Cyanamid - I Love NJ Demo

Damn these guys make a lot of noise! Cyanamid, fittingly named after a New Jersey chemical corporation, had a couple wild songs on the 'New Jersey's Got It?' compilation. They also had a 7" release, which I don't have but I do believe has no tracks that aren't on this demo. And, as I said before, damn these guys make a lot of noise!

Stop The World, I Wanna Get Off!

Krieg Kopf - Demo

Krieg Kopf was one of the many great bands featured on the Big City comp series. I don't believe they ever had an official release of their own, tho. But here is their 7 song demo from 1986

Get Up, Get Out & Go To Work

Misguided - Alex Drops Out Demo

Let's spend this weekend in the New York metropolitan area. The Misguided played some pretty good hardcore in their time. This is a demo from late in their history. Although it's angry, it's nowhere near as 'mean' as their 1st 7".  Still it's well worth a listen.

Product Of Our Time

False Confession - Demo 1983

Staying in California today we have Oxnard's own False Confession. I loved their Mystic 7" back in the day, but outside of that and some comp appearances, that was it. I'll tell you, had this demo come out as a full length back then it easily would have been one of my favorites for a long time. This is great stuff.

They Tell Lies

Black Flag - The Complete 1982 Demos + More

Black Flag. So here's a brief, and possibly wildly inaccurate, history of early 80's Flag. Dez is tired of singing and becomes rhythm guitarist. They recruit some guy named Henry to complete the vocals for the masterpiece 'Damaged'. However, an UGLY and lengthy lawsuit ensued, preventing the band from releasing anything under the Black Flag name. They skirted this by releasing 'Everything Went Black' which has lots of demo tracks from earlier in the bands history. They also continued writing and recorded a few tracks, which would remain unreleased. By 1984 Dez was gone with his 2nd guitar, and both Chuck's were gone, Dukowski with his nasty-heavy bass, and Biscuits with his historic drums. Future releases have been scrutinized ever since. However, these sessions were released some time in the 90's. They contain a couple never-before released tunes as well as several tracks that ended up on future Black Flag releases. The 'Plus More' on this version is a couple live in studio tracks and interview from 1984.

You're One Of Them

Demented Youth - Better Homes Demo

Let's stay a little weird and end the weekend with a re-post of the Demented Youth demo. And here's what I wrote last year:

If you've heard Demented Youth on the 'Not So Quiet On The Western Front' comp then you know exactly what to expect from this group of kids from San Francisco. This is loud, noisy and chaotic!

"mrmrmrmrmrmr Noise Of A Crowd"
NEW LINK!

Church Police - Demo 1982

It's Sunday so time to go to church. The Church Police were a bizarre little band that clearly worshiped at the altar of Flipper. Which isn't a bad thing. Weird and wonderful. A few years ago the guitar player had a blog with some band info. Its here if you're interested. And, full disclosure, I think they released at least one 7".

It's Mutual Friendship