3/2/10

Welcome Our New Member

He has a beard, likes Celtic Frost with burritos, wears no pants and we've known him for close to a decade. Give him a warm welcome--more writers means more posts and less stupid shit.

--fred

Warsore - Brutal Reprisal + Re-Opened Wound

Grimy old-school grind from Australia--for fans of Unholy Grave, Agathocles, Napalm Death, and the like:

Warsore - Brutal Reprisal
Warsore - Re-Opened Wound

--fred

Cro-Mags - Best Wishes + 1984 Demo

Oof. Documentation of another great hardcore/crossover band biting the dust after they make jump over to Heavy Metal or, in this case, Thrash. This one will grow on you after awhile. Also included is their '84 demo which features most of the songs from Quarrel...I think it was released as 'Before the Quarrel' later on.

Cro-Mags - Best Wishes
Cro-Mags - 1984 Demo (Before the Quarrel)

--fred

2/21/10

Prong - Primitive Origins

Before they became some terrible fucking cliche and a staple of WWF theme song mix-tapes, Prong was a pretty sick crossover thrash band:



Prong - Primitive Origins


--fred

2/1/10

Low Threat Profile - Self Titled 7"

Self Titled 7" by Low Threat Profile (members of Crossed Out/Infest/Lack of Interest). Fast Hardcore packed into a 4 minute record...apparently took close to a decade for this to get released. You can pick it up at Celebrated Summer and probably a million places around the tubes for $15 or so.

Low Threat Profile - Self Titled

Also a heads up to those of you who like punk/grind but don't want to spend a shit-ton on CDs and records and whatnot (and don't mind the character that comes with cassettes), check out ThrashMouthRecords. I've already uploaded 4 or 5 tapes from their catalog, but you can get a handful of tapes for around 10 bucks with only 2 or 3 dollars shipping...all quality underground stuff. Plus, they just put out a GODSTOMPER/Dos Amigos split. They're good friendly dudes, check it out.

--fred

1/31/10

First Radio Show of 2010 Tonight!

FIRST MINDGRINDER TONIGHT on WMUC (wmucradio.com)!

Grind, Crust, Thrash, Hardcore, and Sludge

Tune in at 9PM (eastern) til midnight here

Requests: (301)314-8800

12/25/09

Dale Crover - Drumb 7"

I know some dude requested this here about a year ago...pretty much no one has a rip of this, so this is my christmas present to him and all of you.

This is Dale Crover's only legit solo release. It was released back in '96 with somewhere around 200-500 copies I'm pretty sure. Side A is Drums and Noise (Four Words), while Side B is Side A backwards (Sdraw Kcab). I ripped the record at both 45RPM and 33RPM, as I wasn't sure which was the right speed...but it sounds a hell of a lot more evil at 33. Included with the download are complete scans of the front, back, and inlay of the sleeve, as well as a scan of Dale's short-lived minizine "Drumb" (props to themelvins.net).

Dale Crover - Drumb 7"

Excerpt from Dale's Drumbzine:

Q: What has three legs and an a**h%!$ on top?
A: A drum throne.

Q: How do you know when a drummer is at the door?
A: The knock speeds up.
A: When you say come in, he comes in late.
A: By the domino's uniform.

Q: A drummer who can keep time, A drummer who can't keep time, and Santa Claus are walking down the street. A $50 bill blows by. Who gets it?
A: The drummer who can't keep time. The other 2 do not exist.


Enjoy and have a good christmas/break/whatever the fuck

--fred

BONUS:
Here are a few of Dale's efforts from the past twenty something years, including his Solo EP, released with the Melvins:

Melvins - Dale Crover EP
Melvins - Night Goat 7"
Porn (The Men Of) - Wine, Women and Song
NIRVANA - Live 8/20/1990 w/ Dale on drums
Shrinebuilder (w/Wino, Scott Kelly, and Al Cisneros)