NO FRAUD – Elected 7” EP

Stiff Pole Records – Venice (1991)

Dan Destructo – vocals, guitar, keyboards

Scott Pacer – drums

Buzz Cockrill – bass

Pete Jay – guitar

Elected

Infidelity

Ignorance

F.T.M.I.Y.D.

This appears to be the first of many Stiff Pole Records. It starts out with a very straight Alice Cooper cover – You can’t go wrong with anything from the Alice Cooper Band. Mr. Destructo even sounds like Alice. Infidelity is a rather strange song (is that a keyboard I hear?) extolling the virtues of, well, infidelity. Ignorance is a stop- song exercise in condemning racism – it’s very 1986-ish hardcore – read “not essential”. FTMYIYD is more like it – closer to 1983 chaotic hardcore. You don’t see this around much – it’s good!

PINK LINCOLNS – Sumo Fumes (1)

Stiff Pole Records – Tampa (1993)

Chris Barrows – vocals

John Yovino – guitar

Dorsey Martin – guitar

Jim Belonga – bass

Fred Stolz – drums

Oh! Bondage Up Yours

Monsters

I Got You

First record in their Sumo Fumes line of product. Typically a Sumo Fume includes one or two cover songs and an original along with cover art depicting large Japanese folks. Oh! Bondage Up Yours is a stupid song to cover – You’re only going to sound like shit in comparison to X-Ray Spex – and the Lincolns don’t really pull it off – some cool guitar though. I Got You is a little better – an improvement over the Split Enz on their own song – a lot less fruity than the Kiwis. Monsters is the original, and of course, worth your time & money.