Destination: Bomp! is a 1994 compilation album, often found as a 2xCD, that highlights the first 20 years of Bomp Records (1974–1994). It serves as a, "best of," collection curated by founder Greg Shaw, featuring artists like The Flamin' Groovies, The Plimsouls, Devo, and The Weirdos. The release showcases the label's focus on 60s-inspired punk, garage, and power pop. This compilation is highly regarded for capturing the essence of the influential indie label's early, DIY-focused history. It highlights the label's signature sound: gritty power pop, raw punk, and early garage rock revival, with some tracks leaning toward darker, early indie-rock sounds. Features seminal underground tracks from The Zeros, 20/20, The Poppees, The Choir, Venus & The Razorblades, Iggy Pop & James Williamson, The Weirdos, and DMZ. The set is considered a definitive, "best of" retrospective that captures the "attitude" of the underground music scene in Los Angeles during its peak, as noted by Maximum Rocknroll and other collectors.
Review by Nathan Bush
Released to coincide with Bomp Records' 20th anniversary, Destination Bomp is a two-disc, 48 track aural manifesto from the Los Angeles label, that surveys two decades of underground releases. Music journalist Greg Shaw formed Bomp in 1974 as a platform for rock acts residing below the major label radar. The result was nothing short of a rallying cry from a thousand garages, bedrooms and basements; an euphoric burst of '50s rock, '60s psychedelia, '70s punk and (eventually) '80s college fare that Shaw branded "power-pop". Destination Bomp begins in 1974 with the label's premier release, the sublime pop breeze of the Flamin' Groovies "You Tore Me Down," proceeding on a tour of primal surf, decimated blues, gleeful pop and shimmying punk that concludes in 1992. That year the label released "She Made Me," the debut single from the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Capping off the set is its B-side, "Evergreen," a slice of shoe-gazing drift, sprinkled with psychedelic tape loops. Though they flirted with greater success in the early '80s with a pair of minor hits (Plimsouls' "A Million Miles Away" and Josie Cotton's "Johnny, Are You Queer?"), the bulk of the label's vast roster consisted of rock & roll footnotes. Even cult idols like Iggy Pop and Jonathan Richman didn't exactly chalk up large sales figures. Still, in a perfect world, you'd surely find songs like Nikki & The Corvettes' "Just What I Needed," Things' "Everytime" and Barracudas' "Surfers Are Back," gracing the Billboard charts. Destination Bomp is an excellent compilation for fans of Nuggets-style garage anthems.
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1. You Tore Me Down - The Flamin' Groovies (disc 1)
2. Love Of The Loved - The Poppees
3. Jingle, Jangle - The Rockfield Chorale
4. I.R.T. - Snatch
5. Busy Man - D.M.Z.
6. I Got A Right - Iggy & The Stooges
7. Don't Push Me Around - The Zeros
8. Life Of Crime - The Weirdos
9. Okay - Shoes
10. Giving It All - 20/20
11. You're For Me - The Singles
12. Running Away - The Romantics
13. Walking Out Of Love - Paul Collins
14. Just What I Need - Nikki & The Corvettes
15. Little G.T.O. - Rodney & The Brunettes
16. She Don't Know Why I'm Here - The Last
17. I Can Never Tell - The Crawdaddys
18. The Last Year - Stiv Bators
19. Hindu Gods Of Love - The Lipstick Killers
20. Left In The Dark - The Vertebrats
21. She Cracked - The Modern Lovers
22. Pull My Train - The Unknowns
23. A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls
24. Johnny Are You Queer? - Josie Cotton
25. Love Frogs - Toy
1. Surfers Are Back - The Barracudas (disc 2)
2. Rumble At Waikiki - Jon & The Nightriders
3. Intro '66 - Zebra Stripes
4. She's Not Mine - The Mystery Machine
5. Hot Generation - The Pandoras
6. It's Just A Matter Of Time - The Tell-Tale Hearts
7. Stoneage Stomp - The Gravedigger V
8. Already Gone - The Miracle Workers
9. Can't You Do Anything Right? - The Lazy Cowgirls
10. Lick It - The Dwarves
11. HOD - Distorted Pony
12. Everytime - The Things
13. With You Again - The Eyes Of Mind
14. Tourists From Timenotyet - The Steppes
15. Arnold Lane - SS-20
16. Walking In The Rain - The Green Pajamas
17. Love Is Blue - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughters
18. The Singer Not The Song - Patti Palladin
19. Honey - Spacemen 3
20. Salvation - Sacred Miracle Cave
21. How Bread Is Made - Head
22. Fantasy Of Folk - Blair 1523
23. Evergreen - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
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