Detenidos

I love obscure punk from obscure places. Here is a Cuban punk band for you all to enjoy.

www.mediafire.com/?yit3lhkw3ny Thanks to Violation blog which has dozens of great downloads for y'all.

MDC

As you may know Sound Idea is no more, but Hans set up the Black Coffee meeting room and concert still take place at the venue. MDC are touring again and this is their third time. Helen took loads of great photos and when I figured out how to get copies I'll post some. The gig opened with the last performance of local boys The Unemployed who played some good early '80s UK style punk. The other bands were all loud, fast hardcore (Eating Machine, Big Rats, Control De Estado, Murder Suicide Pact) and another Portland band touring with MDC called Embrace The Kill who played grind death metal. Super night.

Blog of the week

While downloading from Ratshit (I think) I found a link to this excellent site http://www.xgarrafax.blogspot.com/ There are some great videos and lots of downloads of bands I'd never heard of, yet are really fierce. I believe the info is in Portugeuse which limits my undertanding. Check it out and leave some positive feedback.

Violation

My computer is still f...up. I've been spending a lot of time cataloging and a little downloading. A super site for obscure punk is http://vile76.blogspot.com. Lots of blogs repeat stuff on other sites, but this is refreshing in some older and some newer lesser known punk bands.

New England

Continuing from the previous post on a regional punk theme here's a CD of bands from New England and maybe other places. If I make an error I'm more than likely to generate a comment from the void of cyber space. http://rapidshare.com/files/167294800/New_england.rar

Ann Arbor Hardcore

This morning I decided to sort my CDs out as they were well out of order. I came across many which I will have to relisten to. This CD is a compilation of bands from Ann Arbor, MI, plus maybe some other places (Shitloads of Fuckall are Canadians). I had the "Pink " LP by Ground Zero which was released in 1985 on Reflex, but it was pretty lame and I sold it. These tracks must be from an earlier time as they are much more hardcore. Maybe they come from around the "Lung Cookies" comp in 1983. I think I got these from the following website: http://wdean.fatcow.com/old_shit.html It now has 140 MP3s from 19 local bands so go in and look for the other super bands including STATE. Here's the link to the CD I made: http://rapidshare.com/files/167282941/ann.rar

Saint Vitus

http://rapidshare.com/files/165694615/3_Mystic_Lady.rar As I've said before punk takes on many different forms and I just love this doom stoner band. This is a live track from their "Live" LP, and must be from the sound board as it is A-one quality. The band mixed with the Californian Black Flag punks and had 3 or 4 records put out on SST. Does anyone have any links to Saint Vitus downloads, and /or Spirit Caravan? You Tube has some great footage of early gigs. here's one and then you can check out the others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQHCTT2t1lE&feature=related remember these guys had long hair years before all the punks went grunge and thash.