DRUNK AT ABI'S Worm In The Apple 1993

 

 

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rare alt rock

  

Tracklist

1	Princess In A Cobweb
2	Evidence
3	Shit Dust
4	Little Cage
5	Stranger Than Time
6	War Inside
7	Scrape Cut
8	Boy In Dirt
9	Like It That Way
10	Hick Deviant

THE OTHER The Other 1997

by request

 

pop punk from Honest Don's record label

 

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Tracklist

1	Haight Street Girl	3:53
2	Once And For All	2:05
3	Cafes And Bombs	3:23
4	No Second Chance	3:17
5	Not So Bad	3:50
6	High School Drop Out Reunion	2:20
7	Nothing's Sacred	2:48
8	Blood On Your Hands	3:06
9	Hippie Song	1:34
10	What I Will Be	2:54
11	Know This	3:28

DOG EAT DOG All Boro Kings 1994

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Artist Biography by Greg Prato

Comprised of a few ex-members of New Jersey hardcore metallists Mucky Pup, Dog Eat Dog was one of the first hard rock outfits to follow the cue of Anthrax and experiment with fusing metal and rap together -- a style that would later become commonplace. Founding members Dave Neabore (bass, vocals) and Sean Kilkenny (guitar) have proven to always be at the core of the lineup, despite numerous other members coming and going over the years. Starting out just playing in friends' basements (and without a name at the time), the group steadily built a following. They eventually played in local clubs, which led to the recording of a five-song demo that landed in the hands of Biohazard's Billy Graziadei, who then passed it on to an A&R man at Roadrunner Records. It wasn't long before the group signed to the label, resulting in the 1993 six-song EP Warrant (the glam metal Warrant had issued an album titled Dog Eat Dog one year earlier, so this was Dog Eat Dog's chance to return the favor).
1994 saw the release of Dog Eat Dog's debut full-length, All Boro Kings, as the group supported the album by opening a tour for their friends Biohazard (the group enjoyed quite a bit of success in Europe, where MTV Europe voted the band Breakthrough Artists of the Year in 1995). The band's next release, 1996's Play Games, featured several tracks produced by renowned rap producers the Butcher Brothers (Cypress Hill, the Fugees), with guest appearances by Ronnie James Dio and Wu Tang Clan's RZA included as well. A massive world tour followed, as the group opened shows/festivals for the likes of Rage Against the Machine, No Doubt, Sepultura, Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne, and Metallica. It wasn't until three years later that Dog Eat Dog would issue their third full-length, Amped, but when the album failed to break the band commercially, the group left Roadrunner for greener pastures. 2001 saw the release of a compilation issued by their now-former label, titled In the Dog House: The Best and the Rest.

Tracklist

1	If These Are Good Times	3:08
2	Think	3:06
3	No Fronts	4:36
4	Pull My Finger	3:34
5	Who's The King?	3:55
6	Strip Song	2:44
7	Queen	2:24
8	In The Doghouse	5:49
9	Funnel King	2:41
10	What Comes Around	3:23

NASTASEE

Trim the Fat

1996

 

Ule Tide

1997

 

Thanks to ArtLover

 

 

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Nastasee was a hardcore band formed in Bergen County, New Jersey, by former Mucky Pup, Dog Eat Dog, Murphy's Law guitar player, Dan Nastasi. Nastasee recorded two albums featuring collaborations with members of Mucky Pup, Dog Eat Dog, Non-Fiction, Hades and Murphy's Law.

 

Trim the Fat

Tracklist

Music For The People 4:04 Trim The Fat 3:51 Why Cant We Be Friends 4:43 Can You Feel It? 4:39 Neck Deep In Shit 5:06 The Real Deal 4:12 Get It Together 4:19 2 Pops 2:27 Your Breath Could Kill Flies 2:36 Steady, Steady, Crack Pipe Edy 2:45 Throw You Around Some 3:46
Ule Tide Tracklist
Ule Tide Crossover Hardcore Pop Clan We All Belong Everybody's Lit Sunshine Gonna Get Yours Terror One Nation Under A Groove

GEM Hexed 1995

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Artist Biography by Erik Hage

Gem is a guitar-driven pop-rock band with explicit connections to Cobra Verde and Guided By Voices. After launching Cobra Verde (out of the ashes of the Cleveland group Death of Samantha) with singer/guitarist John Petkovic and Dave Swanson in the early '90s, guitarist Doug Gillard formed the side project Gem with Prisonshake drummer Scott Pickering and Four Coyotes guitarist Tim Tobias. The group debuted with the album Hexed in 1995. In 1997, Gillard and the rest of Cobra Verde backed up Robert Pollard as a de facto Guided By Voices lineup for the Mag Earwig album. Gillard would remain with Guided By Voices in subsequent years, with Gem member Tim Tobias joining up with Pollard as well (on bass). The two Gem members were important components of the relatively stable GBV lineup that existed from the late '90s and on into the new millenium (and that played on the landmark Isolation Drills album). In 2001, Tobias and Gillard once again turned their attentions to Gem with the album Sunglare Serenades. 

Tracklist 

1	Sheep
2	Your Heroes Hate You
3	Only A Loan
4	Failed To See
5	Suburban Girl
6	Little Star
7	I Hate It
8	Any Trepidation
9	Like This
10	Many Moons Break
11	Yeahya
12	2 Me Now

BUTTERFLY CHILD

Eucalyptus

1992

Ghetto Speak

1993

 

 by request

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Artist Biography by Steve "Spaz" Schnee

Led by the multi-talented Joe Cassidy (the only constant member), a native of Belfast, North Ireland, Butterfly Child burst onto the music scene in 1991 with two well-received EPs on A.R. Kane's Hark label. Signing to Rough Trade in 1993, Butterfly Child released both the brilliant Ghetto Speak EP and equally wonderful Onomatopoeia album. It was obvious upon release that Butterfly Child would be hard to classify. Their visionary sound was not unlike Brian Wilson trapped inside a Cocteau Twins recording session while John Cage battled with John Cale over production. Lost in a world of fads and short-lived music scenes (Madchester, shoegazing, and grunge), Butterfly Child received kudos from the press but failed to set the world on fire, sales-wise. Signing with Dedicated Records, Butterfly Child released their second album, The Honeymoon Suite, in 1995. More kudos followed ("the record the term 'perfect pop' should have been invented for" said Melody Maker) but Butterfly Child still remained just outside the mainstream, adored by their fan base (which was growing bigger with each release). By the time the second album had been released, Chicago's Hit It! Records had released the first album in the U.S., followed by a release of the second album in 1996. Joe Cassidy relocated to Chicago in 1997 and began work on Butterfly Child's third album and masterpiece, Soft Explosives, which was released on Hit It! in late 1998.  

DROP ACID Making God Smile 1991

for the grunge fans

 

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Making God Smile Review by Alex Henderson

The members of Drop Acid -- singer/guitarist Kevin Seconds, bassist Chris Carnahan, and drummer Brett Spain -- had a Nirvana/Pearl Jam fixation before it became fashionable. Making God Smile, the obscure power trio's debut album, came out in late October 1991 -- that was a month after the release of Nirvana's seminal Nevermind and two months after the release of Pearl Jam's first album, Ten. Had this grunge CD come out a year or two later, Drop Acid could have easily been accused of bandwagon-jumping; in 1992, 1993, and 1994, countless bands were hopping on the grunge bandwagon and trying to be as Nirvana-esque or as Pearl Jam-minded as possible. But when Drop Acid recorded Making God Smile, grunge only had an underground cult following -- grunge had not become mainstream, and pop-metal hair bands were still enjoying a lot of MTV exposure. Even though Drop Acid was based in Sacramento, CA, tracks like "Dirt and Strain" and "Reunion" sound like the work of a Seattle band. Obviously, Drop Acid was heavily influenced by Nirvana's 1989 debut, Bleach, and they no doubt caught some of Pearl Jam's early gigs. Although generally competent, this CD is not in a class with Ten or Nevermind -- for that matter, it isn't in a class with Bleach. Nonetheless, Making God Smile isn't without historic value; this Restless release is an early example of a non-Seattle band recognizing the importance of Seattle's alternative rock sound. When Drop Acid's three members first got together, many A&R people would have laughed at the idea of grunge bands causing Poison and Warrant to go out of fashion. Little did they know! Although not fantastic, Making God Smile is an album that historians and hardcore grunge collectors will find interesting -- flaws, shortcomings, and all.

 

Tracklist

1	Reunion
2	Choke
3	Sometimes
4	Around The Bush
5	Mother Wheel
6	Whisper Hard
7	Dirt And Strain
8	Bluesy
9	Yeah
10	Pilgrim Zero
11	Dirge Two
12	Knew

 

VOLUME Stampone 1995

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Indie / lo-fi / alternative / experimental bands on the Choke label - Blogatrix

 

Tracklist

1	Acknowledgements	2:29
2	Ardently Wishing	1:15
3	Seedy Presence Revealed	3:18
4	Bionic Hemisphere	4:34
5	The Lure Anglers	0:41
6	Virtuous Caucus	9:48
7	Polemical Ties	1:16
8	Reclusive Bedsitter	1:09
9	Picking Huckleberries	2:14
10	Generally Broken	4:05
11	Founder Of A Fortean Institute	0:52
12	Enormous Chagrin	2:16
13	Famous Long Ago	2:06
14	Never Really The End	6:36
15	Rainbow From Atoms	2:03
16	Protean Relapse	2:17

THE DANDYS Symphonic Screams 1998

by request

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	Indie / britpop band from Leeds, UK, formed in 1996.

Tracklist

1	Intro	1:26
2	Merry Go Round	3:41
3	Drag Queen	2:54
4	You Make Me Want To Scream	4:42
5	English Country Garden	4:14
6	Dirty Weekend	3:47
7	All That You Do	3:40
8	I Wanna Be Like You	3:04
9	Walter Ego	4:44
10	Long Live The King	3:03
11	The Butterfly Song	3:17
12	Johnny Foxtrot	10:27

THE KILLJOYS (Canada) Gimme Five 1996

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Killjoys are a Hamilton, Ontario, Canada three-piece of young post-grunge pop who grew up in Stoney Creek. Members are: Mike Trebilcock (guitar, vocals), Gene Champagne (drums) and Shelley Woods (bass).

Tracklist 

1	Rave + Drool	4:00
2	Like I Care	3:22
3	Sick Of You	3:32
4	Like A Girl Jesus	2:56
5	Soaked	3:17
6	Space Girl	0:50
7	Brand New Neighbour	2:47
8	Look Like Me	2:54
9	C-Monkey	3:02
10	Everything	2:51
11	Grown Up Scared	0:50
12	Exit Wound	2:34
13	Rec Room	3:35