V/A - Göteborgs Rock-Ytterrock 1982

Gothenburg was a stronghold of Swedish underground music, punk, wave rock or whatever. This compilation belongs to the genre Rock, this means no real punk platter. Apart from F.K.M. I know not only band here but I love surprises. Released via Pang Records is this stuff partly for me too gammy, for example the Backstreet tracks are a pain in the ass, as well as Blå Schäfer and Kamrat Desperat. Positives are Nya Ambulansen with nice female vox and F.K.M., the rest is so Olala, not really for a punk rocker like me, but sure there are probably some of you have sought this record and therefore I had mercy.

1.Jag Såg Dej En Morgon - NYA AMBULANSEN

2.Tiden - NYA AMBULANSEN

3.I Europa - BACKSTREET

4.Vi Sticker Iväg - BACKSTREET

5.Du Får Mej Att Glömma - MIRAGE

6.En Sann Dröm - MIRAGE

7.Trad. - BLÅ SCHÄFER

8.Why Don´t You Listen? - BLÅ SCHÄFER

9.Katedral - KAMRAT DESPERAT

10.Ingenting - KAMRAT DESPERAT

11.Förlorad Identitet - MALTA FEBER

12.Liv Och Död - MALTA FEBER

13.Nattromans - MIDNIGHT

14.Movin' On - MIDNIGHT

15.Galen Hund - F.K.M.

16.Bomber Som Faller - F.K.M.

- Special Thx to Fredrik -

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VAMPIRE STATE BUILDING - nXt EP 1995

First A Warning! this is not punkrock but it kicks as well. My first contact with the band was I think in 1997, my girlfriend at that time gives me a tape with a song on it and I was instantly impressed. Later I heard their only album 50 Hz Broken and this is really great. I'm really glad to have found a little info about this extraordinary band so I give you a bit of it: 

"Vampire State Building was a hard rocking techno/industrial/goth band with an original sound that incorporated many different styles. Calm atmospheric interludes give way to all hell breaking out, techno landscapes are punctuated by strange samples, sweet female vocals compete with grinding beats. Their two singles are, unexpectedly enough, covers of Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Bronski Beat songs, and their poppy version of the latter ("Smalltown Boy") became a hit on Norwegian radio. The cliché fits: Expect the unexpected with Vampire State Building. The band was only active a few years, and unofficially disbanded after working on their second album, which was to be released in 1997. However, they attracted a lot of attention, and they are a band that was ahead of their time in their music, performance, and image. Members of Vampire State Building have gone on to enjoy success in Zeromancer, Lonely Crowd, and Red Harvest." (source: opelwerk.com)

I recommend urgently the side because it is really very informative and of course to procure the album. Energetically, romantically, and damn good lyrics waiting for you and I promise: you will be amazed. This EP was their last release and the following video is a song of a compilation, as a small bonus within. It would be nice to know how you find this.

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DECIBELIOS - Caldo De Pollo 1984

Let's start November with a classic. I'm cold and I am not made for cold hence to Spain. Decibelios are a cool Oi! Streetpunk band from Barcelona and were formed in 1980 and dissolved ten years later. They recorded five albums and several singles. They are considered as the first group of Oi! in Spain and largely responsible for the introduction of this movement in the country. First line-up were Fray (vox), Miguel (drums), Xavi (guitar), Macia (guitar) and Manolo (bass) and the group's original name was "dB". Some time later there was an American group that responded to the acronym of "dB" (The dB's) so they renamed in Decibelios. After their first concert in Madrid on March 20, 1982 they signed a contract with the DRO label and recorded their first single 'Paletas Putrefactos' which was published same year. Xavi left the band after recording and in 1982 came as a new guitarist Manel until 1990. 'Paletas Y... Bolingas', their 2nd 7Inch came out and one year later the debut record 'Caldo De Pollo' saw the light of day. Eleven fantastic streetpunk goodies, exactly the sound how I like and they impress the skinhead/punk scene a lot. For me their best record. 1996 as CD re-released with two bonus cuts. Gotta go now out into the world and maybe later one more post. Salud!

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ULTRAVOX! - Reading Festival/UK 27.08.1977

Ultravox are a British New Wave rock band and this amazing bootleg had a comfortable sound which you can download without problems. For all you out there which doesn't know the band click Ultravox!. I'm just too lazy to write more because yestarday I was in Darmstadt to join Karies and two others, I'm a little fucked up from too much beer. Fortunately is now Bundesliga and yesterday a historic moment, the SGE has stolen one point versus Bayern München.

Rockwrok/Slipaway/The Frozen Ones/Distant Smile/Young Savage/My Sex/Wide Boys/Saturday Night/Artificial Life/The Wild, The Beautiful & The Damned/Fear In The Western World

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FRISCHE FARBE - Die Stärke Im Minimum 12'' 1982

Swiss group formed circa 1978 in Aarau by guitarist Gutze Gautschi. They started as a punk band featuring Dieter Meier, however, Meier left after two singles, "Cry For Fame" (released as 'Dieter Meier') and "No Chance" (released as 'Fresh Color'). Meier went on to form Yello. Fresh Color released further singles in their punk style. In the early 80's, Gutze Gautschi assembled a new band including drummer Danny Amsler and their sound moved into a more poppy new wave. Fresh Color started to include synthesizers and developped a distinct dubby production style. Then 'Frische Farbe' was created and release songs in German language; the band's debut longplayer "Die Stärke Im Minimum" (1982) was released via Gold Records. In 1984, Fresh Color shrunk to the duo of Gutze Gautschi and Danny Amsler. On the singles "Disco Nature" and "Get On Up", the duo merged their new wave background with disco and electro. When songwriter and vocalist Humphrey Robertson joined the group, they had their biggest success with "Disco Future" and released their second album, "Nightdreams", in 1985. Soon after, all of the three went into producing a large number of different projects. At the end of the nineties, Gautschi tried to revive Fresh Color. Enjoy now this four great NDW/Pop Love songs here, the a-side in german, the flip in english. Not Bad!

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MISFITS - Earth A.D./Wolfsblood 1983

Last Night I had a sleepless one, too much confusion, too many thoughts I can't handle so I choose a record which helps a lot. Can't tell why all this trouble's in my head but I'm always seemingly disillusioned, disappointed. I guess, I got a bang. Scheiß Drauf! So that's the reason I can't go to work today and you'll see what album I post now and it's superfluous to say something about this brilliant band. The Misfits are an American punk rock band often recognized as the progenitors of the horror punk subgenre, blending punk rock and other musical influences with horror film themes and imagery. Founded in 1977 in Lodi, New Jersey by singer and songwriter Glenn Danzig, the group had a fluctuating lineup during its first six years, with Danzig and bassist Jerry Only as the only consistent members. During this time they released several EPs and singles, and with Only's brother Doyle as guitarist, the albums Walk Among Us (1982) and Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood (1983), both considered touchstones of the early-1980s hardcore punk movement. The Misfits disbanded in 1983 and Danzig went on to form Samhain. I love them because this is the sound I like, short, rough, dirty and wild and I have all their records of the Danzig era. Earth A.D. is the second album and it's by far the hardest. Kiss were far as I know the first who paint itself, the Misfits make even partial and thus differ significantly from the others and it works, yeah! I have the German licensed edition of Aggressive RockProduktionen with silver labels.You can get more audio samples on kbdrecords, there are some of their early 7Inches. I must now eat something, I neglected too much. Enjoy the record!

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BOXHAMSTERS - Wir Kinder Aus Bullerbü 1988

Stayin' still in the 80s and travel to 1988. 1988 was a good year, I quit my job, my girlfriend was cheating me, I bought the third EA80 record and met the Boxhamsters. An album that accompanied me since its appearance, the debut record from the Boxis, released 1988 on the band's own label Bad Moon Records. No idea why but for some time this record always buzzing around in my head, so I search for it and ripped it now. And while listening to all the wonderful memories come back, the gig here in KOZ, the wild ride to the Oettinger Villa in Darmstadt, where they played with EA80 and I remember I was sittin' in the backstage room and eat all the delicious salmon sandwiches and talked with the Mönchengladbach guys. Oh yes, those were the good times! Today I'm no longer very mobile because I have a job who calls me and my driving license is in Flensburg on vacation. But back to the album. With their debut, the Boxhamsters have delivered a masterpiece of German punk rock, at that time D-punk was somehow asleep and there was not much new or interesting. With their schrammel bumpy sound and brilliant personel lyrics, which are far from heroic or flat, they managed the leap to the forefront and most of the songs still belong in their live repertoire. No wonder why, songs like "In Dieser Zeit", "Verwirrt", "WoStehtDieUhr" plus the instrumental "Calzone Und Seine Killer" still sound fresh and not antiquated. - In 1991, singer Co, Drummer Ulf and Junge from EA80 formed the side project Die Böse Hand and they released several singles with mostly cover versions and a CD with all previous publications (coming soon). So enjoy this great album with twelve (+ the bonus CD track) punk goodies from Gießen's finest.

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F.F.F. - Electric Violin Trash 1989

F.F.F. (short for Frieden, Feiän, Ficken) was a punk rock band from Bonn, founded in November 1983. The first appearance was on 18 February 1984, at a hippie party and ended with the fact that the longhairs grabbed their instruments and playing never-ending droning solis and improvisations and solos.... The first record came then in 1986 and has fout brilliant punk tunes and was limited to 1000 copies, called 'Arbeit Macht Dumm'. The sound is pretty hard and very direct and devastating out from the speakers. Most striking is certainly the violin. It's damn cool to hear in a noisy sound a violin and it's really crashing! Just to burst. There are more concerts to go and F.F.F. was now really there! They played several times in Italy (and elsewhere) and were good friends of UPSIDE, a combo from Milan. "Electric Violin Thrash" was then released in 1989 on Hyperactive Records. On 19th Februray 1994 shows the bands last appearance in Bonn at the BLA.

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PROBLEMS? - Katupoikia 1980

Lots of damn good releases came from the far north of Europe and the next goodie is the debut record by Problems? They are a Finnish punk band from Helsinki, built around Tumppi Varonen (vocals), Stefan Piesnack (guitars), Häkä (bass), Droppis (drums) and Rubberduck Jones (additional guitar on the live side) which for many years has played with punk pioneer Pelle Miljoona. The band was founded in the late 70s, inspired by Ramones and Sex Pistols and became popular with their first single "Ei Tää Lama Päähän Käy" (original on Love Records, in 2012 re-released) which is a fuckin' killer song. There's a lot of energy in their music and it's not easy for me to play this record quiet, haha... Particular mention is here the A Side is full of studio recordings while the B side were recorded live at Tavastia Club, Kill City in Summer 1979. I think this is one of the first LP's with this dichotomy, I like this idea because I'm a friend of live stuff. During certain periods, the group performed under the name Tumppi Varonen & Problems? and in 2011 they are more than alive and kicking, because this year they released a live album (Suora Lähetys) with bursting excitement. Let's revive the fresh young years again!

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ABRASIVE WHEELS - 7inch Collection 1981-1984

Back in Europe we visit Leeds and meet Abrasive Wheels and listen to their zippy forward punk rock. This file contains five 7inches and 'The Prisoner' 12'' with all artwork. Rapid music and my first touch was 'Burn Em' Down' from the Punk & Disorderly III compilation which is a damn classic. I like their kind of sound and this is exactly the stuff which stands high on my agenda (jaja, the glory old days....). They released two albums in the 80s and one in 2009 and are on massive comps. represent. Abrasive Wheels were Shonna Rzonca (vox), Dave Ryan (guitar), Harry Harrison (bass) and Nev Nevison (drums). More info in the file. That's it for now, I'm tired... good night!

- Big Thx to Fredrik -

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