A few of the items listed are OUT OF PRINT, and might not EVER get repressed!
The stuff for sale is listed in the CATALOG section
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DIABOLO "Give rise to doubts" CD 1995 (LIFE 003) OUT OF PRINT!
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Split LP/CD (LIFE 012) Available Now
ASUNDER is a doom metal band from Oakland, CA that belt out thick, heavy, slow jams of monstrous proportions. This debut release features 2 songs of crushing thunderous doom, with sullen guitar hooks and gargantuan vocals… the shortest song at close to 9 minutes. Musically they're influenced by loads of European Doom acts such as MY DYING BRIDE, ANATHEMA, early CATHEDRAL and CANDLEMASS. Features current and ex-memebrs of GROUNDWORK, SKAVEN, and DYSTOPIA. LIKE FLIES ON FLESH (from Ft. Worth, TX) can best be described to the uninitiated, as an unholy union of, AT THE GATES, and "Killers Era" IRON MAIDEN. Dueling guitar hero war harmonies and chainsaw riffs abound. Vocals (male and female alike) alternate between sullen crooning and maniacal desperation. Well crafted songs punctuated with riff after riff of twisted melodies that will sear the flesh from your smoldering skull, and leave you weeping in a pool of your own meaningless. Whole packages is covered with beautiful original photos, lithographs and prints created by the bands and their friends. LP comes with two fold out posters. |
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Originally
released on LOOKOUT in 1990
The debut from Berkeley's most hated band BLATZ. Anyone who was around to witness these fucks in action would definitely recall flying spit, trash, phlegm, puke, and snotty fucks tormenting the crowd and their band members alike. A whole slew of misfit degenerate punks composed the collective soul of this band which was held together by duct tape and keep alive by beer, tobacco, caffeine and other mind altering substances. 3 singers (2 female, one snotty pants male) made it easy to not only sing but to start some shit with the crowd and the other member of the band. The two chicks invade, hellbent on turning the whole freakshow into a Frank Sinatra lounge act. Then the silly snotty pants protest waving anarchist convention dropout whines and withers naked or in his BVD's. Then you have a graveyard shift working DJ trying to figure out BLATZ bass lines (WHY?) and a young guitarist waving 25 cents rags of protest, local gossip, overused art and misspellings at you every gig they played. Add your smooth character drummer and you've got the finest fucked up punk mess you can imagine. Members of BLATZ later went on to form THE CRIMINALS, CYPHER IN THE SNOW and DEAD and GONE, as well as keeping the infamous zine ABSOLUTELY ZIPPO in production. |
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"THE SHIT SPLIT" LP/2xCD Available Now
Originally released in 1992 by LOOKOUT records the Shit Split reached many a punk rocker and inspired thousands of kids to FUCK SHIT UP! The "List" may be 1,000's long but nothing compared to the damage that these two bands left on peoples brains, bodies, souls, and livers! FILTH punish us with rockin punked out anthems against society, selfhatred, apathy, and promote constructive vandalism, scarification, beer drinkin and casual drug use! BLATZ speak much of the same antics, inciting riots, vandalism, nudity, terrorizing frat kids, and sing about the bleak future waiting for ourselves and our young ones. And yes, more Beer drinking and casual drug use. BLATZ and FILTH were Gilman Street mainstays during the late 80's / early 90's, long before punk became radio friendly, accessible and safe. The SHIT SPLIT LP contains 15 tracks by both BLATZ and FILTH as well a cover by each band. BLATZ does "I don't care about you" by FEAR and FILTH belts out "Banned from the pubs" by Peter and the Test tube Babies. The SHIT SPLIT CD is actually a DOUBLE CD with a disc for each band containing their entire discography (Ep's, comps tracks, live tracks, and the Shit split LP tracks). |
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self titled LP/CD
2003 (LIFE 024) Available now
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Co-release
with Common Cause +
DYSTOPIA = Doom-ridden, metal-laced, down-tuned punk with a "Love Earth-Hate People" Philosophy. We've been going since 1991 and haven't stopped yet! This is our first "full-length" (LP has 5 songs, CD also has all Dystopia tracks from the split LP with EMBITTERED and split EP with GRIEF, 12 songs total). Members of Dystopia have previously played in MINDROT, CONFRONTATION, and CARCINOGEN. From '91 to '93 Dystopia existed as a four piece (with Dan Kaufman of Mindrot doing lead vocals). COMMON CAUSE records played a big part in our early existence, releasing "Human=Garbage" in Germany and booking us a great European tour with MINE and ABC DIABOLO in 1994. |
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3 Song 7" with songs about working for assholes, getting fucked over by assholes, and getting brainwashed + drugged by big brother / media / CIA assholes. Whew! Pounding double bass drumming, down-tuned guitars, flowin bass lines and painful vocals are what's going on here. Beefy bass-heavy production. Includes a full color silk screened foldout sleeve printed by Dr. John of MEDICATION TIME. Hell, even Bruce Dickenson ripped of the whole chorus of "Backstabber" on his "Chemical Wedding" album so it's gotta be good! |
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Co-released with Misanthropic
More Misanthropic melodies about the all the shitty things in life. This is a collection of All DYSTOPIA stuff recorded after the "HUMAN" CD (that is, the split LP with SKAVEN(1995), the split EP with SUFFERING LUNA(1995), the "Backstabber" 7" and 4 previously un-released tracks recorded in Germany (1997). The first four tracks have finally been released on vinyl as a one-sided 12" EP, complete with a striking vinyl etching on the flip by DV D'Andrea. Also contains an 8 page lyric booklet with loads of depressing / disturbing color flicks. CD contains 12 songs total with 16 page lyric booklet. Toured extensively in '99 on this release (US, Canada, Australia, Japan) and just finished a European tour in October 2000 with Japan's CORRUPTED!. |
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After years of procrastination this puppy is back in print! 13 song debut / last will and testament of this short-lived Bay Area band. Melodic, angry, punked out grooves with political lyrics from dual gendered vocalists. Occasional off-meter beats and quarky riffage. This disk was originally pressed in 1998 and never got repressed due to my limited budget at the time. Now it's back in print! Musically crossed between all the aforementioned bands with little hints of DAMAD or ANTISCHISM."Hate, Love, Fear and Lust mixed between hypnotic rhythms and thick flows, slow beats and near thrash speeds" - the band. Made up of 2 parts FILTH, 1 part TALK IS POISON, 1 part QUEEN MAB, and 1 part Shoshanna. Recorded by Noah Landis (Christ on Parade / Neurosis). Comes complete with 16 page lyric booklet. |
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Originally
released on LOOKOUT in 1990
This EP was FILTHS debut to the punk rock circuit. 4 punk anthems for dysfunctional kids and adults alike... reminding you to keep your mohawk above water, outta the clouds, and off of the fuckin postcards. Also speaking of constructive ways to recycle your beer bottles via smashing cop cars and tract homes. This was the era when Berkeley still had punk bands that WERE NOT radio friendly and were NOT nice and happy.... they were mean, dirty and ugly!! Ep is complete with the original covers printed by Lookout adorned with artwork by Jesse Michaels and comes packaged with clear vinyl. Members of FILTH went on to play in FIELDS OF SHIT, DOGMA MUNDISTA and STRYCHNINE. |
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SPLIT 7" EP
2,000 Pressed. Co-Released with Misanthropic
This was the first ever vinyl release for both DYSTOPIA and LIFE IS ABUSE. This was also a split release with MISANTHROPIC. Every single copy came with a free razor blade when they left our hands, though one distributor in Minneapolis took every razor outta all the copies we sold em cause they were afraid of getting sued!! GRIEF were and still are one of the reigning kings of slow, torturous, DOOM. |
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Split release with In Search of Records OUT OF PRINT!
Eight twisted, heavy, dirty, rock jams is what we have on this here release. LOST GOAT is a kick-ass rock trio from San Francisco who've been tearing things up since 1994. Unearthly roaring female vocals, intricate guitar work, smooth bass lines and the battery of wooden coffins is what you get with LOST GOAT. They've got a number of other releases under their belt: a 7" on Alternative Tentacles, a split LP with GRINCH on Probe/Misanthropic and a new LP/CD "Equator" from Man's Ruin & Tee Pee. These kids toured constantly and have traveled with everyone from BONGZILLA to THE BLACK HALOS. |
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LP co-released with Ruinous Records Available Now
A Spastic, Sarcastic, Piece of Plastic, about being mentally challenged and fucked up on drugs during the Second coming of Christ and World War IV!! Imagine being stuck in an insane asylum with Septic Death, Rudimentary Peni and Wesley Willis and then trying to write a record about your "trip"... only to discover you no longer remember how to play music, more or less tie your own shoes!! Executed by recovering members of DYSTOPIA, SKAVEN, THE IMPULSE ITEMS, and NIGEL PEPPER-COCK. Mad frantic trash grooves for dysfunctional members of society. Lp is a gatefold, CD contains a 33 minute interview by local mind-maverick Saint Paul (close friend of Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, Pauly Shore, Bob Weir...) and a cover of Soft Cell's SEX DWARF. Recorded at Tim Greens "Louder Studios". Intriguing mood-music for the new millenium. |
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"Live at Slims" 8-track cartridge Limited
Press of 100
To celebrate the millenium as well as our 10th release we coaxed one of our favorite bands into releasing a live 8-track!! This was a limited release from the masters of sludge and all things unusual. 30-74 minutes on 4 tracks of kick ass Melvins magic (each tape is a different length). 9-14 songs ranging from their new stuff (ala "Maggot" and "Bootlicker") all the way back to the "Gluey" era. Recorded live at Slims with a Mini-Disk man and a stereo microphone, then carefully converted from digital to 8 track for the highest in fidelity sound!! The MELVINS sold the first 50 on their "2x4 Tour" 2000 for $25, the rest are floating around somewhere!! |
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Imagine this for a moment if you will: You and your family have escaped the freezing cold winter in the Minnesota tundra, to Palm Springs, for a relaxing and quaint vacation in the desert sun. After hours of driving along the barren highways in search of quiet spot for a picnic, you descend upon the perfect place to unwind, not a person or sound for miles, with nothing but the crisp blue sky, the cool refreshing breeze, and the warm desert sand. Complete isolation and solitude. As your wife begins the pass out sandwiches from the picnic basket, you notice a small object approaching. The silence slowly turns to a murmur as the object gets bigger. Within seconds the murmur becomes a thunderous cacophony of grinding metal, bellowing exhaust and burning rubber gaining closer and closer until finally it appears to be hunting you. Startled, you jump to your feet, grab the kids, and look for a barrier to hide behind. Before you can make another move the beast slams on the breaks and spins out, sending a wave of sand flying in your face. As you wipe the sand out of your eyes, you notice a man descending from the vehicle. Not a man of normal statute, but with muscles of iron, skin tanned golden brown from the desert sun, and blond hair blowing in the wind. Suddenly you realize this character is wearing nothing but sunglasses, white socks and a pair of brand new, bright white, ass kickin REEBOKS. Not to mention the family jewels, the largest standing tall and proud in all it’s glory. As you try to cover you children's eyes, you notice it’s already too late, your wife is sweating profusely and smiling as she gazes at the man’s mighty sphincter. "Yo babe, got a smoke?" says he, seconds before your wife lunges toward him in uncontrolled ecstasy. By now your perfect day in the desert has been shattered to a million pieces. Anger and frustration boils in your mind as you turn bright red with rage. Until suddenly you hear the chaotic sounds churning from his souped up car stereo. "WHAT the hell are you listening to?" you ask this man in pent up frustration, but with a dire need to know who and what was creating this wonderful white knuckle rock-roll. "NIGEL PEPPER COCK" he replies. "They’re the newest rage. I heard about them while i was brothel hopping in Belgium, they’re huge over there. Some label called NABATE was gonna release it til the band heard they were owned by Virgin records and that they were some pro-WTO organization, whatever the fuck that means. I just like the rock. It makes me WILD. I hear the band has ex-members of MEDICATION TIME." Soon enough you find yourself lost in the music, starting your own mosh pit in the sand and screaming maniacally from the top of your lungs. So engulfed in the moment that you don’t even pay attention to your wife making it with this bandito, or your kids playing with the guns they found in the backseat of his car. Over and over again, you keep pushing rewind and keeping the rock alive and screaming... occasionally snorting some of the strange white powder you found on the dash board of his car. Some hours later you're ready to collapse. Your son has shot your daughter in the foot and your wife is passed out from the overexertion. Yet you and this strange man are still rockin. Finally as the day ends, you ask this guy, "What’s your name anyway?" "Rick.... the Desert Dick" he replies, as he drives of into the sunset with your wife, leaving you with only a memory, and a cassette of NIGEL PEPPER COCK. |
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Available
now Fresh
off a shit hot tour of the greater part of the United States, NIGEL
PEPPER COCK have redefined the words sexy, heavy and out-of-control.
An unstoppable force of fully erect alpha males, these super studs from
the badlands are hell-bent on world domination in a vigilant frenzy
of unmitigated lust. Their latest tour resulted in more than a dozen
unwanted pregnancies and many a dude coming to terms with his repressed
sexuality. This fine record contains 11 thrash ridden new-wave anthems
for and about all the mad degenerates of the world. NIGEL plays their
own brand of SCI-FI SEX ROCK unlike most bands you've ingested before,
complete with sexy artwork, sexy dudes and sexy riffage. Recorded by
an angry young man
in Petaluma and then fined tuned by Dr. Dan Rathbun of Polymorf Studios,
you can expect the sound to be THUNDEROUS and IN THE RED. Sorry Kids,
this record (like the last one) contains EXPLICIT IMAGERY. You MUST
be 18 or OVER to purchase, signed ages statement required.
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DELAYED.
The first spoken word release on Life is Abuse! After the overwhelming response from his track on the Medication Time CD, we 've decided to release a limited edition vinyl pressing by SAINT PAUL. This record contains an intimate interview with the world reknowed and legendary mind-maverick of People's Park. 36 minutes of Saint Paul's memoirs, touching upon his many unique experiences of "groupie life" following the Grateful Dead and other 70's Acid Rock bands as well as his take on contemporary politics and social issues. Unlike the CD version, this collectable record is INTERACTIVE with the listener... each of the 5 sides is cut completely different and is divided into several parts. Side 1 has Part 1 on the left channel, Part 2 on the right channel. To hear the record properly, the listener must play each side twice, first panning the balance to the left (for Part 1) and then to the right (for Part 2). OR for enhanced stimulation, stick the balance in the middle and hear BOTH sides at once! Woooow! Side 2 has Parts 3 and 4 split the same but the record plays OUTWARDS (drop the needle at the end). Side 3 has a series of LOCK GROOVES and Side 4 and Side 5 (on the same side) continues with Parts 5,6,7 and 8. This is some Really Trippy shit DUUUDE! |
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Split LP 1996 (LIFE 004)
Split Release with Misanthropic
Skaven were a bunch of wild crusty hobo blackmetal punks from "back in the day" (before the new wave of junkies took over …). They were heavily influence by the ol UK stenchcore bands (ala Axegrinder, Amebix, Anti-Sect, and the like) but also had traits of 90's bands like Antischism, Nausea, etc. Anyone who had a chance to see them during their hayday would most likely recall beer, drugs, members of the band on fire, vomit, band members attacking other members of the band, a skinhead getting his ear bitten off, dreadlocks, and other crusty debauchery, sans the "got any change?" routine. 5 songs of mid paced crust metal anthems. The Dystopia side is less crusty, more angry but still dirty. 4 songs about going postal on pigs, snuffing nazi skinheads, torturing vivisectors, and cursing the military. LP came with 16 page booklet and is no longer in print, however, the Dystopia tracks are available on the "Aftermath" CD. Both bands barely pulled off a "close to death" US tour together in Winter of 1995. |
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Split
EP (LIFE 004.5) Re-Issue
of single
Co-Released with Misanthropic. Out of Print!
After years without a trace, we're finally re-pressing this little guy. Only 1500 made the first time around, they sorta came and went without much hype and very little press. Suffering Luna (aka Christfall) hail from Los Angeles and play spaced out, trance like doom, with inaudible distant vocals, tapes loops, delays and guitar effects. They recently released a split LP with Gasp on Deep Six Records. "Diary of a Battered Child" is Dystopia's contribution to this release that can also be found on "The Aftermath" CD. |
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San Diego's TARANTULA HAWK have been at it for 2 years and are quickly gaining respect as one of the front runners of the "new psych era", along with the likes of YETI + CLEARLIGHT. This debut release contains 6 songs morphed into one continuous track of heavy instrumental organ and bass driven "psychedelic-death-prog", laced with samples of vehement insects and wretched machines. Musically reminiscent of GOBLIN, old PINK FLOYD, MAN IS THE BASTARD, and KING CRIMSON executed by former members of THE LOCUST,_STRUGGLE, and "THE TITO O'TITO BAND". Packaged with beautiful, intriguing artwork by Kevin Ross. The LP is a gatefold; CD is enhanced, containing a 30+ minute MPEG video of a recent gig in San Diego. Video contains an unreleased track "Burrow", composed of deep thunderous audio and cryptic visuals. Just finished a West Coast tour with YETI in September 2000. |
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"Witness the return of the mighty Tarantula Hawk, the San Diego based psychedelic volume dealers whose immense self-titled debut cd we raved about two years ago. Here's their second album, somewhat confusingly also self-titled (obviously these guys don't work in record store!), which again proves them to be the masters of drone prog metal supreme. Instrumental super heavy ritual music, bass-heavy majestic murk with grinding prog rock keyboards and intense, energizing drumming, spacey stretches of ominous gloom... Imagine the Omen soundtrack meets Neurosis, or an evil ELP into Eyehategod. Or a crust-metal take on 20th century classical? Or AQ-fave '60s Swedish drone-psych band Parson Sound on a diet of cough syrup and Celtic Frost? Further references: Boris, Corrupted, Old Man Gloom, Thrones, Magma, Ruins, Harvey Milk...you get the picture. After getting into the first T-hawk album, and seeing them live for the first time (an amazing show at Richmond's Burnt Ramen), I remember thinking, wow, this band really should be playing that Neurosis Beyond The Pale festival, they'd blow everybody away. A year or so later -- lo and behold, the Hawk not only played the 2002 edition of Beyond the Pale, but this is on Neurot Recordings as well. As good as their self-titled debut, or better, and obviously highly recommended!" - Aquarius Records |
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Another chest-impaling blow from Seattle's bleak champions of utter despair. After finishing a huge US tour and unloading 150 limited Pink vinyl tour edition LP's, we are FINALLY in possession of the real deal! Taking the raw chaos of punk and fueling the flames with black metal grimness and symphonic grandeur, it becomes the circle for the Teen Cthulhu evocations. Thirteen mad tracks of blackened metal tinged fastcore that will trample you under cloven hoof and fill your veins with burning vitriol.Thunderous, relentless grind and blackmetal accompanied by keyboards. Totally fucking awesome. CD version is available from RAGE OF ACHILLES outta the UK. The CTHULHU's have quite an arsenal of previous releases which include a 7" on THIN THE HERD, plus a split 7" with Reno's kings of Thrash IRON LUNG and a split 10" with AKIMBO, both released on their own label ROCK AND ROLEPLAY. MP3's up here NOW!! |
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"Splattery jazz-core without macho attitude. Horns and a broken Casio poking up everywhere out of a bass/guit/drums whirlwind. Screaming, oh yes, there is screaming. There is room to throw a rock and sometimes a boulder through the mix. Not a wall of noise- it gets sparse. Songs, definite songs, but played so ferociously that you may think it’s improv. Awesome moves from all members. Usually things are broken. Band members and audience members alike hit the deck. All in all, terrible fun. I will not compare to other bands. Your turn!" -Dave Broekema. Indeed spastic, maniacal, what some would refer to as "rainbow violence cocaine jazz" inspired by Judy Blume and the ill's of modern culture. Split 7" ep with BOXLEITNER on Zum is already out of print. 1 sided 12" "Reflections" out NOW on THIN THE HERD. It seriosly slays!! Split 7" with XBXRX out soon. 2 mp3's are now up on the mp3 page. More mp3's by these dudes can be found at www.totalshutdown.com |
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Life is Abuse is proud to announce the vinyl release of YETI's debut CD "Things to Come" YETI play thick and heavy "doom-prog" with manic, hardcore-influenced jazz-blasts and smooth soothing melodies. Four incredibly talented fellows pulsate your brain with bass, guitar, thundering drums and more keyboards and effects than you can shake a stick at! Armed with Mellotron and Moog style keys as well as a stack of organs and effects, these mad scientists from Ft. Worth have concocted some intensely bizarre and dark music that stands alone in todays heavy music scene. They draw influences from 70's European Prog bands like MAGMA, UNIVERS ZERO, CAMEL as well as sharing similarities with newer bands like MAN IS THE BASTARD, ANEKDOTEN, SPACEBOY and TARANTULA HAWK. This is by far one of this author's favorite new bands of the 21st Century. This four song, 45 minute LP will be available in Summer, complete with clear vinyl and a poster penned by D.V. D'Andrea. The CD version is available on TWO OHM HOP outta Austin, TX. |
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"One
on the outside who criticizes the placement of square pegs in round
holes should be sure that there are not more round holes and square
pegs than there are square holes and round pegs. Even if this is not
the case the critic should be certain that round holes are not a more
serious problem than square ones and he should withhold his criticism
unless he is quite sure that it is better to leave round holes unfilled
than it is to fill them partially with square pegs. "
- Headache
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ARTIMUS
PYLE
ASUNDER
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BLATZ 
BLATZ
/ FILTH 
BRAINOIL
DIMLAIA
DYSTOPIA 
DYSTOPIA
DYSTOPIA
FIELDS OF SHIT
FILTH 
GRIEF
/ DYSTOPIA
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SCRAWL
MEDICATION TIME 
NIGEL PEPPER COCK 
NIGEL
PEPPER COCK
SAINT PAUL 
SKAVEN
/ DYSTOPIA 
SKEW
WHIFF
SUFFERING
LUNA / DYSTOPIA
TARANTULA HAWK 
TOTAL SHUTDOWN 
YETI