Toxic Reasons: Nobody Tells Us (1980)

We've had a slew of Toxic Reasons (see HERE) posts, which is all the more Reason to offer up one more Toxic rarity. This 7'' was released in 1990 on Selfless Records, though the recording was done on June 18th, 1980 at Sam's Club in Dayton, Ohio.

What makes this single so fascinating is that it adds so much to the little we know about the early, Ed Pittman-led version of TR (to see Selfless' other early TR rarity go here). Not only do we get two originals never recorded, we also get a Ramones and a Clash cover - a perfect indication of the Anglo-American sound they would develop over the decades to come!





Whatever you do, don't miss the violent, belligerent, yet touching liner notes on the back sleeve (see below)!

A1 Chinese Rocks (Dee Dee Ramone, Richard Hell)

A2 Nobody Tells Us

B1 48 Hours (Joe Strummer, Mick Jones)

B2 Tommy


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Mr. T Experience: Live 13/7/1992

Thanks to Mister Poof, we are now able to view an entire MTX show from the possibly-golden era of 1992 (the Milk Milk Lemonade tour). This show was videotaped in Störtebeker, Hamburg and is typical of the murky-but-watchable footage of the pre-digital era.






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D.O.A. Live at Club Me, 1988

Ya can give Joey 'Shithead' Keithley a beard and a new guitar player but D.O.A. just kept spitting out that ferocious rock-punk that made D.O.A. semi-famous. The band's late 80's period (including 1987's "True North Strong and Free" and 1990's "Murder) should be re-examined by every lover of the old loud n' fast. Enjoy this simple-but-effective footage from a 1988 show!




  
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Mad Parade: Cat-Bitten Tongue (1996)

Unlike some of their early 80's SoCal pop/punk/hardcore brethren like Bad Religion or Social Distortion, Mad Parade has never had a really wide audience. Like Channel 3 or D.I., the band has had to make do by building a narrower but yet surprisingly far-reaching following.

Mad Parade has pulled off the cult following thing with style and grit. Their discography is spread out over almost thirty years but remains committed to Anglo-American punk/pop hybrid full of catchy sing-along choruses , layers of roaring guitars and never-say ballad rhythms.





Cat-Bitten Tongue is 1996 single demonstrates the band's fidelity to it's loud, catchy n' pissed-off sound (even their mid-80's album where their label made them pout prettily on the cover still sounds like a Mad Parade record which you can't say for most of their peers). Besides the two rocking originals, the EP contains a cover of their under-known compatriots, The Stepmothers' song "If I Were You".

Tracklist
1     Concentration Girls     4:02    
2     A.W.O.L.                   3:04    
3     If I Were You              1:44

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Transistors: You Life Could Be So Easy! (2013)

Transistors are an indie-pop-punk from New Zealand who fit with that island's reputation for clever, idiosyncratic pop (See: Nun, Flying) but with a lot more oomph! I particularly love this perfectly-executed video which amuses, while pummeling you with the chorus till you just surrender!





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