When I bought this a few months ago, I swore I was picking up a Burning Heart-related sampler of early 90s Ümea hardcore. This, instead, is what some of those X'ed up yoots moved on to when they graduated university. Lest you get it twisted, I'm not unhappy with this. There's a fair amount of snotty-nosed punk rock (Satanic Surfers, Chixdiggit, Trigger Happy), more serious political rock (Weakerthans), and, yes, a smattering of mid-90's hardcore (Within Reach, Misconduct).
But what really matters is there's a Hard Ons track. Who doesn't love a little Ray Ahn? Amirite, or amirite?
Postscript: Bad Taste eventually grew up, quit putting out records, and became a management company, splitting time between Santa Monica and Stockholm. It's a classic story, really.
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