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No More Waves






Fairly sure the first few times I heard Smogtown was late 90s / early 00s via Duane Peters' Disaster CD compilations, definitely sure that I didn't like it ... at least not those selections, or at that time I guess. It wasn't until they'd announced their split in 04/05 that I really became acquainted with them. My bud Barry was a big fan and lent me their modest stack of records after ripping them one afternoon. So very glad I got a second chance with these lads. It was refreshing to hear an Orange County outfit channeling the local sounds of yesteryear (early TSOL / Vandals vibes) but with enough of their own bravado and brandished edge to distinguish themselves in a scene swamped with pretenders. I was gassed when they reformed a couple years later, releasing an EP on TKO Records with announcements of an album soon to come but sadly by "soon", they meant nearly 5 years, at which point many fans had already written them off. However, during that stretch and since that ill-fated final album of 2011, this band has grown on me like an inoperable tumor that I will gladly take to the grave.



Smogtown - No More Waves [Anthology 1995-2011] (PukeGreenPinto 2X-PGPR-003)


101 - Smogtown - Suicide (Disaster CD DSR-9020)
102 - Smogtown - Secret Agent Superstar (Disaster CD DSR-9020)
103 - Smogtown - That's The Difference (Disaster CD DSR-9020)
104 - Smogtown - Blue Murder (Disaster CD DSR-9020)
105 - Smogtown - No More Waves (Disaster CD DSR-9020)
106 - Smogtown - Switchblade New Wave (Dead Beat LP DB-22)
107 - Smogtown - (I'm A) Jerk (Hostage HR-006)
108 - Smogtown - Two Stroke (Dead Beat EP DB-25)
109 - Smogtown - Bad Vibrations (Dead Beat EP DB-25)
110 - Smogtown - No More Waves (Dead Beat EP DB-25)
111 - Smogtown - Losin' It (Hostage HR-012)
112 - Smogtown - Teen Age (Disaster CD DSR-9001)
113 - Smogtown - Payola Or Die (Disaster CD DSR-9001)
114 - Smogtown - Judy's A Model (Disaster CD DSR-9001)
115 - Smogtown - I Am The Cancer (Disaster CD DSR-9001)
116 - Smogtown - Führers Of The New Wave (Disaster CD DSR-9001)
117 - Smogtown - Fucked Off (Hostage HR-026)
118 - Smogtown - Audiophile (Hostage HR-026)
119 - Smogtown - Sneaking Out (Disaster CD DSR-9008-2)
120 - Smogtown - Breakdown Shakedown (Disaster CD DSR-9008-2)


201 - Smogtown - Here Come Those Freaks Again (Disaster CD DSR-9008-2)
202 - Smogtown - Domesticviolenceland (Disaster CD DSR-9008-2)
203 - Smogtown - Neutron Blond (Disaster CD DSR-9008-2)
204 - Smogtown - Enough With The Psychosis (TKO ROUND-125)
205 - Smogtown - You'll Be Observed (TKO ROUND-125)
206 - Smogtown - I'm The Cancer [LIVE] (No Front Teeth EP NFTR-215) **
207 - Smogtown - Subdivision End Product [LIVE] (No Front Teeth EP NFTR-215) **
208 - Smogtown - I'm A Jerk [LIVE] (No Front Teeth EP NFTR-215) **
209 - Smogtown - Ugly American Makeover (TKO ROUND-160)
210 - Smogtown - White Picket Electric Fence (TKO ROUND-160)
211 - Smogtown - Ignored News (Modern Action CD MAR-015)
212 - Smogtown - If We All Have Guns We Can Melt All The Love (Modern Action CD MAR-015)
213 - Smogtown - Let's String Up The New Marketeers (Modern Action CD MAR-015)
214 - Smogtown - Community Disservice (Modern Action CD MAR-015)
215 - Smogtown - Subdivision End Product (Modern Action CD MAR-015)
216 - Smogtown - You Don't Like What We Do For A Living See How We Die (Hostage HR-044)


NMW


NOTES:
all tracks written by Smogtown

track 106 produced by Stag Destro
tracks 112-116 produced by Duane Peters
tracks 119-203 produced by Smogtown and Rob Milucky

all other tracks produced by Smogtown

**this is a live recording of the last show Smogtown played as its original 4 piece line-up.
it was also the first time 'Subdivision End Product' was played live, as it was written 2 weeks prior to this show.



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