V/A - Punk Territory Vol.5 - The English Speaking Punk From Late 70's To Early 80's [1996]

Volume 5 of the legendary Punk Territory series on Anthology brings us only English combos together with their rare Gassenhauer that surely everyone knows. Very successful mixture in my opinion and only released on CD, on vinyl there are the goodies on other relevant compilations. This brings the long Easter weekend to a worthy conclusion, enjoy the last free hours and turn up the speakers to full volume.

1.Just Head - NERVOUS EATERS

2.N.Y. Ripper - VIOLATORS

3.Hillside Strangler - HOLLYWOOD SQUARES

4.Kill Yourself - THE LEWD

5.Horizontal Action - PSYCHO-SURGEONS

6.Time Enough For Love - FUN THINGS

7.When The Birdman Fly - FUN THINGS

8.Hanging On - ROCKS

9.Tell Me Why - THE NEWS

10.Get Stuffed - NERVOUS EATERS

11.I Only Panic When There's Nothing To Do - THE LEFTOVERS

12.This Generation's On Vacation - SHOCK

13.Damn You - ROCKS

14.Blues - THE CHEIFS

15.51% - DEFNICS

16.N.C.B. - LLYGOD FFYRNIG

17.Kick Her Out - ROCKS

18.Hologram - URINALS

19.Son Of Sam - CHAIN GANG

20.Pseudo Punk - 'O' LEVEL

21.Bummer Bitch - FREESTONE

22.They Saved Hitler's Brain - UNNATURAL AXE

23.Loretta - NERVOUS EATERS

24.Rock With Me - NERVOUS EATERS

- Great Thx to Reinhard -

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V/A - SF Underground 2 EP 1980

Hollajodrio, stoße ich doch umgehend und aus purer Freude den zweiten kurzen Erguss mit vier weiteren Frisco-Bands vom erfrischenden Subterranean Records label heraus, diesmal wurden 3500 Exemplare fabriziert. Wieder vier bands mit anständiger Mucke, wobei die Spikes bißchen abfallen mit ihrem Song, da tut sich nicht viel, plätschert unspektakulär dahin. The Lewd können es auch wesentlich besser was sie auf ihrem Album eindrucksvoll demonstrieren. Society Dog fetzen ordentlich rein und wecken dich mit ihrem crazy short track, erstklassiger Gesang, Undead machen sich an Hitler's Brain unorthodox zu schaffen, ein bißchen monoton das Ganze doch mehr muss nicht. Gute Scheibe, nicht mehr nicht weniger.

1.Life Is Hell - SPIKES

2.Mobile Home - THE LEWD

3.Title Role - SOCIETY DOG

4.Hitler's Brain - UNDEAD

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V/A - Feel Lucky Punk?!! 1991

Let's sprinkle a bit of warmth into your little desperate hearts on this cold gray Sunday with this unofficial record from Gonzo Hate Binge Records, so let the detectives themselves speaking (so I do not have to blah blah): Greetings, Collector Scum! and welcome to the world of snotty, obnoxious, two-chord punkrock! This album contains twenty-two fine examples of straight ahead, hard sitting, loud-fast-stupid '77-'78 rarities from Australia, the USA and even one from a crew of Swiss alpine yodelers. No faggy speed metal guitar virtousos, no dischordian 'awareness' - just plain ole violent, simple and sexiest hate-mongering Punkrock, recorded while Henry Rollins was rocking to Kansas. A fucking Must Have!

1.Hanging On - ROCKS

2.I Don't Wanna Work - THE QUEERS

3.Horizontal Action - PSYCHO SERGEONS

4.Just Head - NERVOUS EATERS

5.Tell Me Why - NEWS

6.I'm Useless - THE QUEERS

7.New York Ripper - VIOLATORS

8.Hillside Strangler - HOLLYWOOD SQUARES

9.Kill Yourself - THE LEWD

10.Disgusting - THE MAD

11.Damn You - ROCKS

12.They Saved Hitlers Brain - UNNATURAL AXE

13.Kick Her Out - ROCKS

14.At The Mall - THE QUEERS

15.Get Stuffed - NERVOUS EATERS

16.Bummer Bitch - FREESTONE

17.I Hate Music - THE MAD

18.Hot Love - NASAL BOYS

19.This Place Sucks - THE QUEERS

20.I Only Panic When There's Nothing To Do - LEFTOVERS

21.Hillside Strangler - CHILD MOLESTERS

22.Kicked Out Of The Webelos - THE QUEERS

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THE LEWD - American Wino 1982

Anyone who has heard the Lewd's great late '70s single "Kill Yourself" can vouch for the raw, crazed energy of this young Seattle punk combo. Their self-released single has commanded high prices based on its rarity, not to mention the fact that it kicks ass. The Lewd were an outgrowth of an earlier band called the Sixteen Year Old Virgins, who changed their name to the Knobs. Lead singer J. Satz Baret was formerly as "Satin Sheets," and played in the later, non-cabaret version of Ze Whiz Kids, circa1975. Ze Whiz Kids, primarily a theater group, also included the late Tomata Du Plenty, of the Screamers. According to Satz, The Knobs "never really played. We were going to play, had publicity ahead of us, photo sessions and a flyer that announced that we were coming soon!" Yet the Knobs never played an official show, because as Satz says "we had no songs." Like that's stopped anyone else? 

However, the Knobs did play one intimate "performance" at a Fremont rehearsal space called The Funhole. This A-list evening was written up in a Seattle punk fanzine Twisted. Satz chainsawed a stage monitor during "Chain Saw Sex." 'Nuff said. The Lewd's first show was in the Northwest punk Bethlehem, Vancouver, B.C. The Lewd opened for the Ramones on June 8, 1977 for an evening of pure insanitainment. Johnny Vinyl, a member of a local band that used an unpronounceable symbol for their name (it's commonly pronounced "Aaiieee!") remembers the Lewd opening up for the Ramones at Seattle's 

They released a great three-song EP on Scratched Records in 1979. The record was a home studio recording, and included the insane "Kill Yourself." The B-side numbers, "Trash Can Baby" and "Pay Or Die" are equally great crash 'n' burn punk tunes, all with Blobbo (Kurdt Vanderhoof of Metal Church) playing bass. 

In late 1979, Satz and Blobbo moved The Lewd to San Francisco and Blobbo switched over to guitar, adding Bob Clic on bass. This band recorded some demos and played SF for nearly a year until Blobbo quit to form his new venture Metal Church, who released quite a few heavy metal albums. Bob Clic moved to guitar, and part-time model Olga de Volga came in on bass. Olga had played with other bands, including one called VS and often played Lewd shows wearing outrageous black leather outfits. The band appeared on the 1980 seven-inch, four-band EP S.F. Underground 2 (Subterranean Records) doing the fast-paced punker "Mobile Home." With Christopher Reece in as drummer, they released their only LP, "American Wino," on ICI Records in 1982. Having fully absorbed the emerging faster hardcore punk sound, this blistering document features one side of studio recordings done in Hollywood, and another side culled from a live performance at Target Video Studios. This album is a crucial document of the San Francisco early '80s hardcore scene, right up there with releases by Flipper, VKTMs, No Alternative, Dead Kennedys, etc. 

After the LP was released, Bob Clic left and the band fizzled out soon afterwards. Olga moved to Hawaii, and Chris Reece became a member of Social Distortion. In 1999 Sats and Clic played with The Loudmouths for two live shows in San Francisco, billed as The Lewdmouths. Both shows were insane and the band sounded great. These shows were so much fun it prompted the pair to reform The Lewd, although not as a career minded working band, this time it's only for the kicks they get out of playing these songs again. (source: The Lewd)

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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VS. - Magnetic Heart 7'' 1980

From San Francisco, California this is VS. and their only record on Monkey Records. Line-up here: Heidi Familiar (vox), Olga De Volga (bass + vox), Indian Wells (guitar) and Alex MacNicols (drums). VS. was Olga De Volga's band after she was in the OFFS and before/during The Lewd (known for the classic Kill Yourself single). Fantastic two-sided KBD standouts, Magnetic Heart is a nice mid-tempo number while the flip Leather Complex is significantly better, fuzzy guitars, great female voices, short and crunchy played, hard to beat. VS. are on some compilations, noteworthy the Brainkiller record. Sad info at the end, Olga passed away in March 2008 but her songs remain unforgettable... essential stuff.

- Special Thx to Fredrik -

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V/A - Killed By Death #3 1989

Oopss, I opened up the second beer now and holy shit it tastes good again, especially early in the morning, life's a fuckin' bitch (rülps). So now welcome to the wonderful world of punk rock dear followers. Yet another mindboggling of rare '70/'80s obnoxicusness is now to be prevailing on your turntable, sending the sound of righteousnoss out of the speakers and into your heart. And an all star cast is it. A decent follow-up to the amazing #2. A classic in far too many ways to even take a stab at here. Some great tracks and the rest worthwhile, except the John Berenzy track which is unnecessary. First pressing (700 copies) on black vinyl with yellow and black labels. Reissue is on blue vinyl and has the same songs as the original. Fuck!, this is an further awesome release which shows how great the early punk scene worldwide was. All scans include, more words...not really.

1.Kill Yourself - THE LEWD

2.51 Percent - DEFNICS

3.Salted City - 84 FLESH

4.Mindless Contentment - THE PLUGZ

5.Doctor TV - THE EAT

6.Kneecappin' - THE EAT

7.This Generation Is On Vacation - SHOCK

8.Television Sect - SODS

9.I Was There At The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - AMBIENT NOISE

10.I Don't Wanna Work - THE QUEERS

11.I'm Useless - THE QUEERS

12.At The Mall - THE QUEERS

13.Oh I Love This Weather - EBENEZER & THE BLUDGEONS

14.Headliner - NY NIGGERS

15.Hot Sody - SCREAMIN' MEE-MEES

16.NY Ripper - VIOLATORS

17.Vice Verses - JOHN BERENZY GROUP

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V/A - Screaming Fists Vol.1 1996

This is another unoffical release with excellent early rare punkrock songs. Brought to light via Anarchy International Productions and the tracklist reads like a good book. Somebody should have Volume 2 then I ask for feedback. Good Night!   

1.Ain't Bin To No Music School - THE NOSEBLEEDS

2.Trash Can Baby - THE LEWD

3.Pay Or Die - THE LEWD

4.The Creeper - UNNATURAL AXE

5.Monster Au-Go-Go - SUICIDE COMMANDOS

6.Hold My Hand - THE JERKS

7.Annette - VICTIMS

8.I Want Head - VICTIMS

9.So What? - ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE

10.Kicks In Style - THE USERS

11.Radio Call Sign - LOCKJAW

12.Im A Dullard - THE SKINNIES

13.Out Of Order - THE SKINNIES

14.Work For Police - UJ3RK5

15.Kill Kill This Is Pop - D.O.A.

16.Leaders - LOWLIFE

17.White Lightning - LOWLIFE

18.So So Alone - THE RERUNS

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