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GROWING PAINS tape 01. The Faction - Boredom Awaits 02. The Faction - Fast Food Diet 03. The Faction - Running Amok 04. The Faction - Me 05. The Faction - Skate Harrassment 06. Grim Reality - Lost and Distraught 07. Grim Reality - Anarchy and Peace 08. Grim Reality - No Way Out 09. Grim Reality - Game of War 10. The Bruces - Getting Closer by the Hour 11. The Bruces - Smiling Mercenary 12. The Bruces - My Organ's Frustration 13. The Bruces - Kill the Control 14. The Bruces - Mom and Dad 15. Ribzy - Invasion 16. Ribzy - Sit 17. Ribzy - Fuck Me 18. Ribzy - Ed 19. Ribzy - All Cut Up 20. Ribzy - Untitled Evil 21. Executioner - 1984 22. Executioner - Love at First Sight 23. Executioner - Fix Me 24. Executioner - Marked to Die 25. Executioner - The Bum 26. Executioner - The Only Way 27. The Unaware - Born to Hate 28. The Unaware - Unwritten Rules 29. The Unaware - The Theme to Faith 30. The Unaware - The Ladder 31. Los Olvidados - Assassin of Youth 32. Los Olvidados - Personal Genocide 33. Whipping Boy - Compter World 34. Whipping Boy - Four Stations Label: Faction Productions Format: tape Released: 1983

Reviews: This tape is a great introduction to one of the fastest emerging hardcore scenes in this country (or any). Before listening to Growing Pains, the only hardcore bands I had ever heard from San Jose had been Grim Reality and Whipping Boy (both included here) but I really like all of the bands on the tape. A lot of the songs sound like they were recorded at garage rehearsals (lots of unidentified background sounds) but that only adds to this tape's charm. My favorites are The Bruces, Ribzy, and Los Olvidados. It's only $4 for 8 bands, 34 songs, and a xeroxed factzine with some of the lyrics. What a deal! -Steve Hu (from Truly Needy Vol. 2 No. 2, May 1983) This cassette hails from San Jose. It features Ribzy, the Faction, Los Olvidados, Whipping Boy, Executioner, Grim Reality, the Unaware, the Bruces. Man is this rad or what? All the bands are hardcore except maybe the Bruces. The Faction and Ribzy are definitely the best bands on the tape. Buy it or be a fuckin' fool. -Jone (from Paranoia #6, Spring 1983) There's quite a conglomeration of styles and sound quality on this South Bay compilation. It's got thrash, HM punk, garage punk, pop-punk, old punk, etc. The eight bands featured are Faction, Grim Reality, Ribzy, Executioner, the Bruces, Whipping Boy, the Unaware, and Los Olvidados. -Tim Yohannon (from Maximum Rock'n'Roll #5, March/April 1983)