M.E.L.I. (Muerte En La Industria)
M.E.L.I.(Muerte En La Industria)- TU VIDA demo 1988
Scalding raw-punk from the bowels of the D.F.(Distrito Federal) in Mexico. These guys were relatively short lived (less than 2 years) and never released any material beside this tape. The 13 songs here, originally recorded for a radio show, became the rare last testament to a once great band. Although the recording is pretty rough, the bands conviction and honesty shine through and make one hell of a cassette.
The desperation and brutality most of these third-world punk bands experienced, along with the lack of finance and available resources make this stuff truly special. What it meant to look punk and be outspoken against the authorities in Mexico, Brasil, Peru or anywhere in S.America must be almost incomprehensible to the average spoiled American punk. Not to say it wasn’t hard everywhere(especially early on) but in these countries you might lose your life for your beliefs. I find it easy to overlook musical ability and recording quality when you know a band like this may have been in fear of their lives for having such strong convictions.
There is a CD discography that was put out recently and it contains this demo and a 14 song live recording from 1990. For more info on the CD re-release, try HERE http://www.speedstaterecords.com/ and for a brief history of Mexican punk/hardcore, try HEREhttp://www.speedstaterecords.com/columns/mexpunk.htm
Tracks
Libertad de expresion
Sin patria
Tu fiesta(torero)
Conflictos
Diferencias sociales
Tu vida
Genocidio
El final
El cristo de la pared
Victimas
Muerte en la industria
Odio
Vamos a pisar
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Music
Posted by: SurlyOldPunk
August 8th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
Cool! I’ve had this tape for several years. Never knew it came with a cover.
I haven’t picked up the CD reissue yet - is it worth getting just for the live stuff?
August 10th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
i wasnt impressed by the live stuff
the demo is radical though!
if you have any speed state releases you know they usually pack it with lyrics, interviews, and pictures so even though i dont own the MELI reissue i bet its worth getting
August 11th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
lot of good bands came out of mexico.and meli is one of them.
hey condensed flesh has that sm70 come it yet?
August 15th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
yea i got that sm70 cd but it doesnt have the cabuk cabuk tracks. i only have cabuk cabuk on vinyl i guess i’ll rip it
August 16th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
ive only heard that uber dem jenseits record and was simply blown away.anything else from them would be appreciated. thanks.
August 16th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Finally getting round to listening to some of this stuff (Mrs. Skin 666 has had me decorating and DIYing!!!) This is fantastic!! Thanx
September 10th, 2006 at 8:13 am
Awesome! Being half Mexican myself, I am very interested in getting Mexican hardcore. I’m planning on buying the CD at some point, and it’ll probably be the first mexican hardcore that I don’t have on a sloppy mp3 rip. Another great mexican band was Massacre 68, I’ll see if I can pull something up by them.
October 19th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Great post I have this tape there is some very great Mexican hardcore. Massacre 68 is pretty good but if you wanted to listen to some good stuff listen to decendencia make you want more!……
April 19th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
dude thanks alot for posting this, been looking forward to hear this. Has anything by this band ever been pressed to vinyl? boot or not?