SPIDER, THE NIPPLES, THE DYSFUNCTIONALS & CIVET
"Worth Every Minute vol. 1"
7" purple vinyl
(br-039)

Basement Records' introduces it's newest compilation series, "Worth Every Minute" vol. 1. After the very successful Radio Disaster comp. series (with literally all of the first 9 volumes selling out) we've decided to take on another new approach to the same old "Various Artists" release. Just like we revitalized the punk rock world with the Radio Disasters we hope to do the same introducing new and exciting bands or maybe some old fav's with rare or unreleased tracks. The kicker, they will only be available on 7". So now we're going to find out where all the real punk rockers have been hiding, dust of them turntables and enjoy the intense, fast, ear splitting sounds of THE DYSFUNCTIONALS, THE NIPPLES, SPIDER & CIVET.

Side A starts of with an unreleased track from Riverside, CA's the Dysfunctionals, fast, energetic, explosive, you pick the adjective but we know that it will get that needle bouncing off the record quick style. Second is an early demo version of a Nipples song that will be released on their upcoming full length, the version quickly gets the speakers bouncing and before you know it, side A is over. Side B will quickly tear you a new one as Spider's remixed and remastered version of New Junk II will show why Long Beach, CA has been a breeding ground for masterful punk rock. Adding to that proof is another band from the LBC namely Civet. Featuring the track "End on Me" that was only released on their self-titled, self-released, self-ditro'd cd. Now you'll be able to feel Ms. Liza Graves and her batch of beautiful young misfits vibrating through a turntable the way any good record does. Stay Tuned for vol. 2...........

REVIEW:
Ahh...the compilation 7", is there anything better? Fuck no, this is my favourite format and what a collection this first volume of 'Worth Every Minute' is. This is the new series of comps from Basement that follow the 'Radio Disaster' sequence and as much as those CDs rule you just can't beat wax comps. It's such a different approach to the punk comp...I mean the 'Radio Disaster' comps have 30-odd bands on each volume but this only has 4 bands so it's a totally different thing and it's great to see Basement take it on because they fuckin nailed the CD comps no doubt about it and it's certainly gonna go that way with these 7" comps if they all continue like this one. The 4 bands on here are THE NIPPLES, CIVET, THE DYSFUNCTIONALS and SPIDER and not only do you get these sick, sick bands on here, each track is special because THE DYSFUNCTIONALS is previously unreleased, THE NIPPLES track is an early demo, the SPIDER track is a new remixed version and the CIVET track is a rarity because it's from their self-titled CD that they put out themselves and was only available through the band. Fucking great comp and if these are as prolific as the 'Radio Disaster' series than it's actually worth getting a turntable for if you don't got one already...hang your head in shame if you don't but there's still time to fix things...
- No Front Teeth Magazine