bacteria sour. sour 13 / 5 tracks / 1996

AFI, Dropdead and Union tracks are exclusive (I think there were plans for respective Bacteria Sour 7”s which obviously never happened); Masskontroll track is from an earlier record (don’t know which one); Cavity track from the Drowning CD. Several different versions. All have info sheet, Bacteria Sour discography, mail order list, sticker, Pushead Fan Club Phase 3 info (not in #9), info insert for international edition. Some of the rarer versions also have “Hand of Fear” temporary tattoo inserts. #1: “US version” with orange background cover, black vinyl, 580 made. #2: same as #1, but red vinyl (some have black veins), red inner sleeve, 75 made, hand numbered on inside of sleeve. #3: “copper sleeve”, different cover background (copper), brown face, red vinyl (again with black veins), 17 made, hand numbered on inside of sleeve. #4: “copgreen”: copper cover like #3, but with a green face, stars are brown. split vinyl - clear green and solid green/white swirl. 6 made, hand numbered on inside of sleeve. #5: “silver sleeve”, different cover background (silver), very dark red vinyl, 15 made, hand numbered on inside of sleeve. #6: “international version” with green cover background and orange stars. 280 made for international mail order, split solid mint green & clear green vinyl. The sleeves of this version fade like crazy so keep ’em away from direct sunlight. #7: metallic paper, silver background, green demon, orange stars, split green vinyl, 45 made. #8: double 7” version with two separate EPs (same music on both): first has #1 cover but without the Bacteria Sour logo on the front cover, record like #2 (red vinyl), second is like #6 (green cover, split vinyl). 4 made, hand numbered on inside of sleeve. #9: “Red Vinyl Green Cover” version, 4 made, numbered, signed and stamped inside the sleeve. Cover like #6, red vinyl. #10: test pressing with color cover, track listing hand written on the inner sleeve, small sticker on the front with the date stamped and “13.V.TEST” handwritten by Pushead.

Compilation EP from Pushead’s Bacteria Sour label. Well, you should know his taste by now, ranging from fast west coast hardcore in the Fat Wreck style (AFI) to slow, grinding, evil hardcore (Cavity) or the fast old school sound (Dropdead). Mostly good tracks, and excellent packaging as usual. [7]  

“Promo”-EP für fünf Bands: AFI (schneller und druckvoller Westcoast-Hardcore im FatWreck-Sound, gut), Union (traditioneller Schweden-Hardcore, OK, aber nix Besonderes), Masskontroll (mittelschneller Hardcore mit geröchelten Deathmetal-Vocals, ganz witzig), Dropdead (schnell & brutal wie gehabt, der Schlagzeuger klingt allerdings etwas unsicherer als auf den klassischen Aufnahmen), Cavity (langsam-sägender Hardcore wie auf der Crawling-7”). Wunderbar aufgemacht mit zweifarbigem Vinyl, Siebdruckcover usw. Wenn schon Werbung, dann so.

Tracks: AFI - fishbowl / Union - powerplant / Masskontroll - pain without end // Dropdead - what once was life / Cavity - big hit man