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Violent Coercion- Cafe Colonial, Sacramento Ca 11/8/24 4K UHD Multicam Schoeps Audio East Bay Punk

Last night, I discovered that today’s “on this day” post I had prepped actually took place on 2/14… so I am still working on a new old one.
Here is your Saturday video while I work the other one. Here is a great blurb written by Aaron Cometbus about VC:
“Three members of Violent Coercion went on to form Neurosis, the fourth drew the cover of the first Neurosis LP, and the fifth ended up in Samiam. Talk about an all-star cast.” -Aaron Cometbus, 2018

The band released a demo tape called House of Terror in 1985, played a bunch of shows, and then broke up and went on to do Neurosis, Samiam, Attitude Adjustment, etc. They are back and have released an album (limited to 100!) called Still Time. Their next show is opening for Final Conflict at the Ivy Room this coming Friday, Feb 7.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens and 2x gopro hero 7 black; Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
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Violent Coercion- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 10/26/85 xfer from master cassette Neurosis

As promised, more goodness from Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection. Here is what Aaron Cometbus said about VC: “Three members of Violent Coercion went on to form Neurosis, the fourth drew the cover of the first Neurosis LP, and the fifth ended up in Samiam. Talk about an all-star cast.”
With that said, this recording does sound very much like an early punk show, recorded with non-professional equipment. Still will be of interest to a few friends here… including the guys in the current iteration of Violent Coercion. They are back and playing out, so go see them while you can!

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ (+Bass, -Highs) in Sony Sound Forge 10

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Violent Coercion- New Method, Emeryville Ca 10/19/85 xfer from master audio cassette

It’s Mediocre Monday again, and holy crap is this day mediocre at best. Take care of your back, kids. It affects your sleep when you get older. I would like to kick the guy who stagedove on me at the slayer show in 1985 in the privates right now.
Here is one that people will appreciate, but it is pretty rough sounding. That’s the thing with those consumer recorders in the 80’s- if a band played at a reasonable volume, you’d get a decent recording… but if they were loud, you get one like this.
Regardless, it is an important document- Violent Coercion were part of a scene that was the nexus of east bay punk. Aaron Cometbus says it well:
“Three members of Violent Coercion went on to form Neurosis, the fourth drew the cover of the first Neurosis LP, and the fifth ended up in Samiam. Talk about an all-star cast.” -Aaron Cometbus, 2018

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card.

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