Portishead - Dummy

Beth Gibbons is sexy. I saw a live video of them that my partner has and she's smoking the whole time, almost. Her voice is sexy. Portishead's music is sexy. They use a thereman sometimes, like in the opener "Mysterons", which sometimes sounds like a woman's voice, but it's an instrument used w/o touching anything. Awesome. Here's their first album, Dummy.

http://www.mediafire.com/?4y11c4qzv9ucd

1) Mysterons
Geoff Barrow: Rhodes
Clive Deamer: Drums
Beth Gibbons: Vocals
Adrian Utley: Guitar/Thereman

2) Sour Times
Geoff Barrow: Programmer
Beth Gibbons: Vocals
Neil Solman: Rhodes/Hammond
Adrian Utley: Guitar
Samples: Lalo Schifrin from "More Mission Impossible" and Smokey Brooks from "Spin It Jig"

3) Strangers
Geoff Barrow: Rhodes
Clive Deamer: Drums
Beth Gibbons: Vocals
Adrian Utley: Guitar
Samples: Weather report from "Elegant People"

4) It Could Be Sweet
Geoff Barrow: Rhodes
Beth Gibbons: Vocals
Richard Newell: Drum Programmer

5) Wandering Star
Gary Baldwin: Hammond
Geoff Barrow: Programmer
Clive Deamer: Drums
Beth Gibbons: Vocals
Adrian Utley: Guitar
Samples: War from "Magic Mountain"

6) It's A Fire
Gary Baldwin: Hammond
Geoff Barrow: Drums
Beth Gibbons: Vocals
Adrian Utley: Bass

7) Numb
Gary Baldwin: Hammond
Geoff Barrow: Programmer & Drums
Clive Deamer: Drums
Beth Gibbons: Vocals
Adrian Utley: Bass

8) Roads
Geoff Barrow: Programmer & Strings Arrangement
Clive Deamer: Drums
Beth Gibbons: Vocals
Dave McDonald: Nose Flute
Neil Solman: Rhodes
Adrian Utley: Guitar/Bass & Strings Arrangement
Strings Unlimited: Strings

9) Pedestal
Geoff Barrow: Programmer
Clive Deamer: Drums
Beth Gibbons: Vocals
Andy Hague: Trumpet
Adrian Utley: Bass

10) Biscuit
Geoff Barrow: Rhodes
Clive Deamer: Drums
Beth Gibbons: Vocals
 Samples: Johnny Ray from "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"

11) Glory Box
Geoff Barrow: Programmer
Beth Gibbons: Vocals 
Adrian Utley: Guiatr/Hammond
Samples: "Ike's Rap III" performed by Isaac Hayes

Walls Of Jericho - a day and a thousand years

I was just looking up posts on tumblr & I came across a pretty good female-fronted straight edge hardcore band called Kingdom & at first glance I thought "Oh this is the new Walls Of Jericho/Candace" but I was wrong. There will never be a new Walls Of Jericho/Candace. They were one of a kind; the best!

http://www.mediafire.com/?c57fcueqvo3of

Donna Summer working hard for her money.

Donna Summer working hard for her money.

RIP Donna. I will always remembering singing along to this song while busting my ass at work.

Ari Up (from The Slits) went on to do solo stuff. As well as Exene Cervenka (from X) & Penelope Houston (The Avengers). Here is some of their solo work;

Ari Up "Dread More Dan Dead"http://www.mediafire.com/?jt7128hd1ybb3

Exene Cervenka "Old Wives Tale" http://www.mediafire.com/?iui4aka338kc3

Peneleope Houston "Cut" http://www.mediafire.com/?rnb712azacdd2

Dark Castle's album "Spirited Migration"

Dark Castle "flight beyond"     <------------------ (Youtube it!)
 

I just found out about a 2-piece (half male/half female) doom metal band called DARK CASTLE. My partner went "Yeah yeah, they rule, look up their music on Youtube!" So we did & someone took the time to upload every song off of "Spirited Migration" to Youtube! So right now we're dubbing our own tape of it & if you like this genre of music, you should try doing it, too. It's easy to buy a chord that goes from yr computer to yr stereo. You just gotta have them close enough together! Maybe that's an old-school way of doing it, but that's what we do & like... Go check em out! They fucking rule!

Benefit Comp (please read & spread message!)

hi there! some of you may know me, some of you may not. my name is christen (a.k.a. kisston) & i lost my mother due to ovarian cancer that turned into lung cancer back in the spring of 2009. with mother’s day right around the corner, i’m thinking of my mother more & more. she was my best friend.
i’ve been spinning around ideas in my head for the past few months of ways i can help cancer research groups and women’s health centers like the chicago women’s health center (CWHC).
i get sick to my stomach & upset when i think about my mother’s passing, because this disease, this cancer, took my mother’s life so quickly once she started to fight it. we had no health insurance. my mother was afraid to go to the doctor because she didn’t want any more bills. when shit started to get really bad for her, when she felt like she was dying, she finally went to the doctor. she had ovarian cancer. she decided she wanted to get rid of it. but unfortunately, it didn’t go away; it spread to her lungs. once it was in her lungs, it was only a matter of days before her life would be no more.
luckily, i have my friends & my passion for music (particularly female-fronted bands) to help me out, to put my mind at ease. it’s been almost three years without my mother.
so, i think it’s finally time that i do something to help out other people out there, especially women & especially those w/no health insurance. i said before i have a passion for female-fronted bands. another passion: punk/hardcore music. also, i’m a big fan of mix tapes (or CDs). i’ve made i-don’t-know-how-many mix tapes & CDs in the past 10 years. let’s just say the number is in the thousands.
MY IDEA is to put together a compilation of short (under one minute) songs by bands that have at least one female vocalist. i’ve already made a couple of mixes like this on my own. i really like fast rippers! and the more songs/bands i can fit on one CD or tape, the better!
so if you know a band (or are in a band) that has at least one female vocalist, i am asking you; will you please donate a song to this comp? yes, it has to be under a minute & it has to have a female singing/screaming in it. the proceeds are going to go to CWHC & cancer research groups. please spread this message to yr friends!
”FAST, FURIOUS & FEMALE-FRONTED!” (that’s the theme folks! thank you for taking the time to read this.)
please e-mail me back if you are interested in donating a song to the comp. it can be a band from 20 years ago, 10 years ago, or a band that’s happening now. all i ask is that you have the right to be giving it up!
xox,
-christen- (kisston)

Terri "Cupcake" O'Mason

Here's something I found on my partner's computer. I was just listening to songs listed in his iTunes & I found this gem. It's from 1960. It's comedy plus music. It's got female vocals, so I wonder why my partner never showed me Terri O'Mason. It's very raunchy stuff. Check it out!

1) Introduction/Cupcakes http://www.mediafire.com/?72cakzsp25xs9re
"before i start this album, you better take yr halos off!"

2) My First Piece http://www.mediafire.com/?auy5z4m7at00w71
"but was i surprised when he tried that finger experience, but i liked my first piece best of all."

3) I Believe http://www.mediafire.com/?znmt66c5bbsrec8
"i do believe that sex is here to stay!"

4) Three Little Sisters http://www.mediafire.com/?wcto61xnacu5knm
"there were three little sisters; faith, hope & charity..." [my mom was named "faith" & she had a sister called "hope."]

5) Boogie Woogie http://www.mediafire.com/?vc1794zgd9851oa
"the newlyweds went to bed early. that itself isn't strange, but the very next day he gave her his pay. she started handing him change."

6) Hangover Blues http://www.mediafire.com/?4ebi2b6lab31gkd
"i woke up this morning with a big fat head. i looked in the mirror & wished i was dead. DRUNK! i was sick as i could be. got those hangover blues. oooh, what that booze does to me."

7) Introduction/I'm Late http://www.mediafire.com/?lsr6o96pxvobbvk
"i'm late, i'm late. i'm in an awful state!"

8) Horse Sense http://www.mediafire.com/?yeyzi655coj31nv
"all my husband thinks about are horses. he never has a minute for me."

9) I'm A Lady http://www.mediafire.com/?575den9dlo59gp5
"we drank a fifth of gin & then he turned the lights out. but when i said i'm ready that's when he passed out."

10) Makin' Whoopee http://www.mediafire.com/?m4cmidanopi5pyv
"i've been fooled by many guys. i should be smart. i should be wise. i say this is a lifestyle. but my favorite past-time...just happens to be sex!"

11) Biggest Man In Havana http://www.mediafire.com/?nww6tqndq55twb5
"he owns several banks. he had plenty to spare. had a big mansion. a real millionaire. the rooms were all round, for that guy was no square. he was the biggest man in havana."

12) House Of Ill Repute http://www.mediafire.com/?rxsfuuuntlepo5j
"there was no man that i couldn't suit. you can ask the madam i worked for in that house of ill repute."

GEFFIKA tape 2010

Geffika are something else. Their live shows are crazy. I picked this up at a record store sometime during 2010. Geffika is a two-piece; with Geoff on Drums/Vocals & Jessica on Guitar/Vocals. (Get it? Their names put together = Geffika.) Very heavy stuff. The lyrics were included, so bang yr head & sing along!

1) Six of Eight http://www.mediafire.com/?304totvjdq7ik54
Mary wasn't man enough. The Pope said no, but you said bullshit. Annie was next, but what a bitch. Elizabeth's a chick. And Jane, your true love, gave you Edward, but she died. She died, she died. Annie two's too ugly so you dropped her for her cousin. And Katie went with all the boys so you took her pretty head. Katie three was such a square but you died. You died, you died. Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived.

2) Bloody Trash http://www.mediafire.com/?vpy7s5okbury8j4
Sorry, I thought it was a wig, a field of hair. Thought if I was in jail I wouldn't know. Thought everything I eat still descends into a hole full of bloody trash. Bloody trash.

3) Wrong One http://www.mediafire.com/?d20cxzobb8b1owl
Wrong one. Here it comes, but I got a force/forcefield. Chumps seem to sit next to me hoping to force/forcefeed, but I find everything wrong with the one that I got on. Don't like the smell of arms and legs. It all starts to smell like charcoal and coal.

4) People Go To Buy Tubes http://www.mediafire.com/?8cea0o0ofq4b1zb
Gotta be perfect. Gotta be covered in skin and bathed in light. Lie down on the stairs for human sacrifice. Can I come to your work? You can treat me like dirt. I'll tie my jacket around my waist. I tried not to wind up with a...I'll tie my jacket around my waist to look bad...for my feel. I'm caught in two jaws. Bought a shake with two straws for me. And buying mud where people go to buy tubes. Covered in mud where people always wear clothes. Always carrying a rock to throw, and a real short length of rope in case she walks under a beehive or stands in a river. Found her love on a Tuesday. Don't want to lose it on Sunday. I recognize my effigy. There's a jacket tied around my waist.

5) Pregnant Woman http://www.mediafire.com/?etynzctyn2heani
Pregnant woman, she's a sight to see. Over her head there's a curse on a wire. Saw it again. Crying on your back all day. I can't explain...no one following. It's too hot to breed on a throne you carve. I'm feeling starved. I wonder why on a throne of stone. On a jagged edge in a warm room. Back in the warm womb. I want to drink brain water.

6) Don't Get Pinned http://www.mediafire.com/?byatafxu32f2qg1
Summer time. It's so easy. There's a strange sick smell coming from the living. Don't get pinned. Don't get pinned. The only law, the law of nature. We want claws. Our pets want fingers. The sky was dry. It pinned the earth down. The day was almost over. Moving slowly around the desert. Build a wall. Take the battery out of the smoke alarm. I just sit. I just sit there, toxic waste lying on the freeways. What the cars are built for. It's pretty heavy. Don't get pinned.

4 short songs from female screamers

http://youtu.be/Fuqf4UTscOU

F-Minus "Final Bullet"
New Wave Blasphemy "Fuck Your Haircut"
The Distillers "Hate Me"
Punch "Right of Way"

Nervous Wrecks tape

Aw, I lost this tape, but before I lost it (w/in my own house nonetheless) I converted the tracks to mp3! I am so happy I did. Cuz I am a huge Liz Panella fan. (Haha, sorry, Liz...) She played bass in a Chicago hardcore band called Plan Of Attack. Right now, she's singing for the Libyans. She also played bass in an all-female power violence band called Eunuch (who I saw @ CLITfest in Chicago).
Liz plays guitar in the Nervous Wrecks (& I think she sings back-ups). I bought this tape @ a Conversions show back in 2007. It's poppy girlie punk. It's really melodic & awesome. Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoy this band!

"between the lines" http://www.mediafire.com/?7qdv9u15l34t365

"equals rainbows" http://www.mediafire.com/?dejayf60pnbdxck

"four" http://www.mediafire.com/?9d0i5e1zrmo60ua

"like they said" http://www.mediafire.com/?j3jmc5x2xlajuax

"no mind" http://www.mediafire.com/?a005e6sy75f7y6d

THIS IS MY WISHLIST! BUY ME SHIT! MY B-DAY IS 12/12/12!

It's supposedly happening this year. What? The end of the world. Duh! But guess what? It's prolly not happening. But I'm gonna celebrate my 30th b-day like it's gonna be the end of the world anyway! I turn 30 on Dec 12, 2012. My GOLDEN GOLDEN birthday! Please spread the word if you live in Chicago-land. I'm having a show in Chicago w/some awesome bands that have female members, ok??? Please come!

By the way here is my WISHLIST!!!!

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THIN THE HERD demo

Good morning! Happy crust to you!
I love bands that have male/female vocals! Here's a Chicago gem from the city's north-side. I believe I picked this up in 2003, so it's coming up on a 10 year anniversary of it's birth. I saw Thin The Herd play in a tiny basement at the Albion House. People's heads were hitting the ceiling. It was a really good show. Jen has such a powerful & brutal voice. Check out her new band, Black September; they're more metal.
On this recording Nick plays drums, Pat plays bass, Myke plays guitar, Chris plays guitar (& sings), and Jen plays the vocals. Oh!
The lyrics were included, so without further ado, here is Thin The Herd's earliest work. (I think it's much better than their full-length album.)

1) Frail Hands of a Broken Body (Broken Hands of a Frail Body) http://www.mediafire.com/?t84s4bkr7u8tt3b
"shadows of a dying world slaving away until the end. victims of our man made cycle. fueling their machine. the process of dying. rest your head on destruction. the process of dying. letting the darkness take over my eyes. we are failing inside. we are falling behind. we are buying into demand. enslavement on command."
2) Bitter Ashes http://www.mediafire.com/?twva9x1wopkpkc1
"vast are the skies that shadow the sun hanging over the heads of thieves. monuments of business will burn down. raping the rich of their greed. smoke is rising and clouding the skies. one last day of corruption. civilization will fall to the ground. the fires will brighten the skies. plowing the fields that starve other nations all in the name of progression. avoiding the problems at hand. all in the name of progression. death of the modern age."
3) Plague Victim http://www.mediafire.com/?4zqwlavq2qwgl3d
"we live our lives in the plague where no one listens and no one dreams. the clouded minds of the middles class believing what they've been told. controlling the minds of the weak. narrow the view for the blind. paving the path for the sheep. death to ones who march to the drums. thinning the herd of the sheep. led by the ones who are led by greed. herding the masses to believe in the lies. the cracks of the whip. deafen their ears. follow the masses to believe in the lies. the cracks of the whip. deafen their ears. follow the masters to slaughter. consume the lies."
4) Kings of a Dying Nation http://www.mediafire.com/?n820hn9mbzdlofj
"dying with blood on their hands. butchers of chessboard pawns. whores of war can. we call this life. kings of a dying nation. dining on the flesh of the peasants of war. can we call this life?"
5) Indulgence http://www.mediafire.com/?u1p50b1x7rarweh
"are we to live life with lies? are we to live life with fear? are we to live life with deception? the blindness of our eyes. falling into line. the conditioning of mankind. falling into line. the lies are now believed. falling into line. the conditioning of mankind. falling into line. bowing our heads to destruction."

QUESTION 7 song tape

What do you do when yr neighbors play crappy dance music til 3:30 AM, inevitably waking you up? Play some brutal punk rock music at a HIGH volume! Yes, I blasted my QUESTION tape I picked up sometime in 2007. Next I may blast DETESTATION, Sairah's previous band. (Sairah sings.) So yeah. Here's a special treat for all you fans of fast & loud female-fronted punk...

1. "strength in sorrow" http://www.mediafire.com/?tyr5773vaar7vnd
life means nothing! it doesn't mean a thing! life is cruel. uncaring, torture, suffering. nothing changes! people have mostly been the same from the dawn of life. the start of man. i want nothing of an orchestrated plan. i only wish to be what i am! it's hard enough to fins the sane and the kind in this infernal hell. all i wish is to have a good time untill i inevitably die. so i don't care if things were all to crash or if there'll be a terrorist attack. it might not be so bad if we all died. you can fuck any scene! i don't care about anything that doesn't help to find a way to exist with pride in how we spend our limited time alive. why not aim to live each day as if you'd die tomorrow? get past your strife. find strength in sorrow.
2. "who rules you?" http://www.mediafire.com/?an1egmf4eomwoqo
this is never what u claimed to be. acceptance of individuality. stray from the grain. you're left behind though the path you chose was the best to find. what do you want? how do you choose? what do you win? how do you loose? from trying to fit in with people barely able to move a limb. aside from getting drunk or fucking up. living for nothing and not giving it up. life could be so much more but it takes some work to find what could be in store. find yourself. you'll be surprised! at the enlightenment of opened eyes. pathetic is how i see everyone. trying to be as dumb as they can be! never questioning or asking why. we could have it all but don't from life. i'm sick of lies from the mouths of friends that say they care but can't find their own head! and it's all by choice! but if you choose to live for nothing then swallow your voice. if you can't live up to what you say - don't say it! sort your head out first - then display it!!
3. "question" http://www.mediafire.com/?1wlglfy9jgkrtf8
do you get handed what you want? no! are you treated as equal? no! do you want a better life? do you want things to be right? for all living beings, not just for the priveleged! what do you want - a better life! not one extravagant or unkind. do you question what you see? or what you're led to believe? question all that exists that makes you sad, that makes you pissed. question what you fear. question what seems insincere. the only answers that you may find will come from questioning all there is in sight. life doesn't flow without energy. you have to chase what it is you seek. there may be blockades from wrong turns you take. try to question moves before they're made. question what you seek. question what you believe. question what brings you down. question the bullshit that's all around.
4. "permission - no way!" http://www.mediafire.com/?cg4m427v6avy25c
i don't need permission to see things as i do. to do as i please - say as i please. but not at least without considering you. to be yourself is all i seek. not to be a clone or merely a meek bystander. as life flies by i may die tomorrow. but at least i tried. punk does not mean drunk to me. never has or will. but it should be a point that's hard for me to take. when we all claim to be so awake. hidden behind one drink or another. from a bottle or condescension to others. reality could be so nice! if what we created would only suffice. punk's its own antithesis with its constant judgement or how you dress, whom you befriend. music you support. how or if you play and what you'd die for. do you know what's worth dieing for? is it worth your life or should you seek out something more?
5. "rigidity" http://www.mediafire.com/?kfa9m4kzy52twh4
so many options of how to be. a whole world to see. why is it so often we choose to live rigidly?? why must you practice life this way? living in a tunnel - far away from concepts unclear. from opinions far and wide. from considering hopes and dreams you continually deny. life is a book unfinished that you can write to suit yourself and dreams if you set your limits aside. adversity often holds the key to information that can expand your being. onesidedness leaves no opening for the constant stream of knowledge to be, books to read, songs to write, people to love, things to fight, debates to have, thoughts to share, the world to explore. there's so much out there! experience shared is a gem to find! why pull a chain on what's inside your mind? love is easier to relate when you find what to love from what we have.
6. "no better" http://www.mediafire.com/?oce4mple3ieebyf
no one is better than the other. but that's not how we treat each other. there's always something to prove. who is it being proven to? i'm sick of this lie. how we hold ourselves so high in the sky. looking down perpetually. climbing a social ladder with an end too high to see. who do you wish to be? yourself - or what's accepted as the "in" thing? have you inner strength at all? or are you just another stuck-up asshole?! it's funny how we lie to ourselves while in our punk disguise that we are better than the rest! though we constantly put each other through a stupid social test, there's cruelty everywhere! so why create it when it needn't be there? why not accept each other? why not be like no other? let yourself be free!! let you be you!! let me be me!!
7. "no name" http://www.mediafire.com/?uqic4pnszwlfblu
you're alive! do you know it? your mind is what keeps you in motion. the hardships you endure can help shape what you fight for. strength comes in many forms but they're harder to find when you ignore. how you treat yourself. how you treat everyone else. the abuse that you create it's sad to always see people act as though they had invisibility not put towards healthy means! but the destruction of our well beings! you're alive! do you know it? you're alive! try and show it!

SHORT, FAST + LOUD #11 V/A CD (FEMALE VOX)

This comp is 8 years old (released spring 2004) but it has some of my favorite female-fronted punk bands on it. The zine is chock full of female empowerment within the diy punk community. Lots of great photos and suggestions for other bands to check out. It's great; there's info & lyrics for almost all of the bands. I will try to read the small print as best as I can & type out the lyrics & info (which is mostly outdated) for all 18 bands. If you can get yr hands on a copy of this, do it! Enjoy this great release from a great independent zine!

1. MENTAL DISEASE - it manipulates http://www.mediafire.com/?1lgqyn94h2j0lch
(info is too fucking small to read)

2. S.T.F.U. - big fat boss http://www.mediafire.com/?b6csqvx7fciwopc
(turn the other cheek. take it in the ass. no one gives a fuck. nothing ever lasts. no raise. no break. no lunch. idiot fuck, suck my dick. do you give a fuck that i never get paid? nothing ever changes. always playing games. how would you feel if i were fucking you? bend over fuck. fuck off. we're through.)
* thirdworldpressAThotmail.com

3. I OBJECT! - rules for the trend http://www.mediafire.com/?nl8z7ad8nk4t17o
(now look what is cool in hardcore today. play it fast & play it quick. take it back to your roots. remember it's 2003 not '83. that was then & this is now. things have changed. we have progressed. it's not just boy's fun. diversity is what we embrace. fag is a word that we don't use. racism is something we don't excuse. so play it fast & play it quick. but just remember this is not a clique. it's 2003 & we are moving forward. the music is sticking to its roots. the ideas are progressing everyday. our ears are open. our hearts are in it. and everyone is welcome.)
biff - guitar
barb - vocals
steve - drums
ryan - bass
* rockwellrenaissanceAThotmail.com (barb's contact)

4. BEHIND ENEMY LINES - her body. her decision? http://www.mediafire.com/?awgsirpf15yr9e6
(no lyrics, just a statement saying that they support a woman's right to choose.)

5. ARSYKE - aloitusrajoitie http://www.mediafire.com/?g66adfkna9hth1k
(no lyrics)
tarja - vocals
tuulia - drums
jussi - guitar
mikko - bass

6. RESOLVE - crazy http://www.mediafire.com/?969nq4kgjcy5zgb
(am i fucking crazy or is the world a pile of shit? infested with corporate maggot scum only out to make a profit. have i gone crazy? is the truth so hard to find? do i believe what i'm told or question what sounds like a lie? should i care? should you care? does it matter if our lives are down the drain? should i question? demand to know. where there's truth in the topics from which they refrain. will it ever fucking matter what you know or if you care? as if the knowledge ever leads to bringing the world out of its despair. crazy, crazy. the world has gone to shit. crazy, crazy. what's the point in trying to decipher it? crazy, crazy. from the sight before my eyes. crazy, crazy. where's the relief for our minds? crazy, crazy. from the pressure knowledge gives. crazy, crazy. it gets worse everyday. crazy, insanity. it's not only for me to see that the whole world's gone fucking crazy. so how else can you be but crazy? tell me who can you trust? does truth even exist? for every current tragedy that occurs there's a new pathetic excuse for it.)
bracken - guitar
skell - bass
butch - drums
saira - vocals
* skell_AThotmail.com

7. VOETSEK - short, fast & loud http://www.mediafire.com/?6my9cc13v9b8b7d
(no lyrics)
jef - gits
ami - vox
athena - boom
scotty - drums

8. SBITCH - death will find you http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mycy0xjk752zu70
(no lyrics)

9. CONGA FURY - money makes more go!? http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?86936ld8pogmj9l
(no lyrics)
oden - screaming bitch
yoshio - noise & violence
tomokazu - bass & shout
master ryuichi - c-beat

10. SCHIFOSI - what's different? http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?86936ld8pogmj9l
(no lyrics)
contact jim at globalwarningATsemnibytes.zzn.org
contact jacquie at jacquieATminorthreat.com

11. SKARP - the f is for fuck you http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rf10msvf6u7x2b0
(no lyrics)
SKARP is... joe, andy, renae, & robert
SKARP's facebook!
* killme_777ATyahoo.com

12. RABID - shame http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dnv39jbyxgsxjhi
(RABID stands for "RAGING ASSHOLE BLOODY IDIOT DRUNX")
lien - sang
lakis - trummor
jimmy - bas/sang
mark - gitarr

13. BREAD & WATER - void http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?k57ml1iy2cqsckr
(calloused wounds creeping up & strangling you. a puppet fool. reflection, whichever mirror was there for you. taught to be a maddened machine. beaten to the monster tool. wrought from a long line of pain, disdain, failure. your own bones laying to rot there. meaningless babble. suck it till there's only a void. when purpose loses itself. projection of thought paralysis. you outgrow your own skin as it sags closer to the grave. and you lose all interest of feeling. catatonic vegetable, only breathing there. meaningless babble. for everything you've lost. living, breathing death calculations. statistical poisoning. no choice. no time. we fight to live. no decision. expectation exceeds reality.)
amie - vocals
angel - bass
david - guitar
brian - guitar
chris - drums
* breadandwateremailATyahoo.com

14. COJOBA - caso omiso http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yj4oef4f3bnl7hf
(Si nadie hiciera caso a la fuerza policial acabaría el abuso y la brutalidad. Si nadie respetara la legislatura. No habría ley que nos pudiera controlar. Así que a hacer caso omiso a la estructura gubernamental. Si nadie se enlistara a la fuerza militar no habrían guerras ni enemig@s que matar. Si nadie respetara el sistema judicial verían que la cárcel no es necesaria. Así que a hacer caso omiso a la estructura gubernamental. Creer en la anarquía es en sí mism@ poder confiar. Creer en la anarquía es creer en el poder de razonar. ¿Por qué no creer? ¿Cuánta excusa para vivir como esclav@? ¿Cuánta excusa para vivir de rodillas? ¿Cuánta excusa y actitudes pesimistas? ¿Cuánta excusa para no hacer caso omiso? ¡Caso omiso!)
(If no one paid attention to the police the abuse & brutality would end. If no one respected the legislature there would be no laws to control us. So pay no attention to the government. If no one joined the armed forces there would be no wars, nor enemies to kill. If no one believed in the judicial system they'd see there's no need for prisoners. So pay no attention to the government structure. Believing in anarchy is believing in yourselves. Believing in anarchy is trusting the gift of reason. How many excuses to live like slaves? How many excuses to live on our knees? how many excuses and negative attitudes? How many excuses to pay attention? Pay no attention.)
* Cojoba's facebook!

15. STRAIGHT EDGE KEGGER - the fuck http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yujj69m9jsq4tw6
(no lyrics, but they say this song is about "life long achievement playing in bands & having fun...making friends for a lifetime & dwelling on those memories which are intact.")
larve - blast beats
meg - vocal destruction
lon potbag - i got 2 fucking warlocks

16. WITCH HUNT - guilty inside http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fk65cj1ogfy95ct
(Walking with my head to the ground. If I think hard enough, maybe he will go away. Screaming on the top of my lungs but no one can hear me. Words won't formulate in my head. I cannot express this feeling. Emptiness, contempt, vengeance, rage. My anger bottles up inside of me. I'm ready to explode. Afraid if I say ow I feel I will be jumped, raped or killed. But if I stay silent it will kill me inside. Doomed if I do and if I don't. Trapped in this body with nowhere to hide. Ashamed to be inside my own skin. Because if I wear a dress I am prey, I am guilty. And if I don't I am a dyke. How can I look in the mirror and smile if you will condemn me for it? I dream of a world where I can walk down the street with my head held up high. A world where my brains are more valuable than my beauty. Tonight I will take back what was already mine with a dagger, with a rifle. I will hunt you down. Dehumanize you like you did to me. And when you are gone I will come alive.)
WITCH HUNT is (was) nicole, rob, janine.
* witchxhuntAThotmail.com

17. APHASIA - the untitled march http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?uozk9aczpbk8ztp
(no lyrics)
* aphasiaATyahoo.com

18. FAZED - folterkrammer http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vtvnm1n5f2uhln7
(Rausch, nur um Frust zu vergessen, abhängig, von der eigenen Art, Versuch ein eigenes Ich zu finden,
Versuch zu lieben - wen oder was? Jeder muß was sein! Warum ist es nur so scheiße ein Mensch zu sein? Mir fällt einfach keine Antwort ein. Todestrakt, Folterkammer Angst - immer wieder, wieder und wieder, Tod und Folter - ich hab Angst.)
(Ecstasy, only to forget about the frustration, Dependent on our own species, Try to find your own self Try to love, who or what? Everyone has to be something! Why is it that lousy to be human? I don't know an answer death row, torture chamber, fear, again and again, death and torture - I'm scared.)
Even though FAZED is broken up, their website is still up!
* stepmiATgmx.de

UP THE PUNX!!!

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