Named after the murdered SPÖ Councillor Heinz Nittel, and following the Dead Kennedys provided the Dead Nittels - with former Pöbel bassist Lörkas in their ranks - in 1981 for supplies in the Vienna punk scene and together with Kleenex Aktiv (founded by two ex-Dirt Shit members) and Schund the foundation of the second Punk generation. Their sound was special: it sounded a lot harder and more metallic than many of their contemporaries, Moreover, their Viennese lyrics were terrible and full of vulgar attacks on the lower values of the Austrian Society. In 1983 they released on it's own their superb 4-track EP out in an edition of 300 pieces, which wore the sounding name "Anti New-Wave Liga - Des Is Wien Und Not London, Okay?". Ultimately, they were like no other bands on the development of the 80-punk scene in Austria and active until the late nineties and released two further albums.
This is definitely a masterpiece!
ReplyDeleteBecoming a matured metalhead, nowadays I´m exploring the roots of heavy music in Austria and try to complete my collection.
I was a big fan of your wildDevilRules blog and so I´m very glad you continued to post again!
One of my major discovery was - you got it - the Dead Nittels.
Hearing acts like Flowers in concrete, Target of Demand, Gruftrosen, Hotel Morphila Orchester, X-beliebig and of course the obscure Arlo Stenmit and his Hammerkids I´m always surprised, how good scene was back then in the 80s.
Even better the 90s, offering good releases from H-Street, Thee Flatliners, Cold World, Kurort, Radikalkur, Anarchophobia, Kulta Dimentia and The Way, just to name the hightlights.
Best Regards to Rainhard, maybe he's willing to share Dead Nittels´ "green tape" with us ;-)
I´d love to hear their GaGa-recordings, right from the nucleus of viennese punk, ha.
Keep them comin´!
Thanks for your excellent work & dear greetings from Linz!!
RunningWild