Another incredible batch of F.O.A.D. releases is coming out in perfect timing with the pre-announced release date! This month’s recipe consists of 4 x Swedish hardcore gems from the 80’s and the definitive, expanded version of the classic DISCHARGE “Noise not music” book enriched by a 4 x CD set with rare recordings 1980-1983…  They are all out now and as per our custom we have already shipped all your pre-orders and updated tracking numbers.  We have also already shipped most of the wholesale orders, so please feel free to contact your local F.O.A.D. distributor to grab these new rippers.

To summarize: DISCHARGE “Noise not music 1980-1983” BOOK + 4xCD, TATUERADE SNUTKUKAR “Complete Noise 1982-1986…” LP+CD, ORAL “Dystopisk framtid” LP, KRUNCH “Honänu – En samling 1983/1989” LP and NYX NEGATIV “Kalrshamns Punks 1981-1984” LP (2nd edition) are all out NOW on F.O.A.D. Records!!!  Watch out because some of these are close to be sold out (the black vinyl version of ORAL ltd. to 100 is all gone) so act fast if you still haven’t secured them to your collection.  What to expect from next month? Most of you know that in July we are all focused on the legendary Obscene Extreme Festival, so you can expect 4-5 releases of classic bands performing at the festival… and of course we’ll be there with one of the most massive F.O.A.D. booths ever, come to visit us in the Grind Market area!!

More in detail about this month’s releases:

DISCHARGE “Noise not music 1980-1983” BOOK + 4xCD  (F.O.A.D. 160)

New, expanded version of DISCHARGE “Noise not music” Audio & Visual history 1980-1983 BOOK + 4 x CD with 36 additional pages and loads of extra audio content than the vinyl box set released 5 years ago on F.O.A.D. Records.
The most exhaustive BOOK ever made about DISCHARGE: hundreds of band photos with many unseen and printed in high quality for the first time (Northwood Parish Hall 1980, Tunstall Town Hall 1980, Stevenage Bowes Lyon House 1981, Rome 1981, Yugoslavia 1981, Zig Zag Club 1982 etc). Plus rare gig flyers, music weekly interviews, features and press clippings of release adverts and reviews, all accompanied by a historically accurate band history researched and written by notorious DISCHARGE collectors Rich Walker and Leigh Rocker, documenting the years 1977 to 1983 featuring new interview material and contributions from Rainy, Tezz, Bones, Garry, Bambi, Pooch and band manager Tanya.
“In 1980, four teenagers from the darkest depths of Stoke On Trent exploded onto the world punk scene with the subtlety of a nuclear warhead detonation. Collected across this revised and expanded edition of 4 x CD’s, and accompanied by a hardback book with 100 full-color pages of rare band photos, flyers and original magazine features, is a monstrously detailed historical dissemination documenting the band’s unrelenting assault upon HC punk audiences worldwide”. (Rich Walker)
Audio contents (more than 4 hours, 125 TRACKS!!) :
– Live at the Music Machine, London, England, 28.10.1980 (First London gig)
– “Where’s our freedom?” EP
– “Massacre of Montreal” EP
– Live at the 100 Club, London, England, 23.02.1982
– Live at the City Club, Detroit, USA, 15.09.1982 (First USA Tour)
– Live at the 9.30 Club, Washington DC, USA, 16.10.1982
– Live at the 100 Club, London, England, 15.03.1983
– Live at Xtreems, Brighton, England 03.03.1983
– Live at Paychecks Lounge, Hamtramck, USA, 20.11.1983
Plus bonus track of Canadian TV interview 1983 with Cal and Garry

DISCHARGE was more than just noise, the band was a musical reaction to the brutal times and circumstances faced by people in the U.K. under the Thatcher regime, they were also a voice for the “X” generation without a future; but most importantly, they were FAST, RAW, LOUD, HARDCORE PUNK! 

Watch the trailer HERE

–

TATUERADE SNUTKUKAR “Complete Noise 1982-1986.. In Gothenburg everybody can hear you scream” LP+CD (F.O.A.D. 342)

A hidden gem of early Swedish hardcore råpunk!!!  Complete recordings 1982-1986 straight from the band’s masters, including their cult demotape “Hardcore Trash ’83”, all existing compilation tracks + bonus CD with rehearsals and live sessions for a total of 56 SONGS!! Raw, angry and noisy-as-fuck hardcore mangel that will delight fans of SKITSLICKERS, MOB 47, ASOCIAL, CRUDE SS and ABSURD!  Simply put, this sounds like a rawer and sloppier version of MOB 47 with the fuzziness of some classic Kyushu punk heroes of the first wave.  Includes a stunning 20 page booklet with extensive band history, archival photos and flyers, interview and scans of the original cassette tape.

Watch the trailer HERE

Available in the following versions:

Black vinyl limited to 250 copies

Diehard coke bottle clear green vinyl limited to 150 copies

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ORAL “Dystopisk framtid” LP (F.O.A.D. 339)

Raging Swedish hardcore obscurity! Complete demos 1987-1989 + bonus tracks 1986. Raw, full throttle hardcore mangel in pure Scandinavian tradition, recommended if you like ANTI CIMEX, TOTALITÄR, CRUDE SS, AVSKUM…. Creating a hard-hitting atmosphere made of instantly catchy riffs, pounding drums with the unmistakable Swedish HC-beat formula and anger filled vocals reminding Tomas Jonsson at his finest. Featuring Alf Svensson (later in GROTESQUE and AT THE GATES)! Includes booklet with lyrics, photos from the time, liner notes written by the band and an old interview… 

Watch the trailer HERE

Available in the following versions:

Diehard transparent violet vinyl limited to 100 copies

Diehard translucid blue-purple vinyl limited to 100 copies

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KRUNCH “Honänu – En samling 1983/1989” LP (F.O.A.D. 338)

Following the recent F.O.A.D. reissue of their cult demotape 1984, here comes the complete collection of all KRUNCH’s 7″s and 12″s recorded in the 80ies, showing their progression from fast, straightforward hardcore – the Swedish way, to a more elaborate yet highly energetic & crazy style all of thier own. 28 TRACKS OF INTENSE SWEDISH HC!  Contents: “Hell Bob” 7″ (1983), “Tjafs & Dalt” 7″ (1985), “Mys Och Kel” 12″ (1985), “Mor Och Far” 12″ (1987) and “Tack & Hej” 7″ (1989). Includes a full-color booklet with a detailed history of the band, never before seen photos and scans of the original releases.

Watch the trailer HERE

Available in the following versions:

Black vinyl limited to 200 copies

Diehard orange vinyl limited to 100 copies

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NYX NEGATIV “Kalrshamns Punks 1981-1984” LP new edition! (F.O.A.D. 268)

2nd edition with different cover colors. Another Swedish punk gem brought back to life by your F.O.A.D. maniacs!! Formed in 1980, after a few line-up changes NN quickly headed to a much rougher direction turning their sound into a manic raw punkasfuck barrage. Complete discography compiling all their existing recordings also including the rare “No morals” 7″ never reissued up to now! 25 songs consisting of: – Demo 1983 / – “No morals” 7″ (1984) / – Songs from “Rockslaget” v.a. 3xLP (1982) / – Live 1983 / – unreleased track
..from classic two-fingers-in-the-air punk to a faster Swedish hardcore approach! 24 page A4 book with liner notes, scans of the original releases and of the fanzine styled booklet that came with their demo 1983.

Watch the trailer HERE

Available in the following versions:

Black vinyl limited to 200 copies

Diehard purplish-red swirl vinyl limited to 100 copies

4 x Swedish hardcore rippers and the definitive, expanded version of the classic DISCHARGE “Noise not music” book enriched by a 4 x CD set with rare recordings 1980-1983… this is what we offer you this month, nothing more and nothing less! Another glorious hardcore death-race on F.O.A.D., the result of the usual manic work of painstaking research and assembly.  And a pairing that fits perfectly: there’s no doubt that Discharge had a strong influence on the first wave of Scandinavian hardcore, so putting together 4 x Swedish HC ragers from the 80s and a mammoth audio & visual collection on Discharge from their 1980-19893 heyday is surely a formula that will be enjoyed by many… All the Swedish releases have been made with the support of Uproar Records and consist of: the fuzzy and irreverent TATUERADE SNUTKUKAR, with their primitive and rough hardcore “trash” attack; the obscurity of ORAL, with straightforward hardcore in pure Scandinavian school (think Anti Cimex, Totalitär, Avskum); KRUNCH – on their second F.O.A.D. release, this time a complete collection of all their singles released in the 80s, and NYX NEGATIV with by popular demand a reissue of the LP discography already released on F.O.A.D. two years ago.  What to say about the DISCHARGE book, to quote the mastermind that assembled this beast, namely Rich Walker of the legendary SORE THROAT: “In 1980, four teenagers from the darkest depths of Stoke On Trent exploded onto the world punk scene with the subtlety of a nuclear warhead detonation. Collected across this revised and expanded edition of 4 x CD’s, and accompanied by a hardback book with 100 full-color pages of rare band photos, flyers and original magazine features, is a monstrously detailed historical dissemination documenting the band’s unrelenting assault upon HC punk audiences worldwide”.

To sum up, June on F.O.A.D. Records will delight you with the following sonic crimes: DISCHARGE “Noise not music 1980-1983” BOOK + 4xCD, TATUERADE SNUTKUKAR “Complete Noise 1982-1986…” LP+CD, ORAL “Dystopisk Framtid” LP, KRUNCH “Honänu – En samling 1983/1989” LP and NYX NEGATIV “Kalrshamns Punks 1981-1984” LP (2nd edition). Preorders are up now at www.scareystore.com !!  As always, a few recommendations that we ask you to read and keep in mind: we have made available two different bundles at a discounted price.. one for those who want to grab all of this month’s releases together, and one including only the diehard versions of the 4 x Swedish HC releases. We suggest you to act fast because they are time limited and will expire before the out-now date (June 17).  PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPENING OF THESE PRE-SALES WE HAVE ALSO APPLIED 10% OFF ON ALL VINYL AND CDS IN OUR HUGE MAILORDER CATALOG AT WWW.SCAREYSTORE.COM – don’t miss your chance!  And very last thing: we repeat it all the time but few people pay attention…the amount of orders we have to process daily is really challenging and stressful, especially when it comes to a pre-orders phase like this. Please don’t bombard us with requests that put us in a bind such as additions or replacement of items after the pre-order is complete, address changes, anxiety about getting the tracking number right away, and so on.  This wastes a lot of our time and slows down our schedule. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

And now going into more detail about this month’s releases:

DISCHARGE “Noise not music 1980-1983” BOOK + 4xCD  (F.O.A.D. 160)

New, expanded version of DISCHARGE “Noise not music” Audio & Visual history 1980-1983 BOOK + 4 x CD with 36 additional pages and loads of extra audio content than the vinyl box set released 5 years ago on F.O.A.D. Records.
The most exhaustive BOOK ever made about DISCHARGE: hundreds of band photos with many unseen and printed in high quality for the first time (Northwood Parish Hall 1980, Tunstall Town Hall 1980, Stevenage Bowes Lyon House 1981, Rome 1981, Yugoslavia 1981, Zig Zag Club 1982 etc). Plus rare gig flyers, music weekly interviews, features and press clippings of release adverts and reviews, all accompanied by a historically accurate band history researched and written by notorious DISCHARGE collectors Rich Walker and Leigh Rocker, documenting the years 1977 to 1983 featuring new interview material and contributions from Rainy, Tezz, Bones, Garry, Bambi, Pooch and band manager Tanya.
“In 1980, four teenagers from the darkest depths of Stoke On Trent exploded onto the world punk scene with the subtlety of a nuclear warhead detonation. Collected across this revised and expanded edition of 4 x CD’s, and accompanied by a hardback book with 100 full-color pages of rare band photos, flyers and original magazine features, is a monstrously detailed historical dissemination documenting the band’s unrelenting assault upon HC punk audiences worldwide”. (Rich Walker)
Audio contents (more than 4 hours, 125 TRACKS!!) :
– Live at the Music Machine, London, England, 28.10.1980 (First London gig)
– “Where’s our freedom?” EP
– “Massacre of Montreal” EP
– Live at the 100 Club, London, England, 23.02.1982
– Live at the City Club, Detroit, USA, 15.09.1982 (First USA Tour)
– Live at the 9.30 Club, Washington DC, USA, 16.10.1982
– Live at the 100 Club, London, England, 15.03.1983
– Live at Xtreems, Brighton, England 03.03.1983
– Live at Paychecks Lounge, Hamtramck, USA, 20.11.1983
Plus bonus track of Canadian TV interview 1983 with Cal and Garry

DISCHARGE was more than just noise, the band was a musical reaction to the brutal times and circumstances faced by people in the U.K. under the Thatcher regime, they were also a voice for the “X” generation without a future; but most importantly, they were FAST, RAW, LOUD, HARDCORE PUNK! 

Watch the trailer HERE

–

TATUERADE SNUTKUKAR “Complete Noise 1982-1986.. In Gothenburg everybody can hear you scream” LP+CD (F.O.A.D. 342)

A hidden gem of early Swedish hardcore råpunk!!!  Complete recordings 1982-1986 straight from the band’s masters, including their cult demotape “Hardcore Trash ’83”, all existing compilation tracks + bonus CD with rehearsals and live sessions for a total of 56 SONGS!! Raw, angry and noisy-as-fuck hardcore mangel that will delight fans of SKITSLICKERS, MOB 47, ASOCIAL, CRUDE SS and ABSURD!  Simply put, this sounds like a rawer and sloppier version of MOB 47 with the fuzziness of some classic Kyushu punk heroes of the first wave.  Includes a stunning 20 page booklet with extensive band history, archival photos and flyers, interview and scans of the original cassette tape.

Watch the trailer HERE

Available in the following versions:

Black vinyl limited to 250 copies

Diehard coke bottle clear green vinyl limited to 150 copies

–

ORAL “Dystopisk framtid” LP (F.O.A.D. 339)

Raging Swedish hardcore obscurity! Complete demos 1987-1989 + bonus tracks 1986. Raw, full throttle hardcore mangel in pure Scandinavian tradition, recommended if you like ANTI CIMEX, TOTALITÄR, CRUDE SS, AVSKUM…. Creating a hard-hitting atmosphere made of instantly catchy riffs, pounding drums with the unmistakable Swedish HC-beat formula and anger filled vocals reminding Tomas Jonsson at his finest. Featuring Alf Svensson (later in GROTESQUE and AT THE GATES)! Includes booklet with lyrics, photos from the time, liner notes written by the band and an old interview… 

Watch the trailer HERE

Available in the following versions:

Black vinyl limited to 100 copies

Diehard transparent violet vinyl limited to 100 copies

Diehard translucid blue-purple vinyl limited to 100 copies

–

KRUNCH “Honänu – En samling 1983/1989” LP (F.O.A.D. 338)

Following the recent F.O.A.D. reissue of their cult demotape 1984, here comes the complete collection of all KRUNCH’s 7″s and 12″s recorded in the 80ies, showing their progression from fast, straightforward hardcore – the Swedish way, to a more elaborate yet highly energetic & crazy style all of thier own. 28 TRACKS OF INTENSE SWEDISH HC!  Contents: “Hell Bob” 7″ (1983), “Tjafs & Dalt” 7″ (1985), “Mys Och Kel” 12″ (1985), “Mor Och Far” 12″ (1987) and “Tack & Hej” 7″ (1989). Includes a full-color booklet with a detailed history of the band, never before seen photos and scans of the original releases.

Watch the trailer HERE

Available in the following versions:

Black vinyl limited to 200 copies

Diehard orange vinyl limited to 100 copies

–

NYX NEGATIV “Kalrshamns Punks 1981-1984” LP new edition! (F.O.A.D. 268)

2nd edition with different cover colors. Another Swedish punk gem brought back to life by your F.O.A.D. maniacs!! Formed in 1980, after a few line-up changes NN quickly headed to a much rougher direction turning their sound into a manic raw punkasfuck barrage. Complete discography compiling all their existing recordings also including the rare “No morals” 7″ never reissued up to now! 25 songs consisting of: – Demo 1983 / – “No morals” 7″ (1984) / – Songs from “Rockslaget” v.a. 3xLP (1982) / – Live 1983 / – unreleased track
..from classic two-fingers-in-the-air punk to a faster Swedish hardcore approach! 24 page A4 book with liner notes, scans of the original releases and of the fanzine styled booklet that came with their demo 1983.

Watch the trailer HERE

Available in the following versions:

Black vinyl limited to 200 copies

Diehard purplish-red swirl vinyl limited to 100 copies

Yes!! Just in time for the end of the year, with the usual delay from the pressing plant, we’re honored to announce that DISCHARGE “Noise not music” Boxset (hardcover book, 3x LPs, 1x 7″ + poster) is out NOW on F.O.A.D. Records! No words enough to describe the feeling when we opened the first box and put the records on our turntables, it’s simply a BEAST of a work. We want to thank Rich Walker with all our heart for the incredible effort and amount of time spent in putting together such an incredible thing, and the band members + friends that contributed to the book and helped to make this possible.

As we previously explained, there was a small variation in the final colors of the limited editions… We’re starting to ship your preorders from January 2nd. Please be patient because there are tons of them, we’ll work day and night to get them mailed as fast as possible and we are hopefully sorting out a deal with a courier to have all the European orders sent with an express service, so even those who opted for the “non registered Mbag” shipping will get them faster than what they expect. Both limited colored versions (electric blue and striped blue/black) are sold out on preorder, don’t sleep on the black one because it won’t last for long.

More in detail about the contents:

Over 1 year in the making, this release combines the most exhaustive BOOK ever made about DISCHARGE with a triple LP + 7″ capturing the band’s incredible live intensity and aggression through some of their best, rawest sets recorded from 1980 to 1983. Housed in a heavyweight silver hot foil stamped slipcase, the DISCHARGE : “NOISE NOT MUSIC” Boxset contains the following..:

* ”NOISE NOT MUSIC” TRIPLE LIVE ALBUM 

Tri-fold 350 gsm heavyweight sleeve with all the correct lyrics for the first three EP’s printed together for the first time ANYWHERE outside the original band made lyric sheets (not some garbled nonsense copied from the internet) the recordings have their audio remastered for vinyl at Toxic Basement Studios and featuring full raging sets from the following gigs:

– LP 1 : Live at the Music Machine, London 1980 (First London gig)
– LP 2 : Live at the City Club, Detroit 1982 (First USA Tour)
– LP 3 : Live at the 100 Club 1983 ( Plus bonus track of Canadian TV interview 1983 with Cal and Garry)

* ”WHERE’S OUR FREEDOM?” 8 TRACK LIVE 7” EP 

With 2 tracks each live from the following gigs:

– Preston Warehouse 1980 (Featuring the unreleased track “Where’s Our Freedom?”)
– London Lyceum 1981 (Apocalypse Now Tour)
– Manchester Polytechnic 1981 (Apocalypse Now Tour)
– Helsinki Lepakko 1983 (First Scandinavian Tour)

* “NOISE NOT MUSIC” HARDBACK BOOK

Over 100 band photos with many unseen and printed in high quality for the first time (Northwood Parish Hall 1980, Tunstall Town Hall 1980, Stevenage Bowes Lyon House 1981, Rome 1981, Yugoslavia 1981, Zig Zag Club 1982 etc). Plus rare gig flyers, music weekly interviews, features and press clippings of release adverts and reviews, all accompanied by a 30,000 word historically accurate band history researched and written by notorious DISCHARGE collectors Rich Walker and Leigh Rocker, documenting the years 1977 to 1983 featuring new interview material and contributions from Rainy, Tezz, Bones, Garry, Bambi, Pooch and band manager Tanya.

* A2 Promotional Poster 

DISCHARGE was more than just a noise, the band was a musical reaction to the brutal times and circumstances faced by people in the U.K. under the Thatcher regime, they were also a voice for the “X” generation without a future; but most importantly, they were FAST, RAW, LOUD, HARDCORE PUNK!  CRACK YOUR BRAIN UP!

Black vinyl limited to 600

Finally, a first stock of DISCHARGE “Noise not music” Boxsets has been delivered to our warehouse and we’re happy to say that it looks and sounds perfectly,  with no doubt it’s the most deluxe FOAD release so far.

Unfortunately, however, there is also a small negative note: due to a mistake at the pressing plant, what was supposed to be the “splatter” version came out as plain electric blue vinyl with no black splattering. So what we have pre-sold and announced as splatter is actually “electric blue“. The striped version was pressed correctly. We’re posting some photos here so you can clearly see how it looks like.

Both respectively limited to 180 copies (electric blue) and 200 copies (striped). Yes, there are 20 copies less than what was expected for the electric blue version, don’t worry because no order will be changed, we’re just taking some off from those reserved by local record shops because they are good with the black vinyl one.  We apologize for this mistake but it was completely out of our control. It’s still the most limited version and most important the audio and visual contents are the same as on the other editions.. thanks in advance for understanding.

Orders will start to ship from January 2nd, please be patient because there are tons of them, we’ll try to be as fast as possible.

It’s been 2 months since the last FOAD release, quite unusual considering that in the last 4-5 years we have kept on putting out at least 2 records monthly without never stopping. No we’re not sleeping neither we decided to slow down… it’s just that we were preparing a monstrous nuclear stockpile to end the year in the greatest way!!

Brief introduction: in 1980 four teenagers from Stoke exploded onto the worldwide punk scene with all the subtlety of a ten megaton nuclear warhead; so powerful and devastating was their initial impact that the entire world sat up, took notice, and thousands of bands across the globe were prompted to harden their style and speed up in a vain attempt to match the singularly most ferocious band on planet earth. That band ladies and gentlemen, was DISCHARGE! Over the next three years their uncompromising musical onslaught grew tighter, lyrically bleaker and even more unrelenting as they unleashed release after release highlighting the monstrous nuclear threat the world faced along with the true realities of war and insidious state control! Unstoppable in the race towards musical Armageddon, the bands enduring legacy has never accurately been captured until now; FOAD Records has spent a long time in creating the ultimate DISCHARGE release: the gigantic “NOISE NOT MUSIC” boxset consisting of a massive hard-cover book, a triple LP set housed in a trifold sleeve, a 8-track 7″ and a poster! With a visual presentation that follows the true aesthetic of the early singles by using only original logos, fonts, colours and the graphic style of the band’s first 3 EP’s and packaging that finally does them justice rather than another cheap bootleg or cash in by a label looking to make money.

PREORDERS START NOW, as usual we recommend you to act fast if you want to grab the limited colored vinyl versions, they’ll be gone in few days. **IMPORTANT** : The release date for this boxset is set for DECEMBER 27, 2018 Please be aware that the postal service through the Xmas/New Year rush can be very slow and disorganized, so don’t be surprised if delivery times will be a bit longer or if we’ll eventually decide to ship your order after the Xmas/New Year chaos (after January 6th). Just be patient and we’ll give you full assistance as always.

Now more in detail about the contents of this titan:

Over 1 year in the making, this release combines the most exhaustive BOOK ever made about DISCHARGE with a triple LP + 7″ capturing the band’s incredible live intensity and aggression through some of their best, rawest sets recorded from 1980 to 1983. Housed in a heavyweight silver hot foil stamped slipcase, the DISCHARGE : “NOISE NOT MUSIC” Boxset contains the following..:

* ”NOISE NOT MUSIC” TRIPLE LIVE ALBUM 

Tri-fold 350 gsm heavyweight sleeve with all the correct lyrics for the first three EP’s printed together for the first time ANYWHERE outside the original band made lyric sheets (not some garbled nonsense copied from the internet) the recordings have their audio remastered for vinyl at Toxic Basement Studios and featuring full raging sets from the following gigs:

– LP 1 : Live at the Music Machine, London 1980 (First London gig)
– LP 2 : Live at the City Club, Detroit 1982 (First USA Tour)
– LP 3 : Live at the 100 Club 1983 ( Plus bonus track of Canadian TV interview 1983 with Cal and Garry)

* ”WHERE’S OUR FREEDOM?” 8 TRACK LIVE 7” EP 

With 2 tracks each live from the following gigs:
– Preston Warehouse 1980 (Featuring the unreleased track “Where’s Our Freedom?”)
– London Lyceum 1981 (Apocalypse Now Tour)
– Manchester Polytechnic 1981 (Apocalypse Now Tour)
– Helsinki Lepakko 1983 (First Scandinavian Tour)

* “NOISE NOT MUSIC” HARDBACK BOOK

Over 100 band photos with many unseen and printed in high quality for the first time (Northwood Parish Hall 1980, Tunstall Town Hall 1980, Stevenage Bowes Lyon House 1981, Rome 1981, Yugoslavia 1981, Zig Zag Club 1982 etc). Plus rare gig flyers, music weekly interviews, features and press clippings of release adverts and reviews, all accompanied by a 30,000 word historically accurate band history researched and written by notorious DISCHARGE collectors Rich Walker and Leigh Rocker, documenting the years 1977 to 1983 featuring new interview material and contributions from Rainy, Tezz, Bones, Garry, Bambi, Pooch and band manager Tanya. 

* A2 Promotional Poster 

DISCHARGE was more than just a noise, the band was a musical reaction to the brutal times and circumstances faced by people in the U.K. under the Thatcher regime, they were also a voice for the “X” generation without a future; but most importantly, they were FAST, RAW, LOUD, HARDCORE PUNK!  CRACK YOUR BRAIN UP!

Available in 3 different versions:

Die-hard splatter vinyl (black on electric blue) limited to 200

Die-hard striped vinyl (black vs light blue) limited to 200

Black vinyl limited to 600

A lot of bands have been described as “legendary” but very few of them really deserve that status. DISCHARGE is hands down among that bunch and the legacy they spawned is the best proof about it that can be shown. Discharge took punk music and pushed it to a new level, creating a sound that influenced a countless amount of musicians, from punk to metal and all through their most extreme branches. These pioneers delivered infamously rabid and furious live shows and we’re way more than proud to release one of them in a remastered edition that gives justice to the energy Discharge were able to create on stage. “Live at the City Garden New Jersey” is one of the most historically important releases on F.O.A.D. Records and we’re stoked to announce that it’s finally out and ready to ship!

Official reissue of this legendary live LP from the band’s golden days, originally released on Clay Records in 1989. A slab of pure rawness that captures these UK Punk icons in an intense, ultra-powerful performance during their legendary 2nd US tour (Northern USA and Canada) in fall 1983. As the original pressing says: “These recordings were taped on the sound desk on the night of the concert and although they may lack the technology of full studio recordings they nevertheless capture the live excitement of a Discharge gig and have been fully approved for release by the group“. In point of fact, this is raw, furious and totally out of control and together with “The nightmare continues” (the other Discharge’s official live album on Clay) it portrays in full effect these D-Beat generators at the top of their game. All their classic anthems are included: “Hear nothing, see nothing, say nothing“, “Never again“, “Protest and survive“, “The blood runs red“, “Decontrol” and so on.. And as for all F.O.A.D.‘s releases this has been mastered from the best sounding source in existence at Toxic Basement Studio, keeping the original sonic impact in its most genuine and uncontaminated form, just adding more balance to the instruments and that punch-in-the-face live feel that no band has ever topped.

Served in a thick glossy UV gatefold jacket: the outside is a detailed reproduction of the original sleeve, the inside and insert – all designed and assembled by Rich Militia of SORE THROAT – include a stunning collection of rare photos from that tour (and other shows of the same period), flyers and detailed liner notes. Quoting the ending paragraph: “Live At The City Garden New Jersey is one of the better recordings and performances of the band at this point, and no one can deny the power of tracks like “Anger burning” or “Born to die in the gutter”. They are beyond reproach in my opinion. This is the perfect epitaph to the band’s 1983-1984 period. Lovingly remastered for vinyl by those lunatics at F.O.A.D. Records, and with some finished packaging upgrades, this is not state control, this is Rock’n’Roll!!“. And wait, there’s more.. we have also added an accurate reproduction of the original poster of that tour!!

The die-hard edition has been completely sold-out at the speed of light on preorder, but the solid black one and the very last copies on clear vinyl are still available!

Limited edition on clear vinyl (150 copies)

Black vinyl edition (250 copies)