12.31.2018

Youth Gone Mad - Isolation EP (1991 Vital Music)


Longtime LA/NY punks featuring Paul "Ena" Kostabi, who also played with White Zombie, who, if you don't know, is gonna ride in here, into this little sleepy town, on their death machines, and take all your freaking heads off with one swift swoop for their guitars, motherfuckers!

Also, "NRG", a great song, was on the recently posted Nothing To Believe In comp (as "Energy") but this version is superior.


  1. Isolation
  2. High School Slut
  3. N R G

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Thanks again, John.

12.30.2018

The Bristles - Generation Annihilation (1994 Beer City Records)


Not to be confused with Seattle's Bristle or Sweden's Bristles, this Bristles were a mid-90's snotty, raw punk band from New Jersey (and yet another band who I first heard on the excellent Spinnin' The Chamber comp.) 
  1. Generation Annihilation
  2. Attitude Problem
  3. Not The One
  4. American Dream

Thanks, John. 

12.25.2018

Happy Merry Whatever You Celebrate Or Don't Celebrate

My wife knows me well.


Anyways, I'll try to get some music posted tonight, and then I'll be out of commission (mp3-wise, at least) until Saturday.

Merry Christmas!


12.21.2018

Your Mother - Pasture Of Muppets Demo (1993 No Label)



Reader Marcel has been sending me some pretty cool tapes, and for me, this is the coolest. If you know Your Mother, then you should be familiar with most of these songs, though they may have different names here than the One Big Inside Joke album (which are in brackets for reference].  The cover lists "Flowertown" and "At The Dentist" (which I assume is "Root-Canal Field Trip"), but they aren't on here.

  1. Purpose [P.S. Purpose]
  2. End Of The Story [The Really Long One]
  3. The Dumbest Song I Ever Heard [You May As Well Skip This Song]
  4. Diane (I'm Dying) [Same]
  5. Jewicidal Tendencies [Toddles]
  6. Leggo My Falaffle
  7. Bad Religion (In Good Humor) [Color Me Badd Religion]
  8. One Fish, Two Fish [Same]
  9. Pez Edge [Same]
  10. Fight For Your Right (Live)

12.20.2018

Nothing To Believe In (1995 Know Records)

Nothing To Believe In! (CD, Compilation) album cover

Good lord I listed to this comp a lot in the 90's. But then I again, I had locked on to most of the  hopefully not forgotten "minor" SoCal punk labels in the 90's (i.e Know, Lethal, Theologian). No slight intended on that, they just seemed a bit purer in motive than Dr. Strange, Fearless, and Hopeless. But I don't mean to slight them either (well, mostly. We're not counting the 2000's here)  . I don't even know what I'm trying to say. Forget it.

Anyways, personal faves on this are the Suspects, All Day, Apocalypse Hoboken, No Consent, and Moral Crux. Kinda have a soft spot for that Youth In Asia track as well. 

1) The Suspects "The Blitz"
2) PUS "Scapeghost"
3) Spunk "Supertough"
4) All Day "Friends Are Forever"
5) Apocalypse Hoboken "All American"
6) Voodoo Glow Skulls "Dog Pile" (live on KPFK)
7) Wrong Way Right "Stay Home"
8) Drain Bramaged "Livin' In The City" (Fear)
9) The Fixtures "Custer & Columbus Come To Town"
10) Perturbed "Hyper"
11) Media Blitz "Another Drink"
12) Rhthym Collision "She Drives Me Crazy" (live in France)
13) Legitime Defonce "Ennemmi Public No. 1"
14) Shlumpf "Billy Jack"
15) Glue Gun "Self Respect"
16) The Meatmen "I Want Drugs"
17) Das Klown "Eye Kill"
18) riotgun. "You're Right, I'm Wrong"
19) Sanity Assassins "Working Man"
20) No Consent "Death Is A Mystery"
21) Surgeon General's Warning "Solace Conveyed"
22) Insult "Blithering Idiot"
23) Youth Gone Mad "Energy"
24) Moral Crux "Waiting For A Bomb"
25) The Process "Little Stiff"
26) Blount "World of Seclusion"
27) Cruel & Unsusual "Eyecare"
28) Monkhouse "Nothing Like You"
29) Youth In Asia "Ozark Joe"
30) Naked Aggression "Revolt" (live at Gilman St)
31) The Fumes "101"
32) Rancid Hell Spawn "Born Without A Head"
33) Fury 66 "Catch 22"
34) Horace Pinker "Rings & Knots"
35) Swoons "Oh, Liebling"
36) Vitamin L "Urine Luck"

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12.17.2018

The Conservatives - This Album Is A Sovereign Nation (1998 Sonic Swirl / City Of Romance)













In my opinion, pound for pound, Minneapolis is the finest punk rock city the country. But Drew Carey and the Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame be damned, Cleveland is definitely in that conversation. The Conservatives live up to their city's storied legacy. This sucker rips from beginning to end. Hard to pigeonhole. Has a certain swagger that reminds me of the New Bomb Turks (lazy Ohio comparison, I know) and even The Bronx at times. "City Of Romance" channels Blatz's "Lullaby" to an interesting effect. This looks to be the only thing they've done, which is a damned tragedy.

1 Jackology
2 T.V. Baby
3 Los Alamos Lab Technician
4 Sex Mad
5 Boxes
6 Girlfriend
7 City Of Romance
8 My Life
9 Eloquent
10 Parallax View
11 I Wanna Be Zero
12 Makin' Moves
13 Jaywalker

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12.16.2018

ABCs Of Punk (1996 Whirled Records)

ABCs Of Punk (CD, Compilation) album cover

As a Quadiliacha completist, I have been trying to get this for a long time, and now thanks to a reader, I have it. And hence so do you.

Looking at the line-up, it's self evident this is a great comp. See if you can figure out the theme.

The only bad thing I have to say about it is the complete and total copout in filling the "T" slot with The Fresh-O-Matics.  No offense to them, but them and Four Hundred Years should have duked it out for the F slot. You managed to find bands for XY and Z but couldn't find a band who's name legitimately started with a T?

  1. Action Patrol - Benign (Live)
  2. Braid - Bridge to Canada
  3. Cornelius - Novelties of our Grandfathers
  4. Doc Hopper - Iron Fist
  5. Eagle Bravo - Steppin' Out
  6. Four Hundred Years - Sequence
  7. Gus - Hand to Mouth
  8. Hellnation - Information Barrier
  9. In/Humanity - Super Plan B
  10. J Church - Socialist Newspaper
  11. Kerosene 454 - T Minus 100
  12. Less Than Jake - Son of Dick
  13. Men's Recovery Project - Fresh Frankness
  14. Norman Mayer Group - Albeit L
  15. Oblivion - Hey Chewbacca
  16. Pezz - Mohunker
  17. Quadiliacha - Ben Burton Park
  18. Rye Coalition - We Have Ridden
  19. Sleepytime Trio - Flake City
  20. THE Fresh-o-matics - Death on I-85
  21. Unsettled - Genocide
  22. Vanbuilderass - I Think I Can See
  23. Wesley Willis - I Can't Drive
  24. X-Rays - Totaled Baby
  25. (Young) Pioneers - The Marching Blue Ants
  26. Zoinks! - Pedestal

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12.13.2018

Mohawk Barbie - The World Is My Garbage Can (1998 Umbilical Records)



I only knew Mohawk Barbie from the Letters From Punksville and Worse Than Alternative comps. Didn't know this existed until this week.

Mid 90's straight ahead, fast punk rock from New Jersey. Even has a cover of the theme to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air." Kind of Bigwig/30 Ft. Fall-ish if you need a reference.

  1. The Mall
  2. Wasted 22
  3. Pink
  4. I Laugh Like I Care
  5. Fresh Prince
  6. Face
  7. Thunder Cats Ho
  8. 40 Reasons
  9. Charlie
  10. (untitled)

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12.12.2018

What Are You Looking At? Comp (1996 Switchblade Records)


What Are You Looking At? (CD, Compilation) album cover

I. A couple of readers have recently sent me stuff in digital and physical form. I really appreciate it, and will get it all up eventually. I don't like to post more than one album a day, and I have my own stuff I wanna get posted, so be patient, and thank you again.

II. Back in the day I had a boatload of CD's and records stolen, and this comp (along with a few more upcoming comps) were among them. So I was very glad to see this in the care package I recently received from reader JN. I'm guessing on the year of release here, but 96 sounds about right, as I think it was the release after Link 80 / Subincision split (if you go to Discogs to verify, please know that I made that submission).

Anyways, great comp with a mix of straight ahead punk and pop punk. Personal faves on this are the tracks from the Teen Idols (duh), The Boils, and The Halflings (I had this song on a mixtape for years and could not figure out who sung it until tonight!). VBJ disagrees and knows that Buglite is the standout here.
  1. Teen Idols - Come Dance With Me
  2. Rumblers - Ride Johnny Ride
  3. Link 80 - Verbal Kint
  4. Halflings - One Thousand Teardrops
  5. Beautys - Goldslobber
  6. Grumpies - Dime
  7. Tunnel Rats - I Love Young Cunt
  8. Boils - Wake Me When It's Done
  9. Sonic Dolls - I'm Not Giving Up
  10. Phuzz - Well I Know?
  11. Buglite - Twenty-One Days

12.11.2018

Lefty Lucy - Don't Do Anything I Wouldn't Do ‎EP (1994 7-10 Split Records)

Don't Do Anything I Wouldn't Do (Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM) album cover

Not to confused with Milwaukee's excellent mid-2000's band Lefty Loosie, this is Minneanapolis' excellent mid-90's band Lefty Lucy. They were sort of a precursor to the Selby Tigers, featuring Arzu Gokcen and Dave Gatchell. Great stuff, and excellent non-ska use of trombone, IMHO.
  1. Don't Do Anything I Wouldn't Do
  2. Nostalgia For Mud
  3. Angel's Dread
  4. Ignore
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12.07.2018

Kip Adotta - I Hope I'm Not Out Of Line (1981 Laff Records)



Another curveball here. Possibly the first comedy record I've ever posted. I saw Kip Addotta a lot when I was a kid, The Tonight Show, Make Me Laugh, etc, and then I pretty much never saw him again. This is from 1981, so no exactly woke. Could this possibly be the origin of the Dogs/Balls joke? Anyways, if you have an 80's hack comedy fetish, here ya go.

Who knows, maybe I'll find a Bruce Baum album somewhere.

  1. Gemini's
  2. You Know What Makes Me Mad
  3. Little Aggravations
  4. People Who Screw Things Up
  5. Paranoia
  6. Dieting
  7. Why Do Dogs Lick Their Balls?
  8. Laughter
  9. What A Blow Job
  10. The Separation
  11. My Parents
  12. Jokes To Go

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The Family Knows

12.06.2018

Letters From The Landfill Comp (2004 Left Of The Dial)

Letters From The Landfill album cover+

I'm a little astonished this isn't more widely available (if it is, let me know and I'll redirect the link). The This Is My Fist tracks are on Bandcamp, but I can't find the album in it's whole form anywhere. A shame, because this thing is great from beginning to end. Pure Bay Area. Shotwell alone should sell you on this. And then you add This Is My Fist? Come on. But that's just side one. Side two has Abandon, with Jake Filth and Matt Parrillo, and Peels, who, dare I say, show a bit of a Hickey influence? Maybe? You tell me. Fantastic comp.

  1. This Is My Fist – Yank Fiction
  2. This Is My Fist – You're Filthy, I'm Furious
  3. This Is My Fist – Stiles The Dog
  4. This Is My Fist – Bible Thumpin'
  5. Shotwell – Bitter Greens
  6. Shotwell – Had To Be A Break
  7. Shotwell – Dust Of The Dawn
  8. Shotwell – Eruption Of The Wild Style
  9. Abandon – Blood & Milk
  10. Abandon – Edgar Bastard
  11. Abandon – Innocence
  12. Abandon – Modern Death
  13. Abandon – Sometimes The World Is Clean
  14. Peels – Millbrae's On Fire And No One Cares

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12.04.2018

The Boyish Charms - Infinity In Its Infancy LP (2011 Talking Helps Records)

Infinity In Its Infancy (Vinyl, LP) for sale

Little change of pace here while I promote our local music scene. The Boyish Charms are a San Diego indie pop band who've been kicking around almost 20 years, but there's not a lot of info on them out there. Good stuff.
  1. The Tweed Twig
  2. Walking In Circles, Poking Myself In The Eye
  3. The Luckiest Threads Of Holly's Towel
  4. Pictures And The Statues They Depict
  5. Once Adrift
  6. Death Song For The Consistently Late
  7. Run To Me
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12.03.2018

The Nimrods - Once Again Saving The World Takes A back Seat To A Good Beer (Dr. Dream Records)


A very overlooked album. The Nimrods are a legendary compilation band, with excellent contributions to many comps that get mentioned around here a lot (Back Asswards, Punk?). As far as I know, this is their only full length (not including a cassette with the same name but different songs. Any one have the scoop on that?). I think being on Doctor Dream killed this (as with the excellent Sacramento band Welt). When I think of Doctor Dream, I think of a particular type of L.A. punk, and this ain't that . This is a solid pop-punk album that probably would have gotten a lot more traction on a different label. "I.R.S." and "I Don't Really Care" are legit great songs that are in my personal pop-punk canon.
  1. I Feel Like Gettin' Drunk
  2. I.R.S.
  3. Disgruntled Joe
  4. Nobody Loves Me But Mom
  5. Walter
  6. Evil Genius (Plot To Rule The World)
  7. Last Night
  8. I Don't Really Care
  9. Sick Of You
  10. Val Needs Therapy
  11. No Reason For My Time
  12. Caught
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12.02.2018

The Killers - APB Split EP (1999 E.A. Records)



I just ripped this and was about to queue it to post in a few days, and then I noticed it's already on Bandcamp, so go get it there (I try to post things that are not easily available on the internet or on sharing services).

 I'm only mentioning this because you can buy 267 hardcore releases there for $20. A steal!

Electric Summer - Love Me Destroyer (2000 Soda Jerk Records)



I discovered Electric Summer during one of my late 90's Amoeba Records $1 CD section expeditions. It was their Shock album (maybe I'll post that if y'all like this), and I was immediately taken in by the nonsensical brilliance of songs like "Shock" and "Golden Dogs", plus I just have a soft spot for Japanese punk (although, as exchange students, they had moved to Denver at the time). I kind of forgot about them a few years later, and am only now realizing they continued to put out albums through 2009. So now I'm going back to see if the magic of Shock lasted past that album.

It did.

Longest song is 2:23, I have no idea what any of the songs are about, a little spastic, a little catchy, and a little NOFX-y at times, I love it. Hopefully you will too, because these guys should not be in dollar bins.

  1. Love Me Destroyer
  2. Life
  3. Blue Blanket
  4. Cold Fever
  5. Nothing But Me
  6. Hey Scissorman
  7. California Car, Colorado Car
  8. Kill You
  9. Time
  10. Let's Go Back To The Beautiful Beach
  11. Fruits Of Land
  12. Comic Books
  13. [Untitled]