Various Artists

Dangerhouse Volumes 1 & 2

Frontier Records

Nice pair of compilation CDs from Frontier (released in 1991 and 1992) of the complete run of Dangerhouse punk singles from 1977 to 1980. Some of the artists involved are The Avengers, The Dils, Black Randy The Metrosquad, The Weirdos and X, as well as some lesser known bands such as The Randoms, Howard Werth and Rhino 39.
It's interesting to hear the genesis of LA punk, which seemed richer in variety and artfulness than it would later become. Many bands seem to feature interchangeable members. This is good music to listen to while reading We Got the Neutron Bomb, a great testimonial, Studs Turkel-type tome about the birth and death of LA punk.



Tracklist Volume One:

1. Randoms-Let's Get Rid of NY
   
2. Weirdos-Solitary Confinement
   
3. Black Randy the Metro Squad-Trouble at the Cup
   
4. Deadbeats-Let's Shoot Maria
   
5. Eyes-Disneyland
   
6. Dils-Class War
7. Avengers-We are the One
   
8. Rhino 39-Prolixin Stomp
   
9. Bags-Survive
   
10. Alley Cats-Nothing Means Nothing Anymore
    
11. Howard Werth-Obsolete
    
12. X-Los Angeles

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Tracklist Volume Two:

1. Alley Cats - Give Me A Little Pain
2. Alley Cats - Too Much Junk
3. Eyes - Eniwetok
4. X - Adult Books
5. Weirdos - Neutron Bomb
6. Black Randy - Idi Amin
7. Black Randy - I Slept In A Arcade
8. Bags - Babylonian Gorgon
9. Bags - We Will Bury You
10. Rhino 39 - Xerox 12
11. Rhino 39 - No Compromise
12. Avengers - Car Crash
13. Randoms - ABCD
14. Dils - Mr. Big

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