Livin' In The 80s: 80s Hardcore On Bandcamp

Aftermath Tapes Great little Croatian label featuring obscure vintage releases from some lesser known international acts, and one from the more widely known The Bristles! You get Unnatural Silence from Canada, Ženevski Dekret, ARHIVSKA ZABAVA, Crist, Generali, Quod Massacre and GIUSEPPE CARABINO from Yugoslavia, Jetset from Holland, Final Blast from France, Brutal and Pohjasakka from Finland, Rea Respirator and The Bristles (!) from Sweden, and Rhetoric from the UK.   Great hard to find stuff from the international scene. The label seems to have stalled out on releases, but hopefully they’ll continue in the future. Link: https://aftermathtapes1.bandcamp.com/music

Gay Cowboys in Bondage Owen Marshmallow Strikes Again/ Complete Discography TPOS Original 7” 1984/ Discog 2022 TPOS is a cassette/ CD-r release label that digs up hard to find stuff, and in this case brings together GCIB’s discography, including their only vinyl. They were a fun garage punk/core band from Florida somewhere. Their’s also a live release on the label. Link: https://gaycowboysinbondage.bandcamp.com/album/complete-silliness

Dehumanizers/ P.I.G. Records End Of TIme/ Kill Lou Guzzo P.I.G. Records 1987, 1986 Seattle’s infamous The Dehumanizers gets the digital treatment through P.I.G. records, a label that focuses somewhat on regional acts, some old some new. Their two most known releases are up for offer as well as later releases. They were famous for a getting into a legal tussle with KIRO television over the title track. ‘End of Time’ sees the band getting into concept album territory, melding metal, punk and satire effectively. The label has a couple of releases by State of Confusion, the famous ‘Senseless Death’ comp and a bunch of cool metal comps that captured the 80s metal scene in and around Seattle before grunge took over. An early performance by The Accused is also on offer, as well as some splits with MDC, D.O.A. and others. Link: https://pig-records.bandcamp.com/music

Sudden Impact Freaked Out Supreme Echo 2020 Toronto based hardcore band, this release was a digital remaster of their first demo. Ripping skate punk. They went predictably in a more metal vein on their next release. Link: https://supremeecho.bandcamp.com/album/sudden-impact

Kalashnikov S/T Self released (Originally released 1984) Obscure Danish band who came out with this excellent 7”, the track “Schlüters Kabinet” being featured on the excellent P.E.A.C.E. comp from R Radical Records.  Their other release was the 12” ‘Sub Version’ which unfortunately fell into more of a pop sound.   Link: https://kalashnikov1984.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

No Fraud Self-released Venice Florida band active from 1984 through the 90s and recently reformed for a full length. Pretty decent stuff, they put up everything they’ve done, and it’s priced nice, so support the band. Link: https://nofraud.bandcamp.com/music

Sluggo Cincinnati Ohio’s own Sluggo has offerings at two locations. The band self re-released their Eighty-Four 7” and 4Q-HQ released a 12” that contains the same, plus their first e.p. ‘Contradiction’ The latter is more straightforward in it’s hardcore blaze, occasionally threatening to spin out of control, while the former mixes in some bigger rock guitar definition and chordal growth. Link: https://sluggo.bandcamp.com/album/eighty-four Link: https://4q-hq.bandcamp.com/album/sluggo