Scavenged Luxury: L.A. Post-Punk, Art Rock and Power Pop (c. 1977-1987)

Featured Acts:

100 Flowers, 30 Windswept Dimes, Ace=1, American Gorilla, Battery Farley, Blue Trapeze, Christian Death, Clay Idols, Colour Scream, Concrete Blonde, Extremes, Geza X And The Mommymen, Go-Go's, Heroic Struggles, Hesitations, Indian Bingo, John Trubee, Kommunity FK, Le Forte Four, Necropolis of Love, Nip Drivers, Rain Parade, Rick Potts, Sis Q Lint, Sparks, Stahlbau, Steve Stain, Strong Silent Types, The Animated, The Crawdaddys, The Dark Bob, The Dickies, The Furys, The Jigsaw Seen, The Whitefronts, Tom Recchion, X-1 Whiteman, Zoogz Rift


Disk 1
1 Sparks — Tryouts For The Human Race (1979) 6:08∂
2 The Animated — Edith C. Sharp (1981) 1:53
3 Rain Parade — Night Shade (1985) 2:50
4 Kommunity FK — Anti-Pop (1983) 2:48
5 Hesitations — Window Love (1982) 2:20
6 Colour Scream — The Monster And I (1988) 3:58
7 Steve Stain — Piece Got Teeth (1986) 2:47
8 Christian Death — Jesus Where's The Sugar (1988) 3:11
9 The Whitefronts — The Ancient Farmer (1986) 6:08
10 X-1 Whiteman…

Almost all of this music is still unavailable on services like Spotify and Pandora, and much of it is simply not available commercially at all. But a few of the bands (like Marina Swingers and the Deadbeats) have reformed or created websites where their music can be purchased. My next post will be a series of links to these sites. In the meantime, enjoy!


Disk 1 1 Wild Kingdom — Roma / Destiny (1981) 5:51 2 Abecedarians — Benway's Carnival (1985) 5:09 3 Suburban Lawns — Janitor (1981) 2:31 4 Zolar X — Science (1982) 1:25 5 B People — Can Can't (1981) 2:27 6 Life After Death — In Living Color (1985) 1:54 7 Christian Death — When I Was Bed (1985) 7:57 8 Beat-E-O's — China Sleeping (1981) 2:12 9 Wet Picnic — He Believes (1982) 5:33 10 Dogma Probe — Thirteen (1982) 4:30 11 Iron Curtain / Steven Fields — Legalize Heroin (1988) 5:07 12 Null And Void — The Motorcycle Song (1982) 2:27 13 Savage Republic — Next To Nothing (1982) 3:24 14 Human Hands — Blue Eel (1981) 2:51 15 Gleaming Spires — While…

Featured Acts:

Abecedarians, Alex Cima, Caterwaul, Cathedral of Tears, Chinas Comidas, Circle Jerks, D.O.M.E.S., Departmentstore Santas, Dos, Earle Mankey, Fishbone, Frank Zappa, G-Whiz, Gary Panter, High Rise, Jane Wiedlin, Kim Fowley, Lem, Magnolia Thunderpussy, Minutemen, Moebius, Motor Totemist Guild, Neef, Non Credo, Paul Collins' Beat, Radwaste, Raszebrae , Rhythm Plague, Steve Roach, Suburban Lawns, T.S.O.L., The Jetzons, The Last, The Silver Tears, The Things, The Unclaimed, Vital Sines


Disk 1
1 Suburban Lawns — Hug You (1983) 4:49
2 The Jetzons — 4-3-1 (1982) 4:18 3 Fishbone — Slick Nick, You Devil You (1987) 4:44 4 Frank Zappa — Bobby Brown Goes Down (1979) 2:49 5 Minutemen — The Glory Of Man (1984) 2:57 6 Gary Panter & Jay Cotton — Artist's Hymn (1989) 2:11 7 T.S.O.L. — Word Is (1982) 2:35 8 D.O.M.E.S. — It's Too Bad, Mother Dear (1985) 3:44 9 Kim Fowley — 1980 - Run For Your Life (1979) 3:12 10 Motor Totemist Guild — Nigh (1986) 4:07 11 Non Credo — Tell Me …

Featured Acts:
A Noise Agency, Alisa , Angry Samoans, Atila, B.L.O.C., Black Flag, Bob Beland, Bruce Joyner and the Plantations, Camper Van Beethoven, Christian Lunch, Crimony, David Roback, Death Ride 69, Dim Dandy & The Dolts, Earle Mankey, Eddie Call, Eleven Sons, Extremes , Flash Bouyancy, Fourwaycross, Jane Bond & The Undercovermen, L.A. Burgers, Marty Gras and the Flamingos, Motorcycle Boy, Paniolo, Stan Ridgway, Stever Wynn, Ten Foot Faces, The Bangs, The Bullets, The Middle Class, The Pandoras, The Question?, The Toasters, Tyrants in Therapy, Vena Cava, Wall Of Voodoo, Wednesday Week, Youth Brigade


Disk 1 1 Earle Mankey — Mau Mau (1980) 3:18 2 Extremes — Animals Part III (1979) 3:32 3 Alisa — I Want To Be a Prostitute (1982) 2:38 4 Ten Foot Faces — Sex Slave (1990) 3:15 5 Marty Gras and the Flamingos — New Clothes Part 1 (1981) 3:21 6 Marty Gras and the Flamingos — New Clothes Part 2 (1981) 2:01 7 Stan Ridgway — The Big Heat (1985) 4:28 8 Jane Bond & The Undercoverm…

Featured Acts:

3D Picnic, 5uu's, Andy & the Rattlesnakes, Benedict Arnold And The Traitors*, Bluebeard, Cliche, Corpus Delicti, Dennis Cooper, Departmentstore Santas, Dyan Diamond, Failsafe, Frank Zappa, Friends of Ghosts, Iron Curtain, Jon St. James, Kim Fowley, Kommunity FK, L7, Left Insane, Malabolge, Mary's Danish, Meat Puppets, Mellow Man Ace, Modern Warfare, New Marines, Rich La Bonté, Rubber City Rebels, Scott Goddard, Sin 34, Sixtieth Parrallel, Stewart Copeland / Stanard Ridgway, Stukas Over Bedrock, Tender Fury, The Bullets, The Last, The Point, Them Rhythm Ants, This Ascension, Wall Of Voodoo, What Is This, What Makes Donna Twirl?


Disk 1 1 Frank Zappa – Duke of Prunes (1979) 4:20 2 Andy & the Rattlesnakes – Patience (1982) 4:11 3 Wall Of Voodoo – Longarm (1980) 3:46 4 Corpus Delicti – Child Child (1984) 4:45 5 Dennis Cooper – Seven Poets Chosen By John Ashberry (Dedicated To Tim Dlugos) (1983) 2:18 6 Mary's Danish – Don't Crash the Car Tonight (1988) …

Featured Acts:
A Noise Agency, Blackbird, Burning Sensations, Caterwaul, Christian Lunch, Cindy & the Gidget Haters, Deception Bay, Ethan James, Francis X and the Bushmen, Friends of Ghosts, Game Theory, Gary Panter, Gary Panter & Jay Cotton, Gone, Gothic Hut, Her Movie, Hollywood Squares, Human Drama, Lawndale, Marina Swingers, Motor Totemist Guild, Naughty Sweeties, Non Credo, Peace Corpse, Pilgrim State, Project 197, Scott Goddard, Shut Up, Silver Chalice, Smegma, Steve Tetzloff, Swamp Zombies, Ten Foot Faces, The Act, The Fiends, The Last, The Orchids, The Unknowns, Tim Lee & Matt Piucci (Gone Fishin'), Trotsky Icepick, Visiting Kids


Disk 1 1 Friends of Ghosts — Sinister Daze (1987) 2:52 2 The Unknowns — The Streets (1982) 2:42 3 Francis X and the Bushmen — Grey Talk (1987) 4:15 4 Visiting Kids — Nepotism (1990) 3:15 5 Peace Corpse — Mental Malady (1986) 3:12 6 Pilgrim State — Deathwish (1983) 3:24 7 The Orchids — Radio Dream (The Last Song) (1980) 1:50 8 Swamp Zomb…

Featured Acts:

8088, Agent Orange, All, Blackbird, Blue Daisies, Boyd Rice, Bulimia Banquet, Burning Sensations, Chas Smith, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Cold September, Crimony, Failsafe , Holy Sisters of the Gaga Dada, Jesters of Destiny, Kim Rosenfield, L.A. Burgers, Lawndale, Mark Lane, Mumbles, New Marines, Nick Paine, Paul Roessler, Raszebrae, Red Temple Spirits, Scott Fraser, Steaming Coils, Sunset Bombers, Susan Rhee and the Orientals, Swamp Zombies, The Dull, The Flesh Eaters, The Screamers, Tom Stevens, Trotsky Icepick, Venus And The Razorblades, Zimbo Chimps


Disk 1
1 Blue Daisies — Suck Me (1985) 5:50
2 All — Alfredo's (1988) 3:52
3 Cindy Lee Berryhill — Damn, Wish I Was A Man (1987) 3:06
4 Mumbles — Diamond (1990) 4:09
5 Kim Rosenfield — Four Selections From The Book 'Some Of Us' (1983) 3:19
6 Sunset Bombers — I Can't Control Myself (1978) 3:34
7 Crimony — Vampire Party (1988) 2:37
8 Holy Sisters of the Gaga Dada — For Pete's Sake / Shades Of Gray (1986) 3:05
9 …

Featured Acts:

Con Safos, Dinosaurs With Horns, Dred Scott, fIREHOSE, Great Buildings, Great City, Legal Weapon, Mood of Defiance, No Crisis, Painted Willie, Rank And File, Red Scare, Saccharine Trust, Secret Hate, Slava Ranko, Slovenly, Solid State, Sue Saad and the Next, Super Heroines, Susan Rhees and the Orientals, Taboo Zoo, The Dils, The Leaving Trains, The Long Ryders, The Reactors, The Spell, The Textones, To Damascus, True West, Vivabeat, Voodoo Church, When Kids Are Alone, White Glove Test, Zippers


Disk 1
1 Saccharine Trust — Drugstore Logic (1986) 2:28 2 Legal Weapon — Too High (1985) 4:14 3 Great Buildings — One Way Out (1981) 3:35 4 The Dils — Sound Of The Rain (1978) 3:21 5 Mood of Defiance — Sticky Lips (1982) 2:33 6 When Kids Are Alone — The Sand The Surf and the Sea (1987) 3:48 7 Dred Scott — I Believe You All (1979) 2:34 8 fIREHOSE — Honey, Please (1987) 2:23 9 Susan Rhees and the Orientals — There's Something In The Air (1983) 4:32 10 White Glove Test — Peter (…

Featured Acts:

Alfalfa, Artistic Decline, Brent Wilcox, Cold September, Concrete Blonde, Eazy Teeth, Fear, Feederz The, First Men on the Sun, Flesh Eaters, Food And Shelter, Holly Beth Vincent, Homeland, Intra Muros, L.A. Turds, Life After Death, Mark Lane, Missing Persons, Painted Willie, Pat Smear, Q, Rain Parade, Saccharine Trust, Skin Trade, Slow Children, Stepmothers, Stocking Heads, Tater Totz, The Blasters, The Brat, The Bytes, The Furys, The Hollywood Stars, The Pearls, The Rub, Tyrants in Therapy, X, Young Moderns


Disk 1
1 Flesh Eaters — See You In The Boneyard (1981) 3:30
2 Rain Parade — This Can't Be Today (1983) 4:35 3 Alfalfa — Jewels (1985) 3:09 4 Fear — We Got To Get Out Of This Place (1982) 2:38 5 First Men on the Sun — Cary Grant's Hallucination (1995) 2:16 6 X — Adult Books (1981) 3:19 7 Mark Lane — Pushing and Pulling (1981) 3:15 8 Holly Beth Vincent — Honalu (1982) 3:49 9 Stepmothers — To Sir With Love (1981) 3:00 10 The Rub — Who Killed Bob Crane? (1987) …

Featured Acts:

17 Pygmies, Angst, Autistics, Baby Blue, Berlin, Carl Stone, Deep Six, Descendents, Detox, Dos, Earth Dies Burning, Eazy Teeth, Erth, Food And Shelter, Holly And The Italians, Invisible Zoo, Jamie Sheriff, Johnny's, Jon St. James, Kendra Smith, Linda J. Albertano, Mark Nine, Mestizo, Necropolis of Love, Painted Willie, Pleasure Mask, Q, Red Scare, Resistance, Slovenly, The Blades, The Brainiacs, The Kipper Kids, The Pop, The Rain Parade, The Reactors, The Rub, The Soul Brothers, The Unknowns, Vox Pop, X, Z6, Zamp Nicall


Disk 1
1 The Unknowns — Not My Memory (1981) 2:21
2 X — I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts (1983) 4:15
3 Earth Dies Burning — Pork Yoghurt (1982) 0:41
4 Dos — Taking Away The Fire (1986) 4:15
5 Angst — Some Things (I Can't Get Used To) (1986) 3:26
6 Z6 — You, Eugene & Me (1982) 3:03
7 Holly And The Italians — Youth Coup (1981) 2:41
8 Deep Six — Ghostride (1981) 2:49
9 The Brainiacs — Suzie's So Unsure (1979) 2:02
10 Berlin — Tell Me Why (1981) …

Featured Acts:

Arrow Book Club, Bakersfield Boogie Boys, Claude Coma And The I.V's, Concrete Blonde, Deviation Social, Dream 6, Ethyl Meatplow, fIREHOSE, Funeral, Gary Kail & Zurich 1916, God And The State, Great City, Hilary, Holly and Joey, Joe 'n' Mike, Josie Cotton, Magnolia Thunderpussy, Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, Nadia Kapiche, Pat Smear, Q, Radio Werewolf, Systems of Romance, T.S.O.L., Tender Fury, The Alley Cats, The Coupe De Villes, The Crowd, The Go-Go's, The Halibuts, The Rave-Ups, The Rub, The Wake, Thelonious Monster, Twisted Roots, UXA, X


Disk 1 1 Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo — Forbidden Zone (1980) 2:52 2 The Alley Cats — King Of The Street Fights (1981) 3:43 3 Tender Fury — Look Back In Anger (1988) 3:45 4 Dream 6 — Rain (1985) 3:16 5 Thelonious Monster — I Live In A Nice House (1992) 3:47 6 Funeral — Ant Trap (1981) 2:15 7 Josie Cotton — Johnny, Are You Queer? (1982) 2:47 8 Pat Smear — Sahara Hotel (1987) 5:24 9 Twisted Roots — Every …