A Benefit For Big Frank

Last year I went to the Big Frank Harrison memorial show in Orange County. It was a great day for me that I will never forget, but it was also slightly sad to remember the reason that the show was happening in the first place.

Thinking aboutBig Frank and his label, Nemesis Records, and some of the bands he put out reminded me that there was a benefit record put together for Frank a few years ago, in 2018. I felt compelled to pick one up, even though the original point of it has elapsed. There were two different colours of vinyl pressed, but I got lucky and ended up with a test press.

This was put out by Not Like You Records in 2018 and features a bunch of bands selected by Big Frank himself. There are 12 songs / bands on here of varying styles and age. Some I have heard of (Integrity, Himsa, Terror, Nails, Done Dying), and others I haven't heard or have never been interested in (All Pigs Must Die, Electric Frankenstein, Pressure Point, Leviathan, Whiskey Rebels, Take Offense, Disfear). And whilst compilations seem slightly less pointless in the modern era than they used to be in the pre-internet world, this one seems more significant than most, especially with hindsight.