KRONSTADT/TOSHIYUKI HIRAOKA - IRRE-Tapes (1988)

From a 1988 split tape by Kronstadt from Berlin and Toshiyuki Hiraoka from Japan that was released by Matthias Lang on his IRRE-Tapes label, here's the whole of side 01 featuring the funky guitar madness of Toshiyuki Hiraoka! There are actually 15 short songs, but they all run together very nicely as one piece! You're welcome! Enjoy!

Toshiyuki Hiraoka - "MAI, YOSHIKAWA, ORE, IMPROVISATION WITH DEALY, FUNKY, 8 BEAT, PARANOID, SHORT, NOISE, TERAO, EBBA, FUNKY, KING OF POVERTY, MUSIC MAKES STUPIDS, DASHINAGE!"

X-NEGROES - "Mr. Neo Nazi" (1988)

"THIS SUDDEN REMOVAL OF MILLIONS FROM THE EARTH will bring about a mysterious world crisis; CONFUSION, has never known WILL ENGULF THE CHAOS, AND PANIC such as this world WHOLE EARTH! - We need a permanent bass player and vocalist!" (Exact words taken off of the cassette sleeve)

Hailing out of New York City, the X-Negroes were one of those bands I traded tapes with that made it all worthwhile! I can only hope these talented guys are all rich and famous today!

Featuring Malcolm Plummer on guitar and vocals

Maceo Cleaver on guitar

and

Eddie Scales on drums and vocals

Produced and Engineered by Abdullah Rufus

Here's "Mr. Neo Nazi"

SWITCHBLADE NIXON - "Like It Like That" (1992)

 I'll admit that a lot of tapes I received in trade back in the day were by guys just wanking off in their bedroom or garage, but I would also trade tapes with actual bands, and that's the case tonight! Ladies and gentlemen, it's my pleasure to present to you from San Francisco, California.......

 Switchblade Nixon,

  and a song off their 1992 Knucklehead release:

"Like It Like That"

Greg Buncke - Vocals and Bass

Dave Froker - Vocals and Guitars

Harold Ohashi  - Drums and Background Vocals 

Ken Smith - Harmonica and Background Vocals

 Just an observation, but the way I see it, the internet has become so encompassing, that a lot of really good stuff goes totally unnoticed these days, just like another stranger in the crowd, and whereas in the past, music fans would be stomping all over themselves in an effort to get great music like this for free, now it almost completely overlooked, so if you're reading this, enjoy, but if you're not, then oh, well, I guess you'll never know what you missed! Too bad, so sad!!

UXORIA - "Dead Relatives" (1989)

Straight outta Tickfaw, Louisiana, here's Steven Boone and Uxoria with:

"THE UXORIA THEME"

All instruments were played by Steven and recorded on a Fostex X-26 in his bedroom!

And that's just one of the reasons that home taping ruled in the late 1980's!

KC 20 KC 6 Vil 2 - Ken Clinger (1988)

Well, I just noticed on Facebook that today is Ken Clinger's birthday, and since it just so happens that his cassette release "KC 21 KC 6 Vol 2" was the next one I had ready to go, it must be fate!

From 1988, Here's "Flying (Blind)" from the very creative mind of Ken Clinger!

RISCONTI MENASITRANEV - "Bombs Are Not Buicks" (1987)

In 1987, the 9th tape I ever traded was with a guy from Fayetteville, NY named Eric Iverson!

On the Rat Lab Steamworks label, Eric and his pals Tim Hansen, Nate Johnson and Erik Osterberg made music/sounds unlike anything else I had ever heard before!

This is my favourite song from this cassette; I guess it's just your lucky day!

 Here's Risconti Menasitranev with

"Bombs Are Not Buicks"

AMY DENIO - "fbi/birthing chair blues" (1988)

Amy Denio was/is a very talented singer/songwriter! I got this Spoot Music cassette from her back in 1988. I distinctly remember writing her to say that she must have had quite the birthing experience to have written such a powerful song! Her reply was that she had never given birth!

 Here's a link to her website so you can check out what she is up to today!

"Birthing Chair Blues" (1988)