The Freeze were a punk band from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, formed in 1978 by Clif Croce and Rob Rosenthal. All band members were still in high school. They weren't even old enough to drive to Boston, a city where the underground music scene was flourishing.
This geographic isolation allowed The Freeze to invent themselves on their own terms and they did so by infusing a bold sense of melody and unforeseen lyrical intensity into an aggressive, stripped-down punk style that was soon to be embraced as "hardcore". The band took an anti-conformist/anti-ignorance, pro-civil rights/liberty and freedom stance.
By 1989 the band decided to call it a day.
Band members:
Clif Croce - vocals
Rob Rosenthal - guitar
Bill Close - guitar
Rick Andrews - bass
Ron Cormier - bass
Kevin Vicha - drums
Lou Cataldo - drums.
"Token Bones" is a compilation album by The Freeze, released in 1997 on Dr. Strange Records.
Tracks:
1, 14, 15, 21, 22, 25 & 27 are taken from This Is Boston Not L.A., released in 1982
2 & 29 are taken from 7" I Hate Tourists, released in 1980
3 is taken from Mr. Beautiful Presents All Hard, released in 1985
4 is taken from 7" Unsafe At Any Speed, released in 1982
5, 16, 19 & 23 are unreleased
6, 12, 20 & 26 are taken from 7" Guilty Face, released in 1983
7 is taken from Strange Notes! A Germs Cover Compilation, released in 1994
8, 9 & 10 are taken from Double Dosed, released in 1992
10 is from Wers Studio sessions, Boston, 6 April 1988
11 is taken from Crawling Blind, released in 1994
13 is taken from A Deadly Duo split with The Bollweevils, released in 1996
17 is taken from Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol. 1, released in 1984
18 is taken from Freak Show, released in 1995
24 is taken from The Freeze And Killrays split, released in 1995
28 is taken from A Wicked Good Time, Volume Two, released in 1981.
Tracklisting:
1. Broken Bones
2. I Hate Tourists
3. Warped Confessional
4. Refrigerator Heaven
5. Suicidal
6. Guilty Face
7. Lexicon Devil
8. We're Not The Abnormal Ones
9. I'm Too Good For You
10. Nothing Left
11. False Messiah
12. Halloween Night
13. We Make Sanity
14. Idiots At Happy Hour
15. Now Or Never
16. Die For Life
17. No One's Ever Coming Home
18. Killing Me
19. Touched
20. Violent Arrest
21. Sacrifice Not Suicide
22. It's Only Alcohol
23. Loading Zone
24. Downtime
25. Trouble If You Hide
26. Voices From My Window
27. Timebomb & This Is Boston, Not L.A.
28. American Town
29. Don't Forget Me Tommy
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"Land Of The Lost & Rabid Reaction" is a compilation album by The Freeze, released in 2003 on Dr. Strange Records.
Tracks:
1-13 Land Of The Lost, released in 1983 on Modern Method Records
14-23 Rabid Reaction, released in 1985 on Modern Method Records
24-27 Guilty Face Sessions (Alternative Takes).
Tracklisting:
1. American Town
2. Gardener And The Maid
3. No Exposure
4. Food Lava
5. Days Of Desperation
6. Go Team Go
7. Nazi Fun
8. Won't Come Back Alive
9. Duh Family
10. So Long Ago
11. The Megawaki Cult
12. Sickly Sweet
13. Pig Hunt
14. Warped Confessional
15. Nothing Left
16. Misguided Memories
17. Extremities
18. No One's Coming Home
19. Trouble If You Hide
20. Insanity
21. Echoes
22. Princess Die
23. Before I Hit The Rubber Room
24. Violent Arrest
25. Voices From My Window
26. Halloween
27. Guilty Face
VBR ~269K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"State Of The Union - DC Benefit Compilation" is a compilation album, released in 1989 on Dischord Records. The album was reissued in 1994 on Dischord Records.
"A collection of songs, art and ideas made in 1986-88 by a few dozen woman and men. This album was conceived by me in conjunction with Ian and Jeff as an alternative "State Of The Union" message from the DC underground punk community during some of the darker days of the Reagan/Bush era."
Mark Anderson
"Proceeds from the sales of this album go to the A.C.L.U & The Community for Creative Non-Violence."
Dischord
Tracklisting:
1. Scream - Ameri-dub
2. Ignition - Anger Means
3. Soulside - Name In Mind
4. Broken Siren - No You Cannot Go
5. Christ On A Crutch - Off Target
6. King Face - Dirty Wings
7. Rain - Worlds At War
8. 3 - Swann Street
9. Marginal Man - Stones Of A Wall
10. One Last Wish - Burning In The Undertow
11. Fugazi - In Defense Of Humans
12. Thorns - Responsibility
13. Fire Party - Pilate
14. Fidelity Jones - Blood Stone Burn
15. Red Emma - Candle
16. Shudder To Think - Let It Ring
VBR ~262K/s 41000Hz Joint Stereo
"Dischord 1981: The Year In Seven Inches" is a compilation album, released in 1993 on Dischord Records.
All tracks originally released on 7" on Dischord Records, numbered Dischord 1 to Dischord 6 respectively:
1-8 - Minor Disturbance EP (1980)
9-18 - No Policy EP (1981)
19-26 - Untitled (1981)
27-36 - Legless Bull EP (1981)
37-40 - In My Eyes (1981)
41-48 - Possible EP (1981).
Tracklisting:
1. The Teen Idles - Teen Idles
2. The Teen Idles - Sneakers
3. The Teen Idles - Get Up And Go
4. The Teen Idles - Deadhead
5. The Teen Idles - Fleeting Fury
6. The Teen Idles - Fiorucci Nightmare
7. The Teen Idles - Getting In My Way
8. The Teen Idles - Too Young To Rock
9. State Of Alert - Lost In Space
10. State Of Alert - Draw Blank
11. State Of Alert - Girl Problems
12. State Of Alert - Blackout
13. State Of Alert - Gate Crashers
14. State Of Alert - Warzone
15. State Of Alert - Riot
16. State Of Alert - Gang Fight
17. State Of Alert - Public Defender
18. State Of Alert - Gonna Hafta Fight
19. Minor Threat - Filler
20. Minor Threat - I Don't Wanna Hear It
21. Minor Threat - Seeing Red
22. Minor Threat - Straight Edge
23. Minor Threat - Small Man, Big Mouth
24. Minor Threat - Screaming At A Wall
25. Minor Threat - Bottled Violence
26. Minor Threat - Minor Threat
27. Government Issue - Religious Ripoff
28. Government Issue - Fashionite
29. Government Issue - Rock'n Roll Bullshit
30. Government Issue - Anarchy Is Dead
31. Government Issue - Sheer Terror
32. Government Issue - Asshole
33. Government Issue - Bored To Death
34. Government Issue - No Rights
35. Government Issue - I'm James Dean
36. Government Issue - Cowboy Fashion
37. Minor Threat - In My Eyes
38. Minor Threat - Out Of Step (With The World)
39. Minor Threat - Guilty Of Being White
40. Minor Threat - Steppin' Stone
41. Youth Brigade - It's About Time That We Had A Change
42. Youth Brigade - Full Speed Ahead
43. Youth Brigade - Point Of View
44. Youth Brigade - Barbed Wire
45. Youth Brigade - Pay No Attention
46. Youth Brigade - Wrong Decision
47. Youth Brigage - No Song
48. Youth Brigade - No Song II
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"20 Years Of Dischord (1980 - 2000)" is a 3 CD compilation box set, released in 2002 on Dischord Records.
Box set content:
- 2 CD's with previously released Dischord material ("50 Bands")
- 1 CD with unreleased tracks ("Rare And Unreleased") and 6 live video clips (by The Teen Idles, Untouchables, S.O.A., Faith, Void and Deadline)
- a 134-page booklet with info about all the bands featured on this release, a brief historic review of Dischord and loads of photos.
Tracklisting Disc One:
1. The Teen Idles - Get Up And Go
2. The Untouchables - Nic Fit
3. State Of Alert - Public Defender
4. Minor Threat - Screaming At A Wall
5. Void - Dehumanized
6. Youth Brigade - Barbed Wire
7. Government Issue - Rock & Roll Bullshit
8. Scream - Fight/American Justice
9. Iron Cross - Live For Now
10. Red C - Pressure's On
11. Deadline - Stolen Youth
12. Artificial Peace - Wasteland
13. Faith - Subject To Change
14. Skewbald - Sorry/Change For The Same
15. Marginal Man - Missing Rungs
16. Gray Matter - Oscar's Eye
17. Rites Of Spring - Drink Deep
18. Beefeater - Just Things
19. The Snakes - Snake Rap
20. Dag Nasty - Circles
21. Embrace - Money
22. Soulside - Punch The Geek
23. Egg Hunt - We All Fall Down
24. One Last Wish - This Time
25. Fire Party - Cake
26. Ignition - Rebuilding
27. Three - Domino Days
28. Shudder To Think - Red House
29. Happy Go Licky - Twist And Shout
VBR ~258K/s 41000Hz Joint Stereo
Tracklisting Disc Two:
1. Fugazi - Blueprint
2. Lungfish - Friend To Friend In Endtime
3. Fidelity Jones - Destructor
4. The Nation Of Ulysses - Spectra Sonic Sound
5. Holy Rollers - Perfect Sleeper
6. Jawbox - Motorist
7. Severin - People Are Wrong
8. The High-Back Chairs - Summer
9. Autoclave - I'll Take You Down
10. Circus Lupus - Pop Man
11. Branch Manager - Mr. Weekend
12. Slant 6 - What Kind Of Monster Are You?
13. Hoover - Cable
14. Trusty - Goodbye, Dr. Fate
15. Smart Went Crazy - A Good Day
16. The Crownhate Ruin - Piss Alley
17. The Warmers - Poked It With A Stick
18. The Make-Up - They Live By Night
19. Bluetip - Castanet
20. Faraquet - Cut Self Not
21. Q And Not U - Hooray For Humans
VBR ~265K/s 41000Hz Joint Stereo
Tracklisting Disc Three:
1. The Teen Idles - Get Up And Go
2. The Teen Idles - Deadhead
3. The Untouchables - Stepping Stone
4. State Of Alert - Draw Blank
5. Minor Threat - Straight Edge
6. Minor Threat - Understand
7. Government Issue - Snubbing
8. Government Issue - Asshole
9. Minor Threat - Asshole Dub
10. Youth Brigade - I Object
11. Rozzlyn Rangers - Rozzlyn Rangers
12. Void - Black, Jewish And Poor
13. Void - Authority
14. Scream - Search For Employment
15. Deadline - No Revolution
16. Faith - No Choice
17. Marginal Man - Manipulator
18. Dag Nasty - All Ages Show
19. Fugazi - The Word
20. Fugazi - Burning
21. Shudder To Think - Drop Dead Don't Blink
22. Circus Lupus - We Are The One
23. Slant 6 - Are You Human?
24. Ian MacKaye - Interview
VBR ~247K/s 41000Hz Joint Stereo
