Chemicals Made From Dirt [Complete Recordings]

 Chemicals Made From Dirt 7'' (1981)

1 Oriental Television

2 Bachelor Party

3 Beatniks

4 Uh Oh'

 

Chemicals Made From Dirt Flexi (1982)

1 Rapula

2 Claus Von Bulow

 Chemicals Made From Dirt - Ike 

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.

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All She Wrote - All She Wrote EP (2004)

 This was a surprising thrift store find. This is a female fronted band from Riverside California who only ever released one album in 2005 called "Coshade".

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

 

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va Blind Herd of Sheep (1999)

 

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The Red Squares - Oh! Girlie Girl! (1999)

 Is this post-punk? Post-grunge? Power pop -inspired alternative rock? I don't know what to call it but it's decent guitar music.

The second song is a Violent Femmes cover and although the vocals are spot on they added their own flavor to the music and I applaud them for it. 

1 Oh! Girlie Girl!

2 I Held Her in My Arms

3 All Around the City

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Long Beach Unified - Bipolar Express (2005)

 If you like pop-punk, funk, acoustic white boy rap with reggae spread out gracefully and not all mashed together you might appreciate this very rare release from this California band.

If you were part of that 80s/90s Southern California skater scene you might find this band right up your alley. They were a bit late to the party but they brought the sounds you wanted. If the 90s had a scent this band would reek.  

 

1 Long Beach Unified

2 Money in the Bank

3 Shiva Shante

4 The Interlude

5 Another Strain

6 Up Near a Lake

7 Lying on the Floor

8 White Trash

9 Rent a Cop 1

10 Rent a Cop 2

11 Super Mex

12 S. O. G. 

 

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Pou Piam - The 13th Evening (2008)

 Very rare release from this artist. I say "artist" because I don't think this is a band. I think it's one person. 

If you ask me what it sounds like I would say this:

I could tell people I found four unknown songs from Alice In Chains from their "Facelift" era and even the most die-hard Alice In Chains fans might believe it. 

1 Falling Apart

2 Breakaway

3 California

4 The 13th Evening

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va Hostage Records - Cuts Vol.1 (2002)

 

Lots of good punk from the late 90s/early 2000s California punk scene.

My favorite song here is The Main - Scene Killer. The Main was started by Spencer Bartsch from early California punk band Shattered Faith. The Main released only one single but in 2021 they put out a record limited to 150 or so copies that had all of the songs that they recorded that weren't on the single. (I do not have this record.)

The song Scene Killer is about how the punk crowd itself is responsible for killing the punk scene. They make fun of ska and pop punk:

"They took my punk rock and they turned it into jazz I think / But then again they think that punk rock is Blink"

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Sugar Ray's Flying Fortress - Bim Bam Baby (1996)

1 All Night Long
2 Mr. Blues is coming to Town
3 Jukebox
4 We'll be Together Again
5 The Frim Fram Sauce
6 Bei Mir Bist Du Shon
7 Take the 'A' Train
8 Oh Marie
9 Bim Bam Baby
10 Don't Go, Don't Go
11 Dark Eyes
12 You Got Me Reelin' and Rockin'

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