Originally released in 1983, What Makes A Man Start Fires? is the second studio album and fifth release by the Minutemen. At almost twice the length of their previous album, "The Punch Line," the Minutemen's songs began surpassing the two-minute mark. For what would be the only time on a Minutemen release, all of the lead vocals were sung exclusively by guitarist/vocalist D. Boon, although bassist Mike Watt does contribute backing vocals.

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Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs (1:27)
One Chapter In The Book (1:00)
Beacon Sighted Through Fog (1:00)
Fake Contest (1:44)
Mutiny In Jonestown (1:06)
East Wind / Faith (2:10)
Pure Joy (1:30)
99 (1:00)
The Anchor (2:30)
Sell Or Be Sold (1:45)
The Only Minority (1:00)
Split Red (0:52)
Colors (2:05)
Plight (1:37)
The Tin Roof (1:08)
Life As A Rehearsal (1:35)
This Road (1:26)
Polarity (1:44)

Zen Arcade is the second studio album by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released in July 1984 on SST Records. Originally released as a double album on two vinyl LPs, Zen Arcade tells the story of a young boy who runs away from an unfulfilling home life, only to find the world outside is even worse.

An absolute bonafide 10/10 classic album…

Bob Mould - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Vocals, Percussion and Piano
Greg Norton - Bass and Vocals
Grant Hart - Drums, Vocals, Percussion and Piano

Produced and Engineered by Spot and Husker Du.
Recorded and Mixed in October 1983 at Total Access - Redondo Beach, CA.

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Something I Learned Today
Broken Home Broken Heart
Never Talking To You Again
Chartered Trips
Dreams Reoccurring
Indecision Time
Hare Krsna
Beyond The Threshold
Pride
I'll Never Forget You
The Biggest Lie
What's Going On
Masochism World
Standing By The Sea
Somewhere
One Step At A Time
Pink Turns To Blue
Newest Industry
Monday Will Never Be The Same
Whatever
The Tooth Fairy And The Princess
Turn On The News
Reoccurring Dreams

Flip Your Wig is the fourth studio album by band Hüsker Dü, released in September 1985 via SST Records.

The band had wanted to produce their previous album New Day Rising, but SST insisted on sending long-time label producer Spot. With Flip Your Wig the band was finally allowed to self-produce. Recording took place over several sessions in the band's hometown of Minneapolis from March to June 1985, by far the longest the band had spent in the studio. The cleaner production complemented the more melodic songs, still performed with heavily distorted guitars in a high-powered manner.

Mould said, "There's more emphasis on the vocals. They're a little more out-front. The production is the main thing. Clearer vocals and less emphasis on guitar. The crazy solos... I think we're a little out of that now."

Guitarist Bob Mould and drummer Grant Hart each wrote roughly half the songs, which continued the band's trend toward power pop and away from the fast, noisy hardcore punk of their earliest material.

Bob Mould - Guitar, Bass, Piano, Percussion and Vocals
Greg Norton - Bass
Grant Hart - Drums, Vocals, Vibraphone, Slide Whistle and Percussion

Produced by Bob Mould and Grant Hart.
Recorded at Nicollet Studios - Minneapolis, MN March-June 1985.

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Flip Your Wig
Every Everything
Makes No Sense At All
Hate Paper Doll
Green Eyes
Divide And Conquer
Games
Find Me
The Baby Song
Flexible Flyer
Private Plane
Keep Hanging On
The Wit And The Wisdom
Don't Know Yet

Double Nickels on the Dime is the third album by American punk trio Minutemen, released on the SST Records in July 1984.

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Ds Car Jam Anxious MoFo
Theatre Is The Life Of You
Viet Nam
Cohesion
It's Expected I'm Gone
Number One Hit Song
Two Beads At The End
Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth
Don't Look Now
Shit
Nature Without Man
One Reporter's Opinion
Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing
Maybe Partying Will Help
Toadies
Retreat
The Big Foist
God Bows To Math
Corona
The Glory Of Man
Take 5, D.
My Heart And The Real World
History Lesson- Part II
You Need The Glory
The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts
West Germany
The Politics Of Time
Themselves
Please Don't Be Gentle With Me
Nothing Indeed
No Exchange
There Aint't Shit On T.V. Tonight
This Ain't No Picnic
Spillage
Untitled Song
Jesus And Tequila
June 16th
Storm In My House
Martin's Story
Dr. Wu
The World According To Nouns
Love Dance
Three Car Jam

3-Way Tie (For Last) is the fourth and final full-length album recorded by the American punk band Minutemen. It is notable for featuring several covers of songs by the Urinals, Meat Puppets, Blue Öyster Cult, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Roky Erickson. The last song, a cover of Erickson's "Bermuda", was sung over the phone by Mike Watt.

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The Price Of Paradise
Lost
The Big Stick
Political Nightmare
Courage
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
The Red And The Black
Spoken Word Piece
No One
Stories
What Is It
Ack Ack Ack
Just Another Soldier
Situations At Hand
Hittin The Bong
Bermuda
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Buzz Factory is the fourth studio album by Seattle-based band Screaming Trees, released in the spring of 1989. It was their final record for SST Records before they moved on to their major label debut.

TRACK LISTING

1. Where The Twain Shall Meet
2. Windows
3. Black Sun Morning
4. Too Far Away 
5. Subtle Poison
6. Yard Trip #7 
7.. Flower Web 
8. Wish Bringer 
9. Revelation Revolution
10. The Looking Glass Cracked
11. End Of The Universe

Great 2LP compilation of tracks from their SST catalogue prior to signing to EPIC/SONY.

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Barriers
The Turning
Other Worlds
Transfiguration
Don't Look Down
Cold Rain
In The Forest
Back Together
Other Days And Different Planets
Walk Through To This Side
Smokerings
Ivy
Grey Diamond Desert
Night Comes Creeping
Invisible Lantern
Subtle Poison
Windows
Black Sun Morning
Flower Web
End Of The Universe
Where The Twain Shall Meet

Damaged is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag. It was released by SST Records on December 5, 1981.

The album was largely ignored by critics and the public at the time of its release, but has since been recognized as a classic and one of the most influential punk rock records ever made, appearing on a number of "best of" lists by fans and critics alike. The album was ranked number 340 on Rolling Stone's 2012 list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Pitchfork also ranked it number 25 on its list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1980s

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Rise Above
Spray Paint The Walls
Six Pack
What I See
T.V. Party
Thirsty & Miserable
Police Story
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
Depression
Room 13
Damaged II
No More
Padded Cell
Life Of Pain
Damaged I

Family Man is the third full-length album released by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag in 1984. It features a side of Henry Rolllins' poetry, and a side of instrumentals performed by the rest of the band. with one track bridging both styles.

TRACK LISTING

Family Man (1:17)
Salt On A Slug (1:30)
Hollywood Diary (0:32)
Let Your Fingers Do The Walking (3:30)
Shed Reading (1:23)
No Deposit, No Return (0:40)
Armaggedon Man (9:12)
Long Lost Dog Of It (2:03)
I Won't Stick Any Of You Unless And Until I Can Stick All Of You! (5:48)
Account For What? (4:18)
The Pups Are Doggin' It (4:13)

In My Head is the sixth studio album by American punk band Black Flag. It was released in 1985 on SST Records, and was their final studio album before their breakup in 1986.

After building a reputation for confrontational hardcore punk, late-era Black Flag turned to a more experimental, heavy metal-inflected sound, in particular on their last two albums. Greg Ginn intended In My Head to be his first solo album. The cover is a collage of six drawings by Raymond Pettibon.

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Paralyzed
The Crazy Girl
Black Love
White Hot
In My Head
Out Of This World
I Can See You
Drinking And Driving
Retired At 21
Society's Tease
It's All Up To You
You Let Me Down

My War, the second studio album by Black Flag, polarized fans on its release in 1984 over the record’s B-side, which they slowed down to a heavier Black Sabbath vibe. Polarizing, considering their first album Damaged earned them a reputation for being one of the biggest hardcore punk acts of the 80’s.

The line-up had shrunk from five to three members: Henry Rollins (Vocals), Bill Stevenson (Drums), and co-founder Greg Ginn (Guitar, Bass). Ginn played bass under the name “Dale Nixon” after he kicked out Chuck Dukowski, another founding Black Flag member.

My War had a huge influence on the hardcore-meets-Sabbath sounds of the Melvins, Mudhoney, and Nirvana.

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My War (3:52)
Can't Decide (5:27)
Beat My Head Against The Wall (2:34)
I Love You (3:23)
Forever Time (2:25)
The Swinging Man (2:55)
Nothing Left Inside (6:39)
Three Nights (5:51)
Scream (6:54)

Bridging their If'n (1987) and fROMOHIO (1989) albums, this three-track EP incorporates two songs recorded at the sessions for the former album and an additional track.

Intolerance is the first solo album by Grant Hart, formerly of the band Husker Du. It was released on December 12, 1989.

Grant Hart's first solo album was originally release in Dec 1989, and was something of a departure from the raucous intensity of his former band Husker Du. It felt like a deeply personal album, with songs referencing drug addicition and the break up of Husker Du. 

Former band mate Bob Mould's debut 'Workbook' which was release around the same time probably got more attention but this is still a really good album, and the reworking of '2541' which had been released as a single earlier is worth the price alone.

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"All Of My Senses" (5:51)
"Now That You Know Me" (3:54)
"Fanfare In D Major (Come, Come)" (3:45)
"The Main" (4:04)
"Twenty-Five Forty-One" (4:41)
"Roller Rink" (4:23)
"You're The Victim" (3:10)
"Anything" (3:28)
"She Can See The Angels Coming" (3:42)
"Reprise" (1:43)

Land Speed Record is the debut full-length record by Hüsker Dü, released in January 1982. It was recorded live on August 15, 1981, at the 7th Street Entry, a venue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The album is a fast and furious hardcore workout that bears almost no resemblance to the melodic post-hardcore that the band became known for in the mid '80s. The title has a triple meaning, referring to 1) the band's ability to play as fast as they could (there are 17 songs crammed into 26½ minutes) 2) their penchant for [amphetamine] pills and 3) the play-on-words that it is a "record," an album.

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All Tensed Up
Don't Try To Call
I'm Not Interested
Guns At My School
Push The Button
Gilligan's Island
MTC
Don't Have A Life
Bricklayer
Tired Of Doing Things
You're Naive
Strange Week
Do The Bee
Big Sky
Ultracore
Let's Go Die
Data Control
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Recorded and released in 1983, at the peak of their hardcore punk period, where speed, rage and intensity still ruled, but with increased melodicism seeping-in, especially on Grant Hart’s songs. Seven tracks of sonic perfection (with three other outtakes used for compilation contributions, and Standing By The Sea put on hold till appearing on Zen Arcade, half a year later) featuring Bob Mould guitar work at its speed-driven, open-stringed, best.

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Real World (2:27)
Deadly Skies (1:50)
Its Not Funny Anymore (2:12)
First Of The Last Calls (2:48)
Lifeline (2:19)
Diane (4:42)
Out On A Limb (2:39)

New Day Rising is the third studio album by the American punk rock band Hüsker Dü. It was released in 1985 through SST Records. The album continued the move away from the fast hardcore punk of the band's earliest releases toward slower and more melodic material.

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New Day Rising
Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
I Apologize
Folk Lore
If I Told You
Celebrated Summer
Perfect Example
Terms Of Psychic Warfare
59 Times The Pain
Powerline
Books About UFOs
I Don't Know What You're Talking About
How To Skin A Cat
Whatcha Drinkin'
Plans I Make

Escape from Noise is the fourth studio album by Negativland. It marked the band's first release on an established independent record label, SST Records. The album continued to develop the band's experimental style, though it also featured shorter, more melodic songs than their previous material.

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Announcements (1:51)
Quiet Place (2:17)
Michael Jackson (2:08)
Escape From The Noise (2:36)
The Playboy Channel (1:32)
Stress In Marriage (1:35)
Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song (3:08)
Over The Hiccups (1:28)
Sycamore (2:29)
Car Bomb (2:03)
Methods Of Torture(1:23)
Yellow, Black, And Rectangular (2:14)
Backstage Pass (1:15)
Christianity Is Stupid (3:55)
Time Zones (5:28)
You Don't Even Live Here (2:30)
The Way Of It (1:12)
Endscape (0:37)

1992 EP by the experimental music and sound collage band Negativland. It was released as a replacement for their deleted/withdrawn EP "U2". The cover art reuses that which appears on "U2". The album is about the appeal of guns and their place in American history.

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THEN (8:05)
NOW (8:36)

Helter Stupid is Negativland's fifth studio album, released in 1989. A concept album focused on the media coverage of a hoax formulated by the band claiming that "Christianity Is Stupid" from their previous album, Escape From Noise, had inspired Daivd Brom to murder his family in Rochester, Minnesot, as well as other moral panic related to popular music.

TRACK LISTING

Prologue (4:00)
Helter Stupid (17:56)
Canned Music (3:27)
Rooty Poops (2:18)
Good As Gold (3:17)
Piece Of Meat (3:18)
White Rabbit And A Dog Named Gidget (2:41)
11 Minutes (4:52)
48 Hours (5:37)

Even If and Especially When is the second studio album by the Seattle band Screaming Trees, released in 1987. It was their first album released on SST Records.

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1. Transfiguration
2. Straight Out To Any Place 
3. World Painted 
4. Don't Look Down
5. Girl Behind The Mask
6. Flying
7. Cold Rain
8. Other Days And Different Planets
9. The Pathway
10. You Know Where It's At
11. Back Together
12. In The Forest

Repress of 1988 album Invisible Lantern from Washington, USA Garage punk band Screaming Trees.

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1. Ivy
2. Walk Through To This Side
3. Lines & Circles
4. She Knows
5. Shadow Song
6. Grey Diamond Desert
7. Smokerings
8. The Second I Awake
9. Invisible Lantern
10. Even If
11. Direction Of The Sun
12. Night Comes Creeping

Other Worlds is Screaming Trees' 1986 debut EP. It was produced by Steve Fisk and recorded in 1985 at his studio in Ellensburg, WA.

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1. Like I Said
2. Pictures In My Mind
3. The Turning
4. Other Worlds
5. Barriers
6. Now Your Mind Is Next To Mine

"Jealous Again" is an EP that was the second release by Black Flag and the third-ever release on SST Records. Now available again on 12" vinyl.

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Jealous Again (1:48)
Revenge (0:58)
White Minority (1:04)
No Values (1:43)
You Bet We've Got Something Against You (0:50)

Fromohio is the group's inspired third album released in 1989.

STAFF COMMENTS

Laura says: One of my favourite albums of all time, similar to it's predecessor If'N, it melds folk / country with the tight musicianship and punk ethos of Mike Watt and George Hurley's previous band The Minutemen along with unusual almost jazzy time signatures and fluid, funky bass. Their sound was hard to define: a little too angular and at times folky to fit with the grunge scene that was rising up around them, put too rocky for the country folk scene. In some respects If'N and fROMOHIO were ahead of their time, as a few years later, the release of Uncle Tupelo's "No Depression" LP would kick start an explosion of alt-country / Americana bands who were much closer to their sound.

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Riddle Of The Eighties
In My Mind
Whisperin While Hollerin
Vastopol
Mas Cojones
What Gets Heard
Let The Drummer Have Some
Liberty For Our Friend
Time With You
Ifn
Some Things
Understanding
Nuf That Shit George
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Following the death of D Boon, ex-Minutemen, Mike Watt and George Hurley formed fIREHOSE along with George Hurley. If'n is their second album, originally released in 1987.

By this their second album, they'd really found their sound. Of course they still maintained the punk energy and tight musicianship of The Minutemen, but now included a folk / country influence, angular jazzy time signatures and funky basslines, creating a sound like nothing else around at the time. 

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Sometimes
Hear Me
Honey Please
Backroads
From One Cums One
Making The Freeway
Anger
For The Singer Of REM
Operation Solitaire
Windmilling
Me & You Remembering
In Memory Of Elizabeth Cotton
Soon
Thunder Child