Had forgotten all about this one, we used to play the shit out of it. Assembeled by the San Francisco punk mag, "Maximum Rock n Roll" (actually still have a few old copies around here somewhere, would be a great scan I oughta do at some point.......btw anyone have any scans of classic Trouser Press, New York Rocker, or Creem, ca. early 1980's.......man that shit was GREAT, definitely one area in which 1980 was FAR better than today), this was intended to raise money for anti-nuke causes.....don't know, truthfully, how THAT ever worked out, but for a 22 year old in 1984 (ah, irony), this was a political bombshell that also rocked like a mofo, with folks like the Dead Kennedys, Crass, Cheetah Chrome & the Motherfuckers and many more, obviously this was not a GOP fundraiser.....a good portion of the planet is represented here, also, as this is a 60-track mammoth release on 2 discs, I'm cheating, I have a vinyl rip but it sounds like shit because by vinyl copy went through such punishment before I did the rip, I figured maybe finding a fresh digital copy might be better for blogging purposes. The "P.E.A.C.E." on the title stood for Peace, Energy, Action, Cooperation, Evolution.......actually in 2014 this works on a couple of levels because the arrogant pretentiousness of most of this work is quite dated and amusing, besides the fact that there is some great hardcore stuff here, and, as said before, from LOTS of corners of the world.
The second disc, the "war" disc, includes a few well known bands such as the Dead Kennedys, Butthole Surfers, the UK Subs, and Reagan Youth, sprinkled among some other gems such as Millions of Dead Cops, Wargasm, Impact, and the Subhumans. If you are close to my age and have forgotten about this one, it'll be like a little Christmas present for ya, if it's "new" stuff to you, well, yeah, in fact, we DID take this stuff seriously, what of it?!?
I've included the country of origin for each act here because I think it's incredible that they managed toround up such a broad variety of them. Please comment if this sparks a memory or has you breaking out your old safety pins (yes, i REALLY did that too).
PEACE DISC-01 ARTICLES OF FAITH (USA)-Up Against a Wall/02 GISM (Japan)-Endless Blockades For the Pussyfooter/03 NEON CHRIST (USA)-Ashes to Ashes/04 KALASHNIKOV (Denmark)-Schluter's Kabinet/05 CAUSE FOR ALARM (USA)-Time Will Tell/06 LOCAL DISTURBANCE (Netherlands)-No USA/07 UNWARRANTED TRUST (Canada)-Honour's Calling/08 WRETCHED (Italy)-Mai Arrenders!/09 ODFX (USA)-Drop the A-Bomb on Me/10 THE AFFLICTED (USA)-Here Come the Cops/11 DECLINO (Italy)-Inutile Trionfo/12 THE DICKS (USA)-I Hope You Get Drafted/13 BGK (Netherlands)-Arms Race/14 CRASS (UK)-It's You/15 UPRIGHT CITIZENS (West Germany)-Swasatika Rats/16 FALSE PROPHETS (USA)-Banana Split Republic/17 MOB 47 (Sweden)-Karvapen Attack/18 THE OFFENDERS (USA)-Face Down in the Dirt/19 CONTRAZIONE (Italy)-Sbarre/20 S.C.U.M. (Canada)-So Much Hate/21 LOS VIOLADORES (Argentina)-Viejos Pateticos/22 DEADLOCK (Poland)-Sometimes/23 PPG (USA)-Will It Ever End?/24 TRASH (USA)-Peace of What?/25 VICIOUS CIRCLE (Australia)-Police Brutality/26 CONDEMNED TO DEATH (USA)-Gartland's Pit/27 NEGAZIONE (Italy)-Non Mi Dire/28 DOA (Canada)-America the Beautiful/29 DRI (USA)-Snap/30 PORNO PATROL (West Germany) Jump Back/31 TREASON (USA)-Drop Out/32 SHIT SA (Spain)-Abortos/33 SEPTIC DEATH (USA)-Silence
WAR DISC-01 CHEETAH CHROME & THE MOTHERFUCKERS (Italy)/02 PEGGIO PUNX (Italy)-No Mai/03 THE PROLETARIAT (USA)-An Uneasy Peace/04 CONFLICT (UK)-Bomb/05 THE ICONOCLAST (USA)-Battlefield (Nightmare)/06 PANDEMONIUM (Netherlands)-Pay For Shit/07 DEAD KENNEDYS (USA)-Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Round/08 BOSKOPS (West Germany)-Skorbut/09 SUBHUMANS (UK)-Rats/10 THE WHITE LIE (USA)-Peace Officer/11 WARGASM (Netherlands)-R.A.T./Pentagone/12 SLAUGHTERHOUSE 4 (USA)-Four More Hours/13 THE EXECUTE (Japan)-Finale/14 REAGAN YOUTH (USA)-Reagan Youth/15 IMPACT (Italy)-The Man Goes On/16 BUTTHOLE SURFERS (USA)-100 Million People Dead/17 KANGRENA (Spain)-Ataque/18 PORCELAIN FOREHEAD (Canada)-Will Amerika/19 BARELY HUMAN (USA)-No mercy No War/20 RAF PUNK (Italy)-Contro La Pace Contro La Guerra/21 ZENZILE (South Africa)-Moment By Moment/Exiled Shadows/22 MILLIONS OF DEAD COPS (USA)-Missile Destroyed Civilization/23 JACK KILLED JILL (USA)-Walked In Line/24 CORRUPTED IDEAS (USA)-Feeble Attempt/25 CHRIST ON A CRUTCH -Parnoid World Vision/26 UK SUBS(UK)-Postcard From LA/27 ANTI FLAG (USA)-Die For the Government
OK, motherfuckers, this is something of an unearthed "treasure", or "classic" or something (can you tell I've been drinking heavilly? May 1 is my fucking 53 birthday, as I keep saying, send me presents/money/whatever)........in all seriousness I hope you enjoy this comp it's one that I really did play the fuck out of 30 years ago!
