The A-side is 6 studio tracks while the B-side is six live tracks.
1 Parasite
2 Advantage of the Average
3 And B.Y.E.
4 Love You to the Bones
5 Eastern Cowboy
6 Never to Slow
7 Asses High
8 Hard Hop
9 Another Day
10 Ears of a Frog
11 Evil
12 CO 2
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1 Oriental Television
2 Bachelor Party
3 Beatniks
4 Uh Oh'
Chemicals Made From Dirt Flexi (1982)
1 Rapula
2 Claus Von Bulow
1 Manikin
2 M
3 Hard
4 Beatniks Looking for Tourists
5 Protein Pants
6 Another Dinner
7 Chemicals Made From Dirt
8 Panic - No Fusion
9 Girls My Age
10 17th Century
11 Communist Calendar Girls
12 Air Raid Drill
13 Medicated Elvis
14 Uh-Oh
15 Homeless Men
16 Fast Ocean Puppet
17 Fly to Work
18 Multiple Station Wagon
19 Claus Von Bulow
20 Dr. Shockley
21 Lost in the Cave of Flying Dogs
22 Barney
23 Hiding from Bozo
24 Show World
25 Rapula
The compilation is called "Ike" but there was one song that was not included. That song is called "Ike" and I have included it in this download.
There is no mention anywhere online about this EP but from what I have heard from the vocalist's YouTube channel the song "Liar" from this CD is the same song that appeared on the album but I think it's a different mix. At least the tempo is different.
This is for those 90s punk/post-punk fans who still longed for the female fronted grunge bands like Letters to Cleo. That's not an insult. I love Letters to Cleo and I love this band here.
Incredible songwriting. Great lyrics. They edge on poppy without going over and I'm surprised they never had commercial success. They had it all figured out and were self sustaining. Any record label who knew of them and didn't sign them were foolish.
1 Distracted
2 Rescue Me
3 Grass
4 Liar
They're a three-piece rock band with a familiar style that eludes description.
The one band I can think of that they sound closest to is King's X. That might be a lazy description but that's all I got.
1 We Make it Happen
2 The Moon is Full
3 Alice Don't Cry
4 Since You Left Me Baby
5 Where is My Heart?
6 Could This be True
7 Tell Me
8 Alicia
...
At the time I got this CD I was playing the Recess Records compilations Hot Curly Weenie volumes 1 and 2* and I was looking for something similar. This didn't live up to being what I wanted it to be but there are a couple noteworthy tracks.
The inlay was printed on, what we called back in the 20th century, "typewriter paper" which wasn't made for computer printer ink so the scans look like the inlay is water damaged. It's not. A lot of things from back in the days look like this. That's why it's important for them to be preserved.
* Hot Curly Weenie vol 2 is my favorite. How do you not love beautiful songs like this?:
They were way more "alternative rock" than they were funky but the sound is still recognizable.
The high pitch yodeling vocals are hard to get used to.
1 Tearjerker
2 Positive People
3 My Brain
4 Not Gonna Worry
5 Half a Man
6 Perfect Thing
7 Get Down
8 Genie Says
9 Assistance
10 Temptation
11 Bulletproof
12 What I Do
1 Mute
2 Wake Up
3 Sunny Day
4 Who's
5 Run, Turn, Sum
6 Lost
7 The Fool
8 Jesus
...
There are lots of good songs and lots of shit songs (like most compilations). I won't say what I think are the shittiest songs on here because I try not to bad-mouth any band on my blog, but I will say that my two favorite songs are right next to each other - tracks 13 and 14.
Backwash - "Pirates" has that great late 80s/early 90s So. Cal. hardcore punk sound when the hardcore band lightened up and played a quirky song.
This is a demo version. The version on the comp is different.
...and Impossible 5 - "Anti" (I couldn't find a video for this one).
I have the Impossible 5 CD that this song came from. I'll post it if anybody gives a shit. Just ask.
They have a second CD that I don't have.
