MAILORDER IS FUN! Various Artists 1998

 

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Tracklist

		Asian Man Records
1	–Slapstick	There's A Metal Head In The Parking Lot
2	–Link 80	Slap
3	–Slow Gherkin	Hava Nagilah
4	–Unsteady	B.A.
5	–The Broadways	15 Minutes
6	–Korea Girl	Reunion
7	–The Chinkees	Hana
8	–Johnny Socko	Boraborinski Brothers
9	–Tuesday (5)	Goodbyes Have Been Said
10	–MU330	X-Mas Card
11	–Potshot	Radio
12	–Let's Go Bowling	Oatmeal For X-mas
13	–Bruce Lee Band*	Gerry Is Strong
14	–Blue Meanies	Dummy Room
15	–The Schleptones	Too Little Time To Waste
16	–Alkaline Trio	For Your Lungs Only
17	–Less Than Jake	Liquor Store
18	–Monkey (7)	No Color, No Power
19	–Pushover (2)	Pitiful
20	–Nicotine (3)	Howie-Mobile
		Fueled By Ramen Bonus
21	–The Impossibles (2)	Plan B
22	–Animal Chin (2)	Seven
23	–17 Years	What's Your Name?
24	–The Supaflies	Hot Rod '75
25	–J Church	Don't Bring Me Down
26	–Funsize*	Pickle
27	–Discount (2)	Soup
28	–The Hippos	Please
29	–Ann Beretta	Efforts Wasted

 

MISFITS OF SKA Various Artists 1995

 

Discogs

Tracklist 

1	–The Blue Meanies*	Acceleration 5000	2:38
2	–Rudiments	Trash	2:25
3	–The Suicide Machines	I Don't Wanna Hear It	1:05
4	–Gangster Fun	Fat Lady Skank	2:28
5	–Less Than Jake	SoundCheck	1:47
6	–MU330	Press	3:45
7	–Out Of Order (8)	Peristalsis	2:22
8	–The Tantra Monsters	Boto Changee	3:15
9	–One Eye Open	Paul Sharrar	2:20
10	–Johnny Socko	Art Show(A Polka)	1:38
11	–Slapstick	Nate B.	3:15
12	–Mealticket	Neanderthal	2:51
13	–The Voodoo Glowskulls*	Charlie Brown	1:42
14	–Reel Big Fish	Skatanic	3:17
15	–Skankin' Pickle	I'm In Love W/A Girl Named Spike	1:57
16	–The Exceptions	I Hate You	7:15
17	–The Janitors Against Apartheid*	That Breakfast Pastry	3:36
18	–The Independents (2)	Bloody Night, Bloody Knife	3:01
19	–Sublime (2)	Romeo	4:29

 

JOHNNY SOCKO Full Trucker Effect 1997

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Artist Biography by Mike DaRonco

Johnny Socko was founded by Dylan Wissing in Bloomington, Indiana in 1990. Influenced by genre-hoppers like Fishbone and Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as the more traditional funk and soul of James Brown and Parliament/Funkadelic, Socko also had an affinity for the party rhythms of hip-hop, ska and reggae. But after almost ten years of being lumped into the sometimes-schlocky third-wave ska scene, Socko went through a transformation, and emerged as a solid, road-tested rock & roll band.

Bovaquarium
In the early nineties, Johnny Socko broke out of its regional existence, embarking on a nationwide tour with American ska stalwarts Bim Skala Bim. The sound was raucous and crowd-driven, with liberal doses of toilet bowl humor thrown into the mix to differentiate the band from its third wave compatriots. The Bim Skala Bim tour would be the first of a cycle that would eventually establish Johnny Socko as one of America's most consistent touring bands. In 1994, Socko released Bovaquarium through Bim Skala Bim's BIB imprint; the Oh I Do Hope It's the Roast Beef EP followed two years later. The band jumped to Asian Man for 1997's Full Trucker Effect, and honed their energetic sound with 1999's Quatro.

But lineup changes followed, as they always do. Solidifying in 2000 around drummer Wissing, Christopher Smail (guitar/vocals), Joshua Silbert (saxophone/vocals), Demian Hostetter (trumpet/vocals), and Matthew Wilson (bass/vocals), Johnny Socko's sound began to evolve away from its campy, third-wave ska-influenced hijinks. It began to emphasize the more rocking sides of its original influences, and drew upon such groups as Van Halen and Cheap Trick. Dubbing their new direction "Big Rock," Socko finally took a break from touring (having performed over 2,000 shows coast to coast since its inception) to write and record a new album. In late 2002 the self-titled, Ken Lewis-produced affair appeared. It showcased a more refined sound that incorporated elements of rap-rock and pop, but didn't forgo the band's trademark sense of humor or solid horn section.

 Tracklist 

1	“Ever Been…?”
2	Half Your Brain
3	“Tobaccy In Paree”
4	Tired & Happy Life
5	Next Big Thing
6	Shiznit
7	They Know Us At The Spa
8	“Eat My Distance”
9	Man In Disguise
10	Boraborinski Brothers
11	Jackknife
12	Full Trucker Effect
13	Commercial
14	She’s Righteous
15	Sour Me
16	“…Where It Counts”
17	Rumpy Pumpy
18	Interlude
19	Tortugas
20	Hasselhoff
21	“Keep On Truckin’”