Weirdos - rehearsal, lives shows and demo 1977/1978/1989

The Weirdos are my favorite American Punk band so I thought I'd do a big Weirdos post. They existed between 1977 and 1981 and in that time they released only two 7" singles and two 12" ep. It wasn't until 1989 when they regrouped that they finally released an LP. It is unfortunate for the world of music that they did not get to release an LP in 1978 because it would have been a treasured classic. They certainly had the songs for it. The rehearsal and the Whiskey show have been bootleged up and down the world but thought I'd put them up anyways. The Gold Bear show has one song I can't title. Anyone know it? This version of Barbaric Americana is the same one that is on the Weird World vol. 2 CD. These Condor rough mixes are much better here than the final release.

@ Rehearsal 1977 (from cassette tape)
01. Message From The Underworld
02. Bed Bad
03. I Want What I Want
04. Life Of Crime
05. Go Kid Hugo
06. Solitary Confinement
07. Scream Baby Scream
08. I'm A Mole
09. Teenage
10. I'm Not Like You
11. Why Do You Exist
12. Do The Dance
13. Destroy All Music

@ Whiskey, Los Angeles 10-16-77 (from cassette tape)
01. Solitary Confinement
02. I'm Plastic
03. Scream Baby Scream
04. Life Of Crime
05. Teenage
06. Destroy All Music
07. Message From The Underworld
08. It Means Nothing To Me
09. Do The Dance

@ Golden Bear, Huntington Beach CA 9-06-78
01. intro
02. title unknown
03. Destroy All Music
04. Neutron Bomb
05. Life Of Crime
06. Hit Man
07. Idle Life
08. Happy People
09. Fort USA
10. Barbaric Americana
11. Solitary Confinement

Condor rough mixes (1989)
01. Something's Moving
02. Shining Silver Light
03. Living Thing
04. Terrain
05. Cyclops Helicopter
06. Nowhere To Run

Damned - rehearsals 1979

Here's a nice rehearsal tape of Captain, Rat, Algy and Dave working on a bunch of songs in the time before the Machine Gun Etiquette album. Only two songs here made it onto the album and there is one - Blind Lead The Blind - that didn't make it anywhere. There's also an early version of I Believe The Impossible which here is titled Don't Trouble Trouble. Most of these songs are instrumental. Very good quality.

track list:
01. Ballroom Blitz
02. unknown
03. unknown (2)
04. Melody Lee
05. Don`t Trouble Trouble (1) [I Believe The Impossible]
06. Don`t Trouble Trouble (2)
07. Don`t Trouble Trouble (3)
08. Don`t Trouble Trouble (4)
09. Don`t Trouble Trouble (5)
10. Don`t Trouble Trouble (6)
11. Don`t Trouble Trouble (7)
12. Anarchy In The UK
13. Pretty Vacant
14. Pretty Vacant (2)
15. Blame It On
16. Rich Kids God Save The Queen
17. unknown (3)
18. Love Song (1)
19. Love Song (2)
20. Love Song (3)
21. Love Song (4)
22. Do You Really Care
23. Love Song (5 - ENTER VANIAN)
24. Blind Lead The Blind (1)
25. Blind Lead The Blind (2)

New York Dolls - Max's, NYC 7-04-76 [with Mick Ronson]

After Thunders and Nolan left the New York Dolls in 1975 Johansen and Sylvain regrouped with new members and kept the band going for another two years. They never released any records but there area few live recordings to help tell the story. Here is a part of one that has Mick Ronson playing guitar with them. Besides Sylvain, Johansen and Ronson, Peter Jordan plays bass, Tony Machine is on drums, and Bobby Blaine plays keyboards. This one is recorded from the audience and is a little raw but is still a fun listen.

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01 Teenage News (Sylvain)
02 Pills (Diddley)
03 Boys' High Mambo (traditional high school chant/taunt)
04 Personality Crisis (Johansen/Thunders)

Nuns - Demo 1977

The Nuns from San Francisco existed from 1976 to 1979 and in that time they only had two singles released. At the end of 1977 they recorded demos for CBS Records but did not get a record deal. They moved for a while to New York City in 1978 and after returning to San Francisco they split up. In 1980 a final single was released before some of the band members got back together to record an LP for the Posh Boy label. These two songs are some of the demos they recorded in 1977 with the original line up. This is from a radio broadcast.

track list: [from cassette tape]
01. World War 3
02. Confused + Talk Talk

Damned - the utopia bootlegs 1979

The Damned do dub. Three songs worth on these demos from the Machine Gun Etiquette era. Very interesting.

track list:
01. Creatures (Plan 9 Channel 7 Dub)
02. Suicide Dub
03. Noise Dub
04. Love Song
05. Suicide
06. Noise

Leyton Buzzards - BBC In Concert 1979

Leyton Buzzards were from London and existed from 1977 to 1980. In that time they released 5 singles and an LP besides recording four John Peel Sessions. The first single 19 & Mad is a favorite of mine for its raw sound and teen anthem appeal. The rest of their output is soft in comparison but still enjoyable to listen to. This BBC live show features much rawer versions of songs from their album. This is a radio broadcast and the quality is excellent.

LP here: http://isksp.blogspot.com/2008/10/leyton-buzzards-1979-from-jellied-eels.htmlmore info here: http://punkmodpop.free.fr/buzzards_pic.htm
discography here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Leyton+Buzzards

Setlist:
01. intro
02. The Greatest Story Ever Told
03. Sweet Dreams Little One
04. I Don't Want To Go To Art School
05. Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees
06. No Dry Ice Or Flying Pigs
07. Last Tango In Leyton
08. 19 & Mad
09. I'm Hanging Around

(DC) Youth Brigade - Demos 1981 + Obanion's, Chicago 8-03-81

This Youth Brigade were from Washington DC and existed for only 10 months in 1981. Their singer was a member of the now legendary Teen Idles and the bass player was a former member of The Untouchables. In their short existence they manage to release one 8 song 7" ep and had three songs on the Flex Your Head compilation LP. The quality on everything is very good. The live show is from the soundboard but the vocals dominate the mix. Minor Threat also played this show. From cassette tape.

1st Demo 1981:
01. It's About Time We Had A Change
02. Last Word
03. Full Speed Ahead
04. Pay No Attention
05. Point Of View
06. Waste Of Time
07. Wrong Decision
08. Barbed Wire

2nd Demo 1981:
01. I Object
02. Full Speed Ahead
03. Last Word
04. Waste Of Time
05. Youth Brigade
06. Bouncer
07. Snow Job
08. Moral Majority

@ Obanion's, Chicago 8-03-81: [from cassette tape]
01. I Object
02. Point Of View
03. Full Speed Ahead
04. title unknown
05. Last Word
06. Waste Of Time
07. Youth Brigade
08. Pay No Attention
09. Snow Job
10. Wrong Decision
11. title unknown
12. Moral Majority
13. Barbed Wire
14. No Song 2