Sick Pleasure-Destroy the Human Race bootleg 7”

I spent years trying to track this sucker down, and it was worth it. These scummy punkers started a band in San Francisco in the early 80’s, and disbanded before releasing anything. Singer Nikki Sikki later joined the band Verbal Abuse (if you listen close, you’ll notice that the song “Verbal Abuse” off their first release is just the song “Sick Pleasure” sped up and with slightly different lyrics), while the other three members picked up a new singer and started the band Code of Honor. Luckily, Sick Pleasure reunited in the studio to record a spilt LP with Code of Honor and a solo 7” in the mid-80’s. This bootleg release was kind of a “best of” for the band, with the first four tracks coming from the split LP, and the last three coming from the 7”. It’s some good mid-tempo scum rock, particularly the title track.

1. Three Seconds of Pleasure
2. Sick Pleasure
3. Herpes Virus 2
4. Dolls Under Control
5. Speed Rules
6. I Want To Burn My Parents
7. Love Song

Enjoy

Doc Dart –Patricia LP

Doc Dart was the singer in the Crucifucks, a notorious 1980’s punk act from Wisconsin. After that band folded, Dart recorded and released this highly unusual solo record in 1990. It never achieved much popularity, and quickly went out of print, having never even been released on CD. The album is a sonic oddity, combining Dart’s screeching vocals with a musical arrangement that could be likened to early REM. It’s also an intensely personal album, describing the singer’s loneliness, fears, and gradual decent into madness. This has always been one of my favorite “unknown” records. Dart’s brutal lyrical honesty, combined with the ethereal (dare I even say beautiful) arrangements makes for a powerful if somewhat unsettling musical experience.

1. Out My Window
2. Falling
3. The Cathedral
4. Don’t Look In
5. Little Town, Little People
6. Fear Of Abandonment
7. Casket With Flowers
8. Patricia
9. Here For You Now

Enjoy