JFA a.k.a Jodie Foster's Army

Hardcore punk + 80's skateboarders = JFA

Enough said.

If you like Minor Threat, Reagan Youth, Black Flag then you'll like this.



Download:

JFA "We Know You Suck" (Full Album)

Judge

This is the first 5 song EP from Judge in 1987. They recorded and mixed the tracks down in 5 hours.


Download:

Judge "New York Crew" EP

Youth Of Today

Youth of Today was practically a revolving down when it came to people leaving and joining the band. Members of the band have come from bands like Judge, Death Before Dishonor, Gorilla Biscuits, Straight Ahead, Agnostic Front, Sick Of It All, just to name a few.

None of that really matters because this is just straight up positive hardcore.

Get it.

Download:
Youth Of Today "Break Down The Walls"

D.O.A Hardcore 81'

Canada's D.O.A inadvertently coined the term "hardcore" when they released this album. D.O.A has a lot more musical chops than most bands of the time and dare I say a slight English influence in their chorus' and transitions.

You should get this one just for the fact that the lead singer's name is Joey Shithead.

Track Listing:

1. "D.O.A"
2. "Unknown"
3. "Slumlord"
4. "Musical Interlude"
5. "I Don't Give A Shit"
6. "M.C.T.F.D"
7. "Communication Breakdown" (Led Zeppelin cover)
8. "001 Loser's Club"
9. "Fucked Up Baby"
10. "The Kenny Blister Song"
11. "Smash The State"
12. "My Old Man's A Bum"
13. "Bloodsucker Baby"
14. "Waiting For You"



Download:

D.O.A "Hardcore 81'

Heavy Manners Presents Hardcore

I figured it was time to give a little shine on some of the hardcore bands that inspire some of the imagery and sediments that go into Heavy Manners.

This is not a definitive mix of all things hardcore and it is actually missing a lot of great bands, but it is a good starting point to build off of.

Punk and the numerous sub-genres that sprung from it can be a bit overwhelming to take in for the beginner.

Hardcore as defined by Wikipedia:

"Hardcore punk is a sub-genre of punk rock that originated in North America and the UK in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock. The songs are usually short, fast, and loud, covering topics such as politics, personal freedom, violence, social alienation, straight edge, war, and the hardcore subculture itself."

Now that you have the gist of what "hardcore" is download the mix and go punch something.


Track Listing:




Download:

Heavy Manners Presents Hardcore (Full Mix)

Black Flag

Blah blah blah it's Black Flag.

They were so blah blah blah and were the first to blah blah blah.

Like anyone gives a f*ck what I write here.

I like this record.

Enjoy.

Also SDTW will be closing shop for good in a few weeks. So get your music on while you still can.




Download:
Black Flag "Damaged" (Full Album)

D.O.A.

Nearly every band in the 80's had a Ronald Reagan song. All of which were not very "flattering" for ol' Ronnie.

This one is my favorite.

Next week I'll post up some full length D.O.A. albums.

Check back.

Happy Friday.





Download:

D.O.A. "You Fucked Up Ronnie"

Minor Threat

What do you say about Minor Threat that already hasn't been said before?

The best American hardcore band ever?
Inventors of the "straight edge" movement?
DIY kings?


I think it comes down to one simple fact: Minor Threat sounds just as good today as they did in 1980 (one year before I was born).

Ideologically, I do not see eye to eye with Ian Mackaye on some points, but I think that is the POINT! Most people at the time didn't feel the same way as he did about drinking, drugs, and oddly enough sex.

So he voiced it for himself and it turns out there were a lot more people that felt the same way. When you do something just for yourself without a single concern for the opinions of those watching the results are typically ground breaking or at the least unique.





Anyone who is familiar with the genre may think that doing a post on Minor Threat is like doing on post on Bob Marley and to some degree you would be right. However, the music is so socially relevant now as it was in it's hey day that it is worth it if one person downloads this album.

Seen?





As far as favorites go "Filler" is king in my book. "I Don't Want To Hear It"and "Seeing Red" are right behind it.

The production quality was always better with Minor Threat then most of their contemporaries and over the years I think that has probably helped the band age well.

Like all good bands there is plenty of contradictions and drama and Minor Threat had a short lived career as a whole. While the parts that were dismantled eventually led to other great things like Fugazi, Dischord Records Label, and even Adult Swim's redord label.


For all that click below:

Minor Threat: Wiki Page




Minor Threat: The Complete Discography

Track Listing:

1. "Filler" – 1:32
2. "I Don't Wanna Hear It" – 1:13
3. "Seeing Red" – 1:02
4. "Straight Edge" – 0:45
5. "Small Man, Big Mouth" – 0:55
6. "Screaming at a Wall" – 1:31
7. "Bottled Violence" – 0:53
8. "Minor Threat" – 1:27
9. "Stand Up" – 0:53
10. "12XU" – 1:03
11. "In My Eyes" – 2:49
12. "Out of Step (With the World)" – 1:16
13. "Guilty of Being White" – 1:18
14. "Steppin' Stone" – 2:12
15. "Betray" – 3:02
16. "It Follows" – 1:50
17. "Think Again" – 2:18
18. "Look Back and Laugh" – 3:16
19. "Sob Story" – 1:50
20. "No Reason" – 1:57
21. "Little Friend" – 2:18
22. "Out of Step" – 1:20
23. "Cashing In" – 3:44
24. "Stumped" – 1:55
25. "Good Guys (Don't Wear White)" – 2:14
26. "Salad Days" – 2:46

Download:

Minor Threat "The Complete Discography"

Crass: The Feeding Of The 5000

If my partner Justin ever posted music on the blog I'd imagine Crass would be one of the first bands he would start with.

There is a load of reading material about Crass on the internet and I would say it's better to educate yourself on the group then for me to write some dribble about a group I personally don't know all that much about other then their importance to the punk and anarcho-punk culture.




Some of the more interesting stuff I found was the description of their iconic logo.

Read below:


"The aforementioned logo represented an amalgamation of several "icons of authority" including the Christian Cross, the swastika and the Union Flag combined with a two-headed snake consuming itself (to symbolize the idea that power will eventually destroy itself). Using such deliberately mixed messages was part of Crass' strategy of presenting themselves as a "barrage of contradictions", which also included using loud, aggressive music to promote a pacifist message, and was in part a reference to their own Dadaist and performance art backgrounds."

- from Wiikipedia


Track Listing:

1. "Asylum"
2. "Do They Owe Us A Living?"
3. "End Result"
4. "They've Got A Bomb"
5. "Punk Is Dead"
6. "Reject Of Society"
7. "General Bacardi"
8. "Banned From The Roxy"
9. "G's Song"

Side 2

1. "Fight War, Not Wars"
2. "Women"
3. "Securicor"
4. "Sucks"
5. "You Pay"
6. "Angels"
7. "What A Shame"
8. "So What"
9. "Well?....Do They?"

Note* It's a cd rip, but the track listing reflects the LP track listing.



Download:

Crass "The Feeding of The 5000" (Full Album)

Bad Religion: How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

Not gonna lie to the masses. I was late to this one too. My first encounter with Bad Religion was much later then it should have been. I think it was in 1994 when "Stranger Than Fiction" dropped. I used to listen to that album quite a bit at the time, but you also have to keep in mind that my concept of punk at the time wasn't much more then two Offspring (cringe) albums and NOFX.

Obviously, I came to and got with the program, but my brother Jeremy put it in my head that I was sleeping on the older Bad Religion catalog and should post it up.

I give you the creme de la crem of B.R.

Their first full length recorded on a $1,000 loan from the guitarist's dad. Way to go pops.

Enjoy.




Track Listing:

1. "We're Only Gonna Die" (Graffin) – 2:12
2. "Latch Key Kids" (Graffin) – 1:38
3. "Part III" (Bentley) – 1:48
4. "Faith in God" (Graffin) – 1:50
5. "Fuck Armageddon... This is Hell" (Graffin) – 2:48
6. "Pity" (Graffin) – 2:00
7. "In the Night" (Gurewitz) – 3:25
8. "Damned to Be Free" (Graffin) – 1:58
9. "White Trash (2nd Generation)" (Gurewitz) – 2:21
10. "American Dream" (Gurewitz) – 1:41
11. "Eat Your Dog" (Graffin) – 1:04
12. "Voice of God is Government" (Bentley) – 2:54
13. "Oligarchy" (Gurewitz) – 1:01
14. "Doing Time" (Gurewitz) – 3:00

Download:

Bad Religion "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?"

Bad Brains

"Black Dots is a collection of early songs recorded by Bad Brains. It was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in 1979, which at the time was in Don Zientara's basement. In between songs you can hear Zientara's son talking to H.R. The album was released in 1996 with a complete set of liner notes."


- the above taken from Wikipedia

I think "Blackdots" is more essential to the Bad Brains catalogue then any of the other albums or "re-issues" if you want to be more accurate. Where as the tracks on "Blackdots" are similar to "Rock For Light" and the first ROHR album "Blackdots" excels on the fact that it was all recorded in 1979 when the band was still finding themselves and hadn't yet tightened up the rawness of their style so to speak.

Also you get a couple songs that are only found on this album like "Redbone In The City" and "Don't Need It."

Enjoy.





Track Listing:

1. Don't Need It
2. At The Atlantis
3. Pay To Cum
4. Supertouch/Shitfit
5. Regulator
6. You're A Migraine
7. Don't Bother Me
8. Banned in D.C.
9. Why'd You Have To Go?
10. The Man Won't Annoy Ya
11. Redbone In The City
12. Black Dots
13. How Low Can A Punk Get?
14. Just Another Damn Song
15. Attitude
16. Send You No Flowers



Download:
Bad Brains "Black Dots" Full Album