Primitive Air Raid is the first record of it's kind in Montreal. It is a random sample of Montreal's unrecorded underground. A few alternative bands made the record, but largely this represented the underground. the scene in Montreal has been alive for years. S.C.U.M. was asked to particpate but had difficulties retreiving their recording so they missed the deadline. Violent Meals went to Europe and forgot to leave their tape. Porcelain Forehead were from Ottawa and Direct Action were from Toronto. Both bands played a benefit show for the comp and as a result were added to this comp. This classic comp was the first release by Psyche Records who would go on to produce a number of other releases mostly of Montreal bands.
Jeff Bale reviewed the comp in MRR as "An excellent cross-section of Montreal-area bands, most of which haven't released any vinyl before. From the thrash of DIRECT ACTION and NO POLICY to the chunky pop-punk of the NILS to AMERICAN DEVICES' weird, rockin' stuff to fast punk by GENETIC CONTROL, the ABSURDS, and FAIR WARNING to the garage punk of PORCELAIN FOREHEAD to MORBID FIRE's experimental garage thrash, this album provides listening enjoyment. The only musical letdowns are art- damaged numbers by ≠ and IAGO NEON. The ASEXUALS, on the other hand, provide the lyrical low-point with their imbecilic pro-contra chant; their line "political morons without a fucking clue" must be autobiographical, since they apparently know nothing about Nicaragua, American foreign policy, or the circle-A which they employ in their moniker." (from Maximum Rocknroll #19, November 1984)
The songs on here are:
1. Asexuals - Contra-Rebels
2. Fair Warning - Six O'Clock Blues
3. Fair Warning - Open Your Eyes
4. Vomit and the Zits - Suicide
5. Vomit and the Zits - What the Hell
6. Porcelain Forehead - Cold Steak
7. Absurds - Moral Feedback
8. Absurds - Futur's Nature
9. Genetic Control - Suburban Life
10. Direct Action - Hate Generation
11. American Devices - Spontaneous Combustion
12. The Nils - Call of the Wild
13. Red Shift - Underflesh
14. Iago Neon - Preliterate Robot
15. Morbid Fiesta - Le Nul Parfait
16. No Policy - News or Propaganda
17. Does not Equal - Emotion 9
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