Bad Religion - Live & Acoustic @ KROQ (2008)

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The Dictators - Demos & Rare Tracks '73-'76 (1977)

Here's a classic Dictators bootleg to get you through the day! Don't forget to pick up the rarities compilation "Every Day Is Saturday" - came out on Norton Records in January this year, quite possibly one of the finest collections of rarities ever released!
"The Dictators are a rock and roll band formed in New York City in 1973. Critic John Dougan said that they were "one of the finest and most influential proto-punk bands to walk the earth." The Dictators' debut album, The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! (1975) was perhaps the first album released by a New York punk group. The Dictators are represented in the "Punk Wing" of the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, in Cleveland, Ohio. Steven Van Zandt called them "The connective tissue between the eras of The MC5, Stooges, NY Dolls, and the punk explosion of the mid to late 1970's".
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Tracklist: 1. Weekend, 2. Backseat Boogie, 3. Master Race Rock, 4. California Sun, 5. Fireman's Friend, 6. Interstellar Overdrive, 7. Tits to You, 8. Too Much Fun, 9. Dogs, 10. America the Beautiful, 11. Sleepin' With the TV On I, 12. Heartache, 13. Search & Destroy, 14. Disease, 15. Sleepin' With the TV On II, 16. Exposed, 17. Smash That Faggot's Head, 18. Radio Ad.
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Bad Religion - New Dark Ages

The brand new video for "New Dark Ages", of Bad Religion's latest album "New Maps of Hell".
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X - Los Angeles (1980/2001)

X is a noted punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1977. While they achieved only limited mainstream success, they were widely considered one of the most accessible and tuneful of Los Angeles' many punk bands. Their landmark 1980 record Los Angeles resonated so loudly with the artisans of the city it is named after, that the band received an Official Certificate of Recognition from the City of Los Angeles in acknowledgment of their important contributions to Los Angeles music and culture. They were hugely influential on various genres of music, including punk, hardcore, and folk.
Original members were Exene Cervenka (born Christine Cervenka, vocals), John Doe (born John Duchac, bass and vocals), Billy Zoom (born Tyson Kindell, guitar) and DJ Bonebrake (born Donald J. Bonebrake, drums). After Zoom retired from the band, Tony Gilkyson replaced him on guitar. Zoom reunited with X in 1998. The original line-up now tours sporadically.
Their albums had a hard-driving sound that occasionally flirted with country and blues; one critic suggests that X "were not just one of the greatest punk bands, but one of the greatest live rock acts of all time."
In many ways — from songwriting to performances — X were arguably a bit more sophisticated and diverse than many of their punk peers (except Cervenka, all band members had previous musical experience before forming X.) One critic writes that X were "too self-conscious, artsy and ambitious to simply spew" in typical punk fashion.
X's first record deal was with pioneering indepedent label Dangerhouse, for which the band produced two singles, "Los Angeles" and "Adult Books." The Dangerhouse session version of "Los Angeles" was also featured in a Dangerhouse compilation called "Yes LA", a picture disc that featured other early-punk era LA bands like the Weirdos and Black Randy. As the band became the flag bearer for the local scene, a larger independent label, Slash, signed the band to issue its first LP.
The result was their first LP release, the appropriately titled Los Angeles (1980) (produced by The Doors' keyboard player, Ray Manzarek), was a minor hit and well received by the underground press and mainstream media. Much of X's early material had a rockabilly edge. Doe and Cervenka co-wrote most of the group's songs, and their slightly off-kilter harmony vocals remain perhaps the group's most distinctive element. Their lyrics tended to be straight-out poetry, and comparisons to Charles Bukowski and Raymond Chandler were made from the start.
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This is the remastered version released in 2001 - includes some cool demos and alternative versions.

Tracks: 1. Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not, 2. Johnny Hit and Run Paulene, 3. Soul Kitchen, 4. Nausea, 5. Sugarlight, 6. Los Angeles, 7. Sex and Dying In High Society, 8. The Unheard Music, 9. The World's a Mess; It's In My Kiss, 10. I'm Coming Over (Demo), 11. Adult Books (Demo), 12. Delta 88 (Demo), 13. Cyrano De Berger's Back (Rehearsal), 14. Los Angeles (Dangerhouse Version).
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Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell [Japanese Bonus Tracks] (2007)

Today punk legends Bad Religion release their new album "New Maps of Hell" and - as usual - the Japanese version contains some extra songs. This time acoustic version of the two classic tunes "God Song" and "Sorrow".
Definitely not something you'll wanna miss if you're into Bad Religion - so here they are!

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PS! I've been thinking about starting a seperate blog just for these Japanese bonus tracks and other country specific bonus tracks. But to do a good job with that I'll need some help. So if you have any info on this subject get in touch! Bruunski

Bad Religion - Metrorock Fest 2007, Madrid, Spain 23.06.2007

Here's the Bad Religion show from the Metrorock Fest 2007 in Madrid, Spain on June 23rd. Nothing special about this show - they only play one song of the coming album 'New Maps of Hell', 'Heroes & Martyrs' - the rest are old hits.

Tracklist: 1. American Jesus, 2. Social Suicide, 3. I Want to Conquer the World, 4. We're Only Gonna Die, 5. Supersonic, 6. Epiphany, 7. Recipe For Hate, 8. Do What You Want, 9. Struck a Nerve, 10. No Control, 11. Heroes & Martyrs, 12. Let Them Eat War, 13. Along the Way, 14. Punk Rock Song, 15. Generator, 16. Los Angeles Is Burning, 17. Anesthesia, 18. You, 19. Part III, 20. Suffer, 21. 21st Century (Digital Boy), 22. Sorrow.

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Bad Religion - Webisode #1

Epitaph has released a new video from the 'New Maps of Hell' recording sessions - the video is also available for download HERE.

Bad Religion - Live At the Roskilde Festival, Denmark (1996)

Bad Religion's concert from the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, June 27th 1996.
"Like several of the bands who have benefited from the commercial return of punk in the years 1993-94, the Californian band Bad Religion has been playing together since back in 1979. Unlike so many other punk bands who have been together for years Bad Religion has held onto their original sound and playing style; an energetic and simple, but also well-played, tight and melodious sound which has won the group a growing following and helped them make even bigger inroads into the public consciousness with their 8th album - "Recipe For Hate" in 1993. Since then they have released two other CDs which have sold well."
Source: Roskilde Festival Website

Tracklist: 1. Anesthesia, 2. Watch It Die, 3. Modern Man, 4. The Streets of America, 5. 10 In 2010, 6. Pessimistic Lines, 7. Punk Rock Song, 8. Suffer, 9. Operation Rescue, 10. Portrait of Authority, 11. Do What You Want, 12. Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell, 13. Drunk Sincerity, 14. Tomorrow, 15. Along the Way, 16. A Walk, 17. Pity the Dead, 18. Slumber, 19. Lookin' In, 20. Come Join Us, 21. Faith Alone, 22. I Want to Conquer the World, 23. Cease.

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Bad Religion - New live performance + 2 new songs (2007)

A brand new Bad Religion show from last week - showcasing two new tracks from 'New Maps of Hell'; 'Honest Goodbye' and 'Heroes & Martyrs'. These two tracks are also included in the download in studio versions - released by Epitaph.
"With the crowd now suitably amped, one of the most anticipated bands of the day, Bad Religion, made its way onstage as Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and other artists took a side-stage vantage point to watch. Among their catalog of hits, the Bad boys treated the fiesta-goers to the new single 'Honest Goodbye', off July 10's 'New Maps of Hell'. Scoring points for timeliness, the band also cranked out 'Los Angeles Is Burning', calling to mind the actual L.A. wildfires from earlier this month."
Source : MTV.com

Tracklist: 1. Intro, 2. American Jesus, 3. 21st Century (Digital Boy), 4. Social Suicide, 5. Honest Goodbye, 6. You, 7. Sorrow, 8. Heroes & Martyrs, 9. Struck a Nerve, 10. Infected, 11. Los Angeles Is Burning.

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New York Dolls - 1st & 2nd Demo (1972)

The New York Dolls are a rock band formed in New York City in 1971. In 2004 the band reformed with three of their original members, two of whom, David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, continue on today and released a new album in 2006.
The band found little commercial success during their existence, but the New York Dolls prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era and even later; the Dolls' over-the-top crossdressing influenced the look of many new wave and glam metal groups, and their shambling, sloppy but highly energetic playing style set the tone for many later rock and roll bands.
Initially, the group was comprised of singer David Johansen, guitarists Johnny Thunders and Rick Rivets (who was replaced by Sylvain Sylvain after a few months), bass guitarist Arthur "Killer" Kane and drummer Billy Murcia. The original lineup's first performance was on Christmas Eve 1971 at a homeless shelter, the infamous Endicott Hotel.
They got their big break when Rod Stewart invited them to open for him at a London concert. Shortly thereafter, Murcia died of accidental suffocation (after he passed out from drugs and alcohol, groupies put him in a cold bath and forced coffee down his throat). He was succeeded by Jerry Nolan, a friend of the band's, though future Richard Hell and Ramones drummer Marc Bell (Marky Ramone) later claimed he auditioned to take Murcia's place: "Only two people showed up to audition, me and Jerry. They gave it to him because I was doing all the fancy fills."
The band was influenced by vintage rhythm and blues, the early Rolling Stones, classic American girl group songs, and anarchic post-psychedelic bands such as the MC5 and the Stooges, as well as then-current glam rockers such as Marc Bolan. They did it their own way, creating something which critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote "doesn't really sound like anything that came before it. It's hard rock with a self-conscious wit, a celebration of camp and kitsch that retains a menacing, malevolent edge."
Morrissey organized a reunion of the three surviving band members (Johansen, Sylvain, and Kane) for the Meltdown Festival in 2004. It was extremely well-received, producing a live LP and DVD on Morrissey's Attack label, and a film, New York Doll, showing Kane's point of view of the genesis of the reunion contrasted against the backdrop of his conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, future plans were affected when the news came of Arthur Kane's unexpected death on July 13, 2004 from leukemia.
In July 2005, it was announced the two surviving members would tour and produce a new album, titled One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This. Released on July 25, 2006 the album features guitarist Steve Conte, bassist Sami Yaffa (formerly of Hanoi Rocks), drummer Brian Delaney and keyboardist Brian Koonin.
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These are their first two studio demos. The first one was recorded in the summer of 1972 at the Blue Rock Studio in New York City. The second demo was recorded in October of 1972 at Escape Studios in Kent, England. Both of these demos was produced by Marty Thau, and features the original drummer Billy Murcia.

1st Demo: 1. Bad Girl, 2. Looking For a Kiss, 3. Don't Start Me Talking, 4. Don't Mess With Cupid, 5. Human Being, 6. Personality Crisis, 7. Pills, 8. Jet Boy, 9. Frankenstein.
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2nd Demo: 1. Personality Crisis, 2. Looking For a Kiss, 3. Bad Girl,4. Subway Train.
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Hollywood Brats - Hollywood Brats (1973/80)

Like a less famous British cousin of the New York Dolls, the Hollywood Brats also had a taste for feather boas, glitter, and tough rock & roll played with rough-and-tumble abandon. Although they only recorded one full-length album that was not released until after they had broken up, the band is recognized as a pioneer of punk.
The first incarnation of the Hollywood Brats surfaced in London in 1971 when singer Andrew Matheson, Norwegian keyboard player Casino Steel, and drummer Lou Sparks began playing regular gigs as the Queen. When Freddie Mercury's band of the same name came on the scene, the original Queens wouldn't let him strong-arm them into a name change until his outfit scored a hit and they were forced to adopt a new handle, becoming the Hollywood Brats. In 1972, guitarist Eunan Brady came on board after meeting Matheson through his Melody Maker ad seeking a guitarist "drunk on scotch and Keith Richards"; with Wayne Manor on bass, the lineup for this raucous glam rock unit was in place. The band crashed and burned their way through regular live sets in the summer of 1973, when their flamboyant makeup and female attire, à la the New York Dolls and David Bowie, and attitude-laden bluesy rock began to attract a following. As Brady recalled in his liner notes for the 1999 Cherry Red Records re-release of the band's album, "The whole point of the Brats was to annoy and disturb!" Championed by Keith Moon, the band landed a deal with NEMS Records and recorded an album of pure rock fun with fuzzy, garage-flavored guitar solos, cowbell accents, and snotty lyrics populated with gold diggers and tramps. No label wanted to touch the finished product, however, and the recording languished until Mercury Records released the material as Grown Up Wrong in 1975, and Cherry Red Records issued their single "Then He Kissed Me" in 1979 and re-released the full-length album in 1980. But the band had self-destructed years earlier, with Matheson going on to record with Tools and Wreckless Eric's Last Orders, and Steel joining London SS briefly before Mat Dangerfield grabbed him to form the Boys in 1976.
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Tracklist: 1. Chez Maximes, 2. Another School Day, 3. Nightmare, 4. Empty Bottles, 5. Courtesan, 6. Then He Kissed Me, 7. Tumble With Me, 8. Zurich 17, 9. Southern Belles, 10. Drowning Sorrows, 11. Sick On You.

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