Nuff Said, NØ Sez - A Naterock Sampler Part 7...the Conclusion

 

About this time, the music scene in San Jose was changing. No more shows of touring bands at the Scottish Rite hall, the first wave of S.J. punk band like Los Olvidados (who broke up before releasing anything but a few compilation tracks) & Ribzy (with only one split w/Grim Reality & one EP on Rob Farmer's Vinehell Records) were on the decline, the St. Francis Hotel stopped locals night, & then the Laundry Works closed. 

 

 

The music scene moved into the clubs along South First Street like Marsugis & the Cactus Club. The Dinuba Embassy (upstairs from L'Amour porn shop) started having parties on the roof with bands like the FuckBoys, The ByProducts & other up-&-coming locals & S.F. acts. South First Street became the SOFA district. The music scene just exploded for a few joyous years. I spent a great deal of time there, got to know a tight-knit cadre of punkers, was made Ambassador-at-large for the Dinuba Embassy. Soon the local scene & local music was my life. 

 

'Zines were becoming prevalent in the underground music world & by late 87 I had decided to start EAT POOP! Our mascot was Farley Fly & he sniffed out the best POOP! (slang for information) coming out & we wrote about it. We did group music reviews with all the Ambassadors; bands were sending us their demos, tapes & CDs to get the word out; Food King, Mark Ritch, Frank Bella & Doc Anderson were the staff artists, & so it grew. 

 

 

We were in contact with other 'zines around the country, we got written up regularly in Factsheet Five, we started putting on shows at the local venues, & finally doing our own shebangs. The 14-band POOPapalooza show at the Works Gallery & the Clover Hall show are still legendary in the San Jose music footnote.

My life became filled with Black Dahlia & Lao as my anchor & the POOPsters as the wind in my sails, so this is as good a place to end as any. We worked the 'zine into the 90s & beyond. By then the internet was growing exponentially & music became a different animal than it had been in my formative music years. I hope you've found some music to enjoy on this protracted journey, & if not, you can just blame Jonder...this was his crazy idea (thank you, brother). 

 

K-Tel Records presents...Naterock Sampler, NØ Comps, 2021.
Vol. 7 - 1984 'til EAT POOP!/Nuff said 1984-1987
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Part One -
1984
Hüsker Dü - Turn on the News
Black Flag - No Deposit, No Return
The Minutemen - Corona (with a whole new meaning now)
Lee Perry - Mr Music
1985
Subhumans - Fade Away
The Nils - Freedom
The Pogues - Wild Cats of Kilkenny
The Fuzztones - Cinderella
Sonic Youth - Society is a Hole
Clan of Xymox - A Day
Public Image Limited - Rise

Part Two -
1986
Bad Brains - House of Suffering
Billy Idol - World's Forgotten Boy
African Head Charge - Release the Doctor
Skinny Puppy - Dig It
Concrete Blonde - Dance Along the Edge
Test Dept. - Fuckhead
Spacemen 3 - Rollercoaster
Throwing Muses - America (She Can't Say No)
That Petrol Emotion - Lifeblood
1987
The Tear Garden - The Center Bullet
Terence Trent D'Arby - Seven More Days
Renaldo & the Loaf - Dance for Somnambulists
Sly & Robbie - Fire (Ohio Players cover)
Opal - Soul Giver

Enjoy,
NØ