Avengers photo by Theresa K.
This is a pretty insane project put together by my pal Vince B. from San Francisco a few years back. As the title indicates, this is a homemade 12 x CD-R (!) compilation of punk bands fronted by female vocalists from 1977 to 1989. More like a giant mixtape than a compilation, as he only made 36 copies which he sent to friends and people who submitted material. You may notice that some of the bands didn't have a steady female vocalist (The Lewd, etc.) but he still included songs that were sung by another member of the band. This is as international as it gets, with stuff ranging from world famous Blondie or Crass to the most obscure Eastern European cassette compilation veterans. The boxset came packaged in a handnumbered fancy translucent lunchbox enclosing all 12 CD-Rs, a stack of full-colored cards featuring comprehensive tracklist and artwork/info, as well as a manga pin-up figure! Talk about a labor of love.
Since this is such a massive compilation that takes time to listen to and digest, I'm gonna split it in 3 posts. Here are discs 1-4, make sure you stay tuned for the rest.
(Feb. 24th update: part 2 and part 3 are now available)
#11/36 - Luc's copy :)
DISC 1: Download link
1. Blutsturz - Schweigen (Demo) (Germany, 198?)
2. Penetration - Money Talks (England, 1977)
3. Pyhäkoulu - Painajainen (Finland, 1986)
4. VulpeSS - Me Gusta Ser Una Zorra (Spain, 1983)
5. The Comes - Panic (Japan, 1984)
6. Suicide Squad - New Kids Army (Australia, 1980)
7. Rivolta Dell'Odio - Altari Del Terrore (Italy, 1984)
8. Sick Things - Anti-Social Disease (England, 1977)
9. Accident (a.k.a Accidents) - True Detective (USA, 1979)
10. Dishrags - I Don't Love You (Canada, 1979)
11. Último Resorte - Hogar, Dulce Hogar (Demo) (Spain, 1981)
12. The Fastbacks - Someone Else's Room (USA, 1981)
13. Anorexia - Rapist In The Park (England, 1980)
14. Phobia - Pretend You're Not Crazy (USA, 1978)
15. Androids Of Mu - Bored Housewives (England, 1981)
16. Sort Sol (With Lydia Lunch) - Boy-Girl (Denmark/USA, 1983)
17. Tappi Tikarrass - Skrid (Iceland, 1984)
18. Flowers - After Dark (Scotland, 1979)
19. The Rentals - I Got A Crush On You (USA, 1979)
20. Pariapunk - Double Face (France, 1987)
21. Amsterdamned - Traditie Amme Balle (Netherlands, 1982)
22. Dr. Zeke - Vild I Skogen (Sweden, 1979)
23. The Lewd - Magnetic Heart (USA, 1982)
24. Au Pairs - Kerb Crawler (England, 1980)
25. Mo-Dettes - White Mice (USA/Switzerland/England, 1979)
26. Stripes - Weekend Love (Germany, 1980)
27. Violators - The Fugitive (England, 1980)
DISC 2: Download link
1. Schund - Schund (Austria, 1982)
2. Wunderbach - Raya (France, 1982)
3. Total Muzak - Någonstans I Sta'n (Sweden, 1980)
4. Liliput - Hitch-Hike (Switzerland, 1980)
5. NJF - Sitting!! Pretty (Canada, 1984)
6. S.I.B. - Listless (Italy, 1981)
7. Manisch Depressiv - Zeitmaschine 1 (Switzerland, 1983)
8. Sheena & The Rokkets - Omae Ga Hoshii (One More Time) (Japan, 1979)
9. Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack (Scotland, 1978)
10. Sado-Nation - Messed Up Mixed Up (USA, 1982)
11. Lucrate Milk - Fucking Pacifist (France, 1983)
12. Dan - Lust Is Greed (England, 1987)
13. Nasty Facts - Drive My Car (USA, 1981)
14. Life Cycle - Indifference (Wales, 1988)
15. Livin' Sacrifice - Mentalsjuk (Sweden, 1981)
16. The Brat - Attitudes (USA, 1980)
17. Non Band - Ducan Dancin' (Japan, 1982)
18. Bizkids - VIPs (Netherlands, 1980)
19. Minus Cway - Gdje Me Vjetar Odnese (Yugolsavia, 1982-88)
20. The Rats - Broken Wire Telephone (USA, 1983)
21. Anouschka & Les Privés - Contrôle (France, 1980)
22. Slits - Vindictive (England, 1977)
23. ICA - Untitled (Netherlands, 1981)
24. Trash - Peace Of What (USA, 1984)
25. Boys Boys - Monley Monkey (Japan, 1980)
26. Honey Bane - Girl On The Run (England, 1979)
27. TNT - Razzia (Switzerland, 1981)
28. Nuns - Wild (USA, 1980)
29. Electric Deads - 30 Years (Denmark, 1982)
30. Conflict - Who Will (USA, 1984)
31. Atims - Women (Netherlands, 1982)
DISC 3: Download link
1. Hans-A-Plast - Polizeiknüppel (Germany, 1979)
2. Usch - LTO (Sweden, 1979)
3. Desechables - El Asesino (Spain, 1984)
4. Ici Paris - Le Centre Du Monde (France, 1980)
5. Action Pact - Suicide Bag (England, 1982)
6. Invaders - Backstreet Romeo (England, 1980)
7. Lepers - Flipout (USA, 1979)
8. Franti - Vento Rosso (Italy, 1983)
9. Out On Blue 6 - Examples (England, 1981)
10. Mr. Kite - Exit B9 (Japan, 1978)
11. De Zweetkutten - Atoomgeweld (Netherlands, 1981)
12. Ideal - Berlin (Germany, 1980)
13. Holly And The Italians - I Wanna Go Home (USA, 1981)
14. Modesty - Kad Srce Radi Bi Bam (Yugoslavia, 1982-88)
15. Delta 5 - Anticipation (England, 1980)
16. Beex - He Obliterates Me (USA, 1981)
17. Kaltwetterfront - Revolverheld (Germany, 1982)
18. Hydra - Ombre (Italy, 1985)
19. Vacum - Är Ungdomar Människor? (Sweden, 1980)
20. Nixe - Man Under My Bed (Netherlands, 1981)
21. Alternative - Seen Through Tear-Filled Eyes (Scotland, 1984)
22. Schematix - Nothing Special (USA, 1980)
23. Eyes - Don't Talk To Me (USA, 1978)
24. Russians - Anything She Wants (England, 1980)
25. Kontrola W. - Manekiny (Poland, 1982/1998)
DISC 4: Download link
1. Kizza Ping - Den Nya (Sweden, 1982)
2. Strapaze - Tage (Germany, 1983)
3. Glueams - 365 (Switzerland, 1979)
4. Kleenex Aktiv - Hilfe (Germany, 1985)
5. XL Capris - My City Of Sydney (Australia, 1980)
6. Josie Cotton - Johnny, Are You Queer? (USA, 1981)
7. Rakketax - Van Agt (Netherlands, 1980)
8. A-Heads - No Rule (England, 1982)
9. Drustvo Prisjecavalaca Boljih Dana - Sexualna Ovisnost (Yugoslavia, 1982-88)
10. Pink Champagne - Söndagsskolehyckel (Sweden, 1980)
11. Curse - Killer Bees (Canada, 1978)
12. Flirt - Don't Push Me (USA, 1978)
13. Mizutama Shouboudan - Shinkuu Pakku Toraberu (Japan, 1981)
14. Bizon Kidz - Godsdienstwaanzin (Netherlands, 1981)
15. X-Ray Spex - I Live Off You (England, 1978)
16. Reactors - World War Four (USA, 1980)
17. Klasse Kriminale - Construito In Italia (Italy, 1988)
18. Debils - Maso (Switzerland, 1981)
19. Plastix - Geschlechtsverkehr (Austria, 1981)
20. Avengers - Teenage Rebel (USA, 1978)
21. Hagar The Womb - Idolization (England, 1983)
22. Blitzkrieg - Szene (Germany, 1989)
23. DIRT - Hiroshima (England, 1981)
24. Disturbers - KZ Syndroom (Netherlands, 1980)
25. Andreas Dorau Und Die Marinas - Fred Vom Jupiter (Germany, 1981)
26. Pandoras - That's Your Way Out (USA, 1984)
27. Lost Cherrees - Living In A Coffin (England, 1982)
28. Learned Helplessness - Vegis (USA, 1982)
29. A-Gen-53 - Stalingrad-Stumpfsinn (Austria, 1981)
43 comments:
wow.
it is going to take me a long long time to actually delve into this, but thanks heaps for sharing!!
Thanks so much for sharing this!! It is now getting me through the winter :)
Amazing....
Wow--what a labor of love! Thanks so much for sharing it!
thank you thank you thank you!!!
thanks so much for sharing! it will be so cool to go back thru and sift thru the different bands.
Great Tracks, thanks
thanks...
so good. thank you!
Thanks! But I can't get discs 4,5 and 7 to extract - they're saying 'bad CRC', have tried re-downloading them but still no joy.
Damn... is anyone else having trouble extracting discs 4, 5 and 7?
Maybe it's just me!
But if not, I managed to find working copies of discs 5 and 7 here...
http://www.taringa.net/posts/musica/2470023/A-Reference-Of-Female-Fronted-Punk-Rock-77-89-%281-8%29.html
And disc four here...
http://bluedatura.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20Reference%20Of%20Female%20Fronted%20Punk%20Rock
Phew! That's a lot of listening. Thanks again.
The entire CD isn't corrupted, just certain tracks. The offending tracks are: CD4/Track5, CD5/Track10, and CD7/Tracks2&7. If you don't extract those particular tracks, the rest of the tracks on those CDs extract without a problem.
YES!!!!
This is truly AMAZING!!!
HOLY COW... THANKS!!! This is the totally killer.
Very interesting. Listened to a few tracks by the bands whose names I recognized. Maybe more than I can realistically handle, though. While it's understandably subjective, would be grateful if someone could fashion a shorter list of recommendations. I hate to ask for a "best of" list, but I guess that, in a sense, that's what I'm requesting ....
Incredible in twenty different languages! Reminds me of the My Girlfriend Was A Punk compilation that came out many moons ago. Thanks for the share.
small quibble on Vol 4 - "Fred von Jupiter" by Andreas Dorau features *his* lead vocal (and that whole album it came off of does too).
this is so amazing, thank you so much!
this is awesome & you are awesome
thanks much for your genorosity
Best Detroit band of the era...
L-Seven was formed in early 1980 in Detroit, Michigan. Yeah…you heard right…Detroit and 1980. This L-Seven has no connection to the better known L-7 that formed in Los Angeles several years later. The original incarnation of L-Seven consisted of Dave Rice, Mike Smith, Frank Callis, and Larissa Stolarchuk (who later played guitar as Larissa Strickland in the Laughing Hyenas). After a few months they added Chuck McEvoy on clarinet and sax. Chuck and Mike left, so Kory Clarke (drums) and Scott Schuer (second guitar), from the Attitudes, joined the band. L-Seven played around Detroit, Lansing, and Kalamazoo, including some high profile gigs, most notably with U2 at Royal Oak Theatre.
As a group of musicians, the members of L-Seven had very eclectic tastes. When the band formed, Larissa was the one who was the most into the exploding English punk scene, and she started a fanzine called Anonymous. It was through this fanzine that she got to know the Necros, with whom she quickly became friends. Despite the obvious stylistic differences between the two bands, after seeing L-Seven live, the Necros became fans and Corey agreed to release an L-Seven EP on Touch and Go. However, since it didn't really fit in with the other records Touch and Go was releasing at the time, they came up with the idea of "Touch and Go Special Forces", acknowledging the differences between L-Seven and the rest of the (largely hardcore) bands on the label (not a brilliant idea then… sounds even dumber now).
The EP was recorded in early 1982 in Detroit, and 1000 were pressed. Released as T&GSF01, or Touch and Go Special Forces Number One, the self-titled L-Seven EP helped the band get to NYC and Chicago a few times, including a swing through Milwaukee and Madison with the Gun Club, who L-Seven rescued after their van died in Detroit. L-Seven broke up in the winter of 1983.
(From Touch and Go's website)
Wonderful effort here, but is there any chance they could be reposted at a higher bit rate?
@192 really doesn't do this stuff justice! :)
Even better - can someone put it up as a torrent?
Absolutely wonderful! Makes me feel twenty years younger. Thanks for posting this!
punk's not dead!
Thanks for the wonderful post!
These tracks are corrupted:
Disc 5 track 10:
The Ex - Lied Der Steinklopfer (Netherlands, 1989)
Disc 7 track 2:
Toxic Shock - Riot Riot Riot (USA, 1982)
Disc 7 track 7:
Xmal Deutschland - Qual (Germany, 1983)
Sorry, also this one is corrupted:
Disc 4 track 6:
Josie Cotton - Johnny, Are You Queer? (USA, 1981)
Thank You, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!!
OMGGGaawwdesss this is sooo awesome. May the sacred punk rock ground U walk upon Be blessed.
really!,,, what amazing compilations of female powered music. U have done fabulous work & made may ppl happy!
STeLLa
http://www.myspace.com/stellapace
Thanks - this should be fun. So many bands I've never heard of - can't wait to check it out....
Great stuff - would be cool if you could scan the artwork - these are really worth it!
thanks!
Thank you so very much!
Punk are the pilings of my musical mansion.
I'm 42 and my radio has never strayed from the left end of the dial.
Again, thank you!
@glennhudson
http://www.glennhudson.blogspot.com
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!
I don't know what to say... it's a veritable Encyclopedia!
Thanks and Love,
Julie
This is AWESOME! Thanks!
This is so interesting and so brilliant. Makes me want to make a film about all the different bands! I love it.
Can I ask, is this legal? I mean, how does say the great and wonderful Pauline Murray benefit from having her music available as a free download?
Those are jewels...
Thank you so much!
great stuff m8. ur on my blogroll now :)
liliput [=
This is amazing. I wish someone'd done this a few years back when I was still DJing!
Thank you.
thank u!!!
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