12.13.2020

Amazing Freestyles Vol. 2 (1997 Amazing Freestyles)

 A change of pace here. Because of whose involved on it, I'm not gonna say too much about it. You can get the details on discogs

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11.15.2020

Palpatine - Palpatine EP (1999 Here We Are Records)

 

San Diego hardcore with members of Swindle and Over My Dead Body.  

  1. Tenfold
  2. Heavy Heart
  3. Novocaine
  4. Tunnel Vision

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9.16.2020

The Phuzz / Right Turn Clyde Split EP (1995 Catipol Records)

 


I can gaurantee y'all know way more about these bands more than I do. I knows nuthin about Right Turn Clyde, and The Phuzz I really only know from a killer song on a Shreds comp. Good stuff. 
  1. The Phuzz - It's Not Me (Or Is It?)
  2. The Phuzz - Time To Change
  3. Right Turn Clyde - Rebel Base
  4. Right Turn Clyde - Feed me

8.23.2020

Maim That Tune #3


Here's this weeks playlist, which includes my favorite NUFAN song. 

01 - Prosthetic Cunt - Punish You Good
02 - GLOSS - Masculine Artifice
03 - Shotwell - Swarm
04 - Pearly Gate Music - Oh, What A Time!
05 - No Use for a Name - A Postcard Would Be Nice
06 - American Nightmare - Protest Song #00
07 - Anti-Nowhere League - For You
08 - Down In Flames - Best Friend
09 - The Measure [sa] - Get It Over With
10 - Vitamin X - See Thru Their Lies
11 - Bob Mould - Reflecting Pool
12 - Beyond - Vitality
13 - Jello Biafra With Nomeansno - Jesus Was A Terrorist
14 - Fuckboyz - Dig
15 - Goat Shanty - Thirteen
16 - Jaks - Bomb Pop
17 - Gas Huffer - Stay In Your House
18 - Gehenna - Serve the Cult
19 - Ultra Brain - Train In Vain [The Clash]
20 - Whippersnapper - Swing Shift
21 - Point Of Few - If We Quit They'll Win
22 - Heretix - My Head
23 - Endless Diatribe - Fever
24 - NRA - Nothing
25 - Straight Edge Kegger - O'Douls
26 - The Gateway District - Falling Down And Leaving Town

8.19.2020

Humpy - Humpy EP (1996 Beer City Records)


Great band name + nice AC/DC inspired cover (I think? Highway To Hell, no?) + excellent pissed off punk = available in dollar bins everywhere. I don't get it. Did Beer City make a million of each record they put out or something? 

Anyways, Humpy were from Montana, so automatically punker than you. That must have been difficult. This and three splits comprised their total output. A couple of members would go on to Disgruntled Nation. 

I really like this. 

  1. America Online
  2. Pentium Rock
  3. Green Blood
  4. Material Goods
  5. Felderkarp
  6. Rub It In
  7. You Make Me Sick [Satan's Rats]


8.17.2020

Shitbirds / Simon & The Bar Sinisters Split EP (1994 SFTRI)

 



I've been a Shitbirds for a long time, but that was all based on the posthumous Famous Recording Artists CD, which was a collection of singles. It didn't occur to me to actually collect the singles until later, so I had never heard (or heard of) Simon & The Barr Sinister until the Discogs era. I still couldn't tell you anything about them. They do a couple of surfg songs here, but I don't know if that's indicative of their entire catalog. 

If you don't know, the Shitbirds were one of the poppier bands on Sympathy, led by Elinor Blake, who French psyche pop fans, Ren & Stimpy nerds, and QT/Deathproof fans would know better as April March. Suffice to say they ruled and you should get everything they put out. Ironically enough, after putting all of that out there, the songs here are instrumentals, and though Blake is credited as April Shitbird on vocals, there are no vocals. 

  1. Shit Birds - Kickback 1812
  2. Shitbirds - Canadian Carwash
  3. S&TBS - Surf 2000
  4. S&TBS - Attack of the Little Ones

Maim That Tune #2

 


So the thing I hate about these homemade comps is I'm aggregating stuff with various bitrates and sound levels. I use MP3Gain to try to get some consistency, but I honestly don't hear much difference in levels after processing. Without re-encoding anything, does anyone have any solutions so I'm not torturing you with LOUD quiet LOUD LOUD quiet songs? ?

Anyways, here's some bands I've been listening to this week. 

01 - Claw Hammer - Vigil Smile
02 - Kelley Stoltz - Underwater's Where the Action Is
03 - Nar - Hi, We're Nar / I Like Times
04 - Fourth Rotor - Price Of Buying
05 - Fitz Of Depression - Form A Line
06 - J. Gls Bnd - Piss On The Wall
07 - The Dopamines - Expect the Worst
08 - Sick Of It All - My Life
09 - Floodgate - At Rest
10 - The Way - My City Goes Down
11 - Noothgrush - Darell's Porno Song
12 - The Aquabats - Super Rad
13 - The Broadways - What Happened?
14 - Puffball - Back On The Sauce
15 - Modern Machines - I Are Ropeless
16 - Lemuria - Rough Draft
17 - Testament - P.C.
18 - Side By Side - Backfire
19 - Taste Of Fear - Ladders Fall
20 - Skrupel - Santa Racist
21 - The Dragons - Sad Vacation
22 - Verse - Waiting On Revolution
23 - Only Crime - Fallen Idols
24 - Slow Gherkin - Bad Driver
25 - The Suicide Machines - Face Another Day
26 - Decrepit  - Chemical Imbalance
27 - The Go-Nuts - Jelly Filled Heart



8.15.2020

Load - Pastor's Day (1993 Faceless Wreckerds)

 

Load. God I love this band. I fell in love the second I heard "Bolt Of Lead" on the Six Pack To Go comp. 

They never really escaped the confines of South Florida, and that's a shame, but those who know, know. They had a legit all-time great vocalist in Bobby Load, and plain old nasty rhythm section. Load is hard to describe, they're Southern, mean, fast-but-sludgy, dangerous, teetering on mayhem. It's basically fighting music, but not in the meathead sense. 

Load lived like they sound. Bobby Load died in 2012, Jeff Tucci in 2014. Knowing how the story played out complicates listening to Load nowadays, but their sheer power always wins out. You can watch the history of Load in this free documentary.

Great, great, underappreciated band. 

  1. Pastor's Day
  2. Saving You From Your Life
  3. Half Bake

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8.11.2020

The Frantics - Playing Dumb EP (1996 Wedge Records)

 


First 7" from these snotty South Carolinian pop-punksters. Oof, I just cringed typing that. Anyways, never mind me, there's not a lot to say, this isn't breaking new ground, but it is excellent. 

  1. Sucker
  2. Gimme A Dollar, Inc.
  3. Bad Little Boy
  4. Playing Dumb

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This Dude...

 



Can fuck right off. 

8.10.2020

Rubber Sole - Appetite For Mayhem EP (1994 Sneezeguard Records)

One of the secret most influential comps I bought in the 90's was Dear Fred: It Was Me That Did It. In between the almighty Quadiliacha (I think this was my introduction to them), Inquisition (future Strike Anywhere), Pezz, Trusty, and the Pee Tanks, is Rubber Sole, holding their own. They only put a tape and a couple of seven inches, but members would go on to form The Thumbs (with members of the aforementioned Pee Tanks). Maybe I buried the lede there? Go throw some money at The Thumbs.

Warning: contains a rad Boston cover. 

  1. Dollar
  2. Amanda
  3. Own
  4. Birkenstock Weekend

V/A - Strictly Ballroom (1997 Caught Offiside)

UK bands paying indulging their passion for football (for Americans, when I say football, I mean association football of course).  Apparently the "jock" concept was not a thing in the UK in the 90's? 

  1. Hard To Swallow - Stags
  2. Marker - On The  Ball City / Shit On The Villa / Shit On The City
  3. Wat Tyler - Golden Age
  4. Suffer - Matthannam's Red And  Black Army
  5. Underclass - A Tribute To Frank Worthington
  6. Des Man Deable - Number 7
  7. Voorhees - Man U Went To Europe
  8. Voorhees - There's Only One KK

8.08.2020

Maim That Tune #1

So, I've toyed with the idea of a podcast. Not because of lockdown COVID boredom. I'm stressed out with a backlog of things to do, hence the lack of updates. More as a form of expression, possible outside human connection. Possibly vanity. But then I listed to some old recordings of my college radio show, and jeeeeeesus that became a hell no real quick. For starters,  my voice. Vanity goes right out the window. Not a voice for radio/podcast!  I am way too self conscious to hear myself and my awkward jokes and asides and inability to find the right word at the right time But mostly, who gives a shit what I have to say? Like the world needs another random middle-aged white dude flapping his gums. 

So what I decided to do instead is just make playlists of stuff I've been listening to recently while working. And since a lot of it is not available on YouTube Music or Spotify, we gotta go old school with mp3 comps, which is consistent with the blog anyways. I will pay tribute to that lame college radio show by keeping the name: Maim That Tune. Cringe-inducing - that's my style. 

So here's number 1.  (Some names have been abbreviated to avoid possible problems)

  1. Dragibus - La Ronde Des Escargots
  2. Lack Of Interest - I Don't Care
  3. Dp Prpl - Spd Kng
  4. Rational Anthem - Lloyd Christmas
  5. Ed Hall - White House Girls
  6. Fluf - Peanut Butter
  7. Fastbacks - Book of Revelation [MTX]
  8. Scaphe - Mr. Stork
  9. Fitz Of Depression - Young & Free
  10. Extortion - Downward
  11. Rn Th Jwls - h My Drlng Dn't Cry
  12. Black Flag - Police Story
  13. Extremes - Ephemeral Living
  14. Hum - Iron Clad Lou
  15. Flashing Lights - Highschool
  16. Mr. Lf - Jglr Vn
  17. Putters - Muscle Car
  18. Boris The Sprinkler - Got the Time [J Jcksn]
  19. Dragons - I Don't Mind
  20. Tree - X- Communicated
  21. Slave State - Those Who Can, Do...
  22. Fat Day - Smudgeface
  23. Carnival In Coal - Fucking Hostile [Pntr]


8.07.2020

Joystick - Heavy Chevy (1996 Lobster Records)

I keep mentally committing myself to this blog and then doing nothing. Let's try again...

I always thought Lobster Records was a Lagwagon associated label, but looks like it was them both being Santa Barbara-based that confused me (though Shawn Dewey was in Buck Wild). 

Anyways, Joystick. Mid-90's, SoCal, pop-punk. No need to overanalyze. You get the deal. If you like Lagwagon, you'll like this. 

I've always been confused if "American Breakfasto" was a typo, or a nod to The Lewd's "American Wino". It has literally nothing in common, but I don't know what else 'Breakfasto' could mean. What obvious thing am I missing?

  1. A Grand Band
  2. Youth Line
  3. 1 Watch 2 Wait 3 Stare
  4. Pause
  5. Troll Hunter
  6. The Fight
  7. American Breakfasto
  8. Part Time: Job & Beer
  9. Social Skill
  10. Hidden From Every Eye
  11. Bobafet Never Said Much


6.08.2020

V/A - Road To Nowhere (1992 Missing Records)




A San Diego comp featuring 3 relatively unknown bands, and Sprung Monkey, an alt-rock band who were kinda big in San Diego (especially with the bros), but I'm not sure how that translated elsewhere.

Contra Guerra was an indie/jangle punk band featuring Jackie Starr (Bim Skala Bim) who put out a 7" and a split with Inch. . Converter, I can find absolutely nothing on them. Funk-ska band Broccoli Shoeshine had some buzz, but fizzled out before anything happened (their demo is available here).

  1. Contra Guerra - Soft And Squishy
  2. Converter - Dive
  3. Sprung Monkey - Human
  4. Broccoli Shoeshine - In My World 

5.12.2020

Various - Punk Fiction (1997 Wedge Records)

Punk Fiction (CD, Compilation) album cover




Yes, this is the one with you-know-who from the band-that-shall-not-be-named (to avoid a takedown notice, if that's still a thing) as Mia Wallace on the cover. This is ripped from the 2017 20th Anniversary picture disc.

Pretty good comp, but for me. The Gain track, which is certainly not exclusive to this comp, is the clear winner.
  1. The Frantics - Army Of One
  2. Heckle - D-Day
  3. Tiger Army - F.T.W.
  4. Swingin' Utters - Sunday Stripper [Cock Sparrer]
  5. Elvis Disciples - We're Americans...So You Know How That Is
  6. The Gain- Told You So
  7. The Force - Rockstar
  8. Pinhead Circus - 6 Down
  9. Zoinks! - Bridge Over Brautigan
  10. The Band That Shall Not Be Named - Whatever I Do [Negative Approach]

5.07.2020

Ghetto Blaster - Ghetto Blaster EP (2010 Self-released)







Ghetto Blaster epitomizes the San Diego sound - mathy, noisy, punky - as they should, consisting of  Ryan Foxe (Fishwife), Cole Mears (Hostile Combover), John Cota (Rat's Eyes) and Cole Mears, (Irradio), Greg Sudor (Irradio). Imagine vintage Rocket From The Crypt fronted by a demented carnival barker. 


  1. Psychedelic Trustfund
  2. Secret Cloud
  3. Perfectly Willing
  4. Corporate Monks


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5.04.2020

Fuckface - Fuckface EP (1998 Little Deputy Records)




I've written plenty on Fuckface in the past, so I won't noodle on here. Suffice to say they rule, were down with Hickey, and spawned a rad blog.


  1. Bastard
  2. Sukia
  3. Politics Of Falsehood
  4. Witticism
  5. Raped Shattered Exiled

5.03.2020

Various - We Are All Guilty (1994 Outcast Records)




There are bands you probably know on here (Moral Crux, Mukilteo Fairies, The Rickets, Zeke) but there are many more you probably don't, which is a shame, because this sucker rips from beginning to end. I've had "King Good Sincerity"stuck in my head since I picked this up in '95. North American Bison, holy shit. Amerifucked, yes. The Positive Greed track. And what is up with Aaronation? This is the only thing they've ever done, and with that name, looks like a one off side project. But who, what how? So much good stuff on here.

  1. Whipped - Bank Party
  2. Whipped - King Good Sincerity
  3. Chicken - Permanent Consequence
  4. North American Bison - No More Kings
  5. Meat Minder - Green Envy
  6. Moral Crux - Teenage Atrocity
  7. The Rickets - Hatefuck
  8. Positively Negative - Friendship Trust
  9. Whorehouse Of Representatives - Prepare To Fight
  10. Portrait Of Poverty - Vein Train
  11. The Berserkers - Can't See
  12. Amerifucked - They Love To See Me Dead
  13. Amerifucked - Die & Rot
  14. Positive Greed - Retribution
  15. The Dunderheads - Equality
  16. Mukilteo Fairies - Contention
  17. Aaronation - Flash Flood
  18. Defiance - Kept Docile
  19. Insult To Injury - Long Pork
  20. The Evicted - Wasted Hero
  21. Masskontrol - Carrion
  22. Inhumane - Unearth The Graves
  23. Pregasm - Rush
  24. Bristle - Social Life
  25. Zeke - Quicksand


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4.19.2020

Jerry Tries to Remember Shows: Shlong, Part 1

I was driving a Plymouth Sundance. The show was somewhere in Fresno, but I can't remember where or when.  It was  not in a traditional venue.  In my memory, it was a high school cafeteria, but it was  more likely a community center of some sort. It had to be 1995 or 1996, since Punk Side Story had already come out. They didn't play anything from it, much to my disappointment, as it remains one of my favorite albums of the 90's. Stinkaholic, Fresno's (well, technically Oakhurst) closest thing to a popular pop-punk band at the time, opened. A bunch of their friends must have come to see them, because I remember there were more people at their set than Schlong's. A travesty. I remember Schlong was awesome, obviously. I don't remember anything else.

Schleprock - Do It All EP (1991 Nemesis Records)




I didn't hear Schleprock until the Propeller album, when I was buying pretty anything put out by Dr. Strange. I only found out later that  Chubby from Hickey was in the band. While I like Schleprock, but I never loved them, so it was a definite "what? them? why" moment when they signed to a major label. 

This is their first 7", and has a much more Dr. Dream than Dr. Strange feel, if that makes sense.

  1. Long Time Ago
  2. Do It All

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4.12.2020

VA - It's A Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand (1993 Shakefork Records)

It's A Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand (Vinyl, LP, Compilation) album cover

Early 90's comp of Chicago punk and emo bands. You may be familiar with a lot of these songs from  the bands collects CD's (A History Of The Bollweevils, Kill The Musicians, etc), but this is the source material.

I have a healthy respect for 90's midwest emo, but I'm not gonna pretend to be any sort of uberfan or expert, so I can't really speak for that stuff. But this does have some of my favorite Screeching Weasel and Smoking Popes songs. It also features Angerhouse, with pre-D4 Paddy and Erik Fink, but don't expect anything remotely D4ish. 

  1. Gauge- Blank
  2. The Bollweevils - Talk
  3. Smoking Popes - Let's Hear It For Love
  4. Cap'n Jazz - Scary Kids Scaring Kids
  5. Friction - Milt
  6. Screeching Weasel - Celena
  7. Heel - Blu Zone
  8. Angerhouse - Complex 

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4.04.2020

Slow Burn


This blog did not start as an mp3 blog, but it mostly evolved to that. Why? Well, lots of reasons. Got married, had a kid, got a job where I kind of became more careful about my public social media presence (Sellout! I hear  you say, not incorrectly). But in these times, I need an outlet, and I don't want to bug my friends and family on other social media sites with every thought I have, so I'll bug you. Yes, there will still be music. But the price you must pay is to again have to wade through my other bullshit.

Gonna start with a recommendation on how to pass some time.  Slate's podcast, Slow Burn (Season 1) is a great look at Watergate. If you think you know everything about it, think again. A cast of wily characters I'd never heard of, first hand accounts, and all sorts of media from the time.  It has a lot of eerie parallels to today (including Roger Stone). This information has always been there, but I don't know that it's ever been compiled this well. Leon Neyfakh did a great job, and I don't know how else to say it, he's got a great voice. And even better, it's become a docu-series on Epix, so know you can see, not just hear, all this footage. And the cherry on top is that if you are a YoutubeTV subscriber (another recommendation, free for two weeks), Epix is free until April 25th. So you can binge for free.

Slingshot - This Machine Kills Fascists (2001 Sub-D Recurdz)




Another thrift store pickup. Nothing known about who they are or where they are from. I assume the "West Coast"?

A mix of some pretty solid punk rock ("Stand Up"), some generic stuff, and some cringe-inducing lame shit ("West Coast Violence"). 

  1. Trephination
  2. West Coast Violence
  3. Stand Up
  4. KGB
  5. Don't Tread On Me
  6. Alicia
  7. Gods Ass
  8. Nazi Punks
  9. No Title
  10. American Psycho
  11. Killing Spree
  12. Detention


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3.31.2020

Death Crisis - Death Crisis EP (2009 Too Old To Die Records)



Excellent San Diego hardcore punk featuring Alberto Jurado (Death Eyes) and Rob Logic (Life Crisis). See what they did there? 

  1. Broken Spirit
  2. Until We're All Dead
  3. Que Interesante
  4. El Masturbador
  5. Sounded Like A Good Idea
  6. Saddam Is Dead

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Dead Western - Witness Cracks To The Miracle (2004 Self-released)

Witness Cracks To The Miracle (CDr, Album) album cover

Dead Western is Troy Mighty. Troy Mighty is a Sacramento-based acoustic-punk weirdo. Spooky baritone voice, gloomy acoustic guitars, and minimal accompaniment. Psycho-folk cowboy songs  that have been pretty unknown in its first 16 years of existence. Maybe in 16 more years this will get "discovered" and you can be the cool guy/or girl who had it way back during the great quarantine of  '20.
  1. When Satan Is King
  2. Our Fathers Are Fortunes
  3. A Fine Invatation
  4. Over Those Mountains
  5. The Fire Of Life
  6. My New Band Is Called The Butterfly Boys
  7. Space Is Still The Place
  8. The Night's Soft Grace
  9. When The Wank Makes Me Weak
  10. Let Your Bears Fly

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3.29.2020

Critical Me - Promised Land (2007 Magnitude 6.19 Records)

Promised Land (CD, Album) album cover


When I'm out at thrift stores, something I keep my eye out for are CD's and records by San Diego bands that I've never heard of. Why? Maybe it's some sort of half-hearted attempt to catalog the local scene, maybe it's some perverted type of (adopted) hometown pride. I dunno. But I can't help it. Critical Me falls into that. Until I grabbed this I had never heard of them.

Critical Me is/was a melodic punk band from Jamul, out in the hilly back country east of San Diego.
This is very SoCal mid-90's skate punk, and would have fit in well on Fearless, Know or Lethal Records. While it can for sure sound dated at times, I liked SoCal mid-90's skate punk, so this hits a nostalgic sweet spot for me. There have been a lot of really bad attempts to emulate that era of punk, but Critical Me does a pretty dang good job.  "Promised Land" and "Halfway Home" stand out in particular.

  1. Promised Land
  2. No Escape
  3. Russian Roulette
  4. Halfway Home
  5. Excuses
  6. King Greed
  7. Going Nowhere
  8. Through My Eyes
  9. Armegeddon
  10. Waiting In Line
  11. Same 'ol Bullshit

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3.28.2020

VA - The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1998 Insolito)

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Compilation, Limited Edition) album cover

3 x 7" compilation from Germany's Insoliti label. Some heavy hitters on this. The first 7" is AmRep style noise focused, the second sludge (although that Cavity song is much faster than expected), and the third powerviolence. As Spazz and Floor are two of my favorites, I'm much more partial to The Bad and The Ugly. The Devoid Of Faith track is one of my absolute favorites, and I can't really figure out why all their records are in dollar bins.

Here's a good backstory on La Gritona, since they have two songs on here.

Also, the 16 song is listed on this (and the mp3 file) as "Ride The Snake", but it's actually "Flaming Head-On Train Wreck".

GOOD
01. Gritona - Vitamin
02. Fork - Dung
03. Craw - Hayfield Tim's Texas Trip
04. Slughog - A Man Called Ass
05. La Gritona - 2 Charisma

BAD 
06. Cavity - Gone About
07. Floor - Dead Wrong
08. 16 - Ride The Snake
09. Toadliquor  - Praise God For Blood
10. Thug - Cancer Causes Rats

UGLY
11. Ice Nine - Steel Mesh World
12. Discordance Axis - Ashtray Ballpoint
13. Apartment 213 - Endless Killing
14. Devoid Of Faith - Cold Sore
15. Spazz - 7 Deadly Finns
16. Damad - Waste
17. Enemy Soil - Content Slavery
18. Suppression - Ebola

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3.27.2020

Part-Time Whore - Home (1999 Battle Born Records)

Home (Vinyl, LP, Album) album cover


Well, you'd think I'd have a lot more time for this lately, but that hasn't been the case. Working from home has somehow resulted in more work, but hopefully as I learn to do this more efficiently, I'll have more time to post stuff.

We're gonna get back in the swing of things with a Bakla-inspired post, as I happened to meet Mr. Bakla at a D4 show during this blog's unplanned hiatus. 

So Part-Time Whore. Las Vegas band started by Nate from from Boba Fett Youth. Yeah, not the most woke name ever, but it was the 90's, man. Hard to pin down style-wise. Gruff, screamy vocals, musically not too fast, kinda jagged at times. Political in a scattershot way - personal politics, scene politics, politics politics, lots of Chomsky references in the liner notes (it was the 90's, man).  In a lot of ways it reminds me of Positive State (that's a good thing). Some real strong stuff on here, I'm especially partial to "Ultimately It's All About Fucking".

PTW's singer, Chad, has a blog page that gives the the backstory on the band and this release. The mp3's posted there somehow survived the great MediaFire apocalypse of 2011, but they sound a little tinny to me. So I posted my LP rip. Apparently this was originally recorded to an 8-track cassette so it was never going to sound all that great (tape hiss + clicks and pops, yay), and there is like ZERO lead-in time on Side A or Side B, which I'm sure was intentional. So that abrupt start on track 1 and 6 is just how it has to be.

Be safe, y'all.

  1. It Is To Laugh
  2. This Is It (The Song That Should Have Changed The World)
  3. I Haven't Got The Courage To Care
  4. If Only
  5. Communication Is A Weapon
  6. You (Whoever That May Be)
  7. Kevin Kid
  8. Scream
  9. Outside Of Towm
  10. Ultimately It's All About Fucking?!
  11. Technocracy
  12. Giant Slug

1.27.2020

Find Him And Kill Him / The Dream Is Dead Summer Tour 2002 Split EP (2002 Happy Couples Never Last Recordings)

Find Him And Kill Him / The Dream Is Dead (Vinyl, 7") album cover


FHAKH  were a San Diego thrashcore band named after a brief gag in one of the funniest movies ever. I first saw them in 02 (different tour) at the Che Cafe opening for Down In Flames and Scholastic Deth (the DIF set is posted here). I was blown away and immediately started kicking myself for not knowing enough of what was going down in my adopted hometown (which continues on a regular basis to this day). "The Big Takeover" is not a Bad Brains cover, btw.

The Dream is Dead were from Indiana, and played a slower, more tortured hardcore. One original, and Demonomania is really a Misfits cover. The Final Nail is about animal liberation, but who would have ever thunk some of the lyrics could apply to human children in the U.S.?

Until the last cage stands open, none of us are free
Where is their reprieve? Have we really come so far? 
Does their pain earn them no consideration?
All guilt, put aside. All compassion, put aside. 

  1. Find Him And Kill Him - The Big Takeover
  2. Find Him And Kill Him - Outnumbered
  3. Find Him And Kill Him - Cracked Floors And Empty Rooms
  4. Find Him And Kill Him - Nothing New
  5. The Dream Is Dead - The Final Nail
  6. The Dream Is Dead  - Demonomania

1.26.2020

Chicken Farm - Hear Me (Shit) EP (1994 Vinyl Communications)

Hear Me (Shit) album cover


San Diego (well, Chula Vista), mid-90's, Vinyl Communications = no lose situation. If you're not from San Diego, you may have never heard of Chicken Farm. While this was their only release, members would go on to become stalwarts in the local scene in bands like Bumbklaatt, Sunnyside, Death Eyes, Death Crisis, and many more.

  1. Hear Me (Shit)
  2. Castration
  3. Cigarros
  4. En La Madre

1.15.2020

Model Citizen - Angry America (1998 Butterface Records)

Angry America (CD) album cover

Late 90's San Diego band, who I actually know nothing about. Nada. Google is of no help. Kind of strange, because this ain't bad. Strong Bad Religion influence. If you have any backstory on this band, please share in the comments.
  1. Angry America
  2. Model Citizen
  3. What You Want
  4. Prozac Nation
  5. Learning Life
  6. Shocking Glimpse
  7. What The Preacher's Hate
  8. Simply The Victim
  9. Best For Me
  10. Story Of A Punk Rocker
  11. We Won't Forget
  12. Insurrection
  13. That Day
  14. National Sunday Law
  15. Fading Away