TEENAGE KICKS Various Artists 1997

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Tracklist  

1	–88 Fingers Louie	Under The Covers	1:51
2	–The Fondled	You Smell	1:08
3	–Propagandhi	Oka Everywhere	2:20
4	–Squirtgun	Propagate Your Fist	1:50
5	–Parasites	A Lot To Learn	3:01
6	–The Vindictives	You Know Who You Are	2:08
7	–The Hiddys	Life O' Me	1:58
8	–The Bollweevils	What Do I Believe	2:28
9	–Sicko	Lady	0:49
10	–Rhythm Collision	Hippie Now	3:50
11	–The Hives	What's That Spell? ...Go To Hell!	1:54
12	–Nonsense (3)	Naked Thugs	1:57
13	–Supergirls	Except Brent	3:18
14	–The Criminals	No Victim Here	1:53
15	–Falling Sickness	Goddamn Job	1:17
16	–Donuts N' Glory	Jon	3:09
17	–Against All Authority	Livin' In Miami	1:54
18	–F.Y.P.	Glamourettes	1:41
19	–Bruce Lee Band*	List	0:39
20	–The Fighters	Home Is Where The Heart Is	2:22
21	–The Hiddys	Kids In America	2:14
22	–The Bollweevils	New Dreams	1:03
23	–The Geezers (2)	We Are The Geezers	2:17
24	–Squirt Gun*	Firecracker	0:18
25	–88 Fingers Louie	Song X	1:09

THE GRUMPIES Who Ate Stinky? 1998

punk rock on the Recess Records label

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Tracklist  

1	Everyday
2	Sunday Night
3	Punk Rock Boy
4	Falling Away
5	Weather Girl
6	Never Be Your Girl
7	In My Past
8	Tomorrow
9	Like Any Other Day
10	Sheila
11	Joey
12	Couldn't If I Tried
13	Next Chance

ENDEAVOR Constructive Semantics 1997

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

The New Jersey-based hardcore band Endeavor comprised vocalist Mike Olender, guitarists Kevin Tunney and Mike Duffy, bassist Mark Zeveney and drummer Mike Rummel. After issuing their debut Crazier Than a Shithouse Rat on the Conversion label in 1997, they signed to Trustkill for the follow-up Constructive Semantics, released later that same year.

Tracklist

1	Kill Traitors
2	Ajar
3	Kiss Of The Spider Woman
4	The Drug Song
5	Green Gum Balls
6	Koko Puffs
7	Semantics
8	Sabbath
9	Beard And Wifebeater
10	Skippy Loves Mallory
11	Little Man
12	Luke Perry Wears Sweatpants
13	Appendix To A Dating Handbook
14	Incentive

EPPERLEY self titled 1996

 

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Artist Biography by Steve Huey

A punk-pop/post-grunge quartet from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Epperley consists of vocalist/guitarist Dave Terry, guitarist/vocalist Matt Nader, bassist Dave Bynum, and drummer John Truskett. The band scored a record deal with Triple X after sending an unsolicited, self-recorded demo tape, which led to their eponymous debut album in 1996. The track "Shy" was featured in an episode of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, setting the stage for 1998's Sophomore Slump.

Tracklist

1	Nice Guy Eddie
2	Golden Shower
3	If
4	Ride Away
5	Pulse
6	Wait
7	Motivator
8	Buzz On
9	Love Day
10	Shy
11	Universal
12	Disillusioned Jesus

HABITUAL SEX OFFENDERS Cracked Rear Entry 1995

punk

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Tracklist

1. I Drink, She Drives

2. Lurch

3. I Wanna Watch

4. The Facts of Life

5. Woodchuck

6. Working For The Weekend

7. Diesel Dyke

8. Some Answering Machine Messages

9. Some Answering Machine Messages

10. Some Answering Machine Messages

11. Some Answering Machine Messages

69. I Want You

70. End of Messages

FULL POWERED HALO Instant Goodness EP 1996

Thanks to Bryan S.

pop punk rock

not found on Discogs

 

Tracklist

 

1. One Penny

2. Breaks My Heart

3. She Fell From Earth

4. Sorry

7 DEADLY 5 The Hallmark of Flavor 1995

thanks to Bryan S.

alt rock

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Tracklist

1	Tell Me Mr. Nelson
2	Filtered Head
3	Big Wow
4	Thank You Elmo Lincoln
5	Chromium Shield (I'm)
6	Fake Surprise
7	Rock My Monkey To The Moon
8	Hammer & Matches
9	Takes So Long
10	(I Think You Got Your) Monks Mixed Up
11	The Angels Are Bowling Tonight
12	San Fernando Valley
13	Tired
14	Purple Johnny Haze
15	Carousel

THE SHODS Here Come The Shods 1995

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

Boston punks the Shods were led by singer/guitarist Kevin Stevenson, a longtime mainstay of the local music scene whose past projects included Formicide, Only Living Witness, and DuckDuck. He formed the Shods with bassist Roy Costa and drummer Scott Pittman in 1993; two years later, the group issued its debut album, Here Come the Shods, on their own Poorhouse label. Costa left the band in the wake of the record's release, and with new bassist F.J. Ventre, as well as second guitarist Dave Aaronoff, the Shods signed with the local MCA imprint Fort Apache to cut Stop Crying. On the eve of the disc's release, however, MCA pulled out of the deal and Fort Apache was forced to shelve the project, which was finally issued four years later on Acme in 2001. Amidst the turmoil, Ventre exited, and with new bassist Craig Silverman the band returned to Poorhouse for 1998's Bamboozled, Jilted, Hornswoggled + Hoodwinked; only Stevenson and Pittman remained for the follow-up Thanks for Nuthin', recorded with new bassist Dave Livingston and keyboardist Jay Buckley. After Thanks for Nuthin', the Shods almost came to a halt when it was learned that Stevenson was battling multiple sclerosis, but the guitarist adjusted his playing and learned to work around it, releasing Tippy in 2003.

Tracklist

1	Este Corazon Solitario (This Lonesome Heart)
2	Igno Sally
3	Brown
4	Things Will Be Different
5	Car 11
6	Igno Alley
7	How About You?
8	Mean Man Blues
9	Taxi Driver
10	Rip It Out
11	The Line
12	Leadfoot
13	Wicked Girl

LOWEN & NAVARRO Walking On A Wire 1990

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Artist Biography by William Ruhlmann

The Los Angeles-based writing and performing duo of singer/songwriter/guitarists Eric Lowen (born October 23, 1951; died March 23, 2012) and Dan Navarro (born September 14, 1952) was formed in 1987, although the two met a decade earlier. They were both singing waiters in a restaurant in West Hollywood in 1978; then they were members of a local band, Bon Mot, and began writing songs together. They first gained recognition when Pat Benatar featured their song "We Belong" (on which Lowen was identified as David Lowen) on her album Tropico, released on November 24, 1984. The track was issued as a single that peaked at number five in the Billboard Hot 100 on January 5, 1985. Lowen & Navarro wrote songs for the films Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987; "It's Time to Move") and Casual Sex? (1988; "[She's A] Wild Card"), and they were brought in as writers on the Bangles' third album, Everything, released in October 1988, co-writing "Something to Believe In" with David White and the group's Michael Steele, and "I'll Set You Free" with White and the group's Susanna Hoffs; the album reached the Top 20 and went platinum. (Another song by Hoffs and Lowen & Navarro, "Everything I Wanted," eventually turned up on the Bangles' platinum-selling Greatest Hits LP in May 1990.)

In the wake of the success of "We Belong," Lowen had formed the band 20 Times, for which he and Navarro also wrote songs. But by the late '80s, they had decided to perform together as a duo. After four appearances in 1987 at a Sunset Strip "No-Amp Night," they began appearing regularly as Lowen & Navarro with a residency at the Breakaway in Venice, California, in January 1988. Singing in two-part harmony and accompanying themselves on acoustic guitars, they were considered part of the "nu-folk" movement of the time. They gave a showcase performance at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles on January 31, 1989. The concert was recorded and released in 1996 as Live Wire. Meanwhile, the duo was signed to the startup label Chameleon Records for their debut album, Walking on a Wire, released on May 12, 1990. The track "What I Make Myself Believe" was featured in the 1991 film Blue Desert, and the album's final track was "Hammerhead Shark," written by Lowen and Preston Sturges, which was covered by David Lee Roth on his gold-selling album A Little Ain't Enough in January 1991. Unfortunately, Chameleon Records underwent a restructuring in 1991, dropping nearly all its acts, including Lowen & Navarro. They continued to perform, however, and they had another songwriting success when they co-wrote "You Don't Have to Go Home Tonight" with the Triplets, Diana, Sylvia, and Vicky Villegas, whose recording of the song peaked in the Top 20 in May 1991. The Triplets recorded for Mercury Records, which helped lead to a new deal for Lowen & Navarro on the Mercury imprint Parachute Records, a custom label specifically formed to record adult pop artists. Parachute issued their second album, Broken Moon, on October 20, 1993, and their third, Pendulum, on August 30, 1995. (Meanwhile, "Just to See You" from Broken Moon was featured in the 1994 film Color of Night.) Then, Parachute, too, discontinued operations.

Forming their own label, Red Hen Records, Lowen & Navarro released Live Wire, then signed to the Atlanta, Georgia-based independent Intersound Records, which reissued that album and followed on August 25, 1998, with the duo's fourth studio album, Scratch at the Door. Their bad luck with record companies continued, however, and they were soon without a label again, although they were building up a following through touring in folk clubs and at folk festivals around the U.S. On August 21, 2001, Artemis Records released the self-titled album by Jacob Young, to which Lowen & Navarro had contributed heavily, co-writing several songs, playing, and singing. They resurrected Red Hen with the release of Live Radio on February 21, 2002, a collection of their performances on the L.A. radio show FolkScene during the '90s. Their holiday album At Long Last… Christmas appeared on November 1, 2002. On February 8, 2003, they opened for Don Conoscenti at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, Georgia, and the show was captured for the album 3 for the Road: Live! at Eddie's Attic, released by Mad Raine later in 2003.

On March 17, 2004, as Lowen & Navarro were working on their next studio album (financed by contributions from their fans), Lowen was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (aka ALS and Lou Gehrig's Disease), the rare, incurable, essentially untreatable illness that gradually leads to paralysis and death. Notwithstanding the diagnosis, the duo completed the album, All the Time in the World, and released it on September 21, 2004. Aware that time was now against them, they next recorded an album of other people's songs, Hogging the Covers (October 16, 2006), then assembled a live DVD, Carry on Together, released by AIX Entertainment on July 3, 2007, and finally issued another studio album of original material, Learning to Fall (co-billed to longtime sideman Phil Parlapiano) on December 2, 2008.

Due to the progression of Lowen's illness, Lowen & Navarro gave their final live performance on June 6, 2009, in Alexandria, Virginia. On January 5, 2010, AIX released the CD Keep the Light Alive: Celebrating the Music of Lowen & Navarro, a charity album benefitting ALS organizations and featuring the duo's songs as performed by Jackson Browne, John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting, Keb' Mo', the Bangles, and others. The duo's 12th annual cruise, a weeklong jaunt along the Mexican coast, was held January 3-10, 2010. Eric Lowen died of complications from ALS on March 23, 2012 in Los Angeles; he was 60 years old. 

 

Tracklist  

1	Somewhere Far Away
2	Walking On A Wire
3	Oh Mary
4	The Spell You're Under
5	Seven Bridges
6	What I Make Myself Believe
7	Someone Like You
8	We Belong
9	C'est La Vie
10	She Said No
11	Hammerhead Shark