Plunger

I am ready to do some posts for October, anyone else ready? So about back in summer the 90s emotive hardcore band Plunger did a kickstarter to fund for a CD box set and it was pretty successful which was released under Vermin Scum records. A week ago I received my copy of the box set, 300 were made which includes re-master of most of their songs broken down into 2 CD's. CD 1 has the bands 2 split 7"s, the first self titled 7" and the bands LP (My favorite one). CD 2 includes the bands demo tape plus a 2nd version of one of the songs from the demo along with the 2 compilation tracks they did. CD 3 contains about 2 home recordings and the rest being live sets. Not only is it just these 3 CD's but this box set comes with a live DVD. YES! I honestly bought this mainly to hear the songs re-mastered and to watch the DVD. I am a big fan of discography CD's for the most part. While discography LP's or cassettes are among pretty decent, CD's is the way to get the party started. There are a lot of pros to talk about. One being there is a booklet and lyrics to every song, the re-masters are amazing and the fact this classic ass band decided to put this out is just outstanding. Never in a million years did I think this band would ever put a discography out. Anyways, the band began sometime in 1993 straight out of Maryland. They put out a 9 song cassette that has a punk fit mainly. From there they slowly evolved to what Plunger sounds like Plunger. Not to mention but Vermin Scum records put out this sweet discography. While I don't have any major complains one of the smallest I can think of are the CD sleeves. I have had bad luck with those sort of CD sleeve styles. Taking them out every now and then causes them to get scratched so I ended up putting them in some plastic sleeve so no damage to the CD's can be done. Another minor complain was that Swallowtale (My favorite), Enfolded by plains and Handed (Another of my favorites) were ripped through the vinyl so its the only 3 that were kinda re-mastered but it isn't as clear. I do happen to have very clearer quality versions of these 3 though, but it is what it is. So the set is included with a booklet a insert on some little details about the CD's and DVD and a second insert with lyrics to the demo and comp tracks. Overall this is a pretty exciting release a lot of people slept on. Even I did at the end of the kickstarter. This sure ass hell is one release that is one to talk about for a good while. Maybe one day I will post whatever is on the DVD up on youtube but I am very lazy to do all of that so for now I leave you guys the 3 CD set separated 'cause I pretty much ripped it to 320 kbps. But if you have a chance to pick up this box set I highly recommend it getting one for your library, it is the best thing that happened this year.

Note: I deleted the files because I believe it is better for you to buy this than to download it for free. This band deserves better.

Vinyl discography

Demo, Compilation , & Unreleased Tracks

Live & Home Demos