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GTA061 SADO-NATION "Future Past,Present,Tense" CD
Ferocious yet tuneful early 80s female fronted punk from Portland Oregon, this band was more than a mere footnote in the early US hardcore scene.
Started in 1978 by 60s music veteran David Corboy, he named the band Sado-nation in reaction to what he viewed as a soul-less consumer culture ruled by cruel sadistic leaders.
Included on this extended play disc is their debut 1980 7" and previously unreleased 1980 "Disruptive Pattern" LP session with original vocalist Leesa Nation (of the early all girl Portland punk group the Braphsmears),and following her exit the 1982 "We're Not Equal"LP, 1999 and 2002 studio tracks, and 1983 live cuts all with vocalist Mish Bondage (another ex and founding member of the Braphsmears).
Mish added a new harder edge to the band and could physically as well as vocally hold her own against her male counterparts from the same era of US hardcore punk, helping to blaze the trail for outspoken defiant women in underground music.
This release comes complete with a beautifully designed 16 page booklet chronicling the history and recordings of the band. A long time in the works,a quintessential collection from the early days of American hardcore and a group still going strong today.
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The year 1977 saw some great bands break onto the scene. A small group of individuals had been waiting for an event such as this to happen. Portland's few bands quickly picked up on the energy and angst that these bands had exhibited in their music. This was the birth of the Punk Rock scene in Portland, Oregon.
Though Sado has had a few different members over the years, Sado-Nation's mainstays have been Mish Bondage and David Corboy who are widely considered to be Portland's founding punk godparents.
Mish Bondage is a Portland native. She met Jerry A (Poison Idea) in 1979, when she was just 15, attending her first shows; the Styphnoids, Wipers and Sado-Nation. She was deeply affected, and the following year, Mish, Suzy Quaalude, Amy Nitrate, Leesa Nation and Angie formed the first all girl hardcore band in Portland, The Braphsmears, where Mish would play bass for half the set and sing for the other half. People either worshiped them or hated them and they frequently experienced an ashtray or partially consumed pitcher of beer flying in their direction.
As one of the few early leading female forces in the hardcore scene, Mish was recruited from The Braphsmears to become the singer for Sado-Nation in 1982. Others took notice, too. In 1984, she was named female vocalist of the year by Flipside, and to this day, she's a powerful presence: her words spat out and angst ridden, and her stage presence frightens and thrills audiences. Mish prowls the stage firing out words like a Sonic Medusa.
Mish had moved to Los Angeles in 1984 in a quest to expand her experiences in the music world.
Cheap Damage
Johnny and Fanny although silent in the last few weeks have been laying low quietly stirring up more trouble for your listening pleasure.Chatter is the first of a series of original songs written by Johnny and Fanny. A collective of Danceable Dissonant Disturbances that will hit you like shit hits the fan..