Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Virus 100 (1992)

All right, this update is long overdue. I appreciate all the traffic in my absence.
Virus 100 is Alternative Tentacles' 100th release and a tribute to the Dead Kennedys. This is one of the best punk/metal/wacko compilations out there. There's really a broad range of genres on this one, and many different takes on some Dead Kennedys favoriites. Some faithful to the original, and some, well... not.
There's the wacked out rock-a-billy of Evan Johns and Mojo Nixon, metal from Napalm Death and Sepultura (fucking brutal), hip-hop stylings of the Disposable Heros of Hiphoprisy, and some weirdness from Faith No More, Kramer, and NoMeansNo, whose acapella version of Forward to Death is nothing short of amazing. A big highlight for me is Les Thugs version of Moon Over Marin . Who knew the song was tuneful?



Track listing
  1. Police Truck - The Didjits (2:18)
  2. Too Drunk to Fuck - Evan Jones and His H-Bombs (3:38)
  3. Halloween - Alice Donut (5:11)
  4. Let's Lynch the Landlord - Faith No More (2:53)
  5. Nazi Punks Fuck Off! - Napalm Death (1:21)
  6. Forward to Death - Nomeansno (1:12)
  7. Chemical Warfare - Steel Pole Bath Tub (3:31)
  8. Saturday Night Holocaust - Neurosis (6:51)
  9. Moon Over Marin - Les Thugs (5:28)
  10. Ill in the Head - Victim's Family (2:41)
  11. California Über Alles - The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (4:47)
  12. Winnebago Warrior - Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors (3:29)
  13. Drug Me - Sepultura (1:49)
  14. Insight - Kramer (3:06)
  15. Let's Lynch the Landlord - L7 (2:01)
  16. Holiday in Cambodia - Sister Double Happiness (4:16)


Virus 100 (1992)

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