STRESS - S/T 7"

Stress - S/T 7"

Rebel County Drunk Punx!, 2001, Protest/SLTA, 7"

Straight up crusty hardcorepunk from Stress, my main abiding memory of Stress is the 'Screaming Bloody Murder' vocal from 'Cure The Disease, Kill The patient', so so good and suprisingly catchy!

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MONGOLIA - 'BLACK LEAF' DEMO

Mongolia - 'Black Leaf' Demo

Dublin, 2008, DIY, CD

One lengthy demo here, clocking in at just under a half an hour, excellent stoner/sludge/classsic fuckin rock!

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THE BEGRUDGERS - DEMO

The Begrudgers - Demo

Dublin, 2000, DIY, CD

It really was only a matter of time before I got this uploaded onto the blog! Formerly called Penfold this was The Begrudgers one and only demo. Ska-Punk, and a serious nostalgia trip for yours truly.

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SKINT - 7"S OF NOIZE...

Skint - 7"s Of Noize...

Dublin, 1997?, Walzwerk Records, 7"

Finally got some Skint up on the blog! I count myself pretty fortunate that I got to see Skint a fair few times in the Temple, Dorset Street around 00'. Great live band with some of the catchiest oi/streetpunk tunes to be written by an Irish band. 3 tracks here, 'Remember The Days' is one that'll stick in your head for days after just one listen. I'm not sure what other Irish stuff Walzwerk put out, I recall getting their mail order list in the late nineties, they carried a massive amount stuff on a distro and label that seemingly was run between Germany and also Co. Kerry!

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BLACK BELT JONES/TONY FEENEY - NOT ECONOMICALLY VIABLE E.P.

Black Belt Jones/Tony Feeney - Not Economically Viable E.P.

Dublin, 1997, Brotherhood Of One Records, 7"

I think this is the only 7" Brotherhood Of One released, for anyone who doesn't remember Brotherhood Of One it was a zine in the late nineties run by Tony Feeney. This 7" features two tracks by Tony Feeney and two by Black Belt Jones who never failed to hit the spot with their own brand of up tempo pop punk. Worth downloading for the BBJ songs alone.

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MORAL CRUSADE - IMMORAL CONDITION DEMO & 3 LP TRACKS

Moral Crusade - Immoral Condition Demo & 3 Tracks from 'An Act Of Violence' LP

Dublin, 1988-90, DIY, Tape & LP

Classic Dublin Thrash, the first three tracks are from the 1990 'An Act Of Violence' Lp and the rest are from the 1988 'Immoral Condition Demo', excellent stuff sent on by Ratzy, thanks. From the myspace..'MORAL CRUSADE were a Thrash Band from Dublin Ireland formed in 1988. The line up was Pincher -Vocals, Ratzy -Guitar, Mano -Bass, Joe -Drums, Trev -Bass. In '88 we recorded our 1st Demo entitled 'Immoral Condition' shortly after that our Bass player at the time Trev decided to leave the band due to musical differences(he was musical and we were different) So Mano a good friend from our Chromatic Death days took over on Bass and we spent the next months gigging. In late '89 we recorded our 1st and only full length 9 track LP entitled 'An Act Of Violence'. Finally in 1991 after disasterous management, promotion and distribution of the LP the band tired from endless gigging decided to take a break (a long one at that!) but unfortunetly never got back together. Over the years the band has reformed in one shape or another and jammed a few times but due to work and other stupid shit it never really got going again.' www.myspace.com/moralcrusadehcthrash

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KILLER WATT - DEATH E.P.

Killer Watt - Death E.P.

Dublin, 1987, DIY?, 7"

Thrash/Speed Metal from Dublin, thanks to Ratzy for sending this on, taken from the myspace...'Killer Watt were a Speed/Thrash Metal Band From Dublin Ireland. The band was started I think back in 1985 by drummer Steve and bassist Sid who recruited Marcus burns on guitar but in '86 Marcus decided to leave. We rehearsed in the old Temple Lane Studios in Temple Bar Dublin. In 1987 we recorded a 3 track EP which was inspired by The Nightmare on Elm St. movies, the EP also got into the Irish Top 30 chart at the time. After that we went on to proudly play in and get barred from nearly every dump around Dublin and Ireland including wait for it...a tour with Irish heavy rock band Mama's Boys (?? god only knows who had that brainwave) but thankfully we got thrown off the tour after only two dates due to the drunken rabble that turned up each night to see us! Soon after that we decided to add a second guitarist so Derek Sweeney joined, finally that year we appeared on the Irish TV Music Show Mega Mix doing a cover version of the Sex Pistols track Pretty Vacant. In 1988 after on-going disagreements the band decided to split. It was a great and crazy three years and thanx to all who bought the EP and came to the gigs.' http://www.myspace.com/killerwattdublin

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NOISE POLLUTION/PROTESS - SPLIT EP

Noise Pollution/Protess - Split E.P.

Dublin/Japan, 1999, MCR Company?, 7"

2 tracks here from Noise Pollution, fast heavy hardcore punk fronted by Mero, on this recording there seems to be a pretty heavy Siege influence which can only be a good thing. One long tune by Japan's Protess on the flipside. Thanks to Sean Protest Zine for sending this on.

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VOX MAGAZINE - ISSUES 2 & 4

Vox Magazine - Issues 2 & 4

Ireland, 1980, DIY, Zine

VOX magazine was launched by "Honest" Dave Clifford in March 1980 and ran for 15 issues. It covered a wide cultural agenda including post-punk, punk, electronic music, experimental music, new wave/pop, performance art and pretty much anything else strange or interesting that fell under the umbrella of leftfield arts. It's consistency, insight, cleancut presentation and existence in ( what is quite obviously in retrospect ) an extremely fertile period of modern musical ideas makes it one of the most important underground magazines ever to come out of Ireland. More issues to follow...(Thanks to Boz for sending these on)

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VARIOUS - BONEASS COMPILATION VOL.2

Various - Boneass Compilation Vol. 2

Various, 200?, DIY, CD

The 2nd of the Boneass Comps featuring bands from Ireland and abroad. Irish bands included are Crookie Fix, Margin Of Error, Backhanders, Already Dead, Foot In Mouth, Kidd Blunt, Soldiers Take Half and many more. Thanks to Bob for sending this and Fiddlesticks to me.

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