Lou Ottens passed away on March 6th, 2021. He was the Dutch engineer who invented the cassette tape. So tonight’s show will be cassette releases. Cassettes have had played important roles in punk rock from the mixed tape, to tape trading to first releases by many bands. Download the show here.
SEX PISTOLS - I Wanna Be Me (Abbey Road Studios)
THE CLASH - White Riot (CBS)
X RAY SPEX - Obsessed With You (Sanctuary)
THE EPILEPTICS - Hitler's Still A Nazi (Overground)
BLITZ - Escape (Captain Oi!)
POISON IDEA - Poser (American Leather / TKO)
DEAD KENNEDYS - Kepone Factory (Unreleased)
DEVO - Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') (Rhino Handmade / Warner Archives / Futurismo)
DC Scene
The DC scene was well documented and thanks to Dischord Records some of the legendary bands have started to see their early demos been released in more recent special releases. Here are some that we were able to find.
D.C. Hardcore
S.O.A. - Riot (Dischord / The Work Out Label)
G.I. - Everybody's Getting Banned (Spontaneous Combustion / Crapoulet)
VOID - My Rules (Dischord)
MINOR THREAT - I Don’t Wanna Hear It (Dischord)
G.I. - Everybody's Getting Banned (Spontaneous Combustion / Crapoulet)
VOID - My Rules (Dischord)
MINOR THREAT - I Don’t Wanna Hear It (Dischord)
SWIZ - Cold (Jade Tree)
FUGAZI - Waiting Room (Dischord)
Toronto early scene
The early Toronto hardcore scene was almost all released on cassettes.
FUGAZI - Waiting Room (Dischord)
Toronto early scene
The early Toronto hardcore scene was almost all released on cassettes.
YOUNG LIONS - Young Amerika (Ghetto Blaster / Schizophrenic)
APB - Stars and Bars (Unreleased)
BLIBBER AND THE RAT CRUSHERS (Self-Released)
YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Pop Song (Fringe / TO HC '83)
DEAD END - Pickup (Self-Released)
MICRO EDGE - Carpet (Ugly Pop)
ZEROPTION - Traitor Red (TO HC ‘83)
ANGRY THALIDOMIDE BABIES - Crib Death (Schizophrenic)
CHRONIC SUBMISSION - World of Change (Schizophrenic)
DIRECT ACTION - Damn Age (Schizophrenic)
SUDDEN IMPACT - Freaked Out (Supreme Echo)
West Coast
DOA - Rent-A-Riot (Sudden Death)
PERSONALITY CRISIS - Twilight's Last Gleaming (Sounds Escaping)
DEATH SENTENCE - Get Out Of Our Way (Unreleased)
MEXICAN POWER AUTHORITY - Nailed to the TV (Break Even / Ragamuffin Soldier)
GOATBOY - Bomb Florida (Self-Released)
PROPAGANDHI - Middle Finger Response (Epitaph)
Hamilton
PROBLEM CHILDREN - Don't Give Up (Self-Released)
LEFT FOR DEAD - Who Do You Know (Self-Released)
BLACK EYES CLUB - System, System (Self-Released)
SYSTEM SYSTEM - Extinction Event (Self-Released)
TV FREAKS - Coworker Blues (Self-Released)
TOTAL DICKS - Overdraft (Self-Released)
Halifax has a scene that relied on cassette release just at the time that bandcamp was becoming a way of distributing punk releases.
APB - Stars and Bars (Unreleased)
BLIBBER AND THE RAT CRUSHERS (Self-Released)
YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Pop Song (Fringe / TO HC '83)
DEAD END - Pickup (Self-Released)
MICRO EDGE - Carpet (Ugly Pop)
ZEROPTION - Traitor Red (TO HC ‘83)
ANGRY THALIDOMIDE BABIES - Crib Death (Schizophrenic)
CHRONIC SUBMISSION - World of Change (Schizophrenic)
DIRECT ACTION - Damn Age (Schizophrenic)
SUDDEN IMPACT - Freaked Out (Supreme Echo)
West Coast
DOA - Rent-A-Riot (Sudden Death)
PERSONALITY CRISIS - Twilight's Last Gleaming (Sounds Escaping)
DEATH SENTENCE - Get Out Of Our Way (Unreleased)
MEXICAN POWER AUTHORITY - Nailed to the TV (Break Even / Ragamuffin Soldier)
GOATBOY - Bomb Florida (Self-Released)
PROPAGANDHI - Middle Finger Response (Epitaph)
Hamilton
PROBLEM CHILDREN - Don't Give Up (Self-Released)
LEFT FOR DEAD - Who Do You Know (Self-Released)
BLACK EYES CLUB - System, System (Self-Released)
SYSTEM SYSTEM - Extinction Event (Self-Released)
TV FREAKS - Coworker Blues (Self-Released)
TOTAL DICKS - Overdraft (Self-Released)
Halifax has a scene that relied on cassette release just at the time that bandcamp was becoming a way of distributing punk releases.
CONCRETE ASYLUM - Concrete Asylum (Self-Released)
WORD ON THE STREET - Word on the Street (Self-Released)
ABJECT PAX - Science Fiction (Self-Released)
LIFE CHAIN - Mind Pollution (Self-Released)
GRUMP - Empty Lungs (Self-Released)
ALIENATION - Butter Box Babies (Self-Released)
NEVER HUMAN - Erase (Self-Released)
BOOJI BOYS - New Reich (Self-Released)
FRAGMENT - Bad Minds (Self-Released)
OUTCRY - Chatter (Self-Released)
ZYGOME - 6th Extinction (Self-Released)
GENETIC CONTROL - License to Kill (Sonik's Chicken Shrimp / Return to Analog)
MY DOG POPPER - Equal Time (Psyche)
BLUNDERMEN - Waiting (Self-Released)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS - Breakin Out (Self-Released)
CAREER SUICIDE - Moron (Self-Released)
ABJECT PAX - Science Fiction (Self-Released)
LIFE CHAIN - Mind Pollution (Self-Released)
GRUMP - Empty Lungs (Self-Released)
ALIENATION - Butter Box Babies (Self-Released)
NEVER HUMAN - Erase (Self-Released)
BOOJI BOYS - New Reich (Self-Released)
FRAGMENT - Bad Minds (Self-Released)
OUTCRY - Chatter (Self-Released)
ZYGOME - 6th Extinction (Self-Released)
GENETIC CONTROL - License to Kill (Sonik's Chicken Shrimp / Return to Analog)
MY DOG POPPER - Equal Time (Psyche)
BLUNDERMEN - Waiting (Self-Released)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS - Breakin Out (Self-Released)
CAREER SUICIDE - Moron (Self-Released)
THE BAYONETTES - Guilty Pleasure (Self-Released)
URBAN BLIGHT - Breakout (Self-Released)
S.H.I.T. - Feeding Time (Self-Released)
GAUCHO - Brutalidad policial (Self-Released)
URBAN BLIGHT - Breakout (Self-Released)
S.H.I.T. - Feeding Time (Self-Released)
GAUCHO - Brutalidad policial (Self-Released)