DIRECT CONTROL
EURO TOUR CD-R, 2011
SELF-RELEASED, LIMITED 200 COPIES
THIS IS ANOTHER POST THAT WILL BREAK FROM THE GENERAL RULE OF TRYING TO ONLY FEATURE SAN DIEGO-BASED BANDS ON THIS BLOG, SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS BAND WAS SO GOOD. THIS CD-R WAS ACCQUIRED THROUGH A TRADE WITH KANGAROO RECORDS IN FRANCE. DIRECT CONTROL FROM RICHMOND, VIRGINA RIPPED. FRONTMAN BRANDON FERRALL (R.I.P.) HAD PLAYED IN OTHER BANDS, DRUMMING FOR MUNICIPAL WASTE AND GOVERNMENT WARNING, AMONG OTHERS. DIRECT CONTROL PLAYED FAST HARDCORE THRASH PUNK WITH A HEAVY 80'S INFLUENCE. THEY INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED A DEMO CASSETTE IN 2003, A CD COMPILATION, A SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP ON KANGAROO IN 2004, AND THE 7 INCH EP "NUCLEAR TOMORROW" ON SORRY STATE RECORDS IN 2005. THE LP "YOU'RE CONTROLLED" CAME OUT ON KANGAROO IN 2005 IN EUROPE, THEN WAS RE-ISSUED ON FERAL WARD AND ON FERRALL'S OWN LABEL, NO WAY RECORDS, IN 2006 IN THE U.S. THEY DID A SPLIT WITH OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA'S STRUNG UP ON 12 INCH LP AND CD ON NO WAY RECORDS AND TANKCRIMES RECORDS. AT SOME POINT ANOTHER CASSETTE CAME OUT, "LIVE ON THE RADIO," WHICH IS A RECORDING OF THE BAND PERFORMING ON A BOSTON RADIO STATION. IN 2009 FERAL WARD RECORDS ISSUED THEIR FINAL STUDIO RELEASE, "FAREWELL," ON LP AND CD. AFTER "FAREWELL," IN 2010, TANKCRIMES RELEASED A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS TRACKS CALLED "BUCKTOWN HARDCORE" ON CD. DIRECT CONTROL EMBARKED ON A QUICK TOUR OF EUROPE BEFORE SPLITTING UP. THIS CD-R WAS SOLD EXCLUSIVELY ON THAT TOUR. THERE WERE SUPPOSEDLY ONLY 200 COPIES MADE, BUT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ANOTHER SHORT RUN, JUDGING BY THE ALTERNATE COVER ARTWORK. THERE WAS ALSO A CASSETTE VERSION.
LIMITED EURO TOUR CASSETTE
EURO TOUR CD COVER ART FROM DISCOGS.COM
SINCE THIS EURO TOUR CD-R WAS SO LIMITED, AND IT IS A GOOD COLLECTION OF LIVE MATERIAL FROM SUCH A GOOD HARDCORE BAND, IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE. MOST LIKELY NO ONE FROM THE BAND WILL OBJECT TO THIS BEING POSTED (IF THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF DIRECT CONTROL DO OBJECT AND YOU READ THIS, SEND AN EMAIL AND IT WILL BE TAKEN DOWN). THE FIRST TWO TRACKS ARE STUDIO RECORDINGS, RECORDED AND MASTERED BY BOB QUIRK AT GROUND UP STUDIOS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. THE REST WERE RECORDED LIVE AT STRANGE MATTER IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA BY "JEEB," AND MASTERED BY JACK CONTROL AT ENORMOUS DOOR MASTERING. THIS IS GOOD STUFF.
TRACKLIST:
1. DEAD SCENE (STUDIO)
2. NO PROOF (STUDIO)
3. DIRECT CONTROL
4. LET'S SCORCH SCORCH
5. TALKING
6. HARDCORE FOR HEROIN
7. PUBLIC SAFETY
8. TALKING
9. WAR ALL THE TIME
10. PLEA FOR PEACE
11. I LIKE IT FAST
12. FAKE
13. TALKING
14. MORTALITY
15. CRASH AND BURN
17. WHAT'S THE POINT
18. RONNIE'S DEAD
19. TALKING
20. BUCKTOWN HARDCORE
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