INFEST

 

artist: INFEST (Valencia, California, USA)

venue: Maryland Deathfest XI
location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
date: 25 May 2013
length: 28 minutes

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SPITBOY

artist: SPITBOY (Oakland, California, USA)
venue: KZSU
location: Palo Alto, California, USA
date: 05 October 1994
length: 17 minutes

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RAMRODS

artist: RAMRODS (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
venue: "at a party" // Red Carpet
location: Detroit, Michigan, USA // Detroit, Michigan, USA
date: 1977 // 1978
length: 10 minutes // 29 minutes

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Short lived and under the radar Detroit group - members would later play with only slightly less under the radar acts DARK CARNIVAL and NIKKI & THE CORVETTES. The live set captured "at a party" in '77 features a STOOGES track, the tail end of "Helter Skelter" and a searing version of THE WHO's "My Generation" in addition to the band's eponymous tracks "I'm A Ramrod."  

RAMONES

artist: RAMONES (New York City, New York, USA)
venue: Roundhouse
location: London, ENGLAND
date: 06 June 1977
length: 46 minutes

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THE DILS

artist: THE DILS (Los Angeles, California, USA)
venue: Santa Monic Civic
location: Santa Monica, California, USA
date: 09 February 1979
length: 27 minutes

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I posted these same tracks twelve years ago, but they came from a different cassette. Those tape traders were motherfuckers, y'all. 

YOUR MOTHER

artist: YOUR MOTHER (Pleasanton, California, USA)
venue: ??
location: ??
date: ??
length: 36 minutes

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Honestly, I don't even know if this shit is live.
YOUR MOTHER are for a special audience....are you special. 

DESCENDENTS

artist: DESCENDENTS (California, USA)
venue: Electric Banana
location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
date: 27 January 1986
length: 23 minutes

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Recording isn't the best, but the guitar tone is what DS-13 were going for on "Killed By The Kids" and fuuuukkkk it sounds good here. 

DEATHREAT

artist: DEATHREAT (Memphis, Tennessee, USA)
venue: 924 Gilman Street
location: Berkeley, California, USA
date: 05 March 1999
length: 19 minutes

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X

artist: x (Los Angeles, California, USA)
venue: Nashville Rooms
location: London, ENGLAND
date: 26 June 1980
length: 41 minutes

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NEW RACE

artist: NEW RACE (Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA)
venue: Manly Vale Hotel
location: Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
date: May 1981
length: 44 minutes

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D.O.A.

artist: D.O.A. (Vancouver, British Colombia, CANADA)
venue: Osbourne Banquet Room, Plaza Hotel
location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA
date: 26 March 1982
length: 47 minutes

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Live D.O.A. in the early '80 was just on another level. Only time I've seem them was in 2019 - huge stage, zero ambiance, every excuse to be a boring version of something that used to be interesting, you know? They fucking destroyed. 

CRAMPS

artist: CRAMPS (New York City, New York, USA)
venue: Paradiso

location: Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
date: ??
length: 14 minutes

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No idea when this was recorded (I mean, it was early), but it's probably the coolest sounding live CRAMPS I have heard. The fuzz and distortion is flawless. "Teenage Werewolf" has never sounded better. Probably should have combined this and the KROQ interview. Didn't. Don't care. Enjoy. 

CRAMPS

artist: CRAMPS (New York City, New York, USA)
venue: KROQ
location: Los Angeles, California, USA
date: 1986
length: 3 minutes

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A three minute Rodney Bigenheimer interview about Elvis and Elvis death conspiracies? Sure, why not.

BUZZCOCKS

artist: BUZZCOCKS (Bolton, Manchester, ENGLAND)
venue: Park West
location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
date: 03 December 1979
length: 60 minutes

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I remember the first time I heard "Ever Fallen In Love" and it was a serious moment. I think it was the 'These People Are Nuts!' comp (which - in retrospect - holy fukkn shit what a banger, but maybe it was something else. Anyway, that song is perfect and this recording is brilliant. 

BAD RELIGION

artist: BAD RELIGION (Los Angeles, California, USA)
venue: T-Bird Rollerdome
location: Pico Rivera, California, USA
date: 15 January 1983
length: 20 minutes

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45 GRAVE

artist: 45 GRAVE (Los Angeles, California, USA)
venue: ??
location: Los Angeles, California, USA
date: 1982
length: 34 minutes

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I think these tracks might come from two different sets. Also, I work with a dude who was "around" in the San Francisco heyday of the late '70s and early '80s and he talks about random shows and bands alot and he mentioned 45 GRAVE a few days ago and I acknowledged that I had never really fucked with them and then that night I saw a flyer for an upcoming Oakland show with ALTAR DE FEY (update: it's tomorrow) and then later that night I ripped this tape and....well, I think I need to attend that show.

X

artist: X (Los Angeles, California, USA)
venue: Club Foot
location: Los Angeles, California, USA
date: 16 November 1982
length: 89 minutes

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I'm constantly conflicted on X simply because history hasn't treated their fan base (or their vocalist) well, but goddamn this recording (their recordings) are brilliant. As great as the Club Foot recording is, hold fast until the handful of KBFH tracks recorded in 1984 please....you'll thank me. You're welcome. 

HÜSKER DÜ

artist: HÜSKER DÜ (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
venue: First Avenue
location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
date: 28 August 1985
length: 64 minutes

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Captured just as the band was "turning the corner" and fuuuuuukk what it must have been like to see them transition. I was twelve years old....it simply wasn't an option.

STOOGES

artist: THE STOOGES (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
venue: Whisky A Go Go
location: Hollywood, California, USA?
date: 1973
length: 30 minutes

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A notably fast set....decent sound quality, just faster than you're expecting. Damn this band was good.

FRITES MODERN

artist: FRITES MODERN (Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS)
venue: AJZ
location: Bielefeld, GERMANY
date: 29 December 1984
length: 39 minutes

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BAD BRAINS

artist: BAD BRAINS (Washington, DC, USA)
venue: East Side Club
location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
date: ?? 1983
length: 21 minutes

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As broadcast on WKDU in Philadelphia the same evening as the previous (MINOR THREAT) post. Imagine being a teenager huddled up next to your bedroom transistor radio and getting your mind blown by this shit while your parents argued in the next room....

MINOR THREAT

artist: MINOR THREAT (Washington, DC, USA)
venue: Buff Hall
location: Camden, New Jersey, USA
date: 20 November 1982
length: 24 minutes

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One of the first things I saw on the internet this morning was a flyer for this gig. SSD played too, and Al Barile from SSD passed away yesterday...Al seemed like a really good dude. Pretty sure I posted this show (or a part of it?) years ago, but why wouldn't you want to listen again?  

PORNO PATROL

artist: PORNO PATROL (West Berlin, GERMANY)
venue: AJZ
location: Bielefeld, GERMANY
date: 12 January 1985
length: 48 minutes

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BLUE CHEER

artist: BLUE CHEER (San Francisco, California, USA)
venue: ??
location: San Francisco // Los Angeles, California, USA
date: 1968
length: 28 minutes

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First eleven minute track has the vocals mixed almost completely out and is super drum forward - which makes for a listening experience that is as awesome as it is annoying. Presumably this one is from SF but I'm not sure and someone on the internet is bound to (welcome to) correct me. The next three cuts have a way hotter mix and the vocals are straight fire and maybe these are from LA but also maybe not all from the same show even though the tape says they are. Damn BLUE CHEER ruled. 

THE IDOLS

artist: THE IDOLS (New York City, New York, USA)
venue: Max's Kansas City
location: New York City, New York, USA

date: 03 May 1978
length: 19 minutes

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For those (like me) who didn't already know, THE IDOLS were a late 1980s NYC blip that featured a pre-LONDON COWBOYS Barry Jones and Steve Dior along with Jerry Nolan (NY DOLLS, HEARTBREAKERS) and Arthur Kane (NY DOLLS, CORPSE GRINDERS), though they were likely more famous as the backing band on for 'Sid Sings'-era Sid Vicious. 

CRIME

artist: CRIME
venue: DNA Lounge
location: San Francisco, California, USA
date: 29 October 1989
length: 39 minutes

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STOOGES

artist: THE STOOGES (Ann Aorbor, Michigan, USA)
venue: American Theater
location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
date: 18 August 1973
length: 53 minutes

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Worth it for the radio ad tacked onto the front end of the set. Recording is admittedly raw, but this is also a document of screaming set that was delivered when I had been on the earth for less than a year. And I am not a young person. So I thank the Technical Gods and I settle into THE STOOGES. "Raw Power" is the opener, the version of "Gimme Danger" gives me chills...listen until the end please. 

DISORDER

artist: DISORDER (Bristol, ENGLAND)
venue: ??
location: ??
date: ??
length: 5 minutes

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Only two songs, but.....

KAFKA PROSESS

artist: KAFKA PROSESS (Oslo, NORWAY)
venue: ??
location: København, DENMARK
date: 05 April 1986
length: 32 minutes

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SONIC RENDEZVOUS BAND

artist: SONIC RENDEZVOUS BAND (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
venue: Second Chance
location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
date: 18 February 1980
length: 88 minutes

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MAXIMILLIONS MOTORCYCLE CLUB

artist: MAXIMILLIONS MOTORCYCLE CLUB (San Francisco, California, USA)
venue: DNA Lounge
location: San Francisco, California, USA
date: 29 October 1989

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Band name is spelled MAXIMILLIONS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, MAXIMILLION'S MOTORCYCLE CLUB, MAXIMILLION MOTORCYCLE CLUB, MAXIMILLIANS MOTORCYCLE CLUB and MAXIMILLIAN'S MOTORCYCLE CLUB on flyers from the era, which makes for an entertaining search. The CRIME headlined this show, and their set is a screamer. 

SEX PISTOLS

artist: SEX PISTOLS (London, ENGLAND)
venue: ???
location: Masbree, THE NETHERLANDS
date: December 1977
length: 13 minutes

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I know it's not the full set, but the recording is good and the band was shit hot and Jones was on absolute fire.

STRANGLERS

artist: STRANGLERS (Surrey, ENGLAND)
venue: Hope & Anchor
location: London, ENGLAND
date: 22 November 1977
length: 77 minutes

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RADIO BIRDMAN

artist: RADIO BIRDMAN (Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA)
venue: JJJ, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
location: AUSTRALIA
date: probably 1976
length: 23 minutes

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This recording is already floating around several places, but that doesn't mean that it shouldn't also be floating around here. Because you're here, and now it's floating into your ear holes.