'The California Hardcore Explosion - From The City To The Beach: 1978-1983'. This aggressive collection draws from California's rich history of punk, more specifically hardcore: a new sound that eschewed melody for intensity, a sound that took punk harder and faster, a sound intrinsically American. Whilst hardcore was also burning over on the East Coast, it was in California that it had ignited and sprawled, a sonic punch in the face that raged socio-political disdain and total abandonment for commercialism, fueled by a crumbling American Dream and the collapse of family values. Comes on silver and black coloured vinyl. TRACKS: 01. Adolescents - I Hate Children 02. Middle Class - Out Of Vogue 03. Agent Orange - Bloodstains 04. Dead Kennedys - Chemical Warfare 05. Simpletones - I Like Drugs 06. Suicidal Tendencies - Fascist Pig 07. T.S.O.L. - Abolish Government/silent Majority 08. Circle Jerks - Beverly Hills 09. Wasted Youth - Fuck Authority 10. The Gun Club - She's Like Heroin To Me 11. Redd Kross - Burn Out 12. China White - Live In Your Eyes 13. Circle Jerks - Live Fast Die Young 14. Negative Trend - How Ya Feeling? 15. Eddie & The Subtitles - American Society 16. Channel 3 - Manzanar 17. Flipper - Ha Ha Ha 18. Rikk Agnew O.C. - Life 19. Social Distortion - Playpen 20. Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles 21. Shattered Faith - I Love America 22. The Weirdos - Helium Bar 23. Middle Class - Insurgence 24. Germs - Communist Eyes 25. Adolescents - Kids Of The Black Hole