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CHARLES BRONSON: COMPLETE DISCOCRAPPY

Charles Bronson was a powerviolence band from Dekalb, Illinois, extant 1994 to 1997. Charles Bronson borrowed from the early powerviolence of Infest, who blended youth crew hardcore with the velocity and dissonance of thrashcore.

Youth Attack Records put together a two-disc "Complete Discocrappy", comprised of well over 100 songs of fury-core, most of which are under 1 minute long, and a good many of which are under 30 seconds. In fact, the longest song on the album is only 1:31, most of which is made up of a Charles Bronson movie sample; the shortest track on the album is 4 seconds long, although the actual song only lasts for about 1 second.

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Fuck Technology, I'll Keep My Pocket Change

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BEYOND: NO LONGER AT EASE

In January of 1988 on Long Island, Beyond arose out of the ashes of a high school battle-of-the-bands outfit called Third-Planet, when the temporary singer of that band, Tom Capone decided to get a serious band together.

Tom recruited drummer Dom Baiocco, bassist Lance, and singer Kevin Egan. They quickly wrote about a dozen songs and recorded a demo.

After the huge impact the demo made, Tom decided to get more fully-committed band members. This is when Alan Cage took over on drums, and Vic DiCara came in on bass.

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DEW IT!

MOONDOG: DEMO

Moondog was the short-lived project that Walter Schreifels formed right after Gorilla Biscuits broke up and just before starting Quicksand. Schreifels wrote a few songs and quickly went right into the studio to record them with GB's drummer Luke (Walter handled all of the guitar, bass and vocal chores). After the recording, he assembled Tom Capone on guitar, friend Howie on second guitar, Luke Abbey on Bass (who played drums on the recording) and Arman Majidi (of Sick Of It All fame) on drums to play Moondog's first (and only) show at CBGB’s. Once the unit started playing together, Schriefels decided Moondog wasn't a fitting name and they changed it to Quicksand (Luke was replaced by Alan Cage and Sergio Vega was recruited on Bass).

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MOONDOG

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NEW YORK HARDCORE COMPILATIONS

THE WAY IT IS

"New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is" is considered by many to be a classic, documenting NYHC as it was in 1988. More than just a straight-edge collection, it compiled bands from all facets of the hardcore scene including Bold, Nausea, Warzone, Gorilla Biscuits, Trip 6, Breakdown, Youth Of Today, Sick Of It All, Krakdown, Side By Side, Youth Defense League and Supertouch. Comparable to Boston's "This Is Boston Not LA" or Washington, DC's "Flex Your Head," "New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is" helped push New York to the forefront of the American hardcore scene.

1. Bold - Wise Up 2. Nausea - Fallout Of Our Being 3. Warzone - As One 4. Warzone - Escape From Your Society 5. Gorilla Biscuits - Better Than You 6. Gorilla Biscuits - Forgotten 7. Trip 6 - Back With A Vengeance 8. Breakdown - Sick People 9. Youth Of Today - Together

10. Youth Of Today - Understand 11. Sick Of It All - Politics 12. Sick Of It All - Pete's Sake 13. Krakdown - Ignorance 14. Side By Side - Dead Serious 15. Side By Side - Time Is Now 16. Youth Defense League - Blue Pride 17. Supertouch - Searchin' For The Light

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

In 1989, Noiseville Records teamed up with Blackout Records to put out "Where the Wild Things Are". A collection of what was going on in our local NY scene back then. It was an exciting time and that is clear on this compilation, which at the time featured bands that were new or completely unknown. Since then, many have emerged as major forces in the NYHC scene. Sheer Terror, Raw Deal (later Kiling Time), Breakdown, Maximum Penalty, Norman Bates and the Showerheads. This album was the spring board for these bands and this scene.

1. Outburst: The Hardway 2. Outburst: Controlled
3. Killing Time: Brightside 3. Killing Time: Backtrack
4. Life's Blood: Reckoning Force 5. Life's Blood: Counting On
6. Breakdown: All I Ask 7. Breakdown: Dissed And Dismissed
8. Breakdown: Kickback 9.Sheer Terror: Cup Of Joe
10. Sheer Terror: Not Giving Up 11.MaximumPenalty: Hate
12. Maximum Penalty: Immaculate Conception
13. Uppercut: Down For The Count 14. Uppercut: Am I Clear?
15. N.B.S.H.: Hellminded 16. N.B.S.H.: Desperate
17. Gorilla Biscuits: Sittin' Round At Home


LOOK AT ALL THE CHILDREN NOW...

Released in 1990, when the first wave of the NYHC hype was already over. This is partly meant as an overview of the alternatives to that scene. It's astonishing, though, how close a lot of bands are to the early Revelation sound. Powerful, fast and simple hardcore with some exursions into emo core (Moondog) or crust (Citizens Arrest, Rorschach) and some others.


1. Bad Trip: O.M.D.B 2. Bad Trip: No Easy Answers 3. SFA: Power 4. Moondog: Expression
5. Go!: Electricity 6. Go!: What's Your Price?
7. Yuppicide: Yellow Journalism 8. Bustin' Out: Exit 2-3
9. Citizens Arrest: Death Threat 10. Citizens Arrest: I Won't Allow
11. Bugout Society: Partyline 12. World Discrimination: Inspirations
13. World Discrimination: Skins & Punx 14. Rorschach: Someone
15. Rorschach: Clenching 16: Product 19: America Drules
17. Mas: Grey Morning


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The Way It Is
Where The Wild Things Are
Look At All The Children Now

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THE DEAD MILKMEN: BIG LIZARD IN MY BACKYARD

The aforementioned Side A.

The Dead Milkmen are a satirical punk band formed in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band initially consisted of Joe Genaro ("Joe Jack Talcum"; guitar, vocals), Dave Schulthise ("Dave Blood"; bass), Dean Sabatino ("Dean Clean"; drums), and Rodney Linderman ("Rodney Anonymous"; vocals, synth).

The band's musical style could be described as jangly, driving punk rock with a steady supply of irreverent humor as evident from the song titles "My Many Smells", "Taking Retards to the Zoo" and "If You Love Someone, Set Them On Fire." Linderman and Genaro both sing with heavy Philadelphia accents often sounding exaggeratedly snotty.

The group recorded eight studio albums, one live record, and a large number of EPs and self-released cassettes before disbanding in 1995. In 2008, after a small handful of reunion shows during their 13 years of inactivity, the group announced its plans to continue performing and work on new material with new bassist Dan Stevens replacing the deceased Schulthise.

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I can't afford to feed it anymore

LET THEM EAT JELLYBEANS

In 1987 I was in the 7th grade and really in to Def Leppard. Then a friend let me borrow a tape his older brother had made for him. Side A had the first Dead Milkmen album on it and side B had Let The Eat Jellybeans written across the top. I thought that it was the name of the band. Needless to say, I was exposed for the first time to some of the most influential punk bands of the era and was quickly hooked to this thing they call the punk rock.

Let Them Eat Jellybeans!, subtitled "17 Extracts From Americas Darker Side", is a compilation album released by Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles in 1981. It was one of the earliest compilations of underground music in the United States and its original release included an insert of all of the punk bands known to be playing in the U.S. and Canada at that time. The first side of the LP features songs by a number of bands that formed the canon of American hardcore punk in the 1980s, while the second side features more of an art rock sound.

The album's title comes from the phrase "Let them eat cake" (supposedly said by Marie Antoinette). The use of the word jellybeans is in reference to Ronald Reagan, who was known to consider them his favorite candy.

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Let Them Eat Jellybeans

1. "Ha Ha Ha" - performed by Flipper
2. "The Prisoner" - performed by D.O.A.
3. "Police Story" - performed by Black Flag
4. "Pay to Cum" - performed by Bad Brains
5. "Nazi Punks Fuck Off!" - performed by Dead Kennedys
6. "Paid Vacation" - performed by Circle Jerks
7. "Prostitution" - performed by Really Red
8. "Jesus Entering from the Rear" - performed by The Feederz
9. "Slave to My Dick" - performed by Subhumans
10. "Isotope Soap" - performed by Geza X
11. "Persecution-That's My Song" - performed by BPeople
12. "An Object" - performed by Wounds
13. "Everyone's A Bigot" - performed by The Offs
14. "Corporate Food" - performed by Anonymous
15. "Fun Again" - performed by Half Japanese
16. "Joke's On You" - performed by Christian Lunch
17. "Sleep" - performed by Voice Farm

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STAR WARS DISCO

Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk is a disco album by Meco released in 1977. The album remakes various themes and songs from the Star Wars soundtrack into disco beats. A single from the album entitled "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" was released. In addition to the normal 3:32 version the album contains a full 15-minute version of the tune.

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Play that funky music, Jedi

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GROOVIE GHOULIES: FUN IN THE DARK

Since Outbreak is on TV today I thought it would be a good time to link some Ghoulies.

The Groovie Ghoulies were an American pop punk band formed in Sacramento, California whose music took inspiration from horror movies. They released numerous albums, EPs, and singles, and toured internationally. The band's name was taken from the 1970s animated television series Groovie Goolies, a spinoff of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (itself a spinoff of The Archie Show).

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Excuse me, but have you seen my monkey?

BLACK ARMY JACKET: 222

Black Army Jacket was an American grindcore / power violence band. They released one full length album and many 7" EPs, splits and compilation appearances.

This is the full length.

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222

DROPPED LIKE MICHAEL SPINKS

THE TRANSFORMED MAN

The Transformed Man is actor William Shatner's debut album. It was released in 1968, while Shatner was still starring in the original Star Trek series, and began his musical career. The concept of the album was to juxtapose famous pieces of poetry with their modern counterparts, pop lyrics. The album is best remembered for showcasing Shatner's now-famous vocal style—spoken word with dramatic pauses and flourishes.

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The Transformed Man

ASSFACTOR 4: 1993-2000

Assfactor 4 was a hardcore punk band from Columbia, South Carolina formed by two members of Tonka (Jay and Alex) and two members of Unherd (Eric and Kevin). They formed in Fall 1992 and broke up in late 1997. Assfactor 4's sonic approach drew heavily from San Diego's early-1990's group Heroin, but their song structure was notably more akin to 1980's thrash and hardcore, placing Assfactor 4 in a unique position within the DIY hardcore scene of the era.

Thanks to Blogged and Quartered

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Assfactor 4