Wrock Mixtape Vol. 1

 ...STREAM IT ABOVE (LINK HERE) ALL SPLICED TOGETHER WITH INTERLUDES AND SKITS AND SHIT. FOR YOUR LISTENING (DIS)PLEASURE

Tracklisting:

"WWF Superstars 2 Opening Theme" (Game Boy, 1992)

Jake Roberts Theme (WWF Superstars 2, Game Boy 1992)

"Trust Me [Jake Roberts Theme]" - (Jim Johnston, 1991-92)

Jake Roberts Promo (Sept. 1986)

Megadeth "Trust" snippet (From Cryptic Writings, 1997)

Tony Schiavone/Bobby Heenan - WCW Nitro 8-23-99

Death - "God of Thunder"  (Bonus from Human 1991)

Undertaker Entrance Theme (WWF Superstars 2 ,Game Boy, 1992)

Gorilla Monsoon, Roddy Piper, "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase - Undertaker debut (Survivor Series, 1990)

Venom - "Buried Alive" (From Black Metal, 1982)

Agent Orange Interview Snippet (1981)

Agent Orange - "Living in Darkness" (From Living in Darkness, 1981)

"You're Standing on My Neck [Daria Theme]" (1995)

Wipers - "The Lonely One" (From Over the Edge, 1983)

"Pomp and Circumstance [Macho Man Theme]" (WWF Superstars 2, Game Boy, 1992)

Waylon Mercy - Worm Vignette (Monday Night Raw, 6-17-95)

KARP - "Bacon Industry" (From Self Titled LP, 1997)

"Dipshits" Interview Snippet (From Kill All Redneck Pricks: KARP LIVES 1990-1998, 2010)

KARP - "Get No Toys (When You Pay the Money)" (From Suplex, 1995)

Soundgarden - "Big Dumb Sex" (From Louder Than Love, 1989)

Rick Derringer "Real American [Hulk Hogan Theme]" (WWF Superstars 2, Game Boy, 1992)

Ultimate Warrior Soundbites (From his legendary 60 Minute Shoot on Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea, 2011)

NAME REMOVED - Back with a Bang (From Back with a Bang/I Don't Like You, 1982) [Chill out Tumblr warriors, if Merauder covers it, I will put it on my GD mixtape)

Vince Mchmahon says a naughty word to John Cena (Survivor Series, 2005)

Jim Johnson "No Chance in Hell [Vince McMahon Entrance music] (1999)

Merauder - "5 Deadly Venoms" (From the 1998 Demo with Eddie Sutton)

Pentagram (Death Row) - "Sign of the Wolf" (live in Virginia 5-18-83, VHS Rip)

Radio Birdman - "The Hand of Law" (From Radios Appear, 1977)

The Mountie v. Big Boss Man Video Package (Survivor Series, 1991)

The Mountie - First Theme 

Jimmy Hart and J.J. Maguire  "What a Rush (Legion of Doom)" snippet 

Rush - "The Trees" (From Hemispheres, 1978)

Gary Hart - "Armaggedon Promo" (World Class Championship Wrestling, 1983-1986-ish)

Abdullah the Butcher (soundclip from aftermath of 1986 Vengeance match with Carlos Colon)

Lard - "Forkboy" (From The Last Temptation of Reid, 1990)

Kermit the Frog Introducing Alice Cooper on the Muppet Show (1976)

Alice Cooper - Halo of Flies (From Killer, 1971)

A collection of "Pyscho" Sid Vicious botches

Obituary - "Intoxicated" (From Slowly We Rot, 1989)

"Mean" Gene Okerlund says a naughty word (Summer Slam 1989)

Straight Ahead "Not Afraid" and "Right Idea" (From Breakaway 12", 1987)

Artificial Peace - "Wasteland" (From Flex Your Head Comp, 1981)

No Comment - "Hacked to Chunks" (From Downsided, 1992)

Terry Funk Soundclip (From Beyond the Mat, 1999)

Monster Magnet - "Nod Scene" (From Spine of God, 1991)

Dave Wyndorf - Interview snippets from German TV (1998)

Sonic Youth - "The Diamond Sea (clip)" (From Washing Machine, 1995)

New World Order Theme Song (1996)

Sleep "Dragonaut [Live]" (From Live in Denver, 9-5-10)

Monday Night Raw Original Theme (1993)

Koji Kondo - "Invincibility Theme" (From Super Mario World, 1990)

Dub Diablo - "Disco Headache Remix" (2000)

SpacEKrafT - "Convergence" (from  Jodorowsky's Dune OST 2010)

Additional sounds pillaged from Koji Kondo's Original Arrangements in Super Mario World (1990) and from the "Gifted" episode of Daria (1998.)

Word on the Street - "Streets is Watching + Demo" (Demo Dogz #7)

Lizard King

This ain't exactly new, but I've been told that it was recently dubbed onto a tape along with the demo, made available for those lucky ducks who went to Not Dead Yet. Also this band's from Halifax. I don't know anything about that area except it's cold in the winter time (right?)

Looking at the cover probably psyches a lot of people out. Genndy Tartakovsky-esque monster thugs posing hard in an alley. I was duped into thinking this would be bad Third Tier LOC worship, because of the serious Risky Biz vibe, but this honestly sounds like Straight Ahead's Breakaway 12" melting (or being played at 33 RPM). Rev era Sick Of It All too. Just like full-bore retarded. Anyway the mutant mongoloids on the cover are perfect indicators for the kind of 'core kept within. 

The vocals have that strange razor-thin mix of tuff-dude bellowing and down syndrome drooling. The Celtic Frost/Sheer Terror tonal breakdown in "H.R.M. Mayhem" is straight NASTY, like kitty litter gargling in a garbage disposal, and the "Cut to the Chase" weird psyche-out/double tracked vocals are glorious and evil. Nutshell? I love this. I think it'll take a few listens to sink in for many, but this is how 'core I like it.

Buy and D/L at their bandcamp here.

Free Spirit 2012 Demo (Demo Dogz #5)

Pink-Hand Sandies

Free Spirit doesn't need an introduction, but this demo does. Woah. It's a little teaser for the forthcoming 12" (which promises to be a stomper) and I'm going to say it showcases a bit of a "darker side" for them. 

The vocals are way nastier and burlier (I should know this, but is that Gil singing? It sounds quite a bit different than on other releases) and the drums have Paincave mitts all over them. I get vibes from Alone in a Crowd (mostly in the lyrics) and the mosh bits remind me of Uniform Choice. Why do so many people hate this band again? I don't know. Screaming for Change is perfect.

Dig the artwork too. Pink is punx and so are hand-drawn graphics of fists. The cursive lettering is a cool Straight Ahead homage (maybe?) too. 

Anyway, a really muddy version of "Casting Down" was featured on the Joy Boy Mixtape Vol. III, but this one's a lot cleaner. Opening riff rules and the back and forth vocal trick is clutch. "Control You" has a bit of a funky backbeat with an ironclad mosher, and both "Figure You Out" and "Selfish" showcase great divebombs (and the latter really reminds me of UC's "Scream to Say").

Very excited for the upcoming full-length. These are my favorite songs they've done so far.

Cassettes are only available at the shows, so the journeymen can have their pic, but for those of us not in the city-limits, we can take a samplin' here.

INTENT - "No Rules" Demo (Demo Dogz #1)

Hey kid, wanna cop a Swazi?

Intent is a multi-state conglomeration featuring former and current members of Free Spirit and Rival Mob Mentality (see what I did there?). A one word name like "Intent" may conjure up images of Jncos, Wizard Sleeves and whole host of doofy 90's trite-isms, but this is rooted in the ever popular late 80's NY sound with hints of Boston's "new scene" all over it. Internet geniuses are probably rushing to point at that "Intent" has already been used at least twice (Texas and NY), but who cares? I heard on the Livewire board that a member of Give put tape on an Intention shirt to make an Intent shirt at the Clear (wait...that name's already been used) debut show.

The cover's awesome (and long-since sold out) but features a Frank Miller-esque comic character peddling a trenchcoat chock-fulla vices (my fav being the bird-flipping finger). Was it the same guy that did the WW4 artwork?

In terms of tune-age, 3 songs is hard to make a deep assessment but "My Point of View" has a typical Rival Mob style bass line, "Set it Straight" is the hardest song with the spoken word "cross me again, and I'll seal your fate" part and "Friendship" steals it all soaked in Pain Cave style drum sounds.  Vocally I hear Pat Dubar singing for Straight Ahead.

Verdict: Not essential but certainly not disappointing. Sounds a little bit too much like Free Spirit (albeit less sloppy and a little harder) to fully distinguish itself among all the other excellent bands that've popped up in 2012 (Prisoner Abuse!) but I shant complain. A good band is a good band.

Steal it here. 

World Peace Can't Be...Pun

Tommy Carroll 2012

Thoughts on Harley going to jail:

1) How long must we await the famed Harley's War album on Southern Lord?

2) JJ's mags are kewl, but those who don't acknowledge Best Wishes are (to quote the aforementioned) "pussies."

3) Is there any famed NYHC guy that uses commas on social media? Do y'all need editors? *I'd do it.*

4) Haven't heard from Rick Ta Life for a while...are we sure it wasn't him? (ever?)

NYC Mayhem - "Deathwish" (Dylan's Dumb iPod #14)

Apparently there was a thrash band from Louisville called Mayhem. Never heard of 'em, but interesting nonetheless (No bro, I've never heard of the Norweigian black metal band. Educate me, for I only learn about bands when Cold World spoofs them for merch designs).

Cool shirt bruh

NYC Mayhem experienced a few sonic permutations in their short lifetime, but this demo sees the lineup of Tony Marc and Gordon Ancis (both of a band called Assault that you've never listened to...right?) and Tommy Carroll (yes, THAT Tommy Carroll) on drums and vox (Phil Collins style). Later on in the game, Craig Setari (Sick of it All, Rest in Pieces, Straight Ahead) would replace Tony Marc (though, he's credited as being "ex-Smegma" in Metal Forces Magazine, history is weird!). Were it not for later and subsequent contributions to hardcore, it's difficult to say if people could muster up a passing fancy in this band, but that ain't important.

D.R.I, C.O.C, N.Y.C

I love this demo. A lot. So much that once I was listening to it on the way home from work. It was dusky outside, I thought I was alone and the time seemed ripe for public moshing...so I did it...and right when I get to the crosswalk I was heading (moshing) to, some sexy latina literally laughed and pointed at me. D'oh. That's how college worked for me. I moshed at inopportune times and didn't get dates. The astonishing thing here is that at the time, the exchange didn't seem that weird.

Though staking their claim as one of those "fastest bands around," this demo's actually chock full of above-average instrumentation and not tuneless warbling like a lot of the "pioneering" fastcore bands. Especially for a trio. Vocals are muddled, but riffs are noodly. Lore and long-haired fandom asserts that this demo is NYC Mayhem's only purely "metal" release (and that's why they've got a page on the metal archives) and the rest is just "thrashy hardcore" but my favorite shit involves line blurring of all kinds.

"Deathwish" has a snakey intro that conjures up the crossover stuff that D.R.I was messing with, and the bass always has a presence with this band. Then it goes into standard blast beat territory from then on.

Thanks the godz for those comp sites that compile all this stuff for dorks like me. Apparently some thrash band called Mortal Sin (from Australia) also had a release called Mayhemic Destruction but it came out a year later and had no relation to the New York band.

If you're a Tommy Carroll superfan, track down that Crumbsuckers live set where he heckles Kirk Hammett for being a "rock star."

Also, they used to call this "death core." If only they knew.