Idolator
Believe it or not, there once was a time—and we realize how crazy this will sound—when a new pop-punk compilation was not released every three days. Really! In fact, at one point in the mid-'90s, you had to wait three or four whole weeks until you could buy another lower-priced collection of 23 bands doing exactly the same thing. And while most of those records were eventually returned to the used-CD store, Lookout! Records' 1994 round-up Punk USA remains a stand-out, as it hits on every pre-emo "punk" strain possible, from the snot-rock sounds of the Vindictives to the stab-guitar melodrama of Garden Variety:
Scratch Bongowax - Nobody Home [MP3, link expired]
The Vindictives - I'm In Trouble Now [MP3, link expired]
Garden Variety - Pretty Mouth [MP3, link expired]
Comments
Editor: Any chance you have a copy of "Punk Sucks" still lying around? That was, I think, probably the first (and best: pre-fame Blink & Sublime, Pennywise, Unwritten Law, Homegrown--so good) cheap-ass compilation, and it blasted on my car stereo everyday on the way to school. Thanks for bringing back the memories.
How did Radio 4 emerge from Garden Variety? I am just asking.
Radio 4? never heard that... Garden Variety is awesome. The world can never have enough bands that sound like American Standard.
What, no Less Than Jake?
Holy crap. I have this CD.
jawbreaker's sea foam green is on here - this is so worth owning just for that.
yeah. anthony roman from GV went on to start radio 4. i remember him saying years ago that he was starting a rockabilly band. I think maybe he meant radio 4. either that or he was planning on starting a band with lil stevie.
Comment on this post
Reply by EmailLogin with your username and password below. Or comment on this post via email.
Forgot your username or password? New User?