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LATEST AND GREATEST


JUNGLE ROT
- George Brigman
(Bona Fide/Solid)


I CAN HEAR THE ANTS DANCING -
George Brigman and Split
(Bona Fide/Solid)


RAGS IN SKULL - George Brigman
(Bona Fide/Solid)


MAXIMUM BEAT: SHINDIGGERS - Shindiggers
(Off the Hip)


THANK YOU FRIENDS: THE ARDENT RECORDS STORY
- Various Artists
(Big Beat/Shock)


JESUS OF COOL - Nick Lowe (Yep Roc)


WHY DON'T YOU GIVE IT TO ME? - Nathaniel Mayer (Alive)


THE SOUND OF THE SOUND: VOL 2 - Tactics (Memorandum
/Fuse
)


HEAD OFF - The Hellacopters (Psychout/Shock)



COLD AND BLIND - Possessed By Paul James (Voodoo Rhythm)



THE LAST HORROR MOVIE - The Scared Stiffs (Poptown
Records
)


SHOTGUN MESSENGER – Shotgun Messenger (Indian Casino Records)


EATERVILLE #1 -
The Nervous Eaters (Penniman)


GET IT IN YA
- The Veebees
(Ocker Records)



A DAVID TAYLOR TRIBUTE - Lowride (Independent)




SWAMP O DELIC
- Bob Uhr And The Bare Bones
(Green Cookie)



WARM GUNS - Warm Guns
(Mere Noise
Records
)


BAD MONEY
- Capital City
(In-Fidelity)


12 ROOTS
& BOOGIE
HITS BY
STINKY LOU
AND THE GOON
MAT
WITH LORD BERNARDO
- Stinky Lou
And The
Goon Mat
With Lord Bernardo (Voodoo Rhythm)


DOWNFALL OF ACES - Sonic Assassin (Nicotine)




SUPER MINI ALBUM - The Pink Fits
(Off the Hip)


HOLDIN' ONTO TROUBLE'S HAND - Pat Todd and the Rank Outsiders (Rankoutsider Records)


ROADKILLARAMA - Dennis Most (Tornado Ride Records)


STRYCHNINE EP
- The Radishes (Standoffish Productions)



LET'S GO TO HOSPITAL
- Digger & The Pussycats
(Spooky Records)


JEAN LEE AND THE YELLOW DOG
- Ed Kuepper (Hot)


DUMBWORLD
- The Negatives/The Reals (Savage Beat)


NAILED TO THE CROSS
- Sacred Cowboys (Savage Beat)

YOU’RE WELCOME – THe BAcksliders (Self-released)


THE LORDS OF ALTAMONT PRESENTS "THE ALTAMONT SIN" - The Lords of Altamont
(Easy Action)


HARD SWEET AND STICKY
- The BellRays
(Shock)



IF YA NOT CAREFUL WITH ELECTRICITY IT WILL KILL YA - Nunchukka
Superfly
(Chatterbox Records)


THE BACKSLIDERS – THe BAcksliders
(Self-released)


TRY THIS...
- The Purveyors of Filth
(Gout Records)



NOUS SOMMES THE TREMOLO BEER GUTY QUI LE FUCK ETES VOUS?
- The Tremolo Beer Gut
(Crunchy Frog)


RAGS IN SKULL - George Brigman: (Bonafide Records)


TAKE A GOOD LOOK - The Fleshtones (Yeproc/Shock)



BURN YOUR FINGERS ON THE SUN
- Various Artists
(Off the Hip)


BARE BONES - The Blessings
(Basement Boy)


MONDO PRIMO - Hawaii Mud Bombers
(Wicked Cool)



PILGRIM'S PROGRESS - Harem Scarem (Aztec Music)


FOUR FLIGHTS UP - Screamin' Stevie And The Credit Union (TurkeyNeck)


BLOOD VISIONS
- Jay Reatard
(Stained Circles/In the Red)



WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
- The Solution
(Wild Kingdom)


FEED THE DOGS
- The Holy Curse (Turborock)



DARKNESS FOREVER! - Turbonegro
(Bitzcore /Shock)


A SAVAGE AFFAIR
- The Philisteins
(Off the Hip)



CELLULITE SOUL - Witch Hats
(Infidelity
Records
)



DOUGHBOY HOLLOW (Re-issue) -
Died Pretty
(Citadel)



DO THE POP! REDUX PART ONE - Various Artists
(Savage Beat/Shock)



APOCALYPSE DUDES
(Re-issue)
- Turbonegro
(Bitzcore/Shock)


ON THE ROCKS
- Six Ft Hick
(Spooky Records)



TIGHT ‘N’ EXCITING - The Hip Priests
(Bootleg Booze)


WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED
- The Dirtbombs
(In-Fidelity Recordings)



SURREAL FOLK BLUES GOSPEL TRASH Vol 1 – Reverend Beat-Man (Voodoo Rhythm)


IT IS WHAT IT IS
(Re-issue)
- The Hitmen
(Savage Beat/
Shock
)


WIPE YOUR FACE
- The Mess Makers
(Off the Hip)



ASS COBRA
- Turbonegro
(Bitzcore through Shock)


NOTHING GROWS FROM SCARS - Wrong Turn
(Off The Hip)



NUMEROLOGY - The Numbers
(Aztec Music)


SURREAL FOLK BLUES GOSPEL TRASH Vol 2 – Reverend Beat-Man (Voodoo Rhythm)


ONE MORE AND WE'RE STAYING -  Honest John Plain and the Amigos (Action Records)


CHASIN' RAINBOWS
- Baby Woodrose
(Bad Afro)

LETHAL WEAPONS - Various Artists (Aztec Music)


BLOODLIGHTS - Bloodlights (Playground/Mate In Germany)


THE URGENCIES PRESENT THEIR MANIFESTO –
The Urgencies
(Kritics Choice)



THE HITMEN
(Re-issue)
- The Hitmen
(Savage Beat/
Shock
)


PSYCHEDELIC SUNRISE
- The
Chesterfield
Kings
(Wicked Cool)


BAMODI
– Bamodi
(Love Is My Velocity)


GHOUL'S DELIGHT: A MONSTER
PARTY RECORD
- Various
Artists
(Bellyache)


1977 - Iggy Pop
(Easy Action)


PSYCH WARD
- The Urges
(Off the Hip/
Screaming Apple)



COOL WAYS
- Kevin K and
The Hollywood Stars (Rankoutsider)


RETURN OF THE MAGICAL MOLERAT
- The Bakelite Age (Spooky Records)


THEN AGAIN/REVIBE
- Evil Roomers (self released)


BURN ROCK 'N' ROLL
- The Flaming Sideburns (Rastrillo)


TIED & TRUE
- The Detroit Cobras
(Bloodshot/Shock)



DIRTYBOMB
- The Star Spangles
(Tic Records)


DISTORT ALL LEVELS
– The
Busymen
(Turkeyneck
Records
)


DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU GET THERE
- The
Ghostmen
(Headmiles)



SHAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
- Roy Loney and The Longshots
(Career Records)



COBRA COMBAT BOOTS
- The Jacknives (self released)


RENTACROWD
- Len Price 3 (Wicked Cool)


SYLVAIN SYLVAIN /SYL SYLVAIN & THE TEARDROPS - Sylvain Sylvain (Acadia)


THE STRAIGHT PATH
- Klondike’s
North 40
(I-94 Bar
Records
)


LIVE AT THE ESPLANADE - Lime Spiders
(Figtree Music)



SOPHISTICATED SLAVES
- The Dynaminds
(A Better Sleeve)


THE EARTH IS
SHAKING
- The Hydromatics (Suburban)



MOBILE GRACELAND
- The Flaming Sideburns (Lonestar)

...AGAIN
- Mink Jaguar (Stop Records
and Tapes
)



TEN YEARS IN THE TRENCHES - IVY LEAGUE RECORDS & MUSIC
- Various Artists (Ivy League)



(I WANT) LOVE AND AFFECTION (NOT THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION) - Nathaniel Mayer (Vamp Soul through Fuse)


THE SUNSHINE PILLS CONSPIRACY THEORY - Screenings
(Hoo Records)


TEN THOUSAND DAYS
- The Celibate Rifles
(Shock)



RAIN ON YOUR PARADE - Kamikaze Trio
(In-Fidelity Records)

ANTIPODEAN SCREAMS
VOLUME 2
– Various Artists (Off the Hip)



LAST NIGHT I MET THE DEVIL
- James McCann (Bang! Records)



HONKY
BASTARD BLUES
- Sonic Negroes (It's Not About Music Records)


ROCKET TO TARRAWANNA
- The Proton Energy Pills
(Bang! Records)



THE SETTING SON
- The Setting Son
(Bad Afro)



COLD HARBOUR
- Cold Harbour
(self released)




COLD HARVEST
- Sacred Cowboys
(Bang! Records/Fuse Music)



HEADS UP
- The Stems (Invisible Records through Shock)


DRIVE YOU WILD - The Shimmys
(
Off the Hip)



THE RAUNCH HANDS' BIG TOPP
- The Raunch Hands (Licorice Tree Records)



RICHIE AND THE CREEPS
- Richie and the Creeps
(Illustrious Artists/
Reverberation/
Fuse
)


IN THEE MIDNITE HOUR!!!!
- Thee Midniters (Norton)


KILLERBIRDS - KillerBirds (Timberyard)





69 Charger
69Eyes
72Blues


Aampirellas

The Accidents
The Accidents (2)
Adam West
The Adz
Davie Allan and The Arrows
All Tomorrow's Party
The Alohas
Alternative Animals
Eric Ambel

Antiseen
Antiseptic
The Apers
Archie Bronson Outfit
Asteroid B612
The Astroglides
The Attack
The Avatars


Baby Woodrose
Back in Spades
The Backsliders
Backwood Creatures
Backyard Babies
Bad Dog Boogie
The Bamboo Kids
Bang Sugar Bang
BBQ
Beasts of Bourbon
Beat-man and the Un-believers
Big Midnight
The Black Diamond Heavies
The Black Keys
The Blacklist
Vincent Blackshadow
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
Blamethrower
Peter Blast
The Bloody Hollies
Bloody Lovelies
The Bloody Tears
Blue Chieftains
The Bobbyteens
Bomber
The Boobytraps
Bored!
Born Liars
Box of Fish
Blue Oyster Cult
The Botswanas
Brain Surgeons NYC
Brother Brick
Buffalo
The Bumpn' Uglies
Andrew Bunney
The Burnouts
Buster Brown
Butchers Bill


Candy Snatchers
Michael Carpenter
The Casanovas
Celibate Rifles
Simon Chainsaw
Cheap Trick
Cheetah Chrome
The Cherokees
The Chesterfield Kings
The Chevelles
Billy Childish
The Chocolate Watchband
The Chosen Few
The Chronics
The Chuck Norris Experiment
The Cinders
City Lights
The Cinders
Steve Clark
The Come 'n' Go
Comets on Fire
The Cops
Hugh Cornwell
The Cosmic Psychos
The Cotton Mather
Country music round-up (various)
Cowboys From Outer Space
The Cramps
Cretin66
The Crusaders
The Cyril Lords


The D4
Jeff Dahl
The DangerMen
The Datsonfour
The Datsuns
John Davis
The Daybridges
The Deadbeats
The Dead Set
Death from Above 1979
Deep Reduction
The Deerangers
The Defectors
The Demons
Destroy All Monsters
Detroit Cobras
The Deviants
The Dexateens
d henry
The Dictators
Died Pretty
Die Hunns
Digger & The Pussycats
Dimi Dero Inc
Dinosaur Jr
Dirtbike Annie
The Dirtbombs
The Dirtbombs vs King Khan
Dirty Buirds
Dirty Switches
The Divine Brown
DOA
Dollhouse
Dollsquad
The Dolly Rocker Movement
Donovan's Brain
The Doors
Double Agents
The Downbeat 5
The Dragons
The dts

The Earaches
The Early Hours
Edison Rocket Train
Electric Eel Shock
Electric Frankenstein
Exploding Fuck Dolls

Jay Farrar
Fillmore Slim
The Finkers
Flaming Sideburns
Fletcher Pratt
Flirt
The Flakes
The Flying Guilloteens
The Forgotten Boys
Fortress Madonna
Framed
The Fucken Leftovers
The Fuzz


Gasolheads
Gaza Strippers
The Geeks

Gentleman Callers
The Get Lost
Ginger
The Gimmies
Groovy Ghoulies
The Giant Robots
Giants of Science
Gito Gito Galore
Good Time Charlies
Martin Gordon
Goons of Doom
Dave Graney
The Grease Monkeys
The Green Circles
Grip Weeds
Ground Components
Guddling
Gutter Kids
Buddy Guy
The Guys

Hammerlock
Rebecca Hancock
Hands of Time
The Hangmen
Hanoi Rocks
Happy Hate me Nots
The Hard Feelings
Hard Ons
Bernie Hayes
The Heatseekers
The Hekawis
Richard Hell
Hell Crab City
The Hellacopters
Hellstomper
Hipbone Slim & The Knee Tremblers
Holy Curse
The Holy Soul
Hoodoo Gurus
Brian Henry Hooper
Brian Henry Hooper
Hot Damn

Hovercrafts
Rowland S Howard Tribute
Human Tanga
The Hydromatics
The Hymies


Penny Ikinger
Illegal Movers
I Love Rich
I Ludicrous
Immortal Lee County Killers
The Insaints
The Intercontinental Playboys

Interstater
Ironboss
Ironboss (2)
I Spit On Your Gravy


The Jabbers
Jack Tragic
Jape Squad
Jed Whitey
Jed Whitey (2)
Garland Jeffreys
The Jennys
Jericho
The Jewws

Jihad Jerry & The Evildoers
Johnny Casino's Easy Action
Jukebox Zeros


Sharon Jones

Spencer P Jones


Kamikaze Trio
Kevin K
Kelly Heels
The Kelpies
King Felix
King Khan
Kitty & The Kowalskis
The Konks
Konqistador
Wayne Kramer
The Kryptonics
Ed Kuepper

The Langlangs
Laughing Clowns
La Femme
La Rocca
The Last of The Bad Men
Leadfinger
Leaving Trains

Legends of Motor Sport
Les Ecureuils Qui Puent
Little Green Fairy
Lime Spiders
Richard Lloyd
Roy Loney
The Loose
Los Dragos
Los Muertos
Lothar
Lobby Loyde
Lucky Punch
Luna
Freddy Lynxx


The M-16's

Mach Pelican
Mad for the Racket
The Maggots
Magneta Lane
Magneto
Dan Maguire
Majestic Kelp
The Manges
The Manikins
The Manifestations
Dom Mariani
The Marigolds
Stevie Marriott
Massappeal
Mick Mashbir
The Masterplan
Mastica
Mazinga
Danny McDonald
MC5
The Meatbeaters
The Meek
The Meows
The Mess Hall
The Me-Thinks
Mexico City
Midnight Evils
Milky Ways
Million Dollar Marxists
The Mighty Imperials
Mink Jaguar
Miss 45
The Missing Links
Mockba
Modern Giant
Modey Lemon
The Monarchs
The Money

The Movements


Clare Moore
Monstrous Blues
The Moodists
The Mooney Suzuki
Scott Morgan
Dennis Most & The Instigators
Motorama
Motor City Rockers
Motosierra
Mott the Hoople
Much the Same

The Muggs
The Mummies
Astrid Munday
Mutzhimambo
Lisa Mychols
Myracle Brah
The Mystery Girls
The Mystaken

The Naked Eye
Nagg
Neptunes
The Nerds
Nervous Eaters
Nervous Shakes
The Neurotic Swingers
New Bomb Turks
The New Christs
New York Dolls
New Race
The Nice Device
Nine Pound Hammer
Jerry J Nixon
Noise and Other Voices
The Nomads
The Now Time Delegation
Nunchukka Superfly

Brian O'Blivion
Orange
Orange County
The Outside

P76
The Painkillers
The Paperbacks
Thunderbolt Patterson with Ross the Boss
The Paybacks
Peawees
The Peelers
Angie Pepper/The Passengers
The Perfect Lovers
The Persian Rugs
Duane Peters and the Hunns
The Pictures
The Pinkslips
The Pink Fits
Pontiak
Iggy Pop
Powder Monkeys
Powertrane featuring Scott Morgan
Len Price 3
Spike Priggen
The Products
The Professionals
Project Mayhem
The Psychodelmatics
Pubert Brown Fridge Occurrence
The Punks
The Pyramidiacs

Rancid Vat
Radio Birdman
The Ramainz
Joey Ramone
Ramones
Read Yellow
The Reckless Bastards (aka The Earaches)
Red Riders
Lou Reed
Remake Remodel
The Resistoleros
The Retardos
Tommy Rivers
Rocket From The Tombs
The Roys
The Richmond Sluts
Riff Random
The Rippers
Riverboat Gamblers
The Riviera Playboys
Roadkill66
R.O.A.D.S.
Rockafella
Rollcage
Rollerball
The Romantics
The Roobs
Rose Tattoo
The Royal Beat Conspiracy
Rupture
Mitch Ryder

The Safes
The Sailors
The Saints
SALMON
Conway Savage
The Savages
John Schooley
The Scientists
The Screaming Tribesmen
Seminal Rats
Sewergrooves
Sheek the Shayk
Shifter (aka Rifter)
The Shimmys
Shutdown66
Shutterspeed
Sick56
Sickidz
The Sights
The Sillies
Silver
Sinnerstar
Sioux City Pete & the Beggars
The Sirens
Six Ft Hick
Slavetrader
Slideshaker
TV Smith
Smudge
Sneeze
Alex Sniderman
Soda Pop Kids
The Soledad Brothers
The Solution
The Someloves
The Sonics
Sonic Assassin
Sonic Dolls
Sonic Love Affair
Sonic's Rendezvous Band
Souldriver
Southern Culture on the Skids
Soviet Valves
The Spazzys
The Specimens
The Sperms
The Spunks
The Stabs
The Stand gt
Starky
The Star Spangles
The Stabilisers
Kent Steedman and the Tubular Greens
The Stems
Thee Stolen Cars
The Stomachmouths
The Stoneage Hearts
Stoneage Romeos
The Stooges/Iggy & The Stooges
Streetwalkin' Cheetahs
Boris Sudjovic
The Sunday Drunks
The Sunnyboys
The Sun Dial
Superscope
The Super Insurgent Group of Intermperance TalentSweatmaster
The Swedish Magazines
Sweet Justice
Sydney City Trash

Tactics
Ted Taylor
The Teen Appeal
Teengenerate
Deniz Tek & Scott Morgan
Deniz Tek and the Golden Breed
Television
The Mark of Cain
The Testors
The Thanes
The Thermals
Thought Criminals
Thunder Express
Johnny Thunders
Tiger by the Tail
Tijuana Hercules
Timid Joe
The Travoltas
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Thunderboss
Toys Went Berserk
Trigger
Troubledolls
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Turbonegro
Turbo ACs
Steve Turner & His Bad Ideas
TV Men
Rob Tyner


The Ultra5
Unearth
The Unknown Instructors
The Uptight


The Vacancies
V/A - Antipodean Screams
V/A - Alternative Animals (Oz punk history)

V/A - Aus Round Up
V/A - Kaiser Bordello (Fr garage comp)
V/A - The Birth of LA Punk
V/A - Born Out of Time (Aus underground comp)
V/A - Do the Pop (Aus underground 70s & 80s)
V/A - Drunks and Guns (Brisb comp)
V/A - European Poppunk Virus vols 1 & 2
V/A - Fat Possum sampler
V/A - Flattery (Radio Birdman
tribs)

V/A - Happy Man (Sunnyboys trib)
V/A - Italian Radio Birdman trib
V/A - Gearhead label samplers
V/A - Hellbound Honeys
V/A - Here's Fifty Bucks
V/A - La Femme No Homme? (Aus female comp)
V/A - Laughing Outlaw comp
V/A - Light the Fuse
V/A - Lost Weekend vols 1 & 2 (Aus powerpop)
V/A - Motor City Rockin'
V/A - Myrmecoleo label comp
V/A - Nicotine Records compile
V/A - No Thanks! (Rhino punk compile)V/A - Old Skars and Upstarts
V/A - Playing Favourites (Reverberation label comp)
V/A - Popboomerang pop comps
V/A - Psychout (Sydney giveaway)
V/A - Pushing Scandi Rock to the Man
V/A - Revolution Rock - A Clash Jukebox
V/A - R n R Disease
V/A - Rock Against Howard
V/A - Shakin' in My Boots (Licorice Tree Texas punk comp)
V/A - The Song Ramones The Same (Ramones trib)
V/A - Song Poems
V/A - Spooky Records Bootleg
V/A - Stems trib
V/A - Tales of the Aus Underground
V/A - The Kaiser Fucks the French Underground

V/A - Turbonegro tribute
V/A - Vancouver Complication
V/A - We're a Happy Family (Ramones trib)
V /A - We're Not Housewife Material (female punk/garage)
V/A - Wild About You (60s punk trib)
V/A - You Only Get One Shot at The Big Time
V/A - The Young and the Restless (Infidelity Records comp)
The Vampire Lovers
Vanilla Chainsaws
The Varmints
Vegas Kings
Vermishus
Very Ape
Sonny Vincent

The Volcanics

Kim Volkman
The Von Bondies
Von Zippers
The Voyeurs


The Wagons
Larry Wallis
Walrus
Warmer
Warsaw
The Washington Deadcats
Barbara Waters
Wau Y Los Arrrghs!!!

Whiskey Daredevils
White Flame
White Hills
The White Swallows
The Who
The Wild Cherries
Wildhearts
The Wild Weekend
Andre Williams
Hank Williams Jnr III
The Woggles
The Wondermints
John Woo
Yura Yura Teikoku


X (Aus)
X-Descendant


Yage
The Yes-Men
Michael Yonkers
Neil Young
Young Heart Attack
Young Modern


z28
Zeno Tornado

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