VA - Mein Comp EP (2004)

 

Great little time capsule of early 2000's USHC.

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VA - Killed By Hardcore Vol. 5 LP (2026)

 

It only took 23 years but someone finally put out another Killed By Hardcore comp. Was it done by the same peeps who did the others? Who knows and quite frankly, who cares? When I first saw this online I thought, "Wait... was there a volume four?!" But I'm assuming that would be Killed By Finnish Hardcore which might be why there's no Finnish hardcore on here.  

In the days where seemingly everything's been reissued or at least  on YouTube, I was actually surprised to discover some bands that I'd never heard before. Anyways, today's the 15th anniversary of this little music blog so here's my gift to you, CHEERS!!

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VA - Oakville Uber Alles CD (2019)

 

Looking at this corny artwork you're probably thinking this a rockabilly compilation from the 90's or 2000's. But it's actually a collection of rare 80's punk rock and hardcore from Oakville Ontario, a town between Hamilton and Toronto. Of course you'd never know that because there is no information or history on this anywhere, just some tiny low-res photos and Facebook links to some of the bands on the inside cover. 

Unfortunately the sound quality matches the layout, especially the NEGATIVE GAIN tracks. It's almost like the files were sourced from Napster circa 1999. Which makes it even funnier considering this CD came out in 2019! But hey, outside of HYPE and the aforementioned NEGATIVE GAIN it's the only place to hear the other three bands so I guess it's better than nothing?

 

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VA - Viva Umkhonto! LP (1987)

 

Benefit compilation for Umkhonto We Sizwe (the military wing of ANC in South Africa) that featured 13 bands from Europe and the USA. I'm a little bummed my copy didn't come with the 20 page booklet. 

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VA - Finnish Spunk / Hard Beat LP (1984)

 

I forgot that I had uploaded this comp to my Mediafire account back in 2018 so here it is finally. I don't need to tell you how great this shit is cuz you already know. Ripped from the 2015 reissue. 

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VA - Greetings From Bulgaria! tape (1996)

 Mixtape of Bulgarian punk, post-punk and hardcore from the 1980's and 90's of varying sound quality. 

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VA - Kotaro Mission EP (2011)

 

Contemporary comp featuring two bands from NYC on side A and a pair from Boston on the flip.

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VA - Feel Lucky Skunk?! LP (1997)

 

Bloodstains Across The Netherlands.

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VA - Let's Start A Riot...Vol. 1...In Holland! EP (19??)

Next up we got a sick-ass 7" sampler bursting at the seams with 80's hardcore punk from the land of wooden shoes and windmills. I've posted Pure Hate and Amsterdamned here before if you wanna hear more of their sheeeit. Volume 2 is a double EP of Swedish HC punk that also looks worth getting a hold of.

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VA - Germany Punk Compilation tape (????)

 

Mixtape of 80's Deutschpunk I got free in an online order a few years back. I gotta be honest, when it comes to international punk the stuff from Germany just doesn't quite grab me the way bands from Finland, Italy, Japan or Poland do. Now I'm not saying German punk sucks by any means, it's just to me a lot of it is (as the kids say) MID. Like it's missing something, I dunno. Of course there's many exceptions, some of them on this comp right here. What do you think, am I talking out of my ass?

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VA - U.D.’s 80s HC Mixtape Vol.3 CS (2024)

 

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VA - Equalizing Distort CD (2002)

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VA - East Punks 1987 LP (2024)

 

Recently released fanclub LP of the ultra-rare 1987 Japanese cassette comp "We Are East Punk". I had a bit of trouble splicing up WILD BONVERS' tracks as it appears there's an extra song not listed. Which made it tough to label the rest of them as this shit's pretty raw. ZAMZA were my personal faves out of the four bands on here. Not for the faint of heart.

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VA - Lepo Je... LP (1982)

Crucial compilation from the former Yugoslavia. Ripped from the 2016 reissue with the black & white cover. You might know a few of these songs on "Bloodstains Across Yugoslavia" and "Yugoslavian Pandemonium".

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VA - Epidemie CS (1990)

 

Decent sampler from what is now the Czech Republic, also released on vinyl. Worth Czeching out! HAHA

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VA - Another Shot For Bracken LP (1986)

 

"This decent North American comp has something for every musical taste: powerful hardcore, funnypunk, melodic rock, reggae, a 70’s cover and a couple of mid-tempo standard tunes. F.O.D., A.O.D., DISSONANCE, and SCRAM stand out from the pack, but there could have been better tracks from the name bands overall."

MAXIMUMROCKNROLL April 1987

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VA - No Pedestrians LP (1980)

 

Power-pop, new wave, punk, rock & roll comp outta Toronto. TYRANNA and ZRO4 are definitely the standouts for me.

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VA - Underground Music For Underground Creatures tape (1994)

 

Originally released on cassette in the Philippines 30 years ago, ripped from a CD-R reissue from sometime in the 2000's I'm guessing.

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VA - Tunes For Fucker Vol. 3 CD (2022)

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VA - Tunes For Fucker Vol. 2 CD (2022)

 

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