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To Live A Lie (TLAL) Records is a Raleigh, North Carolina-based Fast Hardcore, Grindcore, and Powerviolence label founded by Will "Fastcore" Butler. Since forming in 2005, To Live A Lie has released recordings by ACxDC/Antichrist Demoncore, DROPDEAD (only distribution,) Eddie Brock, Escuela Grind, FAIM, GEL, Marxbros, Peace Test, Regional Justice Center, Sick Sh*t, Travølta, and more. Additionally, Will Butler has a few of his own bands signed to TLAL, including Christ Violence, Don Garnelli, No Comply, and Tired of Everything, and was once part of now-defunct projects Iron Crow, Oxidant, and The Dead Body Men. We've recently been in contact with Will concerning a number of releases we persoanlly ordered and wrote about, namely HARD FOUL / THESE BASTARDS' self-titled split EP on on newly-reinvigorated 625 Thrashcore. So, when putting together installments of our onging Punk playlist column, With The Quickness, for 2021, we figured why not reach out to Will for a G...

The Very Best of Antichrist Decomcore 1" SOURCE: Antichrist Demoncore (@acxdc_666) Slap A Ham Records was a Hardcore Punk, Thrashcore, and Grindcore label from San Francisco, California owned and operated by Chris Dodge from 1990 until about 2007. Dodge himself either is or was part of Ancient Chinese Secret, Angry White Boys, Bacteria Cult, Burn Your Bridges, Despise You, Duh, East/West Blast Test, Electro Static Orchestra, Hellnation, Infest, Lack of Interest, Legion of Doom, Low Threat Profile, Marxbros, No Use for A Name, Pig Heart Transplant, SPAZZ, Stikky, To The Point, and, most recently, Trappist. Across their 17 years of operation, Slap A Ham released a number of novelty records 1-2" in size that were released as non-playable "toy" records; most notably, SPAZZ's own Funky A$$ Lil' Platter 1" Noise E.P. (1996) and legendary Tokyo Power Violence crew Slight Slappers' Very Best of Slight Slappers 2" (1998.) Now, in tribute to both of t...