THE MICE - VOLUME 1, 2004 CD - HEADLESS RECORDS

 THE MICE 

VOLUME 1 CD 
2004 HEADLESS RECORDS HLR-006 

"VOLUME 1" IS THE 2004 RELEASE FROM THE SAN DIEGO POP-PUNK TRIO THE MICE.  TECHNICALLY IT COULD BE CONSIDERED AN EP, SINCE THERE ARE ONLY NINE TRACKS.  IT WAS RELEASED ON HEADLESS RECORDS.  SAN DIEGO HARDCORE PUNK BAND LIFE CRISIS TOOK THEIR NAME FROM THE TITLE OF ONE OF THE TRACKS FROM THIS CD (AND EVENTUALLY FEATURED MICE MEMBER ROB LOGIC ON GUITAR AND VOCALS IN THEIR FINAL YEARS).  TRAVIS POE ON BASS AND VOCALS, AFOREMENTIONED ROB ON GUITAR AND VOCALS AND RAUL ON DRUMS.  A BLAST OF NINE ULTRA-CATCHY CLASSIC SAN DIEGO PUNK ROCK AND ROLL TRACKS.  

TRACKLIST: 

1. CLOSER, CLOSER 

2. SUNNY DAY 

3. SPEAK TO ME 

4. NOT AGAIN 

5. GOTTA GET AWAY 

6. LIFE CRISIS 

7. GIVING UP 

8. PURE EVIL 

9. TRUTH 

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THE MICE - VOLUME 1 2004 

THE MICE - SORRY - HEADLESS RECORDS 2007

 THE MICE 

SORRY 
2007 HEADLESS RECORDS HLR-007 

IN THE 1990'S THERE WAS A POP PUNK BAND FROM EAST SAN DIEGO COUNTY CALLED BILLYCLUB.  THEY PLAYED AROUND TOWN A LOT, AT SOMA LIVE, AND OTHER VENUES.  THEY GAINED A DECENT FOLLOWING AND MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO PLAYED IN OTHER BANDS.  AFTER THEIR VOCALIST STRUGGLED FOR SOME TIME WITH ALCOHOLISM, HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE THE BAND.  RATHER THAN GIVE UP, THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF BILLYCLUB CONTINUED ON AND FORMED THE BAND THE MICE, SOMETIME AROUND THE YEAR 1999 OR 2000.  THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THEY HAVE RELEASED IS UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT, BUT THERE ARE THREE COMPACT DISCS IN THE PLASTIC FACT RECORDS COLLECTION.  THIS ALBUM, "SORRY," WAS RELEASED IN 2007 ON HEADLESS RECORDS, AND CONTAINS TEN TRACKS OF CATCHY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUNK ROCK.  THE BAND CONSISTS OF TRAVIS POE ON BASS, ROB LOGIC ON GUITAR, AND RAUL CAMPUZANO ON DRUMS.  ROB AND TRAVIS SWITCH OFF ON LEAD AND BACKING VOCALS.  THE MICE ARE A FUN BAND TO WATCH LIVE.  THEIR SONGS ARE STRAIGHT FORWARD POP PUNK ROCK AND ROLL.  NOTE THE SAMPLES FROM THE 1980'S PUNK ROCK CLASSIC FILM "REPO MAN" IN THE SECOND TRACK, "FASHION." 
HARRY DEAN STANTON: "HEY KID, YOU WANNA MAKE TEN BUCKS?"

EMILIO ESTAVEZ" "FUCK YOU, QUEER."

TRACKLIST: 

1. EVERYTHING I WANT 

2. FASHION 

3. LITTLE HUSSY 

4. SORRY 

5. BUTT OF THE JOKE 

6. FORGET IT 

7. LETTER 

8. DO YOU KNOW? 

9. WANNA FIND L.A. 

10. USER 

11. PEOPLE ARE DYIN' 

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THE MICE - SORRY CD 2007 HEADLESS RECORDS 

GROOVIE GHOULIES - APPETITE FOR ADRENOCHROME, 1989

 GROOVIE GHOULIES 

APPETITE FOR ADRENOCHROME 
1989 LP - CRIMSON CORPSE RECORDS 
1996 LOOKOUT! RECORDS LK-148 

GROOVIE GHOULIES FORMED IN SACRAMENTO AND PLAYED MONSTER/HORROR-THEMED POP PUNK.  THEIR SOUND WAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY 1950'S ROCK AND ROLL, 1960'S SURF AND GARAGE ROCK, ALONG WITH 1970'S AND 1980'S PUNK ROCK (RAMONES, MISFITS, ETC.)  OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR EXISTENCE THEY'VE HAD AROUND TWENTY MEMBERS, WITH JEFF "KEPI" ALEXANDER BEING THE CONSISTENT MEMBER AND PRIMARY SONGWRITER.  AT CERTAIN POINTS THEY HAD DAN PANIC OF SCREECHING WEASEL AND THE RIVERDALS ON DRUMS, AS WELL AS DAN REYNOSO OF THE SACRAMENTO BAND, THE SECRETIONS.  THE ORIGINAL LINE UP WAS KEPI ON VOCALS, JOHN "RUDGE" RUDGERS ON GUITAR, GEOLYN CARVIN ON GUITAR AND BACKING VOCALS, JOHN "VETTY" VETTER ON BASS, AND JOHN PHILIP SOSA ON DRUMS.  THE GHOULIES' DEBUT "APPETITE FOR ADRENOCHROME" HAD THIS SAME LINE UP, MINUS GEOLYN CARVIN.  IT WAS RELEASED IN 1989 ON CRIMSON CORPSE RECORDS (CRIMSON CORPSE 2002), AND RE-RELEASED IN 1996 ON LOOKOUT! RECORDS (LK-148).  THE RECORD FEATURES TEN ORIGINALS AND FOUR COVERS - "DON'T GO OUT" BY HERMAN'S HERMITS, "2000 MAN" BY THE ROLLING STONES, "KING KONG STOMP" (LISTED AS SIMPLY "KING KONG") BY GENE MOSS AND FRED RICE (FROM "DRACULA'S GREATEST HITS"), AND "LOOKOUT, HERE COMES TOMORROW," (LISTED AS "LOOKOUT!") BY THE MONKEES.  AT ONE POINT, KEPI ENLISTED HIS WIFE ROCHELLE "ROACH" SPARMAN ON GUITAR AND BACKING VOCALS.  SHE WOULD REMAIN IN THE BAND UP UNTIL THE FINAL LINE UP.  IN MAY OF 2009 THE GROOVIE GHOULIES BROKE UP, FOLLOWING THE DIVORCE OF KEPI AND ROACH, JUST PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THEIR NINTH AND FINAL STUDIO ALBUM, "99 LIVES."  THE SPLIT WAS DUE TO DIFFICULTIES OF CARRYING ON AS A BAND FOLLOWING KEPI AND ROACH'S DIVORCE.  THIS RECORD WAS PURCHASED FOR AROUND TEN DOLLARS (U.S.) AT A SWAP MEET.  IT IS THE 1996 LOOKOUT! REISSUE, ON PINK SWIRL MARBLE VINYL.  IT COULD BE CONSIDERED A CLASSIC, AND WAS A PRECURSOR TO THE POP-PUNK MOVEMENT IN CALIFORNIA IN THE 1990'S.  MP3S RIPPED FROM THE VINYL.  INFO INFO SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA

TRACKLIST: 

1. LOST GENERATION 

2. DO THE BAT 

3. ARMAGEDDON 2000 

4. 2000 MAN 

5. MY COMPUTER SAID "KILL" 

6. KING KONG STOMP 

7. NO BLOOD 

8. DON'T GO OUT 

9. THE BLOB 

10. DEAD END 

11. BLOOD BEACH 

12. LOOKOUT! (HERE COMES TOMORROW) 

13. GHOUL CHANT 

14. BETH 

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GROOVIE GHOULIES - APPETITE FOR ADRENOCHROME 1989

YOUTH ENVY - VIVA SAN DIEGO, 2008

YOUTH ENVY 

VIVA SAN DIEGO, 2008, SELF-RELEASED 

HERE IS THE FOLLOW-UP TO YOUTH ENVY'S "HOLLOWED DRIVE" EP, "VIVA SAN DIEGO."  THIS WAS SELF-RELEASED AROUND 2008.  IT IS UNKNOWN HOW MANY COPIES WERE PRODUCED, ASSUMING IT WAS DISTRIBUTED AT SHOWS AS A BURNED CD-R, AND AVAILABLE ONLINE ON THE BAND'S SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES SUCH AS REVERBNATION, ETC.  THE TITLE TRACK WAS FEATURED ON THE 2010 PLASTIC FACT EATERS VOLUME ONE CD COMPILATION, AND GIVES SHOUT OUTS TO MANY LOCAL SAN DIEGO AREA BANDS.  VIVA SAN DIEGO WAS RECORDED AND MIXED BY JEFF FORREST AT DOUBLETIME STUDIOS IN EL CAJON.  PARTY WITH IT.

TRACKLIST:

1. MANAGEMENT 

2. CAUGHT BETWEEN 

3. DRAW THE SHORT STRAW 

4. DEAMON CHILD 

5. WRITER'S BLOCK 

6. THROW IN THE TOWEL 

7. GRACEFUL 

8. DEDICATION 

9. THREE DAYS OF SALZAR 

10. VIVA SAN DIEGO 

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YOUTH ENVY - VIVA SAN DIEGO 2008

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)