The Chicago underground music scene of the early-to-mid 1980s is where yours truly The Rock’N’Roll Nurse cut his teeth as a lad, and this compilation LP from 1984 is a pretty good gathering of the hottest punk acts of the time.  Featuring choice tracks by NAKED RAYGUN, The EFFIGIES, BIG BLACK, ARTICLES OF FAITH, SAVAGE BELIEFS, NADSAT REBEL, RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED and OUT OF ORDER, this comp is a slice of Chicago music history that still rocks hard!  Cornponed hardcore for you, fellow music geeks!

Our good neighbors to the North have produced some of the greatest punk and hardcore bands of all time, including S.N.F.U., D.O.A. and NOMEANSNO.  Hear those bands and many others known and obscure as host The Rock’N’Roll Nurse plays the entire It Came From The Pit compilation from 1985 and some tasty Canuck punk from his personal collection.  Righteous skanking, eh, fellow music geeks!

A bit over 30 years ago, SF mainstay punk publication MAXIMUM ROCK’N’ROLL released a groundbreaking hardcore punk compilation called “Not So Quiet On The Western Front” featuring offerings by 47 bands from Northern California and Nevada.  More than a dusty historical document today, it exists as a memorable blast of energy from an underground scene on the verge of national and international breakout.  The Rock’N’Roll Nurse plays the 2-LP original album in its entirety, and then adds a fave extra from local heroes ANGST.  Skank like a geek, punks!