The Best of Brought To Life - 136

1. THE STAR CLUB - 'Ataraxia' - Club The Star 7" - Japan - 1981

What about the killer bass, huh? From The 'Club Take One' E.P.

2. THE GIZMOS - 'Mean Screen' - Gulcher 7" - USA - 1976

From their debut E.P.  Bloomington, Indiana legends.

3. THE VIOLATORS - 'Poison' - Demo - UK - 1977
A first wave London band that never released any vinyl but did record this promising 4-track demo which shows what could have been. Thanks to Bruce over at My Life's A Jigsaw blog for confirming their existence. Read more here.

4. ART OBJECT - 'I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Juvenile Delinquent' - Constant Motion 7" - USA - 1980
From their sole E.P. 'Ride The Metro'.

5. THE MIRRORS - 'Shogeki X' - Gozira 7" - Japan - 1978
Their first (and best) single.

6. THE ED DAVIS BAND - 'Asshole' - Enright 7" - USA - 1978
The flipside of 'Keith Richards' Dead'. Of course the man is indestructable.

7. THE LIGHTNING RAIDERS - 'Psychedelic Musik' - Arista 7" - UK - 1980
Another debut single with contributions from Steve Jones and Paul Cook.

8. THE FUTURE DADS - 'Dorchester Summer / Beatnik Beach Party' - Modern Method 7" - USA - 1981
Two songs for the price of one from their sole single, though there's also a Rave Up album out there somewhere.

9. THE STAR CLUB - 'Head Ache' - Club The Star 7" - 1982
One from the flipside of 'Hello New Punks'.

10. THE DOGS - 'Slash Your Face' - Detroit 7" - USA - 1978
Second single. Punk or rock? Who cares?

11. GG ALLIN AND THE SCUMFUCS - 'Hard Candy Cock' - Blood 7" - USA - 1983
So you wanted to know where The Dwarves got their punk rock inspiration from?

12. NOVAK - 'Too Many Girls' - Dumb 7" - 1979
Third single. Coulda been a hit. Read all about the man here.

13. AUNTIE PUS - 'Marmalade Freak' - Septic 7" - UK - 1980
The superior flipside to sole single 'Half-Way To Venezuela'.

14. SVART FRAMTID - 'Religiøs Terror' - X-Port Plater 7" - Norway - 1984

From the appropriately-titled '1984' E.P.

15. THE STAR CLUB - 'Kamisori Baby' - Club The Star 7" - Japan - 1981
Another from the 'Club Take One' E.P.

16. TEENAGE HEAD - 'Picture My Face' - Epic 7" - Canada - 1978
Debut single. Rippin' live version here.

17. THE VIOLATORS - 'Do It Again' - Demo - UK - 1977
Another track from their demo.

18. SNAKEFINGER - 'The Spot' - Ralph 7" - USA - 1978
How can you not like a song that starts off: 'A pox upon a chicken or a fight about a bear . . .' ??? He was good mates with The Residents, apparently.

19. THE MIRRORS - 'Mirrors' - Gozira 7" - Japan - 1978
The flipside of 'Shogeki-X'.

20. BLACK FLAG - 'Out Of This World' - SST 12" - USA - 1989
From one of their last releases, the 'I Can See You' E.P.

21. GG ALLIN AND THE SCUMFUCS - 'I Don't Give A Shit' - Blood 7" - USA - 1983
Another from the 'Hard Candy Cock' E.P.

22. NOVAK - 'Yummy Yummy Yummy' - Dumb 7" - USA - 1979
The flipside of 'Too Many Girls'.

23. THE STAR CLUB - 'Hello New Punks' - Club The Star 7" - Japan - 1982
The single version, I think.

24. TEENAGE HEAD - 'Tearin' Me Apart' - Epic 7" - Canada - 1978
The flipside of 'Picture My Face'.

25. SONIC'S RENDEVOUZ BAND - 'City Slang' - Orchide 7" - USA - 1980
One from Fred 'Sonic' Smith. Stereo version on one side, mono version on the other. Can you tell which one this is?

***BONUS TRACKS***

26. THE VIOLATORS - 'Maybe Connected'

27. SVART FRAMTID - 'Disciplin'

28. THE STAR CLUB - 'Lookeron'

29. THE VIOLATORS - 'Degenerate'

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