OFK #49 - 90's Lo-fi Rage - Slap A Ham / Pessimiser Records deep dive

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Sat, 06/07/2025 - 12:00am to 3:00am
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Back in a time when records were cheap and easy to produce, and underground extreme hardcore and sludge were the furthest thing from commercially viable, Slap A Ham Records and Pessimiser Records started in California as places for wide-ranging, raw, filth-ridden rage. This was the beginning of "power-violence" and sludge metal, as bands as varied and innovative as Melvins, Man is the Bastard, Burning Witch and Crossed Out all put out early records on these now long defunct labels. No money-seeking, big venue, polished production versions of "hardcore" and "doom," this was the real deal, and many of these releases are now sought after for large amounts of money on the dumb internet (you can probably find many of these in discount bins in your town if you look in the right place.) Enjoy, and adjust your expectations, this stuff is lo-fi and irritating, just as it was meant to be!

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  • Time
    12:00
    Artist
    Fear Factory
    Song
    Sangre de Ninos
    Album
    Concrete
    Label
    Roadrunner Records
  • Time
    12:04
    Artist
    Grief
    Song
    World of Hurt
    Album
    Come to Grief
    Label
    Century Media
  • Time
    12:08
    Artist
    Soilent Green
    Song
    Grasping for air through lust
    Album
    Green Vegetable Matter (split with Grief)
    Label
    Pessimiser
  • Time
    12:11
    Artist
    Despise You
    Song
    Portrait
    Album
    West Side Horizons
    Label
    Pessimiser Records
  • Time
    12:12
    Artist
    Despise You
    Song
    No More....feelings
    Album
    West Side Horizons
    Label
    Pessimiser Records
  • Time
    12:13
    Artist
    stapled shut
    Song
    resin heaven
    Album
    despise you split
    Label
    pessimiser
  • Time
    12:17
    Artist
    Half Man
    Song
    All Gone
    Album
    Cry Now, Cry Later
    Label
    Pessimiser
  • Time
    12:20
    Artist
    Carol
    Song
    Raw Abstraction
    Album
    Cry Now, Cry Later
    Label
    Pessimiser
  • Time
    12:22
    Artist
    The Locust
    Song
    Red
    Album
    Follow the Flock, Step in Shit - Single
    Label
    Three One G
  • Time
    12:23
    Artist
    Cattle Press
    Song
    Celebration of Wounds
    Album
    Cry Now, Cry Later
    Label
    Pessimiser
  • Time
    12:32
    Artist
    Divisia
    Song
    Clive
    Album
    Wifebeater
    Label
    Pessimiser
  • Time
    12:36
    Artist
    Fleabag
    Song
    Bune Che Debune
    Album
    Cry Now, Cry Later
    Label
    Pessimiser
  • Time
    12:39
    Artist
    Crisis
    Song
    Smash To Pieces
    Album
    8 Convulsions
    Label
    Svart Records
  • Time
    12:43
    Artist
    16
    Song
    Flaming Head-On Train Wreck
    Album
    Blaze of Incompetence
    Label
    Relapse Records
  • Time
    12:46
    Artist
    Spazz
    Song
    Union Made Mayhem
    Album
    Sweatin' 3: Skatin', Satan & Katon
    Label
    Tankcrimes
  • Time
    12:47
    Artist
    Excruciating Terror
    Song
    Suicide
    Album
    Divided We Fall
    Label
    Pessimiser Records
  • Time
    12:49
    Artist
    Phobia
    Song
    Reconstruct
    Album
    Destroying the Masses
    Label
    Pessimiser
  • Time
    12:51
    Artist
    Unruh
    Song
    Complex
    Album
    Setting Fire to Sinking Ships
    Label
    Pessimiser
  • Time
    12:54
    Artist
    Despise You
    Song
    Centinela Park, Hosanna
    Album
    Stillborn, Fuck It
    Label
    Despise You
  • Time
    12:59
    Artist
    Pissed Happy Children
    Song
    Never Fair
    Album
    Live and Pissed / Infest split
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:03
    Artist
    Infest
    Song
    Sick & Tired
    Album
    Live and Pissed
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:05
    Artist
    Neanderthal
    Song
    Kill, Eat and Breed
    Album
    Fighting Music
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:07
    Artist
    Melvins
    Song
    Pronoun Piece Me
    Album
    Your Blessened / Pronoun Piece Me
    Label
    Slam A Ham
  • Time
    1:09
    Artist
    Fu Manchu
    Song
    Bouillabaisse
    Album
    Fu Manchu
    Label
    At The Dojo Records
  • Time
    1:11
    Artist
    Crossed Out
    Song
    He-Man
    Album
    Crossed Out
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:13
    Artist
    No Comment
    Song
    Downsided
    Album
    Downsided
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:14
    Artist
    No Comment
    Song
    Curtains
    Album
    Downsided
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:16
    Artist
    Capitalist Casualties
    Song
    Forget
    Album
    Disassembly Line
    Label
    Six Weeks
  • Time
    1:18
    Artist
    Charlie Parker
    Song
    Confirmation
    Album
    The Savoy 10-inch LP Collection
    Label
    UMG Recordings, Inc.
  • Time
    1:21
    Artist
    Monastery
    Song
    Suspicion of Destiny
    Album
    Anarchus split
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:22
    Artist
    AnarchusMx
    Song
    Canonized
    Album
    Increasing the hate
    Label
    4152775 Records DK
  • Time
    1:26
    Artist
    Man Is The Bastard
    Song
    Walkers of the Streets
    Album
    D.I.Y.C.D.
    Label
    Deep Six Records
  • Time
    1:29
    Artist
    Iabhorher
    Song
    Splint
    Album
    Splint / Crowskin
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:32
    Artist
    Thelonious Monk Quartet
    Song
    'Round midnight (live recorded on July 9)
    Album
    Complete Live At The Five Spot 1958 (feat. Johnny Griffin)
    Label
    Riverside
  • Time
    1:39
    Artist
    Discordance Axis
    Song
    Area Trinity
    Album
    Plutocracy split
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:40
    Artist
    Discordance Axis
    Song
    Integer
    Album
    Plutocracy split
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:41
    Artist
    Plutocracy
    Song
    Jailed
    Album
    Dankstahz
    Label
    1994
  • Time
    1:43
    Artist
    13
    Song
    Wrong
    Album
    Eyehategod split
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:45
    Artist
    Eyehategod
    Song
    Southern Discomfort
    Album
    13 split
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:47
    Artist
    Noothgrush
    Song
    Dianoga
    Album
    Failing Early, Failing Often
    Label
    Transylvanian Recordings
  • Time
    1:51
    Artist
    Benumb
    Song
    untitled #1
    Album
    Dukes of Hazard split EP
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:53
    Artist
    Dystopia
    Song
    Backstabber (live)
    Album
    Fiesta Comes Alive
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    1:55
    Artist
    Cavity
    Song
    Burning My Eyes (live)
    Album
    Fiesta Comes Alive
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    2:01
    Artist
    Man Is the Bastard
    Song
    Heretics Fork (live)
    Album
    Fiesta Comes Alive
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    2:03
    Artist
    The Locust
    Song
    Emaciation Fuckers (live)
    Album
    Fiesta Comes Alive
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    2:04
    Artist
    Melt Banana
    Song
    Least Clipper
    Album
    Eleventh
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    2:06
    Artist
    Gob
    Song
    Soft Bodied
    Album
    Wink Martindale split EP
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    2:08
    Artist
    Burned Up Bled Dry
    Song
    Wash Your Own Hands
    Album
    Cloned Slaves... For Slaves
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    2:09
    Artist
    Burned Up Bled Dry
    Song
    A.G.P.T.L.
    Album
    Cloned Slaves... For Slaves
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    2:11
    Artist
    Gasp
    Song
    Eyes The Arachnid Knew
    Album
    Drome Triler of Puzzle Zoo People
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    2:16
    Artist
    Burning Witch
    Song
    Sacred Predictions
    Album
    Towers
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    2:29
    Artist
    Ancient Chinese Secret
    Song
    Sakura
    Album
    You Call This Music?!
    Label
    Geykido Comet Records
  • Time
    2:31
    Artist
    East West Blast Test
    Song
    Magnetic Field
    Album
    East West Blast Test
    Label
    Relapse Records
  • Time
    2:32
    Artist
    East West Blast Test
    Song
    Pyramids
    Album
    East West Blast Test
    Label
    Relapse Records
  • Time
    2:33
    Artist
    Otophobia
    Song
    AxBxC=FukkYou
    Album
    Malignant
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    2:35
    Artist
    Fuck On the Beach
    Song
    Alone in Your Room
    Album
    Endless Summer
    Label
    Slap A Ham
  • Time
    2:37
    Artist
    Burned Up Bled Dry
    Song
    Something's Missing
    Album
    Deadbird / Burned Up Bled Dry - Split - EP
    Label
    At A Loss Recordings
  • Time
    2:38
    Artist
    Burned Up Bled Dry
    Song
    Black Ice
    Album
    2021/2022 demos
    Label
  • Time
    2:40
    Artist
    Cattle Press
    Song
    Uncharted
    Album
    Hordes to Abolish the Divine
    Label
    Hydra Head
  • Time
    2:43
    Artist
    Noothgrush
    Song
    Life Shatters Into Pieces
    Album
    Entropy
    Label
    Fuck Yoga
  • Time
    2:48
    Artist
    The Bastard Noise
    Song
    Rachel
    Album
    Skulldozer
    Label
    Deep Six Records
  • Time
    2:51
    Artist
    Bastard Noise
    Song
    Seeing the Same Fate
    Album
    Skulldozer
    Label
    Deep Six Records
  • Time
    2:54
    Artist
    16
    Song
    Kick Out The Chair
    Album
    Guides For The Misguided
    Label
    Relapse Records

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