Melvins

The Melvins were many things. Though their music is mostly rooted in sludge metal, they never stuck to a single genre and moved in between a selection from doom derivatives to alternative to the hardcore punk they had since the beginning and more. They are best known as the godfathers of grunge, but also had some influence over sludge and drone metal.

1. Eye Flys
2. Boris
3. Honey Bucket
4. Teet
5. Queen
6. Roadbull
7. Bar-X-Th Rocking M
8. Black Bock
9. The Talking Horse
10. Billy Fish

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glassjaw

Q: What do you get when you mix Mike Patton, Frank Zappa, Japanese monster movies, debilitating diseases, backstabbing acquaintances , Groovy Hardcore and 4 (or 5) guys from Long Island?

A: {cheesy, i know...} the one and only Glassjaw/


Glassjaw did most of their damage around the turn of the millenia, releasing extremely popular EPs before getting signed by Roadrunner and producing their first full length with producer Ross Robinson. Their 2 albums Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence and Worship and Tribute go from spacy to extremely heavy to upbeat hardcore to experimental from song to song. Videos were made, albums were sold, but given the serious disagreement with Roadrunner, the band left the label and now encourages fans to download them for free.

Eccentric Frontman Daryl Palumbo freespirits his way from project to project, including mod rock Head Automatica, crust/grind/experimental United Nations, and electronic House of Blow on top of Glassjaw duties, so the band has been dormant for awhile, with intermittant performances (which may or may not get cancelled due to Daryl's disease).

Unfortunately, many of today's post-hardcore bands have aped their sound, co-opting the tone while neglecting the sincerity and artistry found in Glassjaw's music.

Fortunately, they are preparing a new album, as evidenced by the brand new song, ""so You Think You're John Fucking Lennon"

This mix is composed of a cross-section of their material. check it out!
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track list:
you think you're john fucking lennon
siberian kiss
tip your bartender
el mark
pink roses
piano
radio cambodia
everything you ever wanted to know about silence
two tabs of mescaline

Lifetime: New Jersey's Favorite Sons

Probably my favorite band of all time, Lifetime was/is a melodic hardcore punk band from New Brunswick NJ, rising out of the same area that gave us bands like Bouncing Souls (who they frequently toured with) and You and I. They bounced around the early 90s playing a heavier. more metallic style before refocusing into the lineup that produced the albums Hello Bastards and Jersey's Best Dancers. Both albums featured songs that combined energetic, hyperspeed drumming, with dual guitars, and Ari Katz's distinctive interestingly enunciated english language, with each song containing 4 of 5 different parts, with few songs lasting more than 2 and a half minutes. What really separates Lifetime from their compatriots is the quality of their lyrics. Lifetime rarely had a typical verse-chorus-verse arangement, with each song almost coming off as a diary entry from a literate diary (in a good way)

springsteen meets husker du meets rites of spring meets bad religion?

This mix i assembled includes things from all of their albums, including their self-titled comeback record. also included is their excellent cover of Billy Bragg's "New England"

Lifetime Mix
1. all night long
2. rodeo clown
3. francie nolan
4. somewhere in the swamps of jersey
5. irony is for suckers
6. knives bats new tats
7. starsixtynine
8. turnpike gates
9. a new england

Punk

Instead of focusing on punk's trifecta - The Clash, The Sex Pistols, and The Ramones - I chose to spotlight bands that aren't so well-known. While first wave bands like The Jam and The Pretenders are represented, New Wave (punks not so distant cousin), post-punk, and hardcore are included to show the many facets of punk rock.

1. The Jam - The Eton Rifles

2. Joy Division - Warsaw

3. The Pretenders - Precious

4. The Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack

5. Devo - Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA

6. Black Flag - Six Pack

7. The Dead Milkmen - I Walk The Thinnest Line

8. Television - Little Johnny Jewel (Parts 1 & 2)

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