THE EMBASSY TAPES 1990 TO 1992 cassette Various Artists 1992

 

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Rare compilation cassette of punk bands

 

 

Tracklist

A1	Nero (27)–	Untitled
A2	Nero (27)–	Untitled
A3	Nero (27)–	Untitled
A4	Nero (27)–	Untitled
A5	Bratmobile–	Girl Germs
A6	Billy*–	Untitled
A7	Billy*–	Untitled
A8	Bratmobile–	Stab
A9	Bratmobile–	Queenie
A10	Bratmobile–	Soapy
A11	Tim*–	Untitled
A12	Tim*–	Untitled
A13	Tim*–	Untitled
A14	Tim*–	Untitled
A15	Steve K* / Tim*–	Untitled
A16	Steve K* / Tim*–	Untitled
A17	Steve K* / Tim*–	Untitled
A18	Dj Kickboy Hyperbass–	The Final Countdown To Armageddon In Stereo
A19	Andycane–	Untitled
B1	Circus Lupus–	Cyclone Billy
B2	Circus Lupus–	Pacifier
B3	Circus Lupus–	Horse Jail
B4	The Nation Of Ulysses–	Love Is A Bull Market
B5	The Nation Of Ulysses–	You're My Miss Washington, D.C.
B6	The Nation Of Ulysses–	The Sound Of Jazz To Come
B7	The Nation Of Ulysses–	A Comment On Ritual
B8	Dj Kickboy Hyperbass–	Untitled
B9	Billy* / Tim*–	Hey Billy
B10	Bratmobile–	Throwaway
B11	Bratmobile–	Cool Schmool
B12	Bratmobile–	She Said
B13	Bratmobile–	Some Special
B14	The Wondertwins*–	If I Was A Real Woman
B15	The Wondertwins*–	Crazy Doctor
B16	The Wondertwins*–	I Hate Myself
B17	The Wondertwins*–	Girl Love
B18	The Wondertwins*–	Secret Language

THE FAKES Real Fiction 1995

 

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Real Fiction Review by Chris Nelson

The Fakes' Real Fiction works better as a manifesto project than a listening experience. The band is a Traveling Wilburys of the Olympia, WA, indie set, with primary players including Bikini Kill and Le Tigre singer Kathleen Hanna, Nation of Ulysses and Fucking Champs guitarist Tim Green, and Kicking Giant and the Need drummer Rachel Carns. Their sole album is designed as something of a rock opera, but without a lyric sheet (and with song titles apparently listed entirely out of running order), it's difficult to ascertain a story line. There is, however, a clear theme of confronting sexual abuse, its perpetrators, and the scars of survivors. "This is not a piece of art, this is my life," guest Billie Strain says with angry vulnerability at a spoken word piece. In another song, Hanna appropriates lyrics from the Charlie Rich hit "The Most Beautiful Girl" and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" to draw an especially creepy portrait of a predator. Sonically, however, the album is less compelling, a mish-mash of ragtag punk with occasional touches of keyboard that play like an early blueprint for Hanna's later work in the guise of Julie Ruin. Still, the album's artwork is chock full of intriguing essays, statements of purpose, and pointed rock criticism, such as "why do all the indie boys like women who sing like angels or children?" Ideas, rather than execution, are key here.

 

Tracklist

1		Identity Smidentity	2:43
2		No More Scary Moustache Men	1:17
3		Li'l Mommy	1:49
4		Pop Song	1:25
5		Fake Country Song	4:26
6		New Wave Song	2:34
7		Steve Society	2:23
8		Held	5:39
9		Official Hex	1:45
10		Competition Fiction	2:11
11		Freak	2:03
12		Humunculous	1:16
13		Burnt Girl	1:11
14		Holly Hobbie Outfit	3:10
15		Pretty Ballerina Pleasure	2:27
16		Secret Weapon	4:49
17		Safety Cuts	2:50
18		Sgt. Fuckerman	5:14

FEAR OF SMELL Various Artists 1993

 
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Compilation on Vermiform Records 

Tracklist

  1. Eric Wood - Species of Cruelty
  2. The Nation of Ulysses - Dig The Ulysses Mad Pad Scene
  3. Tit Wrench - Self Storage
  4. Unknown Artist - Untitled
  5. Rorshach - Synthetic Intelligence
  6. Man Is The Bastard - Combat Weed
  7. Sugarshock - Terror
  8. Rich Oliver - Fuck Everything
  9. Unknown Artist - Untitled
10. Unknown Artist - Untitled
11. Heroin - A Portion
12. Native Nod - Mr. President
13. Infest - Nothing's Changed
14. 1.6 Band - Throwing Rocks
15. A. Woodrow - The Love Theme From Kiss
16. Unknown Artist - Untitled
17. Merel - Rusty Fish Dead Pipes
18. Unknown Artist - Untitled
19. Moss Icon - Excerpt From It Disappears
20. Sam & Joe - Save The Children
21. Hell No - Cut The Artery
22. Unknown Artist - Untitled

THE CHAMPS Music For Films About Rock 1994

 

rare cassette only release

 
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Artist Biography by Adam Bregman

A heavy metal trio that rarely performs in front of real metal audiences, the Fucking Champs are a peculiar outfit from San Francisco who hang with the indie rock crowd, while spitting out vile, perturbed hesher music. Former Nation of Ulysses guitarist Tim Green moved to San Francisco in 1995 and quickly hooked up with drummer Tim Soete and guitarist Josh Smith. With no bass and barely any vocals, the three of them formed the Champs The sound was pure, brutal riffage, with galloping power chords à la Judas Priest and occasional wanky bits. They released several homemade tapes with names like Triumph of the Air Elementals and Music for Films About Rock and a couple 7"s, all of which were difficult to find but available at their shows.

In 1997, they came out with their magnum opus, III (released under the name C4AM95 for God knows what reason), a double album that raged most furiously. In addition to the relentless riffs spewing forth from III, the Fucking Champs came up with some fine, short electronic pieces with titles like "Now Is the Winter of Our Discoteque" and "Silent Night, Friendly Night." Their fondness for heavy rock and atmospheric electronics was shared by Trans Am, which sparked an ongoing friendship and collaboration. In 2000, the Fucking Champs returned with IV, a deft, equally abrasive follow-up. The following year, Double Exposure, an EP from the supergroup Trans Champs, arrived. Sticking with the Roman numeral gimmick, they came back two years later with the equally ugly V.

The band went on hiatus soon after, and Smith left the group. During the recording of the next Trans Am/Fucking Champs collaboration, the Champs experimented with different lineups before recruiting Trans Am's Philip Manley to become their second guitarist. The Fucking Am's Gold, which also featured drumming by Jon Theodore of Golden and the Mars Volta, was released in 2004. The Fucking Champs also delved into soundtrack work, crafting pieces for commercials and the Sims video games, as well as for the Italian horror film La Foresta Della Morte and for the featurettes on the DVD of the Dawn of the Dead remake. The band returned in 2007 with, of course, VI, and a retooled lineup: Smith retired from the group to play with bands such as the Makes Nice and Drunk Horse, leaving Manley as the Fucking Champs' sole guitarist. 

Tracklist 

A1	So Then I Was All Why'd You Say Fuck My Style
A2	It's Chopped Steak
A3	Merry Go Round
A4	Aliens Of Gold
A5	Flawless Victory
B1	Eat My Fuck/I Love The Spirit World And I Love Your Father
B2	Acephalous
B3	ROM
B4	The Twins
B5	Extra Man

 

YOUNG GINNS Young Ginns 1998

 

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Hardcore punk project formed by members of Unwound and Nation Of Ulysses. The members were fueled by the sounds of hardcore punk and SST Records releases and reasoned that if young writers were called "Young Ginsburgs" then they'd call themselves "Young Ginns" (in reference to SST head honcho Greg Ginn). The band released one 7" on Gravity (2) Records before splitting. A discography CD (which included several unreleased songs) was released in 1998. 

 

Tracklist 

1	Score
2	Cemetary
3	Lucky Seven
4	Question
5	Time
6	Waist Basket Kid
7	Parallels
8	We Are Buildings
9	Well Directed Violence
10	Time To Die
11	The Ironic Flag
12	Half Twist
13a	Backline
13b	[Unlisted]

 

INTERNATIONAL POP UNDERGROUND CONVENTION Various Artists 1992

Compilation on K Records

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Tracklist

1	–Scrawl	Clock Song (Go Girl Go)	3:07
2	–Nation Of Ulysses*	Shakedown	3:24
3	–Pastels*	Speedway Star	2:50
4	–Melvins	Charmicarmicat	5:45
5	–L7	Packin' A Rod	2:33
6	–Spinnanes*	Jad Fair Drives Women Wild	4:09
7	–Seaweed	Bill	3:03
8	–Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet	They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore	2:31
9	–Kreviss	Sandi's Song	3:50
10	–Some Velvet Sidewalk	Curiosity	1:58
11	–Mecca Normal	Strong White Male	3:02
12	–Courtney Love (2)	Motorcycle Boy	2:25
13	–Unwound	Bionic	3:07
14	–Rose Melberg	My Day	2:48
15	–Fugazi	Reprovisional	4:40
16	–Bratmobile	Punk Rock Dream Come True	1:49
17	–Girl Trouble	Bring On The Dancing Girls	3:18
18	–Kicking Giant	This Sex	4:30
19	–Fastbacks	Impatience	2:51
20	–Mark Hosler, Steve Fisk & Bob Basanich	Customer Service Breakthrough	6:22
21	–Beat Happening	Nancy Sin	2:47
22	–No Artist	Untitled	0:11

CUPID CAR CLUB Join Our Club... 1993

 

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AllMusic Review by Brian Whitener 

After the breakup of Nation of Ulysses, Ian Svenonius, Steve Gamboa, and James Canty returned in a number of guises, Cupid Car Club, M.P. being one of them, before settling into the Make-Up. This 7" adds vocalist Kim Thompson to the mix; her presence revives this moribund way station featuring not just one revolutionary (once) subcultural teenage identity creation song but four! Four chances for kids to join the club. "Edge of the Envelope" is a cryptically angry tune saved by the interplay between Svenonius and Thompson. Is this what they mean by a call to action? The ultra-catchy "Vapor Rub Out" positions Svenonius as a kind of Screaming Jay Hawkins figure, substituting the "in" knowledge for personal magnetism but still working to cast a spell of sexual attraction. On the flip side, "Child Custody" touches on incendiary male/female relationships and "Grape Juice Plus" joins the long line of mystical revolutionary (twice) songs about soda. Although you gotta give props for the fourth Horseman being Fever and the outro chorus, "That's, that's, that's what I'm waiting for," which perfectly crystallizes the mid-'90s frozen revolutionary (three times!) impulse of punkish white youth. A group that will give you an identity in the name of a highly xenophobic (sub) culture -- yeah, that's what you're waiting for.

Tracklist

A1	Edge Of The Envelope
A2	Vapor Rub Out
B1	Child Custody Commandos
B2	Grape Juice Plus

THE MACHINES 1990 - 1993 Various Artists 1993

compilation on the Simple Machines record label

 

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Tracklist

1	–Hated*	I Am A Rock	2:33
2	–Lungfish	Nothing Is Easy	4:59
3	–Edsel	Feeder	3:01
4	–Geek (2)	Herasure	4:10
5	–Juliana*	So Fuckin' Perfec'	2:37
6	–Holy Rollers	Swallowing My Swallow	3:22
7	–Juliana*	The Chase	1:29
8	–Holy Rollers	Moment Before Impact	3:57
9	–Bricks	Spy Kitty	4:28
10	–My New Boyfriend	Thurston Dance	2:53
11	–Nation Of Ulysses*	Diptheria	3:57
12	–Mommyheads*	At The Mall	2:44
13	–Candy Machine	My Old Man	4:06
14	–Jawbox	Footbinder	1:52
15	–Geek (2)	Hemingway Shotgun	3:51
16	–Velocity Girl	What You Say	3:41
17	–Severin	Me & You	3:59
18	–Scrawl	Reuters	2:09
19	–Autoclave (2)	Summer	2:13
20	–Circus Lupus	Pacifier	3:48
21	–Tsunami (6)	Beauty Pt. II	2:56
22	–Superchunk	Baxter	3:51
23	–Rodan (3)	Darjeeling	4:04
24	–Unrest (2)	Winona Ryder	2:23