V/A - Canada's Pissed Vol.3 2011

Winter comes back and I'm glad I don't live in Scandinavia, brrrrrrrrrr..... I'm not made for cold. I get warmer with the following unofficial compilation and this CD-R is full with Canadian Punk rarities 1977-1983 and is the last one of this little mini-series. A few 7inches by the bands you can find in the Blog and I can only recommend you to look for them. Volume 1 is also essential and brings you the full blast. That should be enough to start April, and the weekend sensibly.

1.Down Town Boy - THE ACTION

2.Transmitter - THE RED SQUARES

3.Modern Rockers - VENDETTA

4.Bureaucracy - THE BUREAUCRATS

5.Can't Let Go - SECTION 8

6.Twist'n Up The Beach - CURTAINS

7.Television Child - RESTLESS VIRGINS

8.Welcome To The Cruel World - THE SPY'S

9.South Windsor Punk - DRY HEAVES

10.Weekend Wrestler - THE ONITS

11.Kill Me If You Can - HOT NASTIES

12.In Sympathy With Poland - PLAN NINE

13.Piss On You - SUBURBAN SLAG

14.Hit And Run - THE UNUSUALS

15.Nuclear Hall Of Fame - CUTZ

16.Disease - THE PRESENCE

17.Organized Religion - RIOT .303

18.Kids Are People Too - SILICONE INJECTION

19.Lookin' Around - THE VERDIX

20.Calgary Girls - K TONICS

21.Penchant - THE NERVE

22.Punk Violence (Live) - MODERN MINDS

23.Wild West - ROCK & ROLL BITCHES

24.Reaction - BLANK GENERATION

25.Crude City - MALIBU KENS

26.The First Studio Bomb - 222

27.You Make It Hard - THE REMEDIALS

28.The Kids Arrived - THE REACTION

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CUTZ - Space In Time 7'' 1980

In early 1979 the Cutz were formed out of the ashes of the infamous Calgary rock country band the Famous Brothers. Sally (vocals) and Sandy (guitar/vocals) gathered Al (bass) and Lonnie (drums) and a litte later Don (guitar). The Cutz were along with other small bands part that made up the early Punk scene in Calgary. Their music can be described as a cross between X, Patti Smith and Jefferson Airplane, combining the energy and emotion of the late 70s Punk ethic blended in with the musicality and idealism if the late Sixties creating a hybrid that was engaging yet rebellious at the same time. Starting out like most other bands back in the day playing house parties, community halls and pretty much anywhere that would let them, The Cutz set list at first heavily influenced by choice 60s covers envolved into more and more original songs and the result was they started to find their own sound. After playing everywhere theuy could for the better part of a year the Cutz saved up their money and went into Jonathon Sound in January 1980 and recorded three songs and in April they released their only 7Inch with two goodies on Aura Records in an edition of 500 copies.

The band continued to play around Calgary as well as a few out of town gigs that would come their way. With other heroes from the Calgary scene releasing records right around the same time (The Verdix, Hot Nasties, The Sturgeons), the litte scene was starting to gather attention and build momentum. As odd as it sounds legendary blues and rock icon John Baldry saw the five play at a house party and expressed interest in taking the band into the studio to record. This is summertime 1980, with a record out, a loyal local following and endorsement from a rock legend, the Cutz seemed to be on their way. But by the end of 1980 exhaustion, internal struggles and personal conflicts broke up the band. The Cutz reformed once in 2007 to perform a few songs at a celebration of life gathering for close friend Mick Memorex (Verdix) RIP.

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V/A - PHC Presents: Only In Canada, Eh 77-81 Vol.1

Not much to say about this fantastic compilation, the who is who of the essential Canadian punk bands of the early days for breakfast. This egg was released in 2005, perhaps one day comes Volume 2. I wish a pleasant appettite!

1.Way Down South - HOUSE OF COMMONS

2.Teenage Terrorist - THE UNKNOWNS

3.Royal Police - D.O.A.

4.Crazy Glue - DA SLYME

5.(I Do) Like The Natives - WARSAW

6.TV's On The Blink - THE ACTION

7.You're Tearing Me Apart - TEENAGE HEAD

8.She's An American - THE BUREAUCRATS

9.Gimmie Attention - ZRO4

10.Media Junkie - 63 MONROE

11.Petticoat Junction - SLANDER

12.Echos - THE NEGATIVES

13.Thinking Naturally - LOWLIFE

14.No Brains Required - SINNERS

15.Park - CHROMOSOMES

16.Tension - ANIMAL KINGDOM

17.I Broke Her Heart, She Broke My Arm - STARK NAKED & THE FLESHTONES

18.Living In Poverty - EXTROVERTS

19.Hold Up - 222'S

20.Color TV - DIEFENBAKERS

21.Overhead Projector - GENTLEMEN OF HORROR

22.I'm Vile - NOSTRILS

23.Get Away From Me - THE HOT NASTIES

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V/A - Bloodstains Across Canada 2015

I don't know why I always reading, that this compilation has a shit sound and then I wonder, what did you expect, asshole? Be thankful that after many many years a new Bloodstains record is out and again full with damn rarities and awesome artwork to that. You see, there are idiots everywhere who are not satisfied with anything. Fuck them, I think this record is overdue and besides the ingenious Killed By Death #26 and a few more compilations, this is a well-kept overview, besides the well-known bands, what was alive in the second largest state on earth.
Eighteen catchy rare bollox on this record, pressed in red vinyl and limited to 666 copies, includes an insert with liner notes. What more do you want? I hope there will always be people who make these rare pearls accessible to us, you are the best!

1.Screaming Fist - THE VILETONES

2.Now I Ain't Got No Face - NO FUN

3.Transmitter - THE RED SQUARES

4.Rat Race - ACTIVE DOG

5.Fuck You - PRIVATE SCHOOL

6.I, Braineater - BRAINEATERS

7.3rd Homosexual Murder - FORGOTTEN REBELS

8.Grown Up Age - THE BUREAUCRATS

9.Celebrity Crack Up - MODERNETTES

10.Punk Rock Virgins - STURGEONS

11.Invasion Of The Tribbles - THE HOT NASTIES

12.Kids Are People Too - SILICONE INJECTION

13.Disease - THE PRESENCE

14.Some Of The Things That You Do - PINK STEEL

15.Kari Anne - CURTAINS

16.I've Got Your Number - THE RAGE

17.Thought You Were A Friend - CULTURE SHOCK

18.Happy Sad - NJF

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V/A - Smash The State Vol.1 1994

Oi, now we move over the ocean and visit Canada and find this little sunshine called Smash The State Vol.1. And this compilation has it all. Eighteen early canadian punk smash hits and they just fits everything: brilliant bands with superior songs. Much much better than the second album for my taste. Get and celebrate this early Canadian punk album. It exists a book with the same title with lots of pretty details of any Canadian vinyl release from 1977 up to 1992. I never read it but I think it's worth buying.

1.Pretty Girls (Unreleased) - ARSON

2.Coho? Coho! - ARSON

3.(Livin' With The) White Folks - ARSON

4.Just Lust - THE FITS

5.Bored Of Education - THE FITS

6.Sailing To Hell - THE FITS

7.Shoot Yourself - DRY HEAVES

8.Portable - DRY HEAVES

9.I Can't Puke - DRY HEAVES

10.Someone Could Lose An Eye - THE ROCK & ROLL BITCHES

11.Broad Daylight - THE ROCK & ROLL BITCHES

12.Welder's Song - THE ROCK & ROLL BITCHES

13.Wild West - THE ROCK & ROLL BITCHES

14.Secret Of Immortality - HOT NASTIES

15.I Am A Confused Teenager - HOT NASTIES

16.Invasion Of The Tribbles - HOT NASTIES

17.Punk Rock Virgins - STURGEONS

18.Forward Disorder - STURGEONS

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