
"punk rock should mean freedom. liking and accepting anything that you like. playing whatever you want, as sloppy as you want. as long as it’s good and it has passion."
-kurt cobain
that quote is used at the beginning of the very first pg99 song i'd ever heard...and it couldn't describe them any better
the song is "in love with an apparition" (but it was mislabeled as "your face is a rape scene"...a title the band took a lot of flack for)
i got into them after they'd already broken up (1998-2003) through the wonderland that was mp3.com (remember that site?...when i'd read about it getting bought out and being turned into something "better" i pillaged it for all it's worth...it was the only record store that i could make it to at the time...the town i was living in was pretty small...and the idea of "punk rock" was wearing baggy pants and listening to my chemical romance while falling off of your skateboard...i was an anomaly in those parts)
but i'm getting off track...YOU DAMN KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN! TELL ME WHEN MY SOUPS DONE! MY STORIES ARE ON!
i once had a dvd that i'd ordered that had live performances of circle takes the square...pageninetynine (and if i remember correctly...city of caterpillar and majority rule)...and the stuff that was filmed for the pg99 part looked as if it had taken place in a closet...the band (which went from anywhere between 6-14 members) crammed into a corner surrounded by what looked like fifty people...and it just looked so sweaty and intense (as all good things should be)
and they'd get tagged as "screamo"...but they were so much more than that
and i dig the way they'd title their albums as documents...as a way to remember an event...and that's just what these guys were
and their singer's (chris taylor) artwork makes a pretty bad ass tattoo
well...enough with the words...you'd think that i was dating the entire band
they have links to such bands as city of caterpillar (bassist kevin longendyke/bassist brandon evans/drummer johnny ward)...malady (vocalist chris taylor/bass player kevin longendyke/drummer johnny ward/guitarist johnathan moore)...mannequin (vocalist chris taylor/guitarist mike taylor)...pygmy lush (vocalist chris taylor/drummer johnny ward/guitarist mike taylor)...haram (guitarist mike taylor/bassist kevin longendyke)...and hissing choir (vocalist chris taylor plays bass)
and now....the music:
(i should mention that the splits only have the pg.99 tracks)
document #1 (1999: self-released cassette)

http://www.mediafire.com/?el9zytzkz4j
document #2 (1999: split w/ enemy soil)

http://www.mediafire.com/?witgji5mm2d
document #3 (1999: split w/ reactor no.7)

http://www.mediafire.com/?jclziqy9yno
document #4 (1999: tour 6")

http://www.mediafire.com/?eniylidryaz
document #5 (2000: first full length)

http://www.mediafire.com/?lnmogejdemd
document #6 (2000: split w/ process is dead)

http://www.mediafire.com/?jyzkzxfjkwj
document #7 (2001)

http://www.mediafire.com/?jwzzqy9jlym
document #8 (2001)

http://www.mediafire.com/?kumtdidxnj0
document #9 (2001: a split personality - split w/ city of caterpillar)

http://www.mediafire.com/?21bjabgxz4t
document #10 (2001: do you need a place to stay? - live split w/ waifle)

http://www.mediafire.com/?enhzwtczct0
document #11 (2002: a reissue of documents 3-4)

http://www.mediafire.com/?wytmbbfttkt
document #12 (2002: split w/ majority rule)

http://www.mediafire.com/?t2t53ac3tzo
document #13 (2002: pyramids in cloth - split w/ circle takes the square

http://www.mediafire.com/?z9nhznxmz5x
document #14 (2003: compilation of singles/demos/comp tracks)

http://www.mediafire.com/?zazkqtwjtts


6 comments:
I was just thinking I needed to complete my pg.99 discography (mp3s at least, completing the discography on vinyl is proving a bit harder), Thanks!
i dont know if any exists, but do you have any hissing choir? i would LOVE to have some recordings of them
actually...i do possess a copy of their very first show...
you rule pretty hard for posting this. Thanks a ton.
Thanks for putting all these up, but only one file of each album worked.
Cheers, mate! Been searching for the earlier ones for a while.
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