frantix - my dad's a fuckin alcoholic

ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES just released what just might be the REISSUE OF THE YEAR, a complete discography of colorado KBD punk legends FRANTIX, compiled as MY DADS A FUCKIN ALCOHOLIC !!!!!!!!!!   and um you need this blast of depravity NOW!!!!!!!!!

little fanfare has existed for FRANTIX outside the punk rarities hoarders, fans who checked them out because Mudhoney covered one of their songs, those who have KBD #6, or as a footnote to THE FLUID's SUB POP records success, BUT THAT DECISIVELY SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE !!!!!!!!!   FRANTIX WERE THE REAL DEAL, FACE MELTNG, EXPLOSIVE, FERAL, MENACING, FUZZ COATED, 80s HARDCORE PUNK BAND.......    

they only released two EPs and a demo tape during their short run in the early 80s and that might be part of the reason they've been mostly forgotten, but MAN HOPEFULLY THAT'LL CHANGE.  their BLACK FLAG / CIRCLE JERKS / JFA amphetamine hardcore was bruised with GARAGE ROCK VIBES, PSYCHEDELIC NOISE and a heavy dose of SLUDGY BAD ATTITUDE...... you can hear shards of FLIPPER, MODERN LOVERS, SABBATH and THE NEW YORK DOLLS in their RIPPER BLOWN OUT HARDCORE which set them apart from the cookie cutter hardcore scene that was emerging at the time.......  they even cover PINK FLOYD's INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE and make it more punk than you can even imagine!!!!!!  and well the title track is a CLASSIC PUNK ANTHEM as well as other jams like DANCIN' TO PUNK and FM EARS......and well pretty much every song they wrote could've been a single in a alternate universe!!!!!!

thankfully MY DAD'S A FUCKIN ALCOHOLIC gathers all their chaos into one lp for us to savor.  both 7 inchs, their demo and one helluva live set, THIS LP SHOULD CEMENT FRANTIX IN EVERYONE'S LIST OF ALL TIME GREAT PUNK BANDS.......  really, this isn't so stupid fanboy reissue of a shoddy local band that someone is still obsessing about.  FRANTIX ought to be mentioned just as frequently as the GERMS, MINOR THREAT and any of those other bands that've hogged all the attention all these years.

SO YEAH THIS ONE'S RECOMMENDED LIKE A MOTHER FUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!


LISTEN TO A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LP BELOW !!!!!!!!


and be sure to grab it from ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES cuz yer PUNK ROCK RECORD COLLECTION ISN'T WORTH A DAMN WITHOUT THIS LOST CLASSIC!!!!!!!







AND AS A KILLER BONUS WATCH FRANTIX LIVE IN '83 BELOW!!!!!!!!!
(and for a rad interview with FRANTIX click here!!!!!)

the sleaze - tecktonik girlz 12 inch ep

after a slew of killer down n dirty 7 inches, TOTAL PUNK is finally gettin into the LP biz, with the debut 12 inch ep from the twin cities' punk miscreants THE SLEAZE......entitled TECKTONIK GIRLZ AND OTHER HITS, THE SLEAZE wanna pummel you with some of the most misanthropic, blackout drunk, stripped down, fast n stupid and infectious punk rock around.......

think of SLEAZE as the bastard child of SUPERCHARGER and the TESTORS..... or CRIME and the GIZMOS........ all i know is that the SLEAZE have rediscovered the sweaty grimy soul of rock n roll and destroyed it all over again........  so many people love those KILLED BY DEATH comps yet when they form their own bands, they just fucking miss the point...... PUNK ROCK IS SUPPOSED TO BE LOUD, SNOTTY, ANGRY and ROWDY AS FUCK.......and TECKTONIK GIRLZ is just that........  all the greasy, unkempt punk rock you need in one surly 45 rpm 12 inch ep........

SLEAZE seem to have few contemporaries willing to play this kinda unhinged punk rock these days, but if you have any CARBONAS, PREDATOR, GG KING, EX HUMANS, SONNY VINCENT, LIVEFASTDIE, SPITS or FOSTER CARE in yer collection, you need this EP.......

a highly recommended shot in the arm,
this is what it must've felt like to discover punk back in 77,
and be warped for life.......

CRANK THIS SHIT UP AND GET STUPID NOW.........
    and grab yer copy from TOTAL PUNK yesterday!!!!!





and watch THE SLEAZE at SXSW this year -