V/A - We Don't Need Nuclear Force 1985

Another important but small German punk label was Mülleimer Records from Stuttgart which put out some very good records from 1981-1986. Bands like Chaos-Z, Boskops, Normahl, Herbärds, Inferno and Maniacs, etc.. were thus known and this piece I think is the only international compilation on MR. The first pressing contained a strictly limited bonus EP and is much sought nowadays. A little review brings the sound to the point: "A pretty good world sampler featuring mostly previously released material that falls under the ranks of punk, hardcore, and post-punk. Some of the talents in the limelight are BOSKOPS, VARUKERS, TOXIC REASONS, RATTUS, WHITE FLAG, BRISTLES, and many others." - Martin Sprouse (from Maximum Rocknroll #36, May 1986) 
A good start for Sunday hopefully tonight ends with 3 points.

1.Bob Hope - APPLIANCES
2.Cross To Bear - UPROAR
3.God Bless America - TOXIC REASONS
4.Warheros - BRISTLES
5.Addicted To The Night - MANIACS
6.Ticket To Moscow - WHITE FLAG
7.I've Got A Picture - AUSBRUCH
8.Boskops - BOSKOPS
9.1984 Part II - BRISTLES
10.Deutschland Brennt - AUSBRUCH
11.Victims - APPLIANCES
12.Cross Dogs - WHITE FLAG
13.Feministi - RATTUS
14.Seek & Destroy - VARUKERS
15.Doctor Moreau - HHH
16.Atomkrieger - NORMAHL
17.Wehr Dich - AUSBRUCH
18.Jede 7 Sekunden - BOSKOPS
19.Can't Get Away - TOXIC REASONS
20.Blood Money - VARUKERS
21.We Have The Right - VARUKERS
22.Medley - RATTUS

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TOXIC REASONS - God Bless America EP 1984

Toxic Reasons were a prolific band that went through many changes in both personel and musical direction over the years. The core group consisted of Bruce Stuckley (lead guitar/vocals), Bertram "Tufty" Clough (bass/vocals), Jimmy "JJ" Pearson (drums/vocals), and Rob Lucjak (guitar/vocals). None of the latter three were present when Stuckley started the band in Dayton, Ohio 1979. At that point he was playing bass, Joel Agne was on guitar, Mike Patteson played drums, and Ed Pittman was the lead singer. This line-up only stuck around long enough to record a two-song single, 1980's War Hero 7". After a second 7" recorded with East Bay Ray, Toxic Reasons began work on their first full-length album Independence (more info in the file) - This is the third 7Inch on their own label T-Reason with three thrillers; furthermore on numerous compilations, for example: We Don't Need Nuclear Force & The Power Of Love and sometime in 1995 the band broke up.

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TOXIC REASONS - Kill By Remote Control 1984

These damn re-upps are annoying but what am I not doing for the common mob? Right, I'll fix them and you will elect me to be your next president, hehe..... well, another fuckin' Monday needs meaning and I think, I have just the right thing at this advanced hour. So come with me to Ohio and meet Toxic Reasons with their second release on Sixth Int. and the first without the services of Ed Pittman on vocals. After Ed departed in 1983, they continued as four piece and have over forty recordings to date, including ten full length albums. A short review: "Kill by Remote Control, with a revised line-up, is great, a cogent punk onslaught with articulate protest lyrics and finely tuned dynamic guitar (Rob Lucjak & Bruce Stuckey) rock. Some of the numbers vamp into a tedious overdrive mode, but most of the record uses its full-tilt electricity in service of well-constructed (if not really melodic) songs." [Jim Green/Ira Robbins] - It can stay that way. The God Bless America EP and other compilation contributions, of which the gentlemen have enough, await your visit.

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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V/A - The Power Of Love 1986

The Munich-based label Starving Missile Records has released some truly fantastic releases in it's short existence. Including these international punk compilation with mostly German bands, two from the United States and a combo from Holland. 16 awesome tracks, most of them are exclusive and were not published anywhere else and that's what makes this compilation interesting. Particularly appealing the cover here, just simply splendid.

1.Never Give In - TOXIC REASONS

2.Terug Naar Af - FRITES MODERN

3.Loneliness - MOTTEK

4.Public Display - ARTLESS

5.SMP - ZSD

6.Midlife Crisis - R.A.F.GIER

7.Boring Life - COCKS IN STAINED SATIN

8.TV Maniac - SMARTIES

9.(That's What I Call) Free - SMARTIES

10.Party Is Over - TOXIC REASONS

11.Waanzin 86 - FRITES MODERN

12.Zündschnur - K.G.B.

13.Reality - MOTTEK

14.Let's Wank - R.A.F.GIER

15.Föhnlied - TOXOPLASMA

16.Terrorists - ARTLESS

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V/A - The Master Tape 1982

I guess this rare awesome compilation from Nimrod/Affirmation Records ensures many downloads because every band/song is simply delicious. And it is astonishing that a re-issue (2000 copies and also hard to find) took place just one year later, the demand was obviously so great and if you lend your ears to the musical feast, it's no wonder. As far as I know, all songs are exclusive and delight us with finest melodic Punk/Hardcore explosions how I love it and the performance is consistently high. Comes with a fold-out lyric poster, with a segment dedicated to each band represented, which was not included at my copy. Volume 2 of the Master Tape came to light in 1983 and I would appreciate an excellent rip with scans and I very much hope that someone will have mercy, because these records are also difficult to access or only available for expensive bucks.

1.Mercenary - TOXIC REASONS

2.Drunk And Disorderly - TOXIC REASONS

3.Frustrated - SLAMMIES

4.P.U.S. - SLAMMIES

5.Manager Breakdown - SLAMMIES

6.New Patriot - BATTERED YOUTH

7.We'll Love You When Your Dead - BATTERED YOUTH

8.Bible School - DELINQUENTS

9.System Pressure - DELINQUENTS

10.High Places - ZERO BOYS

11.Human Body - ZERO BOYS

12.Mom's Wallet - ZERO BOYS

13.Buried Alive - ARTICLES OF FAITH

14.False Security - ARTICLES OF FAITH

15.Think For Yourself - REPELLENTS

16.Livin' Like An Animal - REPELLENTS

17.Vegis - LEARNED HELPLESSNESS

18.C.E.T.A. Suckers - THE F.U.'S

19.Death Wish - THE F.U.'S

20.Unnatural Silence - THE PATTERN

21.Michelob - THE PATTERN

22.On The Street - DIE KREUZEN

23.All White - DIE KREUZEN

24.Get 'Em - DIE KREUZEN

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MISCAST - s/t EP 1990

Miscast were Lothar (vocals), Thomas (guitars), Didi (bass), Stefan (drums) and formed around September 1983 by people in and around Olten, at a time when American hardcore swept into Switzerland. Back then I was working with Felix Fischer at Jamming Distribution and we were probably the first in Switzerland who were trying to sell stuff like This Is Boston Not L.A. & Flex Your Head comps, 7Inches and 12Inches by SS Decontrol, Negative Approach, Minutemen, White Cross, Minor Threat and the like. Miscast played somewhere around thirteen shows in Switzerland, among them one supporting Toxic Reasons and another playing after Die Toten Hosen. There were several smaller gigs too, one of them we did along with Haine Brigade at an anarchist meeting in Lamastre (France) on July 13th, 1984. It was a time bereft of enthusiasm (the "Youth Movements" had been crushed), various gangs of fascist scums kept attacking gigs, Punks beat up on each other, and so forth. There wasn't very much happening in the way of bands either, most of them were musically and ideologically still rooted in '77, except for a few... GKH for example, from Baden, who were very young (average age: 15) and therefore had quite a devil-may-care approach (meaning guitars with strings missing etc.). Still, they managed to get one song on the second Flipside compilation.

One of them also published the first Swiss hardcore fanzine before he changed sides and became a nazi-skin (with all but the drummer and their later bassplayer doing likewise... The drummer is now in Jaywalker). Brutal Menekken, Decontrol, Attax and Kosili too were early, moderate (and tame!) attempts at hardcore. None of them, however, were quite as fast, original and hard as Miscast. But sometime in Autumn 1984 the story had already come to an end, about half a year after the Miscast demotape was released on Stechapfel-Vertrieb. (words by Simon and translated from the liner notes.) - Cool Eighties Stuff!

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V/A - Bloodstains Across The Midwest 1994

A wonderful morning together and it's Sunday, rainy and a little fresh, caramel coffee on the table and a fresh bun next to it and I'm well rested. Let's round off the little compilation post series with another Bloodstains one, this time we take a look across the Midwest of the States and free sixteen rare essential punkrock blasts from their 1978-1982 exile. This part of the region seems to be more comfortable than anywhere else because all reaches almost forty-five minutes. I would say, not the best stains were selected but what do I know?

1.Can't Stand The Midwest - DOW JONES & INDUSTRIALS

2.Takin' The City By Storm - THE HASKELS

3.Sex Drive - EMBARRASSMENT

4.Human Garbage Disposal - THE GIZMOS

5.I'm A Drunk! - BALONEY HEADS

6.Long Gone - THE CUSTOMS

7.Slack - NNB

8.Killed In Jail - LATIN DOGS

9.War Hero - TOXIC REASONS

10.Gym Gerrard - GYNECOLOGISTS

11.Berlin Wall - CULT HEROES

12.I Let Jenny Ride - BRAIN POLICE

13.Soldier 19 - MENTALLY ILL

14.Process Of Elimination - ENDTABLES

15.Police State - CRAP DETECTORS

16.Death - THE FIVE

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