[1989] VA - New York Scum Rock (Cassette)
Buddy mentioned this ROIR tape so I grabbed my copy. It had a bit of tape stretch and I've tried to tidy it up the best I could. Never could understand what Scum Rock was coz it just sounds like No Wave Underground Punk to me. Sure it's a little rough and ready being recorded live at CBGB's but it's well worth a listen. My personal pick would obviously be the live Waldos track, but there's a couple on here that are true gems. Only ever released on tape so I guess it's a bit of a rarity these days. I used to buy all the ROIR releases that interested me and I wore my Johnny Thunders Too Much Junky Business T-Shirt that I bought from them until it was basically 95% pure holes. Give it a go coz ya just might like it. Expanded art by me.
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Delete"Scum Rock" was pretty much the No Wave of the mid to late 80's in NYC. It was the bands who kind of fell in between the hard rock/glam scene & the alternative/hardcore scene. Other great scum bands from that time that weren't included on the comp were The Shaved Pigs, Artless, Pussy Galore, Reverb Motherfuckers & the legendary Alice Donut. Although not from NYC GG had a huge influence on the scene as well.
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