The Scene, Vol. 7: Finding a Way

1. You Were Never Lovelier - Just Say Goodbye
2. Let It Happen - Broke(n)
3. Complicit - Save It For My Waking Day
4. Victory Point - Taste My Tears
5. Free Friends - Checkpoint Ft. SUCKERPUNCH!
6. Old Neon - Empty Frames
7. Guardrail - Hail Jupiter
8. inbalanceCA - Vertigo
9. Holly Would Surrender - Nothing Left to Give
10. Pull The Curtain - That's What She Said
11. Cevilain - Wrath // Otherwise
12. Goodbye Blue Skies - Babyface Nelson
13. Loveline - I'm Sure The Hooks Are Great But Sexual Abuse Isn't
14. Crash Overcast - Glass Houses
15. GOLDEN - Impossible
16. My Escape - Staring Death in the Eye
17. diognardi - right track
18. Conversation - Broken Bottles
19. Coping - Ulcers
20. Drive by Cinema - House Show Anthem
21. Two Trains Left - Lack of Sleep
22. Strawberry Cassette - A Light on the Shore

The way I discovered new artists as a kid was through blink-182's Atticus compilations and Vagrant Records' Another Year On The Streets compilations. Those two volume based compilations introduced me to bands that would go on to influence my taste in music for the rest of my life. I know the methods of discovering bands has changed and comps like these are no longer relevant. I don't care though. Fuck playlists that want you to pay to be on them and curators that don’t even care about the music. These are bands I personally dig that I think are underrated. They’re from all over the world and they're a goddamn delight. I love them and I hope you find one or two that you do too.

Like the Blink tributes, this comp is for charity. All Spotify revenue will go to Cancer Research. This will likely be the last comp for a while to be for charity. I need to make some money back on these projects to continue to keep the lights on.

A Tribute to Blink-182 Part 1 & 2
Fund Music, Fight Cancer
47 Blink-182 Cover Tracks Available Now

1. When The Sun Sets - M+M's
2. Pyro, Ohio - Online Songs
3. Sundressed - Not Now
4. Gold Steps - Down
5. Chin Up, Kid - Hungover You
6. Harm - Obvious
7. Acacia Ridge - After Midnight
8. High Wire - I'm Lost Without You
9. Adolla - Stay Together For The Kids
10. Neutral Snap - Even If She Falls
11. Another One Down! - Shut Up
12. Offended by Everything - She's Out Of Her Mind
13. Tiny Stills - Don't Leave Me
14. Cold Weather Kids - Dysentery Gary
15. Gold Steps - Built This Pool
16. Scary Hours - Boring
17. Stay Safe - San Diego
18. Greybloom - Violence
19. The New Models - Don't Tell Me It's Over
20. Nothing // Yet - The Party Song
21. Krang - Waggy
22. Chief State - Josie
23. Nothing // Yet - Carousel
24. Outatime! - Roller Coaster
25. Slow Kids Playing - Kings of the Weekend
26. Future Idiots - EDGING

I had a couple of big wins in 2023. My mom had successful surgery on her skin cancer and my dad had his lungs biopsied with the results being benign. I figured I'd keep the good karma train running and finish out my 20 year-anniversary with 26 more Blink-182 songs for charity. Like the last blink-182 tribute, 100% of Spotify revenue will go to the Cancer Research Institute and the rest of the revenue will go to the best upcoming pop-punk and post-hardcore bands to create additional projects like these. A huge thanks to all the artists that returned to this project. Pyro, Ohio, Chin Up, Kid and Gold Steps are three of the most underrated artists in the business and I'm extremely flattered by their return. Another big hug needs to go out to the new bands that jumped on board. I can only hope a few of these new contributors will be back for additional projects in much the same way as the others. All that being said, enjoy some more reimagined Blink-182!

1. ChuggaBoom - What's My Age Again?
2. Dreamhouse - Dammit
3. NU-95 - Anthem Part Two
4. Eliza Grace - Give Me One Good Reason
5. City Mouth - All The Small Things
6. House Parties - Reckless Abandon
7. On Hollow Ground - Dammit (Growing Up)
8. Forever Starts Today - Going Away to College
9. Settle Your Scores - Pathetic
10. Deerwolf - Adam's Song
11. Overthrone - First Date
12. Vertighost - I Miss You
13. First to Eleven - Wendy Clear
14. Steven Neevs - Anthem
15. Asleep At The Helm - The Rock Show
16. mirabelle. - Every Time I Look For You
17. pulses. - Stockholm Syndrome
18. Daytona Beach 2000 - Dumpweed
19. EXTS - Aliens Exist
20. Crown the King - Feeling This
21. Future Idiots - Man Overboard

My mom has cancer, my dad had cancer, three of my four grandparents died of cancer, and until recently Blink-182 front-man Mark Hoppus had been battling cancer. This bullshit has dramatically impacted my personal and professional life. That’s why I’ve changed up the way Pacific Ridge Records will do business. I want to generate a tiny amount of positivity to other people experiencing the same shitty medical issues that my family and families around the world have been dealing with. I mean, Mark Hoppus is the reason I’ve been in this business since I was in high-school. He’s the reason I love the music I love, and more importantly, he’s the reason Pacific Ridge Records exists. That’s why I know I have to contribute something more.

 The way I’ll do my part in battling this awfulness is Pacific Ridge Records (Fund Music, Fight Cancer) will give talented and highly vetted artists money to create new music that falls into genres similar to bands like Blink-182, New Found Glory, Senses Fail, Taking Back Sunday and all bands like them both newer and older. On top of funding new music, all Spotify stream revenue from this new content will go to the Cancer Research Institute in an attempt to do some good. The rest of the revenue will go back into funding the recording of additional new songs by unsigned but highly vetted artists. This process allows for indie artists to get a little extra cash that they may not have received otherwise, all while doing a project that results in some positivity being injected into what is an awful reality for most people. I don’t know if this is the best move, or the right move, but I do believe putting new music out into the world and helping those in need is a positive force in a world that needs a little more positivity.

LISTEN NOW

1 The Animal In Me - Better Off Dead
2 ChuggaBoom - This Disaster
3 We're No Gentlemen - Vicious Love
4 Steal The Day - Failure's Not Flattering
5 Dusty Miller - Truth Of My Youth
6 The Anchor - All Downhill From Here
7 NU-95 - Something I Call Personality
8 On Hollow Ground - Such A Mess
9 Atlantic Wasteland - Singled Out
10 Forever Starts Today - It's Not Your Fault
11 Water Culture (Feat. Travis Dark) - On My Mind
12 When The Clock Strikes - Connect The Dots
13 K Enagonio - Selfless
14 Everyone Dies In Utah - Hit Or Miss
15 Nothing Serious - Hold My Hand
16 Boy Becomes Hero (feat. Garret Rapp) - It's Been A Summer
17 Alteras - My Friends Over You
18 Victims Aren't We All - Forget My Name
19 Steven Neevs - Ready and Willing
20 The New Models - At Least I'm Known For Something
21 Melody Fall - Truth Of My Youth
22 eleventyseven - Understatement
23 Logan's Circle - The Story So Far
24 Bernard Cozy - On My Mind
25 American Thrills - Sucker
26 Scary Hours - Black And Blue
27 Familiar Things - Head On Collision
28 Send Request - Summer Fling, Don't Mean a Thing
29 Come Clean - Dressed To Kill
30 Jarrett Adlof - Eyesore
31 With Clarity - Oxygen
32 Mick Francis - No News Is Good News
33 Jonah Matranga - Sonny

Bonus Tracks:
34 Karma Kids - Listen to Your Friends
35 Bad Planning - Broken Sound