Wednesday, August 23, 2023

N.O.T.A. - s/t LP 1985

Hot Shit! You thought their past records were great, well here’s nineteen tracks that are rockin’, thrashin’, imaginative, and catchy. The slower songs have a catchy early ’77 Pop-Punk sound, and the thrash just rips. A good mix that shows that NOTA are expanding their boundaries and coming of age as a style to US Hardcore. (Ruth Schwartz, MRR #28 • September 1985) We're talking about N.O.T.A. (None Of The Above) from Tulsa/Oklahoma, a fantastic four piece that has changed its line-up over the years. On this brilliant slab the band consisted of Jeff (vocals/guitar), Russell (guitars), Bruce (bass), Bob (drums) and this is their first album on Rabid Cat Records with nineteen smasher, recorded 1979-1985, and all mercilessly fantastic. During their on-again-off-again existence they released three 7Inches and three full albums. They disbanded in 1987, but reformed in 1993 and finally broke up in 2000. Top record and I have to stop now because I must recovering from a crappy bike crash.


7 comments:

  1. Good stuff! I heard Takin away your rights on a killed by hardcore comp I think.. This really rips thanks

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    1. Exactly, if you click the orange letters you will find this Compi.

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  2. One of the best hc records from the 80s. I remember picking this up in 1986 and being blown away.

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  3. Music of my youth. Yea, in that year of 1985, NOTA was a killer Hardcore Punk.
    Did you have the Beer Mongers?

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  4. Ups, link is dead :(

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