{"title":"SST Records \u0026 Cruz Records","description":"SST Records","products":[{"product_id":"black-flag-damaged-lp","title":"Black Flag - Damaged lp","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wDUYCyajDcs?si=_n6dwJYop3tpsq9v\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Flag - Damaged lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps the best album to emerge from the quagmire that was early-'80s California hardcore punk, the visceral, intensely physical presence of Damaged has yet to be equaled, although many bands have tried. Although Black Flag had been recording for three years prior to this release, the fact that Henry Rollins was now their lead singer made all the difference. His furious bellow and barely contained ferocity was the missing piece the band needed to become great. Also, guitarist\/mastermind Greg Ginn wrote a slew of great songs for this record that, while suffused with the usual punk conceits (alienation, boredom, disenfranchisement), were capable of making one laugh out loud, especially the protoslacker satire \"TV Party.\" Extremely controversial when it was released, Damaged endured the slings and arrows of outrageous criticism (some reacted as though this record alone would cause the fall of America's youth) to become and remain an important document of its time.\" - John Dougan \/ All Music\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44998532890916,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/bfdamaged.jpg?v=1680794750"},{"product_id":"black-flag-my-war-lp","title":"Black Flag - My War lp","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ga6v91ZGL1U?si=Ik_bPpXs7EjsXgP7\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Flag - My War lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Despite some less than stellar reviews, My War was a solid record. I love the songs, as well as the artwork. I’ve gotten myself into a few arguments over the years about it being one of their better releases, and maybe I am biased, as it was my introduction to Black Flag, but I stand by it being one of their best. The band covered some more experimental ground with My War, there are solos, and metal influences scattered throughout the record. The songs are longer, and they changed up the typical song structure, but I think it for the most part, it worked in their favor. The biggest downfall of the record in hindsight was that some of the songs are simply just too long. Even “Can’t Decide” doesn’t need to be five minutes. That being said, whether “Nothing Left Inside” was too long or not, that riff could get a pit going strong to this day.\" - Maximillian Power \/ Punk News\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44998543081764,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/bfmw.jpg?v=1680795159"},{"product_id":"black-flag-everything-went-black-2-xlp","title":"Black Flag – Everything Went Black 2 xlp","description":"\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qfhhbZahFyI?si=Rvq3elWI09qrBE1e\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Flag – Everything Went Black 2 xlp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Released as both a clearing house and as a stopgap release in 1982, Everything Went Black would end up informing both Black Flag’s past and future. Originally released without the name “Black Flag” on the cover, and only the band members' names, the compilation was SST records attempt to fly under the radar and generate some income during the perilous Unicorn\/Black Flag lawsuit. It didn’t work. The band was nabbed in the act and a few members and associates actually wound up doing some time for violating the court order preventing the band from releasing material.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs if these recordings needed any more mythos associated with them! Although Nervous Breakdown would set the underground punk scene on fire, and wile Keith Morris’ sardonic, cagey delivery would go on to impress and inform thousands of future punk rockers, there was a scant four Black Flag tracks to his name prioer to Black. As Black Flag seemed to operate in cycles, the same could be said of Ron Reyes as well as Dez Cadena. Little did fans know that for each vocalist, there was nearly a full album’s worth of material- the same material mind you, but unreleased material none the less.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExcept it wasn’t quite the same material for each singer. Granted, almost all these songs had been released previously and many of the songs crop up two or three times on this release. But, Black was a boon in that it showed how each singer brought his own unique perspective to this material. This showed both the strength of the individual vocalists as well as the core material.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnderstandably, Morris set the tone for singers and his wiry, tilting vocal ticks filtered through Reyes and Cadena’s versions (and even Rollins on Damaged.) Perhaps like Sinatra, Morris was a master of phrasing and timing. Throughout his side, he suddenly accentuated seemingly random words. But, of course, this wasn’t random- it was Morris drawing an off-balance meaning to these words, implying more than he was saying while also acting as a foil for Greg Ginn bear-trap guitar. It didn’t hurt that Morris had one of the best voices in punk rock. A combination of drugged out street guy, and jester, Morris was at once bemoaning the horrible situation and laughing at the absurdity of it all. He didn’t have the range of, say Dave Vanian, or the vocal control of Glenn Danzig, but his spastic, spitting delivery made these cutting lyrics have appropriate force as well as an intelligence that showed that these songs had more than just a cursory reading to them. And of course, Morris was also a master ad-libber, stapling terse phrases at the end of songs as they fell apart, giving the shambles that much more bite.\" - John Gentile \/ Punk News\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45044643070244,"sku":"","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/bfeverything.jpg?v=1681398743"},{"product_id":"black-flag-loose-nut-lp","title":"Black Flag - Loose Nut lp","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y0M-3DQB1bA?si=usCwdLPwWp02ledO\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Flag - Loose Nut lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Released as part of ‘84-‘85 album deluge, Loose Nut feels like a band re-energized, but also a band that’s a little too light on editing. My War and Slip It In drew the line in the sand that Black Flag wasn’t just Damaged and that to them, the gap between ’81 and ’84 was an eon.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf anything, the 84-85 albums, with their linear and riff-centric progression stated that the band didn’t want to be pigeon-holed as either ”hardcore” or “punk” and frankly, the music from that period was often more heavy metal than punk. The band would struggle with this identity, as while there are some riff monsters from the period (i.e. “My War,” “Scream,” “Rats Eyes,”) there’s also a lot of filler.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut, at least during the Loose Nut period, the band found a semi-happy medium between their impulses. “Annihilate” is nearly a straight-up metal song rooted in one of the band’s most crushing riffs. It’s telling that Ginn, who is master of the oblong, tricky riff, is able to so easily craft and simple, hard riff that is as memorable as any other metal classic. Yet, while Ginn was continuing to progress in his experimentation of both the intricate and the pure, his lyrical ability wasn’t what it once was.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Annihilate”’s cynical message of hatred for “normies” might have been somewhat identifiable to a nerdy 14-year old punk rocker, but its black and white message didn't have the timelessness or masterful ambiguity of songs like “Nervous Breakdown,” “Wasted,” and “Depression.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy this time, Rollins was in full-on Rollins mode: manic, angry, and ever so serious. But to be fair, it worked. In a genre that is wall-to-wall posturing, it never felt that Rollins was trying to be anything other than himself- or at least his exterior vision of his best self. Add on top of that, Rollins was growing out what a lot of teenage boys had rumbling through their mind without fear of editing or icing over his raw emotions. To his credit, when Rollins rode the Sabbath riff of “Modern Man,” you believed him, or at least the emotion that he was describing. And of course, that emotion was contempt, with a healthy dose of frustration. That’s particularly impressive since the song is dismissed bassist Chuck Dukowski’s last contribution to the band.\" - John Gentile \/ Punk News\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45044672266532,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/bfloose.jpg?v=1681399215"},{"product_id":"saint-vitus-the-walking-dead-12","title":"Saint Vitus - The Walking Dead 12\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PbTrz56nows?si=uGJgV0QfMW7SVhJI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint Vitus - The Walking Dead 12\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"On the closing edge of the Reagers era of that looming throwback to depressively slow rock gone metallic Saint Vitus is this rather intense fit of angst in “The Walking Dead”. While the name in itself might suggest a slow trudging excursion into early 70s hopelessness as exemplified in the first Wino album “Born To Late”, this is still pretty well intertwined with the mixture of fast paced punk and dark, post-60s rock that was “Hallow’s Victim”. Although this combination might seem contradictory according to current understandings of what so-called traditional doom metal should be about, one should take into account that there is no such thing as a tradition until it is actually set into practice, and usually said traditions represent only part of the original design.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile the signature aesthetic that is associated with this band has been consistently maintained throughout the SST era, this album probably represents the most concentrated dose of what this band was about at that time. The first two songs on here are indicative of the parallels between them and their frequent tour and label mates Black Flag, moving fast and furious with a few methodical rock based riffs, and a really bass and middle heavy guitar tone. “White Stallions” is more of a strict, percussive speed metal song while “Darkness” is more chaotic and drum heavy, but both songs ooze with that latent punk spirit that was heard on “Hallow’s Victim”. But on the other side of things is the towering anvil of slow moving minimalism “The Walking Dead”, which goes between being dark and psychedelic to being dark and menacing, like the decaying body of a hippie zombie back from the grave.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe divide between the two very distinct eras of SST era Vitus is on full display here, perhaps even more so in that of the two full lengths that came before this EP. Not only stylistically, but in how everything is approached. Chandler’s guitar soloing is not quite as noise based, though still quite heavy on the post-Hendrix mayhem, and Scott Reagers is at his nastiest vocally. Essentially what you get in Wino’s predecessor is something of a middle ground between a really gritty 60s vocalist and a messy late 70s punk shouter, though often his shouts can get a little gratuitous and even grating to the ears of anyone who prefers Wino. It’s not quite as enticing as the debut LP, and it is somewhat derivative of that of the second full length, but those who travel in old, blues based doom directions will want to check this out.\" - Hells Unicorn \/ Metal Archives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45044690583844,"sku":"","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/svtwd.jpg?v=1681399498"},{"product_id":"black-flag-in-my-head-lp","title":"Black Flag - In My Head lp - the edges of the cover have very light wear from shipping to Stickfigure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b65wOPuFlvo\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Flag - In My Head lp - the edges of the cover have very light wear from shipping to Stickfigure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Black Flag's 5th and final full length is arguably their finest and definitely their most inovative, the current lineup being Greg Ginn, Henry Rollins, Anthony Martinez, and Kira.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo start, this album is recognizeably different than the rest of Black Flag's material, but that doesn't mean this is a bad thing, it just means they have taken a different direction and kept only their main core elements- darkness and intensity- intact. This album is basically part experimental, part metal, part hardcore, and part punk- but it all comes off brutally beautiful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSongs like \"Out Of This World\" and \"Society's Tease\" demonstrate Greg Ginns masterful guitar work and Henry's ferious vocal management, these are heavy tunes with all the trademark Black Flag intensity. Then we have songs like \"Black Love\", \"I Can See You\", and \"Crazy Girl\". These tunes being very experimental \"Black Love\" is a dark, slow burner with an ultimately creepy Rollins speaking in a low toned voice. \"I Can See You\", although very repetitive, also can be a guilty pleasure at times with the chorus \"I can see you, you can see me, I can hear you, you can hear me, I can kill you, you can kill me, etc. etc.\". \"Crazy Girl\" Is very inovative it starts with similaritys to \"Black Love\" but then burst into hardcore....and then slows down again- a repeated process that works to full effect. Other very notable songs include \"Paralyzed\", \"Retired At 21\", and the title track \"In My Head\". This album demonstrates the true musical master talent of this band and doesn't sacrafice any of the intensity and aggression from their previous releases. You can label this as hardcore jazz experimental metal punk, but I'd just rather call it excellent music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnother noticeable trademark on this album and their previous one, \"Loose Nut\", is the crystal clean production. The band had finally broken away from their original producer Spot, whom I think is a terrible producer and ruined the sound quality on \"My War\", and they have finally got a clean, clear quality so that we can hear every bit of brutality and still scare the neighboors 17 years later. This was the end, but they went out with a bang.\" - Brandon Sideleau \/ Punk News\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45044708802852,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/bfimh.jpg?v=1681399733"},{"product_id":"blast-its-in-my-blood-lp","title":"Bl'ast - It's In My Blood! lp","description":"\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5YLaPzYEJq0?si=toM8OSutmjEhEbms\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBl'ast - It's In My Blood! lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A pretty bleak picture painted here. On one hand, BL’AST demands we not be led, that we awaken and fight, yet on the other hand they inform us they’re withdrawing into solely self-oriented gratification. Hmmm. The music is in the FLAG-rhythm hardcore we’ve come to know, tight and powerful lurching stuff.\" - Tim Yohannan \/ MRR\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45044739735844,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/blastinmb.jpg?v=1681400028"},{"product_id":"black-flag-damaged-white-t-shirt-x-large","title":"Black Flag - Damaged T-shirt","description":"Black Flag - Damaged T-shirt","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"White \/ Medium","offer_id":47409958224164,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ Large","offer_id":46456123785508,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ X-Large","offer_id":46456123818276,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black \/ Medium","offer_id":47409959665956,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ Large","offer_id":46456123851044,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ X-Large","offer_id":46456123883812,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/2023-03-31_2_2c363090-ad12-40fe-be5e-598b5fe504f9.png?v=1691944765"},{"product_id":"black-flag-annihilate-this-week-12-the-edges-of-the-cover-have-very-light-wear-from-shipping-to-the-vendor","title":"Black Flag – Annihilate This Week 12\" - the edges of the cover have very light wear from shipping to the vendor","description":"\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZJajUlnstk\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Flag – Annihilate This Week 12\" - the edges of the cover have very light wear from shipping to the vendor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This SST EP captures Black Flag in three intense live moments. Henry Rollins sounds enraged, and the band teeters constantly on the verge of musical collapse. Although true fans will still insist that Black Flag had sold out long before this EP, you couldn't tell it by listening to their lean and hungry sound here. The original EP has an amusing drug paraphernalia-infested cover that would be banned by some record stores today, but which flew by with few ripples somehow in 1986.\" - Jeff Crooke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45091176710436,"sku":"","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/bfan.jpg?v=1682018761"},{"product_id":"black-flag-the-first-four-years-lp","title":"Black Flag - The First Four Years lp","description":"\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5M0KoSLrO08\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Flag - The First Four Years lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The best collection of pre-Henry Rollins-era Black Flag. Much of The First Four Years finds the band in developmental mode, but the sonic anarchy and political vituperation met head-on more than once, creating a ferociously good time. Not simply for completists, this is an important recording of the then-burgeoning L.A. hardcore scene.\" - John Dougan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45091245490468,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/bfthefirstf.jpg?v=1682019123"},{"product_id":"black-flag-tv-party-12","title":"Black Flag - TV Party 12\"","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nIiDe1MYoKY?si=S8A7aqQIZf3XgcIg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Flag - TV Party 12\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This isn't an EP that I'd call it necessary but shit it's still Damaged era Black Flag so consider that a partial endorsement. This seven minute compilation of two B-sides and a re-recorded \"TV Party\" done at Unicorn's behest is fun, showing a glimpse of the band with new drummer Emil Johnson and Chuck Dukowski working his magic, right before My War and the subsequent humorlessness of the Metal Flag era. Geez, whats with all these anonymous threats pouring into my mail scrawled with \"Death to My War haters\" on it?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe version of \"TV Party\" on here was at a much slower rhythm and with louder hand clap sounds (maybe to be more catchy?), with the vocals sounding pretty much the same. Ultimately why they put this one out is kind of beyond me, as Black Flag was never going to be more than a niche band - that's who they were, loud and violent and filled with an awesome blistering rage. Even on hearing this version my favorite \"TV Party\" is Emilio Estevez singing it as he walks in the morning sun in Repo Man - short, sweet, and filled with hungover melancholy.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe other two songs, which featured Bill Stevenson on drums, though are pretty perfect though as great throwaways. Rollins' vocals dancing around the band's loping, deranged riffs on \"I Got To Run\" were prime Flag, a violent, spiky earworm. \"My Rules\" was a minute long rant that in Minor Threat's hands would be a single volley with no alterations in sound, but this one shows how Ginn and Dukowski keep \"swinging\", the rhythms moving and dodging like Ali at his Greatest as Rollins ranted about not needing rules or demands from a significant other.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile the title version is really disposable the other two here were wild, nasty pieces of 1982 Black Flag and who could ask for more? \"I Got To Run\" and \"My Rules\" are definitely worth a listen. Stomp around for a bit and remember when Ginn actually wanted to play fast.\" - C.M. 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With Slip It In, Black Flag got more risque than most hair metal bands dared in 1984. The distinctive Raymond Pettibon artwork pushed the boundary even further. The nun on the cover made it sacrilegious as well as salacious. They were also making songs longer than the typical three minute radio friendly ditties playing on the FM dial. It was certainly a far cry from their two minute blasts of rage that helped define the punk and hardcore genres. Slip It In has remained among the more underappreciated Black Flag albums.\" - Tom Trauma\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45108649951524,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/bfslip.jpg?v=1682278050"},{"product_id":"black-flag-the-process-of-weeding-out-lp-the-edges-of-the-cover-have-very-light-wear-from-shipping-to-the-vendor","title":"Black Flag – The Process Of Weeding Out lp - the edges of the cover have very light wear from shipping to Stickfigure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7XdNCNt1hwE?si=fmSg_H6Z2ux7QftD\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Flag – The Process Of Weeding Out lp - the edges of the cover have very light wear from shipping to Stickfigure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If, by 1985, punk fans were wondering if Black Flag mastermind Gregg Ginn was waging a war against them, the instrumental EP The Process of Weeding Out made the assault as direct as possible. The very back of the release declared (following a semi-cohesive political rant) that “even though this record may communicate certain feelings, emotions, and ideas to some, I have faith that cop-types with their strictly linear minds and stick-to-the-rules mentality don't have the ability to decipher the intuitive contents of this record.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf course, the double-entendre title, which also saluted Ginn’s other favorite pastime, said as much. So, with the punk scene firmly entrenched with a strict set of rules in the mid ‘80s, Ginn once again tried to upset the form. Weeding Out was composed of four extended instrumentals, each which had an improvisational feel as well as dedication to sound itself. Yet, while the tunes were aggressive and sparse, they were as far from standard hardcore punk as jazz.\" - John Gentile\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45108661682468,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/bfprocess.jpg?v=1682278526"},{"product_id":"firehose-ifn-lp","title":"fIREHOSE – If'n lp","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rS4xM9HPJ1Q?si=EdJK6ar03Sb7yw6f\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003efIREHOSE – If'n lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Whereas fIREHOSE's debut, 1986's Ragin', Full On, was issued quickly to get the new outfit off the ground (two of the three members were still reeling from the death of their previous band's frontman, the Minutemen's D. Boon), their sophomore effort, 1987's If'n, included more cohesive and focused songwriting. Touring together had obviously made Watt-Hurley-Crawford tighter as a unit, and several of their best all-time compositions reside here. Although the debut incorporated other musical forms besides punk and hard rock (funk, jazz, etc.), If'n was the first fIREHOSE release to feature folk-style originals -- such as Crawford's \"In Memory of Elizabeth Cotton.\" Standouts include the album opening highway anthem \"Sometimes,\" the groovy '50s feel of \"Honey, Please,\" the laid-back \"Backroads,\" and the irate rockers \"Anger\" and \"For the Singer of R.E.M.\" Also featured are several Mike Watt lead vocal spots -- the perennial concert favorite \"Making the Freeway\" (included on the 1993 mini-album Live Totem Pole EP), the humorous \"Me \u0026amp; You Remembering,\" \"Operation Solitaire,\" and the closing epic \"Thunder Child.\"\" - Greg Prato\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45108858913060,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/firehoseifn.jpg?v=1682281088"},{"product_id":"h-r-human-rights-lp","title":"H.R. – Human Rights lp","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Re2wSHRF3lw?si=JV36BxJq4Ps1hfe3\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH.R. – Human Rights lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Those who want nothing more than Rasta-metal screech coming from the throat of Bad Brains should pass on this solo disc. Those who skanked to the reggaefied groove of H.R.'s (aka Joseph 1, Paul Hudson) so-so earlier discs on Olive Tree should like this tons...Rather than go for a standard roots\/dancehall style, the accent is on a harder, Parliament-style proto-gogo with touches of soul and jazz. Granted, it lacks the insane intensity of The Brains' work, but it succeeds on subtler levels. Lyrically, there are no surprises -- plenty of peace and love vibes and rote Jah worship, but the band (Brains' Earl Hudson, drums; Kenny Dread, bass; David Byers, guitar; and Oscar Brown, Jr., keys) is tight without being tightassed, and give more than adequate support to H.R.'s croon-to-whine vocals...\" - John Dougan\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45109025603876,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/hrhuman.jpg?v=1682281806"},{"product_id":"saint-vitus-thirsty-and-miserable-12","title":"Saint Vitus – Thirsty And Miserable 12\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aV6RPXo92Is?si=jIKjjK-fZDgYZJSq\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint Vitus – Thirsty And Miserable 12\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a very interesting little EP for historical as well as musical reasons. Musically, it offers three solid and distinct songs. However, without any historical background on the band, it seems a strange decision for such an incredibly slow, traditional doom metal band to cover a Black Flag song, even if the lyrics for the song are bleak enough to provide some justification. Apparently, though, Vitus often played with punk bands during their early career because they happened to be signed to a punk label. Needless to say, this didn’t always work out so well for Vitus as punks tended to really hate them.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith “Thirsty and Miserable,” though, the band really managed to make lemonade out of the proverbial lemons their early career dealt them. The simple, straightforward riffing may demonstrate the song’s punk origin and, in my mind, isn’t quite as compelling as Vitus’s own compositions but the vocal delivery, doomy tone and Chandler’s psychedelic leads improve a decent punk song and make it fit in Vitus’s own catalog. There’s not much to say about the song in the end, other than that it’s a great straightforward, doomed-up punk song. It’s easily the best doom cover of a punk song I’ve ever heard, considering the relative scarcity of any competition.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe rest of the EP is made up of two Vitus originals, “Look Behind You” and “The End of the End.” The former is a good transition from “Thirsty and Miserable:” A relatively simple, catchy St. Vitus song. It’s not, perhaps, one of the greatest Vitus songs as it is relatively mindless, but paranoia has rarely been so fun. The chorus will undoubtedly stick with you. All of the elements of effective St. Vitus songs are there but, aside from the vocals, they’re not at their most impressive or memorable in this track.\" - Thomash\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45109305573668,"sku":"","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/saintvitus.jpg?v=1682282812"},{"product_id":"firehose-sometimes-almost-always-12","title":"fIREHOSE - Sometimes, Almost Always 12\"","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3TmoiiUDQXo?si=4y9gu37wlZYklyBQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003efIREHOSE - Sometimes, Almost Always 12\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"fIREHOSE was an alternative rock band formed by Mike Watt (bass\/vocals), Ed Crawford (guitar\/vocals), and George Hurley (drums) in 1986. Hurley and Watt had both previously been members of the Minutemen and were contemplating retiring from music after the death of Minutemen front man D. Boon in 1985 when Watt was contacted by Crawford, a rabid Minutemen fan from Ohio, about starting a new band. After initially resisting, Watt and Hurley ultimately decided to give Crawford a shot. The band went on to record 5 LPs, 3 for SST Records and 2 for Columbia, before disbanding in 1994.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45109400928548,"sku":"","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/firehosesometimes.jpg?v=1682283212"},{"product_id":"negativland-escape-from-noise-lp","title":"Negativland – Escape From Noise lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TqVAFuP1lXQ?si=9ChkffNN69e-drQ6\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNegativland – Escape From Noise lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"While the sound collage of Negativland's first three studio albums pointed toward the band's ultimate direction, they were really rough sketches compared to Escape from Noise. Escape is a full-on audio assault, more musical than ever, but with tight and well-constructed sound sections thrown in. Instead of simply a collection of sounds and snippets, however, each cut on Escape from Noise picks a target and takes aim. \"Quiet Please\" takes on market research in the world of radio. \"Michael Jackson\" is a laundry list of pop stars being charged with creating commercial pop. \"Sycamore\" turns happy, shiny, new pre-planned communities into something far more sinister. Although some other tracks (\"Yellow, Black and Rectangular,\" \"Car Bomb\") don't really take on particular targets, they're fun nonetheless. Probably the most accomplished piece is the strangely creepy \"Time Zones,\" which talks about how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union (there are 11, by the way, and it's not even funny). Although it wasn't apparent at the time, the centerpiece of the album would be \"Christianity Is Stupid,\" a prime example of how sound bytes can be rearranged to say whatever you want them to say. (The full sound bytes appear on the album Helter Stupid, the first half of which was inspired by a media frenzy after the band suggested that a murder may be attributable to \"Christianity Is Stupid\" as an excuse to get out of having to tour in the wake of this album, which turned out to be a much bigger success than anyone expected.) Scattered throughout the album are unexpected guest appearances from some of the biggest names in underground music, including Jello Biafra on \"toilet flushing,\" the Residents on \"hoots and clanging,\" and the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart on mouth sounds and \"processed animals.\" In addition to better-constructed material, the production quality on Escape from Noise is also top-notch, making it a joy to listen to. Although future works would prove more controversial, this is probably Negativland's masterwork.\" - Sean Carruthers\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45140338835748,"sku":"","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/negativlandescape.jpg?v=1682612904"},{"product_id":"blast-the-power-of-expression-lp","title":"Bl'ast! – The Power Of Expression lp","description":"\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PR3AyeP7ey0?si=Pf_O6rWr6PwXg3CN\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBl'ast! – The Power Of Expression lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In their early days they were M.A.D. (see Not So Quiet comp) and were a raging thrash band Á  la BLACK FLAG of ’82. Then BLACK FLAG and SSD changed to a “heavier” sound, and so did these guys (now BL’AST!), only they hung to it. This LP captures that “power” hardcore sound well, combined with angry, yet positive lyrics, and even a few thrashers thrown in. A strong release.\" - Tim Yohannan \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45140354498852,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/blast.webp?v=1682613209"},{"product_id":"saint-vitus-mournful-cries-lp","title":"Saint Vitus ‎– Mournful Cries lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oQ8y7mjQ7Wc?si=JJWa_Y8LoPzyhYLd\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint Vitus ‎– Mournful Cries lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Saint Vitus' third album, Born Too Late, was an instant classic of the then-nascent doom metal movement, and without question it's the band's finest and most powerful work. It was so strong that it was hard to imagine how Saint Vitus could top it, and the truth is they didn't; their next album, 1988's Mournful Cries, is a shorter and less ambitious album that lacks songs quite as remarkable as \"Clear Windowpane,\" \"Born Too Late,\" or \"Dying Inside.\" But Mournful Cries was Saint Vitus' second album with singer Scott \"Wino\" Weinrich, and like Born Too Late it confirmed he was the ideal vocalist for the band. The gritty resignation and throaty, fevered force of his voice meshes perfectly with Dave Chandler's howl-in-a-void guitar work, and his lyrics lend the songs an unblinking street-level attitude that gives the tunes a wildly potent force, even on the token fantasy piece \"Dragon Time.\" Weinrich's second guitar also gives Chandler more space to stretch out with his thick, buzzing chords, as Armando Acosta's carefully punctuated drumming hits like a fist in the gut and Mark Adams' bass gives the songs a simple but rock-solid foundation. The material on Mournful Cries rates a B, but the performances deserve at least an A-, with stronger ensemble work than anything Saint Vitus had accomplished to date, and when they rise up in full strength on \"The Creeps\" and \"Shooting Gallery,\" they're a mighty and malevolent force to be reckoned with. (The production also gives the material a more resonant and natural sound than they achieved on Born Too Late.) It's not a masterpiece, but Mournful Cries still ranks high in this band's mighty pantheon.\" - Mark Deming\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45140362920228,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/stvitusmournful.jpg?v=1682613450"},{"product_id":"h-r-singin-in-the-heart-lp","title":"H.R. – Singin' In The Heart lp","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gn0W_9bIju4?si=ptPb0qnu8y-SrxY7\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH.R. – Singin' In The Heart lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Listening to this album, it's easy to conclude that HR is one of the most naturally talented reggae and pop singers out there -- and also that he isn't particularly discriminating about his material or arrangements. Singin' in the Heart has two excellent songs that are really well performed: the sunny title cut and the magnificent, brooding \"Don't Trust No (Shadows After Dark).\" It's significant that fellow Bad Brains alumnus Earl Hudson joins in on the latter, since it's the only song on the album that has an interesting backbeat and a challenging guitar line. Elsewhere the arrangements are simple and unexciting, which is a shame because even the mediocre tunes are rendered listenable by HR's silky vocalizing. HR could sing the phone directory and have it sound good, but on this album the great cuts set such a high standard that the others sound pale by comparison.\" - Richard Foss\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45140399259940,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/hrsinging.jpg?v=1682613982"},{"product_id":"blast-take-the-manic-ride-lp","title":"Bl'ast – Take The Manic Ride lp","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3GcX5ANARCE?si=aRC3geGrNjmqQye3\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBl'ast – Take The Manic Ride lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSST pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"BL’AST! are arguably at their best on Manic Ride, 12 tracks of jagged and driving hardcore.\" - Jack McGill\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45140423049508,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/blasttake.jpg?v=1682614187"},{"product_id":"black-flag-i-can-see-you-12","title":"Black Flag – I Can See You 12\"","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/neXBCL9kCWM?si=GXyfwRoP_Lykh_L6\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Flag – I Can See You 12\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Released as a clearing house release some three years after the band ended, I Can see You was more of a footnote than a turning point for Black Flag. (To be fair, the bland cover, which followed in the stead of some of the most iconic music art-ever, didn't help). Recorded sometime in 1985 with the Roessler\/Stevenson lineup, the release exhibited the traits of the band’s near-final period.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe title track was almost experimental in nature, with Rollins dueting off himself in a sing song nature while calling out “Don’t stab me in the back.” It would have added another layer to the release is the band was mocking generic “stabbed in the back” hardcore lyrics, but it was more likely that this was simply Rollins and Ginn at their most self-serious.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeanwhile, Ginn was full into his dirt-metal mode, opting for huge, off-kilter riffs that that flitted between the catchiness of the band’s early period and more odd-tempo jazz posturing. Each four of these tracks seemed to start and end with the same pressure, never really growing or changing throughout their running- ending simply when the band got bored. “Kickin and stickin” is a hard mashing tune, but even at 83 seconds, it seemed somewhat aimless.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInterestingly, there was a single number credited to only Roesller and Stevenson. “Out of this World” featured wall-sized riffs and tones that frankly could have fit into a mid-period Judas Priest release. It wasn’t at the level of “My War,” but it was exciting to hear Black Flag use what they had once mastered- space. With some room to breathe, Black Flag once again sounded powerful, poignant, and frankly, excited.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYet, the issue with all four these tracks is that while ambiance, tone, and texture might have been unique, they couldn’t make up for song composition. That’s no sin, especially since this EP was released more or less as a “fans only “ affair. Yet the question remains, if Ginn was willing to release this rarity, why not set free all the lost gems from the classic era?\" - John Gentile\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45141384036644,"sku":"","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/bficansee.jpg?v=1682629984"},{"product_id":"firehose-fromohio-lp","title":"fIREHOSE – fROMOHIO LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BmcniuwNHvw?si=rtPDmGUb0XOWHJS-\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efIREHOSE – fROMOHIO LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"fIREHOSE's second release, 1987's If'n, was a major improvement over their 1986 debut, Ragin', Full On. And while their third album, 1988's fROMOHIO, was another solid set and contained its share of highlights, it seemed to be cut from the same musical cloth as its predecessor rather than a true progression. Again, the playing is inspired, and the new band had already established an original, identifiable sound. The best tracks prove to be Ed Crawford originals -- \"In My Mind\" and \"Time with You\" (the latter was an MTV video), while \"Whisperin' While Hollerin'\" and \"What Gets Heard\" soon became concert staples. The band's appreciation of folk shines through with a reading of the traditional black folk song \"Vastopol\" and the original \"Liberty for Our Friend,\" and drummer George Hurley takes center stage on a pair of short, unaccompanied drum solos -- \"Let the Drummer Have Some\" and \"'Nuf That Shit, George.\" Other highlights include the album opener \"Riddle of the Eighties,\" the funky \"Mas Cojones,\" the laid-back rock of \"If'n\" and \"Understanding,\" plus the lethargic album closer \"The Softest Hammer.\"\" - Greg Prato\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45141397635364,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/firefrom.jpg?v=1682630265"},{"product_id":"negativland-helter-stupid-lp","title":"Negativland – Helter Stupid lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VLYA5j5mehg?si=N2gikLtfQHx-x0Nr\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNegativland – Helter Stupid lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-Mel Brooks\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNegativland and David Brom's ax murder of the latter's family is an example of Mr. Brooks' argument. Brom's frequent arguments with his piously Catholic parents over what music he was allowed to listen to as a teen possibly led to his deed. After reading about the February 1988 murder that took place in Rochester, Minn., musique concrete-rockers Negativland decided to make the best of their financially doomed and cancelled tour. They submitted a bogus press release that claimed the feds placed the Bay Area band under house arrest until the investigation of the Brom murders begins. Negativland's college radio chart-topper \"Christianity Is Stupid\" possibly caused the fateful argument in the Brom household, the band implied. Once the virus was released, the news media banged on their door-- with the band usually declining to comment and the reporters too lazy to fact check. Whatever band interviews commenced were sexed up and edited to fit the news. Somehow, Negativland's recontextualized sample of Rev. Estus W. Pirkle's sermon where he sarcastically declares, \"Christianity is stew-pid; communism is good!\" was responsible for the ax murder. In short, the media fell into an open sewer.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDid Negativland fall in the sewer as well? \"Our act of creating a false association with such a tragedy will remain open to ethical interpretation,\" the band concluded in its liner notes for the 15th anniversary reissue of the Helter Stupid, their document of the Brom case. This reissue now makes the case rather quaint in our time when musicians immediately deny influencing tragedies (i.e. Marilyn Manson and Columbine).\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIs the band offering the album as a lesson in the mass media's vulnerability to manipulation or are they laughing at the past? It is difficult take Helter's two tracks seriously as one moment finds a Rolling Stone reporter calling to ask a band member (off the record) if subliminal messages are planted in their music-- \"NOW IT BEGINS!\" someone shouts. In the 18-minute title track, the infamous \"Christianity is stew-pid!\" becomes a happenin' break for a disco-schmaltz number that can teach elderly couples the Hustle at the rec center.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA deftly edited collage of newsbites and an advertising producer battling with his engineer, saying, \"Doesn't it bother you that evil messages creep into our commercials when you play them backwards?\" then follows. Corpses pulled out of the sewer are the props here. It is difficult to determine if Negativland deserves acclaim for displaying a mirror to the crassness of ratings-driven news or dismissal for enjoying that same decadence. If an artist were to pull the same gimmick today, to the wolves that person goes. Negativland could be rewarded for their bravery,\\xCAbut publicity stunts can only go so far.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncluded with the Helter EP is The Perfect Cut, the band's satire of 70s pop music reduced to disposable commercial dreck. Pastor Dick Vaughn, host of Negativland's long-running \"Over the Edge\" radio show, presents his \"Moribund Sounds of the 70s\" as interjected with sampled audio sales pitches for the most marketable music to reap millions with. The music gets the typical \"Over the Edge\" treatment-- media soundbites all orchestrated like a Carl Stalling Looney Tunes score. The Perfect Cut is more of an amusement than a critique as the loud horn blasts and the irritating choirs attest; yet, the satirical target is peanuts compared to our age where music is only believed to be made popular by what the test marketing and focus group data suggested. A finger cut.\" - Pitchfork \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45141406941476,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/negativhelter.jpg?v=1682630488"},{"product_id":"h-r-charge-lp","title":"H.R. – Charge lp","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LWXsmJykl8s?si=uXWfJQm8cipknakp\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH.R. – Charge lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Charge\" is the fourth record overall and third on SST presented by HR of Bad Brains. These ten tracks are straightforward, classic reggae, with drum duties provided by Earl Hudson, HR's Bad Brains bandmate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45141457273124,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/hrcharge.jpg?v=1682630832"},{"product_id":"screaming-trees-anthology-sst-years-2-x-lp-the-edges-of-the-cover-have-very-light-wear-from-shipping-to-the-vendor","title":"Screaming Trees – Anthology: SST Years 2 x lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bdlB8IwoEis?si=qk3bS-t2YWSPplwE\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScreaming Trees – Anthology: SST Years 2 x lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Understandably, Screaming Trees gained far more attention during the '90s, caught up as that decade was in the Nirvana fallout and the fluke (but well-deserved) success of \"Nearly Lost You.\" But the band's '80s efforts are worth a listen, and Anthology, cherry-picking from the three SST albums as well as the Other Worlds EP that preceded them, is a fair enough place to start. As is the case with just about all the other SST comps put out over the years, this is fairly sparsely presented and packaged -- no reminiscences or rare photos, no otherwise unavailable rarities, just some basic production and selection notes. But one can audibly hear the band changing over time, not least because the initial Other Worlds selections and a fair amount of the Even if and Especially When cuts are such well-scrubbed American post-punk of the mid-'80s. It's hard to hear Mark Lanegan's relatively higher and kinder drawl as being from the same, harrowing persona showcased on his solo debut, The Winding Sheet, five years later, but that's change and development for you. The shift from Steve Fisk to Jack Endino in particular does make the band sound more typically \"Seattle\" in the sense that eventually became famous, but the groundwork was already laid with such fine songs as \"Grey Diamond Desert,\" a beautiful if wracked ballad. With the advent of CD burning, an aficionado could easily put together an enjoyable enough compilation from these years that wouldn't have the same track listing, but Anthology is still a reasonable enough find for a newcomer wanting to know more.\" - Ned Raggett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45141490827556,"sku":"","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/screamingtrees.webp?v=1682631243"},{"product_id":"saint-vitus-heavier-than-thou-2-x-lp","title":"Saint Vitus – Heavier Than Thou 2 x lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/11JcCMj0hdQ?si=0PQJcbL7bZjiF4_-\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint Vitus – Heavier Than Thou 2 x lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Thoroughly ignored outside the deepest heavy metal underground throughout their long career, Saint Vitus only later received some recognition for their crucial influence over the late-'90s\/early-2000s doom\/stoner metal scene. In fact, it could be argued that Vitus followers such as Sleep and Electric Wizard pretty much learned all their lessons from Heavier Than Thou -- a 14-track collection of Vitus' glory years with SST Records. Starting with the band's magnum opus, Born Too Late (which is wisely included almost in its entirety), and working its way back toward their eponymous Scott Reagers-fronted debut, the listener is given a reverse look at the band's evolution from lo-fi Sabbath enthusiasts (\"White Magic\/Black Magic,\" \"War Is Our Destiny\") to a pile-driving riff machine (\"Look Behind You,\" \"Bitter Truth\") behind ex-Obsessed vocalist Scott \"Wino\" Weinrich. Not that the band ever forgot how to grind away at a snail's pace, as they dive headlong into miserably turgid tales of drug abuse like \"Dying Inside\" and \"Shooting Gallery,\" then veer into comedic acid trips (\"I see flowers everywhere...I have things living in my hair\") on the classic \"Clear Windowpane.\" And considering that none of the other important '80s doomsters -- Trouble, the Obsessed, and Pentagram -- possess career retrospectives, Heavier Than Thou becomes even more important as a document, and a perfect starting point.\" - Eduardo Rivadavia\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45141501182244,"sku":"","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/svheavier.jpg?v=1682631484"},{"product_id":"negativland-guns-lp","title":"Negativland – Guns lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4YZ_Fl6TeDQ?si=rHCwQ1-YMfneAIRe\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNegativland – Guns lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Consisting of only two tracks ‘Then’ and ‘Now’, Guns provides a satirical look at gun culture in the United States. Both tracks are not truly ‘songs’ as such (Allmusic actually labels the EP as being a ‘Sound Collage’), and are made up of samples and sounds taken from other mediums like films, advertisements and radio shows. Each track has a simple beat behind all of the samples, which is used to keep the story of each track moving forward. A deep voiced narrator saying ‘Guns’ is present through both tracks, to reinforce what these tracks are truly about.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe first track ‘Then’, contains samples of gun play and clips of dialogue from a variety of 1940s and 50s western films and radio shows. The track seems to suggest that the ‘old’ approach to guns is that of the wild west, with good guys and baddies, and that the guy with the gun is always seen to be the hero, someone to be admired.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen this EP came out in 1992, and especially in light of recent events, this approach seems quaint and dangerously old fashioned, with the gunplay considered brash and exciting, with little thought to the consequences of shooting a firearm.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn the flipside, the track ‘Now’ takes all of its samples from 1980s commercials for guns that were primarily aimed at women. 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This track also contains audio of the both John F and Robert Kennedy assassinations.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen put together, these tracks satirize the American approach to guns and gun culture, showing how the idolization of gun toting cowboys has turned into creating specific gun advertising for women in order to broaden the commercialization of guns, ultimately leading to the destruction and murder of two prominent US leaders.\" - Brendan Shanahan\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45141511242020,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/negativlandguns.webp?v=1682631706"},{"product_id":"minutemen-paranoid-time-10","title":"Minutemen – Paranoid Time 10\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MOO3SGqAasE?si=mysuHCIeOH8f8Ylz\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMinutemen – Paranoid Time 10\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A group of guys from the working class area of town played a show with a rising new band called Black Flag in 1980 in San Pedro, California. This group of guys was Minutemen, and Black Flag's guitarist and SST's founder, Greg Ginn, was impressed. He asked them to record a single for the fledgling record label and Paranoid Time was born.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis was SST Records' second release, and fit perfectly in a catalogue next to Black Flag's Nervous Breakdown EP. Paranoid Time matched its predecessor's intensity and creativity. Much like Black Flag, Minutemen were in the process of changing the meaning of punk rock. Their music broke from the distorted buzzsaw power chords and started moving in a slightly funkier direction. D. Boon used higher treble levels than anyone in the punk scene at the time to give the music a higher tone and jazzier sound. Mike Watt used his bass for more than a rhythmic anchor; the bass lines hop and bounce, giving the music greater depth. Drummer George Hurley stood out above many of his peers in the indie rock scene, using beats slightly more complex than the standard D-beat. And while the music was complex, it wasn't pretentiously so. There are no solos to be found on this album. Like Wire, Minutemen let the music stand on its own, instead of using it to show how great its maker is.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLyrically, the album shared a lot with its punk contemporaries. The songs all dealt with the paranoia of growing up in Cold War America and of the impending Reagan administration (though I guess they didn't know that was impending at that point). But unlike their hardcore peers, Minutemen didn't take the easy way around these issues. The lyrics were abstract explorations of these issues, not straightforward tirades. 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Recorded not long after the release of their first EP Paranoid Time, it is also the first release on Minutemen's own label New Alliance Records. Their first studio album The Punch Line was released three months after Joy, but Joy was recorded after The Punch Line.\" - Wikipedia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45141540110628,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/minutejoy.jpg?v=1682632434"},{"product_id":"all-just-perfect-12","title":"All - Just Perfect 12\" single","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CMg_Se9Zruw?si=2w6muE17smnfboRK\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll - Just Perfect 12\" single\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The best LP track from All's post-Descendants debut is also the single, \"Just Perfect,\" so that's the obvious choice for your hard-earned cash cash cash (money money money), if you take recommendations. Even without Milo, they seem legit if they can keep pouring out tunes as special as this one that compare favorably with their older incarnation\/name's terrific body of work going back almost a decade.\" - Jack Rabid\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45182961549604,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/alljp.jpg?v=1683213481"},{"product_id":"all-shes-my-ex-12-single","title":"All - She's My Ex 12\" single","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WMgDhEMyTI4?si=Sv2WQPIlwjJX5Ht4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll - She's My Ex 12\" single\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"She's My Ex\" is a song by the American punk rock band All, released as a single from their 1989 album Allroy's Revenge. Written by drummer Bill Stevenson, the song describes an ex-girlfriend with whom he had a tumultuous romance. 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I’ll take Milo Auckerman over any of All’s singer. Although if forced to choose, I’d have to say Chad Price was my favorite singer. That being said, this is my favorite album All put out. I don’t know if that’s based purely in the quality of the songwriting or because it was the first album I ever heard by All.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe thing that stuck me the first time I heard this album, close to twenty years ago at this point, was the lyrics were clever. At that point, my favorite bands were Minor Threat, Gorilla Biscuits, and the like. Don’t get me wrong, they were all great band but tongue in cheek was something Minor Threat was not. This was different though, they kept the same regular guy feel of Descendents in their lyrics. But, they managed to expand a bit topically. “Just like Them”, “Prison”, and “Educated Idiot” weren’t approaching Crass levels in the way they looked at world. But, when it’s 1999 and Blink-182 is what your peers consider punk … they were a welcome compromise. It didn’t hurt that the band was also able to write humorous songs, like “Freaky”, either.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMusically, much like the band that spawned them, All were punk rockers that had a strong respect for song structure. You’d never find them forcing a hook or trying to write a pop song. They just understood how to put a song together. And after playing together, in one band or another, for over a decade when this came out they also understood each other as musicians. While not as fully realized as its predecessor, Allroy’s Revenge, this was absolutely a solid release at the time it came out.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile everything about this release is good, I don’t know if one can call it influential. For most people who love the band, Allroy’s Revenge is their go to. For casual fans, Mass Nerder is likely where they started after hear “World’s On Heroin” on Punk-O-Rama III. I hate to use the comparison, because All is an amazing band and don’t get the credit they deserve, but they are a lot like punk rock’s step dad. People enjoyed the band and continue you to, but you always got the feeling that no matter who was singing vocals there were Descendents fans sitting around going, “You’re not our real lead singer!” Which is a shame, because All is a great band. They deserve more credit than they get for the influence they’ve had on the punk rock scene. They just had the misfortune of arriving on the scene a little too early for the first pop\/punk bubble and being just a little too old to be MTV darlings during the second one. I’ll say it, All got the short end of the pop\/punk stick. And albums like this one are evidence of it.\" - Johnathon1069\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45183064277284,"sku":"","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/allallroy.webp?v=1683214035"},{"product_id":"all-shreen-10","title":"All - Shreen 10\"","description":"\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mZ80Rxlomec?si=069SVVloz2JpYeqe\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll - Shreen 10\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"All go into the famous Memphis studio Ardent (Big Star, Replacements, '60s Stax soul) and debut yet another new singer, Chad Price, on this teaser 10\" for the Breaking Things LP. What's confusing is the presence on backing vocals of the band's original vocalist back from their Descendents days, Milo Auckerman. (All moved from L.A. to Missouri in 1991; Auckerman lives in Madison, WI. How did they meet up for this?) Perhaps it's nostalgic to say so, but the temptation is to imagine Auckerman getting a crack at lead vocals again for the first time in years. The man is one of the best and most famous in the history of punk-pop; everyone knows that. Anyway, \"Shreen\" (All has a penchant for making up words for titles) is no departure, yet another slice of the same All we all know. How can a band repeat itself so many damn times without boring the bell-bottoms off us? The answer must rest in All\/Descendents' pursuit of the perfect tune, like a surfer's perfect wave, leading to Pop Tarts chorus after Fruit Loops chorus with plenty of Honeycomb harmonies. Bill Stevenson's post-Black Flag drumming remains the distinctive propulsive element year after decade, and on both \"Shreen\" and \"Original Me\" he's got his double-snare hits rolling. \"Crucified\" is lamentable MOR alternative sludge-rock, but at least All were doing it before it was profitable or MTV-ready.\" - Jack Rabid\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45183158518052,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/allshreen.jpg?v=1683214559"},{"product_id":"all-guilty-10-record","title":"All - Guilty 10\" record","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N3ObCB5m6CM?si=AHceyA-At96QI8mf\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll - Guilty 10\" record\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\"Guilty\" is a song by the American punk rock band All, written by drummer Bill Stevenson and released as the second single from the band's 1993 album Breaking Things. 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Absent are the menacing, distorted guitars and crashing drums of the group's latter-day sound. 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At this stage, any casual indie-rock fan can recount the saga: the police scuffles, the grueling practice regimen and trailblazing cross-country tours, that indelible Raymond Pettibon logo. Even the band's evolution from anthemic hardcore crew to sadistic sludge collective—encapsulated on the once-controversial, now-canonical second side of the My War LP—has become part of their mystique. Miraculously, the music retains the power to shock. Could this scrappy SoCal punk band really have produced, in just 10 years, such a weird cornucopia of sounds? 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The greatest live rock \u0026amp; roll band of all time has made but one studio LP that reflected this ungodly ferociousness, and that was cassette-only. Frankly, if you don't have that tape -- the self-titled ROIR tape, still the biggest seller in ROIR history -- don't think, buy, and be blown away. This is the second record that will astonish even their oldest of fans. Strangely, this documents the 1987 I Against I Bad Brains (doesn't say where it was recorded, but it sounds like the Ritz), when they were at their nadir as a live band. The 1979-1983 Bad Brains were so vastly superior it's too bad, but Live is still such a sonic wonder, an aural pasting that could turn even Nobel scientists into stammering ninnies, that it's not to be missed. Clearly one of the hot live albums of all time, it manages this with a bass mixed so low as to be faint, and a guitarist (the great Dr. Know) who'd monkeyed around with his sound so much he'd completely lost the wicked edge he was known for. 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Really, it's impossible to describe the fury, the might, the indestructible force of the Bad Brains, without hearing. It's not a matter of subjective taste; even those who don't like this will concede they've never heard anything like it before, nor are they likely to again. This BB lineup was a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon. Even the bandmembers themselves know this, as they tried to reunite the quartet in April 1989 without success. You just gotta hear these versions of \"At the Movies\" and \"I,\" so burning it's dizzying, so alive you can almost see H.R.'s feet hit at the end of the back-flip he always did to end the song (a perfectly timed sight that dazzled every audience). Never mind that much of side two features lesser later tracks; when you blast off, you won’t care for how long. This must be what it's like to be on speed. Ignore the super Rock for Light and almost commercial I Against I, good as they are. Go straight for that ROIR cassette and this. 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While they both stay within hardcore conventions on Metal Circus, their songs illustrate that they would break free of its constrictions on their subsequent, masterful double album, Zen Arcade.\" - Stephen Thomas Erlewine  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis version has 2 extra songs.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrack listing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Real World\u003cbr\u003eA2 Deadly Skies\u003cbr\u003eA3 It's Not Funny Anymore\u003cbr\u003eA4 First Of The Last Calls\u003cbr\u003eB1 Lifeline \u003cbr\u003eB2 Diane\u003cbr\u003eB3 Out On A Limb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47444546879780,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/huskerdumeta.jpg?v=1698332970"},{"product_id":"descendents-somery-2-x-lp-the-edges-of-the-cover-have-very-light-wear-from-shipping-to-the-vendor","title":"Descendents - Somery 2 x lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2e07qBeiutc?si=i91onw5ju0i51JTy\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescendents - Somery 2 x lp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Somery is the so-called 'best of' collection for the Descendents, even though the band didn't have any singles. 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