10/29/79
25 years to the night for this Portland Punk Compilation.
10/29/79
Greg Sage of the Wipers put this compilation of Portland bands together on his Trap record label. All tracks were recorded 10/29/79 at the Earth Tavern in Portland and display a cross section of that towns late 70’s punk scene. Most of the bands fall under the “typical” punk heading( Wipers, Stiphnoyds,Sado-Nation, Rubbers, Lo Tek ). The comp also includes some jangly, poppy punk ( NeoBoys ), Pere Ubu style noise ( Smegma ) and Cramps-like rockabilly ( Bop Zombies )
Of course, my favorite tracks are the punk ones:
Wipers - Same Old Thing.mp3
Sage’s intro to this song pretty much sums up the lyrical content for many Wipers songs. This is one of their best. A great bassline to open and some nice, chunky guitar. This would have been the best song on Is This Real?
Sado-Nation- Johnny Paranoid.mp3
Melodic punk with the original (male) vocalist. This isn’t quite as great as “I’m Trouble” or “On Whom They Beat” but it still better than some of their other stuff. Then again I was never a fan of their releases with Mish Bondage/Leesa Anderson singing.
Stiphnoyds - Meat Is Rotten.mp3
A short blast from the Stiphynoids, but not nearly as good as their 7″. Still decent sounding though. The CD reissue leaves off their track “Jimmy Carter” for some reason.
Neo Boys - Running In The Shadows.mp3
simple, jangly garage rock with female vocals. This cut is similar to their first 7″. This sounds like the blueprint for a lot of latter day Northwest punk/indie stuff.
All of this is available as part of the History of Portland Punk volume 1
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Sabala’s (a local club here in Portland) had a 10/29/79 show this last Friday. The line up was Smegma, The Styphnoyds, Sado-Nation, The Cleavers & Bop Zombies. Poison Idea was originally scheduled to be part of it too, but was removed from the bill about a week before the show.
The venue also showed footage from the original 10/29/79 show in their theater & flyers and photos from the Portland punk scene in 1979 in the hallway display case.
http://sabalasmttabor.com
That sounds cool. I wonder why PI cancelled? Anyhow, Thx for the info
PI was supposedly going to be touring in Japan at the time of the show that is why they didnt play the show. (rumor)
Sado-Nation reformed in 1999 with David Corboy and Mish Bondage. and for any of you who dont particularly like me, eat shit. LOL
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all of these bands sucked. I know I was in one of them. fuck Portland punk and all of its old school assholes.
I live 20.000 Km from Portland, of course never be there, but I like the songs a lot, LOL. I first heard it back in 84, lost the tapes and now find it again. Im in heaven. Tnx.
Yeah, some of us did suck (my band, the Rubbers included, or perhaps especially?), but that wasn’t the point. It was just so much fun! Only time in my life I’ve ever felt part of a community…Having fun now sharing the clips with my 11 year old who is starting her own band.