No Experience Necessary – Compilation LP (1980)
Well, I’m not about to let the month of March go by without some posts, so here’s a few quickies. It seems of late, I’ve been accumulating records more than listening to them and, in truth, I’m kind of burned out on staring at a computer screen these days, so I’m getting a little lazy about this stuff. Sick of the crap non-internet in my area, too. They still have copper wire phones, no DSL and, of course, no cable. If Verizon didn’t have a tower nearby, life would truly suck, but the piece of shit can barely handle a YouTube video. It gets old, unlike the contents of this record that, while old, never gets old.
So here we have another lesser known comp from back in the day, featuring bands from New Orleans, LA, circa 1980. It’s pretty solid stuff, too. Mostly Punkers or hard Power Poop. No lame New Wave or filler—just pre-HC Punk that sounds its age, but is entirely listenable. Not your typical high-octane blazers, but not a dud in the bunch. Very KBD-ish overall.
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SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Service – “S/T” 7″ (1980)
It’s about time we got some Service around here. And, in this case, the Service provided is some obscure Power Poop from Royal Oak, Michigan, circa 1980. Pretty typical stuff from the era, but not bad. A glance at the rear cover tells you what you are in for, only it’s better. Short, sweet, and does the trick.
Rear Cover
THE TRACKS:
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GG Allin – “Sickest Of The Sick” 10″ EP (1993)
Well, it appears as if MediaFire is circling the wagons around my steadily dwindling account, giving me “strikes”, despite the fact that I have been deleting all the allegedly “copyrighted” files as they get blocked. Or is “It Came From The Pit” suddenly a hot tamale after being out of print for over 25 years? I’ve watched other bloggers get their accounts shut off and it seems like when MediaFire has a problem with you for whatever reason, they just start coming down on your ass for nothing and pull the plug. Well, just get it over with, cocksuckers—as if I gave a fuck. It also seems as though I pretty much blew the month of January for blog posts. Oh, well. It ain’t about quantity, but quality, right?
So we’ll start the ball rolling with an artist with whom we should all be familiar. Found this at a record show last weekend and, while I knew this wouldn’t exactly be his best material, I threw down $18.00 on the thing, knowing that I would probably never run across it again. My loss is your gain! And is anyone talking about how this year will mark 20 years since this guy kicked the bucket? Yep, time flies, and the ole Punk Rock mobile keeps sputtering along on empty. Back when the man was still around, one of the favorite things Punkers used to like to ninny and fuss about, aside from the critical debate of whether or not it was OK to listen to Skrewdriver records, was whether or not GG was an “act” or, better still, proclaim that he was “unoriginal”, as if either of those lame arguments had anything to do with the fact that the guy was thoroughly entertaining and funny as hell. Having outlived this individual by several years now, I suppose I can make the claim that he is nowhere near as mysterious now as he seemed to me in my teens and twenties. He wasn’t entirely stupid and I think what trumps all arguments put forth by the ninnies and naysayers was that he did, in fact, make a conscious decision to spend what he had for all it was worth and, while the way in which he chose to do it may not have been everyone’s cup of tea, it was a choice to live in the moment, in real time, for himself. Or perhaps he should have just kept his job as a janitor? Nope. GG passed up the carrot and grabbed the stick for all it was worth. It’s always annoying when one of your favorite performers kicks the bucket, but I think many in the ranks of the anti-social related to this man and felt a real kick in the gut when he passed on. I was bummed for months.
Anyway, this is far from his best record, limited to 1,000 copies and appears to have been put out while he was still among the living. Or maybe not? No mention of his death on the thing, although it’s the same year. The “A” side, finds him being his usual, carefree, chipper self, ranting and rattling off some poetry I remember reading in some zines back in the late 80’s or early 90’s. The “B” side has two short interviews, one of which sounds like it is at the wrong pitch, and a good live version of “Dog Shit”, that was nice to hear after all these years although, sadly, he left out the line, “shit right out of a fucking dog’s asshole”, which is the best part of the song. That little extra bit of clarification goes a long way with me!
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SAMPLE TRACKS:
SHIT RIGHT OUT OF A FUCKING DOG’S ASSHOLE
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Permission Denied?
Anyone else out there running into this stuff from MediaFire? One of my readers brought this to my attention and then I started running across it on other sites. Here we go again. It would be one thing if they were actually showing concern for the artists, but instead they are just trying to rope you into giving money to Amazon or iTunes. Nevah! You think White Flag is getting money from Amazon for their out of print CD? And they don’t offer the LP for download, either. If you run into this crap on my site, leave a note in the comments and I’ll try to fix it.
The Vikings Are Coming – V/A LP (1985)
Apparently, the world didn’t end yesterday—that’s the bad news. The good news is I feel a need to squeeze in a few more posts before the end of this craptacular year. So we’ll get started with this comp of Swedish spikes and leather bands who managed to keep the meatballs out of their mouths long enough record some tracks back in 1985. As I mentioned before with the Demo-Lition Blues comp, I went through an extended period of not listening to this sort of stuff, but it’s all over now and, of course, I hear these songs through a different set of ears than I did 20 years ago. Pretty solid stuff throughout in the style you’d expect from the era, although my personal faves would have to be the two Ugly Squaw tracks that demonstrate a mastery of musicianship and vocal stylings that few bands seem capable of these days.
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SAMPLE TRACKS:
Ugly Squaw – Policemans Parade
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White Flag – “Zero Hour” LP (1986)
A follow up to the Third Strike LP I posted way back when the blog started. I liked this band although, strangely, I only own a fraction of their discography—for some reason these records didn’t turn up in my neck of the woods. They weren’t a well-known band, either, and I even remember getting into a couple arguments with people back in the day over their very existence. Anyway, to the best of my knowledge, this LP marked their last full blown Punk effort on a full length, their later releases drifting more into pop territory. This was a European release and some of the songs on this record wound up on the Wild Kingdom LP, that is also a decent record, but this one is much more solid, leaning more towards the style exhibited on Third Strike. As I noted before, these guys had a real knack for lyrics and for some reason managed to make some pretty blunt Punk statements that hit the nail right on the head, where other bands kind of hemmed and hawed and ignored the elephant in the living room. And the reward for their righteous efforts? Obscurity! Go figure.
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SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Torpedos Live Show December 1st 2012!
Well, it appears the original members of The Torpedos started practicing together again and got their act together for a final hurrah Saturday, December 1st on the south side of Chicago. Having never met these clowns, I make no promises as to what you’ll be in for. You most likely won’t be seeing this show advertised in the Reader or anywhere else on the web unless there are people from the Chicago area who read this thing and choose to spread the word around. Please do. With that in mind, I’m guessing it is already been passed around by word of mouth to other dudes from the era who will be dusting off the old leather for a night of booze and nostalgia. Seeing as this blog gets virtually no publicity and the band doesn’t feel like advertising, I’ll be interested to see how many serious current or ex-Punkers from outside the South Side are curious enough to check it out. Based on my 11 years of experience with the mediocre scene in that town, I’d guess not too fuckin’ many. Prove me wrong!
The Show:
Saturday, December 1st at 9:30 PM
Coaches Sports Bar
14650 Waverly Ave.
Midlothian, IL 60445
Download the flyer HERE
The Middle Of America Compilation – V/A (1984)
I kind of figured everyone and their Aunt Yahootie would have posted this one, but its presence appears to be scarcely felt on the web. Why is that? Someone have a problem with the middle of America? It isn’t so bad, although Shitcago was always hit or miss when it came to Punk rock, leading me to take numerous passes on this one until I stumbled across a sealed copy for a paltry sum a few months back. So what have we here? Naked Raygun (to whom I’ve only recently warmed up), Rights Of The Accused (never a fan), Big Black (never a fan), Effigies (great band, but the track on this isn’t), Articles of Faith (meh), leaving us with Nadsat Rebel who I am not familiar with but are OK and Savage Beliefs and Out of Order, who are the only bands on here who stirred my curiosity and, not surprisingly, were the only bands on this platter I was stoked to hear again. Never really figured out what the deal was with Out Of Order. They had some good songs and some not-so-good songs and seemed to come from more of a skinhead background, but didn’t look it. They had a decent LP with lame cover art that I believe served to drive away a lot of kids who probably would have dug them. Savage Beliefs had a great EP that I liked and maybe some other stuff, but these tracks are the only other thing I own from them. Not your typical HC rama-lama-ding-dong with those guys, but it worked. For the most part, this is a pretty solid comp and shows all the bands at their best—I’m surprised it isn’t more sought after.
SAMPLE TRACKS:
Out Of Order – Survival Of The Fittest
Savage Beliefs – Shake Your Neighbor’s Hand
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Prevaricators – “Snubculture” LP (1984)
I found this in the same pile as that Scarlet record. Never heard of these guys but, apparently, they had a few releases besides this. It’s not bad, sounding kind of like the first Freeze LP played at 22.5 RPM, with the bastard son of a mad square dance caller on vocals. The lyrics are fairly retarded in the fashion to which my ears tend to bend, but what have we here in that song “Are We Not Jerry’s Kids”? Oh, my gracious me, it’s that evil, EVIL word again! Tisk! Tisk! For shame! And never mind the context in which it’s used, as it is now off to the dust bins of forgotten Punk bands with your lot and y’all come back now, you hear?
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Poopy Endorsement: The Torpedos – “Fruition” DVD-r (2012)
Not that I wasn’t already planning on doing the blog thang today, but imagine my surprise when I walked out to get the mail and found this in my box. Talk about your perfect timing! Anyway, while I usually do the endorsements on the tale end, I’ll bump this one to the top, seeing as they were kind enough to float me some free shit and this thing is already rare as hen’s teeth and more or less doomed to total obscurity once they run out of copies. All you old Chicago sausage-heads from those days will most likely get a kick out of it.
So what we have here is what I would guess to be the final release by the long-defunct Chicago punk band, The Torpedos, in the form of a DVD-r with two live shows from 1981 and 1985 and a lengthy slide show of old stills from the good-old-days, that should be of interest to aging fans from the era, showing good-quality pics of the old clubs and the folks that frequented them. Pretty fun stuff that is worth a look, even if you weren’t a part of it. The video footage is about what you’d expect from what the average Punker had at his disposal back in those days, by which I mean VHS home video quality. The 1981 show is pretty rough and is probably best viewed on a smaller screen to enhance clarity. Looks like there may have been rendering issues, but it is what it is—you’re not going to find it anywhere else. The 1985 show is in much better shape, shot with a more modern camera, and they run through all the stuff from the two LPs and then some. There is also some still footage of Certain Death and Slammin’ Watusis thrown in for good measure, with one song each and some more old footage that probably hasn’t seen the light of day in a decade or two.
Not sure what the deal is with the shirts, but they exist (see below). The DVDs are $10. Here’s the contact info…………
You can write ‘em at:
Torpedos / Damian
13827 S. 80th Ave
Orland Park, IL 60462
(9/12/12–NOTE THE NEW ADDRESS.)
They don’t do email, so send a stamp. Yes, just like the “good-old-days”. Ha!
You could also try Danny Imig from Certain Death. His site:
See? Every once in a while Mr. Poopy can do something halfway useful for the wretched remnants of Punk Rock. Just don’t hold your breath for the next time!
Shirt
It Came From The Pit – “V/A” (1985)
I got this from an old ex-punker a month or so ago, along with a couple other used-bin regulars, although this LP might be a little less known than some. Here we have a bunch of bands from Hoserville, doing the mid-eighties Punk / HC thing straight across the party line. It’s not a bad record and I think the way most folks hear this thing depends largely on how old they were when it came out. A few somewhat well-known bands show up, although my fave track would have to be from virtual unknowns, The League Of Dead Politicians, DK rip-off guitars included! Did those guys ever do anything else?
Rear Cover / Track List
SAMPLE TRACKS:
League Of Dead Politicians – Mr. Profylactic Man
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The Grim – S/T LP (1984)
Yeah, long time no posts. Whatever. I’ve been having technical difficulties. Aside from that, I’ve been making some killer vinyl scores in recent months, but as far as un-blogged and little-known Punk Rock goes, it’s been the dregs—even I’m embarrassed by it! So, with that in mind, I’m going to do what has been requested of me a few times and post a couple Mystic records, despite the fact that I’m pretty sure all the other stuff I own is available on the web or back in print. And besides, after subjecting you guys to Dr. Sadistic and The Silverking Crybabies, I feel like I’m almost obliged to put up something halfway decent!
So here we have one of those “used bin regulars” that I used to talk about when I first started the blog and, undoubtedly, if you were flipping through the used bin back in the 80’s and 90’s, you found yourself staring the old orange GRIM jack-o-lantern in the face. In fact, I just now got around to peeling the sticker price off my copy to scan it. How much did I pay? $0.99! Not no more, kiddies! That aside, I see nothing at all wrong with this record, as it is prime juvenile Mystic slop of the most righteous order, recorded with that fine Mystic studio sound and graced with that classy X-Acto knife artwork we all love and enjoy. And this thing is inching towards 30 years old now! Geeze.
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SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Mystic Sampler #1 – LP (1984)
Ah, memories. I bought this not too long after it came out and, while I didn’t exactly regard it as one of my favorite records at the time, I played it quite a bit during my mid to late teens and, suffice to say, it made something of an impression on me, despite myself. Lots of fun stuff on here, including about the only thing by The Minutemen I’ve ever been able to tolerate and a killer track by Kommunity FK, which is permanently etched on my brain until the day I die. Strangely enough, I never picked up any other Kommunity FK stuff from that era, so I need to ask if anyone is familiar with their discography and knows where I can give their early stuff a listen. The only other thing I have by them is the “Close One Sad Eye” LP. This LP also features an early version of “I Saw Your Mommy” by Suicidal Tendencies that blows away the one on their first LP. Actually, I never liked that song as it was popular with the fence-sitt…….. …..er…..um…..skater punks, never mind that the lyrics sound like they were written by a six year-old. Too bad he didn’t do “Possessed” or “I Want More” instead, but it’s still decent. Supposedly, it also got put out on a comp called “Slamulation”, but I’ve never come across it. Maybe it never came out?
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SAMPLE TRACKS:
Minutemen – Party With Me Punker
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Battalion Of Saints – “Second Coming” 7″ (1983)
One more quick Mystic slab here and another journey down memory lane for yours truly. I bought this when I was like 15 and I thought this record was the shit. And it still is! Short, fast, hard, catchy, howling and blasphemous! This baby had it all. Not sure if this one got reissued or not but, if not, it should be.
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THE TRACKS:
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Poopy Endorsement: The Mau Maus “Scorched Earth Policies” LP/CD (2012)
Shit, I almost forgot to endorse this thing. I’ll make it quick: BUY THIS! Haven’t heard any decent Punk in a while? Buy this. Haven’t heard any old shit that hasn’t been mercilessly beaten into the ground or should have been tossed in the trash and forgotten? Buy this. Period. As you should already know, The Mau Maus were one of the original LA Punk bands from the very beginning and beyond but, for whatever reasons, couldn’t get their act together to put out a studio LP. Now they have and I don’t mind saying this has been glued to my turntable and CD player since I picked it up. Absolutely flaming old-school Punk the way it was meant to be presented, with the type of righteous, pissed-off sarcasm, bite and disgust that is so very sorely missing from today’s music. The songs “Laughtrack” and “Dead Or Alive” are worth the price of admission alone. The first six tracks were recorded in 1983 with killer production and the last eight are recent recordings of old tunes that sound exactly like the old stuff. VERY highly recommended to fans of old school Punk Rock and as a tutorial to those who would like to learn how to do it PROPERLY.
Dr. Sadistic And The Silverking Crybabies – “Pyramid Punk” LP (1980)
Looks like we’re overdue for some posts again. Sorry, guys, but I’m busy—not that I owe you clowns anything. No, I don’t owe you a damn thing and, in fact, this particular record is a donation of sorts, recently given to me by an old friend. I first heard this thing about 7 or 8 years ago and was so impressed with it, that I felt compelled to fetch it out of the pile and beg for it. And, of course, it’s for a worthy cause, right? So why would I go through so much trouble? Because it’s a great record that needs to be shared with the world? Don’t be silly! And check your URL while you’re at it and recognize that, yes, you are here and, no, you should know better than that by now. In fact I would dare to say that this is one of the most heinous, crap fake Punk records I have ever heard in my life and, like the cover says, it is of “no redeeming social value”. Unfortunately, it is of no musical value, either. The back cover also makes the claim that this is a “concept album” and I have to agree that, if the concept is making an LP of unlistenable Disco-influenced crapola, it succeeds with flying colors! And that’s enough of that, but let me finish my flame by adding that, if you managed to tolerate some of the other bad Punk records I’ve churned up, this baby just might be the one to put you on the ropes!
So, with the necessary (and deserved) bashing out of the way, let me try to halfway defend this thing a little bit. First off, they were from Aspen, Colorado. Never been there, but I can only imagine that being a working stiff in a town like that would have to royally suck, so I can offer some degree of sympathy and possibly a little leeway, but this record came out in 1980. Secondly, I have to admit the lyrics are pretty good, actually above average and pretty funny but, man, is this thing ever a tough listen! But to each his own, right? Obviously, some dude who smoked a lot of cigarettes liked the thing, because the B-Side is thrashed and it smells like an ashtray. I should also mention that, if it were between listening to this thing or The Spooks, I’d pick this baby, hands down!
The Gang
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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I’ve Got Those Demo-Lition Blues – V/A LP (1983)
While I’ve known several people who managed completely by-pass the phase, I tend to think it wasn’t too unusual for most US Punk kids in the 80’s to go through a UK82 / British Punk phase at some point in their youths—usually during the late teens or early 20’s and, amazingly, I still see kids today dressing up like bands from that era. Whatever. Personally, I went through a period of several years where I couldn’t stand the sound of this stuff, but a few years back I had a change of heart and started liking these bands again. Let’s see: a disintegrating empire, no jobs, no future, and no signs of things getting any better? I think it has finally sunk into my Yankee brain-I get it now, and the stuff these kids were ranting about back then holds some new significance to me. Aside from that, I totally would have eaten this record up as a kid—I loved this stuff and, while this seems to have come out around the tail end of the first wave, it is decent Punk schlock for the not-too-picky listener of music from this era. This comp seems to be a little less known than some of its contemporaries and therein lies the charm, as these songs haven’t been totally beaten into the ground like some of the better known records from this classic period. This is pretty much low-fi, working class, political Punk slop that doesn’t sound like Discharge or GBH—more like Chaos UK and Exploited. A fun listen if you haven’t heard this sort of stuff in a while.
Rear Cover / Track List
SAMPLE TRACKS:
The Deceased – Anok On Saturday Night
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Back In Business!
All the old posts have now been switched over to MediaFire and the site is, once again, fully functional. Let’s see how long this lasts, shall we? I have to admit my confidence in MediaFire could be a little higher, but I’ll give them a chance. And am I the only one who has trouble with their multi-uploader? It rarely works and you have to upload one file at a time, hovering over the site until it goes through. To compound the problem, the nearest high speed internet connection I have is a gas station on the edge of the nearest town with minimal heat and stinks of fried pork tenderloin and potato wedges. So here I am, stinking of pork tenderloins and potato wedges, and what the hell have you clowns done for me? Nuthin’!
Oh, and I did some long-overdue site maintenance while I was waiting and stinking. Basically, I added some new categories to aid in site navigation. Now, you can get all the Mentors and El Duce posts at the click of a mouse and I did the same with a couple other bands and genres. I have also received a couple requests in the past to put together a list of some of the top retard and fake Punk releases. Well, I’m not sure if I can really comply with such a request but, as far as this site goes, I added the categories of Poopy Punk and Poopy Rock that, while containing some legitimate releases, tends to gravitate more towards the bands and artists who went the extra mile in general dumbassitude and crapola. Not that most of this stuff isn’t stupid, mind you! I have some new posts in the works and should have them up by then end of the week.
Agression – “S/T” LP (1985)
Boy, did this year ever suck! And so did last year and the year before that. In fact, this entire millennium has been sucking large phallus so far. But I’m optimistic about 2012 and just forget about all that 2012 end of the world nonsense—especially since we won’t have actually spent 2012 years until the calendar get’s around 2013. Nope, this year is gonna be swell, so we’ll start things on a positive note with the sweet, sweet sounds of Mystic and this scarcely seen release. Not sure if this was their second or third studio effort or even their first, as rumor has it “Don’t Be Mistaken” was a rehearsal session. Whatever the case, this LP takes up where they left off on the “Someone Got Their Head Kicked In” comp, with the band much more unglued than on their first full length and, of course, the sparse, scummy, yet strangely ample recording sound of Mystic Studios always sounds nice. No duds and a couple tracks border on greatness. Good stuff.
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Sockeye / That Cheezy Sensation – “Split EP” (198?, 199?)
I’ll assume most folks have heard of Sockeye. Sometimes funny, sometimes annoying, sometimes unlistenable but generally amusing, these guys put out a slew of stuff over the years of varying degrees of retardation. While, I can’t claim to be a die-hard fan, I have to give the Devil his due on this one, because the four Sockeye tracks on this split are funny as shit. So funny, in fact, I feel a need to post three of them for general consumption. Not sure if there was ever a Sockeye sleeve, as this record was found by a friend of mine about 19 years ago when he was moving into a new place and wound up in my possession due to his lack of a turntable. As for the other band, That Cheezy Sensation, it’s pretty decent jokey hardcore / Punk and worth a listen, actually a major cut above most bands that attempt that shtick, really.
That Cheezy Sensation
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Infection – “Legal Limit” LP (1990? 1989?)
I seem to remember buying this around 1990 or so, so I’m guessing it came out around that time. For whatever reason, it was rumored that these guys were a “violent” band and there were problems at their shows, so I picked this up hoping for a thugfest but, instead, got an earful of Metal / HC in the Straight Edge vein that I was good and sick of at that point in time, although this was not a Straight Edge band. Twenty years later, I can say that this sounds a heck of a lot better to my ears. The playing is decent (although it doesn’t hurt to take your palm off the strings once in a while) and the lyrics are actually a cut above and somewhat thoughtful in places. Pretty generic for the most part, but it has its charm and appears to be mostly forgotten for some reason or other. I can’t say as I can list too many other bands from Delaware, either. Lemme see, Nordic Thunder, Stormwatch…..ummmm….. I’m thinking……..
Infection
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Big Boys – “Lullabies Help The Brain Grow” LP (1983)
Well, life isn’t all bad. Despite the fact that I live in a cultural wasteland, I manage to go thrifting every day during my lunch break and somehow manage to score despite the odds. So I’m hunting around the other day, look down and what do I see? Yep, this record. What could be better than getting a $25 record for $1? Why, getting it for free, of course, since the lady rang me up wrong and didn’t charge me for it! And should I feel guilty about ripping off Goodwill? Fuck, no! That place is a total scam if there ever was one. I never really got into these guys, but methinks this band deserves a second look, if this record is an indicator of what they were capable of. Prior to this, my only exposure was “Live At Rauls” and the “Frat Cars” EP, neither of which rocked my world. This is much better, with several good Punk rockin’ tunes, and even the Funk stuff isn’t too bad, although I’ve never cared for Funk. So I guess I’m going to have to keep hanging around the Goodwill until the first two 12”s show up, right?
Big Boys
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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Poopy Bad Bar Band And Lousy Punk Record Fest Part 1: Throbbing Masses – “The Way We Were” 7″ (19??)
Does anyone else out there get burned out on music? As I shovel down my breakfast in the morning before racing out the door, I look at a wall full of records and it dawns on me how rarely I spin them and how little I care. A phase, perhaps, but I cannot tell a lie, as none of my records are really rocking my world right now, although I’ve been downloading some great stuff. At any rate, seeing as I have a blog to run and I’m completely uninspired, I figure I might as well tap into some records I have been on a fence with or flat out don’t like at all, but figure I might as well share them due to obscurity—and the chance to be a dick and make snide comments! Ha!
I remember a while back reading a comment on some other site where some guy goes, “That’s a bunch of bar band crap—you should get the guy from Glorify The Turd to do it!” Ouch! Owwwwwwwwch! Words hurt, buddy!! So you think some of this stuff is bad, do you? Well, stick tight, ‘cuz you ain’t heard nothin’, yet! Honestly, I wish I had about a thousand of these records from the old days so I could have a blog called “It Was From 1978 And It Sucked Balls”. Or something like that.
So let us begin this sordid series with Throbbing Masses. I’ve never heard of them, there’s no date on the record, and there’s nothing on the web. It does, however, have that late 70’s New York City Art Rock stink to it, so that would have to be my guess, although it could have just as easily come out in the 80’s or 90’s. The A-Side is a cover song of origins I won’t bother to look up because I don’t care—I’m sure you’ve heard it. The flip is a total waste of studio time and vinyl. I mean I’m all about the novelty records, but this isn’t really a novelty record by my definition and, instead of using the track to showcase their dubious “talents”, the guys decide to fill it with nonsense that any jerk could have come up with in his sleep. The tracks are below. Enjoy!
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THE TRACKS:
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Poopy Bad Bar Band And Lousy Punk Record Fest Part 6: Killer Wasp – “Rich Kids / Pain In My Heart” 7″ (1980)
As label mates with the infinitely awesome The Now, I figured this would have to be pretty good with a song title like “Rich Kids”, as every Punk band that ever tackled the subject managed to do something pretty entertaining with it. Well, too bad these guys weren’t a Punk band! The flipside, “Pain In My Heart” is a little better, looking like it might be a Class of 1976 pre-Punker, but it never really gets out of first gear. The Poopy thumb is down. Only a serious Punk history geek would find this record relevant.
THE TRACKS:
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Bloody Mess & The Scabs – “6th Grade Field Trip” LP (1990)
OK, I lied and I’m done with the crapola records for now. Here’s one good record I keep meaning to give a shout out to, as I feel it never quite got the credit it deserved. As most of us remember, this band was affiliated with GG Allin and, as a result, I think a lot of people wrote them off as GG clones or hangers-on. Well, that may or may not be true, as I can’t say as I’m all that intimate with what transpired in that scene. I will attest, however, that their live shows blew most bands out of the water and, musically speaking, this record is about as gritty as it gets, with a crude but catchy US Punk sound that was nothing like the GG Allin material. Lyrically, there is no comparison to Mr. Allin, either, and I have to say Mr. Mess really shines on a few of these songs, with the type of blunt, honest tirades and commentary that any true Punker can relate to. “My Own Worst Enemy”, “Mammogram Days”, and “Quicksand” are some of the standouts but, as a whole, the record comes off as very honest, delivered with a Sam Kinison howl! Really good Punk rock schlock all the way around on this one and I suspect that if he hadn’t been involved with GG, more people would be putting this LP on a pedestal. The second LP contains several good songs, as well, and is worth a listen.
SAMPLE TRACKS:
Think Of Punk Rock When You Shit…
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Mammogram Days
Bloody Mess
Various Artists – “3D EP” 7″ (1986)
I believe I told someone I’d have new posts up by midnight tonight and I try to be a man of my word. Well, here ‘tis, the elusive 3D EP that no one seems to have heard of and is nowhere to be found, although not for lack of trying, mind you. I spent about a year and a half looking for this record until one of the guys who released it was kind enough to send me a copy, along with a few other obscurities, so let’s have a hand for Mr. Bo Reusch, bass player for Bag Of Tricks, among other Wichita bands, for kicking this down for our enjoyment.
Well, one would think some guy from Kansas should be posting this on the web, as I have no memory of any of these bands. On the other hand, maybe it’s better that I do it, as I might be sparing you the tired old story of “we were bored, fucked up kids, there was nothing to do, there were no clubs, yada, yada, yada, etc., etc……”. How many times do we need to hear it and how many books and movies with pointless anecdotes and self-serving “memories” of the old “scene” need to be written or produced? I, quite frankly, am sick of it. Even the Hippies aren’t that wrapped up in the past! Well, hopefully, you all had your scene and your shithole shack to see bands in like these kids did and, hopefully, it was fun. Life goes on.
Oh, yeah, the music. This is a compilation of Wichita, Kansas bands, circa 1985-86, that were regulars at a short-lived Punk hang out called the 3D Klub. The recordings were made on a four-track, set up outside the shack, but the sound is pretty good. This is a nice document of a bygone scene featuring one of my favorite purveyors of juvenile ridiculousness and musical expertise: Roach Egg Invasion. The other bands are as follows: Klyde Konnor, Wise Guys, Bag Of Tricks, Butt Clinch & The Glove Fist, Sick Society, and 11 Eleven.
3D EP
SAMPLE TRACKS:
Roach Egg Invasion – Run & Hide
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Dewey And The Big Dogs – “All Alone / No One Can Tell” 7″ (1984)
Another Wichita, KS contribution by Bo Reusch and I honestly don’t know what to say about this one, except that it found its way to the right place! Perhaps, if this came out in 1980 or so it might have earned a spot on one of those Power Pearl comps or something, but 1984? It’s a tough call, but one thing that isn’t a tough call is the fact that, despite all the retro synth crap that has been foisted on us in recent years, the keyboard sound on this record NEVER became “cool” again! At least not yet! Score one for room-clearing power, score two for the dated bopiness and goofiness of the songs themselves, and score three for the fact that the guys could actually play. A fun record to be sure, but is it good? The answer is blowing in the Kansas winds………..
THE TRACKS:
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Bag Of Tricks – “Batman / Young Lust” 7″ (1986)
Onward we go with our Wichita, KS expose and another Bo Reusch contribution. This is the second Bag Of Tricks 7” and my favorite of the two he sent me. Decent Punk that sounds like the year it came out: 1986. For some reason, I feel like I should have some memory of these guys, as they put out a lot of songs, but I’m drawing a complete blank. Obviously, this is old, as they are singing about the fun Batman from the 1960’s, before his name was dragged in the mud by those crap movies that Hollywood put out later.
THE TRACKS:
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2Car Family – “August Sunset / Alone I’m Down” 7″ (1988)
We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto. Oh, wait, we are! Here’s one from my own pile ‘o poop, only these guys hailed from Lawrence, KS. I know I got this at one of their shows around 1988 or 1989 and have vague memories of a skinhead vocalist and a female drummer, with a set that was pretty much in the same vein as the two songs on this record. I probably hadn’t played this in over 20 years prior to this post and, like a lot of stuff I’ve been rediscovering from that era, it sounds a lot better than I remember it. As I recall, it was the lyrics that put me off this thing—they’re almost pre-Emo! A bit of a Wash DC post-punk vibe to it, as well. The flip, “Alone I’m Down” would have to be my pick.
Rear Cover
THE TRACKS:
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Discords – “Spank It!” CD (1999)
So now that I’ve done my duty of posting a few records for the US Punk historians out there, let’s get down to the real meat and potatoes of this blog, shall we? Get a look at the band pics below. Now, take another look and reflect that this is how ALL musicians should look, PERIOD! So why do a lot of those skinhead bands like to put those cutesy little Viking and Bootboy cartoons on the covers of their records? I have no I idea, but it looks fucking stupid. It also does a great disservice to this masterpiece because, at first glance, I would be inclined to think it was one of those beer-swillin’ skinhead records, while this is actually some top-knotch old-school Punk / Goon rock, put out by an old Montreal, Quebec Punk outfit whose only other release came out in 1982. There are some really great songs on this thing and, I ain’t gonna lie, the title track has been stuck in my head for weeks!! While the CD appears to have been recorded in 1999, it doesn’t sound it and has that sweet, old-school juvenile delinquent smart-assery and nastiness from theirs and my own generation that has been lacking from other goon bands ever since—probably because they wrote a lot of the songs when they were kids. Some really fun stuff here and this baby will be sitting at the top of the Poopy charts for months to come.
Strangely enough, the obscure reference to the Notre Dame de Grace neighborhood is not totally lost on me. I lived up the street from it, in a run-down duplex on Avenue Marcil back in the mid 1970’s and have some childhood memories of that part of town. I recall an old part of an old city and they always seemed to be tearing up the streets for busted water mains. My place was actually quite spacious and pretty cool, but was in bad shape and literally smelled like shit when it got hot out. Honestly, compared to some of the other dives I’ve been stuck in, that city was The Ritz! Heck, at this point just about anything up in Hoserville looks nice compared to the shithole the States has become!
Oh, yeah, I should also add that dickheads are already selling this out-of-print CD for $50 and up. Fuck that and track down a cheap copy while you can—there aren’t many left. I included their 1982 EP with the download, as well, and suffice to say, it rips!
BAND PICS!!!!
SAMPLE TRACKS:
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