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ungovernable · Aug 23, 2010

A few bands have already accepted to be part of our compilation... We need your help to pick a song !

We thought the best way to proceed would be to ask the members of this forum what is their favorite song and vote to select the song to appear on the compilation

there is already a couple of bands up for vote here:
http://www.anarcho-punk.net/viewforum.php?f=94

PLEASE HELP US!!

SurgeryXdisaster · Aug 23, 2010

Should get diatribe on this

ungovernable · Aug 23, 2010

Diatribe will be on the compilation

nodz · Aug 23, 2010

I think a song from Whorehouse of Representatives should get an honourable mention.

ungovernable · Aug 23, 2010

Whorehouse of Representatives are on Profane Existence as far as i know, and this label is the biggest opponent to file sharing in the punk scene so fuck that.

Our compilation will feature only bands who accept to be part of the compilation and bands who are not against file sharing. So if you know a member of Whorehouse of Representatives, just contact them and ask them..

SurgeryXdisaster · Aug 23, 2010

My band isn't against file sharing

ungovernable · Aug 23, 2010

But like i explained here:
viewtopic.php?f=94&t=4738

we will give priority to band who have notoriety in the scene for the first volume, because it is risky to invest money and we want to ensure we will be able to easily sell the compilations

but anyway, whats your band ?

nodz · Aug 23, 2010

Fair enough about Whorehouse but not sure how it works with their album being available for free down load on moshpit tradgedy on inimical records then

SurgeryXdisaster · Aug 23, 2010

ungovernable said:
But like i explained here:
viewtopic.php?f=94&t=4738

we will give priority to band who have notoriety in the scene for the first volume, because it is risky to invest money and we want to ensure we will be able to easily sell the compilations

but anyway, whats your band ?
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Disruptions!

This song's called Don't Believe...
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wldm1ek05 ... elieve.zip

It's 100% DIY so you know what to expect in terms of recording quality (the drums sound better if you play it louder)
We have members from local Chicago bands: Corpse Gas and Avulsion SS (defunct)

SurgeryXdisaster · Aug 25, 2010

I've contacted Oi Polloi about this whole thing but no response as of yet.

ungovernable · Aug 25, 2010

yeah another member have contacted Oi Polloi, no reply so far but i heard sometimes it may take 2-3 months before they reply to messages.

However, i am not sure they will accept our concept of file sharing and free downloads, Profane Existence have reappropriated them for their famous campaign against file sharing.

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Hi there Dan,

Sorry to hear about the latest troubles with PE but glad that it's not the end of everything and that it sounds like plenty of stuff will still be going on in the future.

I was interested in some of your comments on "internet pirating" of DIY punk stuff and the effect that it has on bands as it's something we've been thinking about a lot recently. Over the last few years we've noticed a real drop in the amount of CDs and records we've been able to sell on tour although we're now getting more gig offers than ever and still the same numbers of people at the gigs. So often when we're on the stall trying to punt stuff at the gigs we'll hear the old "Oh, got that, I downloaded it the other day - pretty good" instead of buying the actual hard copy. Nice for them to be able to get the music for free of course but sadly we still had to pay for the studio and a decent sound doesn't come cheap. Over the years we've always tried to go for a decent studio sound and that's always meant a lot of scrimping and saving to get the money to pay for it. As we've always been surviving on fairly low incomes it's not always easy and we've relied on getting the money to finance recordings back from CD and vinyl sales. As you pointed out, this money also helps bands afford to tour and it's enabled us to play a lot more benefit gigs over the years by subsidising the travel costs.

The result of all this free downloading now for a band like us is that we can no longer afford to tour so much, we have been forced to turn down a load of benefit gigs recently either because we couldn't afford to get to them or because we've had to play local gigs to raise money to pay for our own recordings instead of raising money for local political groups - something we would much rather have been doing. We're also in the situation of being well through the process of recording a new LP and other stuff without having the money to pay the engineer and not much idea where it is going to come from - luckily he is a patient fellow!

We can just see this leading to a downward pressure on the quality of recordings as bands have less money available - and indeed less trips to the studio altogether - unless of course you are a bigger "commercial" band or the band members are actually fairly well off with spare money themselves - not usually the case with DIY punk!

Cheers,
Deek
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SurgeryXdisaster · Aug 25, 2010

Hmmm well then
I mean the first time i heard oi polloi was through illegal downloads
and after i found out that enjoyed their music i payed for albums i already had,
such as Total Resistance to the fucking system and their self titled EP.
It just comes down to punks realizing they do need to support their scene
but no one can afford to buy the entire discography of all their favorite bands
ah well, we shall see what happens

nodz · Aug 26, 2010

Surgeryxdisaster said:
It just comes down to punks realizing they do need to support their scene
but no one can afford to buy the entire discography of all their favorite bands
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Totally agree that no one can afford to buy the entire discography of all bands.
Problem is, it is quite difficult to buy any here in Australia, especially some of the underground stuff or stuff that you can only get by going to gigs.
We have a shop here in Melbourne that is called Missing Link, it supports many DIY bands and distros etc, problem is they can still be very expensive.
There are of course some cheap EPs etc for sale but as soon as there is a CD involved with artwork etc, we are paying in the region of $22-28 (15-20 euro)
Trying to buy some of the stuff from Europe is also a bummer. Three or four quid for a record from the UK but by the time you add postage and do the conversion, it is still in the same price vicinity, not forgetting the extra charges for paypal or extra charges for using foreign currency on your credit card and also the security issues of not knowing who has you credit card details or the problems associated with many small distros not having the facilities to deal with credit cards.
I find myself trying to download stuff that is free from the band (that is, the band say, here take it, it's free and legal). It's usually from somewhere like myspace or last.fm etc. Trouble with this of course is that you nearly always don't get the full disc play list.
iTunes is another problem, you can't get a lot of the true DIY stuff and then other bands like anti-product, discharge that are available are still $1.69 - $2.19 (1.2-1.5 euro) per track which gets you to about $17 (12 Euro) per LP and you don't get the hard copy!

punkmar77 · Aug 30, 2010

Contacted D-Clone from Japan....fingers crossed that they'll contribute a new track..

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