| This double cassette set brings you the Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk soundtrack and the first official repressing of the essential Lest We Forget in one handy package. Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk is a sprawling audio companion to the documentary of the same name. You get ninety minutes of music over thirty-five mostly rare, unreleased and / or out-of-print tracks from bands like Green Day, Rancid, Neurosis, NOFX, Operation Ivy, Jawbreaker, Pinhead Gunpowder, and many more. This album is must-have for both new and old fans of the early East Bay punk scene. Lest We Forget was assembled by Aaron Cometbus from extremely rare demos, rehearsal and live tapes and originally released on his BBT Tapes label in 1991. This compilation provides a crucial document of the East Bay's pre-Gilman punk scene. Including the original bands of members who would go on to spawn Rancid, Operation Ivy, Pinhead Gunpowder, Samiam, Neurosis amongst many others. This release has new liner notes by Cometbus and freshly cleaned up audio. |
