WTFHTT?R009- BUCKSHOT FACELIFT - Demo 7"
$4PPD.
When MERKIT played with these guys on our first tour we were blown away by these fucking guys.
They just looked like normal dudes, and we didn't know what to expect. Then when they starting
playing, they made our heads explode with some of the sickest, most interesting (but NOT tech!)
grindcore we've ever heard. After the show we hung out a little and then immediately put on the
demo that they were handing out. The recording fits and captures the music perfectly. It's weird,
off-putting and disgusting! One our second tour we played with them again and were even more destroyed
by the shit they unleashed. We listened to that demo for at least 6 months straight and decided that this
NEEDED to be put to vinyl. This record to me is exactly what grindcore/hardcore should be: Angry,
disgusted and gross. If you are into grind but hate straight blast beats, then this is for you.
Pressing Info:
There are 500 of these motherfuckers! All on Black vinyl. Two color screenprinted covers with
different color covers and inks: 44 red/gray swirl, 227 black, and 229 gray. This is a split
release with: Human Crush, Drugged Conscience, Machine Gun Funk & Old Souls Collective.

WTFHTT?R008- MAYBE WE SHOULD'VE JUST STAYED IN FLORIDA - compilation TAPE
$3PPD.
I've wanted to do something like this for years. And since the story about Naples HC/Punk
in Seven Inches To Freedom, I've gotten a request or two for tapes of some of the bands
mentioned. In the written history i tried to be objective, but fair, by talking about bands
that made some impact on the scene, whether i liked them or not. But on this tape i picked,
in my opinion, the best Naples had to offer. I'm super excited to finally document a
piece of history in Florida HC/PUNK. The bands are: THE ADVERSARIES, SHORT ORDER, CODE BLUE,
THE ASTHMATICS, AGAINST ME!, EVIL EXISTENCE and THE WATER RAT EXPERIMENT.
Pressing Info:
I only made 50 of these so far, because i'm not sure how many people will really care...but who knows!

WTFHTT?R007- MERKIT- s/t 7"
SOLD OUT.
Fuck Yeah! Here are 6 more songs of
Merkit's mean-ass-mish-mash of d-beat,
blast beasts, powerviolence & straight-up
no frills hardcore. The packaging is a killer
3 color print that we did ourselves all of
recycled paper recovered from the trash. The insert
has lyrics, explanations and other assorted writings.
Holy shit is this shit pissed.
Pressing Info:
500 of these sucker made with a 3 color screenprint
that you know we did ourselves!

WTFHTT?R006- MERKIT- DEMO
SOLD OUT.
Merkit play mean, dark and fast
hardcore. think Left For Dead
mixed with Spazz with a lot of
distorted bass and nastiness.
All members of the band write
the music so there are a ton
of different influences. 6 songs with
great lyrics and explanations and a
ton of samples. This shit rules.
Pressing Info:
200 Tapes, with different color cover
and about 200 CDr's. The CDr's are
gone, but the tapes are not.

WTFHTT?R005- JIYUNA- THE DEVIL IS WAITING IN THE PALACE…RUSH COURAGEOUSLY
$6PPD/CD-$8PPD/LP-$10PPD. (…sorry, this shit is heavy and costs a lot to mail)
10 songs of passionate hardcore. This release is full of driving guitar parts, intricate drumming,
fucking amazing bass lines, weird song structures. It's vocally more diverse with all members
of the band offering their voice and lyrics. The lyrics are personal and political and touch on a
broad variety of topics. Comparisons to Raein have been mentioned. And this all comes in a
beautiful wooden case. The title of the album comes from an old Nintendo game called Legendary
Wings, and we felt it was appropriate since it equates the devil (evil) with the palace (wealth).
In other words, wealth causes or is generally closely linked to evil. Right on Nintendo programmers
of old! A lot of time, work and love went into this and we wouldn't want it any other way. Take
hardcore into your own hands! For MP3's go to theIFBRecords website and click on Sounds.
Pressing Info:
This was a huge under taking. There are 500 LP's, 1000 CD's and 100 TAPES. The tapes has
a wooden case with a screenprinted cloth cover and a bunch of stamps all of it. The LP's
have a screen printed cover with the leaves colored in (some by us and some by Nevin's
6th grade students). The Cd's have a 2 color, 3 sides screen print and the tops of the buildings
are die cut so that the CD, which looks like the moon, shows through. Holy Shit, what were
we thinking?
For more pictures: here and here.

WTFHTT?R004- EVIL EXISTENCE - 8 Song Demo
TAPE SOLD OUT, CDr $3ppd.
8 tracks that are diverse as hell. A little bit of grind,
melody and thrash are mixed into this metallic brand
of hc/punk. One track recorded at crystal sounds, one
track record by Taylor Wheeler and 6 tracks recorded
by the band themselves. This tape has something for
everyone. comes in 100% dumpster approved packaging
including lyrics that are very hard to read.
Pressing Info:
This was released as a tape and then a CDr. The tapes came in a slip case
(like a cassette single) that were excruitiating to make, and the CDr's came in a
plastic sleeve with a screened cardboard jacket. I have no idea how many tapes
were made. 128 CDs were pressed (the first 28 CDs had spray paint on the CD,
the other 100 had a silk screened EE logo on them).

WTFHTT?R003- EVIL EXISTENCE - Armies of Ignorance
SOLD OUT.
14 tracks (and a little suprise) recorded in the summers
of 2000 & 2001, in a studio, with the old line up. This is a
part of Naples, FL's punk rock history from back when days
were packed with sitting outside 7-11 asking for change.
This has the same songs as the cd, but has a new and
improved layout, now including lyrics. East Naples
Poor Core at it's best.
Pressing Info:
I'm going to guess that about 50 - 100 were released of this.
We releaed this because we had nothing recorded with the new
line up...and because i was itching to put out another release.

WTFHTT?R002 - LEFTOVER CRACK- Live in Naples 4.13.02
SOLD OUT.
Were you at this show? If you weren't you should have been
damnit! But lucky for you, we talked to the band about putting
it out and they were all bout it. This is one of the best sounding
bootlegs i've heard. It has 12 songs by Choking Victim/Leftover
Crack, not to mention 1 awesome yet to be recorded (at the
time of this show) song. It comes with a thick, good looking
booklet with lyrics/info/etc.
Pressing Info:
I think there were 75 of these? THEY ARE LONG GONE AND WILL
NEVER BE REPRESSED. PLEASE DON'T EMAIL ME ABOUT IT.

WTFHTT?R001- BURN YOUR SCENE TO THE GROUND..AND START SOMETHING NEW comp.
SOLD OUT.
This tape contains 10 bands from all over the world, 15 songs, and countless ideas. It comes
with a 12 page booklet that includes lyrics, information, websites, and address' for all the bands,
as well as some ways to get more invovled. It was a project that came about to get my local
scene started again. And it is 100% FREE.
Pressing Info:
There were about 100 of these(???) all dubbed on "recycled" tapes.



-RELATED RELEASES-


MERKIT/HOMBRINUS DUDES split LP.
STILL AVAILABLE $10ppd.
Released in 2008. 10 songs from us including a HOMBRINUS DUDES cover &
a re-worded cover of BONE CRUSHER's "Never Scared." The almighty H-DUDES
drop 8 new songs, including a MERKIT cover. The DUDES are from Michigan
and play heartfelt two man grindcore like you've never heard.
Truly interesting.
Pressing Info:
800 pressed on black vinyl. Covers have a 2 color screen print on
flipped-inside-out-then-reglued LP jackets. The record
came with an 11" x 17" printed lyric sheet and a insert explaining how we re-used
old LP jackets. This was released by IFB Records
and Punks Before Profits.

MERKIT/ROBOTEER split 7".
VERY FEW LEFT. $4ppd.
Released in 2006. 2 songs from us, plus
a 2 song LEFT FOR DEAD medley & 3 from
Tallahassee's ROBOTEER. Two out of the three guys in ROBOTEER
used to be in a band with Nevin, and play crushing,
heavy hardcore somewhere between URANUS and HUM.
Pressing Info:
600 of these were pressed on black with a 3 panel,
2 color screen printed jackets. Released by IFB Records.

MERKIT/DEMIAN split 7".
SOLD OUT.
2 brand new songs from Merkit along with
a tribute to d-beat/raw punk. These new
songs are still in the same style as all of
Merkit's pevious releases, but you can definetly
hear the progression. They get meaner and
faster with every release. Demian play fucking
brutally fast metallic thrash from Brazil.
The recording is raw as fuck and have
some of the most scathing female vocals ever.
The packaging was again printed by us on
recycled card stock and comes with a big ol' insert
with lyrics/explanations in English and Portuguese.
Pressing Info:
500 pressed on black vinyl and is a split release
by *IFB* Records and Dead Tank Records.

MERKIT - Donald Rumsfeld is a Straight Up Murderer tour CDr.
SOLD OUT
This was a CDr that we made to make some extra money on
our summer '06 tour. It has the 3 songs from the split with Demian
as well as 2 of the 4 songs from the soon to be released
Merkit/Roboteer split 7". This comes packaged in a screen
cardboard cover and comes with a lyric/explanation sheet
and a sticker.
Pressing Info:
There were only 54 of these made and they were
all sold/given away on tour. Sorry nerds!

EVIL EXISTENCE - Summer '04 CDr
$1ppd.
This is the final EE release. These 2(and
1/2) songs are, in my biased opinion, lyrically
and musically their best. They are moody,
dark and just fucking kill! Lyrically, both songs
are bleak and straight up dissapointed with
life and humanity in general. The first song
is crushingly heavy, while the 2nd is urgent
and frantic. The recording on
this is pretty bad, but the emotion easily
shows through. It's packaged in a manilla
envelope with glued on covers and has a lyric sheet
and sticker. This still is and will always
be one of my favorite releases.
Pressing Info:
There are about 80 of these printed with a few different color covers.

WAKING UP HURTS - demo CDr
SOLD OUT
Here are 12 killer songs from Nick,
of EE fame. This is a mixture of Nick
haunting style of song writing along
with some instumental stuff, some
collaborations with friends and even
some funny shit thrown in too.
Unfortunetly, this released was pretty
rushed and doesn't do the music justice.
WAKING UP HURTS sounds like if GOD
SPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR played structured
songs...and that is even a stretch.
This is a totally original mixture
of guitars, violins, and vocals...and
it's all played by one dude. Hopefully
one day these songs will see the light
of day as a proper release.
Pressing Info:
25-50 of these were made and sold for
$1 to help Nick get the hell out of
Naples. The covers were just photocopies
that were folded over and stapled.

WATER RAT EXPERIMENT - ...And Still We Dance CDr
SOLD OUT
The WATER RAT EXPERIMENT was a short-lived, go-nowhere
band that Nick and I played in...other than that, this
release has nothing to do with WTFHTT? Records!. But, it
was my first band, and the release looks damn good, so
i figured why not include it? WRE played HC/PUNK with
political lyrics, sung by all four members. We had some
melodic parts, and on this recording was heading in the
darker direction that we, or at least i, was trying for.
WRE had high hopes, but not much really happened with it.
We played about 5 or 6 shows in our almost 2 year
existence. This cd came with a killer booklet with lyrics
and writing from the band, and overall has a somber
feel. The packaging on this is way better than the actual
recording!
Pressing Info:
There were two runs of this release. The first one was of
75 copies and the 2nd was of 43 copies. All were
packaged in this crazy foam-like stuff from the art store
that were folded and stapled to make a sleeve, with
screen prints on the front and back. The first few copies
of this had a rushed, make shift booklet, and the
later ones had a proper booklet. This is probably the prettiest
released i have ever had a hand in.

WATER RAT EXPERIMENT - demo CDr
SOLD OUT
4 songs of political HC/PUNK. Hell
yeah. I haven't listened to this in
years. These songs later got re-recorded
on the "...And Still We Dance" CD
(pictured above). This came with a
hard to read booklet that had lyrics and
explanations. The recording on this
is pretty bad, where at times you can
only hear one guitar and some vocals
are way too low in the mix. We were
unexperienced, and i think it shows...but
who cares, it was fun.
Pressing Info:
If i remember correctly, there was 75
of these made. The packaging was made
from stolen american flags and sewed
into sleeves by me. They had a front
and back screen print and also came
with a patch.