In 1984 and 1985 they published their own fanzine that contained articles as well on music as on politix. The band played all over the Flemish part of Belgium and became one of the main bands of the second Belgian punkboom together with others like Zyklome A, Capital Scum, Sponky Business, ... In 1985 The Dirty Scums released their first album which was then the second album of this Belgian punkscene (the first one was made in 1984 by Zyklome A). It was the first album in a long line of products which were all released on their own independent label Dirty Records. From 1985 till 1989 the band released three albums, two EP’s and a tape. At the end of the eighties most - if not all - bands of this second boom had split up, however The Dirty Scums kept on playin’ their punkmusic. Their first three albums then represented a quarter of all Belgian punk and hardcore albums made in the eighties. They had released another two tapes and an EP when a fourth member joined the band in 1994. The Scums had then operated for ten years as a trio. Vinyl albums had become history in the nineties and the Scums started a series of CDs. At the beginning of 1998, the Scums were reduced to a trio again and were ready to continue for at least the double of another ten years with Dirty Pik, Dirty Zjantie and Dirty Keez.

Meanwhile the number of studio-CDs has increased till six, of which the first and the third each contain two albums. Next to The Dirty Scums they have also been active under the name Game Over for a while, of whom also a CD has been released. Furthermore, under the name The Thirsty Scums, they have been playing a set of Ramones-covers for a few years. In 2004, also this project resulted in another new CD.

The Dirty Scums have been celebrating their 25^th anniversary from December 2006 till December 2007. In this anniversary year, they have released three double-CDs, of which this compilation is the first in the row.

Disc One