The Zany Guys - Party Hits Vol II

                 Pretty interesting 7" from Phoenix, AZ. The first track is a pretty standard punk song, but it quickly gets funky after that. I'm not sure what they were going for with this one, but I imagine is was somewhat of a joke. Blue-grass rocka-core. Not bad at all, although the two fusion songs are about twice as long as they need to be. From 1983 on Placebo records.

1. Little Tuff Kid
2. Hardcore
3. Paper Boy Blues
4. Mr Ackers!

Sport of Kings - Every Night

Released in '81, this is the first of three EPs released by Sport of Kings. These two tunes are very similar to the new/dark wave bands coming out of the UK during this period of time. The band went on to release an LP through Thermidor Records, who also released music from bands such as Nig Heist, Flipper, and the Minutemen. 

1. Every Night

2. The Same Breathe

Purgen - Все Государства Концлагеря Все Люди Живут В Концлагерях

Moscow's finest Purgens' first release, "All States  are Concentration Camps, All People Live in a Concentration Camp". Their website is http://www.purgenrecords.ru/, and I'm not sure if they now run a label or not, but this was certainly a self release. This first 7" was "recorded 1992-93 in various crummy Moscow studios". I sure hope they didn't pay for the recording. I could have done better with my current cell phone. To my belief, it was put out in '94, three years prior to their first album, "Философия Урбанистического Безвременья" (Timeless Urban Philosophy). The last song sounds like it would belong on a Punkcore Records sampler. Enjoy. 

1. Shackles of Government   

2. Philosophy Transplant

3. You're Given an Order

4. I'm a Real Person

5. Ride Through a Trash Tube

Classified Info! - Drug Called Love

         I Couldn't find any info regarding the band or the label, but I picked up this gem for $5 a few days ago. Pretty catchy minimal/new age tune from 1984 on Dead Dog Records. B side is a dub version of the A.


A) Drug Called Love

B) Drug Called Love (Dub)