Thursday, January 23, 2014

Mother of Mercy - No Eden (2008)


Formed in the Spring of 2007 and featuring ex members of Let Down, Mother of Mercy plays contemporary metallic hardcore that draws some of the best elements of 90's 'core with a well-executed tinge of metal. Their music is raw, abrasive and dark - highly influenced by Samhain, Undertow and Obituary.  No Eden was released on Collapse Records and is the 5 track EP that kick started it all.  Solid shit that any fan of metal or hardcore should definitely check out. 

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Ringworm - Creatures - BENCHPRESS

Track listing: 
1 - Pulled Under
2 - Demise
3 - Iceburn
4 - Fade
5 - Left Behind
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Mother of Mercy - Passing Through The Fire (2008)


The 2nd release by PA's Mother of Mercy, Passing Through The Fire is 3 track onslaught of hardcore tinged metal.  Do not pass this one up. 

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Ringworm - Creatures - BENCHPRESS

Track listing:
1 -  The Search
2 - Nailed Down
3 - Fractures
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Mother of Mercy - III (2009)


Mother Of Mercy's debut full-length continues where they left off on their two highly acclaimed EPs with a dark, heavy, hardcore sound with gloomy imagery. Released on Six Feet Under Records, III is 10 tracks of pure hell. 

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Ringworm - Creatures - BENCHPRESS

Track listing:
1 - Divide
2 - Back to the Agony
3 - Black Skies
4 - Cold Sun
5 - Cadence
6 - Inside and Out
7 - No One
8 - Slip
9 - Ghost
10 - Suffer
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Mother of Mercy - IV: Symptoms Of Existence (2011)


Mother of Mercy's debut album for Bridge 9 records.  Unfortunately this would also be their last release.  10 more tracks of the hardcore influenced metal sound with a Pennsylvania edge.  Check this out, for your health. 

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Ringworm - Creatures - BENCHPRESS

Track listing:
1 - Forever Night, Forever Mournin
2 - Symptoms of Existence
3 - Soul Burns Slow
4 - World of Pain
5 - Swinging the Chain
6 - Live Through Darkness
7 - Control
8 - Drown
9 - Upped Hand
10 - Final Breath
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law (1988)




In Battle There Is No Law is the debut album of Bolt Thrower. It is recorded at Loco studios by Andrew Fryer, and mixed at Clockwork by Alan Scott. It was released on Vinyl Solution as Sol 11 in 1988 and re-released on Vinyl Solution as Sol 11 in 1992, with a different album sleeve. The album was again re-released in 2005 with the old album sleeve restored.

*German metalcore act Heaven Shall Burn used the same album title for their debut EP as a homage to Bolt Thrower, claiming that the British death metal band had a huge influence on their music.

Status: Active
Contact: official website
Rock if you like: Immolation - Entombed - Dismember

Track listing:
1 - In Battle There Is No Law
2 - Challenge For Power
3 - Forgotten Existence
4 - Denial of Destiny
5 - Blind To Defeat
6 - Concession of Pain
7 - Attack in the Aftermath
8 - Psychological Warfare
9 - Nuclear Annihilation
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Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos (1989)




Realm of Chaos, subtitled Slaves to Darkness, is Bolt Thrower's second studio album, recorded at Loco studios in April 1989, engineered by Tim Lewis. It was mixed at Slaughterhouse Studios in July 1989 and engineered by Colin Richardson. It is produced by Bolt Thrower and Digby Pearson. The cover art work is produced by Games Workshop. The whole album is closely tied to Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 game background and Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness was the title of a gaming book by Games Workshop released in 1988.

The album was released on Earache Records: Mosh 13 in 1989. In 2005 a re-issue was released by Earache, featuring new artwork. The band advises not to buy the re-issue, as they have not been involved and will not get royalties.

Realm of Chaos displays a progression from its previous output in speed and riffage. There is a strong focus on blast beats in many of the songs, with chaotic guitar soloing, common in grindcore. Nevertheless the signature heavy riffing is also apparent. Thus, this is usually considered a death metal album, or a deathgrind album (a fusion of death metal and grindcore).

Status: Active
Contact: official website
Rock if you like: Immolation - Entombed - Dismember 

Track listing:
1 - Intro
2 - Eternal War
3 - Through The Eyes of Terror
4 - Dark Millenium
5 - All That Remains
6 - Lost Souls Domain
7 - Plague Bearer
8 - World Eater
9 - Drowned In Torment
10 - Realm of Chaos
11 - Prophet of Hatred
12 - Outro
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Bolt Thrower - War Master (1991)


War Master is a Bolt Thrower album, recorded at Slaughterhouse studios in September 1990, produced by Bolt Thrower and Colin Richardson. It was released on Earache Records: Mosh 29 in 1991.  Whereas Realm of Chaos was dominated by grindcore based blasts and riffs, this album abandons most of the grindcore influences for a sound that is more strictly death metal. Moreover, there is more melody in the music and the guitar solos, although some chaotic solos remain. This is also the final Bolt Thrower album to feature the blast beat style of drumming (which can be heard on three songs - "What Dwells Within", "War Master", and "Afterlife"), before it was abandoned and subsequently never used thereafter in the Bolt Thrower discography.  "Cenotaph" is a thematic continuation of the song "World Eater" from the previous record. It shares the opening and ending riffs and it has some lyrical similarities as well.  The album was extensively sampled on Dutch breakcore producer Bong-Ra's album Full Metal Racket, with allusions also including song titles such as "Bloody Cenotaph" and "Jo Bench".

Status: Active
Contact: official website
Rock if you like: Immolation - Entombed - Dismember 

Track listing:
1 - Intro... Unleashed (Upon Mankind)
2 - What Dwells Within
3 - The Shreds of Sanity
4 - Profane Creation
5 - Destructive Infinity
6 - Final Revelation
7 - Cenotaph
8 - War Master
9 - Rebirth of Humanity
10 - Afterlife
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Bold Thrower - The IV Crusade (1993)





The IVth Crusade is the fourth studio album by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower. It was recorded at Sawmill Studios in August 1992 and produced by Bolt Thrower and Colin Richardson. The album was engineered by John Cornfield and mixed at Fon studios. It was also engineered by Alan Fisch and Steve Harris. It was released through Earache Records as Mosh 70 in 1992. The album title comes from the Fourth Crusade and the capturing of Constantinople. The cover artwork is a painting from Eugène Delacroix, showing "The Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople".  For this album Bolt Thrower slowed down considerably compared to War Master, focussing more on playing heavy riffs and a thick sound. Album feature more death/doom metal-driven style, and which was influenced by doom metal bands including Candlemass and Black Sabbath. Particularly, this style is apparent in songs like "This Time It's War," or "As the World Burns."  "Embers" opens and ends as "Cenotaph" did on the previous album War Master, and leads into "Powder Burns" on Mercenary.

Status: Active
Contact: official website
Rock if you like: Immolation - Entombed - Dismember 

Track listing:
1 - The IV Crusade
2 - Icon
3 - Embers
4 - Where Next To Conquer
5 - As The World Burns
6 - This Time It's War
7 - Ritual
8 - Spearhead
9 - Celestial Sanctuary
10 - Dying Creed
11 - Through The Ages
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Bolt Thrower - ... For Victory (1994)


…For Victory is a Bolt Thrower album. It was recorded at Sawmill studios in 1994, produced by Colin Richardson and Bolt Thrower. A limited edition contains a live CD titled Live War.  The song "…For Victory" contains a quote from Laurence Binyon poem, known as the Ode of Remembrance.

Status: Active
Contact: official website
Rock if you like: Immolation - Entombed - Dismember 

Track listing:
1 - War
2 - Rememberence
3 - When Gloom Beckons
4 - ... For Victory
5 - Graven Image
6 - Lest We Forget
7 - Silent Demise
8 - Forever Fallen
9 - Tank (Mk. I)
10 - Armageddon Bound
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Bolt Thrower - Mercenary (1998)


Mercenary is an album by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower. It was recorded at Chapel Studios, Lincoln, England, December 1997 to January 1998. The album was produced by Bolt Thrower and Ewan Davis. It was released on Metal Blade Records in 1998.  The cover painting is titled "Contact – Wait Out", which is also the first track on the next album, "Honour – Valour – Pride".  "Powder Burns" is a continuation of the song "Embers" from The IVth Crusade, and leads into "The Killchain" on Those Once Loyal.

Status: Active
Contact: official website
Rock if you like: Immolation - Entombed - Dismember 

Track listing:
1 - Zeroed
2 - Laid To Waste
3 - Return From Chaos
4 - Mercenary
5 - To The Last...
6 - Powder Burns
7 - Behind Enemy Lines
8 - No Guts, No Glory
9 - Sixth Chapter
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Bolt Thrower - Honour - Valour - Pride (2001)


Honour – Valour – Pride is an album by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower. It was recorded and mixed at Sable Rose Studios in Coventry, England, June to September 2001. It was produced by the band and Andy Faulkner, and was released on Metal Blade Records in 2002. Honour – Valour – Pride is the only full length Bolt Thrower album not featuring Karl Willetts.

Status: Active
Contact: official website
Rock if you like: Immolation - Entombed - Dismember

Track listing:
1 -  Contact / Wait Out
2 - Inside The Wire
3 - Honour
4 - Suspect Hostile
5 - 7th Offensive
6 - Valour
7 - K-Machine
8 - A Hollow Truce
9 - Pride
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Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal (2005)

Those Once Loyal is an album by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower. It was released on 11 November 2005 in Germany, 14 November 2005 in the rest of Europe and 15 November 2005 in the USA by Metal Blade Records. It was recorded and mixed at Sable Rose Studios in Coventry, England. It is produced by the band and Andy Faulkner.  Like all of Bolt Thrower's albums, Those Once Loyal deals with war, specifically World War I. The cover shows a World War 1 QF 18 pounder field gun and its crew in action and is based on an original WW1 photograph .

Status: Active
Contact: official website
Rock if you like: Immolation - Entombed - Dismember

Track listing:
1 - At First Light
2 - Entrenched
3 - The Killchain
4 - Granite Wall
5 - Those Once Loyal
6 - Anti-Tank (Dead Armour)
7 - Last Stand of Humanity
8 - Salvo
9 - When Cannons Fade
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Thursday, January 9, 2014

The Nobodys - Short Songs For Short Attention Spans (1996)


The Nobodys were an American Punk rock from Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Mixing four-chord Ramones-inspired rock anthems with an unadulterated pornography fixation, their 1996 debut album on Hopeless Records, Short Songs for Short Attention Spans was produced by Joe Queer of The Queers. They toured extensively for Short Songs around the US, Europe and Canada.  In 1997 they released a second full length LP, Smell of Victory (produced by Warren Fitzgerald of The Vandals). Appearances on the Hopelessly Devoted to You II (over 125,000 sold) and Cinema Beer Nuts (over 75,000 sold) compilations as well as tours with The Queers, Chixdiggit and Guttermouth won more fans. With vinyl splits and EPs, the band made it easy to find this material by compiling it on their forth full length release, Greatasstits.  They continued into the early 2000s before calling it quits.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: The Vandals - Screeching Weasel -Falling Sickness

Track listing:
1 - Perfect
2 - Nobodys
3 - Roommates
4 - Vaseline And A Magazine
5 - Fed Up
6 - I'm So Useless
7 - Scarred By Love
8 - Nothing Matters
9 - D.U.M.B.
10 - I'm Fucked
11 - Happy
12 - Sick Of You
13 - 1-900-Loser
14 - Fred
15 - She's Getting Sick Of Me
16 - Almost There
17 - Coffee House Massacre
18 - I Don't Care
19 - Things
20 - Stupid Humans
21 - In Memory Of
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The Nobodys - The Smell of Victory (1997)


The second full length from the kings of Colorado porno punk, produced by Warren Fitzgerald of the Vandals.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: The Vandals - Screeching Weasel -Falling Sickness

Track listing:
1 - Told Ya So
2 - I Hate It
3 - 30 Days
4 - A Girl Like You
5 - So Cool
6 - Hey Doofus
7 - Your Girlfriend
8 - I Can't Take It
9 - I Don't Like You
10 - I Sniff Glue
11 - I'm Ugly
12 - Tomorrow
13 - I Hate To Drive
14 - Hubie
15 - Vaca in T.J.
16 - Sara Doesn't Like Me
17 - Fuck You Too
18 - Joy Got A Tit Job
19 - You Make Me Wanna Drink
20 - I Don't Need Your Love
21 - Wet Sheets
22 - Party Doll-A-Go-G0
23 - We're A Traveling Band
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The Nobodys - Generation XXX (1998)


Generation XXX is the 3rd studio album by Colorado's The Nobodys.  25 tracks of the 4 chord punk rock you've come to love and expect from these sexually oppressed (or obsessed) rocky mountain punks.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: The Vandals - Screeching Weasel -Falling Sickness

Track listing:
1 - Doing It For The Kids
2 - Best Damn Tits (I've Ever Seen)
3 - I Love It
4 - Dude's Gonna Shoot
5 - Fat Hookers
6 - The Jerk
7 - James Got A Blow Job
8 - Perfect Reject
9 - Ain't Too Cool (Monster Pt 2)
10 - Just Another Cunt
11 - Someone Too...
12 - I Hate Your Guts
13 - Dead End Job
14 - Saying Goodbye
15 - Another Stupid Song
16 - I Love To Fuck
17 - Mother I'd Like To Fuck
18 - Tania Got A Titjob
19 - Joe's Sister
20 - Rock & Roll Bitch
21 - Give It A Rest
22 - Ain't No One Getting Laid
23 - Kicked Out
24 - Disease's Last Stand
25 - I Really Like Girls
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The Nobodys - Greatasstits (1998)


Greatasstits is a compilation of EPs, Splits, Singles, and comp tracks released up to this point in the Nobodys career.  52 tracks of snotty porno punk straight out of Denver.  A must have!

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: The Vandals - Screeching Weasel -Falling Sickness

1 - All Kinds Of Girls
2 - Nothing To Do
3 - Peace Of Mind
4 - Transcention
5 - I Love My Gun
6 - Man At The Bar
7 - Leaving It All Behind
8 - I Never Wanted Anything  To Change
9 - Here To Drive
10 - So Called Friends
11 - D.U.M.B.er
12 - Headache
13 - I Don't Need Your Love
14 - I Don't Like You
15 - You Shock Me All Night Long
16 - I've Done Everything For You
17 - Thinking About You
18 - We Go Together
19 - Dumbfuck
20 - Kiss Ya
21 - Temporarily Blind
22 - No Hit Wonder
23 - Really Need
24 - Pink
25 - Don't Touch Me
26 - Scapegoat
27 - Had A Friend
28 - Constipated
29 - Rev. Leon
30 - Up And Down
31 - Kielbasa Queen
32 - Bring It Back
33 - My Girl Sucks
34 - I Don't Wanna Know
35 - Addicted
36 - Manny
37 - God Is Dead
38 - Normal People
39 - Teen Drag Queen
40 - Hey Doofus
41 - Stupid Humans
42 - Vaseline And A Magazine
43 - Wetsheets
44 - Rusty Joint
45 - Sick Of You
46 - I'm So Useless
47 - Perfect
48 - Necessity
49 - Another Problem
50 - Young, Blonde, And Dumb
51 - Piece Of Ass
52 - Thinking About You (R'n'R version)
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The Nobodys - I've Been Everywhere (2000)


I've Been Everywhere is a CD of Covers.  The Nobodys flawlessly pull off tracks from Johnny Cash, The Queers, Pinhead Circus, Jughead's Revenge and many others. A must have for anyone collecting Nobodys albums.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: The Vandals - Screeching Weasel -Falling Sickness

Track listing:
1 - No Wonder (Sick'n'Tired)
2 - I Like Young Girls (The Queers)
3 - Leaving Home (Digger)
4 - Double Fisted (Gotohells)
5 - C-Biscuit (Jughead's Revenge)
6 - Tonight (Automatics)
7 - Six Down (Pinhead Circus)
8 - Best Hung Carrot (Chixdiggit)
9 - Monster Zero (The Queers)
10 - Die Tonight (Gotohells)
11 - High Balls (Guttermouth)
12 - I've Been Everywhere (Johnny Cash)
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The Nobodys - Less Hits More Tits (2001)



The final release from Colorado's porno punks.  Less Hits More Tits is 20 tracks of snotty, intelligently funny Ramones worship.  Sad to see these gents hang it up.  Enjoy.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: The Vandals - Screeching Weasel -Falling Sickness

Track listing:
1 - Drunk At The BSL
2 - She Lies
3 - All I Wanna Do
4 - 54 Dollars
5 - She Can't Say No
6 - Down And Out
7 - Another Fucker
8 - Melody Maker
9 - Grout
10 - You Ain't Into Rock N Roll
11 - Hate To See You Go
12 - Girls Wanna Talk
13 - Oddman Out
14 - 55 Miles To Denver
15 - Calloused Heart
16 - Trash
17 - Run You Down
18 - Leaving
19 - Apt K
20 - Get Out Of Denver
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Monday, January 6, 2014

FYP - Finish Your Popcorn (1992)

F.Y.P (aka Five Year Plan) was Todd Congelliere's punk rock predecessor to his current bands Toys That Kill and Underground Railroad to Candyland. The group began as a one man band with a cheap Fisher Price drum machine providing the beat (per 7" liner notes).
From 1989, when Todd began work on the first EP until disbanding in 1999, F.Y.P gained notoriety (not to mention a noticeable increase in talent) in the DIY punk scene for touring the world several times bankrolled and set up by the Conge (per liner notes to last album entitled Toys That Kill).
While still a band, during its ten year span, F.Y.P toured Europe several times, Japan once, and the U.S. numerous times. They released over a dozen records on Recess Records before disbanding and received coverage in music magazines such as Maximumrocknroll, Razorcake and Flipside.  Finish Your Popcorn is their first full length release.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Propaghandi - Screeching Weasel - Chinese Telephones

Track listing:
1 -  Fine Print
2 - While Supplies Lasts
3 - 45 RPM
4 - Guns Are Stoopid
5 - Notch
6 - The "in" Crowd
7 - I Want Your Badge
8 - Pledge Of Allegiance Sucks
9 - You've Should've Been Aborted
10 - Patridiot
11 - Boxing Is Dum
12 - Bring It On
13 - If I Object
14 - Warning Signs
15 - Dress Code
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FYP - Dance My Dunce (1995)


Revered by the majority of their fans as F.Y.P. at its most punkest, Dance My Dunce is feisty and raw, a record that sounds like it was recorded on somebody's broken Walkman. Singer/songwriter Todd Congelliere's high-pitched squeal of a voice has never sounded more manic, like a Muppet being strangled. Classics like "Vacation Bible School" and their cover of the Toy Dolls' "My Girlfriend's Dad's a Vicar" feature some infectious singalong-type hooks, while "It's Not My Fault You Like Air Supply," a perfect punk masterpiece about a junkie girlfriend, and "Kids That Play Dead," an ode to messed-up parents, are surprisingly mature riot-stokers for these young and insane, geek-punk geniuses. One couldn't find a more definitive example of genuine, '90s punk rock at its absolute fiery best.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Propaghandi - Screeching Weasel - Chinese Telephones

Track listing:
1. Dum Cos I Said So
2. Vacation Bible School
3. Inmatoor
4. Thinking Cap
5. Boo Hoo
6. Big Fish in a Polluted Gutter
7. I Don't Wanna Sit Next to You
8. 2000 A.D.
9. Fuck you & a Half
10. Knock on Wood
11. Smarter Than the Average Bear
12. It's not My Fault You Like Air Supply
 13. My Girlfriend's Dad's a Vicar
14. Ian Stuart as a Crash Dummy
15. Kids that Play Dead (16-18 cd only)
16. Jerkoff
17. Toss My Cookies
18. Are You an Idiot or Just a Nitwit
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FYP - Kids Toilet Bread (1996)


16 tantrums for ages 8 & up. This is the album that made FYP fans globally stand up and fight for theyre rights for the monkey beat.  The mentioned rock band actually got letters questioning they're sexual preferences.  Hmmm.



Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Propaghandi - Screeching Weasel - Chinese Telephones

1. Heathen Like Me
2. Beat You With A Plunger
3. All Grown Up
4. Noxema
 5. New York City
6. One Lump or Two
7. Apathy & Me
8. Audrea Lee
9. Smartest Schmuck on Earth
10. Dispose Me
11. Piss on Rye
12. Raw Potere'
 13. Hermit
14. Sweetening Your Gastank
15. Drown a Metermaid
16. Die Young
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FYP - My Man Grumpy (1997)


4th album by and for the 4th graders who expect more outta there pun crock. 18 songs just for you,the kids. amen. released in 1997.  Produced by Blag Dahlia

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Propaghandi - Screeching Weasel - Chinese Telephones

Track listing:
1 -  Intro
2 - Shitheel
3 - I Egged The President
4 - Undumb
5 - Rabid
6 - I Dunno What's Happening To Me
7 - I'm Over Now
8 - I Am Not An Elephant, I'm A Buffoon
9 - Pork Rinds & Yoohoo
10 - Buried
11 - Get Away (I Smell)
12 - Motherfucker, Cheap Thumbsucker
13 - I Don't Wanna See Tomorrow
14 - Chastity Belt Blues
15 - Allergic
16 - I Don't Want To Carry Your Books | Powerlines
17 - Superbowl Sunday
18 - Slitwrists
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*FYP on this release were:
Todd Congelliere-Guitar/Vocals
Joe Ciauri-Bass
Sean Cole-Drums


FYP - Come Home Smelly (2000)


The final EP from punk rock's toilet-tard terrors dribbles down the leg of a decade in action, soiling its shoes for the final time. An eight-track poo-poo party featuring founding member and frontshit TODD "THE CLOD" CONGELLIERE along with backing fall-down from JOSH FREESE (VANDALS, DEVO, GUNS 'N ROSES), and SEAN COLE. Naturally it was produced by BLAG DAHLIA (with some help from Freese).

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Propaghandi - Screeching Weasel - Chinese Telephones

Track listing:
1 - Come Home Smelly
2 - West Psalm Beach
3 - Shirts And Skins
4 - God Don't Give 2 Shits About Me
5 - Pure Hate (Poison Idea)
6 - Knee High
7 - Pink Slipped
8 - Prime Time
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FYP - Toys That Kill (2000)

17 songs & plentiful amount of disturbing artwork.the pre and post game show. FYP's swan song. features josh freese on drums.released 2000

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Propaghandi - Screeching Weasel - Chinese Telephones

Track listing:
1. wherever the creeps go
2. stupid's on
3. come home smelly
4. disease
5. pappy
6. don't have another one
7. love's been no good
8. belittle (my brain)
9. damage
10. animals
11. 1000 dead cheerleaders
12. outta my head
13. hey gorbie
14. decorate
15. kill her when i see her
16. paranoid chant
17. rub my face in the carpet
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*FYP on this record were:
Todd Congelliere-Guitar/Vocals
Sean Cole-Bass
Josh Freese-Drums