In the annals of Hardcore Punk history Philadelphia usually gets the short end of the stick but this was my scene and I can tell you it was one of the best in the country at that time. Being located between New York City and Washington DC made it easy for most touring bands to stop there and most of them did. It was a fun and friendly scene. Problem is most of the Philly bands never toured or released anything more than a 7" though most of them did record an album. All these bands were fun to see live. Autistic Behavior recorded 10 songs in a studio. Six were supposed to be released on an ep, 2 were supposed to be on the never released comp LP being put together by Bad Brains but only two songs ended up being released on the Philly Hardcore comp. Get Off My Back. Crib Death were one of the Philly bands (along with F.O.D.) that opened the legendary Minot Threat show at Buff Hall in Camden NJ. Because there were other bands named Crib Death they changed their name to Blunder Boys - name taken from a Three Stooges film. They split when their singer started a family and their drummer became the bass player for F.O.D. Decontrol started in 1980 but didn't release their first record until 1985 possibly due to a continuously revolving line up. In those 5 years they developed and created their own style which some liked and others hated. I loves it! Homo Picnic formed out of the ashes of Kremlin Korps and Sudden Impact. In the middle of 1985 their singer left and they kept the line up to a three piece and changed to a more Metal influenced sound. In 1986 they released an LP that had a few songs from the original line up but mostly new songs. Informed Sources were one of the earlier bands that started in 1981. In mid 1982 they changed singers. They recorded some demos with the original singer and a full album with the second singer but only two songs were ever released on the Get Off My Back comp. LP.
info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_hardcore
some info here: http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/comps/getoffmyback.html
Informed Sources info here: http://home.comcast.net/~loudfast/writeweb/PunkCalling.htm
Get Off My Back comp and other Philly stuff here: http://freedomhasnobounds.com/
Autistic Behavior - unreleased album + extras (1983)
01. AB Scam
02. Get Over
03. title unknown
04. Killer Forces
05. Perfect Order
06. Hell Away from Hell
07. Powerhead
08. Eye of the Beholder
09. Test Pattern
10. TV Messiah
11. Blind Silence
12. Trapped in a Fad
13. Dead Brigade (live)
14. title unknown (live)
15. title unknown (live)
16. Your Absence (live)
Blunder Boys - Demo (1983) [from cassette tape]
01. African Apocalypse
02. Philly Scene
03. Paradise Lost
04. Duel
05. Better Luck Next Time
06. I Hate Girls
07. In The End You'll Burn
08. I'm Afraid Of The Night
09. Middle Class Morals
10. Crumbled Emotion
11. Fear Of Conspiracy
12. Watch Children Die
13. Body Count
14. Too Much Too Fast
15. Vote
16. Our Future Is Set
17. Broken Homes
18. Redneck Song
Crib Death - We Just Wanna Spoil Your Party demo (1982) [from cassette tape]
01. Middle Class Morals
02. I'm Afraid Of The Night
03. Duel
04. Watch Children Die
05. In The End You'll Burn
06. African Apocalypse
07. Philly Scene
08. I Hate Girls
09. Outro
Decontrol - WXPN, Philadelphia 5-16-85 [from cassette tape]
01. Dead Life
02. What'cha Gonna Do
03. Holiday In New Jersey
04. Depraved Condition
05. Fascists
06. Doomsday
07. Born To Be Wild
08. Prostitute
09. Joe Blow
10. Drunk Again
11. Philly Cops
12. Suburban War
13. Young & Tired
14. Death Wish
15. 1992
16. Rip Rip Rip
Homo Picnic - WXPN, Philadelphia 11-84 [from cassette tape]
01. Prelude
02. Blood On The Walls
03. Part Of The Race
04. How Many Lives
05. Blind
06. War Stories
07. No Control
08. We Need More
09. Slave To Your Grave
10. Trouble In Paradise
11. Life's Too Long
12. Battered Dreams
13. I Win
Homo Picnic - Demo 1-85 [from cassette tape]
01. We Need More
02. The Book
03. Part Of The Race
04. Two Eyes
Informed Sources - City Gardens, Trenton NJ 3-82 [from cassette tape]
01. In God We Trust
Informed Sources - WXPN, Philadelphia 12-83 [from cassette tape]
01. Final War
02. title unknown
03. Situation Tragedy
04. Going Out
05. In God We Trust
06. Why Should I
07. This Was The 1980s
08. title unknown
09. I've Lost Control
10. In The Mind Of Phyllis Schlafly
11. title unknown
12. Stuck In My Hole
13. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
14. Forever Never Came
15. Nothing But Lies
16. Dense Pack
Thanks for youre hard work........The Outsiders stuff etc is very cool.
ReplyDeleteDo you have some more Pretenders stuff
All the Pretenders stuff you'll ever need is here: http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/the-pretenders-4-bootlegs-66910.html
ReplyDeleteThanks Bat !
ReplyDeleteExcellent work BAT29. Your blog site helps the old heads remember and gives the new heads a reference point for history. I lived through the 80's Philly punk scene and had a blast playing in a band and hanging out. The local support was tremendous from the kids attending shows, etc. Cudos to WKDU and the student crew of dj's who provided support for the sounds!
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