Flag Of Democracy - Love Songs E.P. 7″
November 4th, 2006 at 1:43 am
Buzzaw guitar sound, Jelloish vocals and great song writing. I really don’t think James McMonagle tried to sound like Jello. He just happened to sound that way. Ahhh that yo yo yo yo middle part in Powerload give me shivvers everytime. Too bad the LP that came after this didn’t live up to the quality of this debute record.
Inside the sleeve one of the guys have written:”Only four more covers to do!!” and then there’s a nice drawing too. What a relief after hand glueing 500 sleeves. Classic US HC with a unique sound folks.
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Country: USA
Year: 1984
Label: Speed Of Sound
Format: 7″
Songs:
Powerload.mp3
Babysitter.mp3
Meat Factory.mp3
Guidance Counselor/Metamorphosis.mp3
Love Song.mp3
November 4th, 2006 at 3:11 am
Yodel-core at its very, very best!!!!!
November 4th, 2006 at 10:32 am
This is a really good, vastly underrated, record and band. I’ve always noticed the Jello style vocals too.
November 4th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
Classic Philly band made famous by a line at the end of a Dead Milkmen song “I’m going to the hardcore show to see F.O.D.” Thanks for posting.
November 5th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
i grew up in the wasteland of suburban Philadelphia, not far from Ardmore (hometowon to FOD)… they were a local band I saw fairly often before heading off to college the yeat begfore this was released. My copy has a blue cover… Liked, but never loved these guys (it was the Jello-ish vocals that always got me).
One one of their releases there is a spoken word intro that end with ‘… you can all stop circle dancing… the Ardmore assault is on…” I thougt it was this 7″. Can anyone help this old man’s memory…
November 5th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
Shit, my typing was horrible on that comment… I need to proof read!
January 11th, 2007 at 9:02 am
yo Otto– that song was from the first flipside comp with the spoken word beginning. there are two other songs you might remember from the “we’re doing it ourselves” or whatever philly comp LP that came out in 83 or something.
January 16th, 2007 at 11:39 am
…Fastest Band in the Land.
January 16th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
I bought my copy — a green one — off a band member after a show at Long March hall in Philly. They killed that night!!!
March 28th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
These filth mongers should be exported to sudan. Still, this 7″ is the best 10 min of my life. Try to post the bonus tracks from the german re-issue (suburban cowboy and murder castle) as well as the comp track from Positive Force records “another shot for braken” thanks :)
April 22nd, 2007 at 8:31 am
This 7″ was okay, but i still prefer the “Shatter Your Day” LP and the “23″ LP. Shatter Your Day is the catchiest, thrashiest, punk music ever laid to wax.
April 29th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
I love FOD!
June 24th, 2008 at 1:00 am
I prefer ‘Shatter Your Day’ too, wilder