Various Artists - Not So Quiet On The Western Front

I've had zerofuckingpatience lately. This represents and coddles that.

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AMG: Originally issued as a two-LP set in 1983, this is one of the defining documents of the West Coast punk scene. (A pronouncement like that would have made most of these 47 bands throw up, but it's still true.) As such, it was also hardcore punk's swan song, arguably the last relatively unselfconscious expression of a naively nihilistic and homogeneously noncomformist youth subculture that was designed to fall apart. Of the bands represented here, which ones still exist? None, although Flipper and the Dead Kennedys have secured a place in pop music history and there may still be shreds of Millions of Dead Cops (aka Multi-Death Corporation, aka Millions of Dead Christians, aka More Dead Cops) touring around. It would go against the communalistic spirit of the thing to point out highlights, of course, but Bad Posture's charmingly acronymic "GDSMFSOB" is worth noting, as are Flipper's sludgy "Sacrifice"and M.A.D.'s "Holocaust." "Collapse," by Ribsy, clocks in at a nice, succinct 48 seconds. Try not to feel guilty for getting nostalgic.

Tracks

				Title	Performer	Time
		1		Intensified Chaos	Intensified Chaos	:56
		2		Their Mistakes	Social Unrest	2:26
		3		Dan With the Mellow Hair	Wrestlers, Naked Lady	2:20
		4		Holocaust	MAD	1:03
		5		Rich Plastic People	Killjoy	1:44
		6		Fun With Acid	Fang	2:07
		7		El Salvador	Capitol Punishment	1:11
		8		Collapse	Ribsy	:48
		9		Annihilation	Crucifix	1:13
		10		I Don't Wanna Die for My Country	Square Cools	1:30
		11		Pay Salvation	Los Olvidados	2:06
		12		What Price Will You Pay?	Code Of Honor	1:58
		13		Fuck Your Amerika	Seven Seconds	:49
		14		Race War	Unaware	1:35
		15		Turmoil	Frigidettes	2:05
		16		Don't Conform	Fifth Column	1:30
		17		Shrunken Heads	Ghost Dance	2:35
		18		A Child and His Lawn Mower	Dead Kennedys	:55
		19		All I Know	Rebel Truth	1:10
		20		Learning Process	Pariah	2:01
		21		Reagum	Lennonburger	1:11
		22		Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!	Impatient Youth	2:27
		23		G. D. M. F. S. O. B.	Bad Posture	1:31
		24		Assassination Attempt	Demented Youth	1:22
		25		The Only Good Cop...	Millions Of Dead Cops	:58
		26		The Few, the Proud, the Dead	Karnage	:40
		27		Scare	Domino Theory	1:20
		28		Dead Porker	NBJ	3:03
		29		Human Farm	Whipping Boy	1:07
		30		Worker Bee	Angst	:54
		31		Premature Enlistment	Free Beer	1:57
		32		Sacrifice	Flipper	4:35
		33		No One Listens	Vengeance	2:00
		34		S/M Nightmare	Juvinel Justice	1:49
		35		Fat, Drunk & Stupid	Section Eight	:51
		36		Libyan Hit Squad	Tongue Avulsion	1:02
		37		Off to War	Maniax	3:31
		38		Strike Out	Vicious Circle	:38
		39		Breakout	UXB	1:42
		40		Shitcan	Scapegoats	1:13
		41		The Oven Is My Friend	Church Police	2:40
		42		Systems Suck	Deadly Reign	1:31
		43		Dead Men Tell No Tales	No Alternative	2:03
		44		Punk Is an Attitude	Wrecks	1:10
		45		SLT	Urban Assault	1:31
		46		No More Riots	Bent Nails	2:49
		47		New Left	MIA	:45

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