Tuesday, September 22, 2020

THE SHITGIVEITS - FREEDOM FROM REALITY, 1999 INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH RECORDS

 THE SHITGIVEITS 

FREEDOM FROM REALITY 
2000 CD, INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH RECORDS IS03 


THE SHITGIVEITS FORMED IN 1994 IN SAN DIEGO, FRONTED BY VINNIE FONO, PREVIOUSLY THE VOCALIST OF CLASSIC D-BEAT HARDCORE PUNK BAND DIATRIBE.  THE SHITGIVEITS RELEASED SEVERAL DEMO CASSETTES, A SPLIT 7 INCH WITH SAN DIEGO PUNK BAND BEER GOGGLES, TWO MORE 7 INCH EPS, AND TWO FULL LENGTH CDS, INCLUDING THIS ONE.  THE LINE UP ON THIS CD, "FREEDOM FROM REALITY," WAS FONO ON VOCALS, J PIST AND ROB NOXIOUS ON GUITARS, TOD AWFUL ON BASS, AND JERRY CRUM, A.K.A. JERIATRIX ON DRUMS.  
"FREEDOM FROM REALITY" WAS RELEASED ON INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH RECORDS.  DISCOGS.COM HAS IT LISTED AS BEING RELEASED IN 1999, BUT THE LINER NOTES ON THE INSERT STATES THAT IT WAS RECORDED "Y2K" AT GRANDMASTER STUDIOS AND EDITED AT BARON'S STUDIOS.  
OTHER MEMBERS AT VARIOUS POINTS INCLUDED SHONGO AND TOD DAMMIT ON DRUMS.  THE SHITGIVEITS SPLIT UP AROUND 2006 WHEN BASSIST ROB NOXIOUS PASSED AWAY.  VOCALIST VINNIE FONO WENT ON TO REFORM A NEW INCARNATION OF HIS ORIGINAL BAND, DIATRIBE.  THERE IS OTHER MATERIAL AVAILABLE ON THE SHITGIVEITS BANDCAMP PAGE.  THE BLOOD STAINED REALITY/NUCLEAR TOMORROW SONG "DEATH IS REALITY" WAS WRITTEN AS A TRIBUTE TO ROB AFTER HIS DEATH.  
R.I.P. ROB NOXIOUS.  


TRACKLIST: 


1. KAOS KONTROL 
2. WHIRLPOOL 
3. SOUR 
4. EYE FOR AN EYE 
5. WOULD YOU 
6. TV MEDIA 
7. MOTEL HELL 
8. KILL OR BE KILLED 
9. SEX OFFENDER 
10. SPAZZ 
11. FUCKED UP SYSTEM 
12. TIED DOWN 
13. UPSIDE DOWN WORLD 
14. ON MY WAY BACK HOME 
15. MISSION OF TIME 
16. OI REVOLUTION 
17. NO WAY OUT 
18. I DON'T CARE 
19. AMERICAN WAY 
20. NO NO NO 
21. FATALISM 
22. TRAGEDY 


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THE LUGERS - ONE SHOT, ONE KILL (2006), ONWARD TO BATTLE (2007)

 THE LUGERS 

ONE SHOT, ONE KILL - 2006 
ONWARD TO BATTLE - 2007 


THE LUGERS PLAYED HARDCORE THRASH PUNK AND CAME FROM IMPERIAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA.  THEY INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED TWO CD-RS DURING THEIR TIME AS A BAND, 2006'S "ONE SHOT, ONE KILL," AND 2007'S "ONWARD TO BATTLE."  LATER, THEY RELEASED A DISCOGRAPHY CD-R CONSISTING OF ALL THE TRACKS FROM BOTH RELEASES.  "ONE SHOT, ONE KILL" WAS RECORDED ON OCTOBER 28, 2006.  "ONWARD TO BATTLE" WAS RECORDED JUNE 2, 2007, AND WAS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF GARY LOFTIN.  


THE LUGERS WERE MATCH ON VOCALS, RADER ON GUITAR, LOU ON BASS AND WOOD ON DRUMS.  THE BAND SADLY CAME TO AN ABRUPT END WHEN RADER PASSED AWAY IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.  MATCH HAS SINCE GONE ON TO JOIN SYSTEMATIC ABUSE ON VOCALS.  THIS DOWNLOAD CONTAINS BOTH RELEASES IN ONE ZIP FILE.  RIPPED AT 320 KBPS.  


TRACKLISTS: 


ONE SHOT, ONE KILL (2006): 
1. BLOWN AWAY 
2. PIGS 
3. NEURO TOXIN 
4. BLOOD MONEY 
5. U.S. AGGRESSION 
6. NO CONTROL 
7. MY REVENGE 
8. ONE SHOT, ONE KILL 
9. CHOKED BY THE STATE 
10. THE MONSTER 
11. JAIL BREAK 


ONWARD TO BATTLE (2007): 
1. ONWARD TO BATTLE 
2. NEVER DIE 
3. TORTURE CHAMBER 
4. WHO WILL SURVIVE? 
5. LIARS 
6. RELIGION 
7. SKATE ZOMBIES 
8. ANNIHILATE 
9. WAR MACHINE 


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PHOBIA / RESIST AND EXIST - SPLIT 12 INCH LP, 2002 PROFANE EXISTENCE, OHEV RECORDS

 PHOBIA / RESIST AND EXIST 

SPLIT 12 INCH LP 2002 

PROFANE EXISTENCE - EXIST 059 

OHEV RECORDS - OHEV11 


THIS SPLIT 12 INCH LP BETWEEN PHOBIA AND RESIST AND EXIST WAS RELEASED IN 2002 ON PROFANE EXISTENCE RECORDS, WITH FOUR THOUSAND COPIES PRESSED ON STANDARD BLACK VINYL AND FIVE HUNDRED COPIES ON CLEAR COKE BOTTLE VINYL.  A CD EDITION WAS ALSO RELEASED BY OHEV RECORDS.  PHOBIA HAILS FROM MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA, AND PLAYS GRINDCORE CRUST WITH DEATH-METAL STYLE VOCALS.  ON THIS RECORDING THEY WERE COMPRISED OF SHANE MCLACHLAN ON VOCALS, STEVE BURDA ON GUITAR, BRUCE REEVES ON BASS, AND RAMON BANDA ON DRUMS.  THESE TRACKS WERE RECORDED AND MIXED BY SERGIO CHAVEZ AT FOR THE RECORD IN ORANGE, CALIFORNIA IN AUGUST OF 2002.
RESIST AND EXIST FORMED IN FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA IN 1990 AND PLAY HARDCORE ANARCHOPUNK.  THIER LINE UP ON THIS RECORD WAS JANG ON VOCALS, JIMMY ON GUITAR AND KEYBOARDS, JEN ON BASS AND VOCALS, AND JEFF ON DRUMS.  THE MP3 FILES WERE RIPPED FROM THE VINYL (THE CLEAR VERSION), AND THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF STATIC NOISE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST PHOBIA TRACK THAT PERSISTS FOR A FEW SECONDS, BUT THEN STOPS.  THIS IS AN ARTIFACT OF THE RECORD ITSELF AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED, APOLOGIES FOR THE BLEMISH.  
"BEFORE YOU CAN GET OFF YOUR KNEES, YOU GOTTA GET OFF YOUR ASS!" 


TRACKLIST: 


PHOBIA:
1. ROTTEN TO THE CORE 
2. FALLACY OF TOMORROW 
3. KILL YOUR OWN 
4. SELF RUIN 
5. SHORT LIVED 


RESIST AND EXIST: 
6. INSURRECTIONIST DEED 
7. SUNG LEE'S REFLECTION 
8. APOLCALYPTIC PRISON STRUGGLE 


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Monday, September 21, 2020

M.D.C. / EMBRACE THE KILL / CITIZEN FISH / MOUTH SEWN SHUT - SOLID EP, 2007 CRASH ASSAILANT/RODENT POPSICLE RECORDS

MILLIONS OF DEAD COPS / CITIZEN FISH / 
EMBRACE THE KILL / MOUTH SEWN SHUT 

SOLID EP - 4 WAY SPLIT 7 INCH EP 
CRASH ASSAILANT RECORDS CAR 002 
RODENT POPSICLE RECORDS RPR 108 


IN 2007, THE SOLID EP WAS RELEASED, A FOUR WAY SPLIT 7 INCH EP WITH MILLIONS OF DEAD COPS, EMBRACE THE KILL, CITIZEN FISH, AND MOUTH SEWN SHUT.   EACH BAND CONTRIBUTED ONE TRACK TO THE EP.  MILLIONS OF DEAD COPS (M.D.C.), ORIGINALLY FROM TEXAS, HAD MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO IN THE LATE 1980'S OR EARLY 1990'S, THEN AGAIN TO PORTLAND, OREGON, WHERE THEY ARE STILL ACTIVE.  INITIALLY THEY WERE VOCALLY OPPOSED TO THE APATHETIC STONER/HIPPIE PEACENIK PERSONALITY TYPE, WITH A TRACK ON 1992'S "SHADES OF BROWN" ALBUM TITLED "SLOW, STUPID, AND HUNGRY" COMEDICALLY EXPRESSING THEIR DISDAIN FOR POT SMOKERS.  IN MORE RECENT YEARS, VOCALIST DAVE HAS SINCE CHANGED HIS STANCE ON THE USE OF MARIJUANA, ACKNOWLEDGING ITS MEDICINAL VALUE AND THE LOWER HEALTH RISKS IN CONTRAST WITH ALCOHOL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES, AND THE BAND PROVIDED THE SONG "MARY JANE FOR PRESIDENT" TO THE EP.  SINCE THE WRITING OF THIS TRACK, IT HAS BEEN COMMON FOR M.D.C. TO PLAY THE TRACKS BACK TO BACK AT LIVE SHOWS.  M.D.C.'S LINE UP AT THE TIME OF THIS RECORDING WAS DAVE DICTOR ON VOCALS, MAD MIKE ON BASS, RUSS ON GUITAR, AND ALAN SCHULTZ (A.K.A. AL SCVITZ) ON DRUMS.  

MILLIONS OF DEAD COPS 

CITIZEN FISH WAS FORMED BY MEMBERS OF SUBHUMANS AND CULTURE SHOCK IN 1990 IN BATH, SOMERSET, U.K.  THEY PLAY A BLEND OF SKA AND PUNK WITH POLITICAL OVERTONES.  SINCE THEIR FORMATION IN 1990, THEY HAVE ISSUED NEARLY THIRTY FULL LENGTH ALBUMS, EPS, AND SPLIT RELEASES.  AT THE TIME OF THIS RECORDING, CITIZEN FISH CONSISTED OF DICK LUCAS ON VOCALS, PHIL ON GUITAR, JASPER ON BASS AND VOCALS, SILAS ON DRUMS, AND MIGUEL ON TROMBONE.  

CITIZEN FISH 

EMBRACE THE KILL FROM PORTLAND, OREGON PLAYED A MIX OF REGGAE SKA, THRASH AND HARDCORE PUNK.  THEIR VOCALIST AND BASSIST JAY CRASH RAN THE LABEL CRASH ASSAILANT RECORDS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE TWO LABELS THAT RELEASED THIS COMPILATION.  THEIR TRACK FEATURES GUEST VOCALS FROM DICK LUCAS OF CITIZEN FISH, WITH JAY CRASH ON BASS, BRANDON ON GUITAR, AND JESSE ON DRUMS.  

EMBRACE THE KILL 

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTES REGGAE-HARDCORE CRUST BAND MOUTH SEWN SHUT FORMED AFTER TOXIC NARCOTIC'S DRUMMER SAM JODREY THREW OUT HIS BACK WHILE ON TOUR IN 2008, FORCING THE BAND TO SPLIT.  VOCALIST BILL DAMON AND GUITARIST WILL SULLIVAN RECRUITED RICH ON DRUMS AND NICK ON BASS.  BILL RUNS RODENT POPSICLE RECORDS, WHICH WAS THE OTHER LABEL RESPONSIBLE FOR CO-RELEASING THIS EP WITH CRASH ASSAILANT RECORDS.  
THIS RECORD WAS ISSUED ON TRANSLUCENT GREEN VINYL.  
M.D.C. AND EMBRACE THE KILL'S TRACKS WERE RECORDED BY CHRIS FINSTER AT GOEMANA STUDIOS IN PORTLAND, OREGON.  CITIZEN FISH'S TRACK WAS RECORDED BY STEVE ROCHE AT PERMANENT HEARING DAMAGE IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA ON NOVEMBER 22, 2007, AND MIXED BY TOM DALGETY AT RIVERSIDE, BATH, U.K.  MOUTH SEWN SHUT'S TRACK WAS RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED BY RICHARD MARR AT GALAXY PARK STUDIOS IN ALLISTON, MASSACHUSETTES.  

INSERT ARTWORK FROM THE SOLID EP 



TRACKLIST: 


1. M.D.C.: MARY JANE FOR PRESIDENT 
2. EMBRACE THE KILL FEATURING DICK LUCAS: POLIZIA CONTROLLA 
3. CITIZEN FISH: BETTER 
4. MOUTH SEWN SHUT: THEY'RE WATCHING YOU 


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SYSTEMATIC ABUSE (SAN DIEGO,CA) - SELF-TITLED CD, 2010

 SYSTEMATIC ABUSE 

SELF-TITLED CD 2010 


SYSTEMATIC ABUSE FORMED SOMETIME AROUND 2007 OR 2008 IN THE SOUTHWEST SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY OF IMPERIAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS QUITE LITERALLY WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER.  FOLLOWING THE BREAK UP OF THE HARDCORE PUNK BAND THE RESENTMENTS, GUITARIST ERIK DOGUL TEAMED UP WITH BASSIST GRIM, WITH WHOM HE HAD PREVIOUSLY PLAYED IN THE BAND SOCIETIES VICTIM, ALONG WITH DRUMMER EL DINGO AND VOCALIST HAMMER, TO START THIS NEW SHREDDING D-BEAT-INFUSED HARDCORE PROJECT, WHO, DESPITE SEVERAL LINE UP ALTERATIONS OVER THE YEARS, ARE STILL CURRENTLY ACTIVE AND HAVE A NEW SEVEN INCH EP DUE OUT THIS OCTOBER (2020).  SYSTEMATIC ABUSE MADE APPEARANCES ON BOTH PLASTIC FACT EATERS VOLUME 1 ("FLAG COVERED COFFINS" AND "DEATH COMES FAST," BOTH FROM THIS RELEASE) AND PLASTIC FACT EATERS VOLUME 2 COMPILATION CDS.  THEIR MOST RECENT RELEASE WAS A SPLIT 12 INCH LP WITH TIM RALDO AND THE FILTHY FUKS ON RED MARBLE VINYL, RELEASED BY DEATH PUNX DISTRO.  
THIS IS THE BAND'S DEBUT CD, WHICH WAS INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED AND RELEASED, FEATURING THEIR ORIGINAL LINE UP OF HAMMER ON VOCALS, ERIK DOGUL (SENIOR) ON GUITAR, GRIM ON BASS AND EL DINGO ON DRUMS.  


TRACKLIST: 


1. WE'RE STILL NOT DEAD 
2. WHEN WILL IT END? 
3. THIRD WORLD DEMOCRACY 
4. WAR IN MY HEAD 
5. FLAG COVERED COFFINS 
6. SAVAGE DOGS 
7. ANOTHER RELIGION 
8. DEATH COMES FAST 
9. LEAD SONG 
10. LET DOWNS 


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Sunday, September 20, 2020

RETRO IS POISON - CIRIL / KÄRNVAPEN ATTACK / I OBJECT! / ACTIVE MINDS - 4 WAY SPLIT 12 INCH LP, 2007 PUNKS BEFORE PROFITS

 RETRO IS POISON 

CIRIL / KÄRNVAPEN ATTACK / I OBJECT! / ACTIVE MINDS 
4-WAY SPLIT 12 INCH LP 
2007 PUNKS BEFORE PROFITS PBP30 


RETRO IS POISON WAS RELEASED BY PUNKS BEFORE PROFITS ON 12 INCH VINYL IN 2007.  IT FEATURES THREE TRACKS BY LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA SCHIZO-PUNKS CIRIL, NINE TRACKS BY HARDCORE PUNKS KÄRNVAPEN ATTACK FROM ZARAGOZA, SPAIN, FOUR TRACKS FROM ROCHESTER, NEW YORK'S FEMALE-FRONTED, STRAIGHT EDGE HARDCORE OUTFIT I OBJECT!, AND FOUR TRACKS FROM SCARBOROUGH, U.K. ANARCHO TWO-PIECE ACTIVE MINDS.  THERE WERE A LIMITED AMOUNT PRESSED ON PINK VINYL.  THE LP CAME WITH A STANDARD LETTER SIZED ZINE-STYLE BOOKLET INSERT WITH LYRICS AND INFORMATION FROM EACH BAND.  KÄRNVAPEN ATTACK'S LYRICS ARE IN SPANISH BUT ARE ACCOMPANIED BY ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS.  

"RETRO IS POISON" INSERT BOOKLET COVER 

PUNKS BEFORE PROFITS WAS RUN BY RYAN CAPPALLETTI, THE VOCALIST OF POSITIVE NOISE, OUT OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.  IT BEGAN AS A ZINE IN 1999 AND EVENTUALLY BEGAN RELEASING AND DISTRIBUTING MUSIC.  ACCORDING TO DISCOGS.COM, PUNKS BEFORE PROFITS HAVE RELEASED ABOUT FIFTY-FOUR EPS, FULL LENGTHS AND COMPILATIONS, PRIMARILY ON VINYL, BUT SOME ON CD AND CASSETTE, INCLUDING BANDS LIKE POSITIVE NOISE, I OBJECT!, BUNNY SKULLS, MAGRUDERGRIND, 17TH CLASS, ABDUCTEE S.D., SKATE KORPSE AND MANY MORE.  

PUNKS BEFORE PROFITS 

THIS LP WAS RECIEVED AS PART OF A TRADE WITH PUNKS BEFORE PROFITS ABOUT TWELVE YEARS AGO, AND IS A FAVORITE IN THE PLASTIC FACT COLLECTION.  
CIRIL FROM LONG BEACH WAS DARRIN HALL, ODD ADAM, AND GITANE ON VOCALS, KYLE CHEW ON GUITAR, TARA BELLE ON BASS, AND NATHAN ON DRUMS.  THEIR TRACKS WERE RECORDED BY MIKE MCHUGH AT THE DISTILLERY ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2006, AND MASTERED BY DAVE SORBO AT LBC RADIO.
KÄRNVAPEN ATTACK'S LINE UP WAS ARTUR ON VOCALS, PABLO ON GUITAR, MANUEL ON BASS, AND DANI ON DRUMS.
I OBJECT! WAS BARB ON VOCALS, RYAN ON BASS, BIFF ON GUITAR, AND STEVE ON DRUMS.  THEIR FOUR TRACKS WERE RECORDED AT 115 EAST FOREST STREET IN OLEAN, NEW YORK, BY NICK MILLER.  
ACTIVE MINDS FROM SCARBOROUGH, U.K. WERE BOBS AND SET.  
THE INSERT BOOKLET HAS BEEN SCANNED AND CONVERTED INTO A PDF AND INCLUDED WITH THE DOWNLOAD.  


TRACKLIST: 


CIRIL: 
1. WASH OF THE HAND 
2. BURNING ❤ STOPS 
3. WAR/DROBE OF WHITE 


KÄRNVAPEN ATTACK: 
4. PUTA MIERDA CONSAGRADA 
5. TODO (LENTA) 
6. CUANTO MÁS LEJOS MEJOR 
7. LA INTERMINABLE MUERTE DEL HOMBRE 
8. SUPERMAN IS A REDNECK 
9. LARVAS (VIVEN) 
10. VISITA NOCTURNA (EN VEZ DE LA LENTA...) 
11. COREA ESTÁ BORRADO DEL MAPA 
12. EL MINISTRO DE LA VANIDAD 


I OBJECT!: 
13. SHOW HER SKELETON 
14. THE FOUNDATION 
15. THE PINK ELEPHANT FLIES HIGH ABOVE 
WHILE REVOLUTION SLEEPS SOFTLY BELOW 
16. OUTRAGED 


ACTIVE MINDS: 
17. ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IS ON ITS WAY (HOORAY!) 
18. F.C.U.K. OFF 
19. WHICH DAMN FOOL THOUGHT THIS WAS PROGRESS? 
20. LIFE IS A POLITICAL ACTION 


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Friday, September 18, 2020

TIM RALDO AND THE RAMBLIN' OUTLAWS - LIVIN' LIFE ON THE RUN, 2012 TIM RALDO PRODUCTIONS

 TIM RALDO AND THE RAMBLIN' OUTLAWS 

LIVIN' LIFE ON THE RUN 
2012 TIM RALDO PRODUCTIONS TRP-005 


IN THE LATE 2000'S IN EAST SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THERE WAS A SMALL POCKET OF MUSICIANS THAT PLAYED IN A HANDFUL OF PUNK AND HARDCORE BANDS, WHO BEGAN TEAMING UP WITH OTHER MUSICIANS AND FORMED A LITTLE SCENE OF OUTLAW COUNTRY PUNK AND FOLK DERIVED ACTS.  THESE INCLUDED WHISKEY WISETALES AND THE RAMBLIN' OUTLAWS.  SAN DIEGO ALREADY HAD A SUBSTANTIAL PRESENCE OF COUNTRY, FOLK, ROOTS AND AMERICANA MUSIC FOR YEARS, AND EVEN HAD CROSSOVERS BETWEEN THESE GENRES AND PUNK, ALTERNATIVE, AND ROCK AND ROLL, NAMELY THE BEAT FARMERS/BUDDY BLUE, THE RUGBURNS AND OTHERS WHO WERE ACTIVE FROM THE 1980'S THROUGH THE MID 90'S.  

RAMBLIN' OUTLAWS 

THE RAMBLIN' OUTLAWS CAME OUT OF THE CORNER OF PUNK IN SAN DIEGO WHO HAD AN AFFINITY FOR SHIT-KICKIN' OUTLAW COUNTRY.  THEY BEGAN PLAYING SHOWS WITH THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WHISKEY WISETALES (WHO HAVE SINCE TRANSPLANTED TO AUSTIN, TEXAS), AT DIVE BARS LIKE EL CAJON'S NOW-DEFUNCT LAWLESS PUB ON MAIN STREET, THE RADIO ROOM IN NORTH PARK, AND OTHER SPOTS.  THE PROJECT LASTED A FEW YEARS, AND RELEASED TWO COLLECTIONS, "DEVIL'S RAILROAD," RELEASED ON CD-R IN 2009, AND THIS ALBUM, ALSO RELEASED ON CD-R IN A LIMITED RUN OF 100 ON THE TIM RALDO PRODUCTIONS IMPRINT.  THIS INCARNATION FEATURED TIM RALDO ON VOCALS AND GUITAR, KRIS ALIS ON GUITAR, MR. BLUNTZ ON BASS, ZACH ERIA ON DRUMS, AND BRENT ON BANJO.  IT WAS RECORDED AND MIXED BY MR. BLUNTZ.  IN AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY THE SAN DIEGO WEEKLY READER, TIM RALDO WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THE BAND WAS TRYING TO "BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN HANK WILLIAMS AND G.G. ALLIN."  


TRACKLIST: 


1. LONE FOR G.G. 
2. THE DEVIL KNOWS MY NAME 
3. I DON'T REALLY GIVE A FUK ABOUT SHIT 
4. GLORY GLORY 
5. B4U 
6. BRING ME DOWN 
7. COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION??? 
8. NO MORE 
9. ALREADY GONE 


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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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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

THE DWARVES/BLAG DAHLIA SPLIT 10 INCH EP - 2007 NO BALLS RECORDS

 THE DWARVES / BLAG DAHLIA 

SPLIT 20 INCH EP 2007 
NO BALLS RECORDS NBR-011 


IN 2007 A LIMITED EDITION 10 INCH SPLIT EP WAS RELEASED FEATURING THE INFAMOUS UNDERGROUND PUNK ROCK BAND THE DWARVES AND SOLO MATERIAL FROM THE DWARVES FRONTMAN BLAG DAHLIA, ON GERMAN LABEL NO BALLS RECORDS.  THE DWARVES SIDE WAS RECORDED LIVE ON KZSU RADIO WITH BIG CHIEF AND MIKE D., IN STANFORD, CALIFORNIA, AND FEATURES TRACKS FROM 2004'S "THE DWARVES MUST DIE," / 2001'S "HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE."  THE LINE UP ON THIS RECORDING WAS BLAG ON VOCALS, HEWHOCANNOTBENAMED AND THE FRESH PRINCE OF DARKNESS ON GUITARS, MIKE TORRES ON BASS, AND WRECK TOMS ON DRUMS.   
BLAG DAHLIA'S SIDE WAS PRODUCED BY BLAG WITH BRADLEY COOK AND ERIC VALENTINE, AND FEATURES A PARODY OF THE DWARVES' "THERE BETTER BE WOMEN" OFF OF THE 2000 ALBUM "COME CLEAN" CALLED "DRIKING UP CHRISTMAS," AS WELL AS AN ELECTRONIC DANCE/HIP-HOP COVER OF AC/DC'S "BIG BALLS," AND THE RAMONES' "THE K.K.K. TOOK MY BABY AWAY."  THERE ARE ALSO THREE ORIGINALS: A STUDIO TRACK TITLED "METROSEXUAL MAN" THAT IS VERY REMINISCENT OF THE 1990'S BAND THE RENTALS, AND TWO ACOUSTIC TRACKS RECORDED LIVE IN 2006.  
ACCORDING TO DISCOGS.COM,  THE FIRST PRESSING WAS 1030 COPIES WITH 110 COPIES ON WHITE VINYL, 410 COPIES ON WHITE VINYL WITH RED SPLATTER AND 510 COPIES ON STANDARD BLACK VINYL.  THE SECOND PRESSING WAS 500 HAND-NUMBERED COPIES, RELEASED IN 2008, WITH 434 COPIES WITH THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE AND 66 COPIES WITH A DIFFERENT POSTER SLEEVE.  THIS ISN'T THE GREATEST RELEASE FROM THE DWARVES, BUT IT'S A NEAT LITTLE LIMITED ITEM TO HAVE IN THE COLLECTION FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES.  THE TRACKS INCLUDED WERE RIPPED TO MP3 FROM THE WHITE AND RED SPLATTERED EDITION.  


TRACKLIST: 


THE DWARVES: 
1. DOMINATOR 
2. SALT LAKE CITY 
3. LIKE YOU WANT 
4. ANOTHER CLASSIC 
5. ASTROBOY 

BLAG DAHLIA: 
6. DRINKING UP CHRISTMAS 
7. BIG BALLS 
8. THE K.K.K. TOOK MY BABY AWAY 
9.  METROSEXUAL MAN 
10. THIS JIHAD 
11. MY GIRL'S PUSSY 


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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 - 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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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

TILL DEATH/WARVICTIMS SPLIT 10 INCH EP, BURNT BRIDGES RECORDS 2009

 TILL DEATH / WARVICTIMS 

SPLIT 10 INCH EP 
2009 BURNT BRIDGES RECORDS BBR-002 


HERE IS A SPLIT 10 INCH EP BETWEEN TILL DEATH FROM TEXAS. U.S., AND WARVICTIMS FROM SWEDEN.  IT WAS RELEASED ON BURNT BRIDGES RECORDS IN 2009.  FOUR HEAVY TRACKS OF NIHILISTIC D-BEAT FROM TILL DEATH AND SIX TRACKS OF HARSH, BLOWN-OUT ANTI-WAR CRUST PUNK FROM WARVICTIMS.  THIS EP WAS ISSUED ON STANDARD BLACK VINYL WITH A FOUR-PANEL FOLD OUT POSTER COVER.  

FOLD-OUT POSTER 


THE LINE UP FOR TILL DEATH ON THIS RECORDING WAS GUS ON BASS AND VOCALS, MIKE AND ZACH ON GUITARS, AND COREY ON DRUMS.  IT WAS RECORDED BY NATE AND MIXED BY "THE CARCASS."  
THE WARVICTIMS SIDE WAS RECORDED BETWEEN 2005 AND 2008 AT KÄNGFABRIKEN BY JOCKE D-TAKT, AND MIXED BY EL PARADOR AT CASA DE CHARLA DETRAS.  
PLAY LOUD.  


TRACKLIST: 


TILL DEATH: 
1. RAVAGE 
2. IT'S HAPPENING ANYWAYS... DOOMSDAY 
3. BY NIGHTFALL 
4. PUSH THE FUCKING BUTTON 

WARVICTIMS: 
5. BRUTALITIES OF WAR 
6. WITNESS THE MASSACRE 
7. BLACK RAIN 
8. WARSCARS 
9. ALL LIFE ERASED 
10. RAPING THE EARTH 


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