Wall Of Voodoo - '78/'79 Demos

http://www.mediafire.com/file/po7pnfwmgxeaxng/Wall_Of_Voodoo_-_Demos_78-79.zip/file

“There is a lotta hiss goin' on, but these are the first demos of WALL OF VOODOO. First 6 songs were done by Stan & Marc and a guy who helped carry the drum machine in 1978. The remainder were done a year later in 1979 with the whole band. The song ‘You Do Anything You Want’ would become ‘Longarm’.” - Th’ Mystery Rippa

“Wall of Voodoo was an American new wave  group from Los Angeles best known for the 1983 hit 'Mexican Radio'. They had a sound that was a fusion of synthesizer-based new wave music with the spaghetti Western soundtrack style of Ennio Morricone. The band  had its roots in 'Acme Soundtracks', a film score business started by Stan Ridgway, later the vocalist and harmonica player for Wall of Voodoo. Acme Soundtracks' office was across the street from the Hollywood punk club 'The Masque' and Ridgway was soon drawn into the emerging punk/new wave scene. Marc Moreland, guitarist for 'The Skulls', began jamming with Ridgway at the Acme Soundtracks office and the soundtrack company morphed into the band.

In 1977, with the addition of Skulls members Bruce Moreland (Marc Moreland's brother) as bassist and Chas T. Gray as keyboardist, along with Joe Nanini, who had been the drummer for 'The Bags', 'The Eyes', and 'Black Randy and the Metrosquad', the first lineup of Wall of Voodoo was born.

The group was named Wall of Voodoo before their first gig in reference to a comment made by Joe Berardi, a friend of Ridgway's and member of 'The Fibonaccis'. Berardi was listening to some of the Acme Soundtracks music Ridgway and Moreland had created in their studio. When Ridgway jokingly compared the multiple drum machine and Farfisa organ laden recordings to Phil Spector's 'Wall of Sound', Berardi commented it sounded more like a "wall of voodoo" and the name stuck."

Corporate (Revenge Of The) Whores - "Swine Courage" '82-'83 2xCDR (2009) & Useless Pieces Of Shit "Stupid Punk" '86 Demo, "Fuck Shit Up" 7" / 7" Outtakes (1987)

http://www.mediafire.com/file/c6ag30d2yi918bv/Corporate_Wh%2Ar%2As_And_UPS.zip/file

"Useless Pieces Of Shit were formed in September of 1983 out of the demise of two prominent Tucson bands: ‘The Corporate Whores’ and ‘Civil Death’. Lead singer, Lenny Mental, was the lead and main driving force behind ‘Civil Death’ one of Tucson’s most popular bands. The remaining members were made up of ex ‘Corporate Whores’ Duck Sticks (who later became known as Dr. Blood) on drums, Slug Useless on guitar, and the Sludge on bass. The Corporate Whores were Tucson’s first manic thrash hard-core band but broke up before gaining much recognition.

After U.P.S.’s first show in November of 1983, the band went through some radical changes. Sludge left the band to join ‘Conflict’ (another Tucson band), Paul Young  joined the band in December of 1983 on lead guitar (also in Civil Death with Larvae), and U.P.S. was evicted from their practice house leaving the band without rehearsal space.

After a couple of months of inactivity the band started again with Duck Sticks (Dr. Blood) moved from drums to bass and Tommy Mosh (ex-Savage Circle of New York) joining the band to fill in on drums. After a month Mosh was forced to quit the band for medical reasons and Dog Shit (ex ‘Free Cheese’ of Michigan) stepped in to fill the vacancy at the drums.

With Dog Shit on drums and Dr. Blood on bass the band was for the time solidified. Now the band went into intense practicing for the next several months playing out occasionally and going into the studio to record a five song demo tape, 'Ugly In Public'. In August of 1984 U.P.S. brought their refined set out to the public with a big show with two leading European punk bands. Shortly after this Paul Young left the band for personal reasons.

U.P.S. went on their first U.S. Tour, ‘Ugly in Public’, in the Summer of 1985. The band was well received throughout the East Coast, Southeast, & Midwest. Their unique fast, ferocious, and innovative hard-core manic thrash punk rock was well loved and was described as sounding like a wall of sonic mayhem with a dervish obstinate stage presence.

Upon return, the band went through more musical and personnel changes  with Lenny Mental and Dog Shit leaving the band and Sleepy Pieces (FT13 from El Paso, TX) taking over on vocals, Slug Useless on guitar, Dr. Blood on bass, and Rat Shit as the new drummer (Rat had auditioned for the band when Tommy Mosh left but didn’t get the job because he was only 14 years old at the time).

With this new lineup in place U.P.S. began to prepare for another tour in the fall of 1986. The ‘STUPID PUNK U.S. TOUR’, took the band through the Midwest, Northeast, down the East Coast, and back west through the South. The band produced several items to sell such as T-shirts, tapes, stickers, a comic book/lyric book, among other things. Dr. Blood also brought his tattoo machine so all the gnarly punk rockers went under the gun and got a Stupid Punk Tour Tattoo!!!

After the tour the band was forced to again make a change at lead singer. Sleepy moved back to Texas to get married and Dumpy Pieces (not his brother) was added to replace him. This new lineup was the best U.P.S. yet. U.P.S. went into the studio to record their first vinyl record. In the fall of 1987 ‘Fuck Shit Up’ a seven inch vinyl record was released. The band even performed a live music video of ‘Fuck Shit Up’ on local T.V. in Tucson. The record sold out quickly so the band went back into the studio to record a second seven inch vinyl record to be called, ‘It Is Written’.

Over the next few months the band was busy playing out in the Tucson & Phoenix areas. They did a surprise acoustic set at a trendy coffee house dressed like beatniks, several big shows in full clown makeup, and even performed part of a punk rock opera entitled, ‘Politico Voice’. Sadly though after this the band just slowly fell apart and in June of 1989 Slug moved to Seattle and Useless Pieces Of Shit were officially declared dead."

'80s Brazil Hardcore / Punk / Wave Demos

 

Extreme Noise Terror / Cock E.S.P. - Split 5" 2009 & E.N.T. / KLF "3 A.M. Eternal" 7" 1993

 

"Cock E.S.P. is a band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group draws on the most extreme, subversive, and absurdist elements of both popular and experimental music. Recent endeavors have involved showcasing mistakes and equipment failures, as the band began to feel that such unintended sounds had a greater capacity for chaos and intensity than those sounds they actually wished to create. Thus, current recordings are edited to isolate and emphasize these "other" sounds, creating an intricate web of pure noise."

"John Peel brought E.N.T. to the attention of Bill Drummond of The KLF, the two acts got in touch and Drummond asked E.N.T. to re-record a version of KLF's hit single '3 A.M. Eternal', with the intention of the band performing live on 'Top Of The Pops' at Christmas. The BBC however felt that the song was inappropriate for broadcast on daytime television and thus refused to air the track, leading to the KLF boycotting the show. The single eventually saw limited edition release through 'KLF Communications' and won 'Single Of The Week' from both the NME and Melody Maker. E.N.T. also worked on the abandoned KLF album 'The Black Room', but when Drummond and co-member Jimmy Cauty announced the band's retirement, they also deleted the recordings.

The two bands were later asked to appear at the 1992 BRIT Awards, at which they caused controversy by firing blanks from machine guns into the audience, a performance that the NME listed at number 4 in their "Top 100 Rock Moments"."

Jappukoa Jakuofu Jizufesuto Pato Ni - "Suck My Dick" Tape (1987), "Sold Out" Tape (1988), "Kokoro Omnibus" (1988?), "The Indies Live Selection" LP/CD '86-'87 (1989), "Get The Punk: J-Punk & New Wave" 1972-1991 4xCD (2003)


Gil, Asbestos, Cruck, S.D.S., Crow, D.O.N.D.O.N., F.V.K., Lovezhe, Sic, Final Count, Acid, Jelly Beans, T.D.F., Gudon, K.P.S., Chicken Bowels, Googleplex, Germicide, Gaizin, Takuranke, Mensu, Kaizer, Barbara, Kyah, Warriors, D-Day, Gastunk, Angie, Yamazen & Midnight Special, Shinya Ohe, 1984, Renzi, The Pogo, Virgin Rocks, The Swankys, The Genbaku Onanies, YBO², Sodom, ZOA, Lip Cream,
and literally 80 more that I'm not typing out... 



Aburadako - "Unrl" Demo-Reh & Live 1984

 


"Aburadako formed as a typical hardcore/punk outfit in Tokyo in 1983. Hirotomo Hasagawa writes all of the lyrics and arranges most of the music by himself. Aburadako was born in the golden era of the first generation of punk in Japan, but as Aburadako progressed in age the more evolved their music became.
In 1985, Aburadako released their third album. This would be their first step away from the typical hardcore/punk sound of their peers and would progress into something much more complex and deep. Aburadako still continue strong with live shows, but rarely keep up on released material. After 1989 they only released three albums and a single."


Canniballistic Dissection - 222 Songs Demo Collection Tape '93-'94 (1994)

Grand-mal seizure of Japanese goreblurr, shit-noise, and occasional straight grind barfers. Sometimes there's drums, sometimes there's drum machines, and sometimes there's no drums at all! It's oddly inspiring in its dedication to the style, cleanly edited between tracks/sessions, and has an arguable degree of "dynamics" to the tape decks it was recorded on. It's still total diarrhea, just...a prettier shade? 

Bacteria (Pre Disembowelment) - "Septical Uproar" Demo & Rehearsal 1989, And Disembowelment 3xCD 2005



"Disembowelment (often stylized as diSEMBOWELMENT) formed in Melbourne in November 1989 out of the ashes of two-piece grind band 'Bacteria'. Featuring Renatao Gallina on guitar and vocals, Paul Mazziotta on drums, and the session help of Dean Ruprich (from the band 'Necrotomy') on bass, the band released its first demo "Mourning September" in September 1990. 

Disembowelment played a very slow form of doom with occasional bursts of great speed that relied equally on the atmospheric effects of droning guitars and constant riffing. The band was known for its atmospheric chanting, slow riffs and spiritual dark elements present in a symphonic, heavily distorted style. They are often credited as a key influence on the funeral doom movement that developed years later.

In 1991 Jason Kells joined the band on lead guitar. The song "Extracted Nails" was recorded in April 1991 at Double Tea Studios for a compilation on the German label 'Mangled Beyond Recognition'. The compilation featured Therion, God Macabre, Rottrevore, Cadaver, Crematory, Pan.Thy.Monium, Cenotaph, and Hydr Hydr. On 3-4 August 1991 the band went back to Double Tea studios to record their 2nd demo, "Deep Sensory Perception Into Aural Fate". This recording marked a big step forward in the maturity of the songwriting, performance, and overall production. The demo sparked the interest of Relapse Records, who signed them and released the "Dusk" EP in 1992 (it was an edited version of the demo, which omitted the linking piece of music between the two tracks). It also included the first recorded version of "Cerulean Transience Of All My Imagined Shores", a third track not featured on the earlier demo.

At the end of 1991 Matthew Skarajew (ex 'Sanctum', lead guitar) had joined the group on bass, and they recorded "Cerulean Transience Of All My Imagined Shores" the following year. In 1993 Disembowelment released their debut studio album, "Transcendence Into The Peripheral", which featured a slowly executed drumming style accompanied by death metal vocals, chants, and passages of dark ambience. Disembowelment split up after the album's release. Prior to breaking up, they had mentioned the possibility of a one-off live show that "would be an event, a unique concert". However it never happened. At the time they had rehearsed and prepared five cover versions for a potential EP. This featured Mazziotta on drums, Skarajew on guitars, and Gallina on vocals.

Gallina and Skarajew continued working together in the ethno-ambient act, 'Trial of the Bow', which Skarajew had initiated during his time in Disembowelment. The group released an EP, "Ornamentation", and an album, "Rite of Passage", to critical approval. From 2004 Skarajew and Mazziotta formed a grind band, 'Pulgar'. A related band, 'd.USK', formed in 2010 with original Disembowelment members Skarajew and Mazziotta, and played some of their former group's material as a live band. In late 2011 'd.USK' split and re-emerged under the name 'Inverloch'." 

Throbbing Gristle - "The First Annual Report Tape" 1975, "Thirty-Second Annual Report" CD Version 2008, "New T.G. Volume 2" Tape 1976/1982

"'The First Annual Report' is an album recorded in 1975 by industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle. The session went unreleased for many years, as the band instead chose 'The Second Annual Report' recordings as their proper vinyl debut in 1977."

"'Thirty-Second Annual Report' comprises a recording of the group's live show at La Villette in Paris on 6th June 2008, where they performed a reinterpretation of 'Second Annual Report' to commemorate the album's 30th year of release."

("New T.G. Volume 2" was self released by the band in response to the "New T.G. Volume 1" bootleg cassette)

Nature And Organisation - "A Dozen Summers Against The World" CDEP 1994


"Nature And Organisation is the creation of British musician Michael Cashmore. The music of Nature and Organisation is characterized by a mix of acoustic, classical, and folk structures met with abrasive electronic instrumentation. He has collaborated with many artists, including David Tibet, Douglas Pearce, Steven Stapleton, Antony Hegarty, Marc Almond, and Rose McDowall. Cashmore has also been a member of Current 93 since the late 1980s, composing most of the group's music after the departure of Douglas Pearce in the 1990s." (Fave Track: "A Dozen Winters Of Loneliness")

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