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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