National Guard - Unreleased LP [1996]

National Guard's last hurrah came in the form of an unreleased LP in mid 1996.  Intended to come out on a record label that was to be run by Billy Galaxy, the full recording never ended up seeing the light of day.  As things fell through with the CD, the band was also beginning to go through some changes, and with some personnel changes, National Guard ceased to exist by the end of the year.

Recorded at Anonymous Noise in May of 1996 with Karl Brummers, who also engineered recordings by the likes of The Weaklings, Atomic 61, The Automatics and Everclear, there were 21 tracks in total.  Two of those tracks (US Upset and No Way) did get released on the One Big Happy Slam Pit compilation CD.

So here it is, in its full form, the unreleased National Guard LP at 320k and remastered from the master DAT tape.

National Guard - Unreleased LP

[1996]

https://www.mediafire.com/?3u85gk9j1nup94x

Sweaty Nipples - What's Your Funktion? [demo 1989]

As of a few days ago, it has now been 25 years since Sweaty Nipples recorded their What's Your Funktion? demo tape.  Many people called them funk-metal or funk-punk, but I think a big part of the fun with a band like Sweaty Nipples was that they didn't really fit into any sort of a box.  They were able to crossover with lots of people that were into varied sounds, and that's a big part of what made their shows at La Luna in the early 90s so much fun.

Of course, they would later go on to release records through Media Blitz, Tim/Kerr, Megaforce and Element, but this is where they started.

Sweaty Nipples - What's Your Funktion?

[demo 1989]

http://www.mediafire.com/?fdkt16bntkhpfgc

The S.L.A. - Evil Empire [1985]

I had been holding off on posting this one for a little while, because my copy of the S.L.A. - Evil Empire LP didn't have any of the inserts, but just this week, I found another copy with the insert packet still sealed and I consulted some people about the history of the band, so here we are.

The S.L.A. were a somewhat short lived hardcore punk band (1984 - 1986) that was started by Derby O'Donnell on guitar, and Laura O'Donnell on bass who were married.  They were a heavily political band, which of course riled up a certain cross section of individuals, and it's those white power skinheads that did their best to ruin virtually any show that The S.L.A. played.  Eventually, this all led to the break up of the band.

Tracks 1 - 11 were engineered by Greg Sage in December of 1984, while tracks 12 - 15 were engineered by John Lindhal in Marck of 1985.  The last two tracks on the album are live covers that were recorded by Greg Sage and Tom Robinson at Satyricon on 12/8/84.  A couple of the tracks from this album later ended up on compilations, like the Northwest Hardcore tape, and the City Of Thorns LP on Mystic Records.  I've yet to see any evidence of another recording existing from The S.L.A., whether it be a demo, 7" or any other format.

I'm not sure what all the members were up to after The S.L.A., but I've been told that Laura became a professional harp player.  Singer, Peter Nelson, went on to become the singer of Mule / Apt. 3G.  A bass player that had succeeded Laura, by the name of John Bender, would leave the band in '86 to start up Dead Conspiracy as a punk band, but we all know what path they would take a mere year later, as Dead Conspiracy soon became underground progenitors of the death metal scene.

The S.L.A. - Evil Empire

[Eat Me Records - 1985]

https://www.mediafire.com/?9r5y8wfn1y3uhck

Glacier - Rehearsals [1983 - 1985]

Glacier existed in a few different forms between the years of 1979 and roughly 1989, and played some pretty killer heavy/power metal.  If you want to dig deeper into their history, you can read all about it on this site that is a mirror of a Geocities page while they were planning a reunion around 2002.

The era that they are most widely known for is during the time that they recorded a s/t EP in 1985 that was released on French label, Axe Killer Records.  The vinyl is still highly sought after by collectors.  It's from this same era of the band that I have various rehearsal recordings.  I did some remastering work on these, and they sound pretty good given that they are 30 year old practice space recordings.

Two rehearsals are primarily instrumental, and the others have vocals.  You'll get to hear some early practice versions of songs that made it onto the s/t EP, and even some tracks that never got recorded in a studio.

Let's take this in chronological order:

Glacier - Rehearsal 12/26/83

https://www.mediafire.com/?a3xvfk3vcql6si2

Glacier - Rehearsal 1/8/84

https://www.mediafire.com/?vvppf42eoonuo63

Glacier - Babyland Rehearsal 6/85

https://www.mediafire.com/?c1i8zlq2c1arqlu

Glacier - Rehearsals 9/21 & 9/21/85

https://www.mediafire.com/?r3jaykb66yypdh7

 Glacier - Give It Up 12/85

https://www.mediafire.com/?lq1zvmlsdpimy36

This one especially rules, because it's just Tim and Pat doing a KISS parody.

On a final note, if anyone out there has the Ready For Battle demo from 1984, or any of the recordings that pre-date it, please get in touch!  pdxunderground43@gmail.com

Savior - Brutal Tradition [1992 demo]

Brutal Tradition, the 1992 demo from Savior, is the third release out of seven to be converted and featured on this site.  I'm still vigilantly on the hunt for the other four releases: Requiem For The Dead [1987], Contempt Of Life [1988], Twist Of Fate [1989] and Bleeding At The Heart [1993].  If you have any of those tapes, please get in touch via email - pdxunderground43@gmail.com

 Now onto the release itself.  This demo continues where The Face Of Adversity left off two years earlier, as you can hear the death metal influence occupying a slightly larger focus of the sound.  The result is six tracks that showcase a great mix of early 90s death/thrash.  

There are also two versions of the Brutal Tradition demo.  One produced locally by the band, and the version I have, which came out on Asta Records in Poland.  The songs are all the same, and there are only minor changes in font choice with the layout.

Savior - Brutal Tradition

[1992 demo]

https://www.mediafire.com/?m8thr14x5wja3a5

National Guard - Green Berets [demo 1995]

National Guard's second demo, which was also released in 1995.  Twelve tracks that showed a more powerful and slightly faster sound than the previous demo from earlier in the year.

Remastered from the master DAT tape.

National Guard - Green Berets: War Heros, Hard Asses

[demo 1995]

https://www.mediafire.com/?as9gma6aaba6cu9

Demise - Full Discography

 

I was recently able to get my hands on three master DAT tapes of Demise.  After converting them, I spent some time doing some remasters, and given the source, I think these will be the best sounding Demise recordings out there.  The master for the very first demo only exists on a 2" reel, so that's the only one that is still converted from a standard cassette tape.  That being said, here's the full discography for Demise [1989 - 1994]

 

 Demise - Endless Torment

[demo 1989]

 https://www.mediafire.com/?tz3kaj2842703a0

 

 

 Demise - Inevitable Exit

[demo 1990]

https://www.mediafire.com/?76rtdk3sa3vcddc

 

 

 Demise - Devious Deception 7"

[Listenable Records - 1992]

 https://www.mediafire.com/?ms4i5kipsfeq5kd

Unfortunately, I've yet to come across a physical copy of Sadistic Summoning, so I had to roll with the only picture I have.  If someone out there has a copy, please get in touch.

Demise - Sadistic Summoning

[demo 1994]

https://www.mediafire.com/?cam0mzk28q6ua0u 

 

Resist - European Tour '92 video

I broke out this Resist - European Tour '92 video that I got at Locals Only around '94/'95, and ripped the VHS to digital for youtube.  Plenty of great footage from all over the map.

90 Proof - Demo 1990

In honor of Fig (Craig Pallay), who passed away on Monday, here's the 90 Proof demo tape from 1990.  Fig was a Portland punk rock legend that I would see around town quite often, and he played bass for 90 Proof.  Aside from this demo, a split 7" with Wreck Creation and a track on a GG Allin tribute compilation, I'm not sure if they released anything else.

90 Proof - Demo 1990

https://www.mediafire.com/?7aotaq1uktrqx4n

RIP - Fig

Northwest Hardcore compilation

As indicated by the name, this compilation encompasses the entire Northwest, as opposed to just Portland, but there are plenty of Portland bands on here, and it was released via the Portland based label, Media Blitz.  Ranging from well known bands to the obscure, there are a total of 28 music tracks from:

Diddly Squat, A.M.Q.A., Wehrmacht, Dehumanizers, Mr. Bungle, Blah, Melvins, Inverted Morals, Brain Dead, Final Warning, God, False Liberty, Obituaries, Skate Death, Stonecrow, Spazztic Blurr, Da Junk, Anathema, N.R.A., Sickboy, The Accused, Death Midget, Beer On Tap, Protest and The S.L.A.

Various Artists - Northwest Hardcore

[Media Blitz - 1987]

https://www.mediafire.com/?4bz4rx0vt9dquue

Cruella - Power Metal [demo 1986]

Cruella was born out of the ashes of Xinr in the mid-80s, and they didn't waste much time chugging out some great power/speed metal.  The interesting thing is that the first three Cruella recordings feature the same songs, and the same sequencing, but different recordings.  There's a demo from March of 1986 that I'm still looking for, this demo from September of 1986, and the Vengeance Is Mine LP from 1988.

I contacted guitarist, Roger Decarlo, to get some clarification as to the differences between this recording, and the future full length.  He said that this version of the songs was recorded in a cheesy 8 track studio in September of 1986 for a mere $300.  Everything was then recorded again at a professional studio for $3,000 in August of 1987 for the Vengeance Is Mine LP that came out of US Metal Records in February of 1988.

Here is the full Power Metal recording from 1986.  I gave it a slight remaster.

Cruella - Power Metal [1986]

https://www.mediafire.com/?q3f4nnilyt7j150

Alternative Arts Association - 1980 Catalog

The Alternative Arts Association was a collective of people and bands active in the Portland punk scene.   Founded in 1979, Mark Sten of the Oblivion Seekers was the backbone of the collective, and presented below are scans from the AAA 1980 catalog.

Bile & Demise - Vancouver, WA 1991

A friend gave me a VHS that contained sets from Bile and Demise at a show in Vancouver, WA in early 1991.  The show took place at Vagabonds, which was a record store on 13th St in downtown Vancouver.  There was no date listed on the video, but it's definitely from early 1991.