Straight Outta Burbank: The Bomp! 25th Anniversary Collection (1999)

About this title: Bomp! was, in addition to being a pioneering historical-savvy rock fanzine in the 1970s, a label that put out some notable early punk singles, and (with its AIP and Voxx subsidiaries) reissued tons and tons of '60s garage/punk. In the 1980s and 1990s most of its contemporary releases were in the psych/pop/punk/garage revival mode. It is fair to say that this two-CD, 45-song compilation does not represent the label at its very best. Disc one is entirely devoted to material from Bomp! and its Voxx subsidiary, mixing vintage late-1970s cuts by the Dead Boys, Barracudas, Iggy & the Stooges, the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Right Now! [Escovedo]
2. Third Generation Nation [Bators]
3. Don't Let Go [Wills]
4. Servo [Newcombe]
5. Make It Together [Schwartz]
6. 1x2x3 Devastated [Mariani]
7. Ain't Got No Dough [Westman]
8. God Save Us [Sudden]
9. Kerouac [Alexander]
10. Gimme Some Skin [Pop/Williamson]
11. Destroy All Music [Denney]
12. Suicide Music [Crash]
13. I Hate the Rich [Dils]
14. Pony Dress [Desjardins]
15. Pirate Love [Thunders]
16. Heartache [Reeves]
17. Suicide City [Dahl]
18. You're Gonna Miss Me [Erickson]
19. One Way Ticket [Case]
20. Don't Give It Away [Fear/Shattuck]
21. The First Time [Plain]
22. Summertime Fun [James]
23. Almost Summer [Martin]
24. Baby Hold On [Phillips/Scott]
25. New Fast Car [ImaJinary Friends]
26. International Rescue [Sudden]
27. Open Throttle [Allan/Provost/Winog]
28. Do the Pop [Tek/Sisto]
29. Porno Beach
30. Junkie Son [Barnes/Milucky]
31. Monsters [Peters/Martinez]
32. City Slang [Edit] [Smith]
33. (Annie Got) Hot Pants Power [Randell]
34. Mr. Fruity Pants [Toth/Leeds/Collins]
35. Brazil [Traditional]
36. Maximum G [DuLany/Gammage/Lupo]
37. Hippopotamus [PepGirlz]
38. Face on the Factory Floor [Fowley/LaBonte]
39. Monk in Orbit [Sinclair/Kramer]
40. Do It! [Twink]
41. Garbage [Edit] [Bishop/Farren/Hunte]
42. Looking at You [Davis/Kramer/Smith/]
43. I Need $100 [Wilson]
44. Night Time Is the Right Time [Sykes]
45. Space Is the Place [Ra]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.