This is the most elusive of all the KBD comps. Not only does this one pop up rarely, it’s also one of the best of the series, with its crazy compilation of Californian Tape-only releases from between 1978 and 1983. So what you get here are great songs by SNOT PUPPIES, THE BLOWDRIVERS, CASTRATION SQUAD, FRIED ABORTIONS, THE SCREAMERS, THE FEEDERZ, NAKED LADY WRESTLERS, WASP WOMEN, TARTS, DER STAB, CITIZEN FEAR, INVERTED TRIANGLE and TANKS. I love the whole thing, but if I had to name the standouts, I’d say the incredible SNOT PUPPIES, the mandatory SCREAMERS and the unearthly DER STAB are taking the cake here. And,fuck, CITIZEN FEAR rip it up too. If you’re into wild, raunchy and rough experimental Punk, this will blow your mind!
Mine is on black vinyl, but I’ve heard of a colored wax edition of this one too. Beautiful fully colored labels, by the way.
For a change, I packed the whole comp into one zip file. You can download it by clicking here.
I’m not saying more here, but let the backcover linernotes speak (click to enlarge):
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the link dont work!
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You were too fast, cat. The file’s still uploading. Try again in no more than 5 minutes!
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thanks! (u got more screamers?)
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I do have more of the SCREAMERS. Tom. In fact, I have a posting ready for the bands incredible 1978 demo (produced by Geza X).
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erich, i have been rocking out to these two der stab tracks all afternoon, and it’s all your fault i’m not getting any work done sir. (thank you!)
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I remember holding this in my hand around 1994 or so and never saw it again. Been kicking myself ever since for not buying it. I think the Lost in Tyme blog posted those Screamers demos that were put on LP but the 7″ bootlegs haven’t been put up, yet by anyone.
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Thanks for making it one zip-file
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Erich, I’m with you- KBD #13 is one of my favorite volumes! Right up there with Volumes 2 and 7. Snotpuppies, Screamers, Der Stab and Citizen Fear are also my favorites. I’ve heard that Tim Yohannan (RIP) of MRR zine fame put out this volume, which makes sense since as the head of MRR Radio (which started in 1977) he would have received TONS of demo tapes. He was in San Francisco and a lot of the bands on #13 were from that same area. This comp was like the first to “rediscover” the Screamers before all of those other boots and official reissues came out. #13 is kind of hard to find (I only had a dubbed copy for years), but I was lucky to find a black vinyl copy on eBay earlier this year for about $20 although I’ve seen it go for a lot more on there. So for people looking for a copy, try either eBay or maybe GEMM.com. I’ve turned up some rarities on GEMM for reasonable prices within the past few years.
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These zip files are nice I guess if you have high-speed internet (I don’t). It would probably take a whole day for me to download.
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Thanks a lot, Tony, for the info. Haven’t heard this before about Tim being responsible for this KBD installment, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Did you know that he used to have a song from my old band on this answering machine back in the 80s? Haha.
Go for it, Steve – the comp’s well worth the time spent.
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yes! thnx
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This is a great comp. I had it since 1994 or so and sold it a few years back. I have been looking for years for more recordings of alot of these bands. In particular Castration Squad, which I think a demo does exist. I have seen some live sets on people’s music list but not the demo. I’m hoping it will show up on a blog as I’ve been real lucky finding all sorts of rare shit lately on the net. Another great and rare band on here is Inverted Triangle. Would love to find more studio stuff by them. The Wasp Women were I think not a real band but a band made up for a movie from which these two songs were taken from. Still cult. Good to hear another (possibly better) burn of this cuz my turntable sucked when I burned mine. Thx!
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How the hell do you open a zip file? Some of us oldsters ain’t pc literate and sitting here looking at the post and not being able to hear it sucks.
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My Mac automatically opens .zip files. Try google, Charlie.
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Thanks for this E, once more good shit for bad music. Ps. a few other kbd comps at http://www.slobodanburgher.co.uk .ds
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Hey Admin,
Where can I buy a vinyl copy?
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try 7-11 or wallmart.
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Tim Yo did indeed put this one together…I was working at MRR at the time. Thanks for making it available here!
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Hi All:
Jai Jai of Inverted Triangle here (I wrote, played guitars & sing “White Night Riot.”) Very cool that folks are still interested in these trax.
More on bands from then: I was Director of Photography @ Dirkfest this past summer @ Slims and Great American Music Hall (benefit-tribute to the late Dirk Dirksen of the Mab.) Great sets from bands of that era. Shot some solid performances over both nights with three cameras running & hope to edit it all when the dough is raised for that leg of the project.
And to answer another poster’s query, yes, I do have old demo recordings of Inverted Triangle songs like “Heart In My Fist,” “Democracy,” “Greed,” “Burn The Bibles” “New Gen(d)eration” etc. I did release a more eclectic CD in late ’96 called “Pounding The Box” copies of which are floating around, plus I’ve still got a box of them here somewhere.
Will be moving my web site to a new server soon, updating it & bringing back more of the music and posting films & clips of projects.
“White Night Riot” trivia: recorded at Army St Studios 8 trk in SF. Dan Palmer drums, Jeff Sang on bass, me on lead guitars & vocals & Vicki Jacobsen on rhythm guitar. The guitar player from Electric Flag lived upstairs at the time & lent me his guitar to get the guitar feedback parts on the song– my rig just wasn’t getting the right tone.
Jai Jai
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P.S.
I ran into Tim Yohannan at a protest in SF back when. Pretty sure that it was the march to the Democratic Convention at Moscone Center when Moscone first opened — the march where Cesar Chavez hooked up with a massive crowd of gay folks going to ask the Dem’s what they planned to do about AIDS. Trippy sight to see weather-worn United Farm Workers in their UFW jackets standing on the sidewalk, raised fists high saluting hundreds of queer folks marching from Castro down Market to Moscone Center. When Chavez hooked up with us in the middle of the street around Franklin, he gave a short speech to say that he remembered gay folks being among the first to support the grape boycott & volunteer to help organize & said that he was proud to come stand with us now. It was an awesome moment.
But I digress. I ran into Tim Y. later that afternoon & he mentioned the KBD LP and told me they were using “White Night Riot.” More trivia: the LP also includes a track by the Church Police, whose keyboardist Bruce Gauld jammed with me for awhile in an early line-up.
Love, Peace & Anarchy,
Jai Jai
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damn that’s a great record you have here. been trying to find a copy forever but without any luck. until now. best blog for this kind of music btw. especially like the metal stuff thrown in. if you lived in the backwoods like me it was only natural to be in both punk and metal in the early 80s. never really saw that as a problem.
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