TBC - Live EP 1981

TBC from Umeå began in 1974 as six men blues rock band but changed its style in 1976 when punk started coming. Members: Lars (drums), Lars-Göran Forsman (harmonica), Micke & Gunnar (guitars), Rune (bass) and Kenneth "Felt Meat" Berg (vox). At the start they cover UK punk classics from the Pistols and Clash but quickly wrote own songs. They toured a bit and 1979 the band was history. A first record Musik I Plast was released on Mjalthugg and in the same year this live EP followed. Five punky rock'N'roller in ten minutes.

- Special Thx to Fredrik -

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FLATSCH! - Sei Mal'n Bissi Lieb 1984

"Beer, Liquor, Äbbelwoi, Vodka, Gin always into the scrag rin" and yeah we are back in Frankfurt and the match yesterday was a fuckin' disaster, Kackladen.... anyway... with their fourth album, Flatsch! continued where they left off with their third album. Rock music with German lyrics, partly in the Hessian dialect and they are in the Rhein-Main area with its mix of comedy and Hessian rock very successful. Gerd Knebel, the singer of the band, has become nationally known as one half of the comedy duo Badesalz by the way. The band existed from 1979 until 1988. Here gets everyone on their caps, Michael Jackson, Adolf Hitler, ComputerFreaks, Eberhard, etc.. striking side blows and when you think longer about it you will love this combo. Live, they were also a pleasure. You notice how I already adore the boys, but as a Äppelwoi drinker, I can not help it. Oh yes, maybe soon more stuff from Flatsch! - So this is their really last good album which I can highly recommend.

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LES RATS - Tequila 1987

One more classic french stuff now: Les Rats were a punk rock band, originally members were Joss (guitars), Patrick (vocals/guitar), Jean-Michel (drums) & Laurent (bass) from Seine-Et-Marne. This Parisian group was in the 80s one of the leading French punk bands. The Rats were formed in 1983 at Montereau (Seine-Et-Marne), near Paris. Their rough punk rock sound marked the French 80's/90's punk scene. Originally started as quartet, the group will expand to five in 1987 after releasing their debut album Tequila: Lawrence "Rolo" joined the Rats as a second guitarist, while Lawrence (another bassist) left the band and leaves his bass to Mohamed "Momo". Patrice singer (also guitarist), will therefore not concentrate at singing. Very popular in the middle of alternative rock, they occur many times with bands like the Sheriff or Parabellum. Their songs are their words for describing a sarcastic daily bleak backdrop of suburban boredom and illegal products. Some of them have also written by Giant Verde, 413 Karbala singer, songwriter and occasional Parabellum. From the early 90s, the group began a shift toward fewer primary rock, more built, and abandoning some of their punk accents. The album Solicitation is particularly representative of this period, although their lyrics keep the same sarcastic vein. It is then that Momo left the band, replaced by Roland of Parabellum, then Fred. The band split in 1996 after a last concert at the Divan du Monde in Paris. A year earlier they had released their only album "Live From Prisa", containing most of the best known songs of the group. I added the first two singles "Violence" and "Tequila" in the file and I promise you this is superb stuff.

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SUDDEN IMPACT - No Rest From The Wicked 1985

A Longplayer that I have long ceased to be heard are this classic one from Toronto's Hardcore band Sudden Impact. Formed in 1984, they built a sizable following across eastern Canada and the neighboring states below. Their first and only full length is one of the best 80's crossover albums I know. The band impressed with their 'Into Your Face' attitude and a trashy sound so my ass can't sit still. Twelve glorious rawness & intensive tunes that brings the 80's back. After taking a hiatus in 1991, the band reformed in 1995 and continued playing through recent years. Reid English, guitarist was 47 when he passed away on December 7, 2010, he did all the artwork for the band including the cover here. Cause of death was not immediately released. This post includes the Freaked Out demo, a live gig from 1986 plus two rehearsal songs. Compilation featuring the band: It Came From The Pit. Let's enjoy sixty minutes of fresh air!

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ZERO POINT - Hooligans With Cheap Guitars 2006

Putting Denmark on the map with Zero Point, they were formed 1979 in Århus, but it all started a long time before that and is one of Denmark’s oldest and longest running Punk-Rock bands. The band was originally formed by Henrik Lund and Steen Thomsen and has been through several line-up changes since then. After releasing two EP's, a ten song tape and some compilation stuff, plus recorded some studio takes there never got a proper release and playin' more than 200 gigs (after that they lost count), among them gigs in England, Germany, Spain and Norway, the band called it a day and split in 1987. In 2002 Steen reformed the band and in the official program for 2002's “Holidays In The Sun” Festival in England they where voted among “THE BEST PUNK/Oi! BANDS IN THE WORLD EVER”!!! In 2003 they did their “comeback” gig at the Antifest in the Czech Republic in front of a 5000 + crowd. Since then they have played the Punk-Aid Festival 2004 in the U.K., the WASTED Festival 2005 in the Netherlands, done gigs with bands like The Toy Dolls, D.R.I. and been headlining their own 25 Years Anniversary gigs in Denmark (supported by very special guests: FOREIGN LEGION from the U.K.). This compilation contains all the 1979-1987 releases and recordings.

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V/A - Rough Mixes From Switzerland 10'' 1981

This compilation came out on the Hamburg label Konnekschen and was 1981 a real good record. It was very difficult to get some Swiss plates because they were published in small editions and the distribution was rather poor. So with this release the German punk community noticed that in the cozy alpine republic exists a few bands which are damn good and so more attention spilled accordingly to our neighbours. One mistake, Chaos were from Vorarlberg/Austria and they released together with The Sick a split EP on the famous swiss label Off Course Records, both tracks here, dirty '77 punk at its best. Followed by the Sick tracks which are also fuckin' cool, this EP rules and nowadays traded at prohibitive price. Side B kicks off with the Zurich punks Sperma and they released a few records on Another Swiss Label and their debut 12'' is complete on this record. Love their snotty sound and the dialect, original Schwizerdeitsch, beautiful and for me the best songs here. Last two tracks are from Rudolph's debut 7inch, tempo bit out but 'No Claim With Bluff & Swindle' is a hymn and maybe the most famous swiss punk song. You have now found here four rare 7inches and what remains to do now?

     

1.Day Douldt - CHAOS

2.Get Out Of My Pocket - CHAOS

3.It's Never Too Late - THE SICK

4.Switzerland - THE SICK

5.Guns Of Navarone - THE SICK

6.Radio - SPERMA

7.Schmier - SPERMA

8.No More Love - SPERMA

9.B.O.F.S. - RUDOLPH DIETRICH

10.No Claim With Bluff & Swindle - RUDOLPH DIETRICH

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V/A - British Underground 1977-1982

Subtitled as the Best of the UK Punk New Wave. Well, this lies in the eye of the beholder or? Anyway, this small flame is the first Volume of this Mini-Serie and this unofficial release was comin' out on Chaos Wrecords in 1982 and it's full with a decent mix of both music styles. I realize there are a lot of UK comps and this is of course for me great, I love the early UK sound and I'm always fascinate when I get a copy of a record which is brand new, even when I know the songs. Minus points for the loveless design, no inserts, no info. So check the following orange button for details. Was bleibt?, a decent platte with cool and varied stuff. But € 50,- I wouldn't pay for. Have fun with this, Aloha!!

1.Instant Tunes - XTC

2.Cold Beat - THE SOUND

3.Whatever Happened To The West? - ANOTHER PRETTY FACE

4.Adult/ery - THE SCARS

5.Where Were You? - THE MEKONS

6.Damaged Goods - GANG OF FOUR

7.The Missionary - JOSEF K.

8.Let's Submerge (Live 1977) - X-RAY SPEX

9.Drums Over London - DISCO ZOMBIES

10.Looking At You - THE CIGARETTES

11.Spend The Night Alone - FATAL CHARM

12.Firing Squad (Live 1979) - PENETRATION

13.Novelty (Live 1979) - JOY DIVISION

14.Blue Boy - ORANGE JUICE

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IDEAL - Bi Nuu 1982

What I have written about Kraut also applies to this fantastic band. All albums are real Sahnestücker and the first two I haven't not ripped (Oopss!) - The final studio album also shows that Ideal from Berlin are still a fantastic German punk band and that their first record was not the non-plus-ultra. Ideal was for me not a pure NDW band because they understand to put personal & socially critical lyrics in melodic, sometimes aggressive music. I would describe it maybe as 'Schlager', hahahaa... and fuckin' hell everytime I listen to their plates again their music loses none of its relevance and wakes a whole lot of memories. The brilliant live record Zugabe mentioned here again which shows the energy from the band live. Always a good choice & a real pleasure.

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KRAUT - An Adjustment To Society 1982

I can't get enough of awesome music and I know words like Killer or Classic I often use but folks, the following record is one of them without exaggeration. I remember, I download their Unemployed EP years ago on kbdrecords and I was entranced immediately. Clear that I immediately burned a compilation of great 7inches and these belonged to unseen. An Adjustment To Society is the debut record by Kraut on Cabbage Records and is packed with sixteen mid-tempo Punk jewels. Right from the start hit after hit and I have rarely enjoyed thirty minutes so much, believe me. Short info: Kraut was a New York City punk band formed in 1981 by original members Davy Gunner (vox), Doug Holland (guitar), Don Cowan (bass) and Johnny Feedback (drums). They released in their five years two EP's and three albums plus in 2004 "Live At CBGB'S" on New Red Archives. In 1986 the band broke up, Doug Holland went on to play for New York hardcore band the Cro-Mags. Here you will find a few reviews to this platte which fit excatly. And now: Listen!!

- Big Thx goes to Fredrik -

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ESKORBUTO - Eskizofrenia 1984

Now another classic record and I wanna quote a lots of info from the grandiose KillFromTheHeart page: Eskorbuto were among the most popular of the "Radical Basque Rock" movement, despite the fact that they were constantly fighting against those who defended the term. The band was born at the beginning of the 80s in the slums of the Margen Izquierda ("Left River Bank", Bilbao), they managed to become local legends before they even recorded anything. Their nihilistic attitude, the members' strong personality (especially Iosu's) and their catchy tunes, helped them gain many followers both in the Basque Country (Euskadi) and in the rest of Spain. Their first LP Eskizofrenia ("Schizophrenia") was surrounded by a lot of controversy (including arrests, censorship...), which in a way helped the band in increasing their popularity. Musically, the record is their fastest and probably their "freshest" one. It cannot be considered hardcore, but this album stands out among its contemporaries (more influenced by Oi) because of the anger and aggression of the vocals. Their following work was a split LP with RIP (which I think is the first ever Spanish split LP), in which both bands sound pretty similar and share clear political lyrics, even though you can see a strong Discharge influence on RIP.

A year later they released their second record, called Anti-Todo ("Anti-Everything"). The title was not meant to define the band's stance, but rather that of the whole society. Here the drumming is real (on Eskizofrenia they used a drum machine) and they worked much more on the songs; in fact, many regard this one as their best record. After releasing the Impuesto revolucionario live album("Revolutionary Tax"), and the Ya no kedan mas cojones Eskorbuto a las elecciones EP ("There are no more balls, Eskorbuto to the elections"), they released what was probably their most personal album, Los demenciales chicos acelerados ("Speedy Mad Guys").The combined songs on the record supposedly tell a story, creating what they call a "rock-opera", but to be honest, I don't think that even the band really understood the story's plot very well. But what this record does have is songs full of pessimism and unmatched hatred. Here there are no political ideas to defend and no typical street posing, this record just tries to show the dark side of life.After reading their lyrics, it's not hard to understand why two of them found their death through heroin (the biggest enemy of punk), leaving behind the illusions and energy that should be part of every band.

After this record, Eskorbuto's musical career goes steadily downhill, they managed to released two more records with Iosu and Jualma but they were far from the sincere anger discharged in their previous works. Their drummer, the original lineup's sole survivor, assembled other various musicians and kept releasing records under the name Skorbuto. A few months after going out this album, during the follow-up promotional tour, in March of 1992, Iosu leave the band again but health problems. After two months at the hospital, Iosu Expósito died in May 31 of that same year. Pako and Juanma reformed Eskorbuto with a new singer/guitarist Urko Igartiburu and continued working on a new album, but five months later, in October, Juanma pass away. Along with the band La Polla Records, Eskorbuto has been very influential in the Spanish punkrock.

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