Portal - Zantopoulos

Portal were an experimental instrumental band formed in the late 90's by members of the first incarnation of the band Vermilion. Portal's instrumentation, from what I can remember, consisted of guitar, bass, casio keyboards and a Boss drum machine - all used in conjunction with various effects pedals. Zantopoulos is an EP that was self-released on CDR by the group in '99 and was named after a former childhood classmate whose last name sounded like that of a futuristic city.

Zantopoulos (with artwork scans)

Take One For The Team - Pounder Payed In Quarters

Take One For The Team were a pop punk band from Bothell, WA that existed in the early 2000's. Their sound can best be described as a less polished amalgam of some of the better known pop punk bands of the time (New Found Glory, Blink-182, etc.) with vocals very reminiscent of Saves The Day. Members of the group went on the play in bands such as Evora, Sunday Best and This Providence.

Pounder Payed In Quarters (with album artwork scans)

The Cripples / New Luck Toy - Split 7"

Today's download features 4 slabs of down home style Northwest punk rock. The Cripples return with two more tracks of their trademarked style of abrasive synth punk. The first track "Deep Throat" is slightly faster paced than the version that made it onto their album Culture. The 2nd track is called "Hospital" and was recorded in 1996 by an earlier incarnation of the band. Rounding things off are New Luck Toy with the songs "Wedding Dress" and "Timothy of Today"

Enjoy! (contains sleeve and insert scans)

Mukilteo Fairies / Las Mordidas - Split 7"

Here are three more tracks from everbody's favorite grindy noise punks: The Mukilteo Fairies backed by one track from Las Mordidas (which featured members of bands such as Ignition, Fury, Circus Lupus, Monorchid, Skull Kontrol)

Mukilteo Fairies/Las Mordidas

The Finks - Children Of The Finks (cassette)

The Finks were a street punk band that existed in the later part of the 90's. I know next to nothing about these guys other than that were awesome to see live and that I think they broke up sometime in the Spring of '99. This is a 10 track cassette they released that was passed on to me by a friend a long time ago.

If you happen to know anything about this band or what any of the members ended up doing afterwards feel free to leave a comment and help fill in the story.

Children Of The Finks

Run Away Laughing

Before Waxwing, before Lying On Loot and before branching off into what has come to be an absolutely stellar solo career, Rocky Votolato was playing in a band with some high school friends called Run Away Laughing. This is an album that was released I believe sometime around '94 or '95 and it should definitely appeal to fans of bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, Thirty Ought Six or any of Rocky's other work
There are a few sound issues with this rip as my copy of this cassette is rather worn out at this point, this tape rarely left my walkman in those days. If anyone out there has a better quality copy of this release I would be very grateful if you could upload it somewhere and send me a link.
Enjoy

March 15th

March 15th were a post hardcore band from the greater Seattle area that existed from the late 90's into the early 2000's. They originally started off as a typical three piece (guitar/bass/drums) but, after taking a queue from the Blood Brothers multi-vocal approach, expanded to a five piece, adding two additional vocalists and further increasing the fury and intensity of their sound. Members of the band have gone on to play in such groups as: Ravenna Woods, Monogamy Party, Navigator vs Navigator, Fires to the East and Skyline Divide

2 Song Demo (poor sound quality, ripped from a worn out cassette)
Little Teeth
Hello No-one
New CD
Where's My Revelation