This thing has been an albatross hanging around my neck since 1998. It
started with a couple of bands that sent their tracks, but didn’t make
the deadline, for “Attacked by Bees…” Instead of just saying, “Sorry,
you’re out of luck”, I decided to put together another compilation. But,
one of the complaints I heard often about my previous tape compilations
was that people didn’t like the mixture of noise and music. Taking that
into consideration and spreading myself thinner than I should have, I
took on the task of doing two separate compilations at once; one all
experimental/noise, the other grindcore/hardcore. I’ve never been
terribly good at multitasking, though, and having just finished
“Attacked by Bees…”, I really wasn’t feeling up to the task.
Complicating things further, I was at a loss as to which compilation to
put some of the bands as they really defied classification. Some of the
other bands that sent tracks I just didn’t like and didn’t want to put
them on either. Things were getting busier for me with Mortville.
Between working my day job and filling orders in my free time; I lacked
motivation to see either project to completion. Instead, these tapes
have been sitting in a box for 14 years gathering dust, exclusive
material people sent me for release that’s gone unheard all this time.
Some of these songs could have very easily have gone on “Where’s Your
Beard?”, my third compilation tape, but these tapes were all but
forgotten when I started compiling it.
Some of the bands sent graphics for the booklet, but most didn’t. It’s
safe to assume that all of the contact information on the graphics are
outdated by now, so I’ve decided not to include any of them. Most of
these bands/projects don’t exist today, a few I think may have only
existed to record for these compilations. One of the tapes wasn't
labeled at all and I couldn't figure out who it was, so I left them off.
I got used to listening to these songs in alphabetical order, so that’s
how I’m presenting them. I’m putting the music out there now to clean
the slate, so enjoy it for what it is. Consider it unfinished business,
an accidental time capsule.
ATROPHY
BUILD A MORGUE
THE EARWIGS
F2RC
FRODOMETER
GANGLIA
HATED PRINCIPLES
HUMANEXTERMINATION PROJECT
MIGHTY MEZZ BLISSOUTS
NAPALMED (Czech
Republic)
NEANDERTAL (Italy)
NOISE CORPSE (Germany)
OUTERMOST (Japan)
PLAGUE RAGES (Brazil)
THE CEASE
THE D-CUPS
TOO MANY SCREAMING CHILDREN
TOXIC HOLOCAUST
PRETTY LITTLE FLOWER
VITA-VERBUM-LUX (Canada)
YAKUZA DANCE MOB
