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D.I.Y.: We're Desperate: The L.A. Scene (1976-79)

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WHAT A GREAT COMP !!!
4 1/2 Stars
Save your money and get the Dangerhouse comps.
this looks like a 'Dangerhouse"comp

D.I.Y.: We're Desperate: The L.A. Scene (1976-79)
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000032YK
Release Date: 1993-02-16

Tracks:

Down On The Boulevard - The Pop!
Younger Point Of View - The Dogs
Counting (Demo) - The Motels
Forming - The Germs
I Hate The Rich - The Dils
Don't Push Me Around - The Zeros
A Life Of Crime - The Weirdos
You're So Strange - The Zippers
Pretty Please - The Quick
She Don't Know Why I'm Here - The Last
Say Goodbye To The Black Sheep - The Furys
Mr. Big - The Dils
We're Desperate - x
We Got The Neutron Bomb - The Weirdos
Lexicon Devil - The Germs
Nothing Means Nothing Anymore - Alley Cats
La Bamba - The Plugz
You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) - The Dickies
Taqn - Eyes
Survive - Bags
Los Angeles - x

Customer Reviews:

WHAT A GREAT COMP !!!.......2006-04-18

In that it's comprised by the highlight songs from the bands on it.Most of these bands' lps are not as good as these songs may suggest,so this is a comprehensive overview of the LA scene of those years.Maybe with the exception of The Germs,this is all the LA scene you'll be needing.The sound is very good on top of it all.I've owned this comp for 14 years now and I still listen to it.That good.But the Dangerhouse series are a better deal indeed.The booklet on this one is so thick and full of info an pics you won't believe your eyes ! Rhino is a very generous record label and you just don't see that anymore nowadays.

4 1/2 Stars.......2005-01-13

If D.I.Y.: We're Desperate: The L.A. Scene (1976-79) is one of the weakest installments in the D.I.Y. series, it's only because the Los Angeles scene wasn't nearly as rich and diverse as those in New York and London. New wave pop didn't have a stronghold in the L.A. punk community, which tended to favor raw, hard, often amateurish punk. Essentially, Los Angeles was one of the first towns to embrace hardcore, and almost all of We're Desperate plays as proto-hardcore punk. Of all the bands on the collection, X displays the greatest songcraft and style with their edgy guitars and tag-team vocals. No other group has their finesse, but then again, they don't attempt to write songs, they just want to make noise; on that level the collection works, even if it may get tedious to listeners who have just a passing interest in this style of punk. Still, We're Desperate is a good overview of the L.A. scene, featuring its handful of major players - the Germs ("Forming," "Lexicon Devil"), the Dickies ("You Drive Me Ape [You Big Gorilla]"), the Weirdos ("We Got the Neutron Bomb," "A Life of Crime"), the Dils ("I Hate the Rich") - plus many lesser-known acts like the Zeros, the Furys, Eyes, Bags, the Last, Alley Cats, the Plugz, and the Dogs, as well as a demo from the Motels. It's an accurate representation of the 70's Los Angeles punk scene. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG

Save your money and get the Dangerhouse comps........2004-04-02

This is a fine compilation but unfortunately out of print and, subsequently, expensive. You can get most of this material on the Dangerhouse Vols. 1&2 and What Stuff comps for much less $. Also, check out The Quick "Untold Rock Stories" on Rev-Ola records. This is a GREAT collection of tunes from one of the most underrated bands ever. The Quick influenced alot of the LA punk bands.

this looks like a 'Dangerhouse"comp.......2001-08-04

basically this release is similar to those comps put out by the 'Dangerhouse'label. a lot of history is packed into this cd. a good mix of pop and punk songs, for us who love to revisit our past. X and theDils hold the #1 and #2 fastest songs here.

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