nailed down-violent distortion

(original 3" cd cover art)

(10" repress cover art)

this one was originally recorded and released in '95 on 3" cd on japanese label profane existance far east, but has been repressed numerous times. killer powerviolence with a big japanese hardcore influence, this one is a lot faster than the honour and glory recording due to dean of heist playing drums on this recording. the songs are also a lot more technical in structure. its a real dark sounding record, i remember first hearing this and thinking the people who made it must have had something really wrong with them. menacing sound.

it was repressed later on 10" vinyl, but the artwork was changed due to the label having some issue with the nazi imagery on the 3" cover, which is odd considering the image was taken from some anti-nazi propaganda from WWII.

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jed whitey-this machine kills hippies

this 7" contains four of the faster songs from their "mongoloid cage match" LP that came out in 01 plus a cover of jealous again. It was released on swedish hardcore label busted heads (run by 138 from DS13) a year or two after the LP.

jed whitey began as a stoner rock band in 98 and apparently they used to tune down to G, which is a league heavier than any metal band in perth i've heard of. Sentences such as "hey thats rather heavy" have been said after listening to such sounds. they eventually tuned up to standard and start playing fast, more straight-forward detroit rock, though with a real aggressive punk vibe about them and had a few early poison idea style US hardcore songs in their sets (see the butler did it & we used your record as a beer coaster on this 7") and covered a lot of classic hardcore songs.

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bail bonds issue#2

this is the zine i scanned the perth punk 80's family tree i post up earlier. it has a lot of info on the late 70s perth punk bands such as the victims, scientist etc and a lot more family trees for you to peruse. interesting shit (though not in the literal sense).

i've only got issue#2 so if anyone reading this has any other issues, plz get in contact.

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chickenshit-live tape

this was recorded live at the castle (not the dank pit that is the castle in northbridge, another venue, i think it was in scarborough? not sure) may of '95 and released on Don Rats (or Don Gonad as he was known at the time) Pagan Waste tape label.

really fast and noisy recording, their studio recorded material is pretty similar (actually i prefer the live recording) everything is just an insane fast blur. I guess this is what Maximum Rocknroll would call "mince-core" or "blur-core" in record reviews.

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they've got a myspace page here

flyers

a few hardcore flyers from the nineties. and no, i did not attend any of these shows, i have john kelly to thank for photocopying these for me. i have more that i'll put up at a later date.

the victims-all loud on the western front

this is a compilation of all the material recorded by the victims, all of which i believe was recorded in 1978. the songs were found on the television addict single, and a self titled e.p. and it also has a few unreleased tracks. its really catchy poppy punk, really well written songs and good sound quality given when it was recorded.

this discography was released a few years back on timberyard records, i think with the permission of the drummer, james baker. the guitarist, dave faulkner (who went on to be in the hoodoo gurus after the demise of the victims) did not okay this and upon hearing of its release got it pulled off the shelf. this may have to do with some ongoing ole fashin' feudin' between the two.

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all in deep shit-negative reply split tape

recorded late 2001 at begerk studios, the day booked mainly to record negative reply (their first recording with james vinci on drums) with the AIDS material recorded in a spare half an hour at the end of the day (their last recording with kim mcconchie on guitar). both recordings came out sounding good and it was released in early 2002 on tape.

a scan of the full cover is included in the zip file, complete with ridiculously long winded thanks list. maybe inspired by AVO?

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