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The Mentally Ill - Gacy's Place 7" EP
Of all the hotly sought-after original Killed-By-Death punk singles, few to none are as notorious - or mysterious - as the "Gacy's Place" EP by The Mentally Ill. The sleeve, the topics, the so-horrible-it's-amazing production values, that voice. Many in the know crown it the sickest punk record ever made.
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The Normals - Vacation to Nowhere LP / CD + DVD
CD collects Vacation To Nowhere LP + Almost Ready single. DVD is full live set from 1980. Comes with 3-D art and glasses.
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The Normals Almost Ready T-shirt
Vintage 70s design.
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The Skunks - Can't Get Loose / Earthquake Shake 7"
Formed in 1977 and disbanded after enough lineup changes to render the local trio all but unrecognizable to its earliest fans in early 1983, Austin's Skunks managed to straddle the then-important punk/New Wave fence without calling themselves one or the other. Talking to former band members today, genre classifications like punk or New Wave rarely get mentioned. Instead, they favor the simple adjective "loud." And anyhow, in 1978, the Skunks didn't have to explain themselves.
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Kidda Band - Watch Out Thief 7"
Someone maybe should have told Malcolm McLaren when he set out to form the Sex Pistols in 1976 that there already was extant a raunchier, punchier Bay City Rollers and that they weren’t from London either, but from Coventry. Melding perfectly everything perfect about the decade - from the glitter rock of Mud and the Rollers to the sing-along-sans-workism choruses of the Clash at their Hoople-est - the Incredible Kidda Band represent the legitimate sound of the British suburban teenage in all its tell-tale trappings.
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Critical Mass - Silver Screen 7"
Formed in the early 70's in Miami, Florida, Critical Mass brandishes their version of melodic power pop from roots ranging from The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Stranglers to The Beatles and Cheap Trick. The band's first self produced demo, a two song 45 of "Silver Screen" backed with "No One Left To Blame" released in 1978, has become a sought after example of Florida's first punk band. Underground punk aficionados craving rare unheard late 70's punk rock can find copies on eBay commanding hundreds of dollars. Ryan Richardson of BreakMyFace.com calls it a "swamplands gem"...
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The Embarrassment - Sex Drive 7"
Although some people considered the band punk rock, the band itself liked to describe themselves as "Blister Pop." The Village Voice's long-time chief music critic, Robert Christgau, called them a "great lost American band." Along with bands like Get Smart! and the Mortal Micronotz, the Embarrassment were prominent in the Lawrence punk scene of the early '80s and they would regularly play at venues like the Lawrence Opera House (now called "Libery Hall") and the Off The Wall Hall (later called "Cogburn's", now called "The Bottleneck").
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The Shitdogs - The History of Cheese 2x7"
Redneck ramones from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We have always been huge fans of these guys both in theory (they're called The Shit Dogs, man!) and in practice. We first heard them as a 19-year-old LAZY COWGIRLS fanatic who followed every Southern California show of said band circa 1986-89; they debuted a new cover of the 'Dogs "Reborn" during that epoch, and always took care to announce from the stage who had originally penned it. Great crap-fi, meathead punk number, and a few years later I heard the original on a "Killed By Death" along with the even better "Killer Cain" from the Shit Dogs' "History of Cheese" EP. The band seem to have existed on the same who-cares, crap-for-crap's sake mental plane as the SCREAMIN' MEE-MEES, PENETRATORS and of course THE RAMONES, none of whom were crap in the least. Lousiana's best rock band of all time? Hey, can you name a better one? --Review from Agony Shorthand.
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Hammer Damage - Laugh 7"
Just incredible! Laugh = 3:14 and I don’t want it to stop. Total killer punk complete with loud guitars and snotty vocals. Listen to the background guitar how it builds up from a low chugga chugga on one string up till the chorus. And the Ha! Ha! Ha! parts oh my… The solo works too. It’s a complete dorky rock solo but fuck me if it dosen’t blend in perfect. Automatic Lips ain’t as bad as it’s reputation. A little quirky powerpop song that suits me just fine. Actually I think Automatic Lips is great. Give it some spins.
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The Skinnies - Kill The Beat 7"
Two short, sharp blasts of retardo punk. Accompanied with The Normals 7″ Lectric Eye released two killer records and what else do a record label need in their catalog? The buzzzzing voice in the intro of “Out Of Order”, the sound of what sounds like a broken crash cymbal and the dubbed vocals makes this perfect.
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Kidda Band - Radio Caroline 7"
Someone maybe should have told Malcolm McLaren when he set out to form the Sex Pistols in 1976 that there already was extant a raunchier, punchier Bay City Rollers and that they weren’t from London either, but from Coventry. Melding perfectly everything perfect about the decade - from the glitter rock of Mud and the Rollers to the sing-along-sans-workism choruses of the Clash at their Hoople-est - the Incredible Kidda Band represent the legitimate sound of the British suburban teenage in all its tell-tale trappings.
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Kidda Band - Everybody Knows 7"
A double A dose of the finest youth club strands of starry eyed punk and power pop, the first single by the Incredible Kidda Band is very nearly the lyrics to Trevor Whites Crazy Kids fleshed out and come to life. Very succinctly: KIDDA BAND RULE OK!" (note, both sticks and mustaches brandished threateningly on the swanky single cover)
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Ed Nasty And The Dopeds - I'm Gonna Be Everything 7"
Punk rock out of Mississippi. You can’t deny the solid musicianship. The precise tuning, the drummers hard and steady beat, the singers wide tone range and the high production value. A classic of the look-what-happened-after-the-Sex-Pistols-toured-the South genre.
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The Normals - Almost Ready 7"
From the same label that released the incredible The Skinnies 7″(coming up don’t worry) and the not so great The Buns 7″. The dubing of the vocals that is then paned left and right makes up for a very special sound. As soon as you hear the guitar lead in the beginning of Almost Ready you know you’re up for a tasty treat.
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