Named after a wallpaper stripper that was in the garage they practiced in, DIF had a few different members and corresponding name changes (Color Blind, Doubleplusgood) in their two year span. Many of their early practice sessions where recorded but none where really worth listening to or distributing. Split between four gnarly songs; Your Fault, Too Much, FDA, Concentration Camp, a lame one: Swing Dance Suicide and some covers that fall way short of their originals I’d say this is still overall really good.  I only have a few lyrics for this but they are pretty intelligent and thought out. Much better and full-assed than the long list of mediocre and half-assed bands and side projects the singer later went on to create. They didn’t leave much of an impact on the local music scene and where a little hated from what I’ve heard. Funny thing you can hear the singer muttering “taco”, “yo no quiero”, “burrito” and other gibberish during the breakdown of Levantate because he didn’t know Spanish, he spoke Portuguese.

Rating: 4/5

01 Concentration Camp
02 Your Fault
03 FDA
04 Out of School (JFA)
05 Swing Dance Suicide
06 Too Much
07 Levantate (Los Crudos)
08 Too Much 2nd take
09 FDA 2nd take
Lyrics

I don’t know where to start with this one, I think its great. This demo is a breath of fresh air amidst tame, overproduced punk acts and the wave of punk inspired xhardcorex (if you get my drift) that has been coming out. This band was only around for a matter of months before they broke up due to squabbling among band mates which is really a shame. I like the production but vocals get a little drowned out every now and then. Great stuff, no complaints.
*society’s image is in wav. file format

Rating: 5/5

01 Mental Cancer
02 Mt. Rushmore
03 Hippies
04 Arson
05 Public Suspicion
06 Society’s Image
07 What’s New
08 PxAxUx
09 Bay Area