Trick or Treat

Cassette & vinyl will bring you to hell kids!

Although the 80's were shit (as The Vaselines put it in their wonderful second LP "Sex with The Vaselines") the film industry was very creative during the decade. Some of the most wonderful films, cult or massive, came out in that decade and none other film than today's entry can deliver a horror film with bulk 80's pop culture references. Trick or Treat is a 1986 horror gem written by Rhet Topham and directed by Charles Martin Smith. Starred by Marc Price as Eddie Weinbauer, Tony Fields as Sammi Curr & Lisa Orgolini as Leslie Graham.

What happens when a Glam Rock star dies and his number one fan gets his hand in the only vinyl copy of his latest recording? Well, shit happens! Featuring hard rocking cameos by Gene Simmons (as Nuke, a local radio DJ) & Ozzy Osbourne (as Reverend Aaron Gilstrom) this is the Halloween movie every audiophile enthusiast should watch as soon as possible. 

The evil sign of rock!

Ozzy, Sammi & Gene.

Eddie AKA Rag-Man Weinbauer, is a diehard fan of all things heavy metal, glam and classic rock in general. His bedroom is a fortress of music with giant speakers, a Sony turntable and very respectable collection of vinyl records & cassette tapes you wish you had today. As a matter of fact, he even owns a copy of Megadeth's debut album Killing is my Business which by the date the movie was filmed, wasn't even out, making our lead character's copy one of the earlier promotional copies send to different college radio stations in order to promote their music. So, going back to the movie (I'm a freaking audiophile, I admit it) Eddie's number one rock star, Sammi Curr is seen by society, school teachers, parents & reverends as a Satanic & perverted monster that is posoning America's youth with his evil music. This causes Eddie to be constantly bullied in school, just because he listens to Rock music. Yes, in the 80's everybody thought heavy rock music was a door to Satanic cult rites and all sorts of atrocities. 

Later while doing his chores Eddie finds out his ultimate hero has died in a fire, obviously causing our lead massive pain since "Sammi Curr was the only one who truly understood his teenage brawls against the world" For unexplained reasons, Eddie runs into the local radio station to tell Nuke (Gene Simmons, Kiss bass player & singer) his love about the recently demised Glam rocker. Nuke believes him and as gift, offers him the last studio session Curr recorded in brand new vinyl. Only one copy exists, and Eddie is the lucky winner! (Nuke has made a cassette copy he'll play during Halloween) 

What are these hidden messages?

Satan is calling to you Eddie!

The problem is, the copy features some strange voices Eddie can't understand, so, using the most cliched story about LP's he reverse plays it, or plays it backwards, finding creepy messages Sammi Curr left to the lucky owner of this unique vinyl. The messages are essentially "nail them all" something Curr kept singing about while he was alive. Eddie, being his number one fan, knows this message means he has to face his bullies at any cost, so evidently things will go south pretty quickly. 

Wait a fucking minute?! Why is this movie called Trick or Treat?! Where's Halloween?! Now, now. Eddie's school is celebrating a Halloween party! and Sammi Curr was supposed to be the feature artist  but since, society considered him a fucking satanic perv his invitation was revoked. Still not Halloween enough? Well, let me continue then. The more Eddie plays Sammi Curr's LP, the more evil like he turns, so when things go out of hand, Sammi comes back to life through Eddie's stereo asking him if he's forgotten they made a pact to "nail them all". From then on, murders start happening and Sammi sort of, avenges himself and Eddie's by making every detractor they had, explode (no graphic violence is featured in the film whatsoever) 

I hope Eddie cums on my tits, I'm not ready for another load on my face.

Oh C'mon! I know you swallow!

In order to "nail them all" Eddie makes a cassette copy of the LP and gives it to one of his bullies as a "peace offering" Unfortunately, the cassette ends up in the wrong hands (The bully's girlfriend) And via headphones the spirit of Sammi Curr rapes and leaves the girl comatose. Tim Haney (the bully, played by Doug Savant) instantly runs into Eddie to ask him what the hell was in the cassette he gave him. But, Sammi's spirit protects Eddie's house so Tim leaves him unharmed. Nevertheless, Eddie has a good heart and decides to tell his death idol he doesn't want any part in his murdering revenge. Obviously, and predictably, you can't get rid of a death rock star like that, so despite plugging off every stereo Eddie can find, Sammi Curr still finds a way to travel through the real world to propagate his hatred message of death targeting Eddie's love interest Leslie Graham (Lisa Orgolini)

So once Halloween night happens, Sammi replaces the band playing for the school party and so begins the Halloween party massacre, where our death rock star "nails" the students with his electric guitar. But shit doesn't stop there, since this unreleased LP is also being played in the local radio station, allowing Sammi to cover the whole city, making no one safe because stereos where everywhere in the 80's! home stereo, walkman, car stereo, radio signal oh man!

This music makes want to diddle my skittle.

Rock music is the true gate to hell!

Watching Trick or Treat feels like watching portions of other films. There's the late night teen pool party, with booze and tits. There's the bullied outcast seeking revenge. There's the death spirit possessing electrical devices. There's the girl who has a thing for the bullied character. There's a teenage party that ends up in a fucking massacre plus a couple of world class cameos. However, this isn't a copy of something that has been done before. This is a horror film made for rock music fans, specially those who dig Vinyl, Rock music & cassette tapes. If you're that kind of a person, you will enjoy this flick. Also, if you're into watching 80's horror films, I so believe this is for you, and I'm sure you've watched it already. For general audiences and digitized music era fans, this may be hard to swallow (no pun intended). For gore & slasher fans, this film doesn't offer visual violence, although there are hints here and there, it could be a family friendly slasher. 

Now, some stuff you probably didn't know about the movie:

-Eddie's best friend Roger is played by Glen Morgan, his only acting stint. Morgan later went on to be a prolific writer/producer for The X-Files (1993), Final Destination (2000), and Final Destination 3 (2006), as well as direct the Black Christmas (2006) remake.  

 
-All songs in the movie are written by the band "Fastway" which consisted of former Motorhead Guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke, and current "Flogging Molly" vocalist Dave King. 

 
-Cult movie company Anchorbay were all set to release a special 20th Anniversary Edition DVD of 'Trick or Treat' in 2006, but cancelled it when they encountered problems with the film's music licensing.  
-This movie features and after credit scene! (I won't spoil it here)

 

I'll leave you kids alone.

My bush is yours Eddie.

Overall, Trick or Treat is not as scary as other Halloween themed films yet, it is fairly entertaining and mildly original. If you want to watch something different, look no more. If you want to watch some good scary flick, wait until our next review coming before October the 31st.

 

Here's the movie trailer:

 

 

Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck

Cashing in from Kurt Cobain, typical!

Produced by Kurt Cobain's daughter Frances Bean Cobain herself, Kurt Cobain Montage Of Heck, contrary to what many critics, journalists and fans think, is a poorly executed attempt at making a documentary based upon somebody's life. That somebody is Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, maybe one of the most famous alternative rock bands to ever come out from Seattle in the early 90's.

The title "Montage of Heck", was taken from one of Kurt's old sound collages, that after he took is life, became widely available in the late 90's in the bootleggers market. The film makes use of several clips from Kurt's home videos, drawings, notebooks, poetry, love letters and more, hence the proper title. The editing in these montages is gorgeous and alluring, and there are some animation segments that are absolutely beautiful. Nonetheless, these sections of the film often dragged on too long and felt like they were unnecessarily repetitive, distracting from the narrative instead of serving it and over-selling us on parts of Kurt's mind and inner turmoil which were already very clear.

The masterminds behind this garbage.

Your music legacy will live on.

Speaking of narrative, the one story this film tells is a story we already know and understand too well. The film has a single theme only, which is to use personal media graciously offered from the Cobain family to tell the story of a talented, hyper-sensitive tortured soul and drug addict who killed himself, and the cloud of chaos that lead up to that point. There is little to no insight on his art, only the struggles that propelled him to make his art, which are much less interesting because as an audience we are well aware of what negative habits can do to the psyche or physical health, but the real intrigue is what a person creates or does despite those issues. Perhaps that's my opinion, though.

The irony here is saddening. This film, somehow managed to spend over 2 hours on highlighting the product of a failed marriage and broken upbringing, drug abuse, Courtney, ridicule and the pressures of press, all of which are the exact same things that ultimately lead to the recluse Kurt became and fed into his tragic suicide. This film somehow managed to become the enemy and mirrored everything Kurt tried to run away from.

The animated parts are the best out of the whole piece.

Every teenage kid was once Kurt Cobain.

Long time Nirvana fans will find nothing new through watching this documentary. There are no rare performances, no home videos of musical interest and even some of the demos we get to listen, are all known too well or either different versions of the same song (Sappy appears several times as background music but in different editions) Nevertheless, it's true Brett Morgen said the documentary would be about Cobain's life and not Nirvana's but let's face it, he was Nirvana and we don't get any interesting shots at what was like to be fronting the most hyped 90's band besides all the stuff we already know. Now, when it comes to the "intimate portrait" of his life well, uhmm, do we really need to see home videos of Cobain after shower routine? do rock stars have rare rituals when brushing their teeth or drying their hair? No, I don't think so. And what about Courtney Love showing her breasts three times? Oh, yeah that must really be a thing only rock stars do.

And what about other Nirvana members? Well, there's Chris Novoselic, and his presence runs about five minutes. His words are memorable and idiotic as fuck. Let's paraphrase what he said "All these signs and messages about his suicidal tendencies were always there, in the songs' lyrics, in the album art and yet we didn't notice" I mean, for real, where you or where you not a close friend to him? did you really care about his mental state? The problem behind Kurt Cobain's tragic ending had clearly more to do with his upbringings than any other thing. In psychology terms (I'm a teacher with studies in psychology among other things) if a person suffers from an early age trauma, like he did when his parents divorced, this trauma will cause severe damage if not treated properly at the right time. What happened to Cobain wasn't that he hated fame, or didn't stand being called the voice of a generation. What happened to him happens everyday to hundreds if not thousands of people who suffer traumatic experiences in their childhood or in their adolescence. Cobain had everything his family didn't have: money, fame, an apparently happy marriage and even a baby girl, so what went wrong? He simply couldn't withstand the ghosts of his past, the feeling of lovelessness he got from his parents and family. He became a junkie because people around him didn't care (like in most cases of drug addiction) and finally he became suicidal once he realized the awful truth: he had no family, no friends. All he had was a bunch of people trying to cash in off of him, and this bad documentary proves it once more. Nevertheless, people around him are not necessarily the ones to blame. It's been proofed by psychological and psychiatric studies that a person who grows up in an environment of lack of affection and ultimately indifference, develop serious difficulties when establishing social relationship with other people (Cobain hated everyone according to him) and let's not talk about self destructiveness and drug abuse.

We're all free while we're kids.

Adolescence: end of innocence.

And where's Chad Channing? Where's Dave Grohl? Where's Pat Smear? Why no Cobain's friends like Mark Lanegan, Buzz Osborne & Kim Gordon? and what about Charles R. Cross or Michael Azerrad? 

Why does this documentary feels like another money grab behind Cobain's life?

Biased for Suicide.

In interviews, Brett Morgen (the director) promotes that it doesn't have anything to do with the death angle, but the movie very clearly emphasizes several writings (with jarring music, no less!) and parts to suggest otherwise. There are more than a few written mentions that could be taken out of context, for example, one writing that was zoomed in on, said "KILL YOURSELF KILL YOURSELF" at least four lines repeated, all caps-- but then right below that, "RAPE IS GOOD RAPE IS GOOD" which is obviously something Kurt didn't believe. So I am very much inclined to say that emphasis, on the "KILL YOURSELF KILL YOURSELF" portion, is beyond out of context, to the extent of being misleading. They half-cut-off the "RAPE IS GOOD" part but you can still see it.

Furthermore, they took a few things out of context in terms of timing. While there are general themes of youth to adolescence to growing up to being a father, there are anachronisms throughout, mostly stemming from the aforementioned death theme. Referenced far later in the film, "I hate myself and want to die. Leave me alone" as signed by Kurdt, a name he went by early-mid in his career (as noted in the Bleach release). Let alone that this might have been satirical; even if it was literal, this was far earlier than when he died. With the misplacement at the end of the film, this forges (in every sense) the connection that Kurt felt that way then, when in fact not only do we not know if he did, but when. The film then assumes a sense of forced examples, for the writing to be accompanied by visuals via home video or slowed-down concert footage, as if to prove something. But it's completely out of context and it's bothersome. 

Two junkies with luck, or not?

They music can save us, then why didn't it save himself?

Now, to be fair, the documentary may be of interest to those who are relatively new to Kurt Cobain & Nirvana or to those who have brief knowledge on the subject. However, the whole "myth" and God-like portrayal of Cobain is absolutely biased and definitely wrong. Cobain was a human being, he didn't have the help he needed to stop living in his saddened past, and that's happened, is happening and will happen to many as long as people do not understand love is a very delicate layer that needs to be watered no matter how hard your life is. What made Cobain special, was his music which was definitely his ultimate art form despite many paintings, collages and dolls he's a part of our world of legends because of that and yet the director focuses on spending more on screen time with a father he never liked, a mother who abandoned him, a stepmother who didn't do much, and a wife and a band member who didn't care and didn't take action to aid him to stop living in the past and start enjoying his present and bright future.

All that being said, I guess in the spirit of Rock and Roll, there is no real justice. Kurt won't get the movie he deserves, even after his death we seem to continue to focus on the obvious redundant clichés of the dark sides of his life. Although those things are real and an important part of his story, they are indeed only one part. That isn't definitive at all. As Kurt always said, "Just listen to the music, everything I have to say is there". He wasn't lying and that will always be his ultimate legacy because his music was his and his alone and it will remain untouched forever, so the "corporate whores" will never change that no matter how hard they try, or how hard they cry in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Here's the documentary trailer:

Here's the complete and unreleased "Montage Of Heck" sound collage from which the documentary takes its name:

 

Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story

Promotional Poster.

Today I'll make an exception. I won't talk about a movie. I will talk about a documentary that was released this year and has nothing to do with movies but, a lot to do with music, Seattle music.

Malfunkshun, the Andrew Wood Story, depicts the story of one of the most talented artists the pre-Grunge scene gave birth. Unfortunately Andrew Wood didn't live long enough to see the extent of his musical influence. 

Scott Barbour, an independent film maker had the original idea of making a movie about Andrew Wood's life, he even had a script and some acting auditions but, in the research process he sort of decided to let the real characters tell the story, so, yes! We have  an emotive storytelling that opens up the door of the Wood family itself. Also, we see bandmates, friends and music producers that were a part of Andrew Wood's life in very different aspects. 

The film maker.

Malfunkshun.

The touching moments are added courtesy of Tony Wood (Andrew's mom) who in her living room explains the many feelings and stories she shared with Andy as a mother and as  a fan. However, this is not a biography film in the type of the Biography Channel, this is an intertwined human story with a musical background that shaked the foundations of the Seattle scene.

Malfunkshun, the seminal band Andrew created with his brother Kevin and best friend Reagan Hagar was a family on its own. The show they performed in the early 80's was something entirely different, nothing like the punk rock bands you could see everywhere in Seattle in those days. Andrew Wood loved Kiss, and he wanted to portray his  own version of the glamour a rock act could deliver, no matter the audience. That was Malfunkshun, that was the touch Andrew Wood's band had and it was a turning point. They started recording home tapes, touring the nearby areas and creating the myth of a nobodies band that could actually make it.

For reasons that went beyond the band members as a whole, Andy decided to call it quits to move into his next project which was initially just a side project with Stone Gossard & Jeff Ament (former Green River members) called Lords of the Wasteland, the seed for Mother Love Bone, the most prominent  1990 band from Seattle.

Landrew the Love Child.

Mother Love Bone.

Now, the drug abuse business is discussed from the professional point of view of Andy's therapist herself, plus the emotional interview of Andy's closest friends that state he never had respect when taking the hard drugs, so probably that is why he O.D. he never felt drugs could harm him. And I'm not a junkie, never was and never will but, I guess the reason Andy got into drugs was to escape from his disfunctional family, where there was an alcoholic father who beat the shit out of her wife in front of the kids. Andy's brother was an alcoholic for several years, his bandmates got into the drug experimentation business but knew their limits. 

Andy's mom final statement should be taught in school, she says something like children are a golden gift that most of the times parents don't appreciate.

The interviews depicted include Andy's band mates Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Reagan Hagard, his brother, Greg Gilmore, living legend producer Jack Endino, Chris Cornell & Khim Thayil from Soundgarden. 

The special effects used to cover the low quality of the source material makes quite a good job and about the music, well, obviously we listen to the most important lyrics Andy wrote in both Malfunkshun & Mother Love Bone. 

Mother Love Bone and their love rock.

The box set design.

Andy Wood was a special character, he didn't have the dark rocker mind, he called his music as "love rock" and constantly represented goodness with those around him. He was gifted, humble and learnt at an early stage of his life that "love had to hurt" so his many relationships would follow the unfortunate pattern his parents taught him. 

In the end of his life Andy had it all, a promising album "Apple" released by Columbia, an extensive touring project, a beautiful fiancee Xana La Fuente, and a family that was finally making up until everything crumbled with Andy's death. One of the many casualties of the Seattle scene.

Overall a documentary that not only deals with the stuff we all know about, you know the music, the story & the live performances (though most of them are rare videos). There is also the unique oportunity for us, the ones far from Andrew Wood's circle, to actually get to know his childhood, family, dreams, hobbies and drug abuse from the inside. The official release is a deluxe digipack consisting of the DVD documentary, the one and only Malfunkshun album "Return to Olympus" plus two bonus tracks, and Andrew Wood's unfinished solo project "Melodies & Dreams" featuring rare music, demos, instrumentals, rehersals and some pre-Mother Love Bone era radio interviews.

Mother Love Bone.

A must for the ones who liked to listen to Malfunkshun & Mother Love Bone, and also a must for those in love with the Seattle scene music. 


Here's the documentary trailer:

The Gits

The Gits were the riot grrl leaders.

The Gits were an American punk rock band, formed in Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1986. Known for their part in the burgeoning Seattle music scene of the early 1990s, their distinct punk rock sound gained a reputation for its bluesy street punk aesthetic. They were known for their fiery live performances and retained a dedicated following both during and after their existence.

Singer Mia Zapata—influenced early on by blues, soul music and hardcore punk—sang of inner struggle, alcohol, death, and survival despite utter hopelessness. Other members included guitarist Joe Spleen (born Andy Kessler), bassist Matt Dresdner and drummer Steve Moriarty. During their existence, the band released two studio albums, one compilation of early recordings, one live recording, three 7" singles and appeared on various compilations. The band also recorded on a few independent labels, and released its two studio albums on C/Z Records. In 2003, each release in the band's discography was remastered and expanded with bonus tracks on Broken Rekids.

The band dissolved in 1993 following the murder of Zapata. Though the band never signed with a major label and never reached a mainstream audience, Zapata has nevertheless been cited as an influence by several subsequent female punk vocalists...

Punk Janis Joplin.

Origin

The Gits met and formed in 1986 at Antioch College, a liberal arts school in Yellow Springs, Ohio. They called themselves the Snivelling Little Rat Faced Gits (a reference to a Monty Python skit, episode 21), but soon shortened the moniker to just "The Gits." In 1988 they recorded and self-released their "unofficial" debut album entitled Private Lubs with the help of friend Ben London (later of Alcohol Funnycar and solo). These recordings did not see widespread release though until 1996 when the album was reissued by the Broken Rekids label as Kings & Queens. After finishing school, they packed up and headed to Seattle, Washington in 1989 in search of greater opportunities.

Fandom

After arriving in Seattle, the band set up shop at the now infamous 'Rathouse,' a Capitol Hill district house where the band rehearsed and lived. They quickly earned a following on the local scene and gained many friends, particularly in the city's punk rock community. During the early 1990s, buzz began surrounding the band, which caused some media outlets to erroneously lump them in with the then-burgeoning Seattle grunge music scene, and Zapata's persona led many to incorrectly associate The Gits with the Olympia, Washington riot grrrl movement.

Their first 'official' release surfaced in 1990 in the form of the "Precious Blood" single, released by the local Big Flaming Ego Records. This single was quickly followed up by two more releases ("Second Skin" on Broken Rekids (1991), "Spear & Magic Helmet" on Empty Records (1991), as well as the Bobbing For Pavement compilation (Rathouse/Broken Rekids, 1991) which featured The Gits alongside some of Seattle's best up-and-coming punk bands.

Fame & Crime

In 1992 the band recorded and released their debut album Frenching the Bully on the local C/Z Records to rave reviews. By this point, Seattle had become the 'next big thing' in mainstream music with several of its better known bands gaining national attention. The Gits themselves had gained quite a bit of notoriety by this point, thus allowing them to not only tour outside of Seattle, but also in Europe, despite the fact they had no permanent record label or other professional services to support them.

By 1993 it became clear that the Gits were on the verge of making it big with the band gaining the attention of major label record companies. Production began in mid-1993 on the band's second album entitled Enter: The Conquering Chicken, an album which was planned to be their breakthrough. The Gits seemed to be well on their way when, on the night of July 7, 1993, the group's charismatic singer and songwriter Mia Zapata was brutally raped and murdered while walking home from a bar.

Investigation of Zapata's murder

Immediate aftermath

After the initial shock of Zapata's murder, both the remaining members of the Gits and the Seattle musical community at large began an intensive investigation into her death. The Seattle Police Department initially focused their investigation on Zapata's circle of friends, believing that her murderer must have been someone she knew. Using funds generated by the Seattle music community (from benefit shows and CDs), as well as their own money, the remaining band members hired private investigator Leigh Hearon to supplement the police department's investigation. For over three years, Hearon and the Seattle Police Department investigated the crime with little or no breaks in the case. In 1996 the investigation first gained national attention in an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. It however did not open any new leads. The case was later highlighted on several other TV shows including A&E's American Justice, Cold Case Files, City Confidential, CBS's 48 Hours, FOX's America's Most Wanted, and TruTV's Forensic Files.

Finding the killer

Seven years passed with few new leads in the case, until a random DNA check conducted by the Seattle PD's Cold Case Unit and the Washington State Crime Lab led to the arrest of Cuban-American fisherman Jesus Mezquia. Mezquia, who briefly lived in Seattle during the time of Zapata's murder, was linked to the crime in 2003 when a DNA profile was extracted from a saliva sample left on Zapata's body; Mezquia had bitten her breast. It had been kept in cold storage until the STR technology was developed for full extraction. An original entry in 2001 failed to generate a positive result, but Mezquia's DNA entered the national databank after he was arrested for burglary in Florida in 2002.

On March 25, 2004, a jury convicted Mezquia of Zapata's murder and sentenced him to 36 years in prison, the maximum allowed in the case under Washington state law.

Legacy

Home Alive

In the aftermath of Zapata's murder, friends created a non-profit self-defense group called Home Alive, which ceased operations in 2010, organized benefit concerts and CDs with the participation of Seattle's music elite, such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Heart, and the Presidents of the United States of America. The Home Alive group has its own instructors and seek to empower women with ways to protect themselves against predators. They hold a range of courses, from anger management and use of pepper spray to the martial arts.

Discography

Albums

• Frenching the Bully (C/Z Records) (1992).

Reissued on Broken Rekids, 2003

• Enter: The Conquering Chicken (C/Z Records) (1993).

Reissued on Broken Rekids, 2003

• Kings & Queens (Broken Rekids) (1996)
• Seafish Louisville (Broken Rekids) (2000)
• Best of The Gits (Liberation) (2008)

Singles/Eps

• Precious Blood b/w "Seaweed" and "Kings & Queens" (Big Flaming Ego Records), (1990).
• Second Skin b/w "Social Love" (Broken Rekids), (1991).
• Spear And Magic Helmet b/w "While You're Twisting, I'm Still Breathing" (Empty Records), (1991).

Compilation/soundtrack contributions

• "Here's to Your Fuck" and "Ain't Got No Right" on Bobbing For Pavement: The Rathouse Compilation (Rathouse/Broken Rekids), (1991).
• "Drinking Song" on Power Flush: San Francisco, Seattle & You (Broken Rekids), (1993).
• "Guilt Within Your Head" and "Social Love (Live)" on Home Alive: The Art Of Self-Defense (Epic Records), (1996).
• "Second Skin (Live)" on Hype! The Motion Picture Soundtrack, (Sub Pop Records), (1996).
• "Another Shot of Whiskey" on Wild and Wooly: The Northwest Rock Collection (Experience Music Project/Sub Pop Records), (2000).
• "Whirlwind" on Girls Kick Ass (Vitaminepillen), (2001).
• "Absynthe" on Whatever: The 90's Pop & Culture Box (Rhino/WEA), (2005).
• "Another Shot of Whiskey" on Sleepless In Seattle: The Birth of Grunge (LiveWire Recordings, 2006).