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Yet another fine collection, some real garbage, but a lot of gems. Note there’s another
Poison Idea “Getting The Fear” 12″ in here w/ poster and it’s lookin like it will go high like the last one. IMO each of those songs is easily worth $40 American, so I guess $80-ish is reasonable.

Got a Blast “Power Of Expression” on Wishingwell in here. I passed one of these up like a fool recently because I just assumed it was the SST press when some friends and I were dipping through a personal record sale by an acquaintance. I’ve always kind of wondered how “Fuckin’ With My Head” didn’t get voted down at Blast practice. Like how was anyone able to defend it?

Clifford: I dunno guys, I mean, it’s basically just Can’t Decide by Black Flag.

Neider:  Dude c’mon, it’s not THAT much like Black Flag. There’s goes “dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun” but ours goes “”dun dun dun-DUN dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun”…

Producer of Ice Ice Baby (to self): Note to self, remember what that guy just said and use it as a defense later…  

 Bill Torgerson: You know what else? It’s sad that I’m going to be a severely under-rated drummer in 20 years. I have groove!

I’ll discontinue my Blast fan-fiction here, but why did they think no one would notice? Nevertheless, this is one of the very very best of the mid-80s in the USA. No one can deny the power or the way they play so deep in the pocket, that even the fast parts feel like you’re in slow motion (and that’s a compliment). Now someone please: reissue the M.A.D. demo (please not Brian GTA). 

Got a 
Murderers Among Us comp up in the mix there… Obviously worth it alone for the 2nd best Absolution song (Dead and Gone), which is also the best Absolution mosh part. The level of sophistication that they were able to operate at on a track such as this one, while still sounding so rabid and unhinged, is something I feel has rarely been matched since then, and there was really no comparison to at the time. If they’d chosen different songs for their 7″ ep (Fall Of A Nation, Take Control, Not This Time, Dead and Gone, Blessed With Awareness) their legend would be more properly cemented. Absolution is without a doubt the best example of a “should-have-been”. The  people that were there know, or if you were born too late, and have only had the videos and dubbed cassettes to study, maybe you know too, but for the most part, they can’t be talked about without discussing what a misrepresentation their e.p. is. Oh the rest of the Murderers Among Us comp? I guess if you want the worst Born Against song (yea I said it), an average Life’s Blood song, and a subpar Nausea offering, we could talk about it. But I’d rather just hear Dead and Gone 4 times in a row.
Some other cool stuff up in here…
Swiz, Judge, DRI, Warzone, Cro Mags, you can have a look for yourself.