Apparently and surprisingly, I have never posted this fantastic compilation of music from Fuel, whose first release hit the scene back in 1989 on cassette, and simply titled "Fuel!." In 1990, Fuel released a split 7 inch (luckily I still have my copy) with Phleg Camp and in '91 recorded a split 7 inch with Angry Son. Below is a nice review of this comp.
AllMusic Review by Jack Rabid
Ten years ago when emo was young, this late San
Francisco four were the West Coast's answer to the peaking D.C. Dischord
roster of Fugazi
and other such bands. This second reissue of their lone 1990
self-titled LP, originally on the Rough Trade subsidiary Sixth
International (with seven bonus tracks from four 7" releases), is a good
example of where it all began. Jim Allison
and Mike Kirsch's vocals are brutally shouted, tunefully, with great
angst and an antagonistic sense of wrong. The band is as resolute, fast,
and edgy as its lyrics (clue: a picture of Woody Guthrie with his "This machine kills fascists" guitar graces the inner sleeve), and is at its best when its Adolescents-derived
So-Cal soaring leads step up. It all has that stamp of authenticity to
it, of people inspired by a new movement to say and play something
bestial and important. It has the urgency that a substantial chunk of
underground post-punk/post-hardcore music had during the second half of
the '80s. Now it doesn't seem so unique, but that's what happens when
you and others make a mold that is later overcopied. This original
version of emo was a lot more hardcore, a lot more out there and intense
than the sometimes more polite version of today's more easily
replicated kind. This required a total physical and emotional charge.
(P.O. Box 460402; San Francisco, CA 94146-0402)
Tracklist
| 1 | Disengaged | |
| 2 | 2:52 (Instrumental) | |
| 3 | Some Gods | |
| 4 | Remains To Be Seen | |
| 5 | Cue To You | |
| 6 | The Name Is... | |
| 7 | Why Can't You See | |
| 8 | Actualized | |
| 9 | Habit | |
| 10 | Not Up For Sale | |
| 11 | Take Effect | |
| 12 | Untitled (Instrumental) | |
| 13 | Incomplete | |
| 14 | Fuel Hymn (Activate) | |
| 15 | Turn On | |
| 16 | Why Can't You (Shield Your Eyes) | |
| 17 | The Name Is... | |
| 18 | For Lack Of Better Words (Shine) |
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