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.
MILITIAS MISCHIEF WERE A THREE-PIECE PUNK BAND FROM ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON. THEY WERE ALENA MISCHIEF ON GUITAR AND VOCALS, BART HORRIBLE ON LEAD GUITAR, DEAN-O ON BASS, AND CRITTEN ON DRUMS. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE BAND RELEASED ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS DEMO, WHICH CAME OUT ON CD-R IN 2009. ALENA WENT ON TO PLAY IN BREMERTON'S THE ASSASINATORS FOR A SHORT DURATION. THIS DEMO WAS ACCQUIRED FROM THE BAND AT THE 2010 LIBERTATIA FESTIVAL IN SOUTHERN OREGON, A THREE DAY CAMPING EVENT PUT ON BY THE VARIOUS CHAPTERS OF THE PYRATE PUNX FROM UP AND DOWN THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
IN THE DAYS WHEN SANDIEGOPUNK.COM WAS THE PLACE YOU WENT TO FIND OUT WHAT SHOWS WERE HAPPENING, AND FREE RADIO SAN DIEGO 96.9 FM BUZZED OUT OF A SECRET LOCATION SOMEWHERE AROUND SOUTH PARK, CHRISTIAN CLUB BEGAN BLARING HORRIFIC AND OFFENSIVE BURSTS OF FAST RAW HARDCORE PUNK. THE PIRATE RADIO STATION HAD IT'S OWN ONLINE MESSAGE BOARD (THE PIRATE BOARD), SLIGHTLY REMENISCENT OF THE OLD DIAL-UP SAN DIEGO BBS MUSICIANS HOLLOW, FOR THOSE WHO ARE ANCIENT ENOUGH TO REMEMBER. IT HAD A SIMILAR OF VIBE, A GATHERING PLACE FOR ALL THINGS MUSIC IN SAN DIEGO, PARTICULARLY THINGS THAT WERE INDEPENDENT AND PUNK. AT SOME POINT SANDIEGOPUNK.COM SET UP THEIR OWN MESSAGE BOARD, AND THEN THE TWO MERGED ONTO ONE SITE, SO THERE WAS THE PIRATE BOARD ON ONE SIDE, AND THE PUNK BOARD ON THE OTHER. ONE DAY AN ACCOUNT BY THEN NAME OF TED TRENDY POSTED A LINK TO SOME MP3 FILES - A DEMO FOR HIS NEW BAND, CHRISTIAN CLUB. THAT WAS THE SOURCE FOR THIS DEMO. CHRISTIAN CLUB EVENTUALLY RELEASE A SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP ON GET REVENGE! RECORDS (RECORDED AND MIXED BY ROB LOGIC), AND THEN ANOTHER 7 INCH EP TITLED "FINAL CONFESSION" RELEASED ON SORRY STATE RECORDS. THEY ONLY LASTED AROUND TWO YEARS AS AN ACTIVE BAND, WHICH SEEMS TYPICAL FOR GOOD BANDS, UNFORTUNATELY. CHRISTIAN CLUB WAS TED TRENDY ON BASS AND VOCALS (WHO PREVIOUSLY PLAYED IN MOTHER RUSSIA, AND LATER WENT ON TO BE INVOLVED IN THE BANDS VIETNAM HC, PROTECT THE INNOCENT, AND TRENDS), JAY FIVE AND DAMONE ON GUITARS AND VOCALS, AND SEAN SKEPTIC (LIFE CRISIS/DEATH CRISIS, THINK TWICE, AND PROPRIETOR OF GET REVENGE! RECORDS) ON DRUMS. "SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE," CHRISTIAN CLUB WILL DIE," "TOKEN ANTI-RELIGION SONG," AND "1, 2, KILL YOU" ENDED UP ON THE SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP, WHILE AN ALTERNATE VERSION OF "JESUS FISH ASSHOLE" ENDED UP ON THE FINAL CONFESSION 7 INCH EP. "SNIPER, SNIPER" WASN'T USED ON ANY OTHER RELEASE. THIS DEMO ALSO HAS COVERS OF REAGAN YOUTH AND THE ADOLESCENTS. WHEN, WHERE AND BY WHO THIS DEMO WAS RECORDED IS UNKNOWN, BUT IT HAS BEEN STASHED AWAY FOR YEARS, UNTIL IT WAS RECENTLY UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE, AND NOW IS UP FOR GRABS HERE.
IN 2010, SHORTLY AFTER FORMING, RABID DECEPTION GOT TOGETHER WITH PATRICK MARSH (EX-MACHINE'S AGENDA, MOTHER RUSSIA) IN NOVEMBER, 2010 TO HAVE HIM RECORD THESE FOUR SONGS. THEY RELEASED IT ON CD, AND DISTRIBUTED IT TO FRIENDS AND AT SHOWS. THE AUDIO QUALITY IS PRETTY GOOD, AND THE SONGS ARE SOME GREAT RIPPING ANGRY PUNK ROCK. THREE OUT OF FOUR OF THESE SONGS ENDED UP ON THEIR SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP. (RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE BAND HAD GONE INTO THE STUDIO FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE 7 INCH EP AND RECORDED ENOUGH MATERIAL FOR A FULL LENGHTH, BUT BROKE UP BEFORE THOSE SONGS HAD A CHANCE TO BE RELEASED. PERHAPS IF WE'RE LUCKY, SOMEDAY THAT FULL LENGTH WILL SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY IN SOME FORM.) THIS CD IS NOT BAD FOR A DEBUT DEMO.
ABJECT WAS A FAVORITE IN THE SAN DIEGO UNDERGROUND ANARCHOPUNK AND SKA SCENE. THEY PLAYED MANY SHOWS, MADE MANY FRIENDS, AND TOURED MULTIPLE TIMES UP THE WEST COAST AND BACK. THEY RELEASED TWO FULL LENGTH CDS AND AN EP, WHICH YOU CAN FIND, AT LEAST IN DIGITAL FORMAT, ON THEIR BANDCAMP PAGE.WHAT YOU MOST LIKELY WILL NOT FIND ON THEIR BANDCAMP PAGE IS THIS DEMO CD FROM 2007, THEIR FIRST RELEASE. IT HAS BEEN FISHED FROM THE ARCHIVES AND IS NOW PRESENTED TO YOU. HAVE FUN.
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.
