Reviews:

Although the lineup on this LP makes it seem like it would be better that it actually is, it's a decent compilation nonetheless. The Butthole Surfers open up the record with a kinda dumb sloppy punk tune, then you've got the Big Boys doing two of their more experimental songs. "History" is a bass-driven track with great lyrics ("Punk rock's not so far removed from Little Richard or the early Stones"), while "The Seed" is a slow dirge. Both enjoyable, but neither match up to their other released output. Personality Crisis contribute a good song, heavy and rockin', with punk rock's deepest vocals. The Minutemen and JFA give us live tracks of previously released songs, the former good quality, the latter kind of hard to make out the song structure. The standouts on this compilation are the MDC and DRI tracks. Both bands are at their peak, with raw, tight, ultra-fast thrashers. The MDC songs were reissued on the More Dead Cops LP, but to my knowledge, the versions of these DRI songs are exclusive to this collection. The Dicks also include a rougher, better version of a song from their second LP. Tales of Terror, Fang, and The White Lie all have your standard hardcore punk sound.
-CHRIS

This is another really good compilation - a lot of big names doing some great songs. M.D.C. finally let "Pay to Come Along" out. Big Boys rip with "History". A compilation with no filler!!
-Al Flipside, from Flipside #43, 1984