OUTLETS - Best Friends 7'' 1982

The weekend is here and as I have already told you, I want to go to an event today and since I have to leave in two hours, quick a little musical highlight: An acclaimed live band from Boston were the Outlets, a four piece which were mainly active in the Eighties, consisting of David (vocals), his brother Rick (guitars), Mike (bass) and Walter (drums). The Outlets attained success in the greater Boston music scene but failed to gain national attention when they signed with Restless/Enigma in 1985, despite modest critical acclaim including a recommendation from Billboard. They are best known for the single "Knock Me Down", a regional hit. They released three albums and a few 7Inches and this goodie has two likeable rocking mid-tempo numbers at the start with a crisp guitar and reminds me a lot of any commercial rock band, and I don't mean that in a negative way. Guests on a few compilations and I don't know if the boys are still on the road but their music is fun, definitely listenable and a good start to freedom...... and off I go!

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PETER & THE TEST TUBE BABIES - Crap Californian Punk Band 7'' 2017

Weekend and suitable for this is the following musical explosion and Peter's Test Tube Babies (known as much for their snarky sense of humor and working-class outlook) pre-released this 7inch from their album That Shallot on Arising Empire Records and is limited to 400 copies. Short story: in 2017 the four toured the United States in support of their above mentioned album, and they made headlines when Bywaters was deported after a show in which he dressed up as the blond idiot on-stage. Some media outlets reported that Bywaters' less than flattering impersonation of the President was the reason he was sent back to the UK, but US Customs and Border Protection officials insisted it was simply a matter of Peter having the wrong visa. Howsoever, they made an official video for this song which was shot in sunny Hastings and features cameo appearances by Rancid frontman Lars Fredericksen and Hasting’s own Maid Of Ace. The flip is also a small highlight, namely the Toten-Hosen dare to 'The Jinx', the classic Babies hit from the early days. And they don't do that badly at all. In any case, a nice record and you can now open a cool 🍺.

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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V/A - A Wicked Good Time! 1981

One more compilation and this one's from the Boston label Modern Method Records and from "A Wicked Good Time" exist two volumes, this is #1, and we have thirteen bands, mostly unknown to me, which are somewhere between punk and alternative rock at home and they all made a record in the first period of the eighties, and the music is not quite punky but surprisingly good and not bad at all. The record starts really good with solid mid-tempo goodies but flattens out a little in the second half, not boring I would say, but it gets a bit out of hand and loses a little in lame mood music. All in all a good slab that isn't be worth fifty euros, but at least it can serve as listening pleasure until the match against the VfB in forty-five minutes.

1.Psycho Blonde - PASTICHE

2.3rd Floor For Me - THE OUTLETS

3.New Feeling - FUTURE DADS

4.I Wasn't Me - BOYS LIFE

5.Army Of Apathy - LA PESTE

6.Hit List - SWINGERS RESORT

7.Brains & Eggs - YOUNG SNAKES

8.Preppie Girls - VACUUMHEADS

9.Lease On Life - LA PESTE

10.Master - SUADE COWBOYS

11.Black Sand - BOUND & GAGGED

12.Before And After - SOMEONE & THE SOMEBODIES

13.This Reminds Me Of The Future - PASTICHE

14.Pulse Piece - BIRD SONGS OF THE MESOZOIC

15.Planet Spirit - THE LONERS

16.Personal Monsters - BOUND & GAGGED

17.Heroes Of The Dead - BOYS LIFE

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V/A - Let's Breed! - Part Two Of The Throbbing Lobster Saga 1984

Part two of the Throbbing Lobster Saga and as on Nobody Gets On The Guest-List!, the first volume, we listen to more exclusive songs by bands from the small Boston indie label. Fourteen little timeless beads which I have in my phone and often heard on the train ride to my girlfriend to Gießen. I recommend you a click to the hyped2death page where you get more input about the label/bands and maybe there is something interesting for you. 5000 copies of this record were pressed and now: Enjoy Music!!

1.Oldest Fire In The World - SCRUFFY THE CAT

2.All Except You - CHAIN LINK FENCE

3.Simple Man - NOONDAY UNDERGROUND

4.Boys' Town Work Song - CHRISTMAS

5.Cryin' Shame - THE ODDS

6.Not Too Late - THE OUTLETS

7.Close Your Eyes - THE UNATTACHED

8.(That's Why I Always) Dress In Black - BLACKJACKS

9.Heart Upside Down - BUSTED STATUES

10.Xasted Youth - THE UNDERACHIEVERS

11.Say You Love Me - FLIES

12.The Recruter - THE EDGE

13.Thanksgiving - DUMPTRUCK

14.See That Girl - PRIME MOVERS

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