MONSTER X Live At CBGBs (1997)

A gig that happened around 20 years ago. I found this flyer and tape of both Spazz and Monster X while picking through some of my basement crap. The tape is a recording from the board.  This CBGBs show was insanely packed, with a very "diverse" crowd due to the strange line up.  One emo band would play and a bunch of kids from outside would run in while they played.  A more brutal band would play and the emo kids would go outside while the other kids came in.  Tyler King put this one on. I recall him talking to me as we were loading in about him getting a cease and desist letter from a lawyer from another Monster X band.  I laughed and told him we got those every month. Tyler ripped it up and obviously let us play. Some highlights for me were having Danny Lilker (Anthrax, SOD and Brutal Truth) come up to me after our set and tell me how much he dug us and loved the cover of straight ahead that we did. Also meeting Timojhen Mark face to face and him telling me that he flew out to see us from Cali. Listening to Chris Kellys between song banter ragging on all the emo bands playing.  Hilarious... It sure was a strange line up.  I would love to see the MX set come out as a live LP.  Get at me if you have interest i n putting it out. Someday I'll post the Spazz set.
Set is separated into 2 sides, both sides are larger wav files 

 Share Monster X sidea-1.wav.zip - 175 MB

Share Monster x sideb.wav.zip - 157 MB

MONSTER X- Live at WRPI (1996)

1.Massada/Will To Die
2.We'll Make More
3.The Machine
4.The Gift
5.Your Mistake
6.Battle Fatigue
7.Poisinous Solution
8.Take A Walk
9.Frustrated Existence
10.No Need/Leap Of Faith
11.It's Time/Shorty

Back in the 90's my buddy and band mate (from Devoid Of Faith) Jim MacNaughton did a radio show on WRPI in Troy NY.  He also helped to book punk hardcore bands to play live on the air to a room full of friends and supporters.  It was a cool little thing the folks at the station would let Jim do.  It was mainly Jim, this guy Bob Curry who did sound, and a Japanese girl who went to school there named Akimia.  I saw so many cool shows there by the likes of Oi Polloi, the Gaia, 9 Shocks Terror, Los Crudos and endless other bands.  Both the bands I was playing in at the time were lucky enough to get to play some of these gigs. 
This is a recording of a set that my old band Monster X did at the station.  There were probably ten people there to watch us.  I think the recording came out great (although the bass guitar is way to low).  We actually released the recording on cassette limited to somewhere between 25-50 copies.  Enjoy!

Share Monster X-WRPI Radio.zip - 59 MB

MONSTER X /SPAZZ split 7"

1.tolerance
2.your mistake(NA cover)
3.hand of power
4.chained for life
Spazz side
5.crop circles
6.gas x
7.Jean claude Bland Dan...
8.war in the head
9.elder mutant stomp

I played in Monster X pretty much all the way through the 90's. We started in 1992 after the breakup off a few other crappy local Albany bands. We were best friends....This was one of our our last releases. The record came out on Reservoir Records. I recall Andrew Orlando from Reservoir asking me back in 1997, "if you could do a record with any American hardcore band who would you want it to be?" My response was Man Is The Bastard, Spazz, or Capitalist Casualties. I don't think Andrew could convince MITB to do a split with us, so it was on to Spazz(who were famous for doing a million splits back then). At any rate we were very excited to do a record with these guys(as they were all pretty much friends/heroes to us). Monster X had real issues with recording... and this is the closest I think we ever came to nailing what/and how we wanted to sound. Andrew really was an awesome label head and totally backed what we wanted to do. He really believed in us. If I recall correctly the guy that did the cover art/layout was a member of the 80's German hc band Tu Du Hospital.


http://www.mediafire.com/?44mr3t7rnpnpkd3

AGATHOCLES-the LP's 1989-1991 CD

1. Big One
2. Teachers
3. Christianity Means Tyranny
4. Squeeze Anton
5. Introtyl
6. Fog
7. Majesty of Fools
8. Lay Off Me
9. Purified by Death
10. Deceased
11. Use The Mincer
12. Fake Friend
13. Gorgonised Dorks
14. Four Walls
15. Christianity Means Tyranny
16. Like an Ivy (Poem) / Agarchy
17. Sentimental Hypocrisy
18. Majesty of Fools
19. Fog
20. Teachers
21. The Accident
22. Deceased
23. Forced Pollutions
24. Use the Mincer

Agothocles are a political grindcore band who started in around 1986 in the country of Belgium. The band are pretty much known for putting out way to many records(there are more then 100). The catalog is seriously untouchable when it comes to the amount records they have put out. I tried to keep up in the early days when there wern't ten million grind bands playing the same old crap. I lost interest in them in around 1992.
This features two LP's...The first is a really old line up with Erwin on drums. He was the Original drummer, who later went on to play bass in the band.
This stuff makes me think of my days in Albany, hanging with my pals Devon, John Moran, and Mark Telfian. This type of stuff would be the sound track to many of our road trips, and had a small influence on what we wanted to do musically.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ol8ys8ovkk3sa9i

EXPLODING CORPSE ACTION demo tape (1995)

1.target earth
2.astrogoth
3.decompression
4.astral vortex
5.entombed in space
6.paricalized
7.satan's curse
8.robotic surgery malfunction

This demo is pretty fucking brilliant. It was recorded on a 4 track recorder by Jason Martin.
ECA played grind/death stuff that was influenced by the likes of Carcass, and Fear Of God. They used sci fi themes, and came up with cool fictional names for the band members. In reality The band consisted of one of my best friends, Devon Cahill whom played in Monster X with me, then he want on to replace Lee as the bass player in Dropdead. Also in the band, writing some pretty brutal guitar hooks was Jim Kopta, who is no longer with us. The dude passed away at a way to young age. Jim was a very talented musician and artist who was also in Hail Mary, and the Browncuts Neighbors. Albany has always been a pretty incestuous scene for band people.
At any rate ECA did a split 7" with another local band called Dead Baby. From What I recall the Corpse had a full length LP that was supposed to be released on the Armageddon Label. for some reason this never happened, and there is a full LPs worth of unreleased stuff that has never seen the light of day. The production to that stuff is superior to this. Enjoy.

http://www.mediafire.com/?xtobdmqywk2kmaq

NAPALM DEATH the peel sessions (1989)

1.the kill
2.prison without walls
3.dead part 1
4.deceiver
5.lucid fairytale
6.in extremis
7.blind to the truth
8.negative approach
9.common enemy
10.obstinate direction
11.life
12.you suffer pt 2
13.multi-national corporations
14.instinct of survival
15.stigmatised
16.parasites
17.moral crusade
18.worlds apart
19.M.A.D.
20.divine death
21.c.s.
22.control
23.walls/raging in hell
24.conform or die/sob

Okay, I'm finally getting settled in my new castle, and have started to unpack stuff... this one popped up in a box, and got me thinking.
These were originally recorded in two different sessions in 1987 and 1988 with the almighty Lee Dorrian on vox. Everyone knows he was part of ND's best line up. I don't think I had heard these sessions until maybe 1990. My friend Devon Cahill who later went on to form Monster X with me, and then later played in Dropdead used to work at the Ben and Jerry's on Lark Street in Albany NY. You could be hanging out around Albany back then, walk into Ben and Jerrys and hear this master piece blasting loud over the stereo system. It was hilarious to see Dev behind the counter with a tie dye shirt on blasting this shit, smiling, and scooping ice cream. I can remember this one, and Some Bolt Thrower as well. Not sure how the regular customers stomached the tunes, but it was on heavy rotation for sure.
At any rate I've had this tape for almost 2 decades, it sounds great blasting loudly! This band def influenced stuff that Monster X did.
Enjoy.
http://www.mediafire.com/?udwtw32ktz0

NAUSEA psychological conflict 7" (1991)

01.cold system
02.reanimator

This Nausea is not to be confused with the NYC political punk band(although I was introduced to the punk one first). This Nausea will most definitely be loved by fans of Terrorizer, because the bands shared members, and had the same brutal crusty-grind sound that went on to influence others world wide. Oscar Garcia played guitar and sang for both Terrorizer and Nausea, It is a factor in the shared sound for sure. Supposedly Terrorizer used some songs by Nausea for the "world downfall" LP, as both bands were around during the same time period and shared members. Both Bands formed in around 1987. Terrorizer broke up in 1988, while Nausea plugged along for a few more years.
The first I'd heard of them was in around 1989 or so, and it was only because of their hard to find split LP with Terrorizer that I discovered these gods. This rarity came out on Baphomet Records in 1991.

http://www.mediafire.com/?y3zgny5nonl

GIBBED eternal life 7" flexi (1990)

01.terminate the bloody state
02.manufacture of nation
03.suicides scatter
04.brain muilation
05.repulse the life
06.inevitable dread

Gibbed were a Japanese Death/grindcore band, and to my knowledge only released this ep along with a split with the Japanese band Multiplex. I know very little about Gibbed, although there are rumors that it was CFDL, & SOB members. Sort of doubtful if you ask me. The songs are rough, raw, and fierce, with very little care about production. This is my second copy, bought it from a friend recently for a price I couldn't pass up. My other copy is home at Moms, so this was perfect to buy and throw up on the site.
In the early 1990's I was in a straightedge grindcore band who were influenced by everything from Bolt Thrower, Brutal Truth, Sinister, Fear Of God, S.O.B., Napalm Death, Citizens Arrest, and yup, you guessed it Gibbed. My buddy Devon and I pushed John to approach is vox in the way the gibbed vocalist did. We def also loved the cover art work(I think it shows in the Human Greed split). I originally got my copy of this from my buddy Roger(the ex vocalist in my band Intent).

http://www.mediafire.com/?ymjm4jyzd1t

DEAD- slaves to abysmal perversity 7"(1993)

01.delicious taste of vaginal excrements
02.thrusted to the limit of delights
03.slaves to abysmal perversity
04.gathering for lust

Dead are not dead, and amazingly are still around today. This death/grind band are from Germany and play the hilariously grotesque style known as "pornographic gore grind"(though they are more on the death metal end of things musically). The lyrics are totally ridiculous, and definitely written to offend. The songs are all about twisted brutal sex acts that to most people would seem pretty sexist for sure(if one actually cares). This is the bands second ep, I'm Pretty sure they released a few demo tapes before the eps. Musically Dead remind me of Dying Fetus meets Bolt Thrower(the drums man, the fucking drums). This era of death metal is at the end of an amazing peak. '93 really seems to be like the last year of this style in which I was still paying any attention. After '92, '93 bands were just over produced, sounding the same, and triggering their drums just for fucks sake. Dead at this time were raw, and heavy as shit.
Listening back to this ep sorta takes me back... I can recall sitting around a few years ago in Albany with my old house mates/band mate John and Nick Crud Bomb, joking about this band, and other bands with the "porno gore" lyrics. I mean look at the cover... totally awesomely stupid.

http://www.mediafire.com/?gwejxm25nzg

NAUSEA-crime against humanity LP (1991)

1.mind dead
2.blind point of discharge
3.system breakdown
4.production ends
5.make more profit
6.enemy alliance
7.dreams and prophecies

This should not be confused with the Crusty NYC punk band. This shit here is fanfuckingtastic molten metal grindcore from L.A.. The band featured the frontman Oscar Garcia of Terrorizer on vox. That being said everyone expects more than anyone can really deliver, as "world downfall" is just one of the greatest grind records of all time. The vox on this one are really the only thing that is similar to terrorizer at all. The songs are much longer, and sometimes slower and heavier. Don't fret though, there are still plenty of blast beats, and even a few crust parts as well. The over all production on this is so bass heavy that it gives the feel of the record a totally doom/gloomy dark feeling. These dudes recorded many demos, and did a few other records. They actually formed in the mid 80's out of the death of a band called Majesty. The song Enemy alliance is actually a old Majesty tune.
I discovered these guys through my love and awe of Terrorizer. The first thing I heard by them was the demo split with terrorizer. Sadly I no longer have that one, it was lost in the purge of '93. Enjoy.

http://www.mediafire.com/?aqstwjogx51

FEAR OF GOD cassette tape (1988)

1.pneumatic slaughter
2.the two sides of the coin
3.absolution
4.locked away
5.rubbish planet(no vocals)/Rubbish planet (with vocals)

1.77 punk rock attack from mars
2.world under my fingernail
3.one-day fly

When I first heard Fear of God it was in 1988. I can remember the day clearly, because I'd never heard anything as harsh as it up until then. I was confused as hell, and couldn't believe my ears. The vox sounding like grandfatherly burps, farts, and screams.. seriously noisy as fuck, especially considering the year that this shit came out. This was some of the Lowest Fi stuff I'd ever heard. These guys really helped define the genre of grind.
The band was from Switzerland, and was comprised of punks and metalheads(the bassist was in Messhia I believe?). The singer did the legendary Off the Disk record label. The band released an amazing 21 song ep, and a beautiful looking gatefold LP (that was filled with live stuff).
My friends Louis, Damon, Mike J, and Nick would blast this tape 17 years ago, as we drove around upstate NY using a slingshot to take out McDonalds windows. We loved Fear of God, and hated fast food.
This tape belonged to my buddy Louis who was a world wide tape trader in the 80's. This one he got straight from the band. The cassette includes a lot of stuff, much of it rehearsals and live stuff. I only put two of the five "sets" on here. The first is the rough mix from the ep-demo (1987). The second is a short rehearsal from 1988 featuring a funny sarcastic punk rock song. enjoy.

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


http://www.mediafire.com/?61myozjtgse

FILTHY CHRISTIANS-mean LP (1989)

1. Introitus
2. Obey To Get Independence
3. Go Your Own Way
4. The Scene
5. Drunk Driver
6. Zombie Holocaust
7. Extremely Bad Breath
8. Who Cares?
9. Party & Fight For Your Right?
10. The Disease
11. Burn (Let Those Bastards)
12. Your Goals
13. Herring Attack
14. Just Another Metal Band
15. If You're Hardcore...I'm Not!
16. Old But Not So Wise
17. Dom Ljuger
18. A Case For Teddy

Classic crusty grind from Sweden. They featuring Per Thunel, the singer of 80's hardcore legends Protes Bengt. I later was in awe of meeting Per when my band toured through Sweden 17 years later (he took me to the Viking Museum in Stockholm.
I first heard F.C.'s from their split 7" with G-anx, If i recall correctly I ordered it from Blacklist mailorder , and was blown away by their experimental slice of metal/crust. They mixed elements of Raw Napalm Death, and early Swans together perfectly.
The cover of mean was eye appealing if you were a sick fuck like me, as it displayed a photo of the Swedish prime minister after he was gunned down in a pool of blood a year earlier. Enjoy...


http://www.mediafire.com/?9ayuwneymzm