Mid release vs only release of instrumented (!) noise-collages/walls
and black-hole-black ambidustrial...
Exploding Meth Lab Vs U-731 - "Supplicant" Tape (CDR Master) 2005 & "By All Means" CD 2014 (Both 320)
Mid release vs only release of instrumented (!) noise-collages/walls
Killer Instinct / X.K.I. - Studio Sessions 82-83
Killer Instinct was formed in 1981 in the Lower East Side of NYC. Carolyn joined the band soon after moving to New York from Kansas by way of Marburg, Germany. She answered an ad. Their first gig was at the A7 Club on the corner of Avenue A and 7th St. in the East Village. A7 was ground zero for the NY hardcore bands that evolved from the 70s punk scene. It was an illegal club with no liquor license, kept open through regular payoffs to local cops. It was run by a genial ex-con named Dave; music began around midnight and went on until seven or eight in the morning, sometimes with a large audience and often without. Dave's wife worked behind the neon-lit bar in front; bands played in the back in a space about the size of a suburban living room, on a platform raised only inches above the floor.
Local acts included Kraut, Reagan Youth, The Stimulators, Agnostic Front, False Prophets, Bobby Steele and the Undead, The Mob, Even Worse, Butch Lust and the Hypocrites, ISM (who recorded a tribute to the club on the flip of their "I Think I Love You" single), and an early 4-piece punk version of The Beastie Boys, who played their first gig at the club. Touring West Coast bands like DOA and Black Flag would play at A7, then camp out on some fan's floor. DOA's bassist punched a hole in the drop-down accoustic tile ceiling, left unrepaired as a tribute to the band for years afterward. Henry Rollins did his first gig with Black Flag at A7. For several months during 1981-82 Killer Instinct played A7 almost every weekend. A long line of local punks lined up on the sidewalk by midnight, cadging cash and hustling bands to get on the guest list. If they got inside they begged more cash for drinks; more often than not, they never made it past Andre or Victor at the door and ended up on the benches of Tompkins Square Park across the street, passing around a 40-ounce. Carolyn's X.K.I songs "Guest List" and "Stromboli" document the scene.
Early in 1982 A7 acts were asked to submit tapes for an independently-produced LP on S.I.N. Records (run by the two songwriters from ISM) called Big Apple Rotten to the Core: High Energy Rock from NYC. Bands that made the cut were Butch Lust and the Hypocrites, Squirm, The Mob, The Headlickers, Killer Instinct, and of course ISM. The Killer Instinct cuts were "Torture You First", lyrics by Carolyn and music by Jet, and "Killer Instinct" written by Bobby Skull. Both songs were recorded in one session at Rock Bite Studios, a small rehearsal hall and recording studio in midtown. The band produced the session; the engineer is listed as "Danny." The LP got mixed notices in a few fanzines, Maximum RockNRoll in particular. No one involved made any money and no interest was shown by major labels. That is perhaps the single biggest difference between the first wave of NYC punk and the second hardcore wave that followed it — in the first wave, everybody got signed, in the second, no one did.
By the time of the Big Apple release Killer Instinct had already broken up, a victim of ego run rampant and romance gone sour. Most of the band reformed as X.K.I. Jet Suicide came up with the name Killer Instinct; he kept it when the band split up. The remaining members found a new guitarist and new name that described their status as eX-KIs. They rapidly returned to the stage at A7 and also managed to get in a couple of gigs at 2+2, a new club Dave opened on Second Avenue and 2nd Street. (It remained open for less than two months, thereby cementing its reputation). They also played a couple of gigs at CBGB's before the hardcore ban went into effect, and at a new club called 8BC at its original location on the south side of 8th St. (above a garage in a guy named Bob's apartment).
Guitarist Meryl was a friend of Carolyn's pal Donna Argentina (of No Thanks), so Donna introduced her to the band. Meryl had a distinctly different sound than Jet and not all the fans liked it. In late '82 the band was asked to submit tapes for a new 7" EP that was being put together by John Souvadji (who ran the Big City fanzine). The EP was called Big City Ain't Too Pretty and included cuts by X.K.I., Betrayed, U.V., Savage Circle, No Thanks, Armed Citizens, and Fathead Suburbia. 1000 copies were pressed. X.K.I. paid for a one-day recording session in January 1983 at Monkey Hill Studio in Queens, NY; the band acted as its own producer. All the X.K.I. cuts included here were recorded that day, though only "I Hate Everything" made it onto the EP. When the band finally heard it they were appalled at the way the tune had been mastered for vinyl; lots of reverb had been added and the whole sound was murky. (The engineer who mastered the session died in a car crash shortly afterward). As with Killer Instinct, by the time of the record's release the band had broken up. Once again, no one involved made any money and no major label came calling.
Chillin Is Killin Compilation 2xCD 2002 (Fresh Rip @ 320)
Top Trax: Dienamic - "Totally Fucked", and Tocsin - "Turn Right And Go Straight"
(first to sample Micropoint's "Static" kick?!)...
Sucked Off In Suomi - Discographies, Demos, Rehearsals, Live: Eristetyt, Kauneus & Terveys, Klimax, Raygun, Saaste, Sabotasi, Sekaannus, SOS, Traitor, Valtiokolhoosi
Sekaannus write-up (the other bands aren't listed on Finnipedia yet) - "Confusion was a punk band from Pirkanmaa. They operated from 1983 to 1989 and again in 2008. Confusion played with lyrics that took on a slow hardcore punk. They were initially known as Sekasorto. The band was formed by four high school students in 1983, but soon the ensemble formed a bass-free trio (Ari - vocals, Hate - guitar, Sam - drums), with which the first gigs were also played. New singer Juha soon joined the band and Ari switched to bass.
Members of Confusion became acquainted with the like-minded Massacre, which was devoid of a drummer. The bands decided to combine their money and started making records in the spring and winter of 1984. The recordings were made in one day at the Pro studio in Ruutana, Kangasala. Each band recorded three songs. The recordings were made under the watchful eye of Vellu from Rattus. Sami also played drums on Massacre tracks. The result was a quicker hardcore punk with limited playing skills. The album was released in early 1984 in an edition of 300 copies, with a repress soon after.
Around 1984–1985, Sami and Harri exchanged instruments. Samin switched to guitar and Hate to drums. In the summer of 1985, the second EP was recorded at the Urjala Laser Studio, where six songs were recorded during the day, the first three of which ended up on a one-sided 7 "EP released the same year. On the record, the band took a step towards a slower, slightly post-punk style. In the same year, Hate left the lineup and was replaced by Mikko on drums. With this ensemble, the band released the three-track Eksyneet, recorded in Tampere by JJ-Studio and released through Saligainen Stigma, in 1986. The album included the songs Jääkaappi, Häkkinen, and Enemy Of Violence. Of these, Häkkinen is perhaps the band's best-known song.
In 1987, the singer changed from Juha to Hate, and at the turn of the year 1987–1988, the band recorded about 10 songs in the same JJ studio, resulting in a 12" MLP which was also released through Stigman. Remaining songs from the session were released on a compilation album in 1989 and an additional EP. In 1988, the lineup changed again. Sami switched to drums, in addition to Hate singing on guitar, Mikko moved away. Ari continued on the bass. The band decided to make their expression simpler and the result was a tape of straight HC-punk, which was recorded in Salo in 1989. The tape is still unreleased. During its six-year history, the band played 30–40 gigs, the last of which was a gig in Puntala in the summer of 1989.
The band reactivated in 2008 and released a new split EP with Massacre that included a Finnish version of a song by The Mob. In the new line-up Ari played bass, Hate went to backup vocals and guitar, Juha did main vocals, Mikko drummed and Sami played 2nd guitar. Confusion also played some gigs after the release of the EP at Tampere's Vastavirta Club and in Helsinki's Darkside."
Heal For Unality Touhoku CD 2011
Curing tsunamis with a tsunami of noisecore, raw crust, and parasoicial clout chasing, with Death Dust Extractor, Stagnation, Isterismo, The P.O.P., Persevere, Unarm, System Fucker, Last Sentence, Raw Distractions, Asocial Terror Fabrication, Tantrum, Reject, Massgrave, D-Clone, Framtid, People, Filthy Hate, Akka, Folkeiis, Contrast Attitude, Last, Zenocide, Zyanose, Bad Dirty Hate, Proletariart, Skizophrenia, and Chaotix....
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