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