V/A - Where Birdmen Flew Revisited Vol.3 1999

Before I go to the orthopedic surgeon, I take advantage of the free time and send a sign of life with the following fantastic compilation from 'Down Under', a small series called Where Birdmen Flew Revisited enjoyed a small guest appearance at the end of the Nineties and is very welcome in my house. On the one hand because I love the music from there, on the other hand their singles are difficult to obtain in Europe and yes, there are numerous bootlegs with well known bands, which are almost all essential and therefore many of the bands and songs are similar, but we had this theme before, and yet it's good that new or tried-and-tested comps are constantly being published from there and they always piques my interest. It's difficult to get hold of these records these days and unfortunately they always cost a lot of money, but it's worth it. Volume 1 is a killer and this record as well.

1.Heart Attack - WORLD WAR XXIV

2.Piracy - QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE

3.Die Hard - LOCAL PRODUCT

4.My City Of Sydney - X.L. CAPRIS

5.No Music In The World Today - LAST WORDS

6.Who Wants To March - REJEX

7.Home Is Where The Floor Is - X

8.Toys Out Of Control - WHAT?!!

9.Darlinghurst Police - VIGIL-ANTI

10.Magic Castle - THE RIPTIDES

11.Television - THE KELPIES

12.Today's Kidz - LAST WORDS

13.Hate City - X

14.New Kid's Army - SUICIDE SQUAD

15.Catholic Ray Gun - QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE

16.Alcohol - THE PRESS

17.5 To 9 - WORLD WAR XXIV

18.20 T-Bones - WHAT?!!

19.Business Man - EXSERTS

20.T.V. Cabaret Roll - X

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WORLD WAR XXIV - No Luck 1995

World War XXXIV are a high energy punk outfit that have been together since early 2013 and are a rehashed version of WWXXIV "one of the best punk bands to come out of Sydney in the early 80's". The current line up comprises local lads from the far north coast of NSW and the original lead singer Mark "Bird" Nowane fronting the band. Bird recalls having seen a flier at a local music store which said "looking for people to jam, punk, no brown eyed girls" (relates to requests for the song!) and thought he must ring. A month later he responded and never looked back. The original World War XXIV formed in the 1980's and were getting into some fast energetic punk music. In 1983 the band did the excellent Azaria/Why Bother single which was one of the best Aussie punk releases of the 80's. The band plays a fast style of punk that combines Dead Kennedys style hardcore, Peter & the Test Tube Babies Oi!sound, and tough Radio Birdman riffs which creates a powerful non generic sound. When asked, Bird recalls that no one could agree on a name, so at the last minute Bird spat out WWXXIV so that the promoters would have a name to go with. "Although we had played a party before under the name of Discharge not knowing until we finished that there was an English punk band with that name already. Everybody agreed on the name (WWXXIV) because it rhymed and perhaps we could change it later if we felt like it", but it stuck like glue. Since the original line up there’s been a couple of changes and many other players have gone through. Bird felt like it wasn't quite right when he reformed the second line up to use the same name but consensus at the time was to go with it. This time around the band decided to stay with the “world war” vein but move forward. Bird says XXX is bit of an eye catcher so WWXXXIV was born. Looking forward to some high energy music, which was lost in the pop punk era; on these both compilatons.

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V/A - Tepid Spit Artists/Rare Trax Vol.9 1988

I leave April with this bootleg tape from Down Under which I bought in the 80s from any mailorder when I remember right. At that time I'm not an insider of Australian Punk stuff and  that's why I get this tape for a low price. Now most of the songs are still available and on classic compilations (Flowers From The Dustbin, Bloodstains Across Australia, Not So Humdrum, etc...) scattered but a few cuts are still rare and the records nowadays very hard to get. I think the song selection here is quite good and the work has been worth in any case. This is a C-60 tape in an acceptable sound quality and the last post for today. I wish a sunny long weekend.

1.More Suicide Please - THOUGHT CRIMINALS

2.No Complaints - LEFTOVERS

3.Task Force - RAZAR

4.You're So Boring - ROCKS

5.Kamikaze Twist - ROCKS

6.Business Man - EXSERTS

7.Countdown - EXSERTS

8.A Horrely Situation - ITCHY RAT

9.Humanity - VIGIL ANTIS

10.Every Day - WRANG KING OF STONEAGE

11.Stranglehold - EXSERTS

12.Reality - VIGIL ANTIS

13.Trans 43 - SCREAMING TRIBESMEN

14.Stamp Out Disco - RAZAR

15.Y Brother - WORLD WAR XXIV

16.Heart Attack - WORLD WAR XXIV

17.What?!! - TOYS OUT OF CONTROL

18.25 Hour Hoods - QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE

19.Don't Tell Me - FEEDTIME

20.Chemical Slave - BEGGAR'S COURT

21.Die Hard - LOCAL PRODUCT

22.Hate City - X

23.No One You Can Trust - POSITIVE HATRED

24.My Wall - THE KELPIES

25.When The Chips Are Down - HAPPY HATES ME NOT

26.Migraine Headache - ROCKS

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V/A - Flowers From The Dustbin 1983

Puh, what a fuckin' Saturday and what a fuckin' match too...I hate when I see a good game and this gets lost needlessly. Well, fuck the day, today it's time for another superb compilation from Down Under and this is the first Sydney Punk Bomb, released on Aberrant Records. If I compare this to the second one Not So Humdrum then I must say: The Kelpies are great (love this band), Positive Hatred are damn cool (World War XXIV too) and the rest is okay but knocks me not really from my stool. Well, about taste we can argue but apart from this all three compilations of this mini-serie are delicious. So, maybe I post something more later when my headaches have subsided.

1.Television - THE KELPIES

2.In Tune With Living - POSITIVE HATRED

3.Piracy - QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE

4.Heart Attack - WORLD WAR XXIV

5.Woe - VELLOCETTE

6.The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - BOX OF FISH

7.Toys Out Of Control - WHAT?!!

8.25 Hour Hoods - QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE

9.No One You Can Trust - POSITIVE HATRED

10.5 To 9 - WORLD WAR XXIV

11.Campell’s Song - WHAT?!!

12.My Wall - THE KELPIES

13.Our Father - BOX OF FISH

14.Cathode Ray Gun - QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE

15.20 T-Bones - WHAT?!!

16.Black Cloud - VELLOCETTE

17.Think About Tomorrow - POSITIVE HATRED

18.Truro Murders - THE KELPIES

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