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Blatant Dissent

Scott — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:00:28 +0000

After noticing that the link to my site from the Chicago Punk Database page on Blatant Dissent was broken, I reupped the album. Originally posted here in July of 2005, this is the only full-length album by the Chicago band that would later morph into one of my favorites, Tar. This album was given to me by a fan of the site from that time, also named Scott. Members of the band contacted me and gave their ok for the whole shebang to be posted online, so a big thanks to them yet again. Thanks again also to Scott for the vinyl.

Grab the whole record here.

Demon Preacher – Little Miss Perfect

Scott — Sun, 20 May 2007 18:15:11 +0000

Originally posted on January 30th, 2006.

The first recorded band to feature future Alien Sex Fiend member Nik Fiend, Demon Preacher released two singles (three if you count one released by Demons). This is their second, “Little Miss Perfect” and it’s about Joyce McKinney who was accused (was she convicted?) of kidnapping a Mormon missionary in 1977 and forcing him to have sex with her. There’s a lack of factual information on this case online surprisingly. My copy has no picture sleeve, so I’m using a live shot taken from the always interesting Punk 77 site.

Little Miss Perfect

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Perfect Dub

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Original comments for this post can be found here.

God Bullies – Join Satan’s Army

Scott — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:52:05 +0000

Originally posted on 5/5/2005:

Born in Kalamazoo Michigan, the unholy God Bullies created a racket between 1988 and 1995, doing most of the the damage on Amphetamine Reptile. Five albums and a larger amount of singles showcased their noisefest, but none did it better in my opinion than their 1990 double single “Join Satan’s Army”. You’ll never hear ‘You Sexy Thing” the same way again. Sadly, due to AmRep closing up shop it seems that most of their material is out of print. Their work on Alternative Tentacles lives on, but it’s not quite as good.

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Join Satan’s Army
Preacher Man (Link Wray)
You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate)
Which Way You Goin’ Billy (Terry Jacks)

See the original post and comments here, including a stopover from guitarist David Livingstone.

W.T.G. – Don’t They?

Scott — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:41:49 +0000

Originally posted on 4/23/2006:

St. Louis band “Whoppers Taste Good” (or W.T.G.) put out their FC/BM (food-core/beer-metal) EP “Don’t They?” in 1987. The music’s a bit sludgy with some heavy metal riffs and there are some goofy lyrics to go along with it.Their second EP, “Haunting White Castle” came out in 1988. One of the band members put out a zine titled “Motion Sickness”.

W.T.G. (Theme Song)
Corinthian Leather Warrior
Hey I’m Hot
Cheap Beer
Bugs For Beer
Buckshot
Beaver’s a Wino
Ultragroin

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Happy World – 1984 7″

Scott — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:03:15 +0000

Every once in a while I remember some of the bands I posted on the old incarnation of Strange Reaction and wish I still had them online to share with people who might have missed out. I’ll be upping some of them at random times and filing them under Old Site Memories. The text will most likely be from the original posts unless I’ve somehow become enlightened on the band history. Probably not.

Originally posted: October 12th, 2005

I don’t usually get a record, rip it and immediately post it, but I’ve been playing this single from Colorado band “Happy World” non-stop since I found it, annoying pop at the beginning of track 2 and all. I know pretty much nothing about the band other than that this single was released in 1984 on Regressive Records. Musically they sometimes remind me a bit of Television crossed with a 1980’s punk band. Vocals are a bit shouty, but not bad.

Where Am I Going
Tax, Money and Dreams
Cold River

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