Superb release from Mad Butcher Records and this compilation (250 copies) is full with rare stuff by the Last Rites from Glasgow. The band were formed 1982 as the Treblinka Boys by John (vocals), Alan (guitars), Drew (bass), Eddie (drums) but soon they changed their name to Last Rites and so the combo were born and this line-up played several gigs together (actually they're playing a few songs because as soon as the gig started the police crashed the performance and pulled the plugs). Some line-up changes followed, and in 1982 they recorded a ten-song demo (Protest & Survive). After the release Drew quit and was replaced by Alex and a deal with Flickknife Records brought the first 7Inch We Don't Care/Stepdown out. A new drummer was then sought and eventually found in Jim. The Fascism Means War EP came then in 1984 on Essential Records and most of the songs of the demo have been revamped and they were ready for an album. This Is The Reaction finally hit the streets in 1984 with fourteen songs and was to be the band's final album, and how things went further with the boys you can read this in the detailed insert. Musically, we enjoy twenty-one decent rudimentary pogos as we know & love from the Eighties and there is nothing wrong with that!
- Great Thx to Fredrik -
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