Special Forces

Special Forces was long forgotten Hardcore band that actually was quite big in the Westcoast scene in the 80's. The band was founded in California in 1983 and was one of the moving forces in the local Berkley Hardcore scene. The band was started by Orlando on vocals, Bill Collins on guitar, Kirby "Killer K" on bass and Eric on drums. They played a couple of shows but Eric was unable to keep up with the band and was replaced with Kirby's friend Steve and with this lineup they released the first demo called "8 Songs To Kill By" in late 1983. In a years time they loaned money from any and everyone and finally in 84 they released their first record called "World Domination" on Boner records. Different ideas of where the band should be going led to the band replacing Kirby on bass with Thomas who had been playing with Bill in the band Fang untill now. They also replaced Steve with Anna Chapman from the band Deadly reign. This is known as the second version of the band and they would also change their sound a bit more away from the classic Hardcore sound. In 1987 they released their second and last self-titled full-length on New Wave records. After this release they continued to do shows and also recorded a couple of song but their next release wouldnt come untill they in 1991 released their 7'' "Red, White & Blue", where they had become an all-out Punk band with many new members.

8 Songs To Kill By (1983)

01 - Government Games

02 - Death On Holiday

03 - Death & Havoc

04 - Street Hassle

05 - Maggots

06 - Lard Ass

07 - Fucking Kopass

08 - Amerika Is Dead

World Domination (1984)

01 - Death Squad

02 - Gung Ho

03 - Torture

04 - Whats This

05 - Hurt Me

06 - Greed

07 - Money

08 - Murder In The Streets

09 - Dead Soldier

10 - Nobody Rules

11 - Too Old

12 - Savage Penguins

13 - Rollercoaster

Special Forces (1987)

01 - Death On Holiday

02 - Cockrocker

03 - In South Africa

04 - Special Forces

05 - Make The Leaders Fight

06 - Generic Trash

07 - Mulemeat Blues

08 - You Can't Kill Cockroaches

09 - Talking Shit

10 - Berkeley Hardcore

11 - Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones)

Red, White And Blue 7'' (1991)

01 - Red, White And Blue

02 - Insane Rats

03 - What Is It?

Posthumously Yours 7'' (1999)

01 - You Want It You Got It

02 - On PCP

03 - Two Can Play At That Game

04 - House Wrecking Party

05 - Baby B2

40 Songs To Kill By 1984-1987 (2011)

01 - Government Games

02 - Death On Holiday

03 - Death & Havoc

04 - Street Hassle

05 - Maggots

06 - Lard Ass

07 - Fucking Kopass

08 - Amerika Is Dead

09 - Death Squad

10 - Gung Ho

11 - Torture

12 - Whats This

13 - Hurt Me

14 - Greed

15 - Money

16 - Dead Soldier

17 - Murder In The Streets

18 - Nobody Rules

19 - Too Old

20 - Savage Penguins

21 - Rollercoaster

22 - Death On Holiday

23 - Cockrocker

24 - In South Africa

25 - Special Forces

26 - Make The Leaders Fight

27 - Generic Trash

28 - Mulemeat Blues

29 - You Can't Kill Cockroaches

30 - Talking Shit

31 - Berkeley Hardcore

32 - Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones)

33 - You Want It You Got It

34 - On PCP

35 - Two Can Play At That Game

36 - House Wrecking Party

37 - Baby B2

38 - Red, White & Blue

39 - Insane Rats

40 - What Is It?

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