On Friday, a CD arrived from a band who I probably hadn’t thought about in at like seven or eight years. Fiend Records has assembled a retrospective from the California melodic punk band, SCHLEPROCK. Apparently the motivation by the release was to the chronicle the band’s legacy, and to help raise some money for Monica Graham, the wife of the band’s guitarist who tragically died from a drug overdose a couple of years ago. SCHLEPROCK were signed to a major during the height the post-GREEN DAY label signing spree. Like fellow Californians’ SAMIAM, they didn’t exactly have the best of experiences on the label, and the band hit a rough patch thereafter, ultimately disbanding in 1996. Before that period, the group released a couple of full-lengths of Dr. Strange Records and were easily one of the most well-known punk bands around in the early 90s. The group’s most popular song is likely the tune “Sorry” which was featured prominently on the Fearless Records compilation “Punk Bites.” The retrospective has a total of 21 tracks, and a bunch of sound clips have been posted here. Check ‘em out!