Sonic Youth - Mudhoney Split 12"

Year: 1988

Sonic Youth Covers Mudhoney, Mudhoney covers Sonic Youth!? It's good--download it.

Sonic Youth/Mudhoney 12"

god lives underwater - empty

released in 1995

this was the bands first full length (their debut was a self-titled ep released the same year)...and they went on to release two more full lengths and an ep...the band had pretty much split up before the release of their last album (up off the floor...released in 2004)...the band members involved themselves in various projects

singer david reilly died back in 2005...he had been put into a coma brought on by complications from a pain medication he was taking for an abscessed tooth

http://www.mediafire.com/?jwtbdezzxxq

ciccone youth - the whitey album

released in 1989

named after madonna (her last name being ciccone) this is essentially sonic youth with mike watt (the minutemen/fiREHOUSE) making a "tribute" to 80's pop music

they never played live...but released two albums (this being their second)...it contains three 80's covers ("burnin' up" (featuring black flag guitarist greg ginn) and "into the groove(y)" by madonna...and "addicted to love" by robert palmer the vocals were recorded inside a karaoke booth at a mall)...dinosaur jr's j mascis is also featured on the album (on the song "two cool rock chicks listening to neu")

http://www.mediafire.com/?9gbdtlbn9jn

braniac - hissing prigs in static couture

released in 1996

this was the bands third full length (eighth release over all)...and was also the band's second to last release (the last being an ep titled electro shock for president..released in 1997)

vocalist tim taylor was killed in an automobile accident in may of '97 (they band has just returned from a european tour with beck)...guitar player john schmersal (who replaced original guitar player michelle bodine in 1994) went on to form the band enon...drummer tyler trent went on to briefly join the breeders...bass player juan monasterio went on to direct music videos and also recently released an album with a new band called model/actress

http://www.mediafire.com/?jmfjmyimxd1

Melvins/Steel Pole Bathtub Split 12"

Year: 1989

This is the Melvins' (friendly) response to Mudhoney and Sonic Youth's Split 12" with Mudhoney, which I was reminded of by Ipecac's earlier Halloween Single post. The Melvins cover Mudhoney's "Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More", while Steel Pole Bathtub covers Sonic Youth's "I Dreamed I Dream". I'll see about getting the original 12" uploaded sometime soon.

Melvins/Steel Pole Bathtub Split 12"

v/a - sorry ma,forgot to let out the cat: a tribute to the replacements

released in 1995

this was 17 bands from athens,ga doing their best replacements impersonations...this also doubled as a benefit album for the athens humane society

1 - hayride - heyday
2 - swing - alex chilton
3 - the martians - when it began
4 - vaudeville - androgynous
5 - the stonesouls - mr. whirly/can't hardly wait
6 - five minute major - shiftless when idle
7 - the germans - seen your video
8 - addison blue - the ledge
9 - napoleon dynamite - if only you were lonely
10 - baby fishmouth - kids don't follow
11 - the woggles - tommy gets his tonsils out
12 - harvey milk - don't ask why
13 - the earthworms - i o u
14 - the labrea stompers - i will dare
15 - a mercy union - unsatisfied
16 - five-eight - answering machine
17 - lenny - darlin' one

http://www.mediafire.com/?gy8tadysvdn

v/a - grunge: recorded live in the 90's

released in 1993

i really don't know all that much about this compilation...just that it's pretty rare...it's comprised of all live recordings...and was put out on an indie label called red line records out of australia (perth to be exact)

i couldn't find a cover for it...so you get to look at buzz osbourne and his hair...you can't get more "grunge" than that

(i was just asked why i used a picture of buzz osbourne for a compilation the melvins weren't included on...and you know...i don't know why the melvins weren't on this compilation...they should've been...if i had been able to choose a melvins song for this...i would've ended the whole thing with a live version of their song "honey bucket"...and that would've wrapped everything up quite nicely)

1 - pearl jam - even flow
2 - pearl jam - alive
3 - nirvana - smells like teen spirit
4 - nirvana - come as you are
5 - mudhoney - these people
6 - mudhoney - you got it
7 - L7 - lost
8 - L7 - deathwish
9 - alice in chains - them bones
10 - alice in chains - would
11 - sundowner - dogs
12 - sundowner - the desperate bum
13 - smashing pumpkins - i am one
14 - helmet - unsung
15 - helmet - in the meantime
16 - rollins band - tearing
17 - soundgarden - big dumb sex
18 - soundgarden - hunted down
19 - screaming trees - i nearly lost you
20 - sonic youth - youth against fascism
21 - sonic youth - %100

http://www.sendspace.com/file/j7dxwk

our band could be your life: scenes from the american indie underground,1981-1991

written in 2001 by michael azerrad (a journalist that has written pieces that have been published in rolling stone..spin..among other music magazines...and author of the book come as you are: the story of nirvana)

the title was taken from a song by the minutemen ("history lesson,pt.II")

it chronicles the uprising of indie music during the early 80's to early 90's...and concentrates on 13 "underground" bands from that time period (each getting a chapter)

this book should be required reading for anyone interested in indie/alternative music because the bands mentioned (as well as the bands name checked in the book) changed the face of "rock" music in the years to come...this was a time before radio play...and the only way to get found out was networking and doing it yourself

find out what "punk" really is


chapter 1: black flag - everything went black (released in 1983)
http://www.mediafire.com/?w4wivpda8kx

this is a compliation of then unreleased early black flag material put out before henry rollins took over as vocalist...it was released on a major label originally (MCA) because greg ginn wanted to get a wider audience...and due to the fact that it wasn't very "label friendly" MCA records took tnem to court over money issues and black flag were told they couldn't release anything under that moniker until everything was resolved...they released this album without the bands name on the cover...and in doing so...greg ginn and chuck dukowski (as co-owners of SST records) spent 5 days in jail

chapter 2: the minutemen - double nickles on the dime (released in 1984)
http://www.mediafire.com/?os2da2mhfvk

this will more than likely ever be the only thing the husker du album "zen arcade"...the pink floyd album "ummagumma"...and the sammy hagar song "i can't drive 55" have in common

chapter 3: mission of burma - vs (released in 1982)
http://www.mediafire.com/?zpws0oiwcov

this was the bands only full length release during the 1980's...they broke up soon after due to guitarist/vocalist roger miller's worsening tinnitus...they later reformed in 2002 and have since released 2 albums...pearl jam vocalist eddie vedder has said that they named their second album after this album as a tribute

chaper 4: minor threat - first demo tape (released in 2003)
http://www.mediafire.com/?tnnqg9jvmyu

originally recorded in 1981...the band (together for only roughly 4 months) had went into the studio and recorded what material that had...but ended up not being happy with the way it turned out and it was shelved and forgotten about...it was rediscovered as work on the "20 years of dischord" box set was being done...it was remixed and shelved once again until after the release of the box set

chapter 5: husker du - zen arcade (released in 1984)
http://www.mediafire.com/?cbmqxzlhqzn

called a punk "rock opera"...this was the reason the "double nickles on the dime" album was turned into a double album (the minutemen had planned for it to be just an album...and upong hearing that husker du were releasing this double album...they went back into the studio and wrote more material)...this album is considered an influence on the development of the "emo" genre

chapter 6: the replacements - let it be (released in 1984)
http://www.mediafire.com/?mngmbbarddg

named as such as a joke on their manager who was a huge beatles fan...and was originally to be produced by REM guitarist peter buck (the band went to athens,ga...but they didn't have enough material written...he played on the song "i will dare")...this was the band taking a step away from their "fast and furious" side

chapter 7: sonic youth - goo (released in 1990)
http://www.mediafire.com/?lnizjbomgut

originally went under the title "blowjob?"...this was the band's first major label album...it landed them a spot opening for neil young...they took a more streamlined approach to their music with this album

chapter 8: butthole surfers - locust abortion technician (released in 1987)
http://www.mediafire.com/?byhrpqckra8

considered their darkest and heaviest album...this was the first album recorded in their own home studio...it's been called "the soundtrack to an acid trip"...the back cover is supposedly a picture of a baby jimi hendrix

chapter 9: big black - atomizer (released in 1986)
http://www.mediafire.com/?orzyltrwota

this was their debut full length (all other releases had been eps)...it tackles such topics as boredom ("kerosene")...sadism ("fists of love")...pedophilia ("jordan,minnesota")...and other postcards from the underbelly of society....it's been called "the musical equivalent of naked lunch and the texas chainsaw massacre"

chapter 10: dinosaur jr - bug (released in 1988)
http://www.mediafire.com/?t4chnnzrf2x

this was the last album to have the original line up (bassist lou barlow was fired because of tensions between he and singer/guitar player j mascis...he then went and started the band sebadoh...though later returning for the 2007 album "beyond")...this was also the last album on an indie label (they signed to sire records after this)...it's been called a cross between neil young and the flaming lips

chapter 11: fugazi - 13 songs (released in 1989)
http://www.mediafire.com/?muooh3tjoml

this could be considered the bands first full length...but it's a compilation of two previously released eps ("self-titled" released in 1988...and "margin walker" released in 1989)

chapter 12: mudhoney - superfuzz bigmuff plus early singles (released in 1990)
http://www.mediafire.com/?z9czhdhetyy

this is a compilation released on sub pop records consisting of their debut ep and some a and b sides from 2 singles along with 2 covers they did for splits they'd released with sonic youth (covering their song "halloween") and the dicks (covering their song "hate the police")

chapter 13: beat happening - self-titled (released in 1985)
http://www.mediafire.com/?wypvczutol6

this was their debut album...they were considered one of the pioneers of the lo-fi movment (they recorded most of their music with a tape recorder)...singer calvin johnson is founder of the olympia,wa based record label k records (as well as one of the organizers for the international pop underground festival...a 6 day music festival that was held in olympia,wa back in 1991)

sonic youth - flower/halloween 12"

released in 1985

the first single from the "bad moon rising" album

the song "halloween" was later covered by the band mudhoney for a split with sonic youth that was released in 1988 (sonic youth covered mudhoney's "touch me i'm sick")

http://www.mediafire.com/?smwjtjmycdd

nig-heist - snort my load

originally released in 1983 (re-released in 1997 with extra songs as a discography)

the band consisted of black flag roadie mugger on vocals...and had a revolving door of members (which consisted of various members of black flag and crew...members of SST records...d. boon of minutemen fame...and ian mckaye of then minor threat fame)

they'd frequently open for black flag...playing "cock rock"...taking the stage half-nude and wearing wigs...taunting the punks in the audience

and they even..um..."cover" the velvet underground song "here she comes now" (tongue in cheek-ily titled "if she ever comes")

the cover of the album was supposedly drawn by devo's mark mothersbaugh

http://www.mediafire.com/?mtubsmbfwtb