WILD CANADA - v/a

WILD CANADA

(Bootleg)




Still more Canadian garage...!




"I made my own Canadian garage comp a couple of years ago, from Tokensurfer's YouTube posts, called Wild Canada! Great minds work in concert, I guess. Hopefully your sound quality is an improvement over YT's? I think you've got most of what I chose, with the exception of Underworld's unreleased follow-up to Go Away, The Strange Experiment of Dr. Jarrod, which I can post if anybody's interested." - reservatory


Tracklist:
01 BENT WIND - SACRED COWS
02 THE CANADIAN SQUIRES - LEAVE ME ALONE
03 THE GREAT SCOTS - THAT'S MY GIRL (ROTTEN TO THE CORE)
04 THE HAUNTED - EIGHT O'CLOCK
05 THE UGLY DUCKLINGS - NOTHIN'
06 SATAN & THE D-MEN - SHE'LL LIE
07 THOSE ROGUES - GIRL
08 A PASSING FANCY - I'M LOSING TONIGHT
09 OUR GENERATION - COOL SUMMER
10 THE CHECKERLADS - BABY SEND FOR ME
11 A PASSING FANCY - SOUNDS SILLY
12 THE HAUNTED - 1-2-5
13 THE JURY - WHO DAT?
14 THE UGLY DUCKLINGS - SHE AIN'T NO USE TO ME
15 GROWING PAINS - I'M DOOMED
16 THE KIDDS - CHILDREN IN LOVE
17 THE MIDNIGHT ANGELS - I'M SUFFERING
18 THREADS OF FYBRE - BELIEVE ME
19 THE MOOD - WHO DO YOU LOVE?
20 THE ROYALE COACHMEN - KILLER OF MEN
21 IT'S ALL MEAT - FEEL IT
22 THE ESQUIRES - IT'S A DIRTY SHAME
23 THE UNDERWORLD - GO AWAY
24 THE UNDERWORLD - STRANGE EXPERIMENT OF DR. JARROD
25 ROCKADROME - GOOD DREAM
26 UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS - OTIS

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WYLD CANADA - V/A (UPDATED!)

WYLD CANADA
120 Moosing Sixties Garage Ravers
-cdr
2005 (BossHoss)


Re-Up!


Hey kids! How many times has this happened to you: you find yourself replaying your copy of Nuggets for the umpteenth time and thinking, “Gosh, I sure wish someone would put together another kick-ass compilation like this, but this time featuring Canadian bands”. Well, those days are over, my friends. Feast your ears on Wyld Canada..." - bmarkey

Posted With all due respect, thanks, and a tip o' the cap to BossHoss.

vol. 1 - Crazy Things
01 - Ugly Ducklings - Nothin'
02 - King Bees - Little Girl
03 - Satan & The D Men - She'll Lie
04 - Those Rogues - Girl
05 - Munks - Long Time Waiting
06 - Thee Deuces - Hung Up On You
07 - A Passing Fancy - I'm Losing Tonight
08 - Chessmen - Love Didn't Die
09 - Great Scots - Ball And Chain
10 - Guess Who - It's My Pride
11 - Jury - Who Dat
12 - Haunted - Eight O'clock This Morning
13 - Free-For-All - Show Me The Way
14 - Don Norman & The Other 4 - Low Man
15 - Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me
16 - Nocturnals - Because You're Gone
17 - M.G. & The Escorts - A Someday Fool
18 - Midnight Angels - I'm Sufferin'
19 - Luke & The Apostles - Been Burnt
20 - Quid - Crazy Things
21 - One Way Street - I See The Light
22 - Skaliwags - Turn Him Down
23 - King Beezz - Now
24 - Secrets - Cryin' Over Her
25 - Shondels - Don't Put Me Down
26 - Ragged Edges - Why Don't You
27 - Witness Inc. - Not You Girl
28 - Painted Ship - And She Said Yes
29 - Underworld - Go Away
30 - Liverpool Set - Seventeen Tears To The End


vol. 2 - Shake Yourself Down
01 - Media - Girl I Want You
02 - Painted Ship - Frustration
03 - Thee Deuces - You Gotta Try
04 - Great Scots - The Light Hurts My Eyes
05 - Jaybees - I'm A Loner
06 - Ardels - Piece Of Jewellery
07 - Jury - Please Forget Her
08 - Heart - Treat Me Bad
09 - Guess Who - Baby Feeling
10 - Esquires - It's A Dirty Shame
11 - Deverons - She's Your Lover
12 - Haunted - 1-2-5
13 - Checkerlads - Shake Yourself Down
14 - Threads Of Fybre - Mama
15 - Tom Northcott Trio - Just Don't
16 - Mike Jones Group - Funny Feeling
17 - King Beezz - I Can't Explain
18 - Shags - Smiling Fenceposts
19 - Last Words - She'll Know How
20 - Skaliwags - 365 Days A Year
21 - Ugly Ducklings - She Ain't No Use To Me
22 - Stitch In Tyme - Point Of View
23 - Rockatones - Bad Girl
24 - Royal Family - Solitude
25 - Eyes Of Dawn - Ignorance And Hardship
26 - Pacers - I Want You Back
27 - Brian Redmond & The Soundbox - I Want You
28 - Ritchie Knight & The Mid-Knights - Work Song
29 - Growing Pains - I'm Doomed
30 - Northwest Company - Get Away From It All


vol. 3 - Endless Dream
1 - 409 - Born In Chicago
2 - KING BEEZZ - I Gotta Move
3 - CANADIAN SQUIRES - Leave Me Alone
4 - GUESS WHO - If You Don't Want Me
5 - GREAT SCOTS - Don't Want Your Love
6 - JOHNNY & THE CANADIANS - A Million Tears Ago
7 - HAUNTED - Mona
8 - FERRARI'S OF CANADA - (All I Ever Want Is) Girls
9 - CHARACTERS - Tell Me
10 - THREADS OF FYBRE - Believe Me
11 - MICHEL & THE FRENCH CANDIANS - 'Cause I Believe
12 - PAINTED SHIP - Little White Lies
13 - ROCKATONES - Everything's Gone Wrong
14 - LUVIN' KYND - Missy D.M.
15 - KING BEES - What's Your Name
16 - ONE WAY STREET - Tears In My Eyes
17 - UGLY DUCKLINGS - Just In Case You Wonder
18 - PURPLE HAZE - Love Is Fine
19 - DAVID CLAYTON THOMAS & THE SHAYS - Take Me Back
20 - GENTLE TOUCH - Visitors Parking Only
21 - MOOD - Who Do You Love
22 - FREE THINKERS - You Were Born For Me
23 - GREAT SCOTS - Give Me Lovin'
24 - LAST WORDS - The Laugh's On Me
25 - RABBLE - You Come On Too Strong
26 - MEDIA - Endless Dream
27 - KING BEEZZ - Found And Lost
28 - BOHEMIANS - I Need You Baby
29 - INFERNO 5 PLUS 1 - I Can Take It
30 - GUESS WHO - Clock On The Wall


vol. 4 - Rotten To The Core
1 - COLLECTORS - We Can Make It
2 - NORTHWEST COMPANY - Hard To Cry
3 - EYES OF DAWN - Time To Be Going
4 - GREAT SCOTS - Lost In Conversation
5 - 49th PARALLEL - You Do Things
6 - BRADFORDS - Together We Have Stayed
7 - CHANTELS - Shaggy Baggy Joe
8 - GUESS WHO - Believe Me
9 - JOHNNY & THE CANADIANS - Say Yeah!
10 - JUST US - I Don't Love You
11 - ESQUIRES - Cry Is All I Do
12 - NORTHWEST COMPANY - Eight Hour Day
13 - MAIN LINE - Don't Wait Around
14 - KIDDS - Children In Love
15 - A PASSING FANCY - A Passing Fancy
16 - UGLY DUCKLINGS - Hey Mama (Keep Your Big Mouth Shut)
17 - STONEFIELD - Morning Hours
18 - KING BEEZZ - Gloria
19 - QUIET JUNGLE - Everything
20 - BIG TOWN BOYS - August 32nd
21 - MEDDY'S PEOPLE - Fantasy World.mp3
22 - JAY TELFER - Life, Love And The Persuit Of Happiness
23 - EXPEDITION TO EARTH - Expedition To Earth
24 - 49th PARALLEL - Citizen Freak
25 - THOSE ROGUES - Wish I Could See You Again
26 - 409 - They Say
27 - GREAT SCOTS - That's My Girl (Rotten To The Core)
28 - GROWING PAINS - Route 66
29 - ROCKATONES - For My Own
30 - POWER OF BECKETT - Lost Soul In Disillusion

Vol.1 Download (89 Mb)
Vol.2 Download (98 Mb)
Vol.3 Download (98 Mb)
Vol.4 Download (95 Mb)


UPDATE: Jim Witty, who runs the excellent Jim's Child Of The '60s blog, compiled and served up Vol. 5:

"I made this compilation after viewing your 4-volume set on your site O Canadarm! (these songs are not on the 4 volumes you have)... I also made a home made cover which I'll send as well... anyway, I hope you can use this...Let me know if you like it please." - Jim

WYLD CANADA Vol. 5 -
Killer Slabs of Canadian '60s Rock!!!

Twenty-eight tracks of tripped-out psychpop, with some fast'n'noisy tunes tossed into the mix. Kind of a Boulders thang, Canuck-style.

TRACKLIST:
01-One Glass For Wine-Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck
02-He's In Town-The Townsmen
03-Back Yards-The Townsmen
04-Blue, Bonnie Blue-49th Parallel
05-If This Ain't Love-The Nocturnals
06-Changing Times-Patrician-Anne
07-Message To Pretty-The Haunted
08-Tomorrow's Ship-The Sparrow
09-One Love, Your Love-J.B. & The Playboys
10-Time Waits For No One-Lords Of London
11-All Your Love-Shades Of Blond
12-To June-Willapuss Wallapuss
13-I'm Just Going To Blow My Little Mind To Bits-The Haunted
14-Leave My Woman Alone-J.B & The Playboys
15-First Train Home-Dee & The Yeomen
16-Call Up The Man-The Shadracks
17-Shaggy Baggy Joe-Les Chantels
18-Love-itis-Mandala
19-You Only Live Once-The Staccatos
20-My Love Delights Me-The Collectors
21-Sparrows & Daisies-Jack London & The Sparrow
22-Corn Flakes And Ice Cream-Lords Of London
23-White room-The Guess Who
24-Shadows Cross The Shadows-The Guess Who
25-Carnivals And Cotton Candy-The Amen
26-Peter Zeus-The Amen
27-It's My Time-The Mynah Birds
28-I Know-Canadian VIP's

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UPDATE #2 (Aug/09): I've added the BOSS HOSS Expansion Pack.

01 Face of Time - The Plague
02 Won't Come Down - Perpetual Motion Workshop
03 Everything - Quiet Jungle
04 Shadow Of Fear - Last Knight
05 Optical Sound - Human Expression
06 In The Building - Sixpence
07 World Of Tears - Children Of The Night
08 You Don't Remember - 20th Century Zoo
09 Yellow Listen - Scorpio Tube
10 What Good Is Up - Inexpensive Handmade Look
11 I Can See You - Starlites
12 Infiltrate Your Mind - Perpetual Motion
13 Cry With Me - Story Tellers
14 Cuttin' Grass - Caretakers Of Deception
15 Comin' Down To You - Boy Blues
16 Hold Me Baby - Strange Fate

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I'm Back!

Hey everybody, thanks for staying in touch while I've neglected this place.
Give me a few days to sweep away the cobwebs, and I'll get to all of the re-up requests, as well as some new shares.


What have I been up to?
Let's play the latest edition of SPOT THE BLOGGER:

The LIVING DEADBEATS



DIRTY and The DERELICTS


See y'all in a few days...

THE DICTATORS (USA)

FUCK 'EM IF THEY CAN"T TAKE A JOKE
-CS
1981 (ROIR)


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"Once upon a time, there was this loud music called rock'n'roll which people started to take too seriously and it became rock. Then they really fouled things up and took rock seriously and now we have horrible crap. Luckily, even years after the fact, there were a number of brave, hopeless individuals who somehow remembered that rock was supposed to be loud, fun, and crazy. One bunch of misfits was called The Dictators and even though they managed to make some of the best music of the 70s or any decade you could name, they also managed to sink into obscurity while they watched their peers and opening bands move from small clubs to arenas." - Billy Bob Hargus

"Punks before punk was cool, junk culture freaks before the rest of us realized there was such a thing as junk culture, wrestling fanatics at a time when most of America didn't even know who Andre The Giant was and the Hulkster was just a muscle-bound gleam in some pharmacist's eye - New York's Dictators were cranking out loud, hard, fast, fun, dumb and obnoxious years before a market for loud, hard, fast, fun, dumb and obnoxious even existed." - Al Muzer

"Fuck Em If They Can't Take A Joke was ROIR's third release, a sonic atomic bomb from a five-headed street monster that was the perfect bridge between the urban glam of the New York Dolls and the punk edge of the Ramones. The Dictators kicked ass and took names, a dynamic blend of white heat and solid songwriting. They were loud and obnoxious, but if you looked closely you could see that tongue planted firmly in cheek. Not too closely, though...former roadie turned lead vocalist "Handsome Dick" Manitoba prowled the stage like a rabid rhino, keeping time with Richie Teeter's thunder drums. Ross "The Boss" Funicello played blistering lead guitar while Scott "Top Ten" Kempner held the fort on rhythm and Andy/Adny Shernoff handled bass. A Dictators show was a party and a war zone at the same time, and this night was no exception." - Bill Holmes


Tracklist:
1. Next Big Thing
2. Science Gone Too Far
3. Weekend
4. Rock And Roll Made A Man Out Of Me
5. Two-Tub Man
6. Moon Upstairs
7. Loyola
8. What Goes On
9. New York New York
10. Search And Destroy
11. Borneo Jimmy
12. Minnesota Strip


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UNDERGROWTH 85 - v/a (Canada)

UNDERGROWTH 85
-CS
1985 (Undergrowth/ Collectors R.P.M.)





"The second wave of punk bands in Vancouver started to get respect and better gigs with the help of friend and No Means No manager to-this-day Laurie Mercer who worked at Collectors RPM Records, who put out the first Another Kind of Blues record and Death Sentence and, No Means No 2nd record and more as well as 2 Vancouver Compilation tapes that are very rare and awesome." - Screaming King Neil Embo


"If you go into the city, into Vancouver, you should try and score the following-
1. Any old 'I, Braineater' posters.
2. The 'Undergrowth 85' comp. cassette.
3. An 'Expo Hurts Everyone' shirt." - Cali


From Maximum Rock'n'Roll #36 (1986):

"VANCOUVER-Home of the giant Expo
86 hockey stick. We have a really healthy
scene here with an average all-ages show
bringing in about 300+ people, and
out-of-town bands sometimes raking in about
500 people. There are never any fights nt
gigs and we don't have a skinhead problem.
Local shows are usually put on by Norm
Allity or by bands. Collectors RPM record
store puts on almost all the HC shows with
touring bands, but at, fucking ridiculous
prices (usually 10-12 bucks!)...
Places booking HC arc the Edge (doing most
gigs), New York Theatre (caters to the bigger
bands, with assholes for security!), and the
UBC Sub Ballroom (occassional) . Oh yeah,
John Barley's closed its doors to punk in
November--no big loss)...

Local bands: NG3 (No Guns, No
Gov't, No God) have sadly broken up,
caspecially without any releases to remember
them by. It's rumored that singer/guitarist
Nev has a new hand In the works. Other
bands that have broken up include SOCIAL
MENACE, IRRITANTS, BAD ATTITUDE,
and the FITZ. DOA are back from their tour
of Europe and North America .

DEATH SENTENCE has : released their long-awaited
EP, Not a Pretty Sight. During the summer
they added ex-FITZ drummer Jimmy on bass,
with Tim moving to guitar . This has
improved their live show and they've become
one of the most popular bands In town.

UNNATURAL SILENCE have gotten back
together after 2 years, with Ray as their new
singer. They have a sound like
ANTI-SYSTEM and CONFLICT with fucking
great music and very aware lyrics dealing
with things like animal and human
exploitation, ecology, rape, greed, etc.
They've done 6 gigs so far--a great band
gaining quick popularity!! Wicked with a
crimping iron too!

IMMORAL MINORITY are a hot 3-piece
that's been together for a while . They play
melodic thrash with really cool lyrics and
very positive attitudes . Their sound is in the
7 SECS/YOUTH BRIGADE vein and they
have a tape called Betalliation that rips! (see
MRR #29). They toured the East over the
summer and are rumored to be touring again
with DETOX, so watch for 'cm.

BILL OF RIGHTS have been gigging occasionally but
lost bassist Mike and possibly drummer Stu.
They recently put out a neat tape (Surf.
Skate Sk() which followed up on their
Meltdown 85 EP and previous single.

HOUSE OF COMMONS have been dormant
for the last year except for a tour of Canada
which got them stuck back east for a while.
Their great patriot EP may still be available.

A.K.O.B., featuring a couple of ex-H.0.C.
members, have done only 1 gig since
summer. They are highly influenced by GBH
and UK SUBS and have a 6-song EP out.

LEGION OF DOOM are a cool band
who sound a bit like S.L.F. They're
currently going through a little line-up
change and have got a really good tape out.

ACTIVE GLANDS are a fairly new band with
4 gigs to their name. But fuck are they
intense! Great stop-and-go thrash here
(reminds Inc of CHRIST ON PARADE) and
their singer Roneid has a Biafra-like stage
presence.

LITLE RATSKULLS recently won
1st prize in the Shindig finals (local band
competition). The prize is 24 hours of free
recording time, so they should be in the
studio soon . They have a cool RAMONES
meets the BUZZCOCKS meets the DICKIES
sound.


WITCHES HAMMER are probably the
only speed metal band Vancouver has, and
have a SLAYER-like sound.

UNKNOWN FIBERS haven't done a gig in a long time
(not sure what they're up to .

A.O.T. (Abortions On Toast), our very own thrash
fuck band, are going through another line-up
change.

Some newer bands are SHATTERED
AMBITION, A.W.O.L., AFFLICTED
(skate), DRY HEAVE (fun, party cover
band), and LETHAL VIRUS.


Lotsa vinyl action lately.
The SPORES (garage/funny punk) have an LP called
Schizofunoi.
SLOW (demolition rock)second piece of vinyl is their
Against the Glass, LP.
SHANGHAI DOG (progressivepost punk) have a
really good LP out his Revolution).
INDUSTRIAL WASTE BANNED
(our all-female version of CRASS/POISON GIRLS)
will be featured on a couple of comps from eastern
Canada and have a demo out.

Lotsa bitchln' zines like Cheeky Rebel,
Soagscum- Brano- Generic Drivel. Death To
The Sickoids. Terminally Stupid. Piledriver,
gnd Positive Outlook (formerly Thrash Trax).

All bands: play Vancouver. Don't let the
stupid 100 ft. hockey stick scare you away.
Write me and I'll get you a gig . Think
positive, communicate, cooperate, and
support your scene and the world scene.
Later, John Tsolinas


TRACKLIST:
A01 - HOUSE OF COMMONS - Here Today Gone Tomorrow
A02 - NG3 - Nuclear Death
A03 - AKOB - Pogo Blues
A04 - AKOB - 5 Finger Discount Blues
A05 - BILL OF RIGHTS - Surfrenzy
A06 - BILL OF RIGHTS - The Unknown Surfer
A07 - BAD ATTITUDE - Sinking Time
A08 - OTIS DOG - Welfare Punks
A09 - MECCA NORMAL - Are You Hungry Joe?
A10 - SHANGHAI DOG - American Desert (acoustic)
A11 - SORE HEADS - Teenage Crimewave
A12 - THE KRAUTS - America
A13 - SEXUAL INFECTIONS - Shock Therapy
A14 - ACTIVE GLANDS - It'll Be Me
A15 - IMMORAL MINORITY - No Toys For You
A16 - CELEBRITY DRUNKS - Lift Up That Dress

B01 - EMILY - Fuck The Dog
B02 - INDUSTRIAL WASTE BANNED - Thank You For The Hole In My Head
B03 - IDYLE AND UNDESIRABLE - Kamikaze
B04 - MIA - Louise
B05 - BEAUTY FOUNDATION - The Party
B06 - STAB 'EM IN THE ABDOMEN - Memories Of Kilgore
B07 - BELGIANIQUES - Looking At You
B08 - OMINOUS CINEMA - Stand In The Sun
B09 - A MERRY COW - Bed In The Gutter
B10 - ELECTRIC PURPLE CARROT - Boredom
B11 - BLOOD BBQ - I've Got YOu Babe (Sex Depression Mix)
B12 - SAM - I Am Hitler's Son


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Update:
You can get Undergrowth '84 over at the mighty fine Model Citizen...Zero Discipline blog.

MC5 (USA)

BABES IN ARMS
-CS
1984 (ROIR)


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"If you don't like them I'll personally give you your money back. Actually, I won't, 'cause if you don't like the MC5 I don't wanna know you." - Jack Feeny



"The MC5's story is important because it's five guys from Detroit who, against all prevailing wisdom, at a time when the music business really didn't wanna know, tried to make something happen. I think there's something to be said for that. Unequivocal commitment to trying to achieve. The sense of possibility...

But we were part of a great community that was really unique. It didn't really exist anywhere else. It had to do with Detroit being a factory town, being a hard working town. This work ethic cut across to everything. The people worked hard and they wanted to see their bands play hard. It also created an openness for the cross-pollination between black music and what we did as white rockers, that didn't exist anywhere else. We had friends in P-Funk. Detroit had a kind of proletariat, utopian thing happening because everybody worked. There wasn't the class distinction that I think existed in other parts of America at the same time. I didn't realize til years later that in other cities all the white people grew up in one place and all the people of color grew up in another place. It wasn't like that in Detroit. There was room for everybody 'cause everybody had jobs and that's the real issue.

So, the cross-pollination and the influence of Motown... we all wanted to grow up and be the Motown recording band. Those were our idols. Even later in the MC5, we still did Motown covers 'cause that was the most stretched-out music happening in pop... It made more of a community- 'we're from Detroit and proud of it.' " - Wayne Kramer



"Despite all the rare mixes and original versions adduced in the notes, the only great track totally unfamiliar to this proud (and lucky) owner of the 5's three albums is a cover of Them's "I Can Only Give You Everything." The rest of the obscure stuff merely augments a superbly paced compilation. The raw songcraft and new-thing chaos of Detroit's other great protopunk band were further ahead of their time than it seemed five years ago. And drummer Dennis Thompson was a motherfucker. A MINUS" - Robert Christgau


MC5:
Rob Tyner - vocals
Fred "Sonic" Smith - guitar
Wayne Kramer - guitar
Michael Davis - bass
Dennis Thompson - drums



Tracklist:
Shakin' Street
American Ruse
Skunk (Sonically Speaking)
Tuttie Fruttie
Poison
Gotta Keep Moving
Tonite
Kick Out The Jams
Sister Ann
Future Now
Gold
I Can Only Give You Everything
One Of The Guys
I Just Don't Know
Looking at You


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FLAT DUO JETS (USA)

LUCKY EYE
-CD
1998 (Outpost)


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"Flat Duo Jets have made the kind of record that you listen to on a crackly AM radio in your parked car on a dark '50s night. The only thing to illuminate the road is two sets of headlights and the odd cherry of a cigarette flickering at the sides. Engines rev, tires spin and a whole lot of gravel fires into the air. Beads of sweat rest on your brow to make speed demon history. The dust clears and the only thing left behind for the crowd to see is the glimmering tailpipes of two hot rods shooting off into the distance like firecrackers." - Aubrey McInnis


"If you have known the 'Jets for any length of time the first thing you will notice about Lucky Eye is the strings. Strings on a rockabilly record? Yeah, strings. What many do not, will not, realize is that Dex has a much wider range than the psychotic rockabilly cat we have grown to know and love. Dex has style. Dex has grace. Dex has it all, but has never been in a position to show it before." - bmodern


"From the start, Flat Duo Jets shows became legendary for the fierce drumming of Crow and the blazing guitar work of Dex Romweber. The image of Crow lanky and hovering over his tiny kit, staring through his stringy black mane of hair toward Dex as he looks to the ceiling, briefly, before ripping into the opening riffs of a tune etched into the setlist inside his head is indelible. This WAS the Flat Duo Jets.

What distinguished this band from other retro outfits is that the Duo Jets were not really retro at all. While their music was certainly inspired by the rock-n-roll of the 1950's, one got the feeling that nothing was calculated. There was no marketing ploy on anyone's part to capitalize on a trend or movement at the time. Dex and Crow brought the music to life with such vitality and passion that the styles did not seem antiquated in their hands. This was the genuine article." - Jeff Arndt


Tracklist:
1. Lucky Eye (Romweber)
2. String Along (Romweber)
3. Go This Way (Romweber)
4. Virginia Surf (Romweber)
5. Dark Night (Romweber)
6. Lonley Guy (Romweber)
7. Creepin' Invention (Romweber)
8. Hustle 'N' Bustle (Romweber/Stamey)
9. Blues Wrapped Around My Head (Romweber)
10. Hot Rod Baby (Romweber)
11. New York Studio (Romweber/Stamey)
12. Sharks Flying In (Romweber)
13. Boogie Boogie (Romweber/Stamey)
14. Love Is All Around (Romweber)
15. Ludwiggin' (Romweber)
16. Rockin' Mode (Romweber)
17. California Luau (Romweber)
18. Little M (C. Smith)


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The SPITFIRES (Canada)

The SPITFIRES
-cd
1998 (Sonic Swirl)



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"High energy garage rock'n'roll from Vancouver group, THE SPITFIRES, whose numerous recordings have been released on Junk Records, Estrus, Sonic Swirl, Tee Pee, Rockin' Bones and Twenty Stone Baltt...
Weaned on cheap beer and the likes of the Dead Boys, reviews compare them to the Hives on the one hand, saying that both are "peddling the same wired rock'n'roll", and even going so far as to claim that the new album "eclipses anything the Hives have done, being that extra bit sharper and on the money". At the same time other reviewers state that this band is what you get "if AC/DC retained the killer riffs and power they somehow lost with the death of Bon Scott and then fused it with punk energy". Another review said, "F-ck groupies, blow and tour buses - for bands like the Spitfires rock'n'roll is more about broken bottles, skull-splitting hangovers and enough swagger to impress 1970s-era Keith Richards." Sounds good to me! "
-Bomp List Archives

Tracklist:
01 Social Club
02 Bringin' Me Down
03 Goin' Up For The Downfall
04 Gotta Go
05 Go On Girl
06 Hit-n-Run
07 Drop Kick Me Jesus
08 High Test Sucka
09 In Your Underwear
10 Little Girl
11 Brand New Wave


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The CHOADS (Canada)

THE WORLD AIN'T ROUND IT'S SQUARE
-CS
1993 (Louie Records)




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"Ever heard of the Choads?
A Pre-Forbidden Dimension/ Pre-Von Zippers band, which released only a fantastic tape; a fake 60s band, really funny. One side is "Live in the 60s", but of course, isn't really!"
- Mitch Useless
(who submitted this amazing gem!)


"I was pretty fortunate to live in Calgary during what i like to call the "good" years (late eighties/early nineties), 'cuz there were a lot of cool bands playing at the time. Th' Legendary Few were the main reason i started playing in bands (along with Color Me Psycho, The Bad Housekeeping, Beyond Possession, The Ted Clark Five etc.). These were bands that understood rock and roll, and had a lot of fun doing it. Th' Legendary Few were together for a couple of years and only put out a tape called "Smokes"('cuz it looked like a pack of cigarettes!), but it's amazing! Singer Bill E. Stew went on to sing in the Coffin Nails and The Choads,who had Al(Color Me Psycho, Von Zippers) and Tomb among their ranks, and they only put out a tape called "The World Ain't Round, It's Square!" TLF's drummer Brent played in Ninth Configuration (again who also released a tape called "Vegas"-can you see a fucking pattern here?)." - venomvenom

"For those who missed the Choads in the early 90's, you missed a good thing... five-piece: keys, guitar, bass, drums and a lead singer who was a dead ringer for Fred Flintstone. " - Monkey Suit

"Not to be forgotten: Shonen Knife, Yo La Tengo, The Choads, Jesus Lizard, and all those Calgary bands who ever played a gig at the Republik... all dynamite." - Chad Saunders (former CJSW program director)

The Choads are:
Alan Wayne
Rex Greed
Claude Hopper
Bill E. Rubino
Frank Furter


Tracklist
1.Spit And Polish
2.Another Day Another Man
3.The Jolly Green Giant
4.Depth Charge
5.I Want Some Of That
6.Grandmas Panties
7.God Damn The Choads
8.Smokes
9.Tiger By The Tail
10.Bamboozled
11.Monkey Man
12.Hungry Man
13.Strange Rampage
14.The Wiggler
15.Keyholes Are For Peeping

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The CRUSADERS (Australia)

KEEP IT UP
-CD
1996 (Larsen)


Re-Up!


"Some of the things that have been thrown at this band would do the Iggy of "Metallic KO" times proud..." - The Barman

"The Crusaders are a band from Sydney that play excellent 60's fuzz. Their records are a bit hard to get unless you live in France, but they play live in Melbourne and Sydney on the odd occasion and these occasions turn out to be very odd. Don't ask them for a single because they'll give you a slice of cheese." - Jo Ward, Almost Human Fanzine


"Think hard-boiled fuzz songs with the safety catch off, spat out scatter-gun fashion and in rapid-fire time. It's ragged round the edges and delivered with a phlegmatic vocal style lifted wholesale from The Sonics and 30 other lesser-known '60s bands, in the best Lime Spiders traditions. And it's delivered by four grown men in masks and knight outfits." – The Barman


"I think the punters just got sick and tired of all those shitty little indie jerk off bands, those shallow-chested, navel gazing wankers. They just want to some rock'n'roll, have a good time and go out and get pissed at a pub and see a band that does exactly the same thing, one that doesn't worry too much about angst and depression and all the shit that no-one wants to think about anyway. People just dig rock'n'roll and we're here to please.

"That album 'Keep It Up' was recorded using the usual technique that The Crusaders employ. Substandard equipment, cheap mics, old tapes and plenty of beer, as you can hear, the product is garbage but hey, you pay peanuts you get us. It's released in France as part of the treaty between Australia and France; If they keep letting off A-Bombs in the Pacific, we keep recording. It may escalate into an invasion. If you want it you have to come to our gigs or order it or go to France." - Sir James


Stamping their custom woody fuzz pedals and letting the rhythms travel from the hips, The Crusaders have recorded this for you. If you've followed the seminal recording history of these Sydney surf/garage trolls you'd be aware that these tracks include efforts from various giveaway tapes, singles and compilations. 'Keep it Up' collects them on an equally obscure release, delivered via French label Larsen Recordz.
With animated Sonics/Scientists-like abandon their holy war is on the veil complexities that detract from the simple experience of FUN. Tracks such as 'Sabrina', 'Yeah Yeah', and 'Danger Beach' are infectious motions of energy.
Themes clasp the hedonistic and romantic. The style is blatantly derivative. The vision is simple - stain it with fuzz. A boss release from Australia's underground surf kings. - Luke Warm, Punters Club Form Guide


The Crusaders:
Sir James (g,v,hrm)
Sir Chris (g,v)
Kendall (b,v)
Sir Mick (d,v)
Sir Jason (k)


Tracklist:
Waiting For The Day
Seasick
Addicted To Fuzz
Sabrina
Hell Surf
Why Not Me
Danger Beach
C'mon
Yeah ! Yeah !
Man With No Name
Wave To The Grave
Turns Blood Red


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