Today I've been attempting to reconstruct the mix tape (actual tape from the cassette era) that changed my life.
Not everything on it is on spotify, but I got most of it, though I can't remember the running order:
This was my intro to the "underground" music of the time (circa 1987) and my aesthetic was permanently warped after playing this tape hundreds of times ... I would broadly classify it as a range of post-hardcore indie-label music of North America. A few of these bands (notably Minutemen and Husker Du) have stuck with me to this day. Sadly I never got to see most of these live (the exceptions being Soul Asylum who I found kind of boring, and Butthole Surfers who I saw in '88 during the "two drummers, three strobe lights, naked dancer" era ... it was a bit scary, almost too pyscho / trippy for my teenage brain to handle, but it was definitely NOT BORING and a memorable experience for sure)
If you don't have Spotify here's the list:
Husker Du - Something I Learned Today
Husker Du - I Will Never Forget You
Black Flag - Account for What
Minutemen - Jesus & Tequila
Minutemen - Nothing Indeed
Minutemen - Vietnam
Minutemen - June 16th (instrumental)
Minutemen - Martin's Story ("What you makin' man)
Minutemen - Dr Wu
Minutemen - Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love
Butthole Surfers - Ladysniff
Killdozer - Hamburger Martyr
Killdozer - Cranberries
Killdozer - I'm Not Lisa
Scratch Acid - Crazy Dan
Scratch Acid - Big Bone Lick
Soul Asylum - Religiavision
Soul Asylum - Closer to the Stars
Not on spotify:
Nomeansno - Dad
Nomeansno - Obsessed
Victims Family - Song X (studio version from Voltage and Violets)
Victims Family - George Benson - from Voltage and Violets
Victims Family - ? - Voltage and Violets track 1 I think?
Big Black - Crackup