Sputnik / JonnyX And The Groadies split 7" [unreleased / 1996]

I'm not sure how many copies of this unreleased 7" were actually pressed, or how many found their way out into the wild over the years, but I've managed to acquire two copies over time. One of them actually has the JonnyX And The Grodies song titles written on the dust sleeve, so I did my best to decipher the chicken scratches.

Sputnik & JonnyX And The Groadies

[split 7" / unreleased]

Download

https://www.mediafire.com/file/wlsyqpwy5ys75vb/Sputnik_%26_JonnyX_And_The_Groadies_split_7.zip/file https://www.mediafire.com/file/wlsyqpwy5ys75vb/Sputnik_%26_JonnyX_And_The_Groadies_split_7.zip/file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/wlsyqpwy5ys75vb/Sputnik_%26_JonnyX_And_The_Groadies_split_7.zip/file

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

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

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

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

Backside Disaster - The Coming Of Iad Urorobos [demo 1997]

Backside Disaster's second demo recording from November of 1997.  Forgive is the only track that was re-recorded from the first, unreleased demo a few months prior.  The new songs contained on this demo were much heavier and guitar harmonies were becoming much more prevalent.  

I'm not sure how many cassettes were made in total, but only the first 25 or 30 came with the handmade lyric booklet, which I fully scanned and included in the download.  This conversion also comes directly from the master DAT, and I gave it a slight remaster.

Backside Disaster - The Coming Of Iad Urorobos

[Demo 1997]

http://www.mediafire.com/download/7rzc8pvjf65t6f4/Backside_Disaster_-_The_Coming_Of_Iad_Urorobos_%5BDemo_1997%5D.zip

Although I can't remember for sure, I believe these tapes were first made available at the Final Destination fest at Stage 4, which they were added to after the flyer below had already made the rounds.

Naked Violence - Demo 1991

Naked Violence spent a good 13 years (1991-2004) supplying Portland with offensive hardcore punk.  This is their five track demo tape from 1991, which contains four originals and a Dayglo Abortions cover.

Naked Violence - Demo 1991

http://www.mediafire.com/download/b959v25mf4jxbkk/Naked_Violence_-_Demo_1991.zip

Backside Disaster - Demo 1997 [unreleased]

On New Year's Eve of 1996, National Guard offically became Backside Disaster at Thee O, and roughly six months later in 1997, they recorded this first demo.  However, they never actually released the demo, and it has been lying dormant on a DAT tape for the last 16 years.  This demo provides a much better link between the sounds of National Guard, and the more complex riffs that would show up in later Backside Disaster songs.

There are six tracks on the demo, and people that attended early Backside Disaster shows might remember such songs as "Payback" and "Nourishment".  Of the six tracks, only one was re-recorded for the second demo in November of 1997.

Without further ado, here is the first, unreleased Backside Disaster demo; remastered from the original master DAT tape.

Backside Disaster - Demo 1997

[unreleased]

http://www.mediafire.com/download/daqaaecgxuxe6y8/Backside_Disaster_-_Demo_1997_%5Bunreleased%5D.zip



Shai Hulud - 8/15/98 @ Stage 4 Theater

In 1998, Florida's Shai Hulud came to Portland for the first time with Overcast and Disembodied, and they all played at the Stage 4 Theater.  The show was originally set to be at 17 Nautical Miles, but it got moved a couple weeks prior, and it's a good thing it did, because there's no way everyone would have fit into that tiny venue.  Unfortunately, video of Overcast and Disembodied from that night are lost forever, as the master copies got destroyed when the original filmer's basement flooded.  But I still had the Shai Hulud set on VHS, and here it is.

The Dead Unknown / Backside Disaster - 4/1/00

April 1st, 2000 served as the first show for my old band, The Dead Unknown, and the final show for Backside Disaster.  Now that I finally have myself setup for transferring VHS tapes, here are full sets of both bands from that night.

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Fatal Erection - Castrated By Love 7" [1994]

Thursday marked seven years since the passing of Pig Champion, and in honor of his ability to shred, here's a release that seems to be lesser known within his rather large discography.

When Poison Idea disbanded in 1993, a new project popped up in 1994 under the name Fatal Erection.  The band featured most of the final Poison Idea lineup, including Pig Champion, Mondo and Thee Slayer Hippie, but vocal duties were handled by John Lyons of E-13.  The only drawback to this 7" is that there are only two songs, but they're incredibly good and focus on the shenanigans of Lorena Bobbit.  I'm unsure of if Fatal Erection ever played live, but this "Castrated By Love" is a great testament to a band that should have done more.

Fatal Erection - Castrated By Love 7" 

[Erection Fatale Records - 1994]

http://www.mediafire.com/?613pk2wqvjxc1gn

Of course, Erection Fatale was really just Fatal Erection Records messing with their moniker for this release.  The download link above also contains full scans of the entire 7" layout and the comic book that was included with the record.

National Guard - Demo 1995

 National Guard - the best thing to ever come out of David Douglas High School?  Undoubtedly.  These guys were my entrance into the local hardcore punk scene, and were some of the first people that I made friends with outside my shitty world of Centennial High School.

Here's their first demo from 1995 - remastered from the master DAT tape.

National Guard - Demo 1995

http://www.mediafire.com/?6uq1a3zbre3v5s3

Oily Bloodmen - Telephone Wire [Demo 1988]

Oily Bloodmen spent a decent chunk of years (1984 - 1992) in various Portland nightclubs, honing a hardcore punk sound that had unique tinges of funk and country buried just below the surface.

This is there Telephone Wire demo from 1988.  At this point in time, Dean Johnson of Poison Idea fame had joined them on drums.

Oily Bloodmen - Telephone Wire [Demo 1988]

http://www.mediafire.com/?z7z0v7qjogm3622

Also, here's a site that has some mp3 rips of Oily Bloodmen's 1987 demo - Old Men Have To Talk Tough along with a few photos.

Unfortunately, in 1998 and 2001, two co-founding members of Oily Bloodmen in Dale Moerer and Rich Rosemus died of drug overdoses.

Sloth Zine #1

The first issue of Sloth Zine, which was done by Zack Phillips of Sputnik.  I don't see a date anywhere, but judging by the PDX punk news in the back, I would guess it was early 1997.

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?axy284nj3asx4ma