Proteens - Demo (1981)

The Proteens were a Philadelphia Punk band formed in 1980 after singer Tommy Ajax left the Ben Wah Torpedos. He was joined by Mike Convict on guitar and others before settling on Markus Hook on bass and Pete Greedy on drums. In 1981 they recorded a 4-song demo and on December 19 of that year played at the second Philadelphia Punk Fest with Sadistic Exploits, Decontrol and others. The band never released a record and split up in 1982. Sound quality is excellent.

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epc1Yp--FL8

track list:
01. Plastic People
02. What Future
03. Boys Talk
04. Off To War

Generation 13 - Demos + Live + Practice 1996-1997

Generation 13 were another band from Boyertown Pennsylvania that formed in 1995. Their first demo was recorded in early 1996 and passed around on cassette. Later in the year they recorded their second demo and passed that one around on cd-r. They also had two songs on the Rumors From The Air-Conditioned Tiger Pit compilation CD in 1996. In April 1997 the band briefly expanded into a five piece line up with the bass player moving to vocals and a new rhythm section added. The band slimmed back to a 4-piece and split up at the end of the Summer of 1997.

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZAOV1_UDEc

2nd Demo 1996:
01. What To Dream About Tomorrow
02. Checkmate
03. Hit The Ground
04. Alone With You
05. I'm Different From You
06. Silent Rain
07. Casualities Of Love
08. Get Your Shit Together
09. Don't Know

@ Gilbertsville Fire Hall, Gilbertsville PA 12-30-96: [from video tape]
01. Don't Know
02. Casualties Of Love
03. Hit The Ground
04. What To Dream About Tomorrow
05. Summertime Blues

@ Practice 4-10-97 + 4-17-97: [from cassette tape]
01. I'm Different From You
02. Casualties Of Love
03. Don't Know
04. Checkmate
05. Get Your Shit Together
06. All The Same
07. Anti-Social
08. What To Dream About Tomorrow
09. Some Other Time
10. World Of My Own
11. Alone With You
12. What We've Got

Bass Masters - Gilbertsville Fire Hall, Gilbertsville PA 12-30-96

Bass Masters were from Boyertown Pennsylvania and were one of hundreds of bands that formed across the country in the resurgence of Punk Rock in the mid-1990s after Nirvana and Green Day hit the big time. The band started out as a three piece line-up in 1995 and recorded two demo tapes before a line-up change added a second guitarist. In 1997, the year they split up, they had two songs on the Rumors From The Air-Conditioned Tiger Pit CD compilation along with other bands from their area. This live recording is from the second line-up and is copied from a video tape. Sound quality is good

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6FXvQFPGYc

 
setlist: [from video tape]
01. The Long Walk
02. She Left Me For a Volkswagen
03. Friends And Foes
04. Punk Rock Woman
05. My World
06. title unknown
07. She Don't Like Me
08. title unknown
09. You Make Me Want To Puke

Follow Fashion Monkeys - Demos 1986 + 1987

Follow Fashion Monkeys were a Hardcore Punk band from Bethlehem Pennsylvania. They started up in 1984, released their fisrt LP in 1986, toured the USA with the Italian Hardcore band Indigesti, had one song on a Mystic Records compilation album, recorded their second album (which went unreleased) at Inner Ear recording studio in Washington DC (recorded and mixed by Don Zientara and Ian Mackaye), and split up in 1988. Two members went on to join the more Rock oriented Dick Destiny & The Highway Kings. The bassist/vocalist Steve Moyer died a few weeks ago so this is a little tribute to him. Both demos were recorded on a 4-track recorder at their rehearsal space. Sound quality is excellent.

Demo 1986: [from cassette tape]
01. What About Tomorrow
02. Don't Ask

4-Track demo 1987: [from cassette tape]
01. What About Tomorrow
02. No Direction [take 1]
03. No Direction [take 2]

Dirge - Demo (1986)

Dirge were a hardcore Punk band from Holmdel New Jersey that existed between 1986 and 1990. They released two cassettes, one LP and two 7inch records. This tape was their first release. Sound quality is excellent.

discography: https://www.discogs.com/artist/686631-Dirge-6
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pXlGSyH6hg

track list: [from cassette tape]
01. Screwed To Death
02. Resurrection
03. Negative Sanctions
04. Threat Of Power
05. Zeitgeist
06. Too Much To Ask For
07. Aggression
08. Self-Destruction

S.S. Decontrol - Buff Hall, Camden NJ 11-20-82

This show is the first time I saw S.S. Decontrol and they were great. It's a soundboard recording and the sound quality is excellent.

setlist:
01. No Reply
02. Get It Away
03. Boiling Point
04. Police Beat
05. Nothing Done
06. Glue
07. Under The Influence
08. Who's To Judge
09. How Much Art
10. Force Down Your Throat
11. Fight Them
12. Headed Straight
13. X-Claim
14. Fun To You
15. The End

Raindogs - WERS, Boston 10-11-87

The Raindogs were a rock band from Boston that featured Darren Hill from Red Rockers, Jim Reilly from Red Rockers and Stiff Little Fingers and two former members of The Schemers. They released two albums in 1989 and 1991 and had a bit of success in the mainstream. This live recording is an early radio broadcast and the sound quality is excellent.

discography: https://www.discogs.com/artist/1510438-Raindogs-2
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfchNR7qbqg
interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0pkw0vQVLs

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Cry For Mercy
02. title unknown
03. Grey House
04. There Must Be A Better Way
05. Valley Of Love
06. Some Fun
07. title unknown
08. title unknown
09. Lonesome Pain
10. title unknown
11. outro