The Best of Brought To Life - 201

1. THE PENETRATORS - 'The Break' - Limp LP - USA - 1978

I remember getting ':30 Over DC - Here Comes The New Wave!' way back when. Red vinyl with paper inserts, and it started of with this anthemic track. The rest of the album was a mixed bunch however, with bands like Half Japanese . . . I could never really get into that 'no wave' stuff. But many thanks to Drago who kindly re-ripped it for me after I somehow lost (or sold) the original.

2. THE STALIN - 'Reizōko' - Political LP - Japan - 1981

The first Stalin album 'Trash' was also a mixed effort. 20 tracks though so there was plenty to like.

3. THE MIX - 'Maybe (Face To The Wall)' - Zoinks 7" - Canada - 1985

Some interesting powerpop from British Columbia. Get the whole thing here.

4. THE SICK THINGS - 'Prime Minister' - Demo - Australia - 1980

A trio of raucous Aussie bands now, none more so than the legendary Sick Things. This finally got a release on the 'My Life's A Mess' LP.

5. VENOM P. STINGER - 'Jaws' - No Masters Voice LP - Australia - 1986

An abrasive post-punk band fronted by the Sick Things' singer. From their debut 'Meet My Friend Venom'.

6. JOHNNY DOLE & THE SCABS - 'Living Like An Animal' - Demo - Australia - 1977

Available on the 'Scab Animal' retrospective on Brain Salad Surgery.

7. DA-WORKS - 'Sid Did' - Hard Labor 7" - USA - 1980

From their sole 'Socialogical Alleycats' E.P.  From New Jersey.

8. ZANONI - 'Subway Devils' - Zanoni 7" - USA - 1981
Sole single, though there's also an album somewhere. Get the flipside here if you're interested.

9. THE SPOILERS - 'Has Been' - White Lunch 7" - USA - 1978
Another sole E.P.  The whole thing's been blogged recently by Bruce over at My Life's A Jigsaw.

10. THE SLICKEE BOYS - 'Attitude' - Limp LP - USA - 1978

A second track from ':30 Over D.C.'

11. THE SICK THINGS - 'World Up My Arse' - Demo - Australia - 1980

A Circle Jerks cover from 'My Life's A Mess'.

12. VENOM P. STINGER - 'Walking About' - Aberrant 7" - Australia - 1988

Their stand out single. Brutal.

13. JOHNNY DOLE & THE SCABS - 'All That's Going On' - Demo - Australia - 1977

Another track available on the 'Scab Animal' retrospective.

14. THE BURNT - 'Garbage Can' - Mutha LP - USA - 1985
This one's finished before it gets started, but it's still the high point of their 'Where's My Head' album.

15. THE STALIN - 'Trash' - Political LP - Japan - 1981

The title track from, you guessed it, 'Trash'. 

16. THE SICK THINGS - 'Cancer' - Demo - Australia - 1980

An Icon cover from Bullshit Detector, no less. Available on 'My Life's A Mess'.

17. PANDEMONIUM - 'Nobody Knows' - Limbabwe LP - Netherlands - 1984
My favourite thrasher from 'Wir Fahren Gegen Dreck'.

18. THE SINES - 'Wishing My Life' - Rave 7" - UK - 1982
A local band. Get the flipside here.

19. VENOM P. STINGER - '26 Miligrams' - Aberrant 7" - Australia - 1988

The flipside of 'Walking About'. Just as good.

20. TINA PEEL - 'Knocking Down Guard Rails' - Limp LP - USA - 1978

A third track from ':30 Over D.C.'

21. NRG - 'Forkantens Kvarter' - Hub MLP - Denmark - 1984
One from their 'Aber Mein Liebchen' E.P.

22. ALERTA ROJA - 'Foxy Punk' - Demo - Argentina - 1982
Available on the Pinhead retrospective 'Historiko 81-87: La Otra Cara Del Punk'.

23. THE SICK THINGS - 'I Like Pills' - Demo - Australia - 1981

This one surfaced on their other retrospective album 'Sounds Of Silence' circa 1989.
24. THE MIX - 'Break Up/Shake Up' - Zoinks 7" - Canada - 1985

The title track from their sole E.P.

25. VENOM P. STINGER - 'Venom P. Stinger' - No Masters Voice LP - Australia - 1986

And the closing track from 'Meet My Friend Venom'.

***BONUS TRACKS***

26. THE SICK THINGS - 'Can't Take No More'

27. THE YOUNG TURDS - 'Murder One'

28. DA-WORKS - 'Modern History'

29. THE STALIN - 'Bird'

30. THE SPOILERS - 'Ugly Nancies'

31. THE SICK THINGS - 'My Life's A Mess'

32. VENOM P. STINGER - 'Going Nowhere'

33. JOHNNY DOLE & THE SCABS - 'Psycho Analyst'
34. WHITE BOY - 'I Hate'

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