STARSHOOTER - Mode 1979

Last for today and we stay in the 70s and visit France and meet Starshooter, started as a punk band in Lyon under the name "Les Scooters". They signed with a major in 1977, exceptional point for a french rock band. The first album was welcomed by radio stations (there was only 4 large band frequencies stations at this time, free FM radio stations didn't exist yet). On the two following LPs, Starshooter's powerful and catchy pop songs gave a general feeling of optimism. Proof of this is their second album, out on Pathé Records, with ten goodies. Now it's time to leave my safe home and say Hello! to the fuckin' cruel world and talk with useless people.

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V/A - Raw Deal! 1977

Still in a good mood this morning I continue with this cute black round nice one early UK punk stuff on Raw Records: "Twelve "Punk" tracks pressed from the Raw Tapes recorded in the last year. All bar one previously unissued. Recorded at Spaceward Studios, except track A4 recorded live. Produced for "Wall of Noise" Productions. Dedicated to all small labels, who are in it for the fun and glory, not just for the money." Fantastic kbd sounds without failure, twelve songs in twenty-eight minutes. Punk77 says: "Barring the first Roxy live album this compilation just reeks of Punk rock snottiness, teen angst dreams and burning bright bands caught in an explosion of rawness and innocence before the business and new trends changed or killed them off. No band here made more than 2 singles; in fact only two of them even made singles!...."

A Must Have!!!

1.I'm In Love With Today - THE USERS

2.I Don't Need You - ACME SEWAGE CO.

3.Millionaire - THE G.T.'S

4.Louie, Louie - THE BLOODCLOTS

5.Bondage Boy - SICK THINGS

6.Soul Train - PSYCHO'S

7.Kids On The Street - SICK THINGS

8.At Night - THE KILLJOYS

9.Young British & White - PSYCHO'S

10.I Can See You - ACME SEWAGE CO.

11.Move On - THE G.T.'S

12.Get Ready - ZHAIN

- Special Thx to Fredrik -

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POINTED STICKS - The Real Thing 7'' 1979

The Pointed Sticks are a Canadian punk rock band from the north of Vancouver and they were active from 1978 to 1981, reunited in 2006 to perform a few gigs and have remained together since then. They were the first Canadian band signed to Stiff Records, although the label was going through financial problems and never released an album by the band. The band are known for their fast melodic pop music and liberal use of harmony singing by all five members, also for unusual graphic images that acted as counterpoint to the music. So this is their 3rd on Quintessence Records and the flip is the better one. Anyway, I enjoy them.

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CHAIN REACTION - Gabbie EP 1985

Chain Reaction was a group formed in 1982 in Bari and after some changes & some concerts the formation is stabilized with the arrival of Nicola De Marinis (guitar) & Guido De Stisi (drums). Between 1983 and 1984 they toured in many Italian cities, with the Youth Brigade for example, proposing nice hardcore beat and it was extremely successful; kollettivo in assets that had been created in the city, the group members were among the occupants of the space called 'Giungla' and unfortunately their only output is this record in 1985, released by Belfagor Records that contains six really angry pieces, voice screamed and fast-paced and relentless. The band disbanded in 1985.

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THE VOPO'S - s/t EP 1980

Classic up-tempo ’77 punk wrapped in four brilliant nuggets. This is the first record (Redlux Records) of the Vopo's which was founded in Zwolle/Netherlands during 1978 and striking here is consistently the raw voice of the singer. Otherwise the songs are kept short and strum well. For me, a wonderful gem!!! Here's a short review: "Classical punk from Holland. The vocals are nice and rough, but the guitar is too clean to scrape the wax out of your ears. Not as good as their well-rounded Dead Entertainment LP." - Jeff Bale (Maximum Rock'n'Roll #2, Sep./Oct.1982) Well, I have their album and I can't confirm what Jeff criticized here because the guitars are absolutely cool. Anyway, this piece of vinyl is hard to get and that's why it's posted in this theater. They are featured on different samplers and the most important is in my opinion the 1997 bootleg Feel Lucky Skunk?! compilation. Grab and enjoy!!!

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AQUI D'EL ROCK - Há Que Violentar O Sistema 7'' 1978 + s/t 7'' 1979

The Portuguese punk rock killer band Aqui D'el Rock started in 1977. Their first gig was in 1978 at a rock festival in Lisbon, and unsurprisingly the press described their sound as "chaotic noise". At the time, only the Swedish band LEATHER NUN had a similar sound composed of grating guitars, a fat bass, extremely punchy drums and menacing vocals. In July 1978, they opened for EDDIE & THE HOT RODS in Lisbon and released their first single; in 1979, their second single came out. "Ha Que Violentar O Sistema" was also part on the Killed By Death #41 compilation. The highlight of their sound is the guitar, which is distinct on each single and best on the second one, where it is fuzzy, fulminant, and aggressive. Check Shit-Fi for more infos and reviews about this amazing combo from south Europe.

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BRÜLBÅYZ - Dödens Apostlar EP 1980

One more rare Killed By Death Stuff from Sweden. Brülbåjz with Michael Olsson on drums, Peo Ericsson on guitar, Stefan "Taggen" Johansson on vocals & Mikael Weinestad on guitar. All "true" punks. They did only one show in Falun, sometime in August 79, before breaking up. In January, Brülbåjz reformed but this time with Chips on bass, Peo on guitar, Stefan "Taggen" Johansson on vocals and Tomas Olsson on drums. Tomas had never played drums when he joined the band, but he had the right haircut and attitude. Brülbåjz played no covers, just original songs (all in Swedish). The band was actually called Brülbåjz (LLR), LLR means "Legoland Rockers" which was their first name for a couple of days but no one ever said the LLR part. In late autumn 1980 the band went to Stockholm to record their only EP with three snotty Killer punk tracks. 500 copies of the single was released on the band's own label, Prylén Records. The first 200 copies came with hand-painted letters on the front, some also came with an insert. The song 'EAP' have now been released on several compilations with rare punk tracks all over the world, and the single is quite expensive today. The photo of the burning mannequin on the sleeve was taken outside Bokassa Brothers rehearsal place. The house would later become Sator Codex rehearsal place. In December, the band broke up again, after not even one year together. The main reason for the break-up was the same old "musical differences".

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VON GAM - Ung & Söt (Demo) 1981

Last one today is a rare tape from a band which came from Hovmantorp and I would like to use some info from Sobriquet Magazine: "With the exception of 1981's Ung & Söt, a 7 song cassette that was limited to two hundred copies and a pair of compilation appearances ("Mode" can be found on Bloodstains Across Sweden #3 and both "Hasse Parasit" and "Mode" appear on Killed By Death #41), Von Gam's recorded output is limited to this little artifact. Although Von Gam's lineup for most of the band's 100+ shows consisted of Anders Karlsson on guitar, Bo Lindberg on bass, and Jan Vestergren on drums and vocals, Per Åke "Sticky Bomb" Holmberg (better known in punk circles as the drummer for Kriminella Gitarrer) appears on the recording as a backing vocalist. Holmberg's sonic signature is perhaps most noticeable, however, in the considerable amount of reverb he added to the disk during the mixing process. The band play a driving, mid-tempo rhythm sound and gritty vocals. A pretty solid bit of straight-forward (and totally danceable) 77-style punk. Well worth a listen." The bands only release Hasse Parasit came out in 1980 in an edition of only 500 copies is one of the rarest and most sought after Swedish punk records. Von Gam is cool and always welcome.

- Big Thx to Fredrik -

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CAMBOUIS - J'attends Qu'elle Ait Ses 15 Ans 7'' 1978

The weather is still shit, rain rain rain and seven degrees. Time to sit here and post more rare stuff. Next to come is a good ass kickin' record by this early punk band from the Bretagne and they released their only record with two awesome '77 trashers on Animusic. Cambouis were founded by Marcel (bass), Jérôme (drums), Jean-Luc (guitar), Philippe (guitar) and Albert (vox). Since there was not much goin' on in Brittany at the end of the 70s, the five men decided to form a band and change this. After copious orgies in the practice room they decided to shock the well-behaved citizens and play a few gigs in their home area. Impressed by their performance the band earned a record deal and went into a barn and chose from over thirty songs these two missiles for the 7inch. The single was a worldwide success and brought the band fame and lots of money. Unfortunately so much that they had no desire to publish more. Why too?  Finally, they had safe hands and posterity gave a great work. And if they are not dead they live today at all the beautiful places in the world.

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NILP - Gift EP 1982

Here we have now a funny band from Zurich called Nilp, four songs that remind me a little bit of the NDW age in the early 80' but it sounds more punk with partially a nice Bontempi organ. Sung in beautiful charming "schwizerdeutsch" dialect. Is good at a party. That's all I have to say from the Alpfront. One more goodie on the famous Definitiv Zurich compilation - Enjoy!

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