THERAPY? - Nowhere EP 1994

With this song Therapy? get my attention and it was released as a 7'' from the very good album Troublegum, the only record I have and other stuff I don't know. This Mini-CD has four goodies which two are first-class cover versions of old classics. Decent mid-tempo sound and I feel a bit moving to nowhere. Basically it is a positive song, a kind of self-discovery. Anyway, I'm not a psychiatrist who words reinterprets, this short excursion is pleasant and I recommend to ride.

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V/A - Rejected Volume III 2002

I'm doing always heavy with newfangled punk rock and the most flies fast into the garbage but this compilation is a fine compilation of old and newer material from various UK and Irish bands that Rejected has put out over the years. I like more the dirty shredded sound and dislike the clean productions of the new breath and here I am positive surprised because all the songs kick fantastic and are very powerful at all, garnished with a few live goodies and unreleased recordings to that, and when I have this feeling by the first listen so I can't be wrong (mostly). Less than 25% are known to me (Oi Polloi, Leatherface, Jesse, Zero Tolerance) and I know if my friend from Austria share his stuff with me it can be only cool. As lousy reviewer everything is said. Pick up or drink milk.

1.Poxy Pub - BLOOD OR WHISKEY

2.Manny Moe And Jack - THE DICKIES

3.Back Biter - SKINT

4.Slate Rape - THE RESTARTS

5.Scratch Match - PINK TURDS IN SPACE

6.Bloodbath On Blessington St. - THE STEAM PIG

7.Divided Loyalty - RUNNIN' RIOT

8.Discrimination Hurts - STRIKNIEN D.C.

9.Seems To Me - STEEKY

10.Never Alone - ZERO TOLERANCE

11.Blown Away - STOMACH

12.Rich Scumbag - OI POLLOI

13.Kill Yer Parents - MONKHOUSE

14.Submission In Portarlington - BLOOD OR WHISKEY

15.I Live In A Car - UK SUBS

16.Sweet - COWBOY KILLERS

17.Judge Jury & Executioner - RUNNIN' RIOT

18.Stoneybatler Me - THE STEAM PIG

19.Cut Up - MONKHOUSE

20.All I Need - LEATHERFACE

21.Hypocrisy - STRIKNIEN D.C.

22.Victimisation - RUNNIN' RIOT

23.Bucharest - BLOOD OR WHISKEY

24.Needles - EX CATHEDRA

25.Indestructable - JESSE

26.Burn Your Flags - TOXIC WASTE

27.Countdown - BLEEDING RECTUM

28.Bullshit - NOISE POLLUTION

29.Sun Is A Bludgeon - ANTABUSE

- Special Thx to Reinhard -

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STIFF LITLLE FINGERS - Go For It 1981

Three years ago we both were at a concert from the famous Belfast band Stiff Little Fingers and I can tell you folks, their show was fuckin' amazing. They had five gigs in Germany and they called their tour "Up A Gear" and I was surprised that they stop here in Frankfurt because usually only the four largest cities are blessed with great bands like SLF. So me & my girl of course must to be there. And I was not disappointed. The band shine with astonishing enthusiasm and all classics were played and the audience was enthusiastic and wild Pogo was there, not much but still. I would say the average age of us was the band's same and you know what this means. Egal, I shot a little video but this file is soooo fuckin' big and I can't post it. I must find a programm to convert and when I got it then I post it someday. If you should be interest leave a comment. Reasons enough to post an album and I decided myself for their third album which I like a lot and shows my gratitude to Stiff Little Fingers for all the good music and a memorable evening. Cheers!!

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V/A - Just For Kicks 1979

Rare Irish compilation of Dublin alternative/punk bands which came out on Kick Records. It should be the beginning of the label but it remains only this publication. Too bad, but nowadays a very sought record and with the active support and help of Nolti it's done. Excellent song selection with lots of variety and some classics. Check out Irishrock for more details. I am bit late, have to go now in the frosty morning, brrrrrr... enjoy!!

1.Stories For Boys - U2

2.Stop Stop - BERLIN

3.Reptile - D.C. NIEN

4.Lady Loves To Rock'N'Roll - ROCKY DE VALERA & THE GRAVEDIGGERS

5.Service With A Smile - THE RESISTORS

6.Mademoiselle Goodnight - SACRE BLEU

7.Treasure On The Wasteland - THE ATRIX

8.Tango Of Nerves - NEW VERSIONS

9.Something's Better Than Nothing - THE TEEN COMMANDMENTS

10.Silent Partners - ZEBRA

11.Midnight Charmer - JAROC

12.Love Attack - SQUARE METAL

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V/A - Killed By Death #41 1998

Welcome again to another number of the Killed By Death series (find for more KBD volumes over the search option), a further collection of some punkrock rarities, mostly europe here, with an international focus, featuring a couple places that didn't have a big punk scene. And again the detectives did a nice job with all these amazing goodies which should not bail in the meaninglessness. More info about the bands & release dates you find in the liner notes in this file, Vinyl-Rip & all cover artwork include. Have Fun!!!!

1.Hasse Parasit - VON GAM

2.Mode - VON GAM

3.Cop In The Street - LULLABIES

4.Fashion Punk - LULLABIES

5.Meillä On Yhteinen Tuleveissus - RATTLERS

6.Trodde Vi Hadde Demokrati - STERKE SVAKHETER

7.Sweating All Over - MAGIC DE SPELL

8.Virgin Freedom - MAGIC DE SPELL

9.Börnin Pin - VONBRIGÐI

10.Dereglee - MARIE FRANCE

11.No Such Thing - VIPERS

12.Fugitivo - LIXOMANIA

13.Violencia & Sobrevivencia - LIXOMANIA

14.No Idea - STALIN

15.Kama Sutra - STALIN

16.Ha Que Violentor O Sistema - AQUI D'EL ROCK

17.Revenge - JACK RABBIT BAND

18.Amenaza Amarilla - LOS NIKIS

19.Gamma Magic Globulina - LOS NIKIS

20.Mind Bomb - ELECTRIC DEADS

21.Screwball - ELECTRIC DEADS

22.Crossroad - ELECTRIC DEADS

23.Junk - LULLABIES

24.It Could Be You - LULLABIES

25.Io Son Un Autonomo - SKIANTOS

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V/A - Wanna Buy A Bridge? 1980

Rough Trade, a British indie label founded by Geoff Travis, was rock's first successful collective and a strong supporter of the arty, left-leaning post-punk music that emerged in the aftermath of the Sex Pistols. This U.S. only compilation introduced Americans to some of the exciting, innovative music released by Rough Trade between 1977 and 1980. The collection's opening number is the closest to Pistols-era punk rock: "Alternative Ulster," a blistering Irish anthem recorded by Stiff Little Fingers. Next in the collection is Delta 5's "Mind Your Own Business," a 1979 recording that proves that abrasive, self-consciously ironic music can also be incredibly catchy; Other highlights include "Soldier Soldier," a protest punk song; the exuberant "Ain't You" by Kleenex, an all-female Swiss band that later changed its name to Liliput; the Pop Group's "We Are All Prostitutes," a chaotic punk-funk-disco political rant with distorted guitar, drums, saxophone, and cello; "Part Time Punks," a beguilingly amateurish name-dropping classic by T.V. Personalities; the Raincoats' remake of "Man Next Door"; a reggae number by Jamaican singer John Holt (whose "The Tide Is High" became a hit for Blondie); and Robert Wyatt's surprisingly haunting rendition of Chic's "At Last I Am Free." I had the LP with the brown cover but use the blue here. I'm too lazy to scan both sides of the original. Overall this may be the best single-album collection assembled of post-punk music.

1.Alternative Ulster - STIFF LITTLE FINGERS

2.Mind Your Own Business - DELTA 5

3.Man Next Door - THE SLITS

4.Aerosol Burns - ESSENTIAL LOGIC

5.Part Time Punks - T.V. PERSONALITIES

6.Read About Seymour - SWELL MAPS

7.We Are All Prostitutes - THE POP GROUP

8.Soldier Soldier - SPIZZ ENERGI

9.Ain't You - KLEENEX

10.Nag Nag Nag - CABARET VOLTAIRE

11.In Love - THE RAINCOATS

12.Final Day - YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS

13.Skank Bloc Bologna - SCRITTI POLITTI

14.At Last I Am Free - ROBERT WYATT

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THE SUSSED - Don't Swim On The East Coast 7'' 1981

Excellent PowerPop/Punk record and their only release, meanwhile a classic and nowhere present on a compilation. The Sussed were a seminal Irish Punk/New Wave band based in Dublin, Ireland between 1979 & 1984. Members were Rory (vox), Paul (guitars), John (drums) and The Masked Bassman (bass). They shot to fame with the release of their debut single "Don't Swim On The East Coast" in 1981 (First pressing of 500 copies in red sleeve, 2nd pressing of 500 copies in yellow sleeve) which was about the English Nuclear plant Windscale that was leaking radioactive material into the Irish sea (Windscale later changed its name to Sellafield as Windscale had such a bad reputation). The single went to number 3 in the charts despite some radio stations not playing it because of its lyrics.

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V/A - Back-Stage Pass 1986

Back to some old stuff to what every punk out there already knows. Released by Rossil Records in Portugal originally in 1980 and I have here the Polish pressing on Pronit Records from 1986 and I don't know if there's a UK release. Anyway, on it the Créme of early UK Punkrock and I think the makers use the current singles from that time to put it together and bring them closer to the scene outside the UK. Maybe an unofficial release. There is sadly no info inside. Worth mentioning are the tracks by Manufactured Romance with a female singer and I have never heard anything before and do not known the band to date. Who takes a look at the tracklist will find out that only hits are represented and you have when listening a lot of fun & maybe many nice memories as I.

1.Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone? - SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS

2.Wanna Be A Star - COCKNEY REJECTS

3.Fireball - CYANIDE

4.Emotional Blackmail (Parts 1+2) - U.K.SUBS

5.You - MANUFACTURED ROMANCE

6.Murder Of Little Towers - ANGELIC UPSTARTS

7.Crashed Out - THE EXPLOITED

8.Closed Groove - STIFF LITTLE FINGERS

9.Police Car - COCKNEY REJECTS

10.Barbed Wire Love - STIFF LITTLE FINGERS

11.I'm Me - BOB DE VRIES

12.Police Oppression - ANGELIC UPSTARTS

13.Long Distance Love - MANUFACTURED ROMANCE

14.I'm Mad - SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS

15.No Government - ANTI-PASTI

16.Mess I'm In - CYANIDE

17.New York State Police - U.K.SUBS

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V/A - Killed By Death #F.U.2 1998

One more goes today and this record is I think the first post in Blogland. No Idea how many copies exist but I think not much. Anyway, this compilation is full with rare punk goodies and again via Redrum Records brought into the world, the bootleg label based on Venus. Throughout, not bad but here and there a few filler I think. No matter, dem verehrten Hörer wird es nicht stören und ich trinke jetzt einen weiteren GinTonic und schau mal ob ich heute noch was zu stande bringe. All you out there a fuckin' nice X-Mas time, Cheers!

1.Playin' My Guitar - F.U.2

2.Don't Push Me - FLIRT

3.C'est Pour Toi - STRYCHNINE

4.James Bond - RALPH & THE PONYTAILS

5.Subway - RAZORS

6.Waldorf - EDITH NYLON

7.High Numbers - THE SCENE

8.S.O.S. - FLYIN' SPIDERZ

9.De-Generator - FLIRT

10.Priorities - TRASH

11.Make Her Love Me - THE MOONDOGS

12.Quelle Crise Baby - STARSHOOTER

13.Break Out Tonight - THE U-BOATS

14.Lache Moi - STRYCHNINE

15.Really Got Me Goin' - LUCY

16.Photos Photos - TOO MUCH

- Big Big Thx to Murks -

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PARANOID VISIONS - Outside In 2005

This record is currently in my player around the clock. Pretty cool stuff, punk rock with a wave touch and in between a couple of quick grenades. 'Outside In' is a compilation of the vinyl years 1986 - 1989 from this combo and I get this a few years ago somewhere in Blogland, now exhumed because the band name is at the moment more relevant than ever to me. Something about them:

Formed in 1981, Paranoid Visions quickly allied themselves to the anarcho punk fraternity of the second wave of punk rock in the early 80's. The band were poles apart from the other Irish bands that graced the 1980’s Dublin gig scene.Surprising everyone, including themselves, with their success in both Ireland and the UK in terms of critical acclaim and record sales, they maintained a stance outside of the music industry norms and closely protected their independent status, licensing all of their material directly from their F.O.A.D label. Records such as Autonomy, Schizophrenia and city of screams all sold very well, but it was the attack on the Irish music industry U2Clone assembly line, in the form of the “I Will Wallow” 10” EP that brought the band to a wider and more mainstream audience. FOAD2U2 graffiti adorned walls all over the country….some of it wasn’t even done by the band! Heavily influenced by the Crass ethic of DIY music, the band formed their own F.O.A.D label and licensed their records to All The Madmen, home of the Mob, Thatcher on Acid, Blyth Power and the Astronauts.

Paranoid Visons played gigs and toured with the likes of Poison Girls, DIRT, Blyth Power, Subhumans and The Instigators. In the early 90's they played with bands like Snuff, the Macc Ladds and Manic Street Preachers before calling it a day in 1992. Despite their disbanding, the 90's saw Paranoid Visions becoming the biggest punk band Ireland had ever produced, featuring on several TV shows, newspapers and being offered numerous record deals from Major labels. In 1996 they reformed to play support on some dates for the Sex Pistols Filthy Lucre tour. In 2001 they reformed again and played with the Damned, The Dickies and at the Wasted Festival in Morecombe. While these reunions were always designed to be short lived, with the 2005 reunion, formed in support of the re-release of their back catalogue, it was decided to continue the momentum.

April 2007 saw the release of the bands first new album since 1990. Entitled “40 Shades Of Gangreen” it captures the band at their most tuneful and caustic. General reaction has been that its the best woirk the band have done having been described thus:
"a blistering collection of anti establishment polemic" (hot press editorial)
"highly melodic aswell as being deeply, deeply raucous" (hot press review)
"a blockbuster" (evening herald)

Throughout 2007, Paranoid Visions have performed regularly and will be performing one of the headline slots at the largest punk rock festival in the UK, Rebellion 2007. 2008 sees the release of part one of the bands 12" and CD tribute to their musical influences from the early Irish punk and new wave scene in the form of "The Treasure From The Wasteland" EP. A new album "Beware Of The God" is pencilled for the autumn along with another single serving as part two of the tribute series.

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