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Human Skab, “Throwing Rocks at Windows” (1986)

When Travis Roberts recorded songs as Human Skab, he was just a 10-year-old kid in Elma, WA. He used pots and pans, pets and friends to bang out surprisingly rhythmic songs about his childhood. Like the Langley School Music Project, Roberts offers a pure glimpse into unaffected preadolescence, but his outlook is much, much angrier; Human Skab’s songs are loud, intense, catchy, and funny — about as punk as punk gets. His cassette has been passed around by DJs for years and remains an underground legend.

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