NOFX - E Is For Everything On Mystic Records / Maximum Rocknroll

NOFX - E Is For Everything On Mystic Records / Maximum Rocknroll (1989)

E Is For Everything On Mystic / Maximum Rocknroll is an album by NOFX that compiles early singles and demo songs. It was released in 1989 by Mystic Records without the band's consent. Maximum Rocknroll was released as an LP, CD, and cassette. The cassette album was given a different title, E is for Everything..., although the track listing was identical to the other formats. E is for Everything is currently out of print.

NOFX's lo-fi debut is mid-'80s SoCal punk in the vein of other bratty, mile-a-minute punk bands. While most of the sonic characteristics that later defined the group's sound (including Bad Religion-influenced vocal harmonies) are missing, Maximum Rock'n'Roll proves that NOFX's goofball humor was in effect from day one (see "Six Pack Girls," "Cops and Donuts," and "Shitting Bricks"). Perhaps best of all is the band's cover of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man." The liner notes include a June 1991 Maximum Rock 'n' Roll interview with Fat Mike, in which he gives props to bands like Snuff and Green Day. Amusing and historically interesting, but only for serious fans.

The Germs - Germicide: Live At The Whiskey 1977

The Germs -
Germicide: Live At The Whiskey 1977

Although punk rock was initially said to be one-dimensional and devoid of instrumental technique, many bands proved to be adept at both playing their instruments and writing songs (X, the Minutemen, the Police, the Dead Kennedys, etc.). As evidenced on the live release Germicide: Live at the Whiskey 1977, California's the Germs were not one such band. This lo-fi live set shows that the group barely knew how to play their instruments, play in time, keep a steady tempo, or truly function as a live band. But due to their in your face attitude and confrontational live performances, the Germs became one of the most influential punk bands ever — Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Jane's Addiction, and the Offspring have all admitted their admiration. Even though Iggy Pop had laid the groundwork for such punk shockers as Germs singer Darby Crash years before, audiences often had hostile reactions toward the band. Throughout Germicide, Darby is heard taunting the audience with insults as the crowd showers the band with debris. The Germs soldier on nonetheless, attempting to perform such classics as "Forming," "Sex Boy," "Let's Pretend," and tracks that are unavailable elsewhere ("Suicide Machine," "Teenage Clone," etc.). Although 1993's (MIA): The Complete Anthology is superior, Germicide

Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal

Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal (1984)

Anthrax's lineup had not yet solidified when they recorded their debut album, and neither had their style. Fans of the group's peak-period material are likely to find Fistful of Metal off-putting, as the band sounds more like a Judas Priest knockoff with rather silly, stereotypical heavy metal lyrics than the thrash innovators they would become. Bassist Dan Lilker, who subsequently left to form Nuclear Assault, is present for this album, while vocalist Joey Belladonna is not. The Alice Cooper cover of, "I'm Eighteen" is also a highlight of this album.

SCREAM - No More Censorship

SCREAM - No More Censorship (1988)

No More Censorship is an album by Scream released in 1988 through RAS Records (RAS 4001). It is the first Scream album to feature Dave Grohl on drums, who went to be a part of many successful bands, most notably Nirvana as drummer and Foo Fighters as guitarist and vocalist.
No More Censorship was notably the first album by the band to be released by Reggae label RAS Records, at the time RAS was attempting to dive into a rock market. The label brought Scream on board to attract other burgeoning rock acts.

Rich Kids On LSD - Rock'N Roll Nightmare 1987

Rich Kids On LSD - Rock'N Roll Nightmare (1987)

Rich Kids on LSD (R.K.L.) were a Californian hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Montecito, California, a suburb of Santa Barbara. They were associated with the "Nardcore" scene that evolved out of nearby Oxnard. Their music expanded over the years from West Coast hardcore to a mix of hardcore with rock elements. This style, along with touring, made them very popular on the European scene, especially among skaters in the eighties and nineties.
The group's name came about as a mere fluke from some light hearted criticism. According to vocalist Jason Sears in a 2002 interview with Thrasher magazine: “It happened that some guy said, 'Ha, those kids will never be anything, they're just a bunch of rich kids on LSD, man.' The first party we played we didn't have a name for the band, so we put that one on the flier and it just stuck.” The beanie boy logo was born one night while Bomer and Jason were being tattooed. Bomer was attempting to draw a dragon tat pattern. On seeing the drawing, Jason commented, "Yeah dood, it's Cecil! Where's Beanie?" Dan Sites was sitting alongside drawing a flyer for a show supporting Suicidal Tendencies in Oxnard and drew a beanie guy jumping from a building. Beanie boy was born.
Their music can be heard on their webpage, which features "RKL Radio" with nearly all of their songs streamed including a complete discography.

RKL - Scab On My Brain (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAzGm5Lm7_o

RKL - Hangover (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A29GmXhPEoE

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