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THE NEW HOPE LP 01. The Guns - I'm Not Right 02. The Guns - Locked Inside 03. Positive Violence - Matter of Life and Death 04. Positive Violence - Don't Preach to Me 05. Positive Violence - TV Blues 06. Spike In Vain - Ugly and Damaged 07. Spike In Vain - The Funeral 08. The Agitated - Death Warmed Over 09. The Agitated - Then There Were None 10. The Agitated - Blissful Ignorance 11. No Parole - Executioner 12. No Parole - Concentration Camp 13. No Parole - Disposition: Hellion 14. The Dark - You Got What You Wanted 15. The Dark - Sacrifice 16. The Dark - Screeching Metal 17. Zero Defex - Drop the A Bomb on Me 18. Zero Defex - By the Day 19. Zero Defex - Oppression 20. Zero Defex - No More 21. Outerwear - Knife Lust 22. Outerwear - I Crawl on the Floor 23. Offbeats - Why Do You Hang Out? 24. Offbeats - Who the Fuck Do You Think You Are? 25. PPG - Zombies Don't Thrash 26. PPG - Friends of Man 27. Starvation Army - Political Song/Fill in the Blanks 28. Starvation Army - Sleep No More 29. Starvation Army - Something's Wrong 30. Starvation Army - Fun Label: New Hope Records Cat #: 001 Format: LP Released: 1983

Reviews: Like most compilations, this one from Ohio has its ups and downs. My favorite groups here are the Guns, who sound a lot like Black Flag when Ron was their singer; No Parole, who favor garagy semi-thrash and have a killer vocalist with a high pitched adolescent sneer; Zero Defex, who have strong lyrics and an intense, awkward thrash style; and the Offbeats, who play super-fast garage HC. The rest consists of annoying experimental punk (Spike In Vain, P.P.G.), some medium-speed punk (the Dark, Outerwear), and highly predictable thrash (Positive Violence, the Agitated, Starvation Army). -Jeff Bale (from Maximum Rocknroll #10, December 1983) A 1983 release of eleven bands that I assume all come from the Ohio region. The band names are The Guns, Positive Violence, Spike in Vain, Agitated, No Parole, The Dark, Zero Defex, Outerwear, Offbeats, PPG, Starvation Army. The style is mainly HC, good cuts by Starvation Army, Outerwear and Spike in Vain. -Mabel Pineda (from Unsound Vol. 1 No. 5, Fall 1984)