Diy: We're Desperate La Scene

D.I.Y. Series | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 16, 1993)
• Original Release Date: February 16, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032YK
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,484 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Down on the Boulevard

2. Younger Point of View

3. Counting [Demo Version]

4. Forming

5. I Hate the Rich

6. Don't Push Me Around

7. A Life of Crime [*]

8. You're So Strange

9. Pretty Please

10. She Don't Know Why I'm Here

11. Say Goodbye to the Black Sheep

12. Mr. Big

13. We're Desperate

14. We Got the Neutron Bomb

15. Lexicon Devil

16. Nothing Means Nothing Anymore

17. La Bamba

18. You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)

19. Taqn [*]

20. Survive [*]

See all 21 tracks on this disc

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WHAT A GREAT COMP !!!, April 18, 2006

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JUAN MARTIN GABASTOU (Weston Hills, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diy: We're Desperate La Scene (Audio CD)

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.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro to early LA punk, January 7, 2012

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Andreas C G "Andreas Carl Georgi" (Huntington Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Diy: We're Desperate La Scene (Audio CD)

I've found myself listening to this CD a lot since I bought it. This is part of a series of compilations focusing on the early punk scenes in various cities. This compilation is a very good collection that pretty much covers the most important bands of the LA punk scene of the late 70's and early 80's. It focus on the period before punk mutated into 80's hardcore. Later LA hardcore bands like Fear, Black Flag and Circle Jerks got a lot more prominence nationwide, but it started with bands like the Germs, the Dils, and of course, X.

Some of the bands featured are obvious and necessary inclusions, especially X, but also Dickies, Germs, Dils, and Wierdos, but many of the other tracks are also excellent. The first few tracks, by bands like the Motels, do not fit the narrow mold of the punk sound. In LA, as in other places, the early scene was much more diverse than the caricature which would ultimately become a parody of itself (Think Talking Heads & Television).

There is one very notable omission from this collection, but perhaps it was inevitable. I am referring to the Screamers, one of the greatest bands of the early punk period, who unfortunately never released any records. The band used synthesizers and electronic keyboards to generate a racket to rival any electric guitars. There are examples of their material available on the usual places on the internet, and I would encourage you to check it out. Their absence from this compilation is notable. Nevertheless I don't know how feasible it would have been to include demos or bootlegs, so I can't take any points off.

I have not heard the other CD's in this series, but I can strongly recommend this one.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Save your money and get the Dangerhouse comps., April 1, 2004

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Patrick W. Schubert (Santa Ana, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diy: We're Desperate La Scene (Audio CD)

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.