SINS OF THE FLESH - May 3rd, 1987 @ Spanky's, Sacramento, CA

Here's another live set from SINS OF THE FLESH, who, if I remember correctly, were from the Sacramento area.  I'm not very familiar with the band outside of having some live sets from that time period where my buddies Chris and Shayne were tape trading with each other.  Shayne is the source for this, if he didn't tape he he would likely know who did.  And would probably know whether this was a soundboard tape or an audience.  It could go either way actually but if I had to guess I would go with soundboard.  So yeah, here's a probably soundboard recording from a band you've probably never heard of, just how I like it, haha.  Enjoy some new old sounds!   - DH

SINS OF THE FLESH - May 3rd, 1987 @ Spanky's, Sacramento, CA

Setlist:

Violence For Violence

Discretion

Struggle For Freedom

Technology (The Evil)

Xenophilia

Voices Of Terror

Metal Death

Create To Destroy

Mr Propaganda (cuts out)

Additional Info:

 - Soundboard recording?

 - Azimuth adjusted

 - Transferred by DH

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ASPIRIN FEAST - "Unreleased Songs"

Here's a cool one from ASPIRIN FEAST from Seattle, WA.  The tape is labeled "Unreleased Songs" which may have been true at the time, and might not be true as of now.  A quick search of Discogs shows that a couple of songs do appear on other things like their split EP and original demo tape. but I have no idea if those are different recordings.  If an expert chimes in here or on my FB or Youtube, I'll edit that info in here.  For now, enjoy the Aspirin Feast, because they were awesome.   - DH

ASPIRIN FEAST - "Unreleased Songs"

Tracklist:

01. Another Rape Victim

02. No One Knows How To Have Fun

03. War

04. Waste

05. Civilian Casualties

Additional info:

Transferred by DH

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INFEST - February 4th, 1989 Garden Grove, CA [AUDIENCE]

Another live recording of the mighty INFEST!  Thank you to whoever had the foresight to document this. It's not the best sounding, but hey, I'm not going to complain at all, it's fucking Infest in 1989!  So this tape didn't have much info with it, all this info outside of the setlist could be wrong.  There is a sticker on the spine of the case that says "Infest Los Angeles, CA 1989", so yeah, not very clear.  If I get any more solid info, I'll edit it in here of course.  For now, just crank this, or download it, or do both!  Enjoy!    - DH

EDIT:

Thanks to Youtube user I)), we now have a date and more info on the location for this show!

INFEST - February 4th, 1989 Garden Grove, CA

Setlist:

Break The Chains

Mindless

Which Side

Machismo

Sick-O

Pickled

Slave

Voice Your Opinion

If I Were You

Just Act Blind

Head First

Sick And Tired

[instrumental]

Sick Of Talk

The Game

Three Or Nothing

Where's The Unity?

Additional info:

 - Very good chance the date and location are wrong, tape label was not clear at all

 - Audience recording

 - Azimuth adjusted

 - Transferred by DH

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DIDDLY SQUAT - August 8th, 1987 @ 924 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA [SOUNDBOARD]

As I listen to this upload I wonder why, WHY did I upload this!?!  The band in question, DIDDLY SQUAT is, or were, great.  They were a tri-cities Washington band that would later on have members in other great WA bands like Christ On A Crutch, Aspirin Feast, and Brotherhood, and of course is a band with Nate Mandell on bass who would later be known for Sunny Day Real Estate and Foo Fighters, and then would later on become a total kook who was into some weird AIDs denialism stuff.  What a goon.  Anyhoo, the band was killer.  This tape however, maybe not so much.  Not for any fault of the band, but it's a Gilman soundboard from 1987, notorious for bad board recording mixes because they had a small board in the beginning and they were obviously more concerned with having a good mix in the room, not a tape recording.  So yeah, 1987 Gilman board tapes are more often misses than hits.  I did what I could to help it but there's not much that could be done when the mix fluctuates so wildly.  So why did I upload this?  Because have you ever seen another Diddly Squat live tape?  No?  That's right, this band was shortlived and so there's just no other stuff that I've come across yet.  So this is it, and if you are curious, here ya go.  If you've never heard the band, follow the tags below to hear their 1987 demo.  - DH

DIDDLY SQUAT - August 8th, 1987 @ 924 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA

Setlist:

No Questions

Memorial Day

Either Way

Squat Theme

Crippled For Cash

Who Needed Help?

Coming Of Christ

Blind

Production Line

Additional info:

 - Soundboard recording

 - Rebalanced in Izotope rx8 Advanced

 - Azimuth adjusted

 - Transferred, Rebalanced and EQ'd by DH

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MDC - July 25th, 1987 @ 924 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA [SOUNDBOARD]

Here's a fun set from the mighty MDC, live at 924 Gilman St in July of 1987.  For this show they ripped up the setlist and put the songs in something and had the audience draw them and they would play it.  The mix on this is all over the place though, if you've checked out other Gilman soundboards on my site from 87 or 88 you should be familiar with this.  It is what it is, nothing I could do to fix this fully.  I did boost some things, but I cant do anything about the wildly fluctuating mix.  Still, might be neat if you were there, or just want a random MDC show to listen to.    - DH

MDC - July 25th, 1987 @ 924 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA

Setlist:

[unknown]

Additional Info:

 - Soundboard recording

 - Rebalanced in Izotope rx8 Advanced

 - Azimuth adjusted

 - Transferred and rebalanced by DH

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OPERATION IVY - December 31st, 1987 @ 924 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA [AUDIENCE]

Here's a killer one that I got not from someone around here in the bay area, but off an east coaster in a lot of old live tapes and demos that I won on eBay. I was particularly stoked to hear this one, hoping for a tape copy of the soundboard, which I have heard but it's on a DVD, edited into the footage from that night.  I'd love a lossless copy but honestly, it didn't sound good.  The guitars were far too low, as normal for some of those kinds of tapes.  So instead of a soundboard, to my surprise this is an audience recording.  Given the problems with Gilman soundboards that I just mentioned, I always appreciate any recordings anyone had the foresight to make from out in the crowd, hell yeah.  Sadly it's just the Op Ivy set and not the others.  And I have no gen or taper info so I'm not sure if this taper recorded the other bands or not.  Still I'm happy that this exists and that I can share it with ya'll, enjoy!  Killer and fun performance, check that setlist!   - DH

OPERATION IVY - December 31st, 1987 @ 924 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA

Setlist:

I Got No

Sleep Long

Here We Go Again

Hangin' Out

Officer

Plea For Peace

Junkie's Runnin' Dry

Yellin' In My Ear

Hoboken

Bombshell

Wild Thing (Chip Taylor teaser)

Start Me Up (Rolling Stones teaser)

Hedgecore

Trouble Bound (The Blasters cover)

Wild Thing (Chip Taylor teaser)

Healthy Body

More Than Our Share

Additional info:

 - Audience recording

 - Transferred by DH

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BORN/DEAD - December 27th, 2002 @ Burnt Ramen, Richmond, CA [AUDIENCE]

Another killer classic from the collection, for me at least.  I've listened to this CDR a bunch, recorded by John The Baker at Burnt Ramen. He recorded damn near every Burnt Ramen show around this time, from mics hung from the ceiling.  I had mp3s of a pretty fair amount of those shows and lost them in a hard drive crash.  Always back yer shit up!  I know someone out there has all these shows, because I saw a torrent for them at one point, but it never had seeders.  It would be awesome to get access to those at some point, if anyone has leads, that would rule.  Maybe I'll bump into JTB someday and ask him. So, yeah.  This was the benefit show for P.U.N.K. zine I believe. It was a killer bill.  Hellshock played this as well, I think I have the Benumb and Hellshock sets up at least.  Check the tags below and see if they come up.  Anyhoo, killer band that anyone that was going to Ramen shows around this time would have had to see a handful of times.  They were pretty great, and once again, I felt like as much as I liked them, I didn't really appreciate them fully until they were done.  At least some records and a few live shows and videos exist!  Enjoy!   - DH

BORN/DEAD - December 27th, 2002 @ Burnt Ramen, Richmond, CA

Setlist:

[unknown]

Additional info: 

 - Audience recording

 - Recorded by JTB

 - Prepared by DH

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