Fucking hell this rules, a soundboard recording of the classic PLUTOCRACY lineup playing their final show at 924 Gilman St and the first ever Fiesta Grande. If anyone can help fill in the missing song titles, that would be cool. Or a good scan of the flyer for this show would be cool. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. - DH
PLUTOCRACY - January 2nd, 1993 @ 924 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA Setlist: 01. Intro / Jailed 02. Chicken 03. Snitch 04. 05. Feel The Wrath 06. [technical difficulties] 07. 08. 09. [tuning] 10. 11. Mizer 12. 13. G Of The D 14. —————————— SBD > ANA(M) > WAV > FLAC Equipment and Programs used : Nakamichi CR7A > Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 > Audio HiJack > FCPX > MediaHuman —————————— DOWNLOADS
Ok, did a new transfer of this 7 SECONDS live soundboard tape recorded at the legendary CBGB's in New York City, 1985. This time I ran it through Izotope which gives me the ability to wiggle some of the levels. Vocals were turned down, guitars were turned up. This should sound better this way, the guitars were pretty buried in the mix as they often are with soundboard recordings.
So this is a killer set, and the recording sounds pretty decent, but when the band has to stop for a bit and let people fill the space with "jokes" then it's an ugly reminder of the time period this was. Someone starts cracking jokes about punks, and that's cool, but then some starts with "jokes" about Ethiopians and it just just racist as all hell for a minute. Back then most younger folks would know of Ethiopia because of all the television ads asking for donations, so it just seems a lot meaner in the context that these were people in need of help. Big oof. I debated omitting it but I'm not down with editing shit like that, even as ugly as it is. Feel free to skip it or delete it. I couldn't fault ya for that. It's easy to hear these old recordings and think of how badass the scene likely was (for those of us not there at that time), but these bits are a reminder that it certainly had it's downside. - DH
7 SECONDS - September 21st, 1985 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY Setlist: 01. [ line check ] 02. Young Til I Die 03. Here’s Your Warning 04. In Your Face 05. Out Of Touch 06. Put These Words To Music 07. How Do You Think You’d Feel? 08. Compro 09. Regress No Way 10. Colorblind 11. Spread 12. Not Just Boy’s Fun 13. This Is The Angry (Part 2) 14. [ "jokes" ] 15. Still Believe 16. Committed For Life 17. Grown Apart 18. New Wind 19. [encore break] 20.. Walk Together, Rock Together 21. 99 Red Balloons [Nena cover] —————————— AUD > ANA(x) > WAV > FLAC Equipment and Programs used : Nakamichi CR7A > Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 > Izotope rx8 . Audio HiJack > FCPX > MediaHuman —————————— DOWNLOADS
SNFU - July 20th, 1985 @ Palisade Gardens, San Diego, CA Setlist: 01. (introduction) 02. Joyride 03. Loser At Life Loser At Death 04. Plastic Surgery Kept Her Beautiful 05. I Forget 06. Bodies In The Wall 07. Seeing Life Through The Bottom Of A Bottle 08. She’s Not On The Menu 09. Electric Chair 10. Grave Digger 11. Scarecrow 12. Cannibal Cafe 13. The Feeling 14. Victim Of A Womanizer 15. Misfortune 16. Poor Pitiful Me [Warren Zevon cover] 17. Broken Toy 18. Get Off Your Ass —————————— SBD > ANA(x) > WAV > FLAC Equipment and Programs used : Nakamichi CR7A > Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 > Audio HiJack > FCPX > MediaHuman —————————— NO MORE DOWNLOADS THANKS TO THE YOUTUBER "THE UNCOUTH YOUTH" REPOSTING ON THEIR SITE WITHOUT CREDITING THE SOURCE —————————— YOUTUBE
I am sorry I posted this. I probably should take it down. I dunno. The mix on this is all over the place and it changes often. This is not a fun listen in my opinion. Maybe a couple songs are ok, I can't remember. Good setlist though, with interesting covers at the end. It would have been cool being there, a lot cooler than listening to this tape. - DH
SOULSIDE - September 20th, 1987 @ 924 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA
Setlist: 01. (introduction) 02. War / Pearl To Stone 03. One Step Higher 04. Baby 05. Don’t Let Me Down 06. Dreams 07. Otherside 08. Fresh Air 09. (talking) 10. Ex Lion Tamer (Wire cover) 11. Break On Through (The Doors cover) —————————— Notes: - Small cut in “One Step Higher” due to tape flip
An absolute belter of a set from NEUROSIS. Just a year or two prior they were a band whose sets seemed held together by duct tape and force of will. Now in 1989 they were tighter, heavier, more focused. The "new" songs that would wind up on their 2nd LP were a step up in complexity and heaviness, though often slower too, to the annoyance of some old school diehards I know. To me, the songs sound great and mixed in well with the earlier songs from the first LP and the 7". I'm very glad someone had the foresight to record this. And it sounds good too for a recording of this type! Cheers - DH
NEUROSIS - May 27th, 1989 @ 924 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA
Hell yeah, FALSE LIBERTY "The Zoo Is Free" demo from 1986. This 6 song offering is solid fast hardcore from Seattle. It's got speed, it brings the heavy, the songs rule, I can listen to this anytime and just be stoked. Like many of the bands I was exposed to thanks to these tapes from Chris Dodge and others, I'd never heard of False Liberty. The mission of digitizing these awesome moments in time has brought a lot of new old music to my attention. Hopefully this will help others hear of these bands they might not have otherwise, just as much as I hope this draws out good memories from those that are familiar and were around to see and support them when they were active. So yeah, False Liberty. I play this often, and I play it loud. - DH
BIG BOYS live in Washington D.C. opening for Trouble Funk and Minor Threat, on one of Minor Threat's mixed bill shows they were doing. This is a great performance and a pretty killer soundboard recording. Enjoy! And if you know these dang song titles, hook it up please - DH
BIG BOYS - September 23rd, 1983 @ Lansburgh Centre, Washington D.C.
