Scream was a hardcore punk band from Virginia, USA, formed in 1981 by
brothers Pete (vocals) and Franz (guitar) Stahl, Skeeter Thompson
(bass), and Kent Stax (drums). The band was later joined by second
guitarist Robert Lee "Harley" Davidson. After the release of their 3rd
album, "Banging The Drum", Stax departed and was replaced by Dave Grohl.
The band continued for a few more years before splitting in 1990. Dave
Grohl went on to find major success with Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. Pete Stahl has also performed with a number of bands, including Wool (2), Goatsnake and Earthlings? and collaborated with Sunn O))) and The Desert Sessions. He was also road manager for Foo Fighters and Queens Of The Stone Age. Franz Stahl was also a member of Wool (2) and, briefly, the Foo Fighters. Kent Stax played drums with Oi! band The Suspects.
Scream has reunited for several reunion shows in the Washington, DC
area over the years (with Stax in place of a very busy Grohl, although
the latter has made some guest appearances).
Old sampler with japanse punk bands released by Izumi Kubo (of XPX & Profane Existence Far East). On regular tape. Yellow foldout sleeve.Orange sleeve version is a German bootleg made by Total Noise Tapes. B&W sleeve version with a red 見本 ("sample") stamp is an official promo copy from XPX. click me
The Circle was recorded and mixed at 'H.O.M.E. Studios' (on Daz's combined amp/twin cassette deck) March 1988 while Sic Syke was recorded and mixed on the Brougham Road 4-Track during the long and hard (finarr finarr!!!) winter of 90/91.
To
make this post more informative I have asked his old mates to write
some info about Daz. Unfortunately, he left this world very young. This
post is dedicated to his memory and his excellent music. Big thanks to
Mark for introducing me to such a great artist, to PJL for digitizing
these old tapes and his nice words, and to his family for giving me
permission to post his tapes here and on my Youtube channel.
Darren Lloyd (or - like every guy given that first name - Daz to his mates) first appeared on a stage in March 1985 as guitarist in The Demised, a band he'd co-founded in his native Scunthorpe the previous year. That band revised and expanded its line-up shortly afterwards, subsequently changing its name to Declaration, but made no serious headway before breaking up in April 1986.
Over the following couple of years Daz released three cassettes: 'Bill of Rights', 'Stand Up and Be Counted', and 'The Circle'; each was a genuine solo effort with all vocals, guitars and bass by the man himself (the title of an instrumental on the second tape - "Wot No Drums" - was based on a common reaction to his approach of those who'd heard its predecessor). Daz also popped up at a number of local gigs during this period armed only with his guitar (and voice) in a Billy Bragg stylee, but all of this was only half of the picture.
While a stint as second guitarist with established Barton band Aki (soon after Declaration's split) didn't work out, Daz subsequently remained a member of Terminus for long enough to appear on the first of that band's generous handful of records. He also joined the 'enigmatic' (and mainly studio-based) Scunthorpe outfit Murderous Musicians, while a friendship with London-based punk band The Apostles (initially kindled through the post) led to a series of visits to their Hackney HQ - and an 'exchange visit' by the band's Dave 'LAMF' Fanning to Scunthorpe to appear alongside Daz (and former Declaration drummer Pete) in a one-off outfit named after the beloved Monty Python skit, The Piranha Brothers.
By the early '90s Daz had moved to London, maintaining his association with The Apostles by recording a fourth tape - 'Sic Syke', now complete with drums! - at their HQ (with Dave supplying cover art, and fellow Apostles Muzz and Andy providing percussive assistance); it seems that Daz and Dave also reassumed their Piranha alter egos on occasion. Over the next few years our contact was scant, limited to when our paths happened to cross during Daz's visits to his family in Scunthorpe, but his permanent return home in August 1997 seemed to hold much promise - for one thing, it seemed that a 'reunion' of the Murderous Musicians was being discussed before he'd even had the time to unpack his cases.
Instead, Daz's relocation to Scunthorpe was followed only a few weeks later by his tragic death; he was days short of his thirty-first birthday. He is still, and will always be, remembered fondly by friends, regarded highly by those who'd shared a stage with him at any point, and much missed by all who knew him. Rock on, Daz.
Capite Damnare is latin and it means Condemned To Death! This was an incredible great anarchopunk band from Milano active ont he end of the 80s.Double voices female/male on a base of melodic yet aggressive HC Punk. This demo is a legend and it is been shared on the net already yet I want it on my blog too, it came out with a nice booklet (it is included in this folder). It was re-printed as Cd-r in 2008 by
Lazypunx Autoproduzioni and Fra Il Di' E Il Fa' Al'E' Di Mieç Il Mâr Autoproduzioni.
Violence and the Sacred has been recording and performing electronic / experimental music since 1985. Styles range fromnoise, ambient / drone, pure electronic composition, improvised cacophony. Recent
releases include Dawning Luminosity (2010) and You are planning to
enjoy the apocalypse (2009), as a well as a 5-CDR set of older,
anarchic, improvised live recordings from 1986-1987.(from their bandcamp page, where you`ll find more amazing productions to download)
The legendary New York industrial/experimental/electronic label audiofile Tapes was run by Carl Howard and active since the mid-1980s.I wrote about him quite a few time now.Here an interview to him on Autoreverse Independent Music Magazine and another one on Media Hyperrel.org.
This tape was reprinted as CDr by the Canadian label Vats in 2011.Label associated with the band.
Beat studio guru Mike
Mangino (Pink Noise, Pop-Tarts) and Chris Shepard (Pop-Tarts) formed
Smersh as an experimental big-beat techno/industrial project and began
releasing cassettes in 1981. Smersh recorded improvised cuts every
Monday night, released countless cassettes on their own label, Atlas
King, and were featured on more compilations than you can track down.
They never played live, never played the same track more than once.
KK Records was a Belgian label that started with EBM/Industrial in the 2nd half of the
80s. During the 90s the style changed into some more experimental
pop-electro before it dissolved around 2000.(from Discogs)-click me
For whoever missed the other posts about this great magazine: this
was the amazing graphic work created and assembled by John Yates and
friends. I must write a BIG THANX to John, not only for giving me permission
to post his excellent magazines but also to actually providing this
digital copy.A webpage about his amazing graphix work is here and you can explore there his great art-works, books and related subjects. A facebook page about Punchline is here.
As usual amazing graphic-works and straight in your face messages. A great magazine from the cave of the last century,not to be missed. Enjoy it.
Number 9 of this english magazine made in Leicester by Steve and Alan Freeman + friends, on the end of the 80s.Focused on experimental electronics and industrial music,it is a fantastic tool to explore the underground scene of that era.
Firehose was formed in the spring of 1986 shortly after the accidental death of D. Boon brought an end to Watt and Hurley's previous band, Minutemen. Crawford, a then 21-year-old Ohio State student and Minutemen fan was invited up on the roof of Camper Van Beethoven's van in Columbus, Ohio.[1] The members of Camper Van Beethoven told Crawford a false rumour that Watt and Hurley were auditioning guitarists for the band.[2]
Crawford, having found Watt's phone number in the phone book, called him up and expressed his desire to come out to California and play with them.[3] Still mourning the loss of his friend Boon, Watt initially was not interested and had lost much of his desire to play music,[4]
however, Crawford's persistence eventually paid off when he showed up unannounced in San Pedro and asked Watt for the chance to come over and play for him.[3] Watt eventually agreed and the two met with Crawford "auditioning" for Watt by playing him The Who's "I'm One," as well as a few Minutemen songs.[3]
Impressed with Crawford's passion and enthusiasm, Watt and Hurley agreed to give the inexperienced "kid" from Ohio a shot and the band was formed. Crawford quickly relocated to San Pedro where he became known as ed fROMOHIO and spent nine months sleeping under a desk in Watt's one-bedroom apartment. The name of the band was taken from a short film of Bob Dylan doing "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
as Watt thought it was funny when Dylan held up a cue card for the lyric that said "firehose". The name is stylized as "fIREHOSE" with a
lowercase f as a subtle tribute to the Minutemen whose logo was an all caps MINUTEMEN.[2] (from Wikipedia) click me
Dutch band, formed in 1979 in Amsterdam. Initially an
anarcho-punk band, over the years they have incorporated many different
musical styles such as jazz, noise, free improvisation, and ethnic/world
music while still keeping a focus on anarchism, lyrically.
The Ex is an underground band from the Netherlands that formed in 1979 at the height of the original punk explosion. Initially known as an anarcho-punk band, they have since released over 20 full-length albums of musical experiments and numerous collaborations blending punk and free jazz with styles of folk music from all over the world. (from Wikipedia)
This 7inch was released in support of the Dutch RaRa militant action group, who fought
against the involvement of Dutch companies in South Africa's Apartheid
Regine in the '80s.
Includes black and white copied, 15x15cm booklet with political statements and lyrics. click me
Another great compilation by the amazing Dutch label Interrupt Product and dedicated to the subject Phobia, I have already posted the sampler Schizophobia and the one named Necrobophia both released in 1989.
In this 90 minutes cassette, we find a number of artists playing old school industrial,noise-ambient, experimental electronics and more rather difficult music to digest.
Interrupt Product was
a small tape label from Holland active during the 80s, it has a
sublabel called Non-Interrupt, a sub-label still active
nowadays. Enjoy it. :f(a*r~a)w_a^y: click me
An old Japanese fanzine all written in English and focused on the death metal and similar genres.
In this issue many long interviews with various international death/black metal bands, reviews of records and a special report about Brasilian metal bands.
Quite a few old pictures and flyers make this a very precious gift for the metal-heads around the globe.
Death Metal for old kids. Enjoy it. :f(ar)a_w*a^y: click me
25 tracks by 12 bands playing different styles of HC Punk and Punk. The label claims that this is the second sampler of all-female punk bands, in fact, they call it "The 2nd Female World Compilation Tape".
Some tracks are quite catchy, some others a bit less.
The folded cover sleeve reports addresses and a few info.
