CRAZY F@#$ED UP DAILY SARCASM

C.F.D.L./SARCASM 'Split Live & Demos'

This was put out by the Bradford, UK zine NOISE FEST in 92 I think (you can D/L the zine at the great PUNKS IS HIPPIES BLOG).
Anyway, about this tape. Japanese mainstays CFDL (Crazy Fucked Up Daily Life {named after a Disorder song}) do 18 songs, the first 12 are live including covers songs by Antisect (with Takahashi from S.D.S. on vocals), BLITZ, Shitlickers and Abrasive Wheels. The subsequent 6 songs are demo tunes, with the bass heavy song WAR? being the stand out.
SARCASM (features members of a gang of different bands including but not excluding EXTREME NOISE TERROR & THE WANKYS) deliver 14 songs. The first 7 are from their unreleased 2nd demo, the last 7 songs are live (with great covers by {my all-time faves} The ICONOCLAST and the prerequisite DISCHARGE tune).
Two great bands. Two great live sets. Two great demos. One great tape. Now go fuck yourself twice.

NATO

OTAN 'Sociedad Despreciable' E.P.

Fucking stomping & thunderous seven song e.p. by Barcelonas OTAN. This shit is just ferocious! The demo is great, the subsequent e.p. is great, but this fucker takes no prisoners. I love this so much that at least one song from this goes on every comp I make (usually the song 'La Nueva Inquisicion', it's just manic, manic!). Members of OTAN were/are in Destruccion, SIDA, FIRMEZA 10, and my new fave CISMA. That right there are 4 of my favorite bands! This is politically CHARGED Hardcore PUNK that just-does-not-hold-back! RELENTLESS!!!

LEFT FIELD SUNDAYS

WORKDEATH 'Accepting Irreparable Mechanics' Cassette

WORK/DEATH is the solo conduit of Providence, RI's Scott Reber. WORK/DEATH is a noise act and this tape is a re-release of past endeavers. The cassette is a work of art in itself, each one is hand done, hand screened stencils on card stock. The music within took me a while to get into, but once I did, i was hooked. I listened to it like 6 times in a row.

I found this review on the internet, (as Im too tired right now to justly explain the genius of this work of art)- I also HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS!!!!!

the two pieces here are both concerned with gain-based processes of “pastoral” source material (a series of what sound like casio chord progressions, although they were most likely recording on hiskorg ms2000) ; whereas the first creeps in amidst of a cloud of radio static dust ; goes right for the jugular, the second stays fairly subdued throughout ... the whole thing has a devotional flair to it, coming across like a distant hymnal played in an abandoned church ... but that’s just what i’m reading into it. highly recomended !!!

You can buy a bunch of WORK/DEATH releases here (and you should!!!)

VORKRIEGSPHASE

VORKRIEGSPHASE 'Auf In Den Tod' LP

Hardcore Punk from West Germany circa 83. You'll be hard pressed to find a Punker German LP than the one you are currently reading about. VORKRIEGSPHASE did this LP & an equally great EP all in the span of one year & called it a day. The buzzsaw guitars on here are menacing, raw punk through and through! And note the scorcher of a song in 'Starve to Death'. Essential German Hardcore!

LDS

L.D.S. 'Nightmare' LP

Salt Lake City punk from 1986. A lost relic for anyone outside Utah and a mandatory Punk record for anyone from Utah. If memory serves, LDS stood for Liquid Death Squad and was obviously a play on the Mormons LDS (Latter Day Saints). Great 80's Hardcore that might fit with the Mystic Bands/Nardcore Bands.

Another shout out to my long, lost twin brother, Adam Bruce!!!

GLOOM

GLOOM 'Self Interest' Demo Cassette

I think it's safe to say that most people prefer GLOOM's 1997 'Noise For Moblish' demo tape, as it's the one that sees them at their most developed Crasher Crust sound. But it's this early, 1991, demo tape that   I like best, entitled Self Interest. 5 songs of Noisey D-Beat with a hint of the Crasher style they would make their own later. One thing I just cant believe is that this is from fuckin 1991!! The same year that bands like RESIST, NAUSEA, HIATUS & DOOM were the talk of the town, and before bands like DROP DEAD, HIS HERO IS GONE, FRAMTID & STATE OF FEAR were seen patched on Punks jackets. 1991! WAYYYY ahead of their time! This is a monster demo that you should not pass up!!!

HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFUCULTIES. I WILL BE BACK IN A FEW DAYS.

RAVECRUST 101

EXIT HIPPIES 'S/T' E.P.

EXIT HIPPIES debut vinyl release from 2003. 6 songs of their signature Noisecore Rave hybrid. Now, only the Japanese could pair the two together, but suprisingly, it works. A few other bands have tried their hand at it as well, Abraham Cross for one (and of course there's the fantastic TOKYO SOUND SYSTEM CDs). But it's EXIT HIPPIES who own it. EXIT HIPPIES who take both genres and like mad scientists, come up with a whole new concoction of madness. There's just a tad of the 'Rave' sound in this e.p. though, more NoiseCore/NoisePunk, but you will definitely hear it, it is there. They've also had releases where theres none, so they are a band that always surprises and never fails to deliver something genuine to the table.EVERYTHING these guys have done has been stellar and they can do no wrong in my book (or...on my blog).

LEFT FIELD SUNDAYS

YORK FACTORY COMPLAINT 'Will & Testament' Cassette

2011 cassette only release from these Brooklyn Noisemongers. 2 songs. Will. Testament. Musically, I'm not cool enough to know the exact 'genre' but I would say Hard Industrial. The guitars & vocals throw me off though, I dunno, make your own judgements. Regardless of what mishmash of music styles they have fused together, this thing is awesome. On Robert & Leopold, home to bands such as Hoor-Paar-Kraat, Black Leather Jesus, Kama Rupa, Believer/Law & more.

ENT

EXTREME NOISE TERROR 'Holocaust In Your Head'

AAAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TO ALL HUMAN ERROR

CONDEMNED 'To All Human Error' Demo

Four song monster of a demo from these Punks from the Crust Punk capital of Japan, Osaka. To All Human Error is Condemned's only release, and it is quite the cult demo. Pounding, galloping and distorted Crust. Axegrinder meets Frigora. Hiatus versus Wretched. You get the idea. Members went on to multiple bands including Framtid and I think Defiance, Croc Skink and Asphyxia (but might be wrong about this, memory is foggy).

BOSTON NOT LA

THIS IS BOSTON NOT L.A. compilation

Classic, classic, classic. A must have. In the top 5 classic LPs from the 80's featuring arguably the best material that The Freeze, Jerrys Kids & Gang Green ever wrote. Also The F.U.'s, The Proletariat and Decadence all from, uh, Boston.

This is also another attempt to get my long, lost brother Adam Bruce outta SLC Not NYC to learn some computer downloading skills along with his staying alive skills, his ninja star throwing skills, and his just being an all around awesome motherfucker skills.