Flower Leperds - The Original Group (1990)

Flower Leperds are one of those bands that don't get the credit which is due to them. Formed by guitarist Jeff Wolfe and best known for their period with Tony Cadena of Adolescents as their lead singer, few have truly appreciated the earlier Flower Leperds material that featured Mark Olsen as their front man which in my opinion had a much more gloomy almost deathrock vibe about them. In 85 they released their first 7" 'Has Hate Been Kind Enough' which covered rather taboo topics in their lyrics such as pedophilia, suicide and general disdain for human life, Flower Leperds are far from your typical punk band, in fact they remain an enigma mixing a variety of different influences.
This Mystic records compilation of their 7" as well as demo tracks even features a cover of Alice Cooper's '18' and the Rolling Stones 'Jumping Jack Flash' which goes to show how bizarre yet intriguing this band is. Cheers to Ryan Kallenberger for getting me this LP, will repay in kind. RIP Jeff Wolfe

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Track listing on sleeve is incorrect, actual track listing is:
1. Only Twelve Years Old
2. Necrology
3. 18
4. Preachers Confession
5. Death of two lovers
6. Jumpin Jack Flash
7. Living Dead on the Phone
8. Riding the Blade
9. 18 (Demo Version)
10. Has Hate Been Kind Enough
11. Blue Child

T.S.O.L - First 12" EP (1981)

Right, I've been listening to this all week and I need to throw it up, one of the true underrated classics of American punk. Formed in 1979 in Huntington Beach California, T.S.O.L stands for True Sounds of Liberty, a highly politically charged band well ahead of their time considering the sheer ferocity of their music and of course their influence in the goth quadrant along with fellow punk/goth rockers 45 Grave.

Musically they sound a lot heavier and distorted than the Dead Kennedys and Adolescents and take a less satrical no nonsense approach to their lyrics. Mandatory listening for anyone remotely interested in the early American punk scene, their 12" EP has definetly stood the test of time and is a real testament to punk from the USA unlike the crap that was put out during the mid nineties and onwards by the likes of NOFX, Rancid, The Casualties etc.

T.S.O.L. are still active today with all the original members minus the drummer and still stay true to their name holding the same angry beliefs that were pressed onto this record. Definetly check them out if you haven't already.

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1. Superficial Love
2. Property is Theft
3. No Way Out
4. Abolish Government/Silent Majority
5. World War III

Rikk Agnew - All By Myself (1982)

Perhaps one of the greatest American punk guitarists to date, Rikk Agnew is well known for his work with Social Distortion, Adolescents and Christian Death but after his departure shortly after the release of "Only Theatre of Pain" he worked on his own solo album aptly titled: "All By Myself" which featured songs that were originally expected to be on the second Adolescents album but ended up being on the first D.I. LP "Ancient Artifacts." The brilliance of Agnews' song writing abilities I believe can be summed up in this release which retains elements of American Punk and Deathrock to create something truly in a class of its own.

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OC Life
10
Yur 2 Late
Everyday
One Shot
Falling Out
Surfside
It's Doing Something
Fast
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