Monday, June 27, 2011

SPLURGE- Discography.


I found this gem of a home-made discography on soulseek and if you don't know about the almighty, Splurge, then let me enlighten you... This is some of the most essential (and some of the best) DIY Punk to ever surface from Long Island. Hands down. No shitting. Gritty, melodic, poppy, fast, 90's pop-punk in the vein of Crimpshrine, Jawbreaker, M-Blanket, Plow United and more. Sounds fucking awesome, right? RIGHT. Hell, there's even a sick Crimpshrine cover of "Free Will", which also happens to be one of my favorite covers due to its complete & utter awesome-ness. This was one of the first Long Island DIY bands from the whole Traffic Violation Records scene that I had heard. And when I first saw Splurge, in the dimly lit shit-hole of a room that was the Roadhouse Pub in Centereach, NY. I was a young teenage punk and it was your average weekly matinee DIY punk show in a bar. The PA was so fucked it wasn't even was audible. All that I heard was the essence of Splurge, in all its' glory, but with no vocals. I loved it from the moment I heard it, even in the worst of circumstance. Like I said, this is a home-made discography lurking around the internet, but it's complete. It includes the Splurge/Striped Basstards Split 7" EP, "Tales From The Me Generation" 7 inch, "Exit/Stretch" 7 inch, Contra/Splurge- Split CD, all on TVR. Jon (Guitar/Words) from Splurge went on to play in Air Raid Barcelona & The Brass. Paulie (Bass/Words) played in The Devil Himself and did Love Panther with Dave (guitar) & now does Godzillians, and Stevo (Drums) played in Explosivo!. Most of whom, released music with me through Dead Broke. I asked these guys about doing a Discography tape awhile back, never panned out. Tell them you want it, 'cus you fucking should. RIP. (You can also download their demo tape here too.)

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