Beastie Boys - Heart Attack Man

I've done a lot of shit in my life, I have skills and I have experiences, but there's lots of things I wish I could do.  One is to be able to proficiently play an instrument, another is to be able to dance.  My inability to do those two things has one cause, I have no rhythm.  This guy here is a stud, he's got style, the moves and most importantly rhythm.  How the fuck does a guy like myself, love music so much, and yet not be able to do anything with it other than be a listener?  About the only dancing I can do proficiently is stomp around in a circle, slam, mosh.  Oh yeah, pogo, I can pogo.  I used to think I could skank.  In fact, I had this girlfriend way back when, who liked to go to the clubs to dance, you know hip hop and whatnot, and that's what I would do is skank real slow.  That girlfriend was particularly good looking among other things, and I'm sure half the dudes in the clubs were probably wondering what that hottie was doing with such a dork...hahaha.

The Beastie Boys have rhythm though, hip hop rhythm and hardcore rhythm...

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Reagan Youth - Live At CBGB Volume One 7"

Strange image (only the Japanese) yet familiar feeling on this my 500th post. A shit load of posts, most of which have essential listening and of course my maybe not so essential babblings. I have enjoyed it almost every step of the way and I know that at least a few folks have gotten something out of it. Gone are the days of posts with 20+ comments, with honest to goodness dialog. I'm not sure if that's because this place is tired or, what I'm leaning towards, the day of the blog is past...replaced by the superficial Facebook experience.  Still getting tons of hits though, which at least indicates people are coming to the page in some kind of voyeuristic way.  I hope that my passion for music still shines bright. On a side note, Wendy wanted you to know that today is my 45th birthday (she gave up on life at 48).  Not sure what to think of this one, I don't feel that old.  Well, I guess I should say that mentally and physically (a burnt out brain stuck in a worn out body) I feel much older than that, but emotionally and in terms of maturity, I still feel young.  Too young, I've seen way too much shit not to have some wisdom under my belt.  Maybe it's tucked away in there somewhere, waiting for that perfect opportunity to present itself.  Was going to take the day off, but got reminded last night that I have some work related shit on my calendar...oh well. Wanted to pick something special for this 500th post, but had a hard time nailing down exactly what special means. Stuck with that idea of "hard time" and decided to focus on Dave Insurgent, who, towards the end, was the epitome that idea. Not that this place has been difficult, it has actually been a ray of sunshine, but I too have been familiar with "hard times". Of Course Dave's experience was tragically worse, with an insatiable heroin addiction, homelessness, getting beaten nearly to death, mother accidentally killed by father, having his girlfriend killed by serial killer Joel Rifkin and finally, almost predictably, suicide by overdose in 1993. I was too busy with my own life to have known about these events until recently, but back in the mid-80s he was one of my favorite frontmen of one of the better hardcore bands of the time. My first exposure to Reagan Youth must have been in 1984, on the legendary P.E.A.C.E. compilation, with their anthem "Reagan Youth".  There's not a dud on that whole comp, but Reagan Youth's input was top notch.  Maybe a year or two later I saw the band on one of those Flipside Video things and Dave's stage presence was just incredible, he could ad lib, move around the stage and really belt out thought provoking words.  Kick myself, to this day, as I know I had at least one opportunity to see them live (probably chose to get drunk instead).  In looking for info for this post, it turns out that cooler than a culo Aesop had written up a nice tribute to Dave and a link to RY's only official release, which is now dead...found it for you though from the less cool Hardcore Punk Reviews and it actually includes the songs on this 7" (what do you know, you could skip my post altogether as some thing non-essential, dispensable or repetitive).  The band is back together now, which is interesting, pretty sure it's just the original guitarist, I guess a guys gotta make a buck.   Anyway, this is a nice quality boot, from 1984... Degenerated Go Nowhere I Hate Hate U$A Brave New World / Urban Savages My Generation

the show I missed at the Olympic in LA (I have the flyer somewhere)...

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No Comment - Live On KXLU 1992 7"

For the most part, I get my records used from places like Ebay and Discogs, that's just the nature of the music I listen to, old stuff. With this review thing I've been doing lately, I am getting exposed to brand new releases, so there is at least the bare minimum of effort to keep up with the times, instead of just living in the past. One long time source of new music (which of course is now old music) has been my old friend Bob of Lack Of Interest / Deep Six Records, (he and I went to junior high together).  Bob and another school chum, Ron (RIP) have been my source for extreme music since the mid 80s.  I get updates from Deep Six Records by email on their new releases, so imagine my delight when I heard about this No Comment 7".  Old music on a new record, perfect for me and sure as shit, this thing is a rager.  I've got several No Comment records and they've never let me down, this is no exception.  I just love live radio recordings, they never fail (my own band's demo was from a live radio show).  When I got this Bob told me that he really liked the snare sound and I agree 100%, but really the whole mix is just epic.  The entire band is oozing with energy, playing like this is their last time.  This is like some long lost treasure that has finally seen the light of day and it's even better than imagined. legendary.  And Bob & company really outdid themselves with the packaging on this thing.  It's a beautiful colored disc but that's just standard fair these days and the tip of the iceberg here.  The sleeve is incredible, with great choices in pics (as you see on the front cover up top there), flyers, band photos, lyrics, the sleeve folds out into a 6x poster with a significantly gruesome picture suitable for a place on any hardcore punk wall.  This killer record is available from Deep Six Records for $8 PPD, if you dig No Comment or this kind of tune-age, it's a must have... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ0Ct-Hgjm4]

Nyx Negativ

I've been swapping emails with my internet buddy, Bjorn of Unter Den Linden and Pilleemandjoonks, for a while now, we chat about life and bring to light music that we've separately got tucked away in our collective unconcious. I've heard a lot of music in my time, but by no means have I heard it all, there is so much old/new music just waiting to blow my mind.  Out of the blue, a while back, he mentioned a Swedish Band called Nyx Negativ, you can read about them at Swedish Punk and Kill From The Heart.  I thought I had never heard of them, but I must have, because their cassette is posted at Good Bad Music and I've read through everything there (but I'm a burnout and a mind is a terrible thing to waste).  That cassette is absolutely essential, and Erich's rips are top notch, so stop here, download it, listen, and if you'd like you can completely disregard everything else I have to say...or not.  Bjorn sent me these three tunes and I instantly had a hardcore hard on, 1983 at it's very fucking finest, it just doesn't get any better than this... idioterna jehovas vittnen trofull Of course never being satisfied (the virtual bug had been put in my ear), once I had found out they had tracks on various comps, I needed to hunt those down.  "Trofull" was also on the V.A.-Really-Fast-Vol.2-LP-85 (that is a direct link to the download, I could not find the original blog that it came from), but here it is again along with the other tune off that comp... Trofull Makten The next comp appearance brought me back to Erich's Good Bad Music, as he had kindly posted the Varning!! For Punk massive 3xCD comp (another of many, absolutely essential downloads from GBM). Here's the NN tracks off of that... Intro Trofull Idioterna Döda (Oss) Anti War They also found themselves on the Raped Ass comp (you can imagine the things that popped up doing a google search for that, hahaha. At the risk of further repeating tracks, that may or may not be different versions, here's those... silvia (short version) idioterna ny romantiker no thanks The only other comp that I could find that they were on, was the Vägra för helvete comp, I couldn't find that for the life of me but it's got the same tunes represented here, anyway.

Shower of Smegma (S.O.S.) - S/T CD/LP + Ed Gregor Interview

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Death Sentence / Cthuwulf split 7"

The first Wrong Turn was a great horror flick, the 2nd one (this GIF is from that) was okay, but after that they got really stupid with all the short cuts that affected the quality.  I guess that sort of defines how horror enterprises progress.  Really that's how a lot of things are, the beauty of that initial inspiration and then it's all about to recreate that, without the spark, and it pales in comparison.  Rarely is the 2nd time around as good as the first. Anyway my buddy Josh does a podcast with a couple of his homies in the form of The Brood where they address horror movie topics.  These guys are a lot more sophisticated than I am, so much of it is over my head, but still very interesting. From the 403 Comp (Florida Fucking Hardcore), which makes it a sorta hard tune to come by, a band that is outta this world, one of a kind, often imitated, never duplicated (you can find more of their stuff around here if you look)... Assuck - Alabaster Had been after this one for quite a while, and then it came up on ebay for what I thought was dirt cheap.  Now there's a guy who seems to have a stack of them, that are starting out at $2 a piece.  I picked up a second copy because I liked it that much, to send to a buddy who had sent me a bunch of records.  That's how it's supposed to be among music lovers, we pass that shit on, it's almost as good as listening to it yourself.  I found out about this one because I followed the guitar player's (now dead) blog (Damaging Noise), it was really good, you missed out.  Among countless other treasures he (Sean) had posted the Cthuwulf discography.  Got myself a hard copy (CD) from Sean, but being a vinyl nut, especially 7"s, I had to get my greedy little hands one of these gems.  Sean had said that this thing was some of the best shit the band had recorded.  Anticipating this post, I shot Sean an email and asked him to give me a scoop, "it's not a bootleg. I've been in intermittent contact with singer Peter for over 10 years now. It was actually his idea to do the split as I was helping him get the official discography CD off the ground. The tracks were all taken from my collection as Peter had lost the masters in a fire. Of course i jumped at the chance to do a split with one of my fave bands. So I looked to my friend paul to release it and he immediately said yes. The Cthuwulf tracks were just a demo, but it's the only material we had at the time (and was several years old) as I believe the Gaishu Issyoku demo hand't been recorded or released yet. My old band Haisha recorded a cover of DS' song "Moral Majority". But yeah, it was our most painless release, came out fast too. Only problem were the labels where artwork was reversed for whatever reason. The girl on our side was my friend's crush, and he got a pic of her in his homemade larm hat. I thought that was too cool not to use."  Released in 2006, and while Cthuwulf is a band of the new millennium, Death Sentence has been around since the mid 80's.  Their tracks were taken from an unreleased mini-LP that was never released and another release from '86.  From top to bottom, left to right, side to side this thing is blistering hot.  The longest song on either side is 1:41, but both bands pack a lot of notes into each track and it's a 33 so you get as much tunage as you can pack onto 7"s.  Hardcore at it's best, without trying to be something they're not.  Cthuwulf leans heavy on Sean's guitar, that just seems to have just the perfect mix of effects/distortion.  I like too how the singers voice is kind of garbled and distorted as well.  There's almost a Japanese vibe to the sound, but I think these guys are big fans of Japcore.  Death Sentence are maybe just a tad bit faster, at least the drumming is at times (which doesn't make any difference), you're in for a rip roaring good time with them as well. Thrashcore, speedcore, hardcore?  ...both these bands deliver the goods.

Vae Victis - S/T LP

This one left me with perma-grin...reminds me of what all the women in my life must have experienced having sex with me. High expectations... disappointment... get as far away as possible. Maybe it wasn't all that bad.  It doesn't matter anyway, partying was always more important to me throughout my life and then when it got really bad with the hooch, no woman could compete with the bottle.  Now when all is said and done, my wife has the leftovers of a life like that, the "relics" you might say. Picked up the Flat Tires vs. Asound 7" (with Jeff "Antiseen" Clayton cover art), I'm not sure when, but it must have been after 2010 when it was released.  Was going through a stack of 7"s I hadn't listened to yet, believe it or not.  Did a little searching for info on the bands and whatnot, and ran across a great review/site in the The Obelisk. The whole band rocks but the drummer is unusually insane in a 60's British drummer kinda way ala Mitch Mitchel, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, etc.  Best tune hands down on the split with all it's hard and heavy glory... The Asound - Joan Shit Happens, you knew that right? In order to make shit happen, a person back in the day could have referred to the Anarchist Cookbook. Don't know where my copy went, they go for about $15 on Amazon and Alibris.  Got a wild hair to see if there was a pdf floating around somewhere and sure enough this pirate of a site had the original 1971 copy, We Has Links. It's since been updated several times to go with the information age...easy to find a pdf of those updated versions if you want them too. Picked up this LP a while back solely because I'd heard a member of  Iron Lung had been in the band.  The drummer of Iron Lung was the guitarist of Vae Victis, is my understanding. The bio at Discogs reads..."VAE VICTIS was born from the ashes of Reno Goatrock pioneers EVERSKWELCH. From 1997 until 2001 VAE VICTIS reigned as one of the best bands to emerge from Reno's underground punk scene.  One of the more underrated bands of the time, VAE VICTIS is outlived by their legacy, members of VAE VICTIS concurrently played in, or went on to play in such bands as GEHENNA, CRUSHSTORY, REDRUM(reno), IRON LUNG, ARTIMUS PYLE, CRUCIAL ATTACK, COLD SWEAT, THE JENNIFER ECHO and more." If you're looking for another Iron Lung-esque band, then this isn't it. VV is more of a straight forward metallic hardcore thing, not so much start-stop-start. The tunes are more melodic, not in an Air supply kind of way (I wouldn't do that to my worst enemy), they swap hectic for driving. All the tunes shred, but if I had to pick one it would be "Hope"... Bridge Builder Apparatus Five Dollars 1000 Winters Stagnant Old Man Hope Green Unleash The Doves

 

Econochrist - It Runs Deep 7"

Steve Buschemi is one hell of an actor, not sure which flick this is from (I should).  All of his Coen Brothers stuff, 6 films I believe (one of the highlights being "Donnie" in The Big Lebowski), are worth seeing...loved him as "Mr Pink" in Tarentino's Reservoir Dogs too. A link out of the blue here, something that interests me being an old philosophy/religious studies major.  My mom found this site that gives you back round, translation and actual scans of the Dead Sea Scrolls...nerdy stuff I find interesting. Another little something out of the blue...these guys have done a million and one covers...loved the original and their cover ain't half bad either... Melvins - Candy-O One more piece of information to solidify the apparent randomness of this post (you should try crawling into my brain, a very hectic place).  Just stopped by one of my favorite sites, Kill Your Pet Puppy (there's so few left if you've bothered to check my links), and ran across a band called Nocturnal Emissions. Described as a band akin to SPK or Whitehouse, I had to give them a listen...accurate description. Well worth your time if early electronic meanderings is your thing. You can give all their stuff a listen and support the band by purchasing their releases at their Bandcamp. Saw these guys at the Gilman in about 1988 playing with Capitol Punishment, et al...may have mentioned that before. My buddy and fellow band mate Steve and I, were at the show and it was the single reason we got our first band together. Watched them and CP, both bands shredded and looked like they were having so much fun that we figured we could do something like that, who doesn't want to have fun. This is their first release from 1988 and to be honest their BEST stuff. Classic west coast hardcore punk with just a bit of that bay area poppiness thrown in.  Listening to this record again after all these year, it's great stuff, but it's not as good as I remember it.  I guess I'm too far removed from that space in time and it was all about that moment.  Still one of my favorite records...

It Runs Deep Can't I Think For Yourself Camouflage Blind Faith Fuck Your American Dream Ignorance

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VA - New Breed Tape Compilation CD

You know doing this thing for the past five years, I have met some really cool cats...the latest being Mr. Freddy Alva of Wardance Records, an internet friend of a friend.  Recently got a beautiful package from him, a mix of some 7"s, a CD and a cassette, so some reviews were obviously pending.  Freddy also has a killer blog of his own over at Quixotic Dreams...a great read.  So anyway, the first thing I thought I'd review would be one of Feddy's biggest and earliest outputs, the New Breed Tape Compilation.  Originally released as a cassette in 1989 and now brought to you as a CD/2xLP, it's basically a who's who of New York hardcore from that era.  To be honest with you, not an area I'm all that familiar with, most of the bands were new to me.  The man did not fuck around when he put this out, it's beastly, with 20 bands doing 36 tunes (5 extra tunes on the vinyl version).  I don't know my music history as well as some, but I guess this represents 2nd generation New York Hardcore (1st being Bad Brains, Agnostic Front, and the likes...right?).  It's metallic hardcore, but not crossover, does that make sense?  These days I've kinda strayed away from the grunted and growled vocals (my buddy Mike calls it Cookie Monster), like anything it has it's time and place, but on this thing just about every band has the common feature of having intelligible lyrics.  Don't get me wrong though, this is angry, sweaty hardcore at it's best (I used to have a t-shirt with a cartoon monster on it that said "wicked mean and nasty"...that's what this is).  And best case scenario has occurred here, the lyrics are included in a really nice booklet.  In fact the packaging on this bad boy is top notch, this ain't no CD-R in a paper envelope (although there's nothing wrong with that either).  I'm not even going to try to pick any favorites here, EXCEPT one, I really like the Show of Force track, they kind of break it down a little bit.  Anyway, my words can't really capture the immensity of this thing, GO HERE and get it. In the meantime...these samples, are just the very tip of the iceberg... Breakdown - Don't Give Up True Colors - Finding It Hard Raw Deal - Wall Of Hate Direct - One Life Uppercut - Down For The Count

 

Dead Fucking Last - S/T (My Crazy Life) 7"

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"You fucking with the rotation...puff, puff, give..."  Lessons in smoking etiquette.  A French rapper with a tune called "Puff Puff Give"... C-DRIK - PUFF PUFF GIVE I haven't smoked bud in about ten years, after a while it was easy to quit, it just made me paranoid as fuck and I just felt disabled instead of high.  Boy but there was a time when I was weed smoking mofo.  My first time was when I was ten, and my buddy stole some from his dad.  It was full steam ahead from there. They told us in junior high that it was the "gateway drug". We both ended up being drug addicts/alcoholics.  From the dirtiest brown Mexican to the finest Emerald Triangle green bud, smoked it all. Probably should have spent my time studying instead.  Have a hankering to smoke a little every now an again, but that's just not me anymore, I think I just miss being altered. I'm more worried when I crave a drink. Something a little stoney for y'all to groove to (hahaha)... Merzbow - Remblandt Assemblage Mix 005b2 This is what the hubbub was all about at this year's Super Bowl (I know I'm a bit late in commenting on it).  I was watching and didn't even notice, but I didn't notice Janet Jackson' boob either the year that happened.  M.I.A. this year's rebel is best known (she may be a one hit wonder) for her tune Paper Planes built around a sample of the Clash's "Straight to Hell" and featured in the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" (anybody see that movie).  These half times shows are a joke, t-bone steak for the masses, but I gotta say I'm always in awe of the whole grand production of it all.  The amount of time and energy put into something so inane, but I guess you could say the same thing about football itself.  A list of all the entertainment throughout the history of super bowl half time shows shows that they started with something innocent enough in college marching bands, but they sunk to a whole different level with Michael Jackson in '93. The Blues Brothers (-John, +James and John Goodman) in 97' was probably pretty cool...oh, should have known, it's on youtube.  A different kinda blues... Mississippi John Hurt - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor I know there's a lot of folks that don't like Obama, but I'm not sure why since he's turned out to be the Republican's Democrat, with the signing of business as usual measures anyway.  I don't even know why they call it Obamacare when the final product hardly resembles what was originally put on the table.  But let's say Obama does suck and it's time for a new puppet, then we are in for some scary times folks because the four Republicans that are left are some serious idiots.  Scary kind of idiots that are blatantly for a corporate America instead of one about the people and to use the words of MDC "they say they're Christian, but they're all fake, multinationals on the take".  Pretty soon you will have a choice, get lucky and be one of the 1%, or sweat away your life for chump change.  I guess someone's gotta work at Taco Bell, I just can't imagine doing it after the age of 20, much less 35.  For as long as there's been politicians we've had something to bitch about... Cream - Politician No frills, simple and straight to the fucking point hardcore outta L.A. from '93. I got it because it was on the Beastie Boys' record label, Grand Royal. Imagine my pleasant surprise, when I found out that Adam Horovitz of the B-Boys plays bass on this their first release (don't believe he played on any others though). Not much to say, give any tune a listen and you get the gist of what they're about, and really the song titles say it all (lyrically you won't be left scratching your head wondering what they're talking about, blunt).  They sound very much like the Beastie Boys when they do hardcore. D.F.L. The Mosher U Don't Understand Pizza Man Meter Maid Monk's Honor Knucklehead Nation Americas Most Hardcore Get The Fuck Out Think About The Pit F.F.F.

 

Tit Wrench - Ok You Homos, Out Of the Car CD

Tit Wrench at the Casbah in San Diego, circa 1995(?), my buddy Chris on guitar...you shouldn't have a hard time finding me in the crowd.

Here it is Thanxgiving and so much to be thankful for.  Around here it marks 4 years that I've been doing the Mustard Relics.  Good times.  Thanx to all my old buddies and to the new friends I've made for making this a fun virtual place to be involved with.  I thought about bringing up the hole silly, ironic idea of a Pilgrim/Indian Thanxgiving, but I'll save that negativity for another time.  Instead, I hope all of you have something to be thankful for and that whatever feast you might have is a

Got this CD from my first San Diego friend, Chris Squire (on guitar), about the time it was released in 1995.  As the photo evidence above indicates I got to see them at least once live.  In that setting they have much more of a hardcore vibe with an actual drummer, while this CD is reminiscent of that Ministry sound (drum machine, sampling, etc.).  Experimental and electronic is what Discogs calls them, but I suppose these days they might be called noise too.  SPK seems to come up a lot in my descriptions of bands like this, but you can really here it in a tune like "Sausage People Rule".  The arrangements are just incredible between the myriads of samples, creative drum machining, simple cords and barked vocals.  Anyway I could probably go on and on but I ate too much food and am having trouble folding at the waist to type...take my word for it (as always) this is some damn good shit.

...go out and buy the record.

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Ultimo Rausea / Barrell split 7"

This little scale illustrates what I've been talking about for a while.  "The American dream is a nightmare."  Someone has probably said that before, but in case they haven't, I have officially coined a phrase, and you read it first, here.  I'm deep like that.  Actually I'm too burned out to articulate what I'm thinking, which is really too bad because it's some deep shit.  If you could listen to my phone calls at work you would hear a lot of "um" and "ah" and "oh" in between every phrase as my mouth waits for my brain to catch up.  Anyway...what was I talking about...oh yeah...an interesting read about the Walmart phenomenon, a good example of that 475:1 thing, can be found at this site called Corpocracy.  Funny thing is that I have no choice but to shop at Walmart.

Speaking of corporate giants, someone please tell me why the hell I watch the NFL. I just love the game, so much so that I'll even watch teams play that I'm not really rooting for.  Overpaid athletes and fat cat owners, paid by the networks selling advertising to other corporate giants.  And of course also paid by overpriced tickets, parking, food, beverages, merchandise and whatnot.  Blah, blah, blah you've heard it all before around here.  Tried watching college and actually got into that, but even then I'm reminded that I didn't really like the jocks in high school or college.  I suppose just like shopping at Walmart, by watching football I'm making my own little contribution to the machine.

Yet another 7" I got just because of the cover...almost peaceful, but really disturbing, with the syringe and the hands holding her down.  Maybe it's just me but it's more disturbing than a headless corpse.  So I like the cover art, but the music, well "um" and "ah" and "oh".  Pork Queen is a techno/industrial improvised, instrumental ambiance kind of band and I didn't make it the main record featured in this post, because I just didn't get it.  In fact, if I didn't like the cover so much I would probably sell it.  This was released in 1993 and represents their third released.  Of the two tunes here, "Gunman" has kind of grown on me just a teeny tiny little bit, but the other tune was neat because it had music in the runout groove, so it was endless and I had to use the fade (for the first time) while ripping. Gunman Italy, Spain, Europe, Logic In case these guys are your thing, trip out on some more (even longer songs) from WFMU's Beware of the Blog. After the L7 post, my buddy Shawn mentioned a later L7 tune that is worth putting out there, for our listening pleasure... L7 - Shitlist He mentioned it as being from the cult classic (not sure what the criteria is for the that) movie Tank Girl...some of my favorite underground type actors in that movie including Iggy Pop.  Actually they do a different tune on that soundtrack and "Shitlist" is from the movie "Natural Born Killers" (another interesting movie, but I'm a fan of Juliette Lewis fan).  I don't think the soundtrack for Tank Girl disappoints either, give that a spin here. L7's tune on that soundtrack was good too, but I seem to like most of L7's stuff... L7 - Shove Speaking of Juliette Lewis, ever heard her music?  She's got a good voice but the music for the most part is pretty weak.  A couple of decent ones from their 1st EP, provided for reference purposes only... Juliette and the Licks - 20 Year Old Lover Juliette and the Licks - American Boy Back to L7, my buddy Brain mentioned another tune worth posting from the John Waters movie "Serial Mom"... L7 (aka Camel Lips) - Gas Chamber

Blah, blah, blah...that's a lot of babbling, on to the featured record

Got this one because it was Japanese, because it was a picture disc and because it was cheap.  Back in 1984 when I got the P.E.A.C.E. comp, I was first exposed to Japanese hardcore with the likes of G.I.S.M. and the Execute.  Been a sucker for shit from that country ever since.  It's hit and miss really because you're a sucker or some kind of perpetrator of reverse prejudice to think that all music from those islands is worthwhile.  In this case, in my humble opinion you get one hit and one miss.  Ultimo Rausea, a Japanese band with a Portuguese name (or is it Spanish) play some straight forward post hardcore in the vein of old school hardcore on this release from 1998.  I gotta be honest with you though, despite the harsh screaming they're pretty bland.  I've played their side several times and it really does nothing for me.  Now the flip side, the Barrell side is a different story.  As I usually do, I listen to the music of the band I'm writing about.  I'll be damned if I don't really dig these guys.  More sophisticated by far than their counterpart and I guess just more interesting and definitely soulful.  Give em both a try if you like, but tell me you don't like Barrel... Ultimo Rausea-01-Rant & rave Ultimo Rausea-02-Scal a wag Barrel-03-Massive Displeasure Barrel-04-Blue Mind

 

Bruce Banner "Nordic Thrash Power" / Sayyadina "The Inevitable Truth" - split 7"

Edit: Proof that I am getting senile can be found here.  It seems I've already posted these bands, coming full circle as I often do with what is being spun on the turntable.  Oh well, if anything, for myself, it shows two different ways to approach a subject and maybe how things are evolving around here. Been having a craving for hallucinogens lately, I'm not sure why.  Like mushrooms with hardcore visuals, something to really entertain the brain.  I guess that would mess up my clean streak, so let's not and say we did.  Some guy somewhere mentioned the whereabouts of some long lost legendary punk rock figure and what he was up to, which was connected to the word "enthogenic".  Essentially "a psychoactive substance used in a religious, psychotherapeutic, shamanic, or spiritual context."  Always thought a peyote trip would be good, but I suppose you should do that kind of thing for the right reasons, not just like dropping a tab or two and going on an adventure.  The Native American Church is an interesting group that might be worth looking into but I suppose as with any kind of spirituality, you don't dabble in it, it's a serious affair.  That may in fact be the problem with 99.99% of religious practitioners, they take it too seriously. Talk about trippin', remember the show Sigmund and the Sea Monsters?  Great theme song.  Somebody mentioned them too. How about H. R. Pufnstuf?  Another classic show/them song.  I know I'm stuck in the past...it's because of early drug/alcohol use...I never grew up.  Hahaha. As you know my Grandpa forwards me email all the time...the latest, Man sitting at home on the couch with his wife and he says, "I love you." She asks, "Is that you or the beer talking?" He replies, "It's me............. talking to the beer." Felt that way at one time. Watched a special on Elvis for a couple of minutes and from what I caught the man had a punk rock moment when he played this country classic at the Grand Ole' Opy (they were horrified), Elvis Presley - Blue Moon of Kentucky Mentioned it before, I'm not much of an Elvis fan (except when he was in his Vegas doped out/overweight years, haha) felt like he just took someone else's idea and because he was white was able to capitalize on it (actually he made a lot of motherfuckers rich).  The reality I suppose is that I'm an ignorant old fool always looking for the conspiracy and really the guy had a huge impact on music. My old San Diego buddy Chris Squire's band, Billy Druid is better than non-alcoholic Everclear. Some kick ass shit that he's been doing for 7 years now on his own in the studio. You older guys (maybe the younger one's too...Elliott) should get into this rockin' stufff played by a guy who's been doing this for a while.  Check it out, Billy Druid - I Walk With The Cobras Hoping he'll let me do a post on the band. Not sure where to start in this one, but let's keep it short.   Had heard it before picking it up, which sort of takes the surprise out of buying a record, but in this case it doesn't matter.  Both bands outta Sweden I think, from 2001, this may be the best hardcore (in the most general of senses) of that decade.  REALLY dig Bruce Banner, their side doesn't have a bad moment and is well worth listening to, but....the Sayyadina side makes this thing SOLID GOLD (and I don't mean the 70's show with the titillating dancers).  Fucking raging shit.  Both bands are what could be called a symbiotic (great word) blend of grindcore and power violence, but again...SAYYADINA.  A three piece with the fastest (I know that doesn't mean the best) cymbal/snare, blast beat, drummer EVER (sounds like a srum roll).  May have posted a tune way back but now is the time to wake up world and notice.  YOU MUST LISTEN TO AT LEAST THE FIRST SAYYADINA TRACK!!!!!! (and that may not even be their best tune, plus it'll clue you in to where the band got it's name from...unless you're already in the know).  Do it...seriously. Bruce Banner Fucked-Up Don't Make Me Angry Dead Serious Ruiner of All Things Good Falck Security - Jävla As Love is the Only Weapon Sayyadina Nothing Prozacgeneration The Revenge The Awakening Their Control

 

Apartment 213 / Benümb - split 7"

Holy shit I love doing this.  No, not babbling on aimlessly hoping that people will stop by for a visit, but mixing a love of music, vinyl records, internet searches AND babbling on aimlessly.  Beats the shit out of where I was 6 or 7 years ago.  I should start every post with, "Dear diary..."

My wife doesn't want me to grow any kind of facial hair and I don't want her to cut her the hair on her head short, so it's a good vain trade off, but I wonder if without a mustache there will be no greatness in my life.  I think Mustard Relics may represent the pinnacle of my creative lifetime accomplishment...hmmm.  Good enough for me I suppose, there was a point where I hoped I wouldn't have to live another day.  What's greatness anyway?  Seems like a burden unless they award that distinction post mortem.  Mediocre is pretty okay, I was always an underachiever.  A "C" was a passing grade and a "B" was just like an "A".

My old buddy Match made a request, something I've not gotten in a while so I'm jumping all over it.  Been meaning to post a greatest hits from the Crass Records Bullshit Detector series, but ripping, editing and labeling 5 LPs worth of music seemed like a big task especially when they've been posted in their entirety all over the place.  Probably just make that greatest hits from their rips.  Anyway Matcher picked out a poem and a song from Bullshit Detector 2, two of my faves reminders of the cold war 80's, [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skZHL9iof7w&w=790&h=444] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtcVriy277o&w=790&h=593]

Tried to get some of my mug shots a while back but San Diego County said I needed a subpoena. Was just kinda curious to see what I looked like.  Even after many years of getting away with it I realized that you've been incarcerated, it means that you have failed as a criminal.  A buddy directed towards some photos of people who just didn't know how to stop, interesting...check it.

Along the lines of that mid 60's garage tip that I've been dabbling in lately, found this one that has some kind of early Alice Cooper involvement...haven't looked into it too much...good tune though, dig, [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ4inxW64Es&w=790&h=691]

Promised that I'd post something a little harder seeing as how I've turned into a kind of a softy.  Well this is smome mid 90's hard shit from both bands who blur the lines between power violence, hardcore and grindcore.  Not sure where it all fits in and I have a terrible time trying to categorize music unless it's blatantly obvious, but you definitely get an Infest vibe.  Apartment 213 are outta Cleveland and the name is in reference to where Jeffrey Dahmer lived and did some of his dirty work.  I've got a bunch of other stuff from these guys, most of it digital and most of it shows the bands obsession with serial killers.  Benümb, out of Oakland, I know nothing about except what I've read in writing this post.  Apt. 213's "Plotting a Murder" is my favorite just because there's so many changes within the song.  That's enough, kept my promise. Apartment 213 Decay Plotting A Murder Toolshed Terrors Benümb 1 2

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Qvi87mh7c&w=790&h=593]

Filth / Submachine - This Is Why We Are The Drunks split 7"

EDIT: This is not the original animated gif that was inserted here, that was lost to the ravages of time, more specifically the switch from my own dot come website to a wordpress...it is what it is. Einstein will have to do...

Tripottaniss...how do you like this one? There are some real masters at creating these GIFs out there, it makes it a real pleasure to steal them and use them for my own purposes (non-profit of course). I have Photoshop, just need to learn how to use it.  On a side note, but maybe the most important thing said on this post, gotta thank y'all for all the comments on the last post, I really enjoy the interaction. The final outcome may not be mind blowing, but I put a lot of work into every post so...thanx!

I know I complain about the weather every once in a while round here (small talk, ya know), but bear with me.  This morning at 7am I went outside (we don't smoke in the house, people tell me it makes the house smell, I wouldn't know) for my morning ritual of a smoke with a cup of coffee.  Noticed that it was pretty damn cold out with a heavy wind, but you know how things are when you just get up (hazy).  Apparently it was -10f outside with a wind chill of -30f.  I know it's colder in other places in the world, people throughout the history of humankind have had to deal with it and worst of all there's folks that have to go out and work in it.  I spent about an hour doing chores and decided that fuckin wind taught me what my limit was. A whole generation of kids that will not end up learning to play real or even their own music. They need to invent a game where you plug a real guitar into (that could be my million dollar idea). We talk about movies sometimes around here and wanted to HIGHLY recommend a flick called, Winter's Bone.  Not what I expected or one of the genres my wife and I usually watch, but this one was intense.  The roles of men and women, the culture, how people look at the future, the subtle brutality of the characters, the blunt dialog...damn. Must see movie, check that out. Did Gary Numan's "Cars" a couple of posts back and my buddy Shawn mentioned a cover of the tune, not necessarily as being good, but just that it existed, [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSoKp6dRUH0&w=790&h=593] Found another cover of sorts, a live version with Mr. Numan on vocals... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qlUFKFHNIU&w=790&h=444]Nine Inch Nails - Cars (with Gary Numan, London 7.15.09) It's been a while since we explored this territory, but thought it was about time for some more Filth. A long while back, we had their first 7" Live the Chaos and also a track from the There's a Faggot in the Pit comp (along with some tracks I picked up here and there). If you're a fan of Filth do yourself and them a favor and go pick up some of their stuff at Alternative Tentacles. This 7" has never been repressed and the Filth tracks are what you'd expect from their special brand of abrasiveness. The big surprise on this thing is Submachine or at least that first shredding track. If you listen to one tune on this post make it "Suicide Drive". [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0oULfzx5pw&w=790&h=593] I don't know much else, this was released on CI Records in 1994. That's enough babbling for this post, listen to the music. Filth Buttshits Dear Fuck Submachine Suicide Drive Laughing Bonus Beer Song (duh)

Couldn't find the split in it's entirety on Fucking YT, but I thought the Filth discography made a nice substitute and some damn good listening... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnFYpFzQ6rk&w=790&h=444]

Stack - Selbstfindungsgruppe 6"

The Big Lewbowski, almost goes with saying, is one of those contemporary classics, and, with John Goodman, John Turturro, Sam Elliott and Steve Buschemi, how can it miss. Saw a thing on the Bio channel about Jeff Bridges and found him to be a genuinely interesting, extremely creative and a down to earth person (and I'm not much of a celebrity fan). They also had some interview clips of John Goodman and that man has definitely lost weight/aged. I think I've mentioned my adoration for the movie before and along with that, for the hardcore fan, a celebration of all things Lebowski. Kind of quiet around here since the holidays, maybe everyone is still digesting. Made me think of this time, must've been around 1980 when I was with my Mom and her best friend at this store in Hollywood called the House of Hermetic. Not sure if it's even around anymore, but it had been around for a while, run by these elderly sisters who were a lot older than they looked. The store was sort of a full service, everything that you could imagine that would be necessary for witchcraft/Wiccan, Santa Ria, Voodoo, Rosacrucian, etc. place. Nothing hinting at New Age, this place was the real deal. I think between my Cuban Godmother's passive Santa Ria and this store, my superstitions and spirituality were born. So anyway this one time we were there and there were three or four of these guys/gals who were being loud, obnoxious and generally rude. In my mind kind of stereotypically white trash, but more in general not believers and definitely not even curious. I was pretty young, but no so young that I didn't know that they were just assholes. Not to long after I made that realization, a funky odor started to fill the store. It was a stink, but not like an obvious stink such as a rank fart or rotten food. An interesting stink, let's say. While I was thinking about that, the offensive people just quietly left. I didn't put two and two together until later when one of the old ladies apologized about the smell which as quickly as it had come had been replaced by something more pleasant. She told me that she had lit something that for most people burns with an unpleasant smell, but for those few people who put a lot of negativity in the world it is nauseating and will make them immediately try to escape the smell. I hope that's not the explanation for it being so quiet and empty around here, ha, ha.  True story. A couple of posts back I posted this epic tune, one of the best of over a hundred that you can find on Crass Records three Bullshit Detector comps, Counter Attack - Don't Wanna Fight For You After that, spent some time trying to track down anything else by the band or even any kind of info, but nothing so far (although still waiting on a reply to an email from one of the heavy hitters of that scene). In the meantime, found this cover, not as good as the original, which almost goes without saying, but it is Citizen Fish so it is worth a listen, Citizen Fish - Don't Wanna Fight For You For you hardcore fans, I was recently reminded of, and want to highly recommend you give Mystic Records' "We got Party" a listen.  Years ago I had a dubbed tape of it which must have been played to death. I found it again over at Glorify the Turd.  All kinds of "hits" by mostly unknown bands on that, including, No We're Not - Smokey The Bear Toxic Noise - Janitor Skullbusters - Rat Race ...and probably my favorite... The Grim - Venetian Blind For you not so hardcore folks, my old bro, Sang, years ago turned me onto Throwing Muses and to this day I'm still thriving on them, off and on. I don't know anything about what the band is doing today (as stuck in the past as I am), but I've gotten some enjoyment out of one of their founders and I guess a serious creative force, Kirsten Hersh. Think I posted my favorite tune of theirs in passing a while back, so this time may as well do some overkill on it. From the (must have) 4AD comp "Lonely is an Eyesore", Throwing Muses - Fish ...the "In a Doghouse" demo Throwing Muses - Fish ...live, Living room, Providence, 28.03.87 Throwing Muses - Fish ..live, Glastonbury Festival '89, Throwing Muses - Fish ...the video. Got this one not too long ago, for no other reason than it was an unusual 6". I'd heard of these guys before, seriously noisy stuff that these days I seem to be shying away from, but you can't deny these guys were fucking great at what they do. Can't really find anything about them, maybe if you give a fuck you can, but what I did find out there is a least one lame band called Stack out there. My buddy Billy over at 7 Inch Crust has a post on them that gives you much more info than I could ever find. This was released in 1997 and if you check the blogosphere it's been posted at least a half dozen times, but it was something I just listened to, I like to mix things up a bit around here and really, I can post what ever the Greatful Dead I want to around here. Ha, ha. Erase In The Line Of Fire