V/A New York Thrash
20 something years later the title “New York Thrash” conjures up quite a different picture than it did in the early ’80’s. Nowadays when I hear the term “thrash” I think long hair, speed metal, and solos. By comparison the usage on ROIR’s 1982 tape compilation is almost quaint. Released at the time that the original punk sound was morphing into the faster, nastier sounds of the hardcore movement, New York Thrash does a solid job of capturing a scene undergoing metamorphis. Most of the tracks were taken from existing releases by the bands, but some were exclusive to the compilation (Adrenalin OD, Fiends, Even Worse, I think). All told, a great sample of the NYC scene as it existed between the end of the classic ‘77 era and the advent of the aggresive hardcore period. A couple of tracks:
Adrenalin OD - New Year’s Eve.mp3
False Prophets - Scorched Earth.mp3
Even Worse - Emptying The Madhouse.mp3
Undead - Social Reason.mp3
The Mad - I Hate Music.mp3
Heart Attack - God Is Dead.mp3
Bad Brains - Big Takeover.mp3
Notes:
track listing and liner notes from ROIR site
the AOD tracks are exclusive and predate their Let’s Barbeque 7″.
the Bad Brains tracks were from their self-titled 1982 tape on ROIR
The False Prophets tracks would appear later on their debut LP
The Heart Attack songs are from their 1981 7″
The Mad tracks are from their two singles, Fried Egg and Eyeball
The Even Worse and Undead tracks were exclusive
Buy:
The tape is long gone, but this seems to be widely available on CD. buy New York Thrash
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That’s such a coincidence … I was just looking at my NY Thrash cassette yesterday and thinking about the great Kraut song, “Last Chance”.
HAH!
I had a copy of that too.
Bought it much later than it’s release date. The Mad track kept popping up on every mix tape I’d make for years.
RE: the Thrash tag and the wayward nature of terminology. Look what Emo meant 5 or 6 years ago. Not to defend it, but bands like Rites of Spring had been tagged emo but now the emo tag evokes whiney, sub-boy band crapola.
I also remember ‘zine scribes using the adjective ‘Grunge’ to describe sludgy, screwed up sounding rock music (Poison 13, Scratch Acid, Killdozer) before the tag landed on a bunch of Led Zeppelin worshipping jaded punksters.
There is also a vinyl version of this that came out a few years ago. Not sure if it is still in print.
My friend gave me this tape when I was 17 and it kept me alive through my senior year of highschool. Great shit. I bought the vinyl reissue when I discovered my tape had gone missing.