Ruination "Year One" CD

This is a discography CD that collects Ruination's recordings from their first year of existence on one CD. The first eight songs are from an ep that was originally self-released and later pressed by Youth Attack. The next three songs are from a compuilation titled "Seven Deadly Sins". Track 12 is from a "Short, Fast, + Loud" comp. Track 13 was intended for a comp for Inside Front #3 but never came out. Tracks 14 - 17 were for the split with They Live. Tracks 18 - 21 were released as an titled "Dead Horse" released by No Idea. The remainder of the CD is a live show in Philadelphia from January 3, 2001 by Jon Hiltz, the former drummer from Rorschach. Here is a review I wrote of the release:

A collection of a number of hard-to-flnd releases by this ex-member band. I have to say that it is awesome to fill some of the gaps in trying to collect this group's material. I also have to say that the equalization of the sound also helps bring cohesion to this otherwise scattered project, Chris, from the SWARM, has very distinctive vocals and Ebro's CHARLES BRONSON style drumming is unmistakable. Andy, from BLOODPACT, plays guitar and draws infleunces as wide as MANLIFTINGBANNER and MOTORHEAD. The thick rolling basslines are shared by Mike Haliechuk - a local DIY promoter with a heart of gold - and Jaime Towns - who played for ANTI-FLAG and TEEN CRUD COMBO, I strongly urge you to pick this up as much for the originals like "No One Can Save You", as for the covers of the FREEZE's "Sacrifice Not Suicide". I'm not sure why the live set is on here. But this collection of the band's first year of output will save you a lot of headaches in tracking down their originals. The "Inside Front" song is unreleased as far as I know. And the equalized sound makes a difference on their earlier material. Highly recommended, (Plus/Minus / P.O. Box 7096 / Ann Arbor, Ml / 48107 / USA)

The song listing is:

1. Intro / Burnout

2. Hero/Suspect

3. The One that Got Away

4. No One Home

5. Escape / Control

6. From Bad to Worse

7. No One to Save You

8. Roll Over and Die

9. Theme for a Crucifiction

10. Mission from God

11. Sacrifice Not Suicide

12. Who's in Season

13. Convictions

14. Got Myself a System
15. Note to Self
16. Do I Know?
17. Yours to Kill

18. Holy Terror

19. Home Sweet Home

20. Giblets

21. Alone in a Room

22. Intro

23. Hero/Suspect
24. No One Home

25. Burnout

26. Got Myself a System

27. Note to Self

28. Mission from God

29. Do I Know?

30. Chris Testifies

31. Yours to Kill

32. Giblets

33. All Y'all ....

34. Home Sweet Home

35. Bad to Worse

36. Convictions

37. Gene

38. The One that Got Away

39. Roll Over and Die