Monday, February 4, 2008

Spazztic Blurr

Alright, I got a request for Spazztic Blurr but I am only half way able to comply.  It's not live but I have no idea where it's from.  There's no static so it must be from a demo of some kind.  I know when you rip from vinyl you get the static and some say it's cool but what about tape hiss?  There was a period of time where I didn't care if I wrote down tracks on dubbed tapes but now it really pisses me off.  On this particular 60 minute tape I have this along with Wehrmacht studio stuff on one side and live Condemned Attitude on the other.  I was working at a law firm as a file clerk for my Aunt Teresa in the summers in between 11th and 12th grade I think when I got it.  Some of those lawyers were real twisted coked out dudes.  That was over 20 years ago and I'm not making a whole lot money more than I was making then.  Now I'm getting bummed out.  This band was pretty incredible so for those of you who haven't heard them before at least give track 9 a listen.  Listen to the whole song because even though it's silly they make a good point about what was going on in the hardcore scene at the time.  I think I only have half of track one here because somewhere in my own twisted past I must have pressed record instead of play.  Were you smart and broke out the tabs on your cassettes or an idiot like me?  Please enjoy and let me know if you recognize this recording.  On some of these direst links I had to reduce the kbs because I have to be under 7mb on each file.

EDIT: Links deleted for fear of copyright police...go give your money to iTunes or something...

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Wehrmacht - Russian River Theatre 03/22/87

eyeballI have to admit I don't know much about this band.  I got this during a short period where I liked bands just because they played fast.  I still like fast bands but there's got to be more to them than just speed.  When I tried to find a photo it came up with a bunch of old Nazi pictures and a couple of album covers.  As far as I knew this was a joke band that was somehow related to Spazztic Blur or vice versa.  I got this from good old Ron K. and Bob K. about the time this was recorded.  I was told it was a soundboard which I believe but the mix is not good.  All drums (broken snare?) and vocals.  A little bit into the first song all the levels go down on my tape which I think needs to get blamed on the mixer.  There's a lot of talking in between songs which is kind of funny but I went ahead and edited it so you can just here each song.

EDIT: Links deleted for fear of copyright police...go give your money to iTunes or something...

For now, until I get this re-ripped and uploaded, here's a live vid(!) of them from 5 months later in Portland... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf5byFiWoGQ?ecver=1&w=560&h=315]

AC DC

lael and grandma  This is my 50th post so I though I would do something special.  My wife Kim's favorite band is hands down AC/DC.  Pretty far from my punk rock roots but I have to say I really like these guys too.  When we drive places together we listen to them because it's the one band we can both enjoy.  My granddaughter, Lael, has joined in the fun too and loves to sing the chorus to Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.  My wife's favorite is Thunderstruck so I thought I would post those two songs for you to enjoy.  She put's up with a lot from me so I thought I would do one for her.

EDIT: Links deleted for fear of copyright police...go give your money to iTunes or something...