v/a - land of greed...world of need

released 1994

this was a compilation put together by the trustkill and watermark record labels as a tribute to the only album the band embrace released...which also doubled as a benefit album for the homeless

and now some of of you are asking yourself aloud "who is this band embrace?"

"what was that,dear?"

"nothing mom"

embrace was made up of 3/5 of the band the faith (guitarist michael hampton/drummer ivor hanson/bassist chris bald)...and mr. harDCore himself...ian mackaye

they...along with fellow dc band rites of spring...are considered the originators of all that "emo" business

and now you know

and knowing is half the battle

1 - give me back - nation on fire
2 - the current - dance of days
3 - undertow - building
4 - past - groundwork
5 - spoke - outspoken
6 - sparkmarker - do not consider yourself free
7 - the functions - no more pain
8 - blindfold - i wish i
9 - avail - said gun
10 - rancid - can't forgive
11 - lifetime - money
12 - process - if i never thought about it
13 - farside - end of a year
14 - ashes - last song

DL: land of greed...world of need

Pissed Jeans - Demo

Label: Self released

Year: 2003

And from the unholy union of Amphetamine Reptile and SST Records was birthed Pissed Jeans...hot, pink, pissed, and covered in after birth. The band had a different incarnation as The Gatecrashers, but decided to switch up instruments, and this version took off, taking cues from everybody from Drunks With Guns to Lifesblood to Void to Septic Death to Fang. But really by "everybody" I guess I just mean the warped end of the hardcore spectrum, the part that is sufficiently twisted enough to turn back on itself and beginning eating it's own body thusly shitting out such a vile and nefarious version of that which originally spawned it, that it ceases to even resemble its progenitor.

What was that last part again?

I think we've covered most of the rest of their discography elsewhere, but this is the fucker that started it all for Pissed Jeans.

DL

God Bullies - Plastic Eye Miracle

Label: Amphetamine Reptile / Glitterhouse

Year: 1989

If you played a Cramps record at 33rpm (assuming it was meant to be played at 45rpm), would it sound like this? If Christian Death (the real old Christian Death mind you, not the weird post-Rikk Agnew stuff) was less "death rock" and more "garage rock", would it sound like this?

The answer to these, and many other of life's most scintillating queries may be found just on the other side of this download....do you dare? (cue, spooky music and werewolf howl).

DL

melvins - houdini x3

released 1993

seriously...if you don't already know of this album...go and sit in the janitor's closet and think about what you've done

no no...just go

and really...if you've never owned this album...

there are no words

but we're just gonna move on past that

now you can make up for all of that by snagging all 3 versions of this business

version 1: the demos...not the entire album...just a few songs

version 2: the actual album

version 3: the entire album played live in an empty warehouse sans audience plus a cover of the cream song "deserted cities of the heart"

DL: houdini: the demos
DL: houdini
DL: a live history of gluttony of lust: houdini live 2005

DAZZLING KILLMEN - DIG OUT THE SWITCH

Label - Intellectual Convulsion
Released 1992

Right I'm posting this mainly because it doesn't exist yet on this blog. It's hard for me to write about this band without being impartial (as back in the day I delved into fanboy antics of writing to the band...yes I had no life!). Anyway hearing this album for the first time was like being king hit in the face. Pretty ferocious, unrelenting noise rock. This album does have a slightly different sound to the bands second album "Face of Collapse" but both albums distinctively Dazzling Killmen. Great lyrics, great music but never made enough material.

DL

THERAPY? - BABYTEETH

Label - Wiiija
Released 1991

Therapy? (Questionmark) - WTF? Stick with me folks. Before Therapy? ventured into JARB territory (Just Another Rock Band) they released a couple of great E.P.'s before the album Nurse and the eponymous Teethgrinder song. Both rock hard with elements of industrial & noise. If you've not heard early Therapy? before then give this a shot as I wouldn't be posting this hear unless I felt it fitted in. The original drummer could always be seen wearing his beloved Jesus Lizard T-Shirt when they played live. Stand outs here are Punishment Kiss & Animal Bones.

DL

soundgarden - Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas

released 1992

the various states of soundgarden have been bandied about a time or two on this blog

and i'm not gonna start that firestorm again...i still can't sit down properly

but i will say this: with the release of BADMOTORFINGER...the band started the trilogy of awesome (followed by SUPERUNKNOWN and DOWN ON THE UPSIDE)

this little gem was released along with a re-released BADMOTORFINGER as a promo for the band's upcoming stint as part of lollapalooza

it's made up of 3 covers and 2 originals (one of them live)

and that's all i have to say about that

DL: somms

the jesus lizard - 2.26.91 - vpr radio - hilversum,netherlands

yeah

it's been awhile

1 - wheelchair epidemic*
2 - monkey trick
3 - bloody mary
4 - seasick

*=the dicks cover (really..the band has covered this for a long time...let's just consider it theirs from now on)

DL: the jesus lizard@vpr radio

V/A - Our Band Could Be Your Life: A Tribute To D Boon And The Minutemen

Label: Little Brother

Year: 1996

Let's start by me telling you this, and it might rub you the wrong way...but..."I don't think the Minutemen were all that great". They were "fine" I guess. And maybe I was too stupid to "get it", or whatever, but ultimately they did and/or do, very little for me. They have a handful of really good songs, and a bunch of alright songs, and fair amount of shitty songs. Not a bad record per se, just not essential to these ears.

A lot of people are way into the Minutemen, and think they were very "important" or something to that extent, and that's fine, I'm sure they are very important to some folks. No one here is saying they're no good, or that they didn't contribute to this or that, or that we can't collectively respect what they accomplished in their time on earth.

I just like fIREHOSE better, that's all.

So then why am I posting this long ass album of other bands playing Minutemen songs? Good question.

Honestly, it's not a bad question at all.

I'll have to think about it for a minute and get back to you.

There's too many bands to list, but the ones you have a better chance of ever having head of before are:

Seam

Hazel

Oswald Five-O

Treepeople

Tsunami

Strawmen

Meat Puppets

Crackrbash

Nels Cline Trio

Dos

Overwhelming Colorfast

Free Kitten

Jawbox

Thurston Moore

Joe Baiza

Unwound

The Meices

Corduroy

Lou Barlow

D Boon (hey, that's not fair!)

Minutemen (for real, that's not fair!)

DL

Unsane - Sick b/w No Soul 7"

Label: Mans Ruin

Year: 1996

This two song 7" has maybe my favorite Unsane jam on it, in the grueling menace of "No Soul". Oh, it's a beauty, I'm tellin' you. But I shouldn't have to tell you anything now should I? You got this one under control no doubt.

But...just in case, just in case you're saying to yourself, "do I really need two more Unsane songs? I already have sooooo many Unsane songs", just in that very case, let me remind you that we're talking about Unsane here. And, not only is it just Unsane, but it's Unsane as produced by Billy Anderson, and it's Unsane with additional guitar from Mike Morasky, who was in Steel Pole Bath Tub/Tumor Circus/Milk Cult. So, that just sorta sells itself right there, and I feel foolish even continuing on any longer.

Good day sirs (and that one madam). I said GOOD DAY!

DL