Beefeater were a hardcore punk band from Washington D.C. and mixed punk with funk and jazz. Tomas Squip's lyrics dealt explicitly with politics and spirituality.
The band existed from the summer 1984 until late 1986.
Band members:
Tomas Squip - vocals, percussion
Fred Smith - guitar
Doug Birdzell - bass
Bruce Atchley Taylor - drums on Plays For Lovers
Kenny Craun - drums on House Burning Down
Mark Shellhaas - drums on Need A Job.
"Plays For Lovers & House Burning Down" is a compilation album by Beefeater, released in 1991 on Dischord Records.
Tracks:
1-15 LP Plays For Lovers, released in 1985
16 7" Alive & Kicking, released in 1985
17-28 LP House Burning Down, released in 1987
29 LP The A.L.F. Is Watching And There's No Place To Hide..., released in 1987.
Tracklisting:
1. Trash Funk
2. Reaganomix
3. Song For Lucky
4. 4-3-2-1
5. Mr. Silverbird
6. Manic D.
7. Mourning
8. Satyagraha
9. A Dog Day
10. Red Carpet
11. Assholes
12. Beefeater
13. Fred's Song
14. I Miss You
15. Out Of The Woods
16. Wars In Space
17. Just Things
18. Bedlam Rainforest
19. Move Me Strong
20. One Soul Down
21. Ain't Got No Time
22. Sinking Me
23. Dover Beach
24. Insurrection Chant
25. 40 Sonnets On Plants
26. With You Always
27. Fredittude
28. Live The Life
29. Blind Leads Blind
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"Need A Job" is a 12" vinyl EP by Beefeater, released in 1986 on Olive Tree Records.
Tracklisting
1. In America
2. Need A Job
3. Laurel Grove
4. Apartheid
5. Gov't Worker
6. Better'n Me
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"Identity" is the debut studio album by Marginal Man, released in 1984 on Dischord Records. The album was reissued in 1997 on Dischord Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Missing Rungs
2. Friend
3. Torn Apart
4. Mental Picture
5. Pandora's Box
6. Fallen Pieces
7. Identity
8. Emotional Scars
9. Marginal Man
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"Double Image" is the second studio album by Marginal Man, released in 1985 on Enigma Records and Gasatanka Records.
This album can be found in the post on Tuesday 2 July 2019 Artificial Peace & Marginal Man - Double Image, a compilation album, released in 1992 on Lost And Found Records.
"Marginal Man" is the third and final studio album by Marginal Man, released in 1988 on Giant Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Time
2. What Did She Say
3. Metal Madness
4. Gentry
5. Under A Shadow
6. Home Again
7. I Had A Feeling
8. Mind On Hold
9. Spirits
10. Sea Of Sorrow
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Assault & Battery were a hardcore punk band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1980.
The band featured members that would go on to play in bands like Artificial Peace, Marginal Man, Government Issue and Savage Beliefs.
Band members:
Steve Polcari - vocals
Brian Gay - guitar
Rob Moss - bass
Mike Manos - drums.
"The Complete Session, May 1981" is a posthumous 2021 release by Assault & Battery on Alona's Dream Records.
The session was recorded on 6 May 1981.
Tracklisting:
1. War Path/Dead End
2. Danger U.X.B.
3. Self Destruction
4. Self Destruction (Alt/Instrumental)
5. Evidence
6. I'm Watching You/Evacuate
7. I'm Watching You/Evacuate (Alt/Instrumental)
8. Assault And Battery
9. Force It
10. Missing In Action
11. Missing In Action (Alt/Instrumental)
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Shudder To Think were an indie rock band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986.
In 1984, bassist Stuart Hill formed the hardcore punk band Stüge. Shortly after, the band changed its name to Shudder to Think, after Russell said that he “shuddered to think that we would be just another hardcore band” during a drive to practice. It was this lineup and name change that drove the band to abandon its previous hardcore influenced sound to something more akin to post-hardcore.
They released three albums on Dischord Records and two on Epic Records. Their early work was largely influenced by hardcore punk, although they gradually drew upon a wide range of stylistic influences, including power pop and glam rock.
Swiz ex-bassist Nathan Larson and ex-Jawbox drummer Adam Wade replaced Matthews and Russell in 1992 on guitar and drums. Matthews and Russell last performed live with the band on 1 January 1992 and 28 June 1992, as announced by Wedren to the crowd during those concerts.
However, 1998 marked Larson's departure and the end of the band.
Band members:
Craig Wedren - vocals
Chris Matthews - guitar
Stuart Hill - bass
Mike Russell - drums.
"Curses, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses" is the debut studio album by Shudder To Think, released in 1989 on Sammich Records. The album was reissued in 2003 on Sammich Records and Dischord Records.
Tracks:
1-11 LP Curses, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses
12-15 7" It Was Arson, released in 1988 on Sammich Records
16 previously unreleased.
Tracklisting:
1. A Vampire's Proposal
2. Abysmal Yellow Popcorn Wall
3. Take The Child
4. Luv You Too
5. Imagine
6. Floating
7. I Grow Cold
8. Fresco
9. Touch
10. 3 Sisters
11. Let It Ring
12. Questionable
13. Abysmall Yellow Popcorn Wall
14. Ro
15. It Was Arson
16. Take The Child
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"Funeral At The Movies & Ten Spot" is a compilation album by Shudder To Think, released in 1991 on Dischord Records.
Tracks:
1-7 LP Funeral At The Movies, released in 1991
8-18 LP Ten Spot, released in 1990.
Tracklisting:
1. Chocolate
2. Lies About The Sky
3. Day Ditty
4. Crosstown Traffic
5. Red House
6. Funeral At The Movies
7. I Blew Away/Ride That Sexy Horse
8. Heaven Here
9. Jade-Dust Eyes
10. Rag
11. About Three Dreams
12. Speak
13. Corner Of My Eye
14. Summertime Train
15. On The Rain
16. Vacation Brain
17. Yes
18. Tony Told Me
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"Get Your Goat" is the fourth studio album by Shudder To Think, released in 1992 on Dischord Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Love Catastrophe
2. Shake Your Halo Down
3. White Page
4. Goat
5. Pebbles
6. Baby Drop
7. The Hair Pillow
8. She Wears He-Harem
9. Rain-Covered Cat
10. Funny
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Gray Matter were a Washington, D.C. based hardcore punk band.
The band formed in the summer of 1983. Geoff Turner, Mark Haggerty and Dante Ferrando had been playing in bands since their early junior high school days. In 1983, Dante and Mark were playing in Iron Cross, but when the band's image began to reflect its violent supporters more than the members themselves, Dante quit. Soon after Mark also left and the two reunited with Geoff and Steve Niles and started playing shows around Washington D.C. as Gray Matter.
The band's first album, "Food For Thought", was recorded at Inner Ear studio in November 1984 with Minor Threat's Ian Mackaye assisting with production. It was originally released on R&B Records in 1985, while the members were still in high school. In 1986, Dischord Records released the EP "Take It Back". Shortly thereafter, Mark left the band to go to college and Gray Matter broke up. Dante went on to play drums for Ignition and Geoff, Steve and Mark reunited and formed the band Three, with Jeff Nelson from Minor Threat. Gray Matter reformed in the spring of 1990 and released a double seven inch in 1991 and the full-length, "Thog", in 1992. The band officially disbanded in 1993.
Band members:
Geoff Turner - vocals, guitar
Mark Haggerty - guitar
Steve Niles - bass, vocals
Dante Ferrando - drums.
"Food For Thought + Take It Back" is a compilation album by Gray Matter, released in 1990 on Dischord Records.
Tracks:
1-10 LP Food For Thought, released in 1985 on R&B Records
11-16 12" Take It Back, released in 1986 on Dischord Records
17-18 unreleased demo
19 7" Alive & Kicking, released in 1985 on WGNS Recordings and MetroZine.
Tracklisting:
1. Retrospect
2. Oscars Eye
3. Fill A Void
4. Give Me A Clue
5. Gray Matter
6. Caffeine Blues
7. Crisis And Compromise
8. Flash In Time
9. Phobias
10. I Am The Walrus
11. Chutes And Ladders
12. Burn No Bridges
13. Walk The Line
14. Take It Back
15. 4 A.M.
16. Head
17. Phobias
18. The Spy
19. Walk The Line
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"4 Songs" is a double 7" by Gray Matter, released in 1991 on Dischord Records and WGNS Recordings.
Songs 1, 2 and 4 were later re-recorded and included on the album Thog.
Tracklisting:
1. Bite The Bit
2. October
3. Shiver Boy
4. Slow Grind
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"Thog" is the second and final studio album by Gray Matter, released in 1992 on Dischord Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Thog
2. Second Guess
3. The Disinclined
4. Bite The Bit
5. Song In Threes
6. I've Just Seen A Face
7. Killing Direction
8. October
9. Snare
10. Slow Grind
11. Smoking Hole
12. Drain
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One Last Wish were a short-lived hardcore punk band from Washington D.C., formed in May 1986.
The band played their first show on 10 August 1986 and broke up after the November 1986 recording sessions in January 1987 having played six shows.
Band members:
Guy Picciotto - guitar, vocals
Michael Hampton - guitar, backing vocals
Eddie Janney - bass
Brendan Canty - drums.
"1986" is the first and final studio album by One Last Wish, posthumous released in 1999 on Dischord Records and Peterbilt Records. The album was recorded 6, 7 and 8 November 1986.
Tracklisting:
1. Hide
2. Burning In The Undertow
3. Break To Broken
4. Friendship Is Far
5. My Better Half
6. Loss Like A Seed
7. Three Unkind Silences
8. Shadow
9. Sleep Of The Stage
10. One Last Wish
11. This Time
12. Home Is The Place
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Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson (both formerly of Minor Threat) recorded a two-song single while in England over Easter weekend in 1986.
That summer they tried forming a new band called Egg Hunt with ex-members of Gray Matter, but it wasn't meant to be. Egg Hunt would turn out to be the last time the two would record music together.
"Me And You" was the only 7" vinyl record by Egg Hunt, released in 1986 on Dischord Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Me And You
2. We All Fall Down
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3 was formed in the summer of 1986. After recording the Egg Hunt songs in England, Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson considered forming a new band. They played with Geoff Turner and Steve Niles of Gray Matter, but the project never got off the ground and Ian decided to leave. The others carried on and soon added yet another Gray Matter member, Mark Haggerty, and this line-up would become 3.
The band recorded a demo and played a few shows, but disbanded prior to the release of their only album "Dark Days Coming". 3 and Happy Go Licky played their last shows together on New Year's Day, 1988.
Band members:
Geoff Turner - vocals & guitar
Mark Haggerty - guitar
Steve Niles - bass
Jeff Nelson - drums.
"Dark Days Coming" is the only studio album by 3, released in 1989 on Dischord Records. The album was reissued in 2010 with bonus tracks.
Tracks:
1-10 LP Dark Days Coming
11-20 are from a basement demo
21 1s not titled or listed on the release. It consists of squeaking footprints for about 1 minute, followed by someone saying "Okay".
Tracklisting:
1. Empathy
2. Swann Street
3. Buy Me A River
4. Domino Days
5. Dodger
6. International
7. Pious & Blind
8. Rejection
9. Dark Days Coming
10. Don't Walk Away
11. Shitberries Demo
12. Cheatin' Heart
13. Love Is Like A Rose
14. Food For Thog
15. Pretty/Heavy
16. Back & Forth
17. Hundred Aker Wood
18. Midnight Meat Train
19. Western Thrashy One
20. Long Marching Song
21. Sweaking Boot Noise
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Ignition were a hardcore punk band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1986. The band played its first show in the spring of 1987 at D.C. space. Ignition continued to play for a couple of years and toured extensively during that time, including a long European trip, making them one of the first Dischord bands to play overseas.
Their shows were chaotic and unpredictable, with one ending before the band had finished even a single song after Chris Bald smashed his guitar and amp in a fit of frustration. Ignition released two albums and several 7"s, all of which were culled onto one CD, "Complete Services", released on Dischord in 1994.
The band split up in 1989.
Band members:
Alec MacKaye - vocals
Chris Bald - guitar
Chris Thomson - bass
Dante Ferrando - drums.
"Complete Services" by Ignition is a compilation album, released in 1994 on Dischord Records.
Tracks:
1-12 LP Machination, released in 1988
13 LP State Of The Union DC Benefit Compilation, released in 1989
14 previously unreleased
15-20 LP The Orafying Mysticle Of..., released in 1989
21-23 7" Ignition, released in 1987
24-25 7" Anger Means/Proven Hollow, released in 1987
26-27 9" 100th Show Flexi, released in 1989.
Tracklisting:
1. Previous
2. Cancellation
3. Buy And Sell
4. Wrenching
5. Strain
6. Throttle
7. Temporary
8. So Moved
9. Sinker
10. Non Verbum
11. Consequence
12. Lucky Thirteen
13. Anger Means
14. Keep It Clean
15. Revision
16. Standstill
17. Kiwi Chant
18. One Sided
19. Bullets In Mind
20. Eyeballed
21. Sinker
22. Rebuilding
23. Anxiety Asking
24. Anger Means
25. Proven Hollow
26. Chicago Song
27. Bought And Sold
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"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
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"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
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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
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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
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