I'd had the "Short, Fast and Loud Vol. 1" comp on my wantlist for a while, and I recently saw one for a fair price. I was almost ready to pull the trigger. Now, I've learned that I feel a lot better splitting the cost of shipping across multiple items; it's a lot less weird picking up German grind CDs when you're not adding the full price of bringing it in from Japan. Better to just throw in that Painkiller record, or a couple of quasi-bootleg cassettes, so one can justify the cost of postage. Anyway...
I come across "Land of the Free" in the seller's list. That it's on Lost & Found jumps out at me first. There's a lot of hidden gold in their archives, some of which still hasn't been reissued. I inspect further, noting they were on a split with Chokehold. Things are looking better. And the price is right: $6, and its all mine. Who am I to say no? I smash that "add to cart", and within days, it's in my hand. Thanks, knotmusic, for scratching my itch.
Six bucks got me some rather competent Canadian political hardcore from the early 90s. This is a prime, fourth band on a five-band bill at ABC Rio, bang-yr-head hardcore band, a far cry from more moshy contemporaries. The songs here hail from their aforementioned split with Chokehold, a self-released (?) 7" from the same year, and a song from a very random comp, where they were joined by Moss Icon, Culture Shock, and TVTV$. The 90s, man. Guitarist Adam Payne looks to be the only member of this trio to still be making music. It looks like he relocated to Vancouver at the turn of the millenium, and has put in time with the likes of the Bonitos and Bishops Green.
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