Taking it back to the 90's with this complete soundboard recording of the SLIGHT SLAPPERS set in 1997 at Fiesta Grande #5 at 924 Gilman Street. Growing up on the east coast, I never got to see any of the Fiesta Grande shows, so it's a real treat to get to listen to these recordings in full, as I was a big fan of the Fiesta Comes Alive compilation. I did get to see Slight Slappers a couple times when they came out here last, what a fun live band. I don't know if the tape conveys it accurately but I have a joint burning and it is sitting just fine with me. What a great band. Hopefully you dig 'em too, crank this one! - DH
SLIGHT SLAPPERS - January 10th, 1997 @ 924 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA
Time for a bit more VICTIM'S FAMILY, live at the Cotati Cabaret in Cotati, CA on May 24th, 1989. This is a first gen dub. Shayne over at 3.Cameras.And.A.Microphone has the master, and has a video with the audio edited in which you can see HERE. It's badass. Well, here's the inferior audio source. The only reason I'm even posting it at all is because I did some EQ'ing on it for my own archive and figured I'd share it. So here ya go! This is a fantastic set, if you like VF then you'll love this. If I find out the setlist, I'll be sure to edit it into the post. Also, might as make the WAV downloadable for shits and giggles
VICTIM'S FAMILY - May 24th, 1989 @ Cotati Cabaret, Cotati, CA
It's Monday here, so time for another demo, this time from Massachusetts hardcore punks OUTPATIENTS and their 1983 demo, "Basement Tape". It's fast, it's pissed, it's punk as fuck and totally badass. Certainly a band that I never heard of, but I'm happy to have finally been exposed to them as they rip. The first song on the tape, "Fight" is an absolute belter, and it doesn't let up until the tape is over. It's also worth noting that this band has Vis Helland on guitar, who was also in the very extremely super killer band Deep Wound, which I would have to imagine most readers are aware of and into.
Sadly, this tape is just a dub, not an original. Maybe I'll cross paths with it someday but for now this'll do. Has this ever been officially released anywhere? Well, I doubt it's in print even if it was so yeah, just play the recording loud and have a good time like I am right now. Cheers! -DH
MINUTEMEN! Another incredible audience recording of Minutemen live in 1982. I haven't heard of other bands on this bill, so it's not some huge legendary gig like they would often play. Just another headlining almost home town but not quite show. And they kill it just as hard as any of those bigger shows. Thinking about it, I don't know if I've heard a "bad" Minutemen show, at least not in terms of their performance. I never saw them live, but it would seem they brought their A game every damn time. So if anyone shares their insight or memories of this show, that would be great. In the meantime, enjoy the killer set! - DH
MINUTEMEN - November 19th, 1982 @ Anti-Club, Hollywood, CA
It's Thursday, the day I now use to post recordings specifically from lesser known bands. This one is a local band from the city I grew up in, Rochester, New York. The band is called PIGMASTER. They are a weirdo metal band, a genre mashing anomaly that I would compare to Mr Bungle, though they sound nothing like Mr Bungle at all. But they do jump from genre to genre, often times within the same song, while also incorporating bits they "borrow" from other older songs by far more popular bands. They were a very fun live band. And I needed that in 1995. When I grew up and was a teenager, art was far more important to me than music, so while I grew up on metal, my dad listened to all the classic bands like Motorhead, Priest, Maiden, Sabbath, etc and all the neighborhood kids liked the "newer" bands like Megadeth and Slayer and anything on Headbanger's Ball on MTV, it wa smore background music that wasn't at the forefront of my attention. I liked it because it helped give me some inspiration for drawing monsters, demons, zombies, etc. When I did finally discover pot and music and made that my obsession, I was more of an alt-rock, grunge kid. By the early 90's though my tastes were leaning towards heavy music and death metal was very much on the constant rotation. In 1995 I was expanding into DIY grindcore and hardcore. So basically, it was so much angry and serious music, all day every day. Pigmaster came along and there shows were heavy, but also weird and silly and just plain fun, the kind of fun I wasn't used to seeing or hearing. So I really took to them, heck, I'm not kidding when I say I needed them. It helped that 1995 was also another peak year of taking acid, I was on a LOT of acid. Acid and Pigmaster went very well together. They didn't last long, playing their first show in early 1995 and then playing their last sometime in early 1997. They self released a demo and a CD, appeared on a local compilation with their final recording, the brilliant song "Carl Sagan". Luckily I was really, REALLY into them, so I'd record them whenever I could, or bother anyone else that happened to record them until they gave me a copy. This was one of those recordings. I believe this was from a video Spoth shot, and he had a decent camera that could sometimes capture decent enough audio, and he would dub those down to tape for me. Thanks Spoth!
Also, as an added bonus, Erik Burke from Lethargy, and I think Ozzy from Pigmaster had this band with one song called PHILLIP'S HEAD and this was the one time they performed it, just before the Pigmaster set. I have no idea who else was in the band. So yeah, here's PHILLIP'S HEAD and PIGMASTER. If you like weird silly music, that's still heavy, check it out. - DH
PHILLIP'S HEAD & PIGMASTER - November 4th, 1995 @ Vertex, Rochester, NY
Have you ever heard of THE GUILT PARADE from Canada? If yes, then you will dig this post I suppose, an upload of their first demo, 1986's "Animals That Talk Like Men". If you are like me however, then you hadn't heard of these folks. But now I have, and so have you. It's fun 80's punk rock. Upbeat and snotty, as it should be I guess. There's some really decent songs like "Religion In American Life", and "Ode To An Asshole". I'm not sure if they had any sort of impact beyond their local scene, but I certainly ain't mad listening to this, if they were local to me and I wasn't 11 years old at the time and had any interest ion punk rock shows, I wouldn't mind having them as a band to see. Anyhoo, enjoy this wether it's new to you or not. - DH
THE GUILT PARADE - "Animals That Talk Like Men" 1986 Demo
Not sure why this BLACK FLAG live set from The On Broadway isn't on Youtube, so I'm correcting that today. Not sure what the deal is with this, I'm surprised it doesn't have an official release. I see bootlegs on discogs and ebay though. Here's to jamming it for free!
So this is a mighty, mighty set. Perhaps my favorite Black Flag set, the one that if I had a time machine but could only pick one Black Flag show, would be the one. Chuck Biscuits is on drums and that dude is just such a great drummer, he kills these songs. Rollins is intense, and everybody seems to play great, though I guess the guitar amp does choose to be uncooperative for a moment there. It's just a friendly reminder that this is indeed live music, and so there will be chaos and catastrophe hand in hand with all the sweat and anger. Sounds like this was recorded by one of the local stations so the sound is badass, though I did come in with a quick and hot EQ job to boost the thing up a bit more, now it's even badassier. Be a cool person and play this loud, ideally with your preferred strain of marijuana and some coffee. That's what I'm doing! - DH
BLACK FLAG - July 23rd, 1982 @ The On Broadway, San Francisco, CA
