The South East
Alabama | Arkansas | Florida | Georgia | Louisiana | Mississippi
ALABAMA
Colas Birmingham
- Exposed 7" Polyester 1004, 1982 PS
(Delivery Boy / Wind Me Up, Let Me Go)
Crappy New Wave.[TAP] Really bad new wave, not punk in the least.[BD]
Invaders Birmingham
- Designer Genes 7" Polyester 1002, 1980 PS
(Rockin' In Boston / She's A Heartbreaker / Reita / Under Submission)
Jim Bob & The Leisure Suits Birmingham
- First Time 7" Polyester 1001, 1980 PS
(Girls Girls Girls / Easy Surfin' / Basic Music // Go Where the Girls
Are / White Trash Rock)
- Panama City Beach / This World Is Killing Me 7" Polyester 1003, 1981 PS
- Jim Bob & The Leisure Suits LP Polyester PR1006, 1982
(Gangland Wars / Steamy Paradise / Tunnel Of Love / Landmine / I've Got
It // On Sunday Night / Halfway To Jesus / Cool Blue Baby / Give Me
Voodoo / Don't Lie To Me)
Knockabouts
- Knockabouts 7" Prank 02, 1995/1983
(The Beautiful / Shit Home Alabama / Where's My Vietnam / Sick Society
/ Freedom Fighter / Aimless Youth / Fire Escape / Fast Pulse)
Ravers Bellwood
- Going In Circles / Rock 'N' Roll Days 7" Hot Line HL-101, 1979 NS?
A-side is decent upbeat garage rocker, perhaps the best the state
has to offer.[JF]
ARKANSAS
I spent the early '80s at grad school in Phoenix, so punk during
that time in my home state had to develop without me. To the best of my
knowledge, what little activity there was happened in Fayetteville, in the
NW corner of the State, which is probably closer to Okla City & Tulsa than
it is to Little Rock (the most aptly named city in the world, as I've said
before, & where I'm living now). Unlike Little Rock, Fayetteville has the
advantage of being a university town. I know of at least 2 bands from there
around '80, Teen Scum & ... god, I've forgotten the other one's name. I used
to know a guy who played guitar for both bands. (Another band member,
Russell Love, wound up in a Tulsa band that actually achieved a bit of
reknown in hardcore circles in the mid-'80s, None Of The Above.) They left
no recorded traces, as far as I know.
Unfortunately, I'm from the other end of the state & have never even set
foot in Fayetteville. My ex-girlfriend is from there (& now lives there
again), played in several bands there in the late '80s & knows most of the
scene veterans, but under the circumstances we don't talk a lot, needless to
say. I can say with complete confidence that the SWArkansas scene back then
consisted of me & the couple of friends I turned onto punk ... the only
instruments we played were our stereos. (It IS strange to look back &
realize that the floors of certain college dorms in Magnolia, Arkansas, were
reverberating to Shaved Women/Reality Asylum 20 years ago ...)
As for Little Rock, I know of no band activity before '84 or '85,
unfortunately, though there HAD to have been some. (As mentioned above, I
was living in Arizona at the time, but according to my newspaper's library
Wall of Voodoo played here circa 1983 ... punk's big "coming-out" here had
to have been Black Flag's 2/13/86 show at a local club.)
I do know that Metal Mike Saunders of the Angry Samoans came from Little
Rock, & his mother still lives here, about a mile from where I occasionally
play basketball on Sundays. Tav Falco is from somewhere in the state, I
believe, & I think Gary Floyd (ex-Dicks, Sister Double Happiness) is from a
small town called Gurdon, comparable to my hometown, Stamps (the one Maya
Angelou wrote about in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings ... about 25 miles
from Bill Clinton's "place called hope," where my first ex-wife is the city
manager these days.
Dan - dpbailey@worldnet.att.net
FLORIDA
Also see Bob Suren's Ultimate Collector's Guide to Florida Punk and Hardcore Records
Antler Joe And The Accidents Fort Myers
- Go Commercial 7" Killer Sheep AJ1000, 1981 PS
(Who Needs A Woman Like You // Words / Dogshit)
Sort of barband/redneck garage-punk.[BD]
Bobs
- Shoot The Moose Down 12" Open, 1981
(Sounds Of People Eating / Sneaking TV / Living Legend / Be My Girl /
New Music / Shoot The Moose Down)
Broken Talent Miami
- Blood Slut // My Old Man / My God Can Beat Up Your God 7" T.P.O.S. TPOS1, 1984 PS
A sloppy classic.[HW]
Chats Miami Beach?
- Can't Be Real / Do The Pogo 7" Jupiter 555-1, 1980? NS
Not a punk record...closer to wavepunk or artpop than poppunk. Maybe the
Bongos would be a comparison. A-side is pretty good, b-side is weak.[BD]
Brian's assessment is fair, although I'd say both sides are equally ok.
I found my copy from a Florida-based mailorder. An eBay auction in June,
2010 by Isaac Baruch of the Reactions claimed that the Chats were from
Miami Beach.[JF]
I can see how people would suspect a Florida origin, Jupiter is a town north
of West Palm Beach. For all I know, it could be a Florida band, but I've seen
zero about them in any of the old Florida zines...and they likely didn't make
it down to Miami, or I'd have a flyer or a mention in a zine. So who knows?
I did find a test pressing which shows it was recorded at CDK Studios, if
that's any help.[Jeff Lemlich]
Cichlids Miami
- Lifeguard Dan // Tourists Are Pink / Bubblegum 7" Bold 203, 1980 PS
- Be True To Your School LP Bold 306, 1980
(Missionary Man / With My Girl / Bubble Gum / Jewish Girls / Lifeguard
Dan / Ups And Downs // Let's Go Mental / 14 Or Fight / Follow The Trend /
These Boots Were Made For Walkin' / Did You Ever / Planned Obsolescence /
Ubangi Stomp)
Comets Miami
- Big Business Jokes / Help Me 7" Orange MS-106, 1983 NS
- Living The Answer 7"
Lowbudget Jam sound.[BD]
Critical Mass Miami
- Silver Screen / No One Left To Blame 7" Critical Mass CM-101, 1978 NS
Last Laugh HAW-020, 2011 NS
- It's What's Inside That Counts LP MCA 3260, 1980
Rough New York Dolls sound w/ Johnny Rotten vocals. The major label LP is
mediocre.[BD] Critical Mass I remember very well. They were probably the first
band in this area to cover Holidays In The Sun and God Save The Queen, which
at the time (in South Florida) was pretty radical, with most bands being either
disco or southern rock. Their Silver Screen single used to be on the jukebox at
the Johnson Street Big Daddy's in Hollywood, FL! The downfall came when radio
consultant Lee Abrams "discovered" them and "guided" them for their MCA album.
The songs on the album aren't bad, just "produced" and certainly not punk.
There was a backlash and the album didn't sell. Critical Mass released one
later single in the 80s that is pretty much crap.[Jeff Lemlich]
Damage Orlando
- Jay Walk / Fight Or Die // Jock Mentality / Chopin 7" Space Fish, 1984 PS
Degenerates Orlando
- First EP 7" Degenerates BRC-109, 1980 SS
(Beat Your Family / Living On Bamboo // She's A Jock / I Lost My Luggage)
Despite looking very punk, it's a new wave record. Beat Your Family was
actually a local radio hit, and perhaps the best song on the record.
Lost My Luggage also has its moments (fake-Brit vocals, cheesy guitar
solo.) The stamped sleeve exists in 4 different colors.[JF]
Eat Miami
- Communist Radio / Catholic Love 7" Giggling Hitler 312-500, 1979 PS
Brain Transplant BTX06, 1998 PS
Last Laugh HAW-005, 2010 PS
- God Punishes the Eat 7" Giggling Hitler 680-1, 1980 PS
(Jimmy B. Goode / Dr. T.V. // Silly Drug Songs / Nut Cop / Kneecappin)
- Scattered Wahoo Action 10" NED Wicked Witch WW-008, 1996/1982
(Mary Mary / Party Line / Living Like A Pig / Young Guy / I Led Two Lives / Hey
Jackass // Nixon's Binoculars / She's Pissed Off / Get Me High / One Call To
Cuba / Open Man / Ballbusters On Parade / Communist Radio)
Communist Radio is basically a powerpop song but benefits from an amazingly
'live' sound and stellar performance which lifts it to legend status. The fact
it was always a rare record doesn't hurt. God Punishes moves into punkpop
territory, Nut Cop is the highlight. Scattered Wahoo Action was originally a
1982 cassette, the 10" swaps Subhuman and a demo of Catholic Love for a live
Communist Radio.[HW]
Essentials Miami
- Fast Music In A Slow Town 7" Safety Net NET1, 1982 PS
(Turn Off Your Radio / I Don't Get // Johnny / It's Essential)
F West Palm Beach
- You Are An F 12" Intendo Distorto AR8170, 1983
(No / In Control / Spit It Out // Citizens Arrest / Such Men Are
Dangerous / My Country Tis Of Thee)
7" Sound Idea, 2000? PS
(No / In Control / Spit It Out / Grab Your Dick And Run // Citizens
Arrest / Such Men Are Dangerous / My Country Tis Of Thee)
Fanatics Tampa
- Strange Way / Billie // Do It / Foolish One 7" Static 14176, PS
2 decent poppunk tracks, 2 bad wave tracks.[BD]
Fans
- Middle Class Blues / Day In Day Out 7" Fave, 1980 HS
Ex-Freestone. Pop.
Front Miami
- First Strike 7" Foam 00001, 1980 PS
(It's Over / (I Don't Wanna Be A) Teen Idol (Forever) / Immigration Report)
- Aluminum Room / Poor People 7" Foam, 1982 PS
Second is new wave.
Futurisk Miami
- The Sound Of Futurism 7" Clark Humphrey 008072, 1980 PS
(What We Have To Have / Army Now)
Some say lo-fi Devo, others say lo-fi Gary Numan. Important difference.
Another 7" EP called Player Piano in 1982.[HW] Despite the synths, the
first one is aggressive and punky, so I'll go with lo-fi Devo, although
it's more serious than Devo. Second is for minimal synth fans only, which
explains why it's not listed here.[JF]
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Gay Cowboys In Bondage Miami
- Owen Marshmallow Strikes Again 7" Sublapse 2, 1984 PS
(Big Fat Baloney Sandwich / Crime And Violence / The Illness Song //
More Bruises / A Funny Red Moustache (Of Kool-Aid) / Fist May Follow)
Juvenile trashy punk w/ inept sound.[BD]
Hated Youth Tallahassee
- Hardcore Rules 7" Burrito 15, 2001/1983 PS
(Hardcore Rules / Ted Bundy / Army Dad / Ban The Bible / I'm Stupid /
Fuckhead / Red Red Red // Fuck Russia / Total Control / Games / Fear
Us / Kill A Punk)
KTH (Kill the Hostages)
- Skull Bossing / Mutant 7" Puhko, 1980 PS
Lethal Yellow Miami
- Declaration Of Retardation 7" Stench 009, 1984? PS
(Grilled Cheese Sandwiches / In The Mess / Cockroaches // Velveeta /
Spastic And Proud / The Obnoxious Song)
Menstrual Cycles Miami
- Half Skin Half Punx 7" Menstrual Cycles 1, 1983 PS
(Retirement Home / Rejected From The Premisis // Kill The President /
Oi Warning)
Morbid Opera Fort Lauderdale
- Jesus Loves You - So Give Us Your Money 7" Sublapse AR7370, 1983 PS
(Liar / Private Prostitute / Deep End // One-Dimensional / Madness / Sledgehammer)
Mysfitz Hollywood
- She's A Teaser / Aggravation 7" Edge ER5830, 1981 NS
Aggravation is pretty good despite sounding like some unholy marriage of
70s powerpop and 60s hippie rock.[BD]
Panics Fort Myers
- Little Red Book / Kill It (Before It Multiplies) 7" Superdisc GG-JB, 1979 PS
- Test Test / I'm A Fan 7" Superdisc GG-JB-2, 1980 HS?
- Press The Button LP Superdisc A-5000, 1980
(Test Test / I'm A Fan / Feel For Pop / Thin Red Line / No Romance // Kill It
(Before It Multiplies) / Public Service Announcement / Stick 'em Up / Cold /
3rd World Stand-Up Comic)
Charlie Pickett & The Eggs Miami
- Feelin' / White Light White Heat 7" Open 1, 1981 PS
- If This Is Love Can I Get My Money Back / Slow Death 7" Open 2, 1981 PS
- Live At The Button LP Open LONG1, 1982
- If This Is Love / Slow Death // Phantom Train (Live At The Button) 12" DE
Jet Pax Records JPX 4503, 1983
Principles Miami
- USA 423 7" Principles, 1980 NS
Reactions Fort Lauderdale
- Official Release 7" Reaction 864-3052, 1980 HS
(Tonight / Marianne / In Society / It's Our Turn Now)
- Love You 7" Reaction 865-0145, 1981 PS
(Nights On End / Marianne // I Can't Help It / Rebel Rousers)
Julio Rey Miami
- Unrehearsed Walk 7" self-released 1982 PS
(Sing It Out!! / I Can Testify // Le Miserable / I'll Never Know)
Extremely lo-fi punk, good stuff, pre-Visitors.[BD]
Rich Rags Clearwater/Tampa
- Dentist Office Music 7" Orange ORA3392, 1979 PS
(On The Level / Rejection // Fast Foods / Straight Girl)
- The Original 7" Ragdisk 200 MG, 1980 PS
(Jeffrey (Where Are You Now?) / Syncopated Love)
The first is close to the description of the Mysfitz above, this time an unholy
marriage of 70s powerpop and 70s midwest rock. Jeffrey is a decent punk/wave track.[HW]
http://www.leesteel.com/Pages/rr1.htm
Roach Motel Gainesville
- Roach & Roll 7" Destroy 001, 1982 PS
(I Hate The Sunshine State / Shut Up / Wetback // Now You're Gonna Die /
Creep / More Beer)
- What the Hell, It's Roach Motel 7" Destroy 004, 1984 PS
(Brooke Shields Must Die / Frenzy / Chowburger / Nothing To Lose / Pizza Face
/ Mom Likes Drugs)
- It's Lonely At The Top LP Floridas Dead FDEAD-01, 2011
Screaming Sneakers Miami
- Marching Orders 12" Screaming Sneakers, 1982
(Violent Days / Grin And Bear // I Can't Help It / Reflections)
Leads off with a monster melodic hardcore track.[HW]
Sector 4 Tallahassee
- Disclexia 7" Destroy 003, 1983 PS
(Heartbreak Hotel / Jump On You / No Revenge / Time / Table Leg)
Shades
- Time For A Change / Shake It 7" Direct Hit 001, 1980 PS
Sheer Smegma West Palm Beach
- Audio Suicide 7" Fart Faced Decadence FFD1, 1980 HS
(Clubnite / Alophen Baby // I Wanna Be A Man / I Owe It To The Girls)
Awesomely inept scatalogical girl-punk. Most copies with folded
lyrics innersleeve mis-identified as a picture sleeve in old Chuck
Warner catalogs. Some copies with real picture sleeve. Some copies
with stamped innersleeve. Exactly the same record as Teddy And The Frat
Girls, listed below.[JF]
Spanish Dogs Ft. Lauderdale
- Meet The Spanish Dogs! 7" Ruff Ken BRT-0031, 1981 PS
(Atomic Shockwaves / Got A Problem // Saltine Crackers / Cleveland)
- Don't Sweat the Petty Things...Pet The Sweaty Things 7" Rasta Dog
DOG002, 1982 PS
(Do You Believe / Your Daughter / 1990 // Atomic Shockwaves / Oh)
- Mongol Le Gan LP Doggie Style 30822, 1983
(Do You Believe / Your Daughter / Serious Boys / I'm Just Asking /
Atomic Shockwaves / Shark // Kingston / T.M.I. / Cynthia Pin / My
Boyfriend / Oh / Pitbull)
Not too much of interest to punk fans here.[JF]
Stevie Stiletto & the Switchblades Jacksonville
- It's A Bogus Life 7" Razor SS001, 1985 PS
(A.O.T. / Just Go Away / Running People Over // Party Dog / Let's Blow
This Taco Stand / It's A Bogus Life)
In the mid-80s there were a handful of these dumbpunk/jokecore 45s from
Florida, and almost nowhere else. This is the best.[BD]
Teddy And The Frat Girls West Palm Beach
- Audio Suicide 7" Hospital HD04, 1980 PS
(Clubnite / Alophen Baby // I Wanna Be A Man / I Owe It To The Girls)
- I Wanna Be A Man 12" UK Alternative Tentacles VIRUS19, 1984
(Clubnite / Alophen Baby // I Wanna Be A Man / I Owe It To The Girls /
The Eggman Don't Cometh)
The 7" is exactly the same record as Sheer Smegma (see above) but is
identified as Teddy And The Frat Girls when it has the picture sleeve
with that name, and/or an innersleeve stamped as such. Some copies are
stamped with both names. But the printed labels always say Sheer
Smegma. The 12" reissue adds one track.[JF]
U-Boats Zephyrhills (Tampa)
- Government Rip-Off / BreakOut Tonite 7" Crow 0001, 1982 PS
- Dead And Desperate 7" Crow 0003, 1983 PS
(America Unemployed // V.F.W. Ball / Bad Boy)
- Street Tough LP Crow 0001, 1983
(Street Tough / Town Whore / Dig A Grave / You Chewed My Love Apart /
You're Not My Kind Of Girl / Bums // T.T. Police / Rich Man /
Misfit / His Name Is Dick / V.F.W. Ball / Bad Boy)
Used People
- Today Is Never Done / Oh Kimmy // Perfect Man / Boobie Trap 7" Edge, NS
Visitors Miami
- Death Of A Gunfighter / I'll Never Know 7" Three Equals One 3-0001, 1983 PS
Good pop punk by a buncha Christians. Nice moustache on one member too.[HW]
Voodoo Idols Tampa
- Do The Kirk // Grunt Grunt / Pretty Face 7" Vee Dee CLAP1, 1982 PS
- We Dig Nixon / Dead Air 7" Vee Dee CLAP2, 1982 PS
- Temptation 12" Vee Dee NR15765, 1984
(Don't Call Me Back / Screwed Up / Taboo / Burn / Flesh And Bone /
Pushin Up Daisies / Temptation / Hairtrigger / Open Windows)
We The Living Miami
- Carnival Of Vice 7" Subversive SUBV772, 1985 PS
(Fudge Ripple / Shamade // Bingo / Abortion Attempt / Mixed Up World)
Wrap
- Let Me Go / He's Not There 7" Oh My Honey WR101, 1980 PS
X-Conz
- Do Dead People Tan? 7" Edge ER5831, 1981 PS
(Do Dead People Tan? / (She's My) Hose Bag // A.R.M.Y. Now /
Big Mouthed Girls)
Excellent powerpop with off-kilter lyrical bent make this a winner.[HW]
Z-Cars
- I Don't Care / All Dressed Up 7" Pressure, 1980 PS
Zenith Nadir Tampa
- We Are The "Intimidators" 7" flexi 50 Play, 1979 NS
Compilations
We Can't Help It If We're From Florida 7" Destroy 002, 1983 PS
(Hated Youth - Hardcore Rules / Ted Bundy / Army Dad /
Sector 4 - White House / Plaid Spaceship /
Morbid Opera - Eat The Rich / White Flag / Polyester Pig //
Roach Motel - Heart Attack / Florida Reptile Land / My Dog's Into Anarchy /
Rat Cafeteria - Kill / Tax Revolt)
A sequel in 1992 called We Still Can't Help It If We're From Florida
features a 1981 Roach Motel track, You Make Me Sick.[JF]
The Land That Time Forgot LP Open LONG2, 1982
(Eat - I Led Two Lives / Bobs - Living Legend / Rubber Thongs - Mondo
Condo / Cats On Holiday - Future Shock / F - I Saw Your Vision /
Essentials - Turn Off Your Radio / Da Boys - Bring It Back / Charlie
Pickett And The Eggs - Phantom Train // Larry Joe Miller And His Rhythm
Rockers - Young And Wild / Breathers - Did You Think? / Magic - Locals
Only / Vulgar Boatmen - Monkey Jungle Breakdown / A New Personality -
Waterfall / Front - Bored Again)
The Eat, the Essentials and F have rocking numbers, while the rest are
mainly pop, new wave (especially the Front, which is very sad after
their brilliant Immigration Report) and country.[KD]
GEORGIA
Basics Atlanta
- Bad Guru / Slow Motion Suicide // Sexual Object / Beggin' For Beer 7"
Basics TB101, 1980 PS
DDT
- Brave New World 7" Five Minute DDT-45-101, 1983 PS
(Mr Rogers Neighborhood / Girls, Girls, Girls / Brave New World //
I'm Walking Down The Psychopath / The End)
- Broken Toy LP Laser 1984DDT, 1984
(Men Are Mortal / Last Train To Athens / E.T. / P.M.A. / Broken Toy
/ Fury & Sin / Guess Who / People Are People / The Vein // Waiting /
Cheap Head / Where Do I Fit In / Foreign Legion / Together / Purity /
Carlos / I Am The Axe Murderer)
Decent hardcore, nothing too distinctive. The atypically slow I'm Walking
Down The Psychopath hovers near the top of the list of most undeserving
Killed By Death tracks.[HW]
The Fans Atlanta
- Ekstasis // Telstar / Lonely Girls 7" Blue Beam BB-1001, 1977 NS
- True / Deathwish 7" Blue Beam, 1980 PS
- True / Deathwish // Cars & Explosions / Dangerous Goodbyes 2x7" UK Albion 1004, PS
Kris Methe And The Mistakes Atlanta
- The Suspect // Autopsy / Celebreakdown 7" Bombay, 1982 HS
Good aggressive riff punk with Dollsy vocals.[RM] The band's name on the
labels is the Suspex. It only says Kris Methe And The Mistakes on the
hard-to-find sleeve.[JF]
Neon Christ Atlanta
- Parental Suppression / Draft Song / Winding / Bad Influence / Neon
Christ // We Mean Business / Yoof / It's Mine / Doom / After 7"
Social Crisis SCR-001, 1984 PS
Fast short piledriving blasts of hardcore thrash in the DRI mode
with some slower creative parts thrown in and youthful non-gruff
vocals delivering the socio-political messages. Frantic and not
too polished.[Brian GTA]
Obsessions
- Forced Entry / Gimme Some Time 7" Rooster GRP 1002, 1982 NS
Pretty good, lo-fi garagey/punk-ish.[BD]
Paper Lions
- Love Lies / Female Advantages 7" Paper Lion PL-45-69, 1981 PS
Lo-fi Dollsy punk.[HW]
Ronnie Razor Atlanta
- Psychological Vampire 7" Born To Die U8385, 1983 PS
(Baby This/Baby That / Pretty Lies)
More rock-n-roll than punk.[BD] Ex-XYZ.
Restraints Atlanta
- Wacka-Wacka / Roll Over Ronnie 7" Restraints GR1006, 1982 PS
Novelty popwave and rootsy poppunk with whiny vocals and a Reagan theme.
Lightweight but entertaining.[BD]
Swimming Pool Qs Atlanta
- Rat Bait / The A-Bomb Woke Me Up 7" Chlorinated 079, 1979 PS
- Little Misfit / Stringray 7" DB DB64, 1982 PS
Vex Macon
- Transmutation / Here Come The Cops // Parentosaurus Rex / My Wave 7"
Stolen 11915, 1984 PS
XYZ Decatur
- Wolf Spider / Long Distance 7" Invasion XYZ001, 1979 PS
Hardrock/glam with decent Dolls/Heartbreakers style B-side.[JF]
Various
- Standardeviation LP Panic PR1001, 1980
(The Swimming Pool Qs - Stock Car Sin / Misfit / Operator - Big Man / Flies On The Wall /
The Basics - Paddle Out / Trouble Lights // The Restraints - I Cannot Be A Nun / KAO4S -
80 MPH / Love Radio / No Exit - Hit Single / Dead Man / The Restraints - Cancer Dancer)
A-side is largely forgettable. On the flip, the Restraints tracks fit Brian's
description above, KAO4S is interesting male/female-vox synth hard wave,
and the first No Exit track is decent punky powerpop.[JF]
Label Discographies
Bombay
? Kris Methe And The Mistakes 7"
MB-697 1937 - You're A Little Bit Lonely / Surfin' Pharisea 7" (1982, f-vox postpunk/surf/wave)
LOUISIANA
Bas Clas New Orleans
- Physical World / Serfin USA 7" Serfdom SR101, 1981 PS
Listen to both tracks and others at Earl's Jukebox
Buns New Orleans
- Anti-Matter / Raise The Roof 7" Lectric Eye 004, 1979 PS
The Cold New Orleans
- Three Chord City / You 7" Top Pop KRS-611, 1980 PS
- Mesmerized / Wake Up 7" Top Pop TP-002, 1981 PS
- Never Alone / Thanks A Lot 7" Top Pop TP-003, 1981 PS
- Do The Dance / Missing Hit Man 7" Top Pop TP-007, 1982 PS
Powerpop. Three Chord City is considered a classic of the genre.
Another single and 2 albums were released in '84-'85.[JF]
Disappointed Parents New Orleans
- Am I Getting Through? 7" Crispy Christ DP-6283, 1983 PS
(Am I Getting Through? / Serving Time In Hell / Fuck Drugs! /
Rats And Piranhas / Regrets / Meat Market / Because We Disagree? /
American Rebel)
The Limit New Orleans
- Uh Oh / Call Jane // Candy Rocks / Dream of Love 10" Pendulum, 1983
Uh Oh is Incredible Kidda Band-styled upbeat UK Teenage Treats powerpop-punk
circa '78 (UK '78 = NOLA '83, basically) and Call Jane sounds like the Forgotten
Rebels - but maybe with Ric Ocasek on vocals?! The two b-side tracks are only
okay by comparison.[??] If I remember correctly they were either Jefferson or
St. Bernard Parish heybras bred on corporate rock who went 'headband-punk,'
but they could actually play, they had better gear and they could write songs,
unlike the Uptown dilettantes.[Paul MOTO]
Manic Depressives New Orleans
- Silence On The Radio / You Know Where You're Gonna
Go // Going Out With The In Crowd 7" Vinyl Solution VS002, 1980 PS
Men In Black New Orleans
- S&M Bar / The Gypsy Lid 7" Lectric Eye EYE3, 1979 PS
Models
- In The Red / Respected 7" MR1, 1981 PS
- 12" 1979
Normals Jefferson
- Almost Ready / Hardcore 7" Lectric Eye EYE2, 1978 PS
Last Laugh HAW-008, 2010 PS
Listen to both tracks at Earl's Jukebox.
Numbers New Orleans
- Forever Young / Runaround 7" Numbers 8407x55, 1984 PS
Underproduced Jam-my mod/powerpop.[BD]
Rat Finks
- 7" in Volume, pre-Red Rockers, not issued
Red Rockers New Orleans
- Guns Of Revolution // Teenage Underground / Nothing To Lose 7" Vinyl
Solution VS003, 1980 HS
- Condition Red LP 415 415A-0006, 1981
(Guns Of Revolution / Teenage Underground / Peer Pressure / Can You
Hear / Grow Up / Know What I Think // Dead Heroes / Folsom Prison
Blues / Condition Red / Hold On / White Law / Live Or Die)
Shell Shock New Orleans
- Your Way // My Brain Is Jelly / Execution Time 7" Vinyl Solution V/S005, 1981 PS
- No Holds Barred 7" Splatter SR001, 1986 PS
(Slipping Through My Fingers / Movie Maker // Wake Me (When I'm Dead) / No Holds
Barred)
Shit Dogs Baton Rouge/New Orleans
- Present The History Of Cheese 7" Pangolin PANGO-001, 1980 PS
(Reborn / Raw Meat // Killer Cain / W.W.II Never Ended / Bloodclot)
2x7" Last Laugh HAW-016, 2011 PS
(Reborn // Raw Meat /// Killer Cain // W.W.II Never Ended / Bloodclot)
- You Bet! 7" Pangolin PANGO-002, 1981 PS
(Calling Dr Modo / It's Disposable / Can Opener // Under Slithery Moons
/ Flippin' Burgers)
- Dog Style LP Pangolin PANGO-101, 1983
(Don't Hide The Razorblades / Prophylactic Prophet / Rats In The Tunnel / Citizen
X / Bloodclot `82 / Mental Convoy // Nikita Banana / Saucers Over Singapore / The
Devil's Hand / Call Me Shit Dog / Burger Doodle)
History Of Cheese is another redneck/bar band punk classic, very lo-fi but great performance
and some brilliant songs lifts it up. Showing an Eat-like progression the secong is good poppunk.[HW]
Skinnies New Orleans
- Kill The Beat 7" Lectric Eye EYE1, 1978 PS
Last Laugh HAW-014, 2011 PS
(I'm A Dullard / Out Of Order)
- Out Of Order 7" Rave Up RUG-01, 1999/1978-79 PS
(Out Of Order / (I'm A) Dullard // Does She Or Doesn't She / C.I.A. / Hit
And Run)
Classic loser punk.[HW] In perhaps the worst example of Rave Up's poor
quality control, the reissue's track listing shows the third song on the
wrong side and also includes a sixth song called Hey Toots which doesn't
actually appear.[JF]
Sluts New Orleans
- 12" Of Sluts 12" Spread'um SLUT-1, 1982
(Head Hunter / Chicken Stiken / Fuck You / Cunning Linguist / Gator Rockin /
I Don't Wanna Be Your Friend, Baby / 1 Cord City // Nuke The Whales / Poor
Blacks / Hey, Hey, We're The Sluts / Mom's Cunt / Rip-Off Rocker / Draft
Song / Gnu Song)
Dumb punk, bordering on hardcore. Terrible or pure genius depending on your
point-of-view. 1 Cord City is an answer to the Cold's best known song.[JF]
Times Baton Rouge
- Mr. Right / Vogue Baby 7" Skratch SRTT012, 1981 NS?
- Wendy O / The Obvious 7" Skratch STRR013, 1981 PS
Toxin III Crowley
- I Rock I Ran / Arrested / Again // Numb / It's Dead
/ Middle Class 7" Vinyl Solution VLP8072/3, 1982 PS
U.S. Times Baton Rouge
- Wanna Go To London 7" Skratch, 1982 PS
- Wanna Go To London LP Skratch SK-001, 1982
(Jungle Intro / I'm An Actor / Now What / Stop & Think // Call Vinnie /
Primal Urges / Just A Human / Music In The Walls / Wanna Go To London)
5 of the 8 songs are bad rock. The other 3 are slightly punkier rock
with the title track bein' the best (but still pretty mediocre) cut.
[Brett Herron]
Wayward Youth New Orleans
- Do You Wanna / Elmundo 7" Vinyl Solution 001, 1979 PS
Zoomers Baton Rouge
- From The Planet Moon / You'll See / Somatic 7" Uncalled For 8110X13, 1981 PS
Compilations
N.O. Experience Necessary LP Oblique PB001, 1980
(Backstabbers - Lunatic Fringe / Driveways - Simple Pictures /
Room Service - She Don't Mind / Men In Black - Hot Pork / Mechanics
- Sad Army / Contenders - Drug City // Mandeville Mike & The Mental Block
- Does She Or Doesn't She / Driveways - Zig Zag / Shit Dogs - Not
Responsible / Contenders - Little Murders / Backstabbers - Fly By Night /
Mechanics - The Consumer)
No Questions No Answers LP Vinyl Solution V/S004, 1980
(Red Rockers - Dead Heroes / Red Star / Aces 88 - Character / RZA - Can't Never /
Hostages - Time To Change / Models - Fire Patrol / Intimate Love // Wayward Youth
- Thinkin' Bout You / David Oh! - Preparation X / Fugitives - Mystery Girl /
Mandeville Mike - Me / Swingin' Millionaires - The Cannibals Next Door / Cheaters
- A Little Too Much / Manic Depressives - Not Worth The Time / Think For Yourself)
Label Discographies
Skratch
STRR013 Times 7"
? U.S. Times 7"
? U.S. Times LP
SK005 Times - Hip Isn't It LP (1984)
Vinyl Solution
001 Wayward Youth 7"
VS002 Manic Depressives 7"
VS003 Red Rockers - Guns Of Revolution 7"
V/S004 Various - No Questions No Answers LP
V/S005 Shell Shock - Your Way 7"
VLP8072/3 Toxin III 7"
MISSISSIPPI
Ed Nasty And The Dopeds Jackson
- I'm Gonna Be Everything / You Sucker 7" Sexo UR1332, 1978 HS
Last Laugh HAW-009, 2010 PS
Great redneck punk. A classic of the look-what-happened-after-the-Sex
Pistols-toured-the South genre (see Critical Mass, Antler Joe, the Next,
the Fensics(?)).[HW]
Rank Amateurs / Throbbing Members Laurel
- Kick The Stupidity / Western Front split 7" Upper Crust UC101, 1980 PS
Rank Amateurs have a very basement pop-punk song. Throbbing Members
are more 60s basement pop/folk, but is actually very cool.[MG]
Used Goods Jackson
- Runaround / Drive In 7" Big Monkey 2009/2010, 1983 PS
Johnny Vomit & the Dry Heaves Corinth
- Chokin' On A Lude Part One / Chokin' On A Lude Part Two // Chokin' On A Lude Part Three /
Black September 7" Goner 6GONE, 1995/1983 PS
(Apparently) recorded 1983.
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