Double LP + CD + DVD + book + extra case-wrapped box.
A work of love and dedication, this collection is the result of an incredible journey from the FOAD headquarters to a remote country town in the middle of the Hokkaido island, northern Japan. The goal was to meet the band members and compile the most exhaustive collection of all their available recordings, spanning from 1985 to 1987.
Here you'll find the ultra-complete discography of HUMAN GAS, including a lot of unreleased material. Musically, this is some of the rawest and most violent Hardcore ever spawned from the darkest lairs of the '80s Japanese underground.
The collection includes tracks from the split 7" with Stali Nism (1985), the "Noice and Hardcore" 1st Demo (1986), the "Explosives" 2nd Demo (1986), tracks from the "Street Punk in Obihiro" Omnibus tape (1986), the "Lackluster" 3rd Demo + extra studio songs (1987), and an unreleased studio jam session with members of Human Gas, Stali Nism, and Middle Class (1987).
Additionally, there's an extra CD with a soundboard live take from 1986 that sounds killer, assorted live recordings from 1986-1987, and an instrumental version of their cult Demo "Explosives". To complete the massacre, you'll also find a DVD with two complete live sets (their only gig in Sapporo, "Bessie Hall", 1987, and one in Obihiro's "Rocking Hall", 1987) showing these raging maniacs in action. That's 79 TRACKS in total!!
All the tracks have been mastered from 1st generation sources provided by the band, transferred and restored with total care and attention to detail at Toxic Basement Studio. The set is housed in a trifold jacket within a casewrapped outer boxset. It also includes a 24-page full-colored booklet with loads of rare photos, flyers, memorabilia, and some brief liner notes put together after talking with the band members.
Named after a Kuro song, Human Gas were the most destructive and iconic Northern Japan's answer to the noisy and violent Noise/Punk scene that was growing in the opposite side of the country with bands like Gai, Confuse, and Kuro themselves. Their songs were more structured, solid, and, as the title of this anthology suggests, violent.
The Hokkaido area is definitely one of the most fascinating and mysterious when it comes to early pioneers of the Japanese Hardcore panorama. Bands like L.S.D., ??, Slang, Tranquillizer, Deef, F.U.P., Gaizin, Napalm, Noise-Decay, and many more were all based there. Human Gas still stands as one of the most respected names for their genuine anger and highly original and influential musical approach.
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