ASHTRAY - SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP, 2003

 ASHTRAY 

SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP, 2003 

SELF-RELEASED 

ASHTRAY IS FROM SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA, ACTIVE FROM 2002 UNTIL AT LEAST 2016, POSSIBLY STILL ACTIVE, ALTHOUGH MOST BANDS CAN'T REALLY BE TOO ACTIVE IN THE MIDST OF A MEDICAL LOCKDOWN.  THEIR SOUND IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY BLATZ, INCLUDING THE DUELING MALE-FEMALE LEAD VOCALS, PERHAPS WITH MORE EMPHASIS ON ALCOHOLISM.  THEIR LINE UP IS QUINTON ON BASS, JOE ON DRUMS, BONNIE ON GUITAR, AND DAVIE AND SARAH JANE ON LEAD VOCALS.  THEY PLAYED AT THE DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO DIY VENUE THE YARD IN 2011 OR 2012.  RECORDED AT GRIZZLY STUDIOS, THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD EP FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY SNOTTY, OBNOXIOUS PUNK WITH HEAVILY PHASED GUITARS AND GRATING FEMALE VOCALS PAIRED WITH MALE VOCALS THAT GRANDMOTHERS DESCRIBE AS SOUNDING LIKE POPEYE IF HE WAS PISS-DRUNK.

TRACKLIST:

1. ROBO POLO 

2. JOE MOROATO BOMB 

3. WHITE SUGAR'S THE DEVIL 

4. DRINKING SONG 

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ASHTRAY - SELF-TITLED 2003 7 INCH EP

 

YOUTH ENVY - HOLLOWED DRIVE, 2007

YOUTH ENVY 

HOLLOWED DRIVE CD, 2007 

SELF-RELEASED 

YOUTH ENVY WAS A PUNK BAND WITH A SKA-POP STREAK BASED IN EAST SAN DIEGO COUNTY, PRIMARILY SANTEE, ALTHOUGH THEY REHEARSED IN EL CAJON WITH THE REST OF THE EAST COUNTY PUNK RATS.  THEIR LINE UP CONSISTED OF PARTY MAN JOHNNY GILES ON VOCALS, DAN RUCKER ON GUITAR, JOHN DUNGAN ON BASS, AND CHAZ RILEY ON DRUMS.  CHAZ WOULD PLAY FOR BLOOD STAINED REALITY EVENTUALLY.  SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SCENE WOULD REFER TO CHAZ LOVINGLY AS "BOY WONDER" DUE TO HIS EXTREME ENERGY, SPEED AND TECHNIQUE ON THE KIT.  THERE WAS A BAND PRIOR TO YOUTH ENVY, WITH JOHNNY AND POSSIBLY SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF YOUTH ENVY, CALLED HOLLOWED DRIVE.  WHEN THAT BAND SPLIT, YOUTH ENVY WAS FORMED AND THEY TITLED THIS EP HOLLOWED DRIVE, IN HONOR OF THEIR PREVIOUS BAND (ALTHOUGH THAT COULD ALL BE INCORRECT AND COMPLETELY MADE UP).  ENJOY THIS MUSIC WITH OR WITHOUT ALCOHOL, RESPONSIBLIY OF COURSE.

TRACKLIST:

1. WE STOP 

2. UNDEFEATED 

3. PEABODY 

4. FINE LINE 

5. DIGNITY 

6. SOCIAL ANXIETY 

7. DEAR BROTHER 

8. HOLLOWED DRIVE 

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YOUTH ENVY - HOLLOWED DRIVE (2007)