V/A- Consolidation: A UK Hardcore Compilation E.P. (1992) @maximumefficiency5737

Maximum Efficiency A collection of ferocious UK hardcore. I don't know much about this record. I saw Voorhees listed on the back and gave the record clerk his $3 for it. However, there is an helpful blurb from Armed With Anger Records on the insert:

"One of several reasons for putting out this compilation 7" was as a direct response to the rather un-productive hardcore scene that currently exists within the UK. The bands featured on this 7" are only a small representation of the current hardcore scene within the UK, however I sincerely hope this record will be of benefit to the UK hardcore scene. Not only should this give people outside of the UK a better idea of what's happening at this moment, but I also hope this record will encourage people within the UK to support the independent bands, zines, distributers, labels, etc on their own doorstep and to participate themselves rather than, for instance, solely turning out to see their favourite American bands on tour every once in a while."

Tracklist:
01. Voorhees- Pressure 00:00
02. Kito- Trap Them and Kill Them 00:44
03. Stand Off- Growing Concern 02:20
04. Nailbomb- One World 03:50
05. Ironside- Modern Myth 06:46
06. Submission- Words 09:29
07. Understand- Poll 10:53

Armed With Anger Records
1992

I do not own this music and do not profit from it

updated 5 years ago

V/A- Consolidation: A UK Hardcore Compilation E.P. (1992)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-24 | A collection of ferocious UK hardcore. I don't know much about this record. I saw Voorhees listed on the back and gave the record clerk his $3 for it. However, there is an helpful blurb from Armed With Anger Records on the insert:

"One of several reasons for putting out this compilation 7" was as a direct response to the rather un-productive hardcore scene that currently exists within the UK. The bands featured on this 7" are only a small representation of the current hardcore scene within the UK, however I sincerely hope this record will be of benefit to the UK hardcore scene. Not only should this give people outside of the UK a better idea of what's happening at this moment, but I also hope this record will encourage people within the UK to support the independent bands, zines, distributers, labels, etc on their own doorstep and to participate themselves rather than, for instance, solely turning out to see their favourite American bands on tour every once in a while."

Tracklist:
01. Voorhees- Pressure 00:00
02. Kito- Trap Them and Kill Them 00:44
03. Stand Off- Growing Concern 02:20
04. Nailbomb- One World 03:50
05. Ironside- Modern Myth 06:46
06. Submission- Words 09:29
07. Understand- Poll 10:53

Armed With Anger Records
1992

I do not own this music and do not profit from it

V/A- KDVS Live in Studio A Punk Comp 2006

Maximum Efficiency 2025-01-27 | A collection of songs curated for the UC Davis' radio station's annual fundraiser. All the songs were selected by DJs Trotsky and Riot, and taken from on-air performances at KDVS. DJ Riot drew the artwork. It also featured an on-air interview with Hunter S. Thompson and a speech by Ralph Nader. I didn't include those.

Tracklist:
01. The Spits- Die Die Die 00:00
02. The Phenomenauts- I am Robot 01:17
03. Readymades- Life is a Joke 03:41
04. Riff Randals- Never Girl Boy 05:23
05. Milhouse U.S.A.- How Pretty? 06:43
06. The Stuck-Ups- Beat the Meat 08:32
07. Feces Munchers- Hailed by the Sniff Master 09:38
08. The Seditions- War Casualty 11:37
09. The Vex- Punch With the Other 14:11
10. Monster Squad- Six Pack (Black Flag) 17:07

The Syphilites- Live on KDVS (2006)

Maximum Efficiency 2025-01-27 | I like to say I'm a purist, uploading tapes and records with all their skips and warbles, but it's a cover for laziness. However, I broke down and cut this recording up. With three jam sessions and loads of poorly aged banter, there was a lot of fat to cut to keep this listenable to the layman.
This session was taken from an on-air performance on the show "Chill Out and Die" on KDVS 90.3 FM in Davis, California, on 07/26/2006. It's a sloppy performance. Trotsky slurs and stumbles through the covers like a drunk. There's several guitar flubs. One guitarist loaned his amp to a friend, forgetting about the radio show, and had to play through the host's bass amp, hence the lack of distortion on one guitar. However, in terms of energy and overall sound quality, I think it's their best recording. It's also the only recording to feature "Death From Above" and "Deus Ex Machina," two of their strongest songs.
This CD was only available at their last show, at Woodhaven Lanes in Woodland, alongside local crusties, Planetary Ruins, and Syphilites side project, the Orgasms (flyer pictured in the video). In lieu of a proper label, the CDs had caricatures and quotes of different band members taped to the discs with packaging tape, making them unplayable in certain CD players. The pictured disc features the drummer, who insisted on going by Lobster, because everyone else already had cool nicknames.

Tracklist:
01. Death From Above 00:00
02. Radio Rebellion 01:51
03. Suspect Device (Stiff Little Fingers) 03:52
04. Ugly 05:51
05. Deus Ex Machina 07:23
06. Folsom Breakout 09:54
07. Kristalnacht 12:19
08. The Martyr 14:29
09. Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys) 16:18
10. Straight Outta Woodland 18:58
11. Out of School (JFA) 20:40

The Syphilites were:
Trotsky- vox
Paul- guitar
Marshall- guitar
Crum- bass
Evan- drums

The Syphilites- Demo (2005/2006)

Maximum Efficiency 2025-01-26 | Dumb teenage streetpunk that really wants to be smart and political, from Woodland, California in the mid-2000s. These guys recorded a couple demos and only played a few local shows at Taqueria La Finca de Rivera and the Woodland bowling alley. The last track was recorded live at Taqueria La Finca. Like many bands of this era, most of their art and pictures were lost in the Myspace purge, but here's a photo of the misspelled CD-R it was ripped from and a picture of the band sound checking at La Finca.
Members of this band have gone on to other projects, but I'll save them the embarrassment.

Tracklist:
01. Ugly 00:00
02. Folsom Breakout (Cash/Sham 69) 01:47
03. Radio Rebellion 04:07
04. Corporate Murder 06:14
05. Kristalnacht 08:14
06. Straight Outta Woodland 08:14
07. the Martyr 12:00
08. Ugly (Live at La Finca) 13:58

The Syphilites were:
Trotsky- Vox
Paul- Guitar
Marshal- Guitar
Crum- Bass
Evan- Drums

The Poonteens- Panopticon (2010)

Maximum Efficiency 2025-01-26 | The Poonteens was a short lived band that played around Davis and Sacramento between 2009 and 2010. Starting as a Crimpshrine inspired pop punk group, they shifted towards post-hardcore just before breaking up, hence this song's jerkiness. This track was featured on a compilation CD for Bitchface Zine vol. 1, which focused on punk from the Middle East, North Africa, and their diasporas. The Poonteens barely fit that criteria, but were happy to be featured on a mix with the likes of the Fearless Iranians From Hell and Demokhratia.
This track was recorded in studio at KDVS in Davis by Fenris Wolf in 2010, I believe.

The Poonteens were:
Colin- Guitar/vox
Brian- Bass/Vox
Adam- Drums

V/A- UPS the Record (1999)

Maximum Efficiency 2024-06-02 | I picked up this comp for the Sin Dios track and the psycho crusty on the cover and was pleased to find solid mix of lesser known 90's European crust and hardcore. This came out on the Dutch label, Underground Punk Support, and features 7 bands from Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. It's a typical mix of 90's political hardcore with elements of powerviolence, youth crew, and grind sprinkled in and the crunchy, trebly production that was standard for that era. I did try to bring up the bass a little bit on this rip.
Sin Dios are the champions of Spanish anarcho-punk and the highest profile act on this mix. However, "Solidaridad" leans more towards hardcore than the melodic, diatribe anarcho they're known for. Despite opening on Sin Dios, this record isn't totally front loaded. My favorite track is at the end with "More Lemmings" by Holland's Boycot. The hyper d-beats and fazed out vocals really make it stand out. Germany's Dekadent impressed me with the range of vocal styles they fit into a single hardcore song. The backing singer alternates between crusty gutturals and more straightforward hardcore growls, while the lead vocalist has a nasal growl that breaks into periodic thrashy screeches. The latter gets really fun in the breakdown. I have less to say about the other tracks, but they are all solid.

Underground Punk Support Records, 1999.

Tracks:
01. Sin Dios(Spain)- Solidaridad 00:00
02. Shears(Italy)- Ho Scelto di non Scegliere/Lo Stato non Esiste 01:41
03. Visions of War(Belgium)- D-Cay 04:21
04. PCP(Netherlands)- Animal or Man 06:11
05. Point of Few(Netherlands)- Controlled Silence 08:12
06. Dekadent(Germany)- Orwell's Vision 10:13
07. Boycot(Netherlands)- More Lemmings 12:43

Naheed Akhtar- Dancing Nuts (Super Tapes)

Maximum Efficiency 2024-06-01 | I know little to nothing about this one. I found this tape at Sherry's Vinyl Zamalek, in Cairo, picking out a handful of cassettes based on their artwork alone. I have found zero information about this album online. If anyone knows anything about it, please offer it up in the comments.
What I can tell you is that it's in Urdu and that it was released on Super Tapes, presumably in the 1980s.
The Discogs profile of Super describes it as a: "Cassette label from the Middle East. Releases are known to have been available in Egypt and Yemen and are said to be counterfeit. Some of the tapes mention 'Made in Singapore.'"
Pakistani music is an area I am fully ignorant about, and cannot say what genre this falls under, but, between the surf guitars and psychedelic keys, I'd call it either of those two categories.
This was ripped from a dirty old cassette. I cleaned it up to the best of my ability, but there are some hisses and crackles I don't have the skills to remove. Anyway, I've said this channel is about uploading media in the condition I found it in, warts and all, so I don't know why I'm even trying to clean this up.

Update: Youtube's copyright check came through with the information. This is a collection of songs performed by Lollywood singer, Naheed Akhtar, with some composing credits to A. Nayyar, A. Hameed, Nisar Bazmi, M. Ashraf, Kamal Ahmed and Rajab Ali.

Gangstalker- Thank You (2024)

Maximum Efficiency 2024-03-19 | MILWAUKEE HARDCORE/POWERVIOLENCE

01. Peak Male Performance 00:00
02. Too Sick II Mosh 01:55
03. Credible Death Threat 02:36
04. Gangstalker REDUX 03:22
05. The Most Important Election of Your Lifetime 04:30
06. Libra 05:48
07. Paranoia 06:38
08. Aberration in the Heartland of the Real 07:10
+bonus material

HARDCORE RULES
2024

Cassette out on the North Chose Us
gangstalkermke.bandcamp.com/album/thank-you

Unpleasant- Controlled DEMOlition (2024)

Maximum Efficiency 2024-03-13 | A muddy, cacophonous, anarcho bedroom project out of Milwaukee with four and a half originals and a couple covers ("Firecracker" by Monsula and "Lone Wolf" by the Thought). All bass and drum machine bits were performed and recorded on a cassette 4-track by Unpleasant, except for the intro and "Orgy of the Senses" which were recorded by Kevin Stenseth. There is no guitar. Tapes to come soon.

Track list:
1. Intro 00:00
2. Across the Aisle 00:55
3. Orgy of the Senses 02:29
4. Firecracker 04:55
5. Bed of Lettuce 07:40
6. Lone Wolf 08:44
7. Work to Survive 13:20
8. Outro (Pills & Razorblades) 15:35

Casualty- Hope/Gregs Song (1991)

Maximum Efficiency 2022-11-30 | Hardcore punk originally from New Zealand.
As a teenage punk volunteering at my local college radio station, I came across these guys' debut LP, Challenge, because of its proximity to the Casualties in the station's library. I couldn't tell what was going on on the album cover, but it looked punk or crossover. I was put off by picture on the back, where they were all wearing Casualty shirts, but I listened anyway. It was good Mystic Records inspired hardcore punk reminiscent of Ill Repute and early NOFX.
Well, this 7" came out in 1991 and, by this time, most remaining 80s hardcore bands had gotten more melodic, if not full on post-hardcore. This record is still on the punkier side of that, but clearly takes notes from Dag Nasty or the Stupids' later material. I should add that they had relocated to Australia by this time, if that means anything to anyone.

Tracklist:
01. Hope 00:00
02. Greg's Song 03:46

Messiah Complex Records
1991

Tony Boom Boom Badea- Tears May Fall

Maximum Efficiency 2022-11-29 | This a big step away from my usual punk type content. I know very little about freestyle. My interest in punk brought me to industrial, minimal wave, and other punk-adjacent synth genres. These in turn brought me to hi-NRG and Italo disco and that brought freestyle to my attention. I don't really know the defining features of it, but I think I'm at a point that I can tell it from other electronic genres. So I found this tape at an antique store and got it solely, because it said “freestyle.”
This is a radio mix made by DJ Tony “Boom Boom” Badea who hosted a program on WCYC 90.5 FM on the Southside of Chicago. Operated by the Boys and Girls Club of Chicago, the station was allegedly the first radio station in the US run by teenagers. Under the program director, Harv Roman, the WCYC became Chicago's home for freestyle.
This tape has very little information on it. No date and no tracklist. I've figured out the tracks for most of it, but there might be some holes in the list. If any freestyle heads want to chime in with those missing tracks, feel free.
Warning: the tape starts to warble on and off around 35 minutes in and gets worse as it goes on.

Tracklist (as far as I've figured):
01. T.C.- I Need You
02. On Point- Can't Stop
03. Julian Vilante- Crying in the Dark
04. Danny Damian- What Can I Say
05. Annette- Still in Love
06. Samantha Gervasio- Open Up Your Heart
07. Jessica- Holding You
08. Lil' Johanna- Take Me in Your Arms Again
09. Samantha- Be Sure
10. Buffy- Give Me a Reason
11. Quadlibet- Take Me I'm Yours
12. Savour- Don't Take Your Love Away
13. Pain- I'm the One to Blame
14. TKA- Scars of Love
15. Julie- Don't Turn Your Love Away
16. Chase- Forget Me Not
17. Soave- Crying Over You

Fanous Cheezcake- Easy Answers & Simple Slogans (1985)

Maximum Efficiency 2022-02-09 | What's the name about? I have no clue! I picked up this 7" for $3 not knowing a thing about it, but that it looked kinda punk, came out in 1985, the lyrics sheet included songs about nuclear disarmament and apartheid, and a New Jersey mailing address. All indicators of a mediocre-at-worst punk/hardcore record. I did some searching and, once I figured out the name wasn't "Famous Cheez Cake," I learned that the seemingly only other band on their label, Faith Records, was America's favorite straightedge comedy act: Crucial Youth. Considering that Crucial Youth, Fanous Cheezcake, and Faith Records all hailed from Holmdel, New Jersey, I'm going to guess that Fanous and Crucial Youth shared some, if not all, members and that someone in these bands operated Faith Records. Big assumptions, I know. The fact that Fanous singer, Dave Madsen, apes Ian MacKaye's vocals to the point of parody further supports my theory. Unlike Crucial Youth, these guys have pretty straight forward and earnest lyrics, with typical punk themes like, nukes, apartheid, and disconformity. The only joke song on this record is a short one called "Mikey's Not Dead," which claims the rumored death of LIFE cereal's Mikey(by ingesting Pop Rocks and Coke) was a hoax perpetuated by the tabloid press. I know my uploads are sometimes rough, but I swear to god this 7" was actually recorded this raw and all the vocal spikes are part of the original vinyl experience. This is evident, because the two live songs at the end sound much much cleaner than the studio tracks on the rest of the record. Also, I'm going to take a moment to chastise the band for being so lazy with their cover layout that the tracklist came out upside down on the back. Shame on you. Regardless, it's a good record. Check it out!

Tracklist:
01. Talk Shit 00:00
02. Blind Acceptance 01:41
03. Which Side? 04:54
04. Mikey's Not Dead 07:10
05. For What it's Worth 08:16
06. New Way (live) 11:10
07. I Won't Listen (live) 12:50

Band members:
Dave Madsen-vocals
Danny Collin- drums
Krishna Jain- guitar
Raj Jain- bass
Eric Tucker- guitar

1985
Faith Records

Curbsitter- Overlapping Voices at Walkers Point Music Hall

Maximum Efficiency 2022-02-03 | Curbsitter playing "Overlapping Voices" at Walker's Point Music Hall sometime in 2019 I think.
Shot by Lucas Loy

Curbsitter- Fraternal Order at Walkers Point Music Hall

Maximum Efficiency 2022-02-03 | Curbsitter playing "Fraternal Order" at Walker's Point Music Hall in Milwaukee sometime in the winter of 2019 I believe.
Video shot by Lucas Loy

Rats of Unusual Size- Ratzilla (1989)

Maximum Efficiency 2021-04-25 | Goofy garage punk from NYC. I don't know much about these guys, but the first comparison that comes to mind is Pop-O-Pies. "8 Million Dicks" is the song that sold me on this record and that's pretty much all I have to say about it.

Tracklist:
01. The Pope is Packed 00:00
02. She's so Fine 01:50
03. Contour Chair #2 04:11
04. Jesus Saves 04:25
05. House Band from Hell 06:43
06. Summertime Blues 10:51
07. Elvis was a Caveman 13:09
08. Beautiful Country 15:32
09. 8 Million Dicks 18:43
10. NJ and You 20:48
11. SSSHARKBITE! 21:40
12. February 23:52
13. Contour Chair (All New) 26:12
14. Jesus was a Jew 26:24
15. 70's: Hip 28:20
16. WHOAH --- DARBY! 32:31
17. Berkowitz 36:08

Rats of Unusual Size was:
Jim- Guitar
Tom- Bass
Andy- Drums

Vital Music
1989

SCUMPUTER/L.O.T.I.O.N.- Campaign for Digital Destruction(2018)

Maximum Efficiency 2021-03-11 | Super maniac shit. Something for everyone. You can be in the punk house or you might be in the club. You could be poppin molly. You could sniffin glue. It doesn't matter This split's got what you need. Someone should've already uploaded this one, but I guess I'll carry that burden. If you don't know, Scumputer is an electronic project by Gabba from Chaos UK, Seats of Piss, and a buncha other bands. I don't know my electronic genres super well, but it's kinda like breakcore I think. The main gimmick here is that he does high energy dancey mixes mostly made out of UK82 samples. I basically decided to post this, so I can show people his "My Adidas" remix when I'm not near a turntable. He takes Run DMC's breakout hit and turns it into a bootboy anthem. I don't what to say about L.O.T.I.ON. I'd hope you are already familiar by now, but if not, my bad. Check it out. Hard punky industrial. It's the shit.

Tracklist:

01. Scumputer- Society 00:00
02. Scumputer- Invisible Door 03:30
03. Scumputer- Drone 05:33
04. Scumputer- Balls 08:11
05. Scumputer- My ADIDA 10:09
06. Scumputer- Stupid 12:29
07. L.O.T.I.O.N.- Nation on Fire 14:46
08. L.O.T.I.O.N.- Xenophobia 17:44
09. L.O.T.I.O.N.- Active Shooter 23:02
10. L.O.T.I.O.N.- Hunter Drone 25:50
11. L.O.T.I.O.N.- Computer Blues 28:20

I'm not profiting off this music. I don't own the rights. Please don't take it down.

V/A- Walk Across America For Mother Earth (1992)

Maximum Efficiency 2021-02-11 | Like the name suggests, this 7" comp was released as a benefit for Walk Across America for Mother Earth, which, as you might guess, was a walk across America led by the For Mother Earth organization in collaboration with indigenous American activists.
I mainly picked this up for the Political Asylum and Mushroom Attack tracks. I'm not sure what influences Political Asylum would cite, but I usually describe them as an anarcho band that got really into Husker Du. At a time when more UK bands were drawing influence from American hardcore, I find interesting the bands that went the post-hardcore route, Can't Decide and later-HDQ also come to mind. I've never heard of Silent Water, but they basically sound just like Political Asylum, but acoustic and it's great. Mushroom Attack have a song about squatting, as they tend to do. I don't know why the artist isn't listed for the Undertones cover, but apparently it's Pink Turds in Space. Indian Dream is probably the most typical anarcho sounding band on the comp, maybe even a little dated for 1992, and their track rules. Also, Hiatus is on there. This was put out on Be Yourself Records (in collaboration with Bonds of Friendship Records), who I recognize from the Scraps' "Wrapped Up in This Society" LP.
What a record!

Tracklist:
01. Hiatus- Confusion Inside My Head 00:00
02. Indian Dream- Discarded 02:20
03. Pink Turds in Space- Teenage Kicks (Undertones) 05:18
04. Political Asylum- Symptom 06:13
05. Mushroom Attack- Squat and Live 08:29
06. Silent Water- You Share 10:18

Be Yourself Records & Bonds of Friendship Records
1992

I don't own and am not profiting off this, in case you're wondering.

V/A- Omnibus 34 (2003)

Maximum Efficiency 2021-01-26 | An untitled four-way split (generally called "Omnibus 34") from Sacramento's Omnibus Records, who had previously released albums by the Shins, Mates of State, Crime in Choir, to name some of their more high profile artists. Three quarters of this record consists of Sacramento area noise rock/post-hardcore artists: Gift of Goats, Corpse Fucks Corpse, and Get Get Go. All three of these bands were clearly under the influence of record labels like Vermiform, ThreeOneG, and Quarterstick. You might even call some these tracks chaotic-emo. I don't want to call them that, but a lot of these song names are a little too long and obnoxiously tongue-in-cheek.
JonnyX and the Groadies stand out, in that they aren't exactly noise rock or from Sacramento, but a drum machine black metal group from Portland. As you might surmise from their name, they didn't take themselves very seriously for a black metal band. Less than a decade later, they might be called "hipster black metal," but I don't think anyone was putting those words together like that in 2003. Regardless, these dudes were wearing LED-covered tutus and playing hella loud synthy black metal with some noise rock and grindcore leanings. I think it's good.

Tracklist:
01. JonnyX and the Groadies- Spelunking the Cavern of Torment 00:00
02. JonnyX and the Groadies- Blood Burning (With Serpents) 01:36
03. JonnyX and the Groadies- In Advance of the Broken Neck 02:30
04. JonnyX and the Groadies- the Curse of Eternal Stench 03:30
05. JonnyX and the Groadies- Dolly 05:24
06. JonnyX and the Groadies- Spine Crusher 06:21
07. JonnyX and the Groadies- Flaming Sword of Pestilence 07:29
08. Corpse Fucks Corpse- Where is Where We Are 09:47
09. Corpse Fucks Corpse- Tiger Beat Under the Bathroom Sink 11:31
10. Corpse Fucks Corpse- Let's Raise the Roof and Knock God in the Jaw 12:39
11. Corpse Fucks Corpse- Get Llose 14:30
12. Corpse Fucks Corpse- Rock Me Doctor Zaeus 17:20
13. Gift of Goats- Pussy Pussy 19:33
14. Gift of Goats- Battery Factory 20:35
15. Gift of Goats- Death to the Outsider 23:35
16. Gift of Goats- Sleeping All Day Long 26:55
17. Gift of Goats- Black Guy From Star Wars... Not Lando 30:53
18. Get Get Go- Sex is Hot Pink 33:53
19. Get Get Go- the Slow Number 34:44
20. Get Get Go- Come On, Open Up 37:40
21. Get Get Go- First Emergency 38:26
22. Get Get Go- Lets Get Poignant 40"04
23. Get Get Go- 31 Thoughts (Hey Cupcake Why Don't You Jump on the Mustache Train?) 41:16

Omnibus Record
2003

I don't own the rights to this music and am not profiting from it

V/A- Another Shot for Bracken (1986)

Maximum Efficiency 2021-01-07 | It's a comp from Kevin Second's Positive Force Records with an incredible lineup of North American hardcore bands, however most of the songs lean to the poppier side. It was 1986 and a lot of hardcore bands were starting to get melodic. Scream covers Sugarloaf. I wish Verbal Assault contributed more than just a short instrumental jam and I'd love to hear anything by else by Adrenalin O.D. over a Sex Pistols cover. I never heard of Scram before, but I could do without their ska rendition of "Imagine" in the middle of side B. Still, you got the Brigade, which is basically just Youth Brigade, plus Youth of Today, 7 Seconds, Outcry, and White Flag. Overall, it's sick.

Tracklist:
01. Flag of Democracy- the Family Knows 00:00
02. Scream- Green Eyed Lady 02:16
03. Short Dogs Grow- Grandstand Play 06:56
04. Dissonance- Cruise Control 08:45
05. Verbal Assault- (untitled) 10:42
06. Entirely Distorted- I Could See Myself 12:21
07. The Brigade- the Last Frontier 14:41
08. Outcry- Someday 18:33
09. White Flag- Suicide King 20:41
10. 7 Seconds- When One Falls 23:51
11. 5 Balls of Power- Radio Station A.S.O.L. 27:33
12. Adrenalin O.D.- Anarchy in the U.S.A. 28:32
13. Scram- Imagine 31:43
14. Care Unit- Little Circus Man 36:13
15. Youth of Today- We Just Might 38:43
16. Action Figure- Use Your Head 40:02
17. The Sins- Crazy River 42:14

Positive Force Records
1986

I don't own the rights to this and I'm not making money from it

V/A- Portland City Hard Punk 2005

Maximum Efficiency 2021-01-04 | I'm not sure what to say about this album. If you know, you know. If not, check it out. It's a 4-way split between Portland bands that were playing raw punk, a few years before anyone was using that term in America, ato my knowledge.
I picked this up somewhere a few years ago. There's still a corner of the price sticker on there. In 2005, I was in high school and starting to move away from street punk and get more into crust, thrash, and fastcore. I was aware of Lebenden Toten and Hellshock, but only casually. At that moment in my life I could've benefited from this record.

Tracklist:
01. Dog Soldier- Crucified Dove 00:00
02. Dog Soldier- Death Traitor 02:16
03. Assassinate- Solace of Fools 05:23
04. Assassinate- Legion 07:32
05. Assassinate- Nothing Left 09:42
06. Lebenden Toten- No Majority 11:33
07. Lebenden Toten- C.O.N.T.R.O.L. 13:00
08. Lebenden Toten- Defenseless 14:18
09. Hellshock- Passage 15:46
10. Hellshock- Lifetime 21:22

I don't own the rights to this music and am not making a profit from this. I know it's pointless to say, but just in case.

V/A- Wear Your Smell (1996)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-12-16 | The cover is black and white, it has a a tribal looking border, and a chaos symbol. You know what it is. This is some very 90's crust and hardcore. It has some straight forward punk songs and it has some grind tracks, but overall this is a crusty affair. There's mostly European bands here, with the exception of Drop Dead, Dystopia, and State of Fear. I picked up this record sometime when I was in high school. It's pretty crackly. I don't know if it originally came with an insert, but my copy doesn't have one. The tracklist on the back only lists the band names, so I never knew what any of these songs were called until I looked it up on Discogs today. I mean obviously I recognized the "Breaking the Law" cover by Sawn Off, but I used to think that was Lost World, because I didn't realize Sawn Off had two tracks on here. There's plenty of unnecessary negative space on the back. If I put this out, I'd have the whole tracklist right there. There was a lot of great crust and hardcore in the 90's. For some people it was the heyday of those genres. I do love a lot of bands from that decade, but there was a lot of mediocrity too. I would say the best is well represented here.

Tracklist:
01. Hammerhead- Ich Sauf Allein (Germany) 00:00
02. Jobbykrust- Fear (N. Ireland) 02:01
03. Jobbykrust- Monkeys (N. Ireland) 04:15
04. D.D.I.- Ho Visto La Luce (Italy) 07:16
05. Stalker- TV Routine (Germany) 08:54
06. Active Minds- Human Beings Uber Alles (UK) 09:36
07. Active Minds- Nightmare Scenario (UK) 11:44
08. La Fraction- Une Vie Entiere (France) 14:01
09. Sarcasm- Think About It (UK) 16:26
10. Hard to Swallow- Dissolves into... (UK) 18:53
11. Frammenti- L'Uomo Nero (Italy) 21:35
12. Ebola- Avenging the Dead (UK) 25:04
13. Dystopia- Rest (USA) 26:52
14. Sawn Off- Death in June (UK) 32:35
15. Sawn Off- Breaking the Law (UK) 33:18
16. Lost World- Legal Massmurder! (Germany) 34:52
17. Drop Dead- Witch Hunt (USA) 37:30
18. Drop Dead- Spirit Lies Broken (USA) 38:22
19. Distress- Soldier of Misfortune (Netherlands) 39:17
20. Boycot- Warning (Netherlands) 40:45
21. Hiatus- Time is Money (Belgium) 41:40
22. Spite- Don't Bother Me (UK) 42:49
23. Re-Sisters- Heldinnen (Switzerland) 44:50
24. Real Chaos- Uber Den Wolken (???) 48:58
25. SM-70- Nazilied (Germany) 51:02
26. State of Fear- Weaken the Stronghold (USA) 51:50

Zoro
1996

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V/A- Viva Umkhonto! (1987)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-12-12 | An international punk comp made in collaboration between California's Mordam Records and Netherlands' Konkurrel Records. This is part of a short series of records and zines made by the two labels, which directly benefited Umkhonto We Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress in South Africa. The record came with a sleek 20 page booklet on the history of apartheid resistance, which I would have loved to include in the video, but it's just more than anyone is going to want to read in a youtube upload.
There's a few really jammy tracks. There's some more traditional rock songs, but the majority of the songs here fit under the umbrella of hardcore punk. Every track is superb and it's hard to pick any particular stand out songs, but Everything Falls Apart and Kafka Prosess always surprise me with their jarring intensity, relative to the rest of the record.

Tracklist:
01. Scream- Feel Like That (USA) 00:00
02. Challenger Crew- Holidays in Amsterdam (Germany) 04:18
03. Morzelpronk- Frippery (Netherlands) 05:57
04. Social Unrest- American Steel (USA) 08:15
05. The Ex- Dalla, Texas 1988 (Netherlands) 11:09
06. Depraved- Visions of Change (UK) 15:31
07. Victims Family- Lock of Interest (USA) 17:23
08. B.G.K.- Nothing Can Go Wrong (Netherlands) 18:41
09. Rhythm Pigs- Funeral of a Friend (USA) 20:31
10. Everything Falls Apart- Pain (Germany) 22:03
11. Kafka Prosess- Children of Love (Norway) 24:49
12. S.C.A.- Frustrated (Netherlands) 26:49
13. 76% Uncertainty- Another (USA) 30:39

Mordam Records and Konkurrel Records
1987

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V/A- Панорама 86 (Panorama 86) (Russia 1987)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-12-02 | I picked up this record cuz it looked cool. I knew little to nothing about it, until Google translating the Russian Wikipedia page, so whatever information I have to share about this LP is coming from that. Apparently Panorama '86 was the first ever government sanctioned rock festival in Moscow. However, this. If I'm understanding this correctly, some of the tracks for this LP were taken live for the festival, however many were recorded in studio for this "live" album and some of those studio tracks were never even performed at the original festival. In fact the cover of the record features guitarist, Igor Romanov, who did not perform or take any part in the festival. That's about all I know about this record. It has an interesting mix of genres that I can best describe as hard rock, psychedelic, new wave, pop, ska, and country.

Here's a helpful link with more information on the artists
thecorroseum.org/comps/panorama861.html?fbclid=IwAR088q9UXsFqqHWCt6U9oPH7XjfMWdrds7JBZLgpT1ATYAi_OKf0ijmturY

Tracklist:
01. ЭВМ- Честный Джон 00:00
02. ЭВМ- Страна Поздравлений 04:41
03. Машина Времени- Музыка Под Снегом 09:03
04. С. Сарычев И Ансамбль- Я Сделан Из Такого Вещества 13:34
05. Рондо- Самый Умный Класс 18:00
06. Зодчие- Я Умею Мечтать 22:50
07. Браво- Верю Я 26:36
08. Круиз- Мираж 30:01
09. Машина Времени- В Добрый Час 34:30

МЕЛОДИЯ
1987

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Societys Disease- Depletion EP

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-29 | Like the Flieswatters 7" this is largely of interest to me as the only other punk record to ever come out of Woodland Ca., that I know of. However this is significantly better than the Flieswatters release. There's a spikey logo. There's some anarchy and equality symbols on it. You know what it is: some 90s American crust. For the most part, I would compare this to bands like Nausea and Filth with a couple of sludgier tracks in the mix. I used to know the year this came out, but I don't remember and it's not mentioned on the record or it's Discogs page. I believe it came out somewhere between 1998 and 2000. Members of this band went on to form Planetary Ruin, who played a similar style of crust around the Sacramento area.
When I was in high school, the Planetary Ruins folks were the only other punks I knew of in Woodland, besides my bandmates, and the only older punks I had to look up to in my hometown. They definitely helped influence my shift away from street punk and towards crust and other heavier types of punk.

RIP Keith

Tracklist:
01. Fuck the Pig$ 00:00
02. Were Gonna Die 00:52
03. Fuck the Golden Way 02:00
04. T.V. Nightmares 03:53
05. Nuclear Horrizon 05:04
06. Christianitys a Lie 06:00
07. Barbie? 07:10
08. Humans Inslaved... 08:03
09. Anarchy-Equality-Peace 09:16

Depletion Records

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Firewood- It Must Be 12 to be Named (1997)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-29 | I was introduced to this record by Mick Mucus and all I know about it is what he told me. A buncha high schoolers from Davis, Ca, attempting to play indie rock, and for the most part they succeeded, but these songs veer into weird artpunk/Killed By Death territory, particularly the opening track. In fact that song has since been featured on the Destroy All Art LP, a compilation of KBD style bands from the 90s, on Rock n' Roll Parasite Records.

Tracklist:
01. Rococo 00:00
02. E-Typing in Capay 02:42
03. Komfort 06:08
04. Computer Love 10:06

Robber Baron Records
1997

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V/A- La Nouvelle Frontiere...Pas de Frontiere (1986)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-29 | Awesome international 4-way split between Vatican Commandos (USA), President Fetch (Denmark), Pin Prick (France), and Random Killings (Canada). According to their mission statement, Panx Records aim was to put out one international compilation or split 7" every two months. This 12" is the first and only Panx record I've personally picked up, but judging by the wild amount of Panx 7"s I've encountered, I would guess that they more or less accomplished their goal and continued to do so well into the 90s.
Three bands playing in a more typical US hardcore style. Everyone knows Vatican Commandos for briefly featuring Moby on bass. Did you know they played sick hardcore too? It's true. President Fetch and Random Killing also play in a more typical US hardcore style, except President Fetch sounds a little more referential of European hardcore bands like the Stupids, Crowd of Isolated, and Spermbirds. Pin Prick stands out on the mix, playing a more UK82/Oi sound. I know everyone loves French oi these days.

Tracklist:
01. Vatican Commandos- No God No Satan 00:00
02. Vatican Commandos- You're Not the Same 02:30
03. Vatican Commandos- My World's Gone Mad 04:04
04. Vatican Commandos- Housewives on Valium 06:14
05. Vatican Commandos- I Always Knew 07:42
06. President Fetch- Terror and Coffee 09:19
07. President Fetch- What's the Matter Cowardy 12:04
08. President Fetch- Fuck K.K.K. 13:31
09. President Fetch- Melted Plastic 15:00
10. President Fetch- Ill Dog 18:30
11. Pin Prick- Toulouse Boredom 20:22
12. Pin Prick- Tokchae Tado 23:17
13. Pin Prick- Machine 24:44
14. Pin Prick- Stop Reggae 26:51
15. Pin Prick- Pas Vieux Pourtant 30:01
16. Random Killing- Throw it Away 32:03
17. Random Killing- Pull the Switch 33:09
18. Random Killing- Prefab Home 34:40
19. Random Killing- Killer Weed 36:34
20. Random Killing- Ritual Killings 37:23
21. Random Killing- Praise Education 38:24

Panx Productions
1986

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The Features- Up Up Side Side (1983)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-26 | Like most power pop albums, there's only a few songs that make this record worthwhile. Unfortunately for this album, they happen to be the last three songs. Early 80s power pop/new wave from Sacramento. I think I found this at the Goodwill in West Sac. The only other copy I've seen was at KDVS. Side A is a little scratched up and there are a couple short skips. I tried my best to clean it up, but until someone with a better copy decides to upload theirs, you'll just have to deal with the two or three small skips.
Members of this band went on to play in Steel Breeze and Pride in Peril, but that's about all I know about them. Also, if you look real closely at the picture on the back, you might notice that the keyboard player is wearing a Cats shirt.

Tracklist:
01. Notices 00:00
02. Silvertone Angel 03:59
03. Misfits (You're the Most) 07:30
04. It Happens 11:!3
05. Oh L 14:11
06. Rich Girls 17:31
07. Said Said 21:00
08. The Kids Don't Need You Know 24:30

The Features were:
Johnny Pride- vocals and guitar
Curtis Mick-Hillier- keyboards
James Otto- drums
Greg Doughty- bass

Swing Right Records
1983

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The Divided Lines- Put the Moves on Your Radio! (2003)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-26 | I don't know much about this band. I saw them play in a coffee shop in Davis, Ca, around 2004. They were from LA. They called themselves a mod band, but they didn't really sound like one, just some energetic garagey punk. The vocals are nasal and reminiscent of bands like Crucifucks and Feederz. I guess they dressed kinda mod. The artwork is mod. So I guess they were at least 2/3rds a mod band. Other than this one-sided 7", they had a full length demo CD and I believe that is all.

Tracklist:
01. Kill Your Shrink 00:00
02. Radio in the Bath Tub 02:00
03. Freddy Stabs His Friends... 04:35

Modern Sleaze! Records
2003

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Gift of Goats- All I Think About is Blood (2003)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-26 | Chaotic hardcore/noise rock from Davis, Ca, similar to bands like Men's Recovery Project, Wrangler Brutes or any Sam McPheeters project. You know, the kinda bands that would have song names like "When We Ate Each Other's Fingers" or "All I Think About is Blood." In the early 2000s, Omnibus Records was holding down the Sacramento area in the style of hardcore popularized by labels like Vermiform Records and Three One G.
I forget who played what exactly, but Gift of Goats featured Mick Mucus and Upside Dan from Anal Mucus, Girls' Soccer, Feces Munchers, the Turdwrenchers, Unkut:Hunks, and probably some other bands. Drummer, Jay Howell, previously played in the Sacramento post-hardcore outfit, Shove, and has since made a name for himself as an artist and animator, creating Nickelodeon's Sanjay and Craig and even the original character designs for Bob's Burgers. Bassist, Mark Kaiser, was also in Shove and has since gone on to play in the Mayyors, Male Gaze, and Julian Never. Guitarist, Justin Kable, was the general manager at KDVS for a while and that's all I know about him. The 7" was produced by Chris Woodhouse who has produced for the likes of !!!, the Oh Sees, Ty Segall, to name a few.
Sometime soon I'll upload some more Gift of Goats and Omnibus related releases.

Tracklist:
01. All I Think About is Blood 00:00
02. When We Ate Each Other's Fingers 01:34
03. Live From the Pegasus 03:57
04. Everyday Love 05:01

Omnibus Records
2003

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Lucha !! Punk y Hardcore en Español Vol. 2

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-25 | *tracklist in the comments*

This is actually the third installment in DJ Lobo's tape series, following volume 1 and 0. The first tape was from 1996, but I don't have a date on this one. As before, we got almost and hour and a half of punk in Spanish. However, the comp ends with a few tracks by Razzia, Jingo de Lunch, and Upright Citizens, from Germany, as well as one and a half songs by Bad Religion. I suppose DJ Lobo had some extra tape to fill. Unlike the previous installments, I actually tried to clean up some of the noise on this tape. So, you're welcome.
**Youtube initially blocked this video over copyright infringement. I tried to work around it, but in the end had to remove three tracks: two songs by Los Violadores and "Anticristo" by Ultimo Resorte. It's a bummer, because Anticristo is one of the hardest tracks on the mix, but that still leaves us with 35 1/2 songs, which is not too bad.

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Theatre of Ice- Radio is Going Insane 7 (1990)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-25 | Well you can see the price sticker from the record store right there on the front of this 7" and that's okay. I'm not ashamed of being frugal.
Theater of Ice were pioneers of Arizona death rock. That state was weird in the 80s. It seems like for all the different styles and sounds coming out of the LA punk scene, there was often an Arizona band doing a fucked up desert version of that sound. That's not to say Arizona was copying LA. Forming in 1978 to produce a horror soundtrack, Theatre of Ice predates Christian Death by a year. While generally categorized as death rock, the band's sound varies from goth, to psychedelic, to garage. Their musical range is well represented on this 1990 7". The record opens with a guitar heavy death rock track, leading into a horror instrumental, and then a proggy punk track similar to Planet Gong. Side B features a cover of In-a-gadda-da-vida and concludes with a garagey track reminiscent of the Twinkeyz.

Tracklist:
01. The Gallow's Dance 00:00
02. Aliens are Coming 02:51
03. Semolina 04:25
04. In-a-gadda-da-vida 06:58
05. El Soundo Mundo 12:26

Orphanage Records
1990

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Breaking Circus- Home of the Brave/Warhead (1989)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-25 | This the final release of a project led by Steve Bjorklund of the seminal Chicago punk band, Strike Under. Following the breakup of Strike Under, Bjorklund released three EPs and one LP under the name, Breaking Circus, with a revolving cast of backing musicians. This was a bonus 7" released with issue #4 of the punk zine, the Pope. By this point, the notoriously disagreeable Bjorklund had run out of backing musicians willing to play with him and made this 7' with a drum machine and synthesizer, rather than band. But that's part of what makes this record great. The previous Breaking Circus recordings were significantly more guitar-oriented post-punk, whereas this is basically a minimal-wave record. Furthermore, the two tracks are not his own, but post-punk interpretations of two earlier punk songs: "Home of the Brave" by Naked Raygun and UK Subs' "Warhead." Frankly, I enjoy these covers more than the originals. Of their four releases this ties with his first EP, The Very Long Fuse, for my favorite.

Tracklist:
01. Home of the Brave (Naked Raygun) 00:00
02. Warhead (UK Subs) 03:12

The Pope Fanzine Records
1989

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Flieswatters- Its Bills Fault! (1997)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-24 | I'm uploading this one more out of personal interest, than actually trying to share some good punk, because this isn't good punk. It's sort of street punk. It's ignorant and has a mohawk dude on the front, but I'd say this record comes closer to bands like Quincy Punx. They even misspelled their band name. It's not a cool misspelling, like replacing "ks" with an "x," so I'm assuming they just didn't know how to spell "flyswatter." Like many punk records from the time, most of the songs have irrelevant movie samples at the beginning.
HOWEVER, I'm sharing this, because it is one of only two punk 7 inches to ever come out of my hometown, Woodland, Ca, and I want it documented. The "thank you" section is a who's-who of 90s Sacramento area punk bands, including: Society's Disease, No Comply, Hoods, Buckies, Lesdystics, Scenes from the Struggle, and Majestic 12. Mick Mucus, from Anal Mucus, is thanked as "Mick Musus." In fact, there's several typos that nobody corrected before putting this record to print on "fly guts" green vinyl. I remember being told that the track, "Zombie Wonderland," was about the opening of the Yolo County Fair Mall, but, looking at the lyrics, I'm pretty sure it's just a zombie song about literal zombies.
Maybe I'm too hard on it. It's a fine enough record, but most importantly it's a relic of hometown punk history. the more I stare at that "Woodland Connection" logo on the back, the more I'm think about getting a tattoo of it.
Sometime soon I'll have to upload the other Woodland 7 inch, the much better "Depletion E.P.' by Society's Disease.

Tracklist:
1. A Million Faces 00:00
2. Wasted Emotions 01:50
3. Creeping 03:30
4. Zombie Wonderland 04:40
5. Service Failure 06:07
6. Sell-Out 07:22
7. Schlock 08:13

The Flieswatters were:
Lord Bootchie- Drums
Diemond- Guitar
Morbid- Guitar
Jude- Vocals

1997
Hot Spit Records

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Curbsitter Thirty-One Years video

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-22 | Towards the beginning of the pandemic we shot a a semi-quarantine music video with our phones and then forgot about it, until just now. Here ya go.

Curbsitter
"Thirty-One Years"
from "I'm a Soy Boy" cassette
Buffalo Cult Tapes
2020
Milwaukee, WI

Shot by Curbsitter
Edited by Kevin

curbsitter.bandcamp.com

V/A- Lucha !! Punk y HC en Español Vol. 1 (1996)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-11-03 | *tracklist in the comments*

Another installment in the mixtape series by Milwaukee's DJ Lobo, "Lucha !!," from 1996, I believe. Unlike the previous volume, which predominantly featured punk bands from Spain, this tape has a broad selection of artists from all over the Spanish speaking world.
Unfortunately, the tape runs out part way into the final song, but that's just how mixtapes are sometimes.

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V/A- Lucha !! Punk y HC En Español (1996)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-10-25 | For copyright purposes the tracklist is in the comments.

This is a part of a series of mixtapes of punk in Spanish from the 80s and 90s, assembled by Milwaukee's Guillermo Razo, otherwise known as, DJ Lobo. I believe this was originally made around 1996, but I will have to confirm that with DJ Lobo, when I get a chance. The majority of the bands are from Spain, with the exception of a few, which I marked. I have three of these mixtapes and all except this one are labeled with a volume #, so I guess we can consider it "volume 0" or "volume ?" for the time being. Hopefully, I can clarify all this with DJ Lobo and update this description later.
If you're ever in the Milwaukee area, I recommend looking up mr Lobo. His distro has the best selection of international punk and metal in Milwaukee, if not all of Wisconsin.
One of the tracks repeats, the volume levels vary greatly. It's an old mixtape. Deal with it.

I don't own the rights to any of this and am not making a profit from it

V/A- Underground Poland (1988)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-10-14 | This is one my most prized tapes, so by my own personal metric this might be where my channel peaks. I'll keep uploading as long as I got stuff to upload, but I can't promise it will get any better than this.
A mix of Polish punk and hardcore recorded between 1986 and 1988. The majority of the tracks were taken from a previous Polish punk comp, Jak Punk to Punk. I was listening to a lot of Armia and Siekiera when my partner got this for me. Armia is particularly interesting in their incorporation of french horn into their UK82/anarcho inspired sound. Dezerter, the first Polish punk band to receive a release in the US, courtesy of Maximum RocknRoll, employ a whistle in their track "Spytaj Milicjanta Uleglosc." The Jak Punk to Punk comp was released in 1986, the same year as Siekiera's first LP Nowa Aleksandria, which featured "Ja Stoje, Ja Tancze, Ja Wacze."
This was released for American punks on Portland's Media Blitz Productions,1988.

Side A:
01. Armia- Na Ulice 00:00
02. Armia- Jester Drezwo, Jestem Pyak 02:02
03. Armia- Jezeli 04:15
04. Dezerter- Nas Niema 08:30
05. Dezerter- Szara Rzeczywistose 11:10
06. Dezerter- Spytaj Millicjanta 13:02
07. Dezerter- Uleglosc 14:40
08. Rejestracja- Numer 1125 17:25
09. Rejestracja- Wszyotko Mozno Otoczyc Mgla 20:19
10. Rejestracja- They Are Perishing 22:33
11. Rejestracja- Atomic Paranoia 22:44
12. Rejestracja- Army 27:31

Side B:
01. Tzn Zenna- Ciemny Pokoj 29:18
02. Tzn Xenna- Dziec z Brudnej Ulicy 31:02
03. Tzn Xenna- Gazety Mowia 33:00
04. Tzn Xenna- Co Za Swiat 33:56
05. Siekiera- Ja Stoje, Ja Tancze, Ja Wacze 36:40
06. Abaddon- Wet Za Wet 41:38
07. Abaddon- Kto? 43:50
08. Abaddon- Revolution 46:05
09. Abaddon- Tit for Tat 47:57
10. The Corpse- In the Town 50:07
11. Process- Stroszek 52:10
12. Moskwa- Nigdy 57:14

I don't own the rights to these songs

Rainbow Person- Demo (2010)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-10-09 | Originally from San Luis Obispo and later relocated to Sacramento. If you caught the United Mutation reference in the name, then you probably guessed that this is some weirdo noisy hardcore, and it is. These guys came out in that transition period between the decline of "mysterious guy hardcore" and the rise of raw hardcore bands like Hoax and Gag, a time when a lot of bands were seeking comparisons to United Mutation. The tape sometimes veers into post hardcore/chaotic emo territory, but not too much for us non-emo-enjoying type folks.
For whatever reason, the first track is not listed on the tape insert, but maybe someday we'll learn its name.

Tracks:
01. ??? 00:00
02. Consent and Consequence 00:30
03. Tenderfoot (feat. Ripe Mangoes) 01:27
04. Hopeslum 02:35
05. Essence 03:51

Rainbow Person was:
Adam- Guitar
Shoe- Drums
Steven- Bass
Carlos- Vocals

I don't own the rights to this or nothin

Hiljaiset Levyt/Stupido Twins Split Compilation (1990)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-10-05 | A split comp between two Finnish labels: Hiljaiset Levyt and Stupido Twins. I got the tape for the Maaseudun Tulevaisuus track, but don't really know much about the other bands. The majority of the groups are from Finland, except for Röövel Öobik and J.M.K.E. of Estonia. It's got punk! It's got post-punk! It's got goth! It's got cow punk! It's got jangle pop! It's got metal! There's even a metal song! The whole comp is dj'd by representatives of the labels, who introduce each track. Kinda weird tape.

Side Hijaiset Levyt:
01. Ravin' Seeds- Turn on Your TV 00:29
02. Alice in Wasteland- Bleeding 02:41
03. Alivaltiosihteeri- Mauno Henrik Koivisto 07:00
04. Jalla Jalla- Dead Man on the Ground 09:45
05. Jalla Jalla- Love Charging Battery 13:14
06. Garbagemen- Song & Legend 17:16
07. Maaseudun Tulevaisuus- Kylmäoja 22:50

Side Stupido Twins:
01. Röövel Ööbik- History of the USSR 26:15
02. Röövel Ööbik- Mamma Mia 28:47
03. J.M.K.E.- Tere Perestroika 32:45
04. J.M.K.E.- Internatsid 35:31
05. Little Mary Mixup- Pretty Lies 38:12
06. Fucking World- Day By Day 41:36
07.Waltari- Icebox 45:10

I don't own this music

Dead Head- Demo (2010)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-10-05 | Remember when there was that crossover thrash revival in the 2000s? Then shortly after that, a buncha bands got even more hesh with it, mixing hardcore punk with Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy. That's what these Washingtonians play, but much slower than other stoner punk bands, jamming out 3 songs over this 20+ minute tape. If I recall correctly, I believe members of this band also played in Family Stoned, Spiritual Warriors, Transfix, Crude Thought and more. It's heavy, but more importantly it's objectively good.
These songs just kinda jam into each other, but I tried my darnedest to approximate the break between each track.

Tracklist:
1. Black Despondency 00:00
2. Dead Head 10:08
3. You're Sorry 16:06

Dead Head was:
Neil- Guitar
Yianna- Drums
Anton- Bass
Caroline- Vocals

I don't own the rights to this music and I'm not getting money outta this

The Bellicose Minds- Buzz or Howl Sessions Buzz or Warble edition (2010)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-10-04 | Not a lot of people know that the original press of the debut cassette of Portland's post-punkin death-rockers, Bellicose Minds, was warbly as hell. I'm not sure if all 100 copies of this tape even hit the street before the band realized it was practically unlistenable. I think I started listening to this tape once, but it was too awful. The songs were good, but the magnetic tape sounded like it had been rolled over by endless bowling balls before getting entombed in plastic. I don't see anyone flipping this on Discogs, but I bet I'm sitting on a goldmine with this cassette. I'm sure the band's not proud of this early hiccup in their career, and I mean them no disrespect, but I believe the internet deserves documentation of these mistakes. Even the faulty, nausea-inducing, mouth fulla marbles sounding first press of the band's first tape is still the first press of the band's first tape and should see daylight. So here ya go.

Tracklist:
01. Oppression Depression 00:00
02. Visions of Pain 03:06
03. Tension Building 06:29
04. Hammer of Ice 09:57
05. Bloody Hands 11:26

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Ski Mask/Eye Formation- Split (2013)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-10-01 | Ski Mask was some weirdo punk from Columbia, Missouri. The other side of this the features Eye Formation, one of the Ski Mask dudes' dad's band's recording from 1985.

Tracklist:
01. Ski Mask- Crippled to the Van 00:00
02. Ski Mask- Smut Lust/Bedwetter 00:53
03. Ski Mask- Crime Fiend 04:02
04. Ski Mask- Coffee Pot 05:18
05. Ski Mask- Tensions Pt. II 05:47
06. Eye Formation- No Rest for the Wicked 07:43
07. Eye Formation- Short Song 09:43
08. Eye Formation- Ugly for Nothing 11:22
09. Eye Formation- Metal Heads 13:11
10. Eye Formation- Gears 14:58

I don't own this music or any money or anything

Fragile X- 4-F Demo (2006)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-10-01 | "Radical scary music... by 1980 standards"

Tracklist:
01. Fight 00:00
02. Influence 00:42
03. Self Righteous 02:13
04. DBA 03:55
05. Don't Belong 05:41
06. Realize the Real Lies 06:58
07. Fragile X 07:43
08. Confused 08:42
09. 4-F 09:52
10. Photograph 10:18
11. bonus track 11:58

Generic Records 001

I think this was from 2006. I can't find the date. It might be 2005, but for the sake of the upload, I'm goin with 2006. Whenever I look up the band, all I find is articles on the genetic disorder they're named after. This was just prior to rise of "mysterious guy hardcore" and bands loved withholding crucial details, like recording dates, from their releases. If I was putting out this stuff, I'd make all the basic information; dates, band members, lyrics, etc; easy to find and in a clear legible font. None of this mysterious stuff.
These guys were kind enough to at least mention that they were from the SF Bay Area, but not which city, and I personally forget. The phone number listed on the insert has an Alameda County area code, so I'm gonna guess Concord.
I tried to clean up the recording as best as I can, but the tape is old, it warbles, and the original recording isn't great either. I'm trying.

Fragile X was:
Dan- drums
Dillon- vocals
Omar- guitar
Ricky- bass

I don't own the rights to this music and benefit from it in no way.

Shanghai Surprise- Flyin Business Class Demo (2006)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-10-01 | 2000s San Francisco hardcore punk.

Tracklist:
1. Suicide Bomber 00:00
2. California Living 01:05
3. Government Protection 01:59
4. Punch the Clock 03:05
5. Joyride 04:07
6. Shanghai Surprise Theme 05:05
7. Virus 06:12
8. Fucked for Life 07:11

Shanghai Surprise was:
Max- Guitar
Rob- Bass
Jess- Drums
Jeremy- Vocals

I don't own the rights to this music and am not making any profit off of it

Ennui Trust- Useless Technology

Maximum Efficiency 2020-09-28 | Ennui Trust's final recording made for a limited double cassette compilation of West Coast punk bands, "This is West Coast: Hella Tight Fer Dayz n Shit" put out on FYBS Record in 2014.

Ennui Trust was:
Brian- Vox
Hatem- Drums
Evan- Guitar
Phil- Bass

Recorded by Aaron Stillman at KDVS in Davis, Ca.

Shattered Silence- Deal... With It (1990)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-09-27 | Merciful Fate inspired thrash metal from Woodland, California. 1990.
Tracks:
01. Legend of Evil 00:00
02. Ride of the Reaper 05:37
03. Elders of Torment 10:42
04. Queen of Desire 15:50
05. Blessing of Pain 19:27

Shattered Silence was:
Vocals- Don McMillan III
Guitar- Larzz Ramirez
Bass- Elias Longoria
Drums- Chris Gumpy

Walkin on Broken Glass(2020 Outlaw remix)

Maximum Efficiency 2020-05-08 | A wild wild west spin on a pop classic

Bush Machinehead 2020 Respirator mix

Maximum Efficiency 2020-05-07 | This has been stuck in my head for years. Now you have to hear it.

ENNUI TRUST Snuff n Stuff demo 2012

Maximum Efficiency 2020-04-15 | "Snuff n Stuff'
ENNUI TRUST's VHS demo

Tracklist:
1. Human Baggage
2. Life in Solitary live 02:59
3. Premenstrual Blues 05:21
4. Pay it Forward 08:36
5. Magnus Eye live 11:29
6. It's Official 14:10

Live videos by Joe Cooper at Casa de Chaos, Sacramento, 03/30/2012
Music videos by Evan Clayburg
Except for It's Official, by Evan Clayburg and Brian Trott

Ennui Trust was:
Brian Trott- vocals
Evan Clayburg- guitar/drums
Hatem Gallouzi- guitar/drums
Phil Mann- bass