Chemakill - The Power of Bob 7" e.p. (1991, Bob's Ice Cream Records)

 

Rob - Guitar

Mike - Bass/Vocals

Randall (R.I.P.) - Drums

I believe this is the only vinyl release for Chemakill from 1991. There were two cassettes that preceded this, the 1990 Demo which you can find here and a self-titled cassette that came before that with a black and white cover. I haven't been able to track it down but I remember seeing it and that they thanked "the late great Ryan Smith" which I appreciated as he was the first punk I ever met. R.I.P. Ryan & Randall.

The Power of Bob (1991)

1. Foundations

2. Hatred

3. Catfish Mamma

4. There's A Better Way

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Tattoo (1978-1983)

Dave Rubin - Guitar

Fred Simmons - Trombone

Todd Dunn - Bass

Rick Palacios - Drums

Would never have known these guys existed had Patrick Neve not posted a link to one of their songs on You Tube to the Panic FB page, thank you Patrick!  Everything I know about these guys is in the article posted above from an Alaska newspaper in 1983; evidently they toured. The band released two singles during their tenure and it would shock me if there wasn't a cassette out there somewhere too.  The first single "Used To Keep Me Up All Night b/w Runaway Home" was released in 1978 making it the earliest recording this blog has been able to come up with so far. The second single "Wino (Oo My Baby Is A) b/w Never Did Nothin' That I Didn't Wanna Do" followed five years later in 1983. Patrick noted that the A side of this one sounded like a precursor to the Cherry Poppin' Daddies and I have to say I'd agree with him. It's in the energy rather than the instrumentation. Hope you enjoy!

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A Few Chairs (1984-89)

Mimi Raiter - Guitar/Vocals

Marty Schwarzbauer - Bass/Vocals

Aaron Temple - Drums

A Few Chairs were around in the mid-80's and re-emerged as Skeleton Closet at some point in the 90's too. This tape was officially released but I don't have a copy anymore and I don't think the cover is going to turn up anytime soon so I'm going with what I've got. Not having the cover also means I don't know many of the song titles, Mimi or Marty if you want to help out please do! I think this is from 1986. Got most of the track names, thanks Hans!

A Few Chairs - S/T (1986)

01 - Boys

02 - Nasty Boys

03 - Someone Else

04 - Nuclear Attack

05 - I Wonder Whatever Became of...

06 - Sleep Talking

07 - Victim

08 - Aversion Day

09 - Lost Love

10 - Don't Make Me Laugh

11 - For What It's Worth

12 - Don't Hang Your Head

13 - You and Me

14 - Fucked Up

15 - Track 15

16 - Track 16

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Live at Satyricon, December 1988

Panic on 13th Reunion Show, W.O.W. Hall, 10/27/2006

As many of you know, there was an attempt at a Eugene documentary in 2005-06 that was abandoned for reasons I was never quite clear on. One positive thing that came out of all of it was the reunion show.  I was given a pile of material collected for the project after it was abandoned and the blog was born in 2011. I procrastinate. 

Download A Few Chairs Pictures from Panic on 13th Shoot