTIC PLASTIC, LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE EMPIRE CLUB (LATER RE-BRANDED CLUB XANTH), ON THE CORNER OF EL CAJON BOULEVARD AND 30TH STREET, AS WELL AS THE DIVE BAR THE PLAYHOUSE, (LATER THE BEAUTY BAR AND NOW THE TIL-TWO CLUB), LOCATED ON EL CAJON BOULEVARD AND EUCLID AVENUE (BOTH LOCATED IN NORTH PARK, SAN DIEGO).  THEY SHARED THE STAGE WITH BANDS SUCH AS NOISEGOD, THE DRATS, THE SHITGIVEITS, AND RUN FOR YOUR FUCKING LIFE.  THIS DEMO WAS RECORDED ON A FOUR TRACK CASSETTE RECORDER WITH A FOUR CHANNEL MIXER, SO THE QUALITY IS PRETTY DECENT, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.  AN OLD DUBBED COPY WAS SAVED AND TRANSFERRED TO A COMPUTER USING A BASIC TAPE DECK WITH AN RCA LEFT/RIGHT TO 1/8 INCH JACK CABLE, PLUGGED DIRECTLY INTO THE COMPUTER'S MICROPHONE INPUT, SOMETIME AROUND 2003 OR 2004 (WAY BEFORE THE ERA OF AFFORDABLE CONSUMER-GRADE USB AUDIO INTERFACES).  SMALL EDITS HAVE BEEN MADE TO CLEAN UP THE TRACKS HERE AND THERE, BUT OVERALL THE DEMO HAS BEEN LEFT UNALTERED.  ONE TRACK TITLE WAS CHANGED ("NOWHERE TO GO"), BECAUSE IT WASN'T LISTED ON THE HAND-WRITTEN CASSETTE COVER, AND HAS BEEN LOST TO MEMORY.  SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DEMO ARE THE SONGS "CORPORATE PUNKS," "SWEET ANGEL," "WORK," "YOU POINT THE FINGER (AND WE GET THE BLAME)", AND "CAN'T DRINK ANYMORE." APPARENTLY THE MUSIC FROM "YOU POINT THE FINGER (AND WE GET THE BLAME)" WAS STOLEN BY FORMER BASSIST JAROD AND MUTATED INTO THE SONG "WRAPPED IN SHAME" BY DREADED SOLUTION (OOPS). IT'S A FAIR POSSIBILITY THAT THIS WILL BE RELEASED ON BRIAN SPECULUM'S BIRDEATER RECORDS IN A VERY LIMITED RUN OF CASSETTES IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT THAT'S NOT GUARANTEED.  IF AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THIS ENTRY WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE INFORMATION ON HOW TO ORDER A COPY.  

BOMB SHELTER KIDS:

TRACKLIST:

1. SPIRIT OF '77 

2. GOTTA GET UP IN THE MORNING 

3. CORPORATE PUNKS 

4. GOING NOWHERE 

5. BACK OF THE BUS 

6. BOMB SHELTER KIDS 

7. SWEET ANGEL 

8. NOWHERE TO GO 

9. RIOT 

10. CRUSH 

11. WORK 

12. YOU POINT THE FINGER (AND WE GET THE BLAME) 

13. LONG TIME COMING 

14. CAN'T DRINK ANYMORE 

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BOMB SHELTER KIDS - DEMO CASSETTE (2000)