I tried reaching out to Tito Larriva on myspace about a reissue on Acute but he never wrote back.
― dan selzer, Monday, 7 November 2022 18:11 (one year ago) link
I literally don't know any of these songs.
― Fronted by a bearded Phil Collins (Tom D.), Monday, 7 November 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
Me neither. Can’t even find a playlist.
Try this
― Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Monday, 7 November 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
Wow this is a tough one
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 November 2022 18:25 (one year ago) link
Down on the Boulevard - the Pop! - OK as a statement of purpose I guess but this scans more as an historical curiosity to me now
Younger Point of View - The Dogs - there are SO MUCH BETTER Dogs songs they could have used but again this is kind of an anthem for pre-punk Sunset Strip
Counting (Demo) - The Motels - I always think they are from Portland, but no
Forming - The Germs - classic
I Hate the Rich - The Dils - classic
Don't Push Me Around - The Zeros - classic
A Life of Crime - The Weirdos - ultra classic
You're So Strange - The ZippersPretty Please - The QuickShe Don't Know Why I'm Here - The LastSay Goodbye to the Black Sheep - The Furys
- I don't know any of these except The Quick, guessing this is more post-glam power pop type stuff?
Mr. Big - The Dils - not my fave of their handful of early tracks but def a precursor to Rank And File
We're Desperate - X - ultra classic
We Got the Neutron Bomb - The Weirdos - ultra classic, the B-side is even better I voted for this
Lexicon Devil - The Germs - ultra classic
Nothing Means Nothing Anymore - Alley Cats - OK I guess
La Bamba - The Plugz - classic
You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) - The Dickies - I never liked joke bands like these guys
TAQN - Eyes - classic
Survive - Bags - ultra classic
Los Angeles - X - ultra classic
― sleeve, Monday, 7 November 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
I've always liked the Motels song a lot
― Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Monday, 7 November 2022 18:40 (one year ago) link
one vote for zeros just to have some brown representation :D
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 7 November 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
There's some overlap between these comps and the "No Thanks!" Rhino comp, which is where I heard many of these for the first time, but the "No Thanks!" comp has a few memorable tracks that are missing here: "Cherry Bomb" by the Runaways, and "Wasted" by Black Flag, to name two. I listened through all the songs here that I wasn't familiar with and not too many caught my ear. I think it's fair to say that the DIY punk movement in LA was a few years behind the UK and NYC. I would vote for "We're Desperate" if it was the re-recorded version from Wild Gift, but I guess this is probably the original B-side version from '78, so I would have to go with "Los Angeles", with honorable mentions to "Lexicon Devil" and "We Got the Neutron Bomb".
― o. nate, Monday, 7 November 2022 19:06 (one year ago) link
The X and Germs tracks on this are the original 45 single recordings.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 November 2022 19:15 (one year ago) link
damn that furys song is a very blatant bruce rip off
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 7 November 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link
Los Angeles
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Monday, 7 November 2022 20:44 (one year ago) link
xp Yeah... the liner notes describe them as "a stripped-down street version of, say, Bruce Springsteen, crossed with mid-period Rolling Stones and The Who."
― Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Monday, 7 November 2022 20:59 (one year ago) link
("say" doing a bit of work there, ha ha)
― Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Monday, 7 November 2022 21:00 (one year ago) link
iirc the Last song is also the single version, not the one on L.A. Explosion.
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Monday, 7 November 2022 23:33 (one year ago) link
Much prefer the single version of We're Desperate anyway
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Monday, 7 November 2022 23:34 (one year ago) link
"Forming" and "Lexicon Devil" are the two Germs songs I love, so tough choice, but "Forming."
― clemenza, Monday, 7 November 2022 23:54 (one year ago) link
The Eyes song is listed as TAQN, but Rhino mistakenly put the b-side Topographical Lies on the CD instead.
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 06:26 (one year ago) link
Are you sure about that? I checked my copy and it's the correct track.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 15:08 (one year ago) link
first thought was Neutron Bomb but Lexicon Devil is such catchy chaos.
― bendy, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 15:16 (one year ago) link
Are you sure about that?
Maybe they corrected it on a 2nd pressing? (Would there even have been a 2nd pressing?)
Anyway, I remember hearing about it back then, and it's mentioned on Discogs.
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 16:07 (one year ago) link
It’s hard for me to be objective. I love the sound of Wild Gift.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 16:43 (one year ago) link
I just checked my copy of this comp, and I've got "Topographical Lies," not "TAQN"
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 15:40 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 12 November 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
want to push this song, think if you like stuff like Dream Syndicate it's sort of in that realm
this is the single version which is on this comp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNKk-Itin64
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Saturday, 12 November 2022 02:53 (one year ago) link
I think I picked the wrong psych band to compare it to lol but it's kind of psych rock but punk energy and I love it. sorry drunk etc
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Saturday, 12 November 2022 02:57 (one year ago) link
Yeah it’s a good song
― Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Saturday, 12 November 2022 03:03 (one year ago) link
I had a Dangerhouse singles compilation which was quite great and the Germs expanded lp on cd.Read the Ugly Things Weirdos history and then bought their compilation Weird World. Plus also knew Life of Crime from the Laughing Hyenas cover.Recently read Kid Congo's memoir which talks about LA Punk scene and listened to No Dogs In Space podcast history of The Screamers that talks about it too to give background.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 12 November 2022 08:33 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 13 November 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
Love "Life of Crime."
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 November 2022 00:03 (one year ago) link
Damn! "Split this, mofos!"
I went with "Los Angeles."
― nickn, Sunday, 13 November 2022 09:17 (one year ago) link
Voted "I Hate The Rich" but probably would have voted for the Screamers had they managed to get a song out then.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 13 November 2022 19:51 (one year ago) link
D.I.Y.: Come Out and Play - American Power Pop I (1975-78)
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 14 November 2022 17:02 (one year ago) link