V/A - Rebelie Punk'N'Oi! 1990

Let's go a bit exotic with the first release by the Monitor label and it's a decent mix of Punk and Oi! bands and the label selected the best "pieces" at that time from the Czech region to begin with. Well, for my taste it takes a little getting used to, because the quality is different than what I am used to, and sometimes a bit tiring. There are some reviews you can read for yourself and there are also cool songs on this Compilation and it certainly has a firm place in the history of Czechoslovak subculture, but somehow I miss the WOW! effect and after the slab's over, it's good too. Anyway, put on the music and absolutely suitable for a start into the new week.

1.Půlnoční Rebel - PLEXIS

2.Nephilim - PLEXIS

3.Ona Neví - PLEXIS

4.Ztráta Imunity - TŘI SESTRY

5.Nuselský Horky - TŘI SESTRY

6.Nechci Do Ústavu - TŘI SESTRY

7.Mládí Vpřed - FABRIKA

8.Skinhead - ORLÍK

9.Viktorka Žižkov - ORLÍK

10.Karel G. Mit Uns - ORLÍK

11.Na Běžícím Pásu - ŠANOV

12.Prasata - ŠANOV

13.O Nás - ŠANOV

14.Hodnej Kluk - NAŠROT

15.Malá Je Naděje - NAŠROT

16.Našrot - NAŠROT

17.Barová - FABRIKA

18.Tak Se Přidej - DO ŘADY!

19.Nikomu Nic - DO ŘADY!

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V/A - Oi! Rare & Exotica Vol.2 1999

Let's continue with the second unofficial Volume of massive rare Oi! goodies and again released via Teenage Rebel Records and the selection is excellently cast with twenty-three tracks, which stretched out the middle finger towards to the boring establishment. This time with an info sheet and a few words from it: "Again a lot of more or less unknown bands from all over the world are featured with recordings from 1981-1998. Everybody should know the 80's Oi! bands from England, so there's no need to present them here again like on many other Oi! Compis. So discover something new, have fun and always remember: The world is big, manigfold and real Oi! is anti-rascist (which doesn't mean it's leftwing)." Together with Volume 1 this record offers a lot of exclusive material, good songs and every band doesn't sound dull or wooden, what means in the end: no stupid music goulash. Get both!

1.Bloody Bouncers - CONTROL ZONE

2.Plits Koveri - KLAMYDIA

3.Nic - ZÓNA A

4.Ministerio Das Panelas - MANIFESTHO

5.Toksikomaan - PSYCHOTERROR

6.All Boys Say - S.A.

7.Ne Predaj Se - GBB

8.Unite And Fight - A.C.A.B.

9.Kiedy Wazme Kosz - RAMZES & THE HOOLIGANS

10.Ultima Recurso - COMANDO SUICIDA

11.Schicksal - BOMBECKS

12.Escupe - CICATRIZ

13.Fight - THE RUDEBOYS

14.Encule Tete De Mort - NANA BONNARD

15.Dead - CONTROL

16.Libertad - POLIKARPA Y SUS VICIOSAS

17.Shut Your Bleeding Head - THE SQUATS

18.Careca - NEURÓTICOS

19.I Hate Mondays - BRAIN FAILURE

20.Tripping Minds/Fuck - A-JERKS

21.Belsen Was A Bore - TRASH

22.Mundo Tras Las Rejas - GOLPE JUSTO

23.Oi! Oi! Oi! - 7TEEN

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TŘI SESTRY - Na Kovárně To Je Nářez 1990

An interesting record is the debut of Tři Sestry (Three Sisters), a combo from Prague and the origins of the band are uncertain, as most members were still in high school when the ensemble began to coalesce. Some of their later material has fallen into a more general rock genre, and they have also dabbled in Hardcore/Punk. They are one of the most popular bands in this country and have played @ the Masters Of Rock Festival in 2005 & 2011. In 1985, a few friends who had previously played in the band Spálená Tlumivka created their own group and named it Tři Sestry. The name was invented by Jiří "Hadr" Brábník, the band's original drummer. The band's initial lineup consisted of Jiří Brábník, Tomáš "Sup" Karásek (harmonica), Petr "Dachau" Jírovec (guitar), and Tomáš Doležal (bass). Not long after, three vocalists were added to the group: František Moravec, Simona "Síma" Bártová, and Petr "Bombur" Kratochvíl. Tři Sestry played their first official concert in the spring of 1986 @ Klub 001 in Strahov, a district of Prague. In the summer of 1986, vocalist Fanánek was seriously injured by a passing train, severing one of his legs (he now wears a prosthesis), and the band's performances were interrupted. In 1987, vocalists Síma & Bombur left the band and Luděk "Nikotýn" Pallat joined on guitar. They performed with two guitarists for a while but eventually Jírovec left. In January 1988, they recorded an album, which was released only in 1995, under the title Rarity. At the end of the 1980s, there were various personnel changes in the group, including several stints by guitarist František Sahula (a former member of Spálená Tlumivka, who left Tři Sestry in 2004 and was found murdered in 2008), who wrote some of the band's biggest hits". - Enough blah blah, this album has eighteen varied songs that are sometimes fast and melodic and consistently provide pleasant vibes.

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V/A - Oi! Rare & Exotica 1997

Twenty-two Oi! presents from 1981-1996, wrapped and shipped from all over the world and in time for fucking Christmas we're travel to every corner of this beautiful planet to show our gratitude. Brought to us by Teenage Rebel Records, this unofficial release certainly doesn't make the bells ring sweet. On this decent compilation you will find some gems, that you may have passed in all those wasted years but now, within reach of you again and this selection describes a fantastic period in the musical Oi! history. With that, the curtain closes for today, the lights go out and now I'm going to cuddle with the Christ Child.

1.Futur Pour Tous - REICH ORGASM

2.Working Class - HOPE & GLORY

3.Eternos Amigos - CENTRAL DO BRASIL

4.Standerds Rule - COCKNEY COCKS

5.Dead Hero - 12 POINTBUCK

6.Rezystencja - REZYSTENCJA

7.Muz S Kozusinoym Rimcom - ZÓNA A

8.Let's Oi! - PSYCHOTERROR

9.Eu Tenho Um Pobre - MATA-RATOS

10.Los Planetas - LA LECHE

11.Ultimos Rockers - ANTISOCIALES

12.Hoffnung - STROMBERG POLKA

13.Modern Trouble - BIRTHWARD '82

14.Lautaro Rocanrol - OCHO BOLAS

15.Grito Proletario - COMANDO SUICIDA

16.Unite - MANIACS

17.Pyramid Party - QUICK & THE DEAD

18.Justitienmord - AGENT BULLDOGG

19.Kulttuuriarmeija - KOHU 63

20.Guido Und Anne - MICKY & DIE MÄUSE

21.No Tag - NO TAG

22.Concrete Jungle Jive - DIMINISHED RETURN

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ŠVINDL - Falešný Zprávy EP 2018

Another exotic discovery is the following combo: Švindl. A young combo from Litomerice, Czech Republic and the boys play refreshing mid-tempo punk and this is their second EP with five cocktails which are available for free on their bandcamp site. The reason I'm posting them here? Well, good new Punkrock is rare these days and this young band deserves attention in my opinion. On the one hand they do their job excellently, on the other hand, who ever looks at the Czech Republic? I honestly don't. Their musical outpourings are only available digitally, no vinyl. Apparently it's difficult to find a label, which may be due to the Czech lyrics, but that's exactly what I find very charming, I don't understand anything, but I concentrate more on their sound and that kicks ass, really recommended. Check them out, it's worth!

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V/A - 1984 The Third 2LP 1987

One of my favorite compilations is the double album by the important French label New Wave Records, who released a small series called 1984 in the Eighties with tons of international bands and every release is a direct hit in my opinion. Also Freunde, Volume 3 was pressed 1500 times and there are thirty-eight bands/songs to discover, plus a detailed booklet with lots of infos and lyrics and and and... I love such loving and detailed slabs because they not only make an impact acoustically, but also visually and I'm certainly not alone there, and on days off like these, the pleasure is doubly pleasant. The only downside is that I have to write so much and don't like to write much. I've already thought about not writing anything anymore, but I don't like that either. What a conflict hahaha... Now I'll open a beer and the subtle reference to Volume 4 (the last part) and the first two will follow... someday!

1.Stress Test/The Tables Turn - YOUTHQUAKE

2.Just Sixteen - DARK AGE

3.Jugend - EXTREM

4.A - ZOI

5.No More Problems - ROSTOK VAMPIRES

6.Poupée Speed - SS20

7.Muerete Dirigente - ATAQUE FRONTAL

8.Doo, Radden Menneskehed - VI

9.CRS = SS - SCRAPS

10.Return Of Frost - DEVIATED INSTINCT

11.Egoista - F.P.B.

12.L'Engrais De Ma Révolte - PARIA PUNK

13.Reasons - N.V. BOYS

14.Pauv'con - MASK HAGAZ

15.Werbling - BÖSLINGE

16.Toulouse Boredom - PIN PRICK

17.Number - PATARENI

18.Terroristes - RAZZLE DAZZLE

19.Seurapiirihuora - U.S.C.

20.Em Setembro - CÓLERA

21.Générique/Violence In The Shows - KRULL

22.Anarchie, Frieden, Liebe - ALPTRAUM GMBH

23.Futur Macabre - VLASTA

24.Mayhem - LOUDBLAST

25.Greed - CANCEROUS GROWTH

26.Le Pogo Des Eboueurs - TRASHMEN POGO

27.Penal Repression - CHAOTIC SUBVERSION

28.I'll Pull The Switch - RANDOM KILLING

29.Rien Á Dire, Rien Á Faire - LES CADAVRES

30.Dežuje - TOŽIBABE

31.L'Exécution - LES PROPHÉTES DU DÉSASTRE

32.I Don't Need - BLABLASCHMURTZ

33.Behind High Walls - DOC WOR MIRRAN

34.Fight For Freedom - WYLSPER

35.Kivul - DIE TROTTEL

36.L'Homme Se Meurt - COCK ROACHS

37.New One - CHANNEL RATS

38.Dziecko - REJESTRACJA

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V/A - Up + Down 1994

It goes forward now with this sunny compilation by Incognito Records and its a small excerpt of their proud 333 x Up & Down series which features circa 45 EP's and a few of them are waiting somewhere in this theatre. I will quote the exquisite introduction by Barny, the label boss, so you know what medicine you need: "Two years ago we started putting out 7''s, which are limited to 333 handnumbered copies each. No, we're not lazy, but we were sick of the music-business and we wanted to release just good music by cool bands. We didn't look for famous names and didn't give a fuck about "market-chances" or bollocks like that. If we liked a band we put out a record by it. That was it! Of course, we couldn't expect to sell thousands of records by These not too famous upstarts, so we had to limit them. We thought 333 would be a not too bad number.... When the series started we've been surprised about the big publicity in mags and zines. People from all parts of the world wrote letters to us and in due of this big request we're re-releasing the best songs of the first bunch of 7''s now. An important note for CD-haters: this 74 minutes flood has one third more playtime than a LP, but it costs less than one third more than a vinyl-longplayer. Technical developments are not always bad, even not the "anti-punk" CD, if you use it the right way! Anyway: If you still hate silverfishs, go buy the original 7Inches of the 333 x Up & Down series. We're trying hard to feature bands from around the globe and so the '77 style survives us all." Finally, I would like to mention the excellent black and white artwork with lots of infos, pictures and little bedtime stories so that even deafs have their fun.

1.Watching TV With A Drink - ZAKONAS

2.Nowhere - RHYTHM COLLISION

3.Let's All Unite - VOID SECTION

4.My Dad Took Acid - MÄDELS NO MÄDELS

5.Why Did We Fail? - MÄDELS NO MÄDELS

6.Pocket Book - BROKEN TOYS

7.This Place - BROKEN TOYS

8.Don't You - THE BULLOCKS

9.Get Off The Streets - THE BULLOCKS

10.Tender For Love - JIMMY KEITH & HIS SHOCKY HORRORS

11.My Drug's A Record - JIMMY KEITH & HIS SHOCKY HORRORS

12.Pop Star - SWOONS

13.Daddy's Car - SWOONS

14.Smile - THE SECT

15.Try To Be Yourself - BRATBEATERS

16.Nobody's Toy - DISGRACE

17.Steppin' Dead - DISGRACE

18.Ulster - THE HARRIES

19.Your Baby - THE HARRIES

20.You've Stolen My Heart - WAT TYLER

21.How Does Ed Cope? - WAT TYLER

22.Nightmares - FUNERAL DRESS

23.Working In A Brewhouse - FUNERAL DRESS

24.Up & Down On You - DIRTY SCUMS

25.Really High - DIRTY SCUMS

26.Stop The World - RED LETTER DAY

27.Preco To Tak Vzdycky - ZÓNA A

28.Smiling Slits - MARIONETTES

29.Jukebox - MARIONETTES

30.Punkrock - PETER P.

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V/A - Akce Punk 1990

A very good blend Eastern European punk rock are on this compilation, recorded at the concert "Punk Action 90" in Lucerna on 19.4.1990 (the last three are studio tracks). Among the bands I cannot say anything great except that all the representatives here celebrate 1A Punk Rock and you can acquire records of those, the sound is in every way excellent. Published by AG Kult Records, try a listen.

1.Kino Zdar - TŘI SESTRY

2.Sny O Lahvích Sody - TŘI SESTRY

3.Budapešt - TŘI SESTRY

4.Šport Nás Nebaví - SLOBODNÁ EUROPA

5.Komunistická Partiya - SLOBODNÁ EUROPA

6.Apatia - SLOBODNÁ EUROPA

7.Ivan - SLOBODNÁ EUROPA

8.Moskva Slzám Nevěří - ŠANOV

9.O Nás - ŠANOV

10.Co Je Moc, To Je Moc - PLEXIS

11.Hospoda - PLEXIS

12.Nezmením Sa - ZÓNA

13.Janko - ZÓNA

14.Radio Jerevan - DO ŘADY!

15.Klementajn - TEMELÍN

16.Lidožrout - TEMELÍN

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V/A - Epidemie 1990

I am not an expert in Eastern European punk rock except the bands of Poland and Yugoslavia which had some great bands in the 80's, but that's it!!! So yesterday I was lookin' on my hard drive and listen to some compilations and when I stuck on this record I thought WOW!!. This album was released on Multisonic and it's full with Pogopunk, nice mid-tempo numbers, also slower tracks which were also cool and I listen to it immediately twice, Big Surprise, really. Especially Zeleni Kanibalové is a grenade, finest murder guitars here and I promise no one can sit still, also the rest convinces with superb instruments, they all can play and I'm very impressed. 10 points out of 10!!!

1.Skateboardová Růžena - TELEX

2.Zabijáci - TELEX

3.Lidi, Děti,... - TELEX

4.Eliáš Kozák - KRITICKÁ SITUACE

5.Šváb - KRITICKÁ SITUACE

6.Chlapci A Chlapi - KRITICKÁ SITUACE

7.Mrtvej Voják - ZELENÍ KANIBALOVÉ

8.Válka - ZELENÍ KANIBALOVÉ

9.Začátek Konce - ZELENÍ KANIBALOVÉ

10.Hospoda "U Zpěvců" - PLEXIS

11.Punk Story - PLEXIS

12.Mrož - PLEXIS

13.Naše Město - SVOBODNÝ SLOVO

14.Ruská - S.P.S.

15.Svoboda - S.P.S.

16.Máma - S.P.S.

17.Formanka - AKUTNÍ OTRAVA

18.Chci Prachy! - AKUTNÍ OTRAVA

19.Odběr Krve - AKUTNÍ OTRAVA

20.Tak Mi To Teda Nandej - WANASTOWI VJECY

21.Vona Je Hotová - WANASTOWI VJECY

22.Oni - WANASTOWI VJECY

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