Misery-Bornedad 7" (1989, AYF Records)

"If there were a grandfather of crust…the old man with crazy stories that you still see hanging around the neighborhood, it would be Misery" (taken from MNPunk), Just try to figure it: A grey haired and bearded old man,  hanging around and sharing his stories or other times becoming a hermit and getting lost and lonesome in his own memories, yeah this would be a scenario reflecting Misery legacy. Here is the second ep of these legends, released in 1989 after Born, Fed...Slaughtered masterpiece. To be honest, i started working on this post back in 2012 (by the time From Where The Sun Never Shines was coming out) when i ripped the vinyl to mp3 and today its weird to re-build the whole post, memories come back and the way i felt back these days has changed whe i compare it to the way i am feeling while working on it: Blogging as a way to change the routine had turned to escape from misery back in 2012 and nowadays its a way to forget the plague (either financial or mental and grey) for a while.. what's next and worse shit to come?. Anyway. As is said, Blindead is the second ep of Misery, it was released back in 1989 by AYF Records (Anarchist Youth Federation, Misery's own label), it was the follow up to Born, Fed...Slaughter and was born because of a mistake in the pressing of first Misery ep: Born, Fed...Slaughtered was supposed to have four tracks but due some pressing problems it came out as a two track ep, there's a note printed in the inside of cover of Born, Fed... explaining what happened (and also there is the first and original printing including the lyrics of the finally rejected tracks), Discarded/Under Siege re-released it one year later as  a three track ep). Blindead came in "fold out silkscreened covers which came printed black on four different colours, red, yellow, green and cream/white" (from Discogs), only 600 copies were made and that brings some pain when you try to get a copy via eBay or Discogs. Music wise delivers four tracks of the usual for Misery political heavy stenchcore: Blindead is a mid paced piece of Amebix worship, (it appeared also in Whispers! 2xLP along with Total Destruction), even the voice sounds like Baron, Wealth and Power is the fast part of the record, while Justice Lost is slow and heavy as Misery can deliver. Noize lasts one minute and its instrumental. The cover folds in side and there is small fold on the bottom too, inside you will find the lyrics (though the letter fonts make it look like Sumerian writing). Blindead was followed by Children of War and several other gems, the story is known, i don't need to say any shit about. End of ranting, go get it and enjoy it.

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Uprising-As Long As There's A Profit To Be Made... 7" (2004,Incendiary Sound,Act of Attribution)

First off i feel the need to send my apologies to Nate from Uprising for taking almost an eternity to post this little gem since is an awesome record, it comes from an underrated and not well known band that never had the attention it deserved from the crusties, yeah it's sad and true and i have to live with it: Ii m a lazy bastard who's getting aged and forgets... :/
Uprising formed in Michigan in early ' 00's and in their short life they released the amazing split with Contravene on Catchphraze Records in 2003 and this ep, there is also a cd-r demo which came out in only 35 copies plus a few more songs (in heavier crusty pathways) recorded for a future release that never saw the light of day because of lack of funds and motivation.
As long.. was recorded in 2003 and came out in '04 (or it was 2006?), the complete title is "As long as there's a profit to be made there's no telling where the killing will end", music wise it delivers six tracks of crusty anarcho-punk/hardcore with political lyrics in a blending of Nausea and early Contravene, it was released by Incendiary Sound Records and Acts Of Attrition (any help about the labels is appreciated), 300 copies were made, 25 came with release show limited covers. Despite being a nice record (Contravene is the first band that comes to mind each time i listen this, Uprising were such good) it didn't sell much copies due bad distribution, for those who might want to get a copy, Nate still has many ,contact him via mail at uprisedetroit (at) gmail (dot) com and get one, it rarely pops up on ebay, distros or elsewhere).
No more blurb, the songs of ep are already uploaded on Soundcloud by Nate so you can give it a listening.

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Abstain-US '99 tour 7" (1999,Agitate 96)

I know its been a long time since the last post but i had and still have some problems with my turntable and scanner, the turntable is ok now but the scanner is still out of duty, i hope i will fix the problem soon.
A i said to Mike from Fifteen Counts... this post was supposed to bring you some Japanese crust but finally here 's something from the grindcore area: I posted some releases of these Pennsylvanian grinders in the past (Superiority Complex demo tape, split w Unholy Grave, split w Denak and split w Nasum) so there is no need for any blurb about them. This is their ep for the US tour of '99, released by Agitate 96 Records in 500 copies and as expected it delivers fast and brutal hardcore influenced old school grindcore with hyperfast blasting drums and thrashing riffs, vocals moved from the deep low growls of their early records to hoarse high pitched screams/yells, slightly reminding of Drop Dead or Siege. Unfortunately Abstain fall in the category of bands that would sound a little bit better if they added the missing instrument since the sound is a little dry despite the descent production and the chaos of fast drumming, by adding the bass the sound would be more deep and structured but then who am i to judge 'em?. By saying that i don't mean this is a bad record since everything is done fine, Abstain duet ruled back in their day,( Dead Shall Rise cover, Terrorizer is one of my favorite grindcore songs ever) and that's what they do here delivering the goods for nine minutes: Aggression and furry, rawness and speed, the wall of sound, the heaviness and socially awared lyrics are always there.
I said enough, go get it, EDIT: I used my digi cam to solve the scans problem so i added artwork photos, the scanner is still dead though...


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Crucifix-Nighteen eighty four 7 (1992,War Crimes) bootleg

You all know Crucifix and you all know Nineteen Eighty Four 7", don't you? here you got their heritage to the seven inch vinyl world: This was originally released in 1982 by Freak Records and was the follow up to eponymous 12 inch ep from 1981 and was followed by Dehumanization lp from 1983. These three diamonds along with the split w Patareni and Exhibit A lp comp. are Crucifix legacy and we shouldn't forget the contribution of Annihilation in the legendary No So Quiet On The Western Front 2LP . Here you got an unofficial re-issue from 1992 on War Crime Records from Switzerland and came out in only 500 copies. According to a Bacteria trade list from 2009 which includes a (numbered) copy of this boot there were 800 copies made but since there is not any numbering on my copy this must be another bootleg.
War Crimes brought this in the same artwork, what is different is the vinyl labels and instead of peace symbol and Freak Records badge there is the picture of front cover printed on labels (and of curse the Freak Records badge on back cover is gone), inner sleeve artwork is exactly the same and brings you the lyrics. Prejudice, Steelcase Enclosure and Rise and Fall are the three tracks of ep recorded live "in the studio at Tom Mallon's And Rythmic Rivers S.F. 1982" and as Discogs says the original copy included a patch, back cover print says Steelcase Enclosure is B1 track but Rise and Fall is the first song on side B .
Some Crucifix interviews can be found in Suburban Voice #6 (1983) and Ripper zine #2 (1982), some more infos about them can be found in Wikipedia, no need to say anything else,go get it

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Misery-Born, Fed... Slaughtered 7"(1990,Discarded/Under Siege)

Born, Fed, Slaughtered is the first Misery official release and one of the crust classics of late '80's, it came out in 1989 on their own label AYF (Anarchist Youth Federation Records) with the helping hand of Felix Havoc. 600 copies were made, the record delivered only two tracks of heavy mid-paced stenchcore/crust (Born,... and Falling of Darkness) and not four as was planned because of some pressing problems, so an insert with lyrics of these four tracks was included and another sheet with lyrics of the two tracks, the two outtakes appeared in their next release Blindead 7" (it will be posted soon, hopefully).
One year later (1990), Under Siege Rec.s and Discarded Rec.s re-released Born... as a three track 7" by adding A Total Destruction on side A, the record came in fold around cover with a slightly different artwork (similar front/different back cover, not any sheet inside) and all songs were remixed. A Total Destruction is a one minute fast yet heavy stenchcore song and fills side A, not a filler though, the cover includes lyrics .
The first pressing of Born.. was posted here, Discarded Rec.s is the label behind the second press on Doom's Police Bastard, the pressing with the alternative sleeve, ,AYF stands behind the first and second pressing of Police Bastard, btw Doom announced the recording of a new ep,thats fuckin great news)
thats the short rant,now go get it

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Destroy/Disturb-The Crush Bastard System split 7" (MCR Company,1995)

Here is another split including the Minneapolis grindcrust masters Destroy: The Crush Bastard System split 7" was released in 1995 by MCR Company and distributed by Sound Pollution. This is the swan song of Destroy which appear here with a new Discharge-ic logo and a totally "Raw D-beat" cover artwork.
There is no need to say a word about Destroy, everything about them is on the web and a lot of blurb has been said in previous Destroy posts (split w Disrupt, Burn this racist system down), here they contribute four tracks (incl. a C.O.C. cover) recorded in Tokyo in 1994, tracks are close to their songs from split w Disrupt. Disturb were a crust/hardcore band from Himeji city, Japan and all i know about them is the For the Live 7" released by Discrete Records, if you know anything about them just spend a few minutes and write some words. They deliver three songs of heavy Japanese crusty hardcore with the usual rough vocals of Japanese punk bands. Both bands deliver the goods, the record comes in fold out cover and the usual black vinyl and its lengthy enough (lasts over fourteen minutes), lyrics included only for Destroy songs. On Destroy side cover there is the title "Chaos Noise Torment" but the title of split is rather The Crush Bastard System (please somebody correct me if i'm wrong)
This is the short rant, now go get it

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Disrupt/Destroy-split 7" (Adversity Rec.s, Break The Chains Rec.s,1991)

When the discussion is about grinding crust then the first bands that come to mind are Disrupt and Destroy!, i have the mood of noisy shit lately and since the guy from MNPunk blog keeps trolling 7inchcrust for Minneapolis based crusties here is some more noise for him (and all of you)
Disrupt come from Lynn, Massachusetts and Destroy! was born in Minneapolis, both were active about the same years (both bands started around 1987-88 and called it a day in mid '90's) and their music shit was similar: Brutal, fast, noisy and grinding crust with growling/yelled vocals so both bands fit nicely in a split like this. There is a lot stuff about both bands on the web, for more infos and details check Disrupt's myspace or run down the back pages of this blog and Destroys' site and myspace fan pages (here and here).
There is another Disrupt/Destroy split, the cd on Relapse (1994) including the tracks from Refuse planet and Total fucking chaos ep's. The 7 inch classic was released in 1991 by Adversity Records and Break The Chains (Adversity Rec.s stands behind Deformed Conscience's Constant strife 7") and in the beginning a band named Namland was supposed to included but for various reasons was left out. Disrupt tracks were recorded in February 1991 at Headroom Studios in Boston (the songs from Refuse Planet were recorded in this session too) and also appear on the side A of Rid the cancer bootleg (along with tracks from split w Resist) while Destroy songs were recorded in summer of '90 at Underground Studio in Minneapolis.
Destroy are fast and ferocious without reaching the levels of Burn this racist system down (their best recorded material ever) but good enough, Disrupt move in their usual pathways and deliver the goods as usual. The record comes in two gatefold pieces including lyrics and some information about the labels and Adersity zine, front cover artwork is a picture of riots in South Africa, vinyl is black but there were copies in gold vinyl and red cover.
Both bands tracks appeared in discography compilations: Discography cd of 2004 on Dead and Alive and in The Rest of Disruptdead boxset of Relapse (2007) for Disrupt and Necropolis cd(Sound Pollution, 1995) and Discography cd on Havoc Rec.s. for Destroy
i said too much...go get it and say something.
Disrupt side:
1) Pigs Suck
2) Smash Divisions
3) Eat Shit
Destroy side:
1) Stop Thinking and Follow
2) Obedience
3) Defiance
4) Yuppie Beware

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SS Decontrol-The kids have had their say 7" (bootleg,1990)

A little hardcore break and the first sXe record ever posted in this blog: Never thought i see me posting a straight edge record but what the hell... SS Decontrol (a.k.a. SSD) were "one of the first Boston hardcore bands and the core of the infamous "Boston Crew and the "narrow minds who think the narrow way"(mentioned in the liner notes to This is Boston Not LA of Modern Method Records). Their hardcore testament were The Kids Will Have Their Say 12"(1982, XClaim!/Dischord Rec.s), and Get it away LP (1983, XClaim!), then the change of their name to SSD brought some changes to the straight edge beliefs of band members and music wise they walked a new music direction. All this shit plus some details about their days and times back in the early 80's and about Boston scene can be found in Kill From the Heart.
I'm not much in to hardcore and definitely i m not into straight edge (actually a beer is here by my keyboard while i am typing this crap and these militant kids of '80's are far away to kick away the ladder lol lol lol) but The kids have had their say is a rare and hard to get bootleg because of the limited number of copies so is worth to be here and more or less that's how the story goes: This bootleg came out in 1990 and consisted of six tracks recorded live back in 1982 at Buff Hall, Camden, New Jersey. SSD people weren't happy about this, they discovered who did the bootleg (Revelation Records), they managed to remove a part of pressed copies and the remaining pieces became rare. This is it! According to Flex! only 400 copies were made, 60 numbered copies came with lyric sheet and poster.
Thats the rant, thanks to Pete for this gem. Despite of being a rare shit i saw a guy in a forum selling it for only 5 bucks, a copy appeared in eBay some months ago.

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Misery-Born, fed... slaughtered 7" (AYF Records,1989)

Misery was the answer beyond the ocean to the crust and stenchcore anthems from the punk crust wastelands of United Kingdom back in the days where the genre was in its beginning. Misery's history is more or less widely known and you can find a nice story in their myspace with many details. After a demo tape and some line up changes the band released Born Fed..Slaughtered in 1989 on their own label AYF (Anarchist Youth Federation) Records. The cover was folded and there were two tracks on the vinyl bringing brutal stenching riffs,actually this was going to be a 4 track ep but finally came out as 2 track because of some pressing problems. There is a insert with 4 track lyrics sheet along with another sheet with the lyrics of the two tracks of ep and some line notes of members about this mess. (the two outtakes finally appeared in the Blindead ep), and the typical crust fashion of misprinting continues on vinyl label:it says 33 but must be played on 45 rpm. Only 600 copies were made and the whole thing was done with the help of Felix Havoc.
One year later this was released by Discarded Records and Under Siege Records as a three track ep (Total Destruction was added on side A to join the eponymous track while Falling of Darkness was on flip side),hopefully it will be posted in the next months.Discarded Records is the label behind the alternate sleeve edition of Doom's Police Bastard

Born Fed.. was posted in the first days of this blog in poor quality and no scans so here is the real deal, and a little strange shit that happened a few years ago: it was after a rally and i was standing in the end of the street watching the protesters leaving the place, frown, bad and ugly and lost in my thoughts, then some people who were carrying a banner came closer, the banner was a kind of paper-wall,it was symbolically the capitalism and on each brick it was written some of capitalism good things such as exploitation, poverty, ruling class parasites, third world genocide etc. then the wind started blowing,some paper bricks left the wall and one of these after a strange flight came and landed straight into my face, i grabbed it and read it:"misery". oh shit!i tried to hide it but it was too late:i heard my friends laughing and one of them said "hey,even the wind known that you are Captain Misery"!!!
I feel nice to see you guys even if things are a little harder than the last months, more shit came, more misery to face, cheers
Tracks:
01:Born,fed..slaughtered
02:Falling of darkness

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Nausea-Cybergod 7"

Nausea was born the in late '80's the days the NY scene blossomed and many great bands appeared, these dudes lived the days of Tompkins Square Riots and Squat or Rot gigs of Ralphy Boy (Jesus Chrust, Dissassociate), they toured in Europe and the States and released some records that are classic: Extinction lp(1990, Profane Existence), Cybergod 7" and Lie Circle 7"('93,Graven Image Records), they appeared also in compilations of Maximum Rock and Roll, Allied, and Vermiform. When Neil, founding member and vocalist walked away to form Jesus Chrust, Al Ternative of Misery joined the band.
All these interesting stories and other details can be found here. Cybergod was one of the following posts to Smash Divisions back in spring of '07 and here it is again with all the goods. It delivers two heavy tracks and comes with an insert including the (anti-religious) lyrics. According to Flex! Discog of US Punk & HC "first pressing on black vinyl, second on red, lyric sheets are different, also the second sleeve is printed lighter so the drawing comes out much better. Some sleeves on dull paper, some on high gloss paper", there is also a repress of blue vinyl.
This was released by Allied Recordings, a San Francisco based label that released also records of Neurosis, Antischism and others.
Tracks:
01:Cybergod
02:Body of Christ

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Disrupt-Smash divisions 7"

There is no much to say about this: Here is another Disrupt piece of noise coming from 1992: Smash divisions delivers ten live tracks, recorded in New Haven Connecticut in summer of 1991. This was released by SOA Records, according to the label "Fist pressing of 1200 copies went out in hard plastic bag, yellow/black labels and 100 copies in red vinyl. Following copies had soft plastic bag, different colored vinyls and white/blue labels." The record comes in gatefold cover including lyrics and in the usual crust trend the songs are not printed in the right order, though the back cover tracklist is correct :). I don't know in how many different colors this came out, i have seen a blue and a dark purple version, probably there must be some more colors.
i have to keep it short this time, check Disrupt official myspace for a detailed history and this blog for other Disrupt records. Actually this was posted in spring of 2007 in the first days of this blog, here you got it in a fresh new rip and this is a kind of the beginning of some reposts that will follow (Nausea, Panikos & other records that were posted in the first days)
Tracklist:
01) Smash Divisions
02) Refuse Planet
03) Eat Shit
04) No Values
05) G.A.M.E.
06) Rid The Cancer
07) Inebriayed
08) God Fearing Citizen
09) Cold War (Siege cover)
10) Squandered

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