FAKE IT BIG TIME - Vancouver Seeds VI tape (1991)

Fake It Big Time featured Vancouver punk rock veterans Randy Rampage and Brad Kent who previously played together in DOA, The 45s, The Sick Ones, Ground Zero and on Rampage's 1982 solo album. They won CFOX's 1991 'Demo-listen Derby' and were given the entire first side of this tape with six songs, while the runners up only got one or two songs each on side 2. And no, they're not included in this download (get your Rhymes With Orange fix elsewhere!). They even had a professionally shot video made for 'Bytor' that was shown on MuchMusic and MTV. Be sure to check out Randy's newly released memoirs, "I Survived DOA".

1. Bytor
2. Lorne Henry Blues
3. Evil Ways
4. Eye On You
5. Sonic Reducer
6. Ready To Rock
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VA - Future Is Death tape (2016)

Here's a weird little cassette comp with a few different genres represented. Out of the 12 songs on here, 4 of them are instrumentals. I think only a limited number of these were made because I can't find any more copies for sale anywhere online.

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VA - Babylon tape (2016)

Here's a great sampler of the current punk/HC scene in the Sunshine State. If you're not familiar with any of these bands, I dare you to listen to this mix and not want to check out more from at least a few bands off here.

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DEATHLY - S/T tape (2016)

New solo project from the singer of Blazing Eye. If like them, you'll like this too. Sick guitar tone!

1. Wake Up
2. Human Trash
3. Wretched
4. Finale
5. Deathly
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EMENKAYA - S/T LP (2013)

Sole release by this mysterious Danish band. I say mysterious because this record came with no lyrics, band photos, or any info. Just this intriguing cover photo that I'd love to know the back story of. All I could find out about this group is that they included a member or two from Cola Freaks and only played a few shows and put out this amazing record before disbanding. I don't really know who to compare it to so you'll just have to listen for yourself and thank me later.

1. Vanskabt
2. Ind I Et Rum / Skinnerne Synger
3. Ulvene Kommer
4. Spedalsk
5. Sammenhold
6. Menneske Frygt Dig
7. Tabt
8. Selvvalgt Terapi
9. Broderskab
10. Udviklingen Taler Imod Dig
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JACKSHIT - Hicktown EP (1984)

Goofball hardcore from Reno, Nevada. This band featured Steve Youth from 7 Seconds on bass (and Kevin Seconds on backup vox) so I'm not sure if this was some sort of fuck band or side project. Some of the lyrics are a tad un-PC which is maybe why it's never been reissued, who knows? 

1. Hicktown
2. We Still Like Drugs
3. Champagne For Breakfast
4. E.T. Go Home
5. Gimpy
6. Keys In The Car
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GAUZE - City Rockers EP (2003)

Bootleg 7" of this legendary Japanese HC band's first recording. Originally released on the 1982 compilation LP "City Rockers". At first listen, you'd never guess that this was same band that released "Fuckheads" only two years later. I think the track listing on the back of this record is missing a title "Warae" based on another Gauze bootleg I have. But then again, I could be wrong.

1. Drug Addict
2. Oi
3. Usagi
4. Senjyo
5. Syodokueki
6. Impotent Kids
7. Warae
8. Anti-Machine
9. Nouyaku / Chuseishi Bakudan
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GAS RAG - On The Beach EP (2014)

A damn fine swan song to a great but short lived band. I believe they were already disbanded when this 7" came out. Originally I was going to post my rip of their discography tape but all their records (with the exception of this one) are available for free on Bandcamp, so fuck it.

1. Fucking System
2. Short Leash
3. On The Beach / Neglect
4. Human Bomb
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VA - All Your Ears Can Hear 2xCD (2007)

Today marks the 5 year anniversary of this blog so I thought I'd better post something big to mark the occasion. You couldn't ask for a better document of the early underground music scene in British Columbia's capital city. This 2 disc comp came with a book that's full of pics, band bios and anecdotes by people who were involved like Murray Acton (Dayglo Abortions), Jade Blade (Dishrags), John Wright (Nomeansno) and more. A lot of the songs on here are either out of print or previously unreleased, making this their first appearance on CD. I wish Vancouver had a scene comp as great as this. Here's to another five years, CHEERS!

DISC ONE 
1. INFAMOUS SCIENTISTS - Canada's Pissed
2. PINK STEEL - Here We Go Again
3. THE CLIX - Sidewalk Trot
4. AUTOMATIC SHOCK - Mushrooms
5. SICKFUCKS - Long Blink
6. JERK WARD - Millions Of Dead BMXers
7. VELOX STREPITUS - No Mind
8. BEATEN RETARDS - Mutated
9. NOMEANSNO - Almost Like Home
10. RED TIDE - Nato Actionaut
11. THE KEYS - Ups & Downs
12. NEOS - Ripped Off
13. NEOS - Sexual Revolution
14. CENSORED CHAOS - Dinner At McDonalds
15. THE RESISTANCE - Amerika
16. THE ASCENSIONS - She's Weird
17. EASY MONEY - No Stranger To Danger
18. DIOXYN - Free From Vice
19. MALCOM DEW-JONES - Secret Agent 000
20. INFAMOUS SCIENTISTS - CKDA
21. THE DISHRAGS - High Society Snob
22. TWISTED MINDS - Vancouver
23. DISTORTION - Leave Us Alone
24. THE DO-WOPS - Kill Mash Die
25. THE DO-WOPS - Butchart Gardens
26. FAKE DOGS - Fuckin' Jerk
27. PURPLE CITY - Untitled
28. SQUIRRELS IN BONDAGE - Who Cares
29. THE TROUBLE BOYS - Not So Bad
30. HOUSE OF COMMONS - Low
31. NOISE GENERATION - Breakdown
32. NEMATODES - Down With The KKK
33. NEVAR - Iran
34. COMMODES - Bunyon
35. DAYGLO ABORTIONS - Whiter Than Hitler
36. RYVALS - Floating
37. SUBURBAN MENACE - What's So Wrong
38. JERK WARD - UFO
39. HARVEST OF SEAWEED - The End
40. MASS APPEAL - SS Social Service
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DISC TWO
1. HOUSE OF COMMONS - 1999
2. RED TIDE - My Son Is A Kuwahara
3. NEOS - Destruct
4. NEOS - Russian Folk Song
5. INFAMOUS SCIENTISTS - Someone Else's Shoes
6. SICKFUCKS - P.O.W.
7. THE ASCENSIONS - The Stud
8. THE DISHRAGS - Bullshit
9. THE KEYS - Lied To
10. NOMEANSNO - Too Much Dope
11. TWISTED MINDS - BC Tel
12. MALCOM DEW-JONES - Modern World
13. EASY MONEY - On The Edge
14. DA JEEP - Save Me
15. VELOX STREPITUS - Mutt
16. FAKE DOGS - Bombs Away
17. NEMATODES - Hatred
18. NEVAR - Chorus
19. SLUDGE CONFRONTATIONS - Slug Death
20. SLUDGE CONFRONTATIONS - Astronomy
21. THE TUMOURS - It Hurts When I Think
22. JERK WARD - Flesh & Bones
23. NUCLEAR ERRORS - We're Rebels
24. RED TIDE - It's More A Feeling
25. RAY LUXEMBURG - Following
26. DAYGLO ABORTIONS - Nuclear Supremacy
27. HARVEST OF SEAWEED - Accidental Exile
28. SUBURBAN MENACE - Outta My Way
29. BEATEN RETARDS - School
30. NU-LIB - New Liberation
31. CENSORED CHAOS - Violence In The Streets
32. DIVINE RIGHT - Outta The Grave
33. NOMEANSNO - Nomeansno
34. THE SLIVERS - Black Hole
35. DISRUPT - These Are The 80's
36. THE SALTY SEAMEN - CUFA
37. SICKFUCKS - Mother Was A Man
38. INFAMOUS SCIENTISTS - Baldwang Must Die
39. PURPLE CITY - Invisibility

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KOPS FOR CHRIST - S/T EP (1994)

I bought this 7" used for a few bucks last month. I remembered them from a few compilations back in the 90's. This was the Toronto band's only release as far as I know. I guess you can call this political punk, because their liner notes have a paragraph explaining each song.

1. No Bars, No Chains
2. Serve To Oppress
3. The Nuclear Nightmare Recedes For Our Children
4. A Fascist By Any Other Name…
5. Free Palestine
6. Conspiracy In Action
7. One That Worked
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ELECTROCUTIONER - Wretch In Order tape (2016)

3rd release by this mystery L.A. band, only 100 copies made. I'm thinking this may only be a studio side project, as I can't find any info or pics of them online. Ugly vocals reminiscent of Japanese bands like GISM, Zouo and Gasmask, yet still catchy. At least to my ears. 

1. XX System
2. Charades
3. Like Pigs (K.T.P.I.Y.H.)
4. In Progress
5. Belligerents
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TOE TAG - Hide The Knives MLP (2014)

The last time I posted anything by Toe Tag was August 2012. Since then, they've released a CD, "Here She Comes Again" in 2013 and this 10" at the beginning of last year. I think this record is their heaviest to date. They have a new album in the works so be on the lookout for that one soon.

1. Dead Blue Skies
2. Lay Down And Die
3. Hide The Knives
4. Looking For The Smell
5. Every Thousand Years (Instrumental)
6. Poop And Filth
7. Circling The Drain (Instrumental)
8. El Clipo
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CÜLO - My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down Demo EP (2013)

On Cülo's Myspace page(remember Myspace?!), they list only two bands as influences, The Ramones and Discharge. Which kinda sounds about right. This is the vinyl version of their 2nd demo tape, originally released in '09. I love that they used soundbites of Return Of The Living Dead, Rock & Roll High School and Repo Man between songs. Seems like bands don't do that enough anymore. 

1. Can't Grow Up
2. Black Livers
3. Solanum Suicide
4. Drained Brains
5. Go Blank
6. My Brain
7. Desperate For Dicks
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SPEEDWOLF - Denver 666 single (2010)

Back in January, Speedwolf made an announcement on their Facebook page that they were pretty much done as a band, more or less. Shitty news, as I thought they were working on a new album. At least I got to see them live once. This 7" is now out of print and both songs off were re-recorded for their 'Ride With Death' LP. There used to be a music video for 'Denver 666' that had a guy doing a bunch of blow and turning into a werewolf, who then surfed on top of a van and went bowling like in Teen Wolf. Unfortunately it's no longer on Youtube. If you haven't yet already, check out their awesome demo "Bark At The Poon" that I posted back in 2011.

1. Denver 666
2. Hell And Back
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TOTAL FURY - Ears Go Deaf EP (2008)

This is Total Fury's last release, as far as I know. Even though this came out 8 years ago they still seem to be playing shows, although I don't know who's still in the band. Like all of their records that came out after 'Committed To The Core', this 12" was released for one of their US tours and one features at least one or more re-recordings of an earlier song and a cover. But it's Total Fury and it's 10 songs in 11 minutes, so you know it rips.

1. Guilty
2. Lie
3. In My Hands
4. World Update
5. Briefcase
6. Puppet On A String (Government Issue)
7. Little Story
8. Crap Song 
9. Total Fury
10. Anticipation
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TOTAL FURY - Committed To The Core EP (2002)

Some might think this 7" was a bit of a disappointment when consider that the band recorded their masterpiece "13 Songs" just 2 years before. In all fairness, that is a pretty hard record to top. But on it's own, this EP is still good if you like fast lo-fi HC. This was ripped from the 2003 US tour press.

1. Lost Cause
2. First Lead / Attitude / Fall
3. Split Milk
4. Committed To The Core
5. Connected
6. Sage
7. Makeshift Way
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VA - Vancouver's Punk As Fuck Vol. 2 CD (2009)

Here's the follow up to last weeks' post. A bunch of bands from the first are on this one too. Thanks to Bandcamp, CD comps like this are pretty much obsolete. In a way it's too bad, because I think Vancouver is long overdue for another scene compilation.

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VA - Vancouver's Punk As Fuck CD (2007)

Happy Canaduh Day, hosers! In case you were wondering what the Vancouver punk rock scene was like 9 years ago, here's a good sampler. Especially the bands that were playing at the Cobalt at the time. This was a total low budget DIY comp done on CD-Rs and available at local record stores, gigs and through the bands themselves. Volume two up next.

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DS-13 - Thrash And Burn EP (2000)

I never bought this EP before recently because I thought all of the band's non-LP tracks was compiled on the 2003 CD 'No One Will Thank You When You Are Dead'. Guess not. This was originally released in 2000 as a 6", my copy is the 7" reissue that came out 2 years after. DS-13 originally split in 2002, but have gotten back together in recent years to play a bunch of shows. I wonder if a new record is in the works?

1. Straights & Drunks
2. World Of Hatred
3. Work Sucks
4. Victory Records
5. David Sandström
6. Prechewed Rebellion
7. Fukk Responsibility
8. Youth Crüe Über Alles
9. Destroy
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TOTAL FURY / THE JURY - Split EP (2007)

This split 7" was released for Total Fury's 2007 East Coast US tour with Reagan SS and (obviously) The Jury. I've never heard The Jury before, but their brand of pissed off HC with screamed vox is right up my alley. I'll have to check out their other records. Both bands end their side of the split with a cover of an old school band from the other's homeland. 

1. TOTAL FURY - You're Too Old

2. TOTAL FURY - Little Story

3. TOTAL FURY - New Song (SCREAM)

4. THE JURY - Dead Start

5. THE JURY - Bigot

6. THE JURY - Crash… (GAUZE)

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DIRECT CONTROL - Farewell LP (2009)

I don't normally do two posts in one day, but I figured this may be a more fitting tribute to Brandon Ferrell. When this 12" first came out, I think people may have thought this was the band's swan song. But it was actually in reference to the passing of Mikey Offender (MDC, DRI, Offenders) who briefly played bass for them on a European tour, and also wrote the title track.

1. Lions Den
2. Mortality
3. Hollywood Secrets
4. No Change
5. Public Safety
6. Laid To Waste
7. De-Educate
8. Getting Closer
9. Farewell
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MAJOR DAMAGE - Sheer Mayhem EP (2013)

I was saddened to read about yesterday's passing of Brandon Ferrell. He played in so many great bands over the years like Municipal Waste, Direct Control, Government Warning, Career Suicide, etc. This is the 2nd 7" of his solo project, Major Damage. If you like 80's NYHC, you'll dig this. But then again, everything he was involved in was great. Rest In Peace.

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VILE NATION - Tight Leash EP (2010)

Back to Memphis this week with another killer 7". This was the third and final EP for Vile Nation and in my opinion, their best by far. Four songs in just over three minutes of pure lo-fi, dirty hardcore perfection. NO WAR, NO FUTURE FUTURE!!

1. Tight Leash
2. Spit U Out
3. No War No Future
4. Nothin Inside
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VA - Underground Hits 2 LP (1983)

German comp of mostly American bands. I think most of the songs were previously released, with the exception of AOD's. The mix sounds a bit different on some of the tracks, at least to my ears. This was ripped from the 1992 CD reissue with added volume. 

R.I.P. John Stabb

1. ANGRY SAMOANS - Hot Cars
2. ANGRY SAMOANS - Inside
3. YOUTH BRIGADE - Full Force
4. YOUTH BRIGADE - Care
5. MEATMEN - Meat Crimes
6. MEATMEN - Mr. Tapeworm
7. F.U.s - Daisy Chain
8. F.U.s - FU
9. CANALTERROR - Chaot
10. CANALTERROR - Roter Sand
11. SPUX - Hasenjagd
12. SPUX - Letzte Generation
13. GOVERNMENT ISSUE - Teenager In A Box
14. GOVERNMENT ISSUE - GI
15. GOVERNMENT ISSUE - Twisted Views
16. HÜSKER DÜ - Deadly Skies
17. HÜSKER DÜ - Lifeline
18. ADRENALIN O.D. - Hijack
19. ADRENALIN O.D. - White Hassle
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BURY THE LIVING / EVIL ARMY - Split EP (2004)

Here's a ripper from Memphis Tennessee, home of Jerry "The King" Lawler and Graceland. I wasn't familiar with Bury The Living before this 7", but they play fast pissed-off HC that seems right up my alley. They've also put out a bunch of other records that I really need to check out. Evil Army's 2006 self titled LP is one of my favourite thrash metal albums of the new millennium. But if this is your first time hearing them, you might think they were just straight up hardcore. My only complaint of this split is that I wished Evil Army had more songs on here as the Bury The Living side is over twice as long as theirs. 

1. BURY THE LIVING - Just Like You Said
2. BURY THE LIVING - Our Fault
3. BURY THE LIVING - Lies! Lies! Lies!
4. BURY THE LIVING - What Was Said
5. BURY THE LIVING - Who Woke Up Senator Joe?
6. EVIL ARMY - Give Me A Gun
7. EVIL ARMY - This Means War
8. EVIL ARMY - Severe Mental Disorder
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