The Best of Brought To Life - 128

1. THE NECROS - 'Police Brutality' - Touch And Go 7" - USA - 1981

From their debut 'Sex Drive' E.P.  Get it in Maumee. Get it anywhere.

2. SOCIAL DISTORTION - 'It's The Law' - Restless LP - 1988

From the second album, 'L.A. Prison Bound' which is much more understated and mature than the first. This track is a re-working of one of their early tracks 'Justice For All' which appeared on 'The Future Looks Bright' compilation.

3. THE POINTED STICKS - 'Out Of Luck' - Stiff 7" - Canada - 1979

Faster than the Quintessence version. Live from Dennis Hopper's 'Out Of The Blue' here.

4. NEW MATH - 'Die Trying' - Reliable 7" - USA - 1979

Debut single, from Rochester, New York.

5. NO ALTERNATIVE - 'Rockabilly Rumble' - Subterranean 7" - USA - 1980

From the 'Backtracks' E.P.  The 'Johnny Got His Gun '78 - '82' CD is where you wanna be.

6. THE HOT NASTIES - 'Invasion Of The Tribbles' - Social Blemish 7" - Canada - 1980

Sole single. Probably hilarious but the vocals are unintelligible screams and no-one's had the common sense to post the lyric sheet on the 'net as yet.

7. THE EFFIGIES - 'We're Da Machine' - Ruthless 12" - USA - 1983

From the E.P of the same name. Chicago's finest.

8. THE BRAINIACS - 'Don't Tell Me Why' - Mental Health 7" - USA - 1979

The opening track from the first E.P. - a nice anti-people song. Visit their Facebook page here.

9. THE ASTRONAUTS - 'All Night Party' - Bugle 7" - UK - 1979

Their Magnum Opus from the first E.P.  'I just came back from where good and bad collide'.

10. THE ANGRY SAMOANS - 'They Saved Hitler's Cock' - Homophobic 7" - USA - 1981

Released under the pseudonym 'The Queer Pills'. The idea was to con Rodney into playing it after they slated him on their first record. Sadly, it didn't work.

11. BLACK RANDY & METROSQUAD - 'Trouble At The Cup' - Dangerhouse 7" - USA - 1977

After an excellent start ('Dicks! Fight! Banks! Hate!') this hits you with some unusual rhythms and instrumentation but, what the hell, how can you not like anything of Black Randy's?

12. HÜSKER DÜ - 'What Do I Want?' - New Alliance 7" - USA - 1982

'What do I want? What'll make me happy? NOTHING!'

13. NO ALTERNATIVE - 'Dead Men Tell No Lies' - Alternative Tentacles 2 x LP - USA - 1982

One of the highpoints of the 'Not So Quiet On The Western Front' sampler.

14. THE TEARJERKERS - 'Murder Mystery' - Back Door 7" - UK - 1980

Second single from this Northern-Irish powerpop combo.

15. THE SINNERS - 'Attitude Is Everything' - Rude 7" - Canada - 1980

From the 'No Brains (Required)' E.P. - their only release.

16. THE EFFIGIES - 'Bodybag' - Ruthless 7" - USA - 1982

If memory serves me, this was the only 7" they did amongst all their E.P.s and albums.

17. THE ANGRY SAMOANS - 'Todd Killings' - Homophobic 7" - USA - 1981

Another from the 'Queer Pills' E.P.

18. THE ASTRONAUTS - 'Everything Stops For Baby' - Bugle 7" - UK - 1979

Another from the debut E.P. which stopped punk rock parenthood right in it's tracks. In our house, anyway.

19. THE BRAINIACS - 'Take Me To Paris' - Mental Health 7" - USA - 1979

Another track from their first E.P.

20. THE NAILS - 'Cops Are Punks' - Screwball 7" - USA - 1977

One of those bands which flirted with many a genre, but they never bettered this spunky little track: 'There goes one now, he's busted your stash, now he's gonna sell it to some junkie for some cash.'

21. HÜSKER DÜ - 'Statues' - Reflex 7" - USA - 1980
Their debut recording. I hated it back in the day as their other records towered over it, but now, it's not so bad.

22. BLACK RANDY & METROSQUAD - 'Idi Amin' - Dangerhouse 7" - USA - 1978
'He's my panda from Uganda, he's my teddy bear, they say bad things about him but I don't care, Idi Amin, I'm your fan, Idi Idi, Idi Amin, Idi Idi, Idi Amin, they're talkin' about Hitler, but he was in the past, Idi we love you, we know you'll make it last, everything is greater cause Idi's a dictator,' etc, etc, . . . Pass the dust . . .

23. THE POINTED STICKS - 'Somebody's Mom' - Stiff 7" - UK - 1979

Another faster version from the Stiff E.P.

24. SOCIAL DISTORTION - 'Backstreet Girl' - Restless LP - USA - 1988
Another from 'L.A. Prison Bound'. A Rolling Stones cover, I believe.

25. THE TEARJERKERS - 'Heart On The Line' - Back Door 7" - UK - 1980
And the flipside of 'Murder Mystery'.

***BONUS TRACKS***

26. THE ANGRY SAMOANS - 'You Stupid Jerk'

27. THE EFFIGIES - 'No Progress'

28. THE NECROS - 'Better Never Than Late'

29. HÜSKER DÜ - 'M.I.C.'

30. BLACK RANDY & METROSQUAD - 'Loner With A Boner'

31. THE SINNERS - 'No Brains (Required)'

32. THE POINTED STICKS - 'What Do You Want Me To Do?'

33. THE ASTRONAUTS - 'Survivors'

34. THE ANGRY SAMOANS - 'Time To Fuck'

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