SPEED TRIALS:WORST BANDS OF WEST MICHIGAN
Hey all we are trying to make the site easy to use again. Some things are going on around PBP. First we have just put a killer comp called SPEED TRIALS:WORST BANDS OF WEST MICHIGAN. This comp has 17 bands from all over west Michigan. It’s a one sided 12″ record with a screen printed b side. Check out the review from MRR this month.
MRR issue 336 May 2011
This is what punk is all about folks. This comp was recorded in one day last Feb. at the suicide house in Grand Rapids MI and the recording quality is really good. Seventeen bands,one house,one day wtf…..I am willing to bet that any of these bands are great to see live. This comp runs the gamut of straight ahead USHC to grind to crusty ’90s influenced HC and beyond. The variety of punk influences on this comp is pretty amazing and while this may sound like a nightmare for some it works on this record. Since pretty much every song on here is good. The standout tracks are SHATTERED BADGE.APOSTACY,ATTENTION SPAN,SCABBURGER,POSITIVE NOISE,HEGEMONICIDE,SKELETON PARTY,THE REAL BITTERS,DISSERTION, no rock stars by BUNNY SKULLS and XTRA VOMIT. I am willing to bet any of these bands are great to see live. This is a one sided LP with a screen printed b side of the state in skull form on red vinyl. Cool reused spray painted and screen printed cover. Comes with a 8.5 x 11 with one band a page. I guess shitty pixilated art is aesthetic these days. I prefer the cut and paste stuff in here. Xtra praise to XTRA VOMIT for their page about their song “manhandled” and the loads of info they took the time to get together. The only prob we have is the band order and the booklet don’t exactly match. It’s only a few pages, but anyone unfamiliar with these bands will have a hard time finding out who’s who by the end of the record. I have to insist that all songs on these need to be heard because no matter what my personal punk tastes may be our yours, this comp is what i hope is going on in all scenes across the U.S. and world. The intro of this booklet says “what you are holding is a piece of history” and while I hate statements like that, they follow it with an earnest call to punks to support their local scene. That and all the music on this comp have me agreeing. (MB)
Order this record today by sending PBP 10 bucks ppd to either punksbeforeprofits@hotmail.com or send it to po box 1148 Grand Rapids Mi 49501.
STUFF TO COME!!!
DIP SHIT SYSTEM 9 SONG DEMO
SHATTERED BADGE 10 song 7″
HOLY TERROR demo from 84 Grand Rapids HC punk from way back in the day
