RUNNING RAGGED // SELF DESTRUCT

artist: RUNNING RAGGED // SELF DESTRUCT (??? // Walnut Creek, California, USA)
venue: Mission Records
location: San Francisco, California, USA
date: 17 March 2001
length: 59 minutes

HERE
Two sets from two bands I've never heard of (and still haven't aside from this recording). This download starts with a 17 minute untitled track capturing the banter in the room before the show started. If you were alive then, or alive then...you realize that these are important sounds. Many ghosts on that track. 

DOMINICANS

artist: DOMINICANS (New York City, New York, USA)
venue: CBGB's
location: New York City, New York, USA
date: 07 May 1991
length: 27 minutes

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NECROS

artist: NECROS (Maumee, Ohio, USA)
venue: On Broadway
location: San Francisco, California, USA
date: 07 October 1982
length: 19 minutes

HERE

CRUCIFUCKS

artist: CRUCIFUCKS (Lansing, Michigan, USA)
venue: ??
location: Eugene, Oregon, USA
date: 17 October 1984
length: 31 minutes

HERE
If I said CRUCIFUCKS were the punkest band of all time could you prove me wrong?

RUDIMENTARY PENI

artist: RUDIMENTARY PENI (London, ENGLAND)
venue: Norwich Road Church Hall
location: Forest Gate (London suburbs), ENGLAND
date: 16 January 1982
length: 35 minutes

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Why do they play "Cosmic Plague" at the beginning and the end of the set? And why "Teenage Time Killer" twice in a row? I have no idea, but this set screams.  

REMAINS

artist: REMAINS (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
venue: ??
location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
date: ?? 1983
length: 8 minutes

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Only two tracks here and the quality is pretty shit, but FUCK is "Kids Of The Night" an absolute classic. Seriously - who is this band?!

THE DAMNED

artist: THE DAMNED (London, ENGLAND)
venue: 100 Club
location: London, ENGLAND
date: 21 September 1976
length: 17 minutes

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Just four songs on this recording, taken from Day 2 of the legendary 100 Club Punk Special. Show featured STINKY TOYS, VIBRATORS (playing with some other dude), THE DAMNED, BUZZCOCKS.