04 March 2011

FROM THE CROTCH OF THE BIBLE BELT


1994 compilation of Tulsa, Oklahoma bands assembled by BROTHER INFERIOR's ginger haired axeman. There was a time in the '90s that this armpit of a suburban wasteland with a history drenched in race wars, native oppression and cultural nothingness was a crucial stop for touring acts, and the shows were fukkn amazing. Many of the bands on this tape (and the members of those bands) were the reason for those killer shows - BROTHER INFERIOR were at the center of it all (though they deliver easily the most dispensable track on the tape), while their proteges BOB OF TRIBES shocked us all with their teenage skills when they toured the states in support of BROTHER INFERIOR. The grandaddys of Tulsa hardcore (N.O.T.A.) reunited in 199something, and contributed two songs to this compilation (not up the the standard set by their '80s releases, but two excellent tracks, and Jeff's voice still has that certain indefinable something), while fellow oldsters ILLEGITIMATE SONS OF JACKIE O turn their psychedelic punk shits into pure rocking magic, complete with Dan hootin' and hollerin' like a damn fool over his own guitar leads. SONS side project CHRISTMAS are represented, as are 9 IRON, THE LEPERS, (good) ska from THE REFRESHMENTS, Escape veterans CONCEPT OF NONSENSE and the brilliantly named THE KIDS WHO NEVER LEARNED HOW TO COLOUR INSIDE THE LINES, who were one of my favorite live bands at the time. MATT TAYLOR (would have been college rock in a different world, but instead is just good lo-fi introspective music), THOSE FUCKERS (surprise song on the tape - it's a weird dance thing, but recorded like a punk song, and it rules) and ELFWARE (noise offshoot of the criminally undersung WELFARE) round out the lineup....and now that you know what you are in for, I suggest you start downloading and prepare yourself for a trip to the place that was, at the time of this tape's release and according to it's license plates, "OK."


8 comments:

Anonymous said...

You got dat welfare tape?

thanks for this by the way

the wizard said...

I WISH I had that Welfare tape....if you are holding, feel free to help me help you?

CV said...

Hey I allways download stuff from our blog! I have discovered lots of great stuff in it :)

I did a small review of your blog here: http://anarcopunknoticias.blogspot.com/2011/03/web-pagina-de-la-semana.html

Besos!
Pd: its in spanish, but there is a translator on the right side.

Anonymous said...

You know, I couldn't care less that this isn't a UK comp, because this is pretty damn sweet. For God's sake, there's a band on here called Buttfish. What else could you ask for? Thanks for expanding my punk library yet again--your blog is killing my hard drive, but it's worth it.

The Boo said...

Great post! I totally forgot about this comp. Thanks for putting it up. Not sure what to think of the The Cure cover though.....

the wizard said...

I had no troubledeciding what to think about that cover....

Anonymous said...

Blame Ryan

the wizard said...

re-upped