Cheap and Nasty #7 Lost Punk Rock Hits 77-81

 

  When punk exploded in 1977, it didn't just change the course of rock 'n' roll.

  It also opened the door for thousands of musicians who, without big budgets or major-label backing, discovered that a single 45 rpm record was all they needed to leave their mark.

  This new edition of Cheap and Nasty once again explores that vast landscape of small local scenes where creativity mattered far more than commercial success. Twenty-three tracks rescued from independent labels and bands that, in many cases, survived just long enough to record one or two singles before disappearing.

  From the raw energy of The Victims, The Nosebleeds and The Zeros, to the urgency of The Boys Next Door, Friction, VKTMS, Destroy All Monsters and Toxic Reasons, the session travels through the United States, Britain, Japan, Australia, Canada and Germany, proving that punk spoke many different languages while sharing the same desire to tear everything down.

  Punk rock, power pop, new wave, art punk and the first shadows of post-punk all come together here, united by immediacy, razor-sharp melodies and the feeling that every song might be the last.

  Twenty-three sonic explosions rescued from the underground of rock history.

  Because punk was never just a fashion...

it was an underground network of bands, garages and independent labels...

and it's still waiting to be discovered.

                                   

Trashlist:
01. Bizarros - Mind's Magnet (1979, USA)
02. The Victims - Rich Kids (1977, UK)
03. Schoolgirl Bitch - Think For Yourself (1978, UK)
04. The Nosebleeds - Fascist Pigs (1977, UK)
05. The Sods – No Pictures Of Us (1979, UK)
06. The Alternators - Kid Don't Know (1978, UK)
07. The Zeros – Easy Way Out (1977/78, UK)
08. The Zeros - Nice Girls (1977/78, UK)
09. The K-Tels - Where Are You? (1979, Canada)
10. Dred Scott - What A World (1979, USA)
11. Bob – The Things That You Do (1980, USA)
12. Friction - Crazy Dream (1979, Japan)
13. The Boys Next Door - Masturbation Generation (1978, Australia)
14. Destroy All Monsters - Jesus Is A Shotgun (198?, USA)
15. Avis Davis - MIA (1981, USA)
16. The Cleavers - Commie Symp (1980, USA)
17. The Tyros - Parasite (1979, USA)
18. VKTMS – Ballad Of Pincushion Smith (1979, USA)
19. Big Balls And The Great White Idiot - I'm A Punk (1977, Germany)
20. The Press - Alcoholic (1979, Australia)
21. Boys Boys - Control Tower (1980, Japan)
22. Toxic Reasons-Somebody Help Me (1980, USA)
23. The Endtables - They're Guilty (1979, USA)

Unearthed by Tony Rivers