Congress Of The Cow - S/T (2002 M-Theory Records)

Indie-Alterna-whatever featuring, among others, San Diego legend Stimy (Sub Society, Inch) and former Fluf drummer Francis Whitfield. Sounds very San Diego, a little RTFC, a little Tanner., and a lot of No Knife. Good stuff.

1. Consume
2. Ice Age
3. Shame
4. Sidewalk
5. Fin Del Dia
6. All Live Heart Attack
7. Motor Mouth
8. The Lie
9. Frustrated
10. New Juan
11. Power of Persuasion
12. Counting Sheep

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Userfriendly - Movin' Out! (1997 Common Cause Records)

I don't know what's up with this band, but I've owned this CD three separate times, and each time it's sold on Discogs in a matter of days, at higher and higher prices (I think $50 was the latest). I remember them from the Punk Nation Unification comp, one of those "great comp / horrible artwork" 90's releases, but don't remember them standing out in particular. This is pretty standard 90's SoCal punk. I mean it's good and all, don't get me wrong, I just don't get why it's so in demand. I mean, my Shoegazer CD never sells, and it's jaw-droppingly good. What am I missing?

1 Moving Out!
2 Faith
3 Nine Months
4 All About You
5 Cause For Alarm
6 If You Only Knew
7 Time To Try
8 Con-Man
9 Girlfriends
10 Ditsophrenia
11 New Home
12 Homecoming Queen Is High
13 18 Now
14 Turn Out The Light
15 Generations
16 Selfish Ways
17 100%

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Broken Pretzel - Top Of The World (1998 Fiction Productions)

Part of the 90's San Diego ska boom that spawned Buck-O-Nine, Unsteady, G-Spot, and many more. 

1. Self-Titled Untitled
2. Sun Dried Tomatoes
3. Pick It Up
4. Walk Into My Life
5. Three Necessities
6. Great American Smokeout
7. Will
8. They're Coming For You
9. Skasian Invasion
10. Four Weeks

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Grappling Buskers - Grappling Buskers Tape (1994 Interidol Sound)

Really weird one here. Can't find much about these guys. The release date is a total guess, based on another release they have on the same label. I know they were a NYC band, consisted of Steve Kresic, Tosh Murase, Eric Carlsen, and Ralph Ortiz, and......that's it. But it's got me very curious, so I just ordered the CD. I'll post that at some point.

Not sure how to describe this. It's punk, but with some definite 90's alternative vocals.

Some rough patches on this as well. As long as I live, I'll never understand why there is a cassette revival. Worst possible format.

1. Coward Man
2. Undercover
3. Walking Thru The Park

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30 Lincoln - Hates Girls (1995 Self-released0

Very rare one here, courtesy of a dedicated reader who will be getting his stuff back soon I promise.

30 Lincoln was a punk band from Cleveland who would later release an album on Johann's Face in 1999. But this tape is from 1995, when I assume they were either in or just out of high school.

Soundwise, imagine high schoolers in Cleveland playing punk rock in 1995.

Be warned: production + cheap tape = a pretty ugly listen at times.

1. Non Fiction
2. Bikini Atoll
3. Leslie
4. Suckmore High
5. Kevin Arnold's Zit
6. Alo
7. Out Of Kindness
8. Lost In A Closet

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Vanbuilderass / When Puberty Strikes Split EP (1994 Toybox Records)

Couple of Gainesville bands who are probably known more for their comp tracks (especially Vanbuilderass) than their meager-yet-excellent catalogs. Released in 1994 on a tiny label, but go to any punk "fest" in 2019 and you'll hear a bunch of bands emulating Vanbuilderass, even if they've never heard of them. Great stuff. When Puberty Strikes is also really good, perhaps even excellent, but doing a split with Vanbuilderass would make almost any band sound inferior by comparison.

Side rant for Discogs nerds: This cover is obviusly tow people shouting the band names, hence the explanation points. Just a gimmick specific to this release. Yet Discogs purists feel this justifies adding "Vanbuilderass!" and "When Puberty Strikes!" as ANV's. Stupid. 

1. Vanbuilderass - Unity
2. Vanbuilderass - Pat
3. When Puberty Strikes - My Rules
4. When Puberty Strikes - Bandit
5. When Puberty Strikes - Ishmael 

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The Bad Form - S/T EP (2000 Mad At The World Records)

This one is a little hard to pin down. I't mainly swaggering, confident mid-tempo punk a la Load, but there are the occasional spazzy breakdowns ("Safe As Cancer") and bluesy punk leanings ("Kill The Clock", "Dance For The Devil").

Recording notes:

• I don't know if it's an issue with my system or the record, but all songs are heavy on left channel, even after normalizing in Audacity. If future rips show the same pattern, we may have an issue!
• The end of "Dance For The Devil" ends abruptly because there was a locked groove. 

1. Lights Out
2. Dying In A Dead Forest
3. Safe As Cancer
4. Kill The Clock
5. Dance For The Devil

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VA - Where Are They Now File (1991 Pop Bus Records)

Bootleg comp, all live tracks, all covers except for Nomeansno. The sleeve is actually a bootleg of multiple zines, including articles cribbed from Absolutely Zippo, Excedera, Madwomen, Re-Ignition, and Homocore. The Jello/Chumbawumba track is a throwaway, but the rest are solid (especially L7 covering GnR). This is a little crackly at times.

1. Jello Biafra w/ Chumbawumba - Homeless Hotel
2. NoMeansNo - I Want It All
3. L7 - I Used To Love Him
4. Gray Matter - I Am The Walrus

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Stink - I Don't Want Anything That You've Got EP (1995 Mutant Pop)

Seattle's Stink always confused me. They were on the right labels, did splits with the right bands (side note: I  didn't know Building Club was Everready until VBJ informed me), had good songs, but just never seemed to make the leap out of relatively obscurity. This EP has one high tempo punk song on the A -Side and, true to their Northwest roots, a more grunge-y song on the flip.

1. I Don't Want Anything That You've Got 
2. She Don't Mind

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The Bouncing Souls / Buglite Split EP (1994 Creep Records)

Two early versions of some pretty well known Bouncing Souls songs, including the often-misaccredited-to-Johnny-Cash (including by me) cover of "Born To Lose". Much less well-known but possibly more beloved by their fans are PA's Buglite, who contribute two perfect pop songs. There are more polished versions of all these songs out there, but they are no match for the rawer versions here. A near perfect split. 

1. Bouncing Souls - QuickCheck Girl
2. Bouncing Souls - Born To Lose [Ted Daffan & His Texans]
3. Buglite - She Loves Me
4. Buglite - Just A Dream

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V/A Kangaroo Vs. Wicked Witch (1996 Kangaroo / Wicked Witch Records)

Great comp by these two Dutch labels, with many of these songs pre-dating the founding of either one. All over the map, literally, with bands from the Netherlands, Australia, Japan, the UK, and US. Lots of good stuff here, but the lead track by the Blitz Babiez is the head and shoulders highlight for me. 

1. Blitz Babiez - Gratznog (AU)
2. Toe To Toe - Judas (AU)
3. Lärm - Destroy Sexism (NL)
4. Human Alert - No More Lambadas (NL)
5. Aftermath - The Naked Truth (UK)
6. The Eat - Subhuman (US)
7. Beyond Description - Boil (JP)

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Marble - My House Is A Goner (1998 Pep-O-Mint Records)

Marble was from the NCR, and with their raspy-vocaled, mid-tempo punk rock, their influence seems to come from DC and the East Bay. I can't say that for sure because this was the only release by them, and band members, at least per Discogs, didn't do a whole lot after. Which is a shame because this is a really good record.   I had never heard of them until this was loaned to me for digitization purposes. I'm glad I know of this now.

1. My House Is A Goner
2. The Magic Of Cakes
3. Green Ghost
4. Robot Insurance
5. Rockville Pike

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The Pattern - Wet Circuit City EP (2001 Alternative Tentacles)

The Pattern features Christopher Appelgren from the Peechees / Comet Gain / Lookout Records on vocals. Here's an embarrassing thing: I always thought that Carlos Canedo was the singer of the Peechees and the Pattern until I posted this. I honestly thought the lineage was Rice -> The Peechees -> The Pattern. But Carlos Canedo was never in The Pattern. Huh. My bad.

Anywho, this is kind of a natural progression from the Peechees, a little slicker, but still gloriously garagey. "Sunned Things Speak" made it on to many early 00s mix CDs I made. It's a jam.

1. Breakfast
2. Sunned Things Speak

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Social Spit - Live Spit (1988 Mystic Records)

San Diego's Social Spit have existed in one form or another since 1980, and are still playing today (October 19th at Tower Bar with The Grim!). This is a live set from 1988 with a couple of tracks from the great Psycho Ward EP, a Zero Boys cover, and a couple of new (at the time) ones.

1. Psycho Ward
2. Social Banner
3. Drugz
4. Amphetamine Addiction [The Zero Boys]
5. Suicidal Airlines

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Verbal Assault - Tiny Giants EP (1988 Giant Records)

It's kind of hard to believe that Verbal Assault never released anything on Dischord. "Tiny Giants" is has a Dischord-emo vibe with some reggae touches, while "More Than Music" is just an excellent Dischord-ish punk song. Not on Dischord!

1. Tiny Giants
2. More Than Music

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Fanatics - Beating Up Bankers EP (1994 Fun Addict Records)

Oof. It's been a bit. Sorry about that.

Anyways, don't judge a record by it's cover. The cover screams corny mohawk punk, but Colorado's Fanatics were a three piece hardcore band with dual vocals and some heavy grindcore / powerviolence elements mixed in. Good stuff.

1. Another Song About Cops
2. Dead
3. Goink'd
4. Enslaved
5. Decomposed
6. Drink Up!
7. Typical Citizen
8. Outcasts

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Thirsty - Getting Along Together EP (1996 Pogo Records / Liquid Meat Records)

1996 pop punk on Pogo/Liquid Meat that feels like 1994 pop punk on Creep Records, if that makes any sense.

1. Linus And Me
2. Psychology Girl
3. If You Were My Girl
4. She's Got A Boyfriend
5. Kelly's So Cool
6. Leading Me On

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Parasites - Letdown EP (1993 Shredder Records)

I'm back.

This release adheres to the tried and true melodic punk/power pop the Parasites are known for. Kurt Bloch of the Fastbacks and recorder/producer of everything cool plays guitar on this release.  "Reason For Treason" might be my favorite Parasites song.

1. Letdown
2. Reason For Treason

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Fitz Of Depression - S/T EP (1989 Mumble Something Records)

It's vacation time, and this will be the last mp3 related post for about a week and a half. Since I'm heading to the PNW, it's only appropriate to leave you with some ridiculously overlooked Olympia punk rock ugliness.

R.I.P. Mikey Dees.

1. Crankshaft
2. Stud
3. Black Death
4. Life Of Pain
5. Tons Of Poop
6. Cloans
7. Soal?
8. C'Mon-N-Luv-Me [KISS]

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Active Ingrediants - S/T EP (1994 Beer City Records) [RE-UP]

Updated link on original post from 2009. 

Old Grandad

Almost nine years after I downloaded it from Cosmic Hearse, I finally listed to Old Grandad's Vol. 666. Holy shit! I'm so stupid. I like this so much already, I'd probably make it my personal God if I were a stoner. Monster Magnet, dead horse, and the Melvins in a blender.

I'm assuming this is widely available, but if not, and there's interest, request it and I'll post.

The Rickets - Destroy Olympia EP (1995 K Records)

Vol. LIII of the K Records International Pop Underground series. Posted another record by them not too long ago. While I do dig the snotty punk rock presented here, the best thing about the Rickets was that PUD was one of the bands that rose out of their ashes, and PUD rules. 

1. Another School Song
2. I Hate My Job
3. I Watch T.V.
4. Three Reichs You're Out
5. Oh Boy [Buddy Holly]
6. Destroy Olympia

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The Queers - Look Ma No Flannel! EP (1994 Clearview Records)

I posted this way back in 2009. Re-upped and fixed the link on the original post.

Fear Of The Nothing (2000 Nothing Enterprises)

Extremely noisy, sludgy comp (yes, that description includes the Your Mother track). Got this for the Yogurt track, but the Godstomper, Cavity and Shut The Fuck Up are bruisers. If you like it ugly, you need this.

1. Bongzilla - Proper Stoning
2. Unit Breed - On Dead End Street
3. Greaseland - Mechanically Seperated White Meat
4. BrainBloodVolume - Urine Deep
5. Federation X - The Hatchetman
6. Booby Hatch - TV Guide
7. Yogurt - Serramonte Mall
8. Ringwurm - Clearing
9. Godstomper - Doom Fodder
10. Lopez - Supper Tramp - Roy's Western Swaray
11. Anhedonia - Glass
12. Couples For Christ - A Shallow Grave In The Valley Of New Kings
13. Black Cat #13 - The Girl With The Wire Skull
14. Cavity - Covered Twice
15. Anasazi - Holy Crusade Against The Godless
16. Apeface - Unjudging Eyes
17. Your Mother - 4/20
18. Shut The Fuck Up! - Puppies Are Sweet
19. Reina Aveja - Freysas March
20. Emo Summer - Shipleys Lament
21. Lesser Of Two - Consumed
22. Shitty Wikkets - Rock & Roll Asshole
23. Artimus Pyle - The Ghetto
24. State Fair Apocalypse - Caged
25. Dead Air Frequency - Lily
26. Monotonashhfuck - Nameless O-ceans
27. Noothgrush - The Imperial Assault On Dr. Evazans Secret Laboratory, The Abduction Of Ponda Baba, And The Subsequent Demise Of Master Jedi John Panozzo

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The World's In Shreds Volume Five: New Bands (1991 Shredder Records)

Out of these three bands, only KPF stuck around after 1991. West Virginia's Ice Fan remind me of a mishmash of  the poppier elements of early 90's Lookout and Cruz Records bands, Indiana's Dryrot up the tempo a bit with some straightforward punk (and the best song here IMO), and California's KPF are, well, KPF.

1. Ice Fan - Broken Image
2. Dryrot - Push And Pull
3. Krupted Peasant Farmerz - Invasion Of The Snailz

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Chixdiggit - Best Hung Carrot In The Fridge EP (1995 Lance Rock Records)

I don't talk about Chixdiggit a lot, but the fact is they are in my all-time top 5, and for live shows, top 2 (them and Avail depending on if the measure is adrenaline or joy). There's just not a band that can put a smile on my face like them (The Bananas come closest). This is almost the first thing they did (if anyone has the Humped tape, please get it to me!).

1. Best Hung Carrot In The Fridge
2. Grunge Baby
3. Faith

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The Bollweevils - Chicago EP (1993 Dr. Strange Records)

If you check in on this blog, my assumption is that 90's punk/pop-punk is kind of your bag, so I don't have to write anything about the Bollweevils, right? Okay, good.

1. Dysomnia By Design
2. Not My Friend
3. Rodney

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Towel - Towel EP (1997 Vermiform)

For us OCD organizers, the dreaded 8" format. But it's on Vermiform, so expect some catchy, toe-tapping pop-punk.

1. Daddy
2. Old New Song
3. Pigfucker
4. Communiqué

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Sinkhole - Donkey EP (1995 Ringing Ear Records)

Possibly my favorite Sinkhole 7". Being the mid-90's, I'm sure the Eddie Money cover was done ironically, but in yet other sign of my middle-aged bonafides, I'm thinking that's a legit fucking good song, even if Mr. Money has always kind of freaked me out. 

1. Donkey
2. Alterna-Hunka SHit
3. I Think I'm In Love [Eddie Money]

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Vomit Pigs - Useless Eaters (2001 Rave Up Records)

Vomit Pigs were among the earliest proginators of Texas weirdo punk, and though I have no doubt of their influence on the Big Boys, the Dicks, Really Red, et al., they flamed out before their notoriety could spread outside the South. This LP collects the Take One EP (1-4) from 1978, a couple of live tracks, and some unreleased studio sessions.

1. Baby's Playing Games
2. Slut
3. Useless Eater
4. Art Of The Insane
5. My Face Is On Your Lunchbox
6. Halloween
7. Beer Dog
8. Karen Ann Quinlan
9. Hypo
10. Bomb The Arabs
11. Catatonic
12. Pitt Grill

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Various - Pogo Attack (1994 Pogo Punk Records)

Oi! is not exactly my cup of tea. I don't hate it, but I don't love it either. That being said, there's some good shit on here. I'm particularly fond of the Mankind? and Bristles tracks. "By The Balls" by the Vomit Punx, is just...just...well, just listen.

1. The Casualties - For The Punx
2. The Casualties -10 Years Too Late
3. Banner Of Hope - Future
4. Banner Of Hope - Tamed
5. The Pist - I Hate Music
6. The Pist - Warning Shot
7. Distraught - Standing At The Foot Of The Grave
8. Distraught - Staring At The Sun
9. Mankind? - Who's Life?
10. Mankind? - Ridicule
11. 86'D - Swill Break
12. 86'D - Fuck That
13. Blanks 77 - Search & Destroy
14. Blanks 77 - Get Out Alive
15. The Wretched Ones - Why Do You Lie
16. The Wretched Ones - Choke
17. Dysfunctional Youth - Today's Youth
18. Dysfunctional Youth - Losing My Mind
19. The Bristles - Bomb Tonite
20. The Bristles - Another Fight
21. Aus-Rotten - Denied
22. Aus-Rotten - May 18th 1993
23. Vomit Punx - By The Balls
24. Vomit Punx - Sometimes

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Krupted Peasant Farmerz ‎– Peasants By Birth, Farmers By Trade, Krupted By The Dollar (1994 Farmhouse Records)

These early 90's San Jose punks were on Can Of Pork. They were on Wood Panel Pacer. They covered the Fuckboyz. Respected by all, but never fully became a "thing" outside of the Bay Area (although they did inspire their own tribute). Besides an early cassette, this is the only proper full length. It was re-released on Coldfront, who added on the some of those comp tracks and a couple of live ones.

1. Open Up
2. Rednecks II
3. Society Is Puking
4. Who Is To Blame?
5. Before It's All Gone
6. War On Amerika
7. Hope
8. Nuclear Race
9. Moral Slavery
10. Cowboy Song

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Fuckboyz - 11 Song Demo (1988 Self-Released)

This is actually side one of a tape that has a live set on side two. I decided to treat them as separate releases, so we'll revisit that live set some other time. Some of the earliest output from some dudes who would go on to create my favorite things ever. 

1. The Gun
2. Chinese Kindergarten
3. Bus Of Doom
4. Don't Fuck Me Up
5. Satellite Kitchen
6. Japgirl
7. Ride The Moped Tater
8. I'm The Sexist (And I'm Proud)
9. Sex Bomb
10. Daddy
11. Psycho 88

Big thanks to Marcel for sharing this. If you like super rare demos, subscribe to his YouTube page. 

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Viva La Vinyl Volume #4 (2001 Dead Beat Records)

Maybe because the Viva La Vinyl series got watered down as time went on, or maybe because by 2001 my level of awareness of the punk scene was fading, but I only recognized a couple of these bands. Definitely more of a garage / sleaze punk direction than the early scuzzy pop-punk focus of the series.

1. Snake Charmers - Soul In The Gutter
2. Puffball - Midnight Frolics
3. The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs - 3 Chords And An Attitude
4. Cock Spaniels - Siren Alarm Sounds
5. T.V. Killers - So Fake
6. The Flash Express - I'm Leaving
7. The Gee Strings - Drank A Lot
8. The Vultures - Roller Rhouse
9. Nikki Sudden - Aeroplane Blues
10. Geriatrix - I Wanna Eat Your Face
11. The Dialtones - All Night Long
12. The Hellbenders - The 99's
13. Valentine Killers - Drunk Again
14. Hellride - Headin' For Hell
15. Bonecrusher - For Freedom

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Pete's Comp: Kids In America (1997 Alphabet Record Company)

1. The Scandal All-Stars - Kids In America
2. Agent 51 - Fight For Your Right
3. Carter Peace Mission - Punk Rock Girl
4. The Classified - Walk Like An Egyption [sic]
5. Dodgeball - Gigantor
6. Jon Cougar Concentration Camp - We're Not Gonna Take It
7. Spazboy - Git The Time [sic]
8. Swindle- I Got No

Pretty rare covers comp by late 90's San Diego punk bands. I'm 99.9999999%  positive The Scandal All-Stars were a one-off consisting of all the bands on the comp. Something similar happened on the Lump Of Coal comp under the name "Second String". They should have done a split!

You know JCCC, possibly Swindle, maaaaaybe Carter Peace Mission, but all these bands were local treasures. Dodgeball and Spazboy were two of my faves.

Jay Flounder tells me that "Pete" worked at Music Trader (local used music store), knew a bunch of the bands, conceptualized and helped get this out.

No option to buy. I was the only one on Discogs who had this, and a rad dude in Japan bought it, and now I realize I should have charged more.

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Trusty - Trusty LP (1990 Truant Records)

This is the pre-Dischord debut album, released when they were still based in Little Rock, AR, before moving to DC and finding massive amounts of fame and fortune. Ha!

A lot better than most of the punk stuff coming out in 1990. Cruz Records basslines + Dischord Records vocals = :)

1. I Should've Lied
2. Fallen
3. Sweet-N-Low
4. Never Leave My Dreams
5. R.S.V.P.
6. White Lies
7. S.T.P. / Wrong
8. Letter
9. Hey Santa
10. World We Live In
11. Home
12. Untitled

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Ulcer - Indignation (1996 Bovine)

You know what's crazy? Spazz never had a split with Ulcer. I still can't figure that out. Spazz/Ulcer Split rolls right off the tongue and would make total sense, but never happened. Weird.

Anyways, if you're not familiar, MA's Ulcer was a great 90's hardcore/powerviolence band with witchy vocals who should have done a split with Spazz but apparently did not.

1. Civilization's Codex
2. Addiction
3. Words To Live By
4. Piece Of Meat
5. Wrapped In A Flag
6. Betrayed Generation
7. Blinded
8. Indifference
9. The American Farce
10. Breed Insanity
11. The Martyr
12. Down To The Wire
13. Happiness Is...
14. The Hierarchy
15. Bootlicker
16. Control Freak
17. Your Definition
18. Question My Beliefs
19. Off The Pigs
20. Postcard Punks
21. I Won't Be Deceived
22. Just Another Label

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Fuckface - S/T LP (1997 Six Weeks Records)

I don't know that Fuckface is actually overlooked, but it kind feels like they are. One of the best bands of the late 90's. Menacing hardcore with dual vocals, both tortured in their own way. Shit just sounds evil. Lyrics are amazing (though unfortunately for you, dear downloader, mostly impossible to decipher without a lyric sheet). Although they didn't have much in common sonically, Fuckface were tight with Hickey in that very much missed 90's Mission District scene. That should be all you need to know to click DL.

Side note: One of the best, if not the best, active mp3 blogs (RIP Cosmic Hearse) is Terminal Escape, owned and operated by Fuckface's Robert Collins.

1. Stripped (Friends And Bureaucrats)
2. With Friends Like These...
3. White Vans In The Mission
4. Destroyed
5. Parade Of Importance
6. Spinning The Chambers Of Honesty
7. A Simplified Diagnosis By An Unlicensed Medical Practitioner
8. The Great Entertainer
9. A Man

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¡Shoutbus! - Aint' That America (1998 Art Monk Constriction)

File under Short Weirdo Punk. The Big Boys with a little Fat Day mixed in. Their magnum opus clocks in at a whopping 2:03.  Good stuff.

1. Requiem For Joe Camel
2. Braille
3. El Presidente
4. Casting Call
5. Golf Courses
6. Natural Selection
7. White Trash Personals
8. Dope
9. Another Planned Community
10. Campaign Contribution
11. Loopholes
12. Vietnam
13. Sumo Says
14. Minimum Wage
15. Waiting For 101
16. Media Plant
17. Coupons
18. Recliner

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Pet UFO - My Name Is Esther Cohen (1995 Double Deuce Records)

Posted the single for them not so long ago, and those sentiments apply here, but in LP form. This band should have been a big deal, and it is a mystery why that didn't happen. Driving punk with A++++ vocals and lyrics.

1. Razor Burn
2. Leviathing
3. Chess Club
4. Herro
5. Pigeon Heaven
6. Carpool
7. Tub Cheese Omelette
8. Bingo Payout
9. Bicycle Tires From Purgatory
10. Salisbury Steak
11. Fraap
12. Muffler
13. Big Flatty
14. Two More Minutes

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Water Music (1995 Just Add Water)

Prequel to the "I Can't Believe It's Not Water" comp posted last week. Extremely strong comp. You get some well known songs by some well known bands, you get Rev. Norb channeling Tesco Vee, and you also get some lesser known bands like the The Rehabs and the Campfire Girls/Grrrls (not to be confused with the other mid-90's major label Campfire Girls) holding their own.

I haven't listened to this in at least 15 years, and it all came back to me like it was yesterday.

1. The Queers - I Met Her At The Rat
2. The Campfire Girls - Alien Among Us
3. Beatnik Termites - 9:15
4. Nobodys - Vaseline And A Magazine
5. Boris The Sprinkler - Goddamn Rollerbladers
6. Slinky - American Dream
7. Moral Crux - Single Bullet Homicide
8. Toast - Milla
9. Parasites - I Don't Wanna Go Out With You
10. The Rehabs - Cynical Girl
11. Sinkhole - Wild Stag
12. Scooby Don't - Valentine
13. Pink Lincolns - Fuck Madonna

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I Can't Believe It's Not Water! (1996 Just Add Water)

God I loved/love this comp. So many good songs. Compiles so many of those great bands that, while they had their loyal fanbases, never became the flavor of the month. On this, specifically, I'm talking about Scooby Don't, The King Fools, The Phuzz, and Nothing Cool. Only thing it's missing is the Fighters! This is the CD version, which contains some bonus dongs not on the LP, including the Snotboy 77 song, which is A+.

1. Boris The Sprinkler - Sharona Made My Head Hurt Yeah
2. The Campfire Grrrls - Laura Is A Roit Grrrl
3. The Beltones - Juvenile Delinquent
4. The Crumbs - Police? Loco!
5. Sonic Dolls - Suzee's Not At School
6. Porcelain Boys - What A Day
7. The Johnnies - Ba Ba Song
8. The Automatics - Feelin' So Low
9. The Rehabs - Get Up And Go
10. Scooby Don't - She's So Alternative
11. Nobodys - Temporarily Blind
12. Jon Cougar Concentration Camp - All For One...
13. Sinkhole - Heemsoth
14. Kung Fools - Riot!
15. Teen Idols - Breakin' Up
16. The Phuzz - Rob's No Dave
17. Pinhead Circus - Excuses
18. The Chubbies - Beauty Products
19. Nothing Cool - Nowhere Else
20. Parasites - She's From Salinas
21. Frogger - She Was The Girl Of My (Worst) Dreams
22. Walker - Someplace, Someday
23. Larry Brrrds - Lie And Share
24. Snotboy '77 - Teenage Retard
25. The Lillingtons - Lillington High
26. The Wynona Riders - Future Primitive

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Pet UFO- Washington Ave EP (1993 Burnt Sienna Records)

I used to have a couple of Pet UFO records in the 90's until my shit was stolen. I kind of forgot about them, and how good they were until recently. Souci Broskowitz is great vocalist, and I'm kind of shocked that her music career did not outlast Pet UFO. I guess writing and poetry is her thing.

1. Washington Ave
2. Page 354

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Respond Compilation EP (1992 Uprising Records)

This comp of Michigan bands encapsulates 1992 pretty well. El Smasho on the gruff side, Grout a little more screamo-y, Lovebox a little emo-y, and a little quirkiness from Lucky Pierre.

1. El Smasho - Soupskin
2. Grout - Conant
3. Lovebox - Might As Well
4. Lucky Pierre. - Hanging Tree

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Martians - Exterminate EP (1996 Self Released)

I try to post stuff not available elsewhere, and sometime I get some help from people who send me stuff to post. This is one of those. Generally, when it's something I've never heard of before, my reaction is "pretty good!" But every once in a while something comes through so good that I'm generally confused how it slipped by back in the day. This is one of those. Standard punk subjects (fucking off, jocks, geeks), standard lack of chords, requisite amount of whoa-oh's. But it has that extra mysterious something we're always looking for in a great record. This is a must download. Trust me.

I know absolutely nothing about this band, and Discogs says this is the only thing they've ever done besides a comp track that is probably track 2 here. If that's true, quite a one-off effort.

1. Fuck Off
2. White Cheddar Popcorn
3. Stupid Jock
4. Believe In You
5. Terminal Geek
6. I Don't Want To Breath

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Iron Prostate - Bring Me The Head Of Jerry Garcia EP (1991 Vital Music)

Early 90's band featuring George Tabb (MRR/False Prophets/Roach Motel/Furious George) .

1. Bring Me The Head Of Jerry Garcia
2. Volunteers

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Where Did They Come From? - A Tribute To The Hard-Ons (1997 Spore! Records)

I thought I only liked a couple of Hard-Ons songs, but this comp of French bands covering the Aussie legends makes me think I should reconsider their catalog. The standout track here is the Greedy Guts cover of "Throw It In"...top-notch pop-punk, but the whole comp is solid. 

1. Greedy Guts - Throw It In
2. SixPack - Stairway To Punchbowl 
3. Seven Hate - Where Did She Come From?
4. Hole Process - Ache To Touch You

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Astro Zombies - The Meat Grinder Of Our Corruption (1991 Community C Records)

Way too good for nobody outside of the Northeast to have ever heard of (I assume). Reminds me of a dozen different bands, yet strangely I can't name a single one. For sure some Flipper in there...what else?

1. Fountain Head
2. Fishlips
3. Ooooh Baby I Miss You
4. Planet Of The Apes

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Adickdid - All American Girl EP (1993 IMP Records)

Adickdid was part of the northwest riot grrrl scene, and while they were not that well known, members would go on to form Team Dresch and The Butchies. "Colombus" could have been on Bleach.

1. All American Girl
2. Colombus

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Limecell - Crack Hooker EP (1995 Blackhole Records)

Part of the Confederacy Of Scum with Antiseen, Cocknoose, Tunnel Rats and others, which should give you a good idea where this is coming from lyrically and musically, if it wasn't already apparent by the title.

1. Crack Hooker
2. Let's End It
3. Dept. Head
4. I'm Drunk

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Man Dingo - All The Songs You've Always Hated (1995 Dr. Strange Records)

I love this band but they bug the shit out of me and if you have mp3 OCD, you know what I mean. Man Dingo? Mandingo? ManDingo? They use all three, and that's just not cool. Also, the name is what some might call (oh my favorite term!) "problematic", but these guys have always come across as decent people (even if they are from Arizona), so if anyone has a back story on the band name, please share.

This EP features covers of the Eagles, Huey Lewis & The News, and Van Halen. True to the title, none of these are obvious choices for covers. But it's still a fun listen.

Also, when is someone going to put out a remastered version of ifive? Great album with some of the worst production I've ever heard. Also, while I'm dissing Dr. Strange, the record says 45rpm, it's not, and the track order on the labels is all out of whack.

1. Already Gone [The Eagles]
2. Walking On A Thin Line [Huey Lewis & The News]
3. Romeo Delight [Van Halen]

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The Clocks - S/T EP (1999 Track Star / Broken Glass Records)

This was sent to me. Never heard of them before. The name of the band, the artwork, I just didn't have a good feeling about this. But book/cover and all, I was really surprised how good this is. Indie rock has become about as useful to describe band as "punk" is, but when I think of the indie rock I like, this is it. Noisy and punk at the fringes. Good stuff.

1. They Both Wear Black
2. Nice Try, Too Late
3. Sleep Hurts

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