AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY/THE CRIMINALS - "EXCHANGE" SPLIT 10 INCH EP, 1999 SUB CITY RECORDS

 AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY / THE CRIMINALS 

EXCHANGE 
SPLIT 10 INCH EP, 1999 SUB CITY RECORDS SC007-1 

"EXHANGE" WAS A SPLIT 10 INCH EP RELEASED ON SUB CITY RECORDS IN 1999 WITH MIAMI, FLORIDA SKA-PUNK BAND AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY AND THE EAST BAY'S PUNK ROCKERS THE CRIMINALS.  A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALES OF THE SPLIT WERE DONATED TO THE BERKELEY FREE CLINIC, AN ORGANIZATION WHICH PROVIDED S.T.D. SCREENING AND TREATMENT, PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, DENTAL CARE, H.I.V TESTING, COUNSELING AND REFERRALS TO MORE INTENSIVE OUTSIDE RESOURCES.  ALONG WITH THOSE SERVICES, THE CLINIC ALSO PROVIDED A CLEAN NEEDLE EXCHANGE FOR I.V. DRUG USERS, IN ORDER PROMOTE HARM-REDUCTION AND LOWER THE RISK OF CONTRACTION AND SPREAD OF S.T.D.S AND OTHER BLOOD-BORNE INFECTIONS RELATED TO I.V. DRUG USE, SUCH AS H.I.V. AND HEPATITIS.  SOME PEOPLE MAY CONSIDER SUCH A PROGRAM AN ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF I.V. DRUG USE, BUT THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS UNDERSTANDING THE INHERENT DIFFICULTY FOR ADDICTS TO QUIT, AND INSTEAD ENABLE SAFER, MORE HEALTH-CONSCIOUS PRACTICES, THUS REDUCING THE OVERALL RISK OF INFECTION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS A WHOLE.

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE TITLE, ("EXCHANGE" REFERRING TO THE NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM), THE BANDS COVERED ONE OF EACH OTHER'S SONGS IN A "SONG EXCHANGE."  THE A SIDE OF THE RECORD FEATURES THREE ORIGINALS FROM AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY, PLUS A COVER OF THE CRIMINALS' "I WANT TO STAB YOU WITH SOMETHING RUSTY."  THE TRACKS WERE RECORDED AT THE DUNGEON BY JEREMY DUBOIS, WITH DANNY ON BASS AND VOCALS, JOE ON GUITAR AND VOCALS, TIM ON SAXOPHONE, JEREMY ON TRUMPET AND SPIKEY ON DRUMS.  THE B SIDE CONSISTS OF TWO ORIGINALS FROM THE CRIMINALS AND A COVER OF AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY'S "ALL FALL DOWN."  IT WAS RECORDED IN THE SPRING OF 1999 AT CAT BOX STUDIOS BY CHRIS AND BILLIE JOE OF GREEN DAY.  THE CRIMINALS' LINE UP AT THE TIME OF RELEASE WAS JESSE LUSCIOUS ON VOCALS, ZACH ATTACK ON GUITAR, MIKE SEXXX ON BASS, AND JULIE THORN ON DRUMS.  THE RECORDING, HOWEVER, WAS PERFORMED BY JESSE LUSCIOUS, BRADY, AND JULIE.  THIS SPLIT WAS PURCHASED AT RASPUTIN'S IN CONCORD, CALIFORNIA ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO FOR $4 USD.  KIDS: DON'T DO DRUGS!  

YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRACTICE SAFE USE BY PROPERLY DISPOSING USED RIGS AND FINDING A NEEDLE EXCHANGE IN YOUR AREA, IT'S FREE.  TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES!  FOR YOUR HEALTH!  

TRACKLIST: 

AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY: 

1. THE BOTTLE'S LOOKIN' BETTER 

2. W.W.Y.D.? 

3. I WANT TO STAB YOU WITH SOMETHING RUSTY 

4. WET FOOT POLICY 

THE CRIMINALS: 

5. ALL FALL DOWN 

6. FIVE YEARS ON 

7. DOWN AND OUT 

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AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY / THE CRIMINALS - EXCHANGE SPLIT 10 INCH EP 1999 

ABRUPT - SELF-TITLED LP, 2008 INSPIRED BY ANGST RECORDS

 ABRUPT 

SELF-TITLED LP 
2008 INSPIRED BY ANGST RECORDS 002 

ABRUPT, AS STATED IN AN EARLIER POST, FORMED WHEN HEATHER "H-BOMB" JOINED THE REMAINING THREE MEMBERS OF SCURVY DOGS, AFTER VOCALIST MATT HAD LEFT THE BAND.  HEATHER HAD RECENTLY RELOCATED FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA TO OAKLAND, AND HER PREVIOUS BAND MACHINE'S AGENDA CONTINUED TO PERFORM OCCASIONAL SHOWS FOR A SHORT WHILE LONGER, WITH HEATHER CATCHING FLIGHTS DOWN TO SAN DIEGO, OR THE OTHER MEMBERS MAKING THE LONG DRIVE UP TO THE BAY AREA.  EVENTUALLY MACHINE'S AGENDA FINALLY SPLIT, AND HEATHER JOINED THE EX-SCURVY DOGS MEMBERS, AND ABRUPT WAS BORN.  IN JULY, 2007, ABRUPT RECORDED THEIR DEBUT LP AT EARHAMMER STUDIOS IN OAKLAND, ENGINEERED BY GREG WILKINSON (BRAINOIL, JOHN THE BAKER AND THE MALNOURISHED, I WILL KILL YOU FUCKER).  THE BAND ISSUED A DEMO CD-R FEATURING FOUR OF THE TRACKS FROM THIS LP.

ABRUPT 2007 PROMO CD-R 

THE NINE TRACKS OF BLEAK, FAST, HARDCORE PUNK ROCK, CLOCKING IN AT JUST OVER TWENTY MINUTES WAS RELEASED ON 45 RPM 12 INCH VINYL THROUGH INSPIRED BY ANGST RECORDS IN 2008.  THE BAND RELEASED A FOLLOW UP EP IN 2011 TITLED "MY CREMATORIUM" (LINKED ABOVE), AND RECORDED MATERIAL FOR ANOTHER FULL LENGTH LP BEFORE THEY EVENTUALLY BROKE UP AROUND 2013.  THE FINAL FULL LENGTH, TITLED "REFLECTION," HAS RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED DIGITALLY THROUGH THEIR BANDCAMP PAGE FOR $10 USD.  VINYL COPIES OF THE DEBUT LP MAY OR MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE FROM THE BAND DIRECTLY, BY CONTACTING THEM THROUGH BANDCAMP, OR THROUGH VARIOUS RECORD DISTRIBUTORS.  IF YOU ENJOY THIS MATERIAL, PLEASE SUPPORT THE BAND BY PURCHASING THE DIGITAL RELEASE OF "REFLECTIONS."  RIPPED FROM VINYL.  

TRACKLIST: 

1. FACE FIRST 

2. SURFACE TENSION 

3. WHAT'S TO COME 

4. MASS STERILIZATION 

5. DIRT HARBOR 

6. HARMFUL IF SWALLOED 

7. SUCH A BLAST 

8. NO BARRICADES 

9. THE STRANGER 

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ABRUPT - SELF-TITLED LP 2008 

BLOODSHOT AND DILATED - RIOT IN PARADISE, 2011 PYRATE PUNX RECORDS

 BLOODSHOT AND DILATED 

RIOT IN PARADISE 
2011 PYRATE PUNX RECORDS PPR-13 

"RIOT IN PARADISE" WAS THE DEBUT CD FROM CONCORD, CALIFORNIA'S BLOODSHOT AND DILATED.  IT WAS RECORDED AND MIXED BY VOETSEK GUITARIST JEF LEPPARD (RIP) IN JANUARY 2011 AT LENNON STUDIOS IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND RELEASED ON PYRATE PUNX RECORDS THE SAME YEAR.  THE OPENING TRACK "A.D.H.D" WAS FEATURED ON THE 2011 CD COMPILATION PLASTIC FACT EATERS VOLUME II.  THE LINE UP ON THIS RECORDING WAS ROOSTER ON LEAD VOCALS, CRUSTE SEAN ON LEAD GUITAR, KAMIKAZE MAT ON SECOND GUITAR, ALINA CHAOTIC ON BASS, AND DYIN' BRIAN ON DRUMS.  DISCS MAY STILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON THEIR BANDCAMP PAGE.  NINE TRACKS OF SOLID D.I.Y. EAST BAY HARDCORE CRUST PUNK SPRINKLED WITH THRASH AND D-BEAT FOR GOOD MEASURE.  

TRACKLIST: 

1. A.D.H.D. 

2. LAMBS TO SLAUGHTER 

3. RIOT IN PARADISE 

4. BLAME IT ON DRUGS 

5. NOT IN CONCORD 

6. DOOM SUCKS 

7. JOIN NOW 

8. SICK SICK SICK 

9. STRANGER DANGER 

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BLOODSHOT AND DILATED - RIOT IN PARADISE 2011