Music For Killing Children

First demo cassette from EGFC.

I love those early cassette demo tapes from the 80’s….before CD’s and MP3’s, cassette tape demos and compilation tapes are how bands got their names around.  Most bands did exactly what EGFC did, stuck a boom box in the corner of their parents basement while they rocked out their best tunes.  Then they sold or gave away as many as they could to get the name around and hopefully get a show.  I remember heading to the local record store (in my case Northern Lights, FlipSide or Cheapo) and checking out the band demos that sat on the counter.  It might take a month to sell out a box of tapes, but it was fun.

Today bands just find a friend with a laptop and a bootlegged copy of ProTools, and they make a pretty slick sounding recording that they can post to a MySpace page for the whole world to hear.  Times were different back then.  Not that having a good sounding recording of your early material is bad, that part is great.  But it’s almost too easy now.  Anyone can  start up a MySpace page in 10 minutes and get all their friends linked to it within a day.  No effort.  No cost.  It’s all free.

Relive those old days with an old crappy demo tape.  Done the way old crappy demo tapes were meant to be done.

Get it here.

Quality Punk Rock Since 1984

I apologize to Ollie Stench, who clued me into the posting weeks ago, and I somehow forgot to link it up.

Well, what can I say about the EGFC?  A revolving door of friends that get together a few times every few years to play some old and new songs. They’ve been doing it for years.

Head on over to Frequency 7 and download this before Ollie comes to his senses and pull the post!  🙂

Get it here.