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Dodge D'Art - S/T LP:
Burnin' Memory / Hell No / Light of Night / Little Mistreater // I Wonder / Your Smile / Need Somebody / One Light Traveller
black vinyl
Dodge D'art 1131, 1979

Lineup: Jimmy Overton - lead vocals, guitar, synthesizer / Chris Halpin - vocals, bass, synthesizer / Steve Butler - drums (side one) / Brian Von Korn - drums (side two)

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Reviews: The guitar sound has a few hints of Nurses-style new wave, but on the whole this is pretty uninspired rock.

Mike Feeedbak and the Nuclear Warriors - Red Rock 7":
Red Rock // Jenny Whooo
black vinyl
NUK-Fire Rock Records 7450003, 1983

Lineup: Mike Feeedbak - guitars, vocals / Bob Silver - drums

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Recording Info: Edited by Ray Tilkens.

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French Are From Hell - S/T 7":
Gunfight / Pinned Under a Jet // God's Lightning / Clark Kent's Girlfriend
black vinyl
Bavaria France 001, 1984

Lineup: Ginger Chittenden - vocals / Kevin Landes - saxophone / Tom Paine - percussion / Steve Walker - bass / Tim Carter - guitar

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Reviews: Musically this is well-executed, noisy garagepunk, but Ginger, you can't sing. Seriously, your monotonous wails makes me cringe. And what you did to Pinned Under A Jet is absolutely inexcusable. And you other guys, what on earth were you thinking? Let someone else handle the microphone. Please. This stuff is really good, except for the tone-deaf singer.

Gelatinous Citizen - Rhythm of Industry LP:
Rhythm of Industry / Words as Venom / Always Alone // We All Americans / Upright Man / Your Mind's Unsound
500 on black vinyl w/inserts
Gelatinous GEL001, 1987

Lineup: Ferd - everything

Label notes: Ferd's label.

Recording Info: Produced and Engineered by Ferd.

Notes: My copy came with a lot of inserts and promotional junk (like business cards, ads for the first Grindstone compilation, letters, etc.).

Reviews: The most interesting thing about this record is the description of Ferd that the clerk at the store gave me...Ferd was a true eccentric and sunk all his money into recording gear. Setting foot into his studio space was like entering the cockpit of a spaceship--racks of expensive looking gear, blinking lights everywhere, and a madman at the controls, twisting tapes, pressing buttons, and cackling like Doctor Frankenstein.

To my ears, this is pretty typical "industrial" crud, with loops and synths and noises and all that stuff that excites tin-eared basement dwellers everywhere. I find it sorely lacking in energy and scorch.

Glad Corp - S/T 7":
Alone / Streetboys of Green // I'm Sorry
black vinyl
Dash Records, 1983

Lineup: Mark Driscoll / Johnny Hott / Martin McCavitt

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Recording Info: Recorded at Recording Concepts.

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