J CHURCH The Drama of Alienation 1996

 

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American punk rock band founded in 1992 in San Francisco and disbanded in 2007.

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1		A Simple Gesture	2:01
2		Smell It Rot	2:23
3		Alone When She Dies	2:38
4		Undisputed King Of Nothing	1:42
5		Secrets	1:54
6		Santa Cruz	4:29
7		Parts Unknown	2:41
8		Crop Circles	2:01
9		Colors Lie	2:03
10		You're On Your Own	1:46
11		Dramatic History Of A Boring Town	1:43
12		Static	2:46

IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT...IT AIN'T COFFEE 7 inch Various Artists 1990

 

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Punk comp on Very Small Records

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A1	Fuel (5)–	The Name Is...
A2	Thumper (22)–	Self
B1	Monsula–	New Government
B2	Filth (2)–	Scarred For Life

MONSULA Sanitized 1992

 

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AllMusic Review by Mike DaRonco

Along with the likes of Jawbreaker and Cringer, Monsula helped define the East Bay pop-punk sound during the early '90s: the songs are complex, mature and none of this three-chord bone-headed, brainless song structure that this genre is always stereotyped as. Monsula will have none of that. Rather, these guys have more of a mid-'80s D.C. hardcore influence with such names as Rites of Spring, Embrace, Dag Nasty and Fugazi. With inspirations such as those, Sanitized has more of a level-headed perspective on the world around them. Lyrics on the title track that start off with "Say we could live without leaders/Where would all the corruption go/Say we should rise above our standards/Do you think we could bear the load?" clearly demonstrates this.

Tracklist

1	Down Inside	2:53
2	Ocean Walked	2:32
3	Sanitized	2:59
4	Starch	2:34
5	Pound	2:19
6	I See	2:07
7	Grow	3:32
8	We Need	2:18
9	Two	3:21
10	Wither	2:39
11	Meant For You	3:59
12	Concession	2:35
	Bonus Tracks: Structure LP
13	Safe	2:01
14	Ride	3:02
15	O.T.B.	2:57
16	Pre-Past Tense	1:49
17	Sleep Tight	2:27
18	Razors	2:24
19	Abandoned	3:10
20	You Always Give Up	2:01
21	Indestructible	1:41
22	Don't Lose Your Way	3:08
23	When Will It End	2:27

J CHURCH Soul Patch and Cho Chos 1995

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1	Fascist Radio
2	Case Number 566 983
3	Marge Schott II
4	Part Of The Problem
5	High
6	Stupid Lesson
7	Jennifer Jason Leigh
8	Lama Temple
9	Travellers
10	If I'm Lonely
11	At The End Of The M-1

J CHURCH Quetzalcoatl 1993

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

Prolific San Francisco punk-pop trio J Church was formed in 1991 by singer/guitarist Lance Hahn and bassist Gardner Fusuhara, longtime friends who previously teamed in Cringer. Named in honor of a local bus route, the group went through a series of drummers before and after the 1993 release of their full-length debut, Quetzalcoatl; the album was quickly followed by Camels, Spilled Corona and the Sound of Mariachi Bands, a collection of early singles. Upon completing 1994's Prophylaxis, J Church added drummer Reed Burgoyne, who made his recorded debut on the single "Ivy League College"; the continued flurry of 7"s, split singles, and compilation appearances soon yielded a second compilation, Nostalgic for Nothing. After issuing 1995's Arbor Vitae on Hahn's own Honey Bear label, J Church caused much consternation among fans by signing to Honest Don's Hardly Used Recordings label for 1996's The Drama of Alienation; Burgoyne left the lineup a year later and was replaced by A Minor Forest drummer Andee Connors. Yet another singles collection, 1998's Altamont 99, preceded the exits of Fusuhara and Connors, with bassist Jeff Bursley and ex-Jawbreaker drummer Adam Pfahler joining Hahn for 2000's One Mississippi. The round-up compilation Meaty, Beaty, Shitty Sounding appeared in 2001 and gathered together a bunch of the band's 7" singles dating back to 1993; Palestine was released a year later. A split with Storm the Tower followed in the fall of 2003 before J Church officially debuted on Gainesville's No Idea Records with Society Is a Carnivorous Flower in August 2004. By that point, Hahn was rocking out alongside guitarist David DiDonato, bassist Ben White, and drummer Chris Pfeffer. Horror of Life appeared in the spring of 2007 minus DiDonato. 

Tracklist

1	Bottom Rung
2	Good Judge Of Character
3	Blister
4	Yellow, Blue And Green
5	New Book
6	In Vain
7	Hate So Real
8	Cilantro
9	Open Road
10	Disappear
11	Limp
12	Concede
13	What Could I Have Done
14	Made Life Simple