i bought this tape from one of the members of the band when i was on tour with a band called deckard (more about this band soon), back in 1995. i believe it was this same tour that we met up with a band called hot water music, and procured their "push for coin" demo. it would be this demo, along with discount's "mom lied to me" that became the soundtrack for the rest of tour, putting it on most times for repeated listens, until one day the deck in the van decided that it, too, needed some breakfast. sad to say that the only thing on the menu was hot water music "push for coin" omelet. unfortunate as it was, i am glad the discount tape survived the devious game of russian roulette.
if you're unfamiliar with this female-fronted poppy punk rock band, here's some info from wikipedia: Discount was a punk rock band from Vero Beach, Florida that formed in 1995 and disbanded in 2000. They released three full length albums, several EPs, and two b-side collections. Members have gone on to form The Kills, The Kitchen, Black Cougar Shock Unit, Unitas, the Routineers, The Draft, and Monikers.
in keeping with the theme today of early 90s northern california bands, here's a demo from the bay area's wynona riders. this demo goes back to the days of tape trading through snail mail (ha! remember that!?). unfortunately though, it was obtained from a hasty trader who couldn't be bothered with copying inserts or even writing track lists. yet, it is still worthy of a post here, since this band was one of my favourites from the bay area lookout records pop-punk onslaught of the early nineties. the wynona riders were formed from members of a couple of other notable bands such as the soup, filth, vagrants, pot valiant, and sweet baby.
i believe this is the demo mentioned in their following bio from lookout records: I encountered THE WYNONA RIDERS first at a Sunday afternoon show at Gilman Street with a dozen or so other people. I was still new enough that I jumped at any chance to hang out at the graffiti-coated club and be bombarded by any manner of punk rock allowed to mount the stage. Sunday afternoon shows were musical pot lucks: they seemed to book bands that pestered the staff for so long they had to be given a show—my own first band was one of them. They were almost always all local bands that I'd never heard of, but it was fun to just hang around, and if the band sucked you could talk outside on the sidewalk. When THE WYNONA RIDERS started playing, I looked up from whatever conversation I was engaged in. They sounded good, the songs were melodic and catchy, and they seemed well-practiced, unlike the other bands they were appearing with that day. Pat and I were putting together The Can of Pork Compilation, and I asked the vocalist, Skip, who later ran for mayor of Alameda, CA, if they wanted to contribute a song. He gave me their demo tape, with which I became preoccupied. Their music was even more infectious on further listenings, and the lyrics were cryptic, humorous poetry—or at least, I hoped they were because they made me laugh. THE RIDERS went through some lineup changes and two East Bay band veterans and scenesters, Richie Bucher (SOUP, SWEET BABY) and Dave E.C. (FILTH, THE VAGRANTS) ended up in the band. Lookout! released a 7"EP, then recorded demos for an LP when the band broke up, all in 1992. Then in 1995, THE WYNONA RIDERS reformed in response to the resurgence of '92 era melodic pop-punk. The time seemed perfect. After two ambitious and arresting releases, THE WYNONA RIDERS broke up again over the question of whether to internet or internot. Skip and '95 era guitarist Joe Selby went on to form the short-lived but still great TOYBOAT.—Christopher Appelgren
and the break-up of the band, from the wynona riders entry on wikipedia: After a successful tour that saw the Wynona Riders play over 40 shows around the country in six weeks the band decided to try to stick it out with the touring line-up and began writing new material for a follow-up record. An interim release under the name The Nation of Wenonah was released on What Else? records out of Indiana as a split EP with band Lynrd's Innards. The EP was a send-up/tribute of the Washington D.C. band the Nation of Ulysses. As more new songs were written the style of the band was veering towards the agitpop styles of other D.C. bands from the early 1990's and Richie and Dave found themselves less than enthusiastic about the direction the band was headed.
Time was booked into Andy Ernst's Art of Ears studio, where "J.D. Salinger" had been recorded to do an EP for Lookout!, but before the band entered the studio they suffered something of a meltdown and broke up onstage at 924 Gilman St. in Berkeley, ironically while performing as the opening band for another Lookout! band, Fifteen's farewell show.
Skip and Joe formed the band "Toyboat" with former Red # and Hi-Fives drummer Julie Rose and bassist Adam Turk, E.C. joined the band "Three Years Down", and Richie went to work at a bakery. A short year later toyboat would disband and Joe Selby would join Three Years Down as their bass player with Skip moving to New York to pursue a career in information technology.
also, one member of wynona riders is (or at the very least, was) in a band called surface wound with members of too much joy.
canada's doughboys were certainly a major force in the powerpop punk movement of the late-80s through the mid-90s. touring constantly and putting out some of the most melodic and lyrically potent albums of the genre. i've been lucky enough to catch all systems go in their early incarnation doing both doughboys and big drill car covers, a band that featured members of both aforementioned bands, but unfortunately i never caught a doughboys show. always having been a big fan of their records, this misfortune leaves me scouring the net for any infos at all, of which there are not many. with the advent of youtube, we're treated to a fewvideoswhich trickled in slowly one by one since the site's inception. a record label has acknowledged the info gap and created a website for the now defunct band, but it seems to be ill-maintained and some of it's pages are no longer working. there's also a fan-created myspace page, which seems to be somewhat more well-kept. here we have two rare live recordings of the doughboys. the first of which was recorded by a friend of mine at the show on a hand held tape recorder. i THINK this show was at the anthrax in connecticut, but i'm not certain, so there is no other info aside from the date, which i have no way to confirm either. the second recording i dug up over on a certain p2p file-sharing network, and have no other infos than the supposed date and location.
doughboys live 07.22.91
01 countdown 02 16 sins 03 far away 04 the forecast 05 happy home 06 what's going on 07 deep end 08 home again/you don't know me 09 intravenus de milo 10 stranger from within 11 tradition
01 countdown 02 no way 03 far away 04 the forecast 05 happy home 06 numbered days 07 intravenus de milo 08 in my head 09 deep end 10 home again 11 you don't know me 12 i remember 13 tradition 14 i stole your love (kiss) 15 beth (kiss) 16 (s)he's a whore (cheap trick)
the doughboys have inspired an entire generation of bands. too numerous to name, but bands wearing the influence on their sleeves are sure to be on the better side of the pop-punk fence. two long-defunct bands i recently found, that reside on the aforementioned greener pasture, have myspace pages created but again, i'm hard-pressed for any other information about them on the internet. check out these bands, and if you have any more info, please let me know!! shortfall - http://www.myspace.com/shortfall98 i died laughing - http://www.myspace.com/idiedlaughing
releasing their first single in 1986, beverly hills' chemical people were one of those bands that should have been more popular than just with their cult following, while all along, cruz records labelmates ALL were already in stride morphing from the descendents, and benefiting greatly from a built-in fan base. the chems were often compared with all/descendents but maintained their own version of noodly pop/punk that evolved steadily over the course of ten years and six albums, many of which were produced/engineered by stevenson/egerton. throughout their decade or so existence, the chems have collaborated with an impressive list of VIPs on their recordings, some of which include brett gurewitz and jay bentley from bad religion, kim shattuck of the muffs, steve mcdonald of redd kross, tesco vee of the meatmen, dave smalley of DYS/ALL, and mr. chi pig from SNFU, among others. the end result was always nothing short of a fun, catchy good time on wax.
the singles collection i'm posting is a pretty good representation of the multi-faceted chemical people, and is as rare and long out of print as the singles it collects. there's some instrumental tooling, a bunch of crafty cover songs showing many of their influences (misfits, kiss, and GG allin all represented), and of course plenty of dirty-worded, bubbly/punky originals to keep even the most discerning fan's attention.
THE SINGLES
1990 2" Pecker Records CD 01 - LTD. 1000 24 Song CD Produced by Bill Stevenson except... Live Tracks Produced by Dave & Ed Mastered at K Disc by John Golden
Tracks 1-4 are from the Fan Club 7". 5-8 are from X-Feminist 7". 9-12 from the Are You Butt Phace? 7". Track 13 is previously unreleased. It was recorded at Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, CA. It was produced by Bill Stevenson, Engineered by Stephen Egerton, with Ass. Eng. by Starbolt and Donnel Cameron. 14-21 are off the Live 89' 7", and 22-24 are Previously unreleased. All the live tracks (14-24) were recorded at CBGB's on August 19th, 1989. They were mixed at Studio 9 in Hollywood, CA and Engineered by John Gilles.
LINEUP Guitar, Vocals: Jaime Pina Bass, Vocals : Ed Urlik Drums, Vocals: Dave Naz Vocals : Bug Phace
TRACKS All The Best Things (2:10) Aquaman (1:25) Who Killed Marilyn (1:22) Hate (1:19) Overdosed (1:22) X-Feminist (1:39) Automatic (2:16) Tonight, I'm Gonna Rock You (1:51) Midnight Madness (1:20) Shit On My Dick (0:28) My Tattoo (1:34) Walking Down The Street (1:24) Bye Bye Girl (1:39) Aqua II (1:30) Overdosed (1:18) Assface (1:31) Ultramental (1:33) Henry Whitpenn (2:20) All The Best Things (2:00) Find Out (1:42) Cheri Love Affair (2:30) Aquaman (1:23) Old Habits (1:29) Rip It Out (2:18)
in keeping with the theme today of early 90s northern california bands, here's a demo from the bay area's wynona riders. this demo goes back to the days of tape trading through snail mail (ha! remember that!?). unfortunately though, it was obtained from a hasty trader who couldn't be bothered with copying inserts or even writing track lists. yet, it is still worthy of a post here, since this band was one of my favourites from the bay area lookout records pop-punk onslaught of the early nineties. the wynona riders were formed from members of a couple of other notable bands such as the soup, filth, vagrants, pot valiant, and sweet baby.
canada's doughboys were certainly a major force in the powerpop punk movement of the late-80s through the mid-90s. touring constantly and putting out some of the most melodic and lyrically potent albums of the genre. i've been lucky enough to catch 
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