Recorded during the birth of 80"s hardcore, the Melvins" Mangled Demos from 1983 will sit nicely next to your old Bad Brains and Corrosion of Conformity albums. There"s some of that classic rockin" sludge we"ve grown to know and love (including a pre-Dale Crover version of "Set Me Straight"), but it"s the fast, raw and hopeful ferocity of a time when hardcore was brewing, that really makes this release such a gem. Ipecac. 2005.