DOC-OI - This Is Straight Hate EP 1985

Japanese bands are less known in my area, but mostly their top quality catapulted them far above in the Oi!/Punk League. Excellent opportunity to make even familiar with the current Nippon scene. Second EP by this japanese combo from Saitama. As their name suggests, this is indeed Oi music, and decent at that. It's got all the ingredients--catchy tunes, choruses, etc. Lyrics are in English and are anti-authoritarian. These guys are out of uniform -- all spikey heads. Five goodies, well done & fine production from Japan.

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BVD - Country Of Liberty EP 1980

One more goodie from my hard drive and when I play a record three times in a row then it's a must here. This hard to find EP was released on No Level Products and about the band from Den Haag is not much known. Musically here classic Dutch punk with a hard-edged sound and radical politics to match. The singer is very nice pissed and the rest is nice dirty. What BVD means is unknown but this is not important. If you had a crappy day then is this the right record to push yourself up again. Compilations: I'm Sure We're Gonna Make It, Punkrock From Holland and Feel Lucky Skunk?! (in the Blog), all three essential - Howdy!!!

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DUNCAN REDMONDS - Bubble & Squeak 2009

Original front runner Duncan Redmonds of Snuff / The Toy Dolls / Billy No Mates is releasing his solo project "Bubble & Squeak" on World Records in 2009. This 22 song compilation features the likes of Snuff, NoFX, Leatherface, Hardskin, NoMeansNo, Guns N Wankers and MORE! "Recorded at many places and in front rooms, back rooms, kitchens, office rooms and the odd studio. Because of this the recordings are sometimes lo-fi but the important thing was to catch the songs any way possible. The project was started in 2004 by handing out a load of riffs to people met over the years touring and playing with Snuff and asking them to add their ideas to them. Then finished in 2008 when Jools picked up his bass and shouted a few short sharp profanities. Sometimes it was the other way around and riffs were offered, sometimes melodies were suggested and a lyric fitted to it, sometimes old songs were reworked and sometimes new songs jammed out, all topped off with a Donovan cover and a mix by Nick Philpin in Kilburn NW London." (Duncan Redmonds) - Rocks perfectly!

1.Allotment No.44 (Feat. Frankie Stubbs "Leatherface" & Loz Wong "Snuff")

2.Homosexual WWIII (Feat. Jens Rachut "Blumen Am Arsch Der Hölle")

3.Guilty (Feat. Simon Wells "Snuff")

4.Vultures Tapping On A Brain (Feat. "NOMEANSNO")

5.I Got The Fear (Feat. "Visions of Change")

6.La La La La Dickhead (Feat. Fat Mike "NoFX" & Ken Yokoyama "Hi-Standard")

7.That’s Bollocks Mate (Feat. "Hard Skin")

8.Bushfire (Feat. Frankie Stubbs "Leatherface")

9.Catch The Wind [Originally by Donovan] (Feat. "Billy No Mates UK")

10.Might See You Later (Feat. "Guns 'n' Wankers")

11.There Goes "The Men In Black" (Feat. Lee Erinmez "Snuff")

12.Blah Blah Blah (CHAT)

13.Romford (Feat. "Hard Skin")

14.Compulsion (Feat. Simon Wells "Snuff")

15.Sake Bomb (Feat. Ken Yokoyama "Hi-Standard" & "Billy No Mates Japan")

16.Norman Hunter (Feat. Simon Wells "Snuff")

17.Dreamlike (Feat. "The Pissmops")

18.Don't Leave The Planet Without Me (Feat. Dickie Hammond "Leatherface")

19.Scilacci

20.Spooky (Feat. "Billy No Mates Japan")

21.Working Class Smell (Feat. "Hard Skin")

22.Tea (Feat. Frankie Stubbs "Leatherface")

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THE REACTION - I Can't Resist 7'' 1978

This record is a strong powerpop one and singer Hollis (R.I.P.) originally planned to become a child psychologist but in 1975 left university to relocate to London and forming a band called the Reaction. In 1977, the Reaction recorded a demo for Island Records; among the tracks was a Hollis original titled "Talk Talk" that later surfaced on the Beggars Banquet punk compilation Streets. After just one single the Reaction disbanded, and through his brother, Hollis was first introduced to musicians Paul Webb, Lee Harris, and Simon Brenner, with whom he formed Talk Talk in 1981, soon signing to the EMI label. I must admit that I like their music and I'll introduce myself to post their debut single here soon.

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MIRANDA'S - For Promotion Only EP 1981

First and best record by this punk group from Breda, released in 1981 on Mirandas Records. Can't say much about the band and I must confess that this is not my rip. But these 4 tracks are worth to post here again because I love this cracker. The punk scene in the Netherlands is, as in many other countries, more or less coincided with the squatters and therefore strong political orientation. Compared to the UK, calls the existence of punk in the Netherlands hardly to the public at large. Some many bands were formed, Svatsöx, Grrr, Vopo's, Filth, Nitwitz to name a few, and the punk scene grows and is for me one of the best here in Europe. Musically very aggressive and very varied, sometimes experimental and with strong attitudes. Always a welcome guest in my room. Enjoy this 4 snotty punk tunes and start a pogo-party!

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DAYGLO ABORTIONS - Out Of The Womb 1981

New week, old stuff. From Canada came the Dayglo Abortions and this trio were formed in 1981 and were Victoria's 'earliest' and most famous punk rock band. This is their debut album, a solid punk effort, released in 1981 on Sharpe Records, in a press run of 1000 copies. The album included a black and white fold-out lyric poster. The first few copies came in homemade sleeves that the group made while the official sleeves were being pressed. Many of the tracks appeared later on their "Feed Us A Fetus" album. A pretty nice punk album from the glorious canadians which should kicks your lazy ass.

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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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PANKRTI - Dolgcajt 1980

Debut album by this great band from Ljubljana which were formed in 1977. Pankrti (The Bastards) were known for provocative and politically engaged songs and billed themselves "The First Punk Band Behind The Iron Curtain" (Look at it this way) - They are one of the most important former Yugoslav Punk groups and one of the first punk rock bands ever formed in a communist country (really?). After five albums the band ceased to exist at the end of 1987. In 2007 the band get reunited. Get their 7inch Namesto Tebe too. Pankrti rocks modestly. So, its Saturday and its Soccer time.

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THE MOB - Crying Again 7'' 1980

The Mob were an anarcho-punk band originally from Yeovil, Somerset, England during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The band at this time was the trio of Mark (guitar, vocals, lyrics), Graham (drums), and Curtis (bass). They playing only to a European audience, never having made it to America. I think there's a lot of info about the band in the net, for example here on the great KFTH site where you can see their complete discography too. This single is their first record which was released on their own label All The Madmen Records. Two songs, gloomy dark music, unique sound. I love them, and if you're like you can download their album 'Let The Tribe Increase' with all their songs here. The group disbanded after playing their last show in November of '83 at the Doncaster Co-Op Hall.

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ACTION PACT! - 7Inch Collection 1981-1984

Here's again something special for you. The first five 7inches by this classic UK punkers Action Pact! from Stanwell in Middlesex, formed in 1981 as the Bad Samaritans by guitarist Wild Planet, bassist Dr. Phibes, and drummer Joe Fungus. The John from Dead Mans Shadow (D.M.S.) was the band's original lead singer. He left the band to concentrate on D.M.S. He was replaced by George Cheex, who got the job because of "her courage to scream along with the band's songs." Action Pact! stands for a solide punk sound with fine melodies, plus female vox and they released all their records on FallOut, a cool label on which other well-known bands also published small round music parts. In Autumn 1985 the band split up. Enough useless words, start the music!

- Special Thx to Fredrik -

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