“THE LEGEND OF KANSAI HARDCORE” Book and THE UNDESIRABLES “s/t” LP out now, SWINDLE BITCH LP and THE RUSTLER 2xLP sold out on preorder!!
It’s not uncommon that a string of F.O.A.D. releases gets sold out on preorder and this month, once again, a good part of what we had announced has been wiped out in few days! It’s the case of THE RUSTLER “1988-1994” 2xLP, SWINDLE BITCH “Lonely wolf like a storm 1993-1995” LP as well as the ltd. edition of “The legend of Kansai Hardcore” Book with ZOUO / RAPES split flexi disc. As always, thanks to all of you for supporting our efforts and showing interest on these releases, it gives us the right energy to keep on working hard and bring to light more gems of this kind. This said, we’re happy to announce that “THE LEGEND OF KANSAI HARDCORE” Book (of which we still have plenty of copies of the regular version) and THE UNDESIRABLES “s/t” LP are both out now on F.O.A.D. Records!! As you can guess, the amount of orders that we have to cope with is of titanic proportions, we have already started to ship a first batch and we’re expecting to finish all the rest within a week or two. Please be patient and for any questions feel free to contact us. Beware that there aren’t many copies left even of the limited swirl vinyl version of THE UNDESIRABLES “s/t” LP, act quickly if you don’t want to miss it.
More in detail:
THE LEGEND OF KANSAI HARDCORE – Book (F.O.A.D. 230)
“Kansai” is a region in Japan that lies in the southern-central territory of Japan’s main island Honshū and includes the prefectures of Mie, Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga. The metropolitan area of Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto is the second-most populated in Japan after the Greater Tokyo Area. This book, previously published only in Japanese and now finally translated into English, is incredible journey through the depths of the Kansai Hardcore hell run by none other than Ishiya of DEATH SIDE and FORWARD fame. Teaming up with him in the interviews is Shintani from RAPES, whose career stretches from the early days of the Punk/Metal scene to the present. Packed with interviews, tons of interesting anecdotes and spiced up with rare pictures, this is the definitive work about that legendary scene, a true-to-the-bone, authentic Hardcore report… Bands included: ZOUO, S.O.B., OUTO, RAPES, WARHEAD, NIGHTMARE, MOBS, Charmy & Pon (LAUGHIN’ NOSE, NASHI) and more! Expanded version with an extra chapter all dedicated to the many Japanese Hardcore / Punk / Metal releases on F.O.A.D. Records with artwork and info. All written in English! 172 pages, full color. Watch the trailer HERE
Regular soft cover edition
THE UNDESIRABLES “s/t” LP (F.O.A.D. 231)
“Varukers and Discharge main-men go head to head!!“. Pounding, metallic Dis-charged Hardcore delivered by two timeless giants that wrote the history of British Punk: TEZZ (Discharge, Broken Bones, Battalion Of Saints and more) & RAT (Varukers, Discharge, The Vile and more)!! And of course you get the best elements from the 40+ years experience of these two iconic characters: taking the Punk Rock blue print ingrained in their souls and adding a touch of the thrashing vibe that has always distinguished Tezz’s song-writing and the perfect Metal / Punk crossovering of Broken Bones, the 4 brand new studio anthems included here are ready to hit your teeth like a pickaxe! One sided LP (180 grams) with silk screened art on B-side. Includes insert. Watch the trailer HERE
Diehard edition on swirl green blended with grey vinyl (180 grams) limited to 100 copies
Solid black vinyl version (180 grams) limited to 200 copies
