UXA - Part 2 [Live shows 1978-1984]

Here are a few live UXA shows plus a De De Troit demo for immediate consumption. Some of these shows have unreleased songs on them - almost enough for a second album - plus a couple choice covers.

@ Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco 3-20-78 [Miner's Benefit show]
01. Market Of Souls
02. Visitors
03. UXA
04. I Don't Lose Sleep [on Miner's benefit CD]
05. Hand In Glove
06. Tragedies

@ Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco 5-11-78
01. Death From Above

@ Hong Kong Cafe, Los Angeles CA 1979
01). Paranoia Is Freedom
02). Non-Fiction
03). I Don't Lose Sleep
04). You Saw Me
05). Death From Above
06). Hand In Glove
07). Sister Godfrieda
08). Social Circle
09). Innocent Bystander
10). Tragedies
11). No Time
12). UXA
13). Immunity
14). No One [Johnny Moped]

@ 171-A, NYC 1981
01). Stress Test
02). I Don't Have Everything

@ Hong Kong Cafe, Los Angeles 11-82
01). 1995
02). Death From Above
03). Visitors
04). Innocent Bystander
05). Got To Run
06). I Don't Lose Sleep
07). No Time
08). UXA

@ Music Machine Los Angeles 1984
01). Death From Above
02). Market Of Souls
03). Visitors
04). American Jeans
05). I Don't Have Everything
06). Tubes/Tunnels
07). Social Circle
08). Innocent Bystander
09). Pirate Love [Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers]
10). Tragedies
11). No Time
12). UXA
13). Immunity
14). I Don't Have Everything

De De Troit - Demo (1986)
01. Devil's Dice
02. Motherless Child
03. Ball 'n Chain
04. Rock 'n' Roll Fix
05. Trouble Shooter
06. Dead of Night - P.M.R.C.

UXA - Part 1 [Illusions of Grandeur LP 1980 + single]

UXA were from San Francisco and started in 1977. In 1979 they had two songs on the Tooth And Nail compilation LP and in 1980 their only LP was released on the Poshboy label. Initially the LP was released in a special limited pressing with 10 songs. When that sold well the LP was remixed and had two songs added. In 1981 they moved to New York City for a while before moving to Los angeles and splitting up. In 1982 De De Detroit formed the De De Detroit Band with some former members of UXA while still performing the odd UXA show. By 1986 De De Detroit was fronting a Metal band under her name. In 1990 the Poshboy label released a UXA single consisting of two old songs from the original band period. During the 1990s De De Detroit got together a new line up of UXA, played around and released some recordings. In 2003 the Miner's Benefit compilation CD that has two UXA tracks recorded live in March 1978 was released.

some info here: www.myspace.com/unitedexperimentsofamerica
some UXA/De De Detroit info here: http://www.davidnigellloyd.com/index.html
Tooth and Nail LP here: http://punknotprofit.blogspot.com/2010/03/tooth-and-nail-compilation-lp-upsetter.html
Miner's Benefit CD here: http://www.eggcityradio.com/?p=241

Illusions of Grandeur LP (1980) [Original Pressing]
01). Paranoia Is Freedom
02). No Time
03). UXA
04). Hand In Glove
05). I Don't Lose Sleep
06). Sister Godfrieda
07). Tragedies
08). Innocent Bystander
09). Non-Fiction
10). Death From Above

Illusions of Grandeur LP (1980) [Remix]
01). Paranoia Is Freedom
02). No Time
03). UXA
04). Hand In Glove
05). I Don't Lose Sleep
06). You Saw Me
07). Tragedies
08). Sister Godfrieda
09). Innocent Bystander
10). Non-Fiction
11). Immunity
12). Death From Above

Single (1990)
01. 1995
02. Visitors

Pagans (UK) - The Cuckoo Has Flown demo (1982)

These Pagans were part of the Bluurg/Subhumans family of bands and were from Warminster England. They started in 1980 under the name Wild Youth and had 4 songs on the Wessex '81 compilation tape released by Bluurg. In 1982 they changed a couple members and the name of the band to The Pagans and released one song (their only vinyl release) on the Wessex '82 compilation ep. Previous to Wild Youth the guitarist had been in The Mental who released one ep in 1979 and the bass player was in the Stupid Humans.

track list:
01. Nobody Cares
02. Plastic Age
03. Standing Still
04. Sick Boy 82
05. Politician
06. Wave Goodbye To Your Dreams
07. Attack
08. Quality Of Life
09. Mr Men
10. War Is Not A Game

Teardrop Explodes - Left Bank, Mt Vernon NY 3-07-81

Teardrop Explodes were from Liverpool England and began life in 1979 and are the band that delivered Julian Cope to the world. Between 1979 and 1983 they released 2 albums and 11 singles. This show captures them live before the second album and features Troy Tate on guitar who had previously been in the Punk bands Index (released one single in 1979) and Shake (with 3 former members of The Rezillos). This is a radio broadcast and is very good quality. From cassette tape.

more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teardrop_Explodes
Troy Tate interview here: http://micksinclair.com/sounds/troy.html
Index single here: http://mylifesajigsaw.blogspot.com/2010/10/index-jetlag-1978.html
Shake ep here: http://wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com/2010/03/shake-st-ep-1979-sire.html

setlist:
01. title unknown
02. Reward
03. Thief Of Bagdad
04. Sleeping Gas
05. Passionate Friends
06. Suffocate
08. Ha Ha I'm Drowning
09. Treason
10. Screaming Secrets
11. The Great Dominions

Sound - Tivoli, Utrecht Holland 1-20-83

The Sound were formed out of the ashes of the London Punk band The Outsiders in 1979. They survived as a part of the Post-Punk scene until 1988 recording 5 albums and numerous singles. Here's a live radio broadcast from Holland during one of their tours there. The quality is very good. From cassette.

info here: http://www.brittleheaven.com/
and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound

setlist:
01. -DJ Announcement-
02. Skeletons
03. Possession
04. Oiled
05. Monument
06. Hour Of Need
07. Who's Sorry Now
08. Where The Love Is
09. New Dark Age

Philly Hardcore 1981-1986 Part 2

Kremlin Korps were around for about 1 years - 1983-1984 - and released one 7" ep in that time. When they split 3 members formed Homo Picnic. The More Fiends were a very unique sounding band that started in 1985. They released two albums, are the only Philly band to record a John Peel Session and one of the few Philly bands to tour Europe. This early live show is with the original line up  - guitar/slide guitar/drums/sax - and they have a more No Wave sound which is much different than the more Punky sound they are known for. This line up never released anything but apparently they did record some demos. Ruin need no intro. They were the best band to ever come out of Philly. On this show they played for almost 90 straight minutes. Seeds Of Terror existed from 1982 to 1984 and only had two songs on the Get Off My Back Philly Hardcore comp. though they did record a full albums worth of stuff. All I have is this one song which is about the Philly DJ Lee Paris.

Sadistic Exploits post here: http://noiseaddiction.blogspot.com/2010_09_22_archive.html

Kremlin Korps - C.E. Center, Philadelphia 3-31-84 [from cassette tape]
01. Whiplash
02. Culture Shock
03. Warsaw
04. Let Me Die
05. Moscow's Revenge
06. Mental Block
07. Friday's Song
08. -tune-up time-
09. Hollow Head, Hollow Eyes
10. Burning Bridges
11. Abyss
12. title unknown
13. Knife in Your Back

More Fiends - St Marys, Philadelphia 12-27-85 [from cassette tape]
01. title unknown
02. title unknown
03. title unknown
04. title unknown
05. Lust
06. title unknown
07. title unknown
08. title unknown
09. title unknown
10. title unknown
11. Relative Morality
12. Big Tea Party
13. title unknown
14. You're Stupid

Ruin - The Loft, Reading PA 4-27-85 part 1 [from cassette tape]
01. Ruin
02. Dionysian
03. title unknown
04. Great Divide
05. By The By
06. Taster
07. Make Believe
08. Where Fortune
09. Altar
10. Famous Blue Raincoat
11. Master Song
12. Laudium-He Ho
13. China
14. Freedom Has No Bounds

Ruin - The Loft, Reading PA 4-27-85 part 2 [from cassette tape]
01. title unknown
02. Proof
03. Play With Fire
04. White Rabbit
05. Rule Worshiper
06. Alarm
07. Life After Life
08. Love Dog
09. Phenomenal Expression
10. Twilight
11. Baby Doll
12. title unknown
13. title unknown
14. title unknown

Seeds Of Terror - Demo (1983) [from cassette tape]
01. We Hate Lee Paris

Philly Hardcore 1981-1986 Part 1

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