Leatherface Top 15

People who know me will know that my love of the band Leatherface approaches the level of obsession. For those unfamiliar, or those who aren’t, here is a list of my Top 15 Leatherface songs in order of preference:

1. Not Superstitious
2. The Scheme of Things
3. Isn’t Life Just Sweet
4. Andy
5. Little White God
6. How Lonely
7. Skin Deep
8. Deep Green Beautiful Leveling
9. Baked Potato
10. Peasant in Paradise
11. Not a Day Goes By
12. Cabbage Case
13. Dreaming
14. Bowl of Flies
15. Never Say Goodbye

Straight Edge Playlist

Few would term Mags and me as overly temperate. That said, we both have great love and respect for our straight edge brothers and sisters. This respect lead me to proposition walking musical encyclopedia and all around solid dude Rob Moran for 20 of the best straight edge songs of all time. His introduction and playlist are below.

Here is the list of what I think are the best songs by various SxE bands. Now granted, I think about 5% of the people associated with these songs are probably still SxE, but who gives a shit…these are great fucking songs, they meant something to me then and they still do now. By no means is this any sort of definitive list, but rather a list of songs that stuck with me over the years.

Rob Moran

In no particular order:

1. Inside Out – No Spiritual Surrender
2. Minor Threat – Minor Threat
3. Side by Side – Backfire
4. Undertow – Cutting Away
5. Turning Point – Broken
6. 7 Seconds – This is the Angry
7. Drift Again – Drag
8. Uniform Choice – No Thanks
9. Judge – Fed Up
10. Gorilla Biscuits – New Direction
11. SS Decontrol – Get it Away
12. Slapshot – Fire Walker
13. Unity – Straight on View
14. Chain of Strength – Just How Much
15. Judge – Warriors (Blitz Cover)
16. Four Walls Falling – Happy Face
17. Brotherhood – The Deal
18. Integrity – Harder They Fall
19. Bane – Can We Start Again
20. Dag Nasty – Values Here

Since Rob included Judge twice (not that we are complaining) and is such a modest chap this is my nominee for #20.

Unbroken – You Won’t be Back

– Captain of Games

Crust/D-Beat Playlist

We’ve been brewing up some weird stuff down in the bunker, but through the fumes it occurred to us that people might have an interest in what we were spinning in our long nights over the soilent vats. We’re going to try to offer up playlists on a bi-monthly basis, each with a thematic base. The theme here (as the title indicates) is a combination of crust and d-beat.  Discerning listeners will note that there are a couple of things in this list that are a bit marginal in terms of these categories, but I think they fit in terms of atmosphere. In the end, it’s up to you to decide.

1. Skitsystem, “Apokalypsens Svarta Änglar”
2. Martyrdöd, “Vägen Ur”
3. From Ashes Rise, “The Final Goodbye”
4. Hellcrawler, “Devastation”
5. Infäme, “Adeu Amarg”
6. After the Bombs, “Bloody Aftermath”
7. Monastery, “Mutilating”
8. Passiv Dödshjalp, “Virtuella Bojor”
9. Viimeinen Kolonna, “Sinä Häviät”
10. Livstid, “Permafrost”
11. Misantropic, “Raise the Gallows”
12. G-Anx, “Victims of Our Ignorance”
13. Instinto, “Dominación”
14. Crude S.S., “Destroy Capitalism”
15. Anti-Cimex, “Braincell Battle”
16. Final Warning, “The Bunker”
17. Disfear, “Misanthropic Generation”
18. Warcollapse, “Timebomb State”
19. Mördare, “Rivers of Diesel”
20. Masakari, “Rapid Dominance”
21. Kvoteringen, “Sjuk Värld”
22. Discharge, “Doomsday”
23. Infernöh, “Länge Leve Mig”
24. Wolfpack, “A Basic Urge to Kill”
25. Sacrilege, “Out of Sight, Out of Mind”

Magadh