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Neon Christ - "Draft Song"
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Joe Herbert Band - "I Don't Wanna be a Preppy"Clint Simonson over at the DeStijl label sends out so many boss transmissions from the past, it really is hard to keep up with the shit he fires out. Recently, he served up a re-make of the debut LP from Parasites of the Western World, a duo out of Portland in the late 70s. Similar to the other oddball items re-issued by this label (the Mark Tucker catalog springs to mind), this disc comes off like a very extreme exorcism; something that had to be done or someone was going to climb to the nearest bell tower and start taking people out. The tracks vacillate between being full of real goopy Hawkwind damage or being these primitively recorded/wonderfully executed sunset searching electronic compositions. The side one closer "Funeral for a Mouse" cooks up an image in my head of a Casio demo at a local mall gone horribly wrong with children gawking wide-mouthed while mothers weep and flatulate from time to time.
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Parasites of the Western World - "MO"The two singles released by early 80s SoCal Punk band Modern Warfare have always been both hard to find and understand. The first one, from 1980, sounds like that surfer goth thing T.S.O.L was trying to do a few years later, except it has enough quirk and non-suckdom to pull it through. The second one from '81--recently re-issued by the Pederast Prophet label--is the most confounding of the two as it seems the band had converted into being a full on "Hahdcore" band somewhere down the line. I always wondered if this record was some sort of piss take on the then burgeoning scene surrounding them at the time, or if they really bought into the whole thing. Listen to the demented "Nothing Left" and figure it out for yourself… I've got work in the morning.
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Modern Warfare - "Nothing Left"

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Rob Jo Star Band - "Lovings Machine"No band's name brings more warmth to my heart than Sweden's Brainbombs. If I may get all Wilford Brimley on your asses, I remember a time when I was hustlin' to get all their records, playing tunes such as "Lipstick on my Dick" and "Die You Fuck" to clear out X-Mas parties (worked every time!) and generally reveling in knowing about these authentic sick bastards. Nowadays, every former Floorpunch fan can get a hold of this stuff, pound his chest, and declared himself a crazy ass motherfucker… it sort of gets my goat. Should I blame the Load label for bringing such timeless tunes to the masses? Of course not, because they were nice enough to send these nice new vinyl versions of the "Singles" collection and their forth album Urge to Kill, both from '99. To sit on the couch with a decent brew in hand and let the strains of these tunes hit me like a nickel plated battering ram is one of the things that makes living more tolerable for me. If you get these records, listen to them, and don't agree, I would like you dead… it's that simple.
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Brainbombs - "Ass Fucking Murder"

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White Boy and the Average Rat Band - "Sector 387"
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