Hipshakes
Shake Their Hips
Slovenly

Man alive this is one loud record. Playing trashy garage rock mixed to 11, the UK’s Hipshakes have put out their first full length and it’s one of the most distorted records I’ve ever heard. If you took The Oblivions and played them through a megaphone directly into your ear you might come […]

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Total Time: 60:39
File Size: 83.2 MB
Songs Played:
01. The Bags - We Will Bury You (No Excess Bagisms)
02. Active Ingredients - Service With a Smile (Bringing Down the Big Boys)
03. Angry Samoans - Pictures of matchstickmen (Return to Samoa)
04. Lethal Yellow - Velveeta (Declaration of Retardation)
05. Bedlam Hour - Get Off (the Drugs) (Rock the Cradle)
06. […]

 

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Public Nuisance/Sin 34/DOA/TSOL
Devonshire Downs (later CSUN North Campus), Northridge, CA
Saturday, April 17, 1982
Admission $7.50
Time: 8:00 PM
I remember picking up the flyer for this show in March of 1982, at Moby Disc in Sherman Oaks. It was drawn by one of my favorite punk artists at the time: Shawn Kerri. I had been given […]

Career Suicide
Attempted Suicide
Deranged Records

There aren’t many bands trying to ape the early 80’s hardcore sound, and even fewer bands do it so well they can easily blend into your favorite 1982 mix tape. I see the KBD tag applied to them but that’s not what I hear at all… if anything these guys […]

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Total Time: 1:08
Songs Played:
01. Blitz - I Don’t Need You (R.I.P. Nidge Blitz)
02. Hummungus - I Hate Motherfuckin’ Cop
03. The Fits - Prostitute
04. Negative Trend - Mercenaries
05. Nervous Gender - Monsters
06. Social Distortion - Mommy’s Little Monster (R.I.P. Brent Liles)
07. Toxic Reasons - Drunk and Disorderly
08. Dry Heaves - I Can’t Puke
09. Death Sentence - […]

 

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Note: this is the first in hopefully a long line of retro pieces written by new Strange Reaction addition Mike E.

Bad Religion
Bad Religion EP
11/30/81 - Epitaph Records
Greg Graffin - Vocals
Brett Gurewitz - Guitar
Jay Bentley - Bass
Jay Zisktrout - Drums
01 - Bad Religion
02 - Politics
03 - Sensory Overload
04 - Slaves
05 - Drastic Actions
06 - World War […]

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Disconvenience
Umea Punk City
CMF/Wasted Sounds

Since Disconvenience gets lumped into the "this band sounds like ‘77 punk" crowd, I’m going to adjust that and say that they sound like a band from 1977 that just had a gun pointed to their heads and were told to play faster, louder and better than most of their peers. 10 […]

The Chumps
Invent Rock ‘n’ Roll (’95-00′)
Mortville

Years after the first Texas punk rock explosion, a booze-fueled band from Austin reminded people of the great bands that had come from the Lone Star state. This retrospective 23 track compilation includes such ditties as "I’m a Chump", "Fuck You, I’m Rich", "Needle Beach" and more. This record has […]

State
Nixed Life
Grand Theft Audio

Ann Arbor, Michigan band State released one EP, the 1983 Ron Asheton (Stooges) produced "No Illusions". Classic American hardcore that went the collectible route, this has finally been reissued along with 34 other tracks on the Nixed Life CD. The original EP is just great, with good production […]

Threats
God Is Not With Us Today
Doctor Strange Records

Sounding energetic and vital after almost 3 decades can’t be easy. I’ve seen many try and fail with only a handful that actually produce records as good as (or close anyways) to their original output. After the surprise of last years Saints release, the […]