28 Tales From The Pit

28 Tales From The Pit - This 35-track (that's right, a storming 35 tracks!) punk-hardcore-ska compilation packs in a massive 35 different bands, mostly from Germany, displaying a whole range of different punk and related styles. The styles range from old school hardcore to punkrock to ska to some more New York sounding bands to Reggae. Some of the bands the compilation proudly boasts are the punkrockers 'Badtown Boys' from California, the SkaCore band 'Body Bag' from Switzerland, the Ska-Rocksteady 'Filibusters' from Chicago, the New School band 'Apathy' from the USA, the hardcore Italian 'Quicknoize,' the ex-Final Conflict members from the USA in '46 Short,' the USA Reggae band 'Half Pint,' and the Brazilian Old School band 'Jason.'

Released through Horror Business Records, this 2001 release is packed with band photos and an address for contacting the various bands. All the tracks are well-produced and the compilation has been put together with some thought. Hearing all the different styles together gives a refreshing viewpoint of the scenes involved. Some nice moments are having the Reggae track of 'Half Pint' followed by the screaming anger filled nature of 'Apathy'.

The tracklisting is as follows:

1. Badtown Boys - Get Ahead

2. Not Enough - Side By Side

3. Jason - Marra De Cao

4. Slup - Loosin'5. Kafkas - Lebensrezeptur

6. Krombacherkellerkinder - Friendz

7. 46 Short - Not For Me

8. Paranoya - No One

9. Quicknoize - Road Roller

10. Filibuster - Chip On My Shoulder

11. Half Pint - Winsome

12. Apathy - Fighting A Dead Man

13. Nelson - Hey Puppy

14. Woof - No One's Guilt

15. For $ale - Das Ende Ist Da

16. Hemp - Fight For Right

17. Third Degree Burn - Striving

18. Yac psae - Scheinesabbat

19. Turvies - Tombstones

20. Sincerity - Just Try

21. Body Bag - Skadillac

22. Infront - Down & Out

23. Shirker - Daily Dose Of Lies

24. DAG - Heart With Strings Of Steel

25. Akute Verseuchung - Vorbei Ist Vorbei

26. Silent Pain - Too Far

27. Dead Lazlo's Place - Seen A Face

28. HKK - Admission Of A X-Man

29. Skrotum - Friendship

30. Financial Freaks - Hands OF You

31. Educational Chaos - I Am

32. Red Griffins - Nazi Punk

33. Estrich Boy - Whatever It Takes

34. Die Dicken M dchen - Euer Leben

35. Gutwrench - Da Bastardz Have Landed

All in all, the CD is a great compilation filled with such an array of bands it really opens up your eyes to the diversity in the scene.