Follow-up comp to Girlsville's 2020 mixtape, "Be Gay, Do Crime!"
"Paid By Rock" was compiled during the first half of 2021 during pandemic isolation, and on the cusp of whatever it is the future holds.
I can't speak to each of the artists inspirations, but here were mine:
Trax Records, DJ International, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Trinere, 80's/90's Def Jam Records, Dance Mania, The music, poems, and artwork of Chris Rowley (Adulkt Life, Huggy Bear), and all of the bands on
the comp:
DeStructos (Philadelphia, PA)
Adulkt Life (London, UK)
Andrew Anderson (Sofia, Bulgaria by way of Manchester, UK)
Germ House (Rhode Island)
The Cinks (Portland, OR)
Lithics (Portland,OR)
Freak Genes (Falmouth, UK & Sofia, Bulgaria)
Mr. & The Mrs. (Paola, KS)
Star Party (WA)
Fun Time Objects (NYC)
The Maxines (Olympia, WA)
Blues Lawyer (Oakland, CA)
THREX (Portland, OR)
Artwork: Chris Rowley
Layout: Ashley Patch
Mastered By: Patrick Haight
Girlsville Records & Tapes 2021
Includes unlimited streaming of PAID BY ROCK
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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