THE NAMES - Too Cool To Dance EP 1980

Awesome powerpop 7inch by this three piece combo from Herne Bay in Kent, members: John (guitar + vox), Steve (bass + vox) and Russell (drums). They released this cool three song killer EP only in Germany on GeeBeeDee records. No other vinyl is known to exist except two tracks on the First Offenders compilation on Criminal Records. Why is this so?, I don't know because this little piece of vinyl is a damn catchy one, brisk mid-tempo powerpop mixed with a decent pinch of punk and the guitars cut out everything. I guess the labels have slept here extremely to take this band under contract and give them more options - Idiots!!! The power they had, and even after more than 30 years, the songs sound fresh and put some other band easy in the pocket. Pflichtdownload!

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SCUM - 1984 EP

Formed in Munich (Pasenbach) 1980 and this is their first self-released EP with six classic punk songs of the first hour. Munich had next to Berlin, Hamburg & Frankfurt a very active and colorful scene. Such bands as ZSD, Marionetz, A+P, Crowds or Tollwut, to name a few, show that in this stuffy city the underground was active and there were at time many great gigs. This little record confirms that and Scum handle their instruments very well. Very nice old boys punk.

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ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE - Woman 7'' 1980

It's loud, it's obnoxious, it's obscene... It's the League! Formed 1979 after a disastrous party in Kent, the Anti-Nowhere League played their first gig as three piece at the 1980 Chaos Show at St Mark's Hall, Tunbridge Wells on 31 March, 1980. They released in their active years a lot of brilliant records and they are constant in the British punk scene. Their songs are catchy, sometimes downright funny and what I particularly appreciate is their provocative nature against society, the press or the British etiqutte which they engage in their brilliant lyrics again and again. That's Punk! - Side A comes with the tender ballad Woman while the flip has the hymn Rocker to offer. This is their third 7inch and was released by WXYZ Records.

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PERVERTS - Ronka EP 1979 + Nevergreens EP 1980

Active from 1978-1980 were this Gothenburg combo called Perverts. They released two awesome 7 inches on Dolores Records. Some info I found from the cool SwedishPunk site: "Lasse Dolores (bass) is probably the most important person for the Gothenburg punkscene. He was the one who imported the first singles to his magazine store "Dolores". So one day he found himself in a punkband: Perverts. The name was taken after a politican who said that "punks are perverted". Legendary BBC-DJ John Peel played their single "Ronka" (with Wadling on the one tone solo) who has to be one the most, if not THE MOST, classic punksongs ever in Sweden. Freddie Wadling (guitar) had a major role in the Gothenburg music scene and played in several bands, for example Cortex, Rukorna, Blue for Two (electro music), Lädernunnan (The Leather Nun) and The Mobile Whorehouse. Christer Blomgren (voice) today plays in Troublemakers." They featured on various compilations. Excellent KBD stuff!!!!

- Big Thx to Fredrik -

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NIGHTMARE - s/t EP 1988

Nightmare was a hardcore punk band from Osaka, Japan and were founded in 1987. At that time the punk/hardcore/thrash scene explodes and there are heaps of bands around like Nightmare (Effigy, S.O.B. etc...) which start to play music; Check this little Nightmare discography for more records - Their sound based on traditional Japanese Hardcore with tones of heaviness. Unstoppable, no slow all go, just plain hardcore punk sound with no fills to make you bored, seven goodies on Selfish Records. Maybe a bit too crusty for most people but this first EP is worth checking out nonetheless.

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ZYNTHSLAKT & THE PAST - 7 Låtars EP 1983

This rare split EP has to bands from Köping on it and their sound is clearly at home in catchy dirty fast punkrock.

Zynthslakt (Swedish for synth slaughter) was a band that started around 1982. Mikael Thörngren, who played drums, was impressed by the energy of bands like the Clash and the UK SUBS. Together with Per Granberg's twin brother John (guitar in Charta 77) Zynthslakt were born. Because it was expensive to make records, explored other bands to share the cost with. Result was the split single with N.O.S. The band released another split EP called 7 Låtars with with The Past. They played a lot outside Norrköping, Mikael remember once in Västerås they liked the band that just played on stage was so bad that they took over the instruments. But it did not get better because everyone was a little too round underfoot. In Kolsva they would play along with Kent Impotent. No one knows exactly what happened, but Zynthslakt never played. According to "Goofy" was the band members had to go home to Köping the evening. The album 'Spraya På En Vägg' came out 1984 on Rosa Honung Records. That same year the band folded. A posthumous EP 'Hit Med Stålarna' saw the light of the day in 1986 containing all the Zynthslakt tracks from the split singles. The track 'En Stad, En Bomb' was contributed to the 1983 cassette compilation 'Bara En Dröm'. 1993 Rosa Honung released another sampler containing the songs 'Religion Blood' and 'Land Of War'. The fact that some members were in the army, disbanded around 84-85. Then started the band J. Hex and the Scarecrows, which did not have much in common with Zynthslakt and its punk.

The Past started by the turn of the year 80-81 and consists of on Roger Andersson (drums), Pelle Hedblom (bass) and Linus Linder (guitars). Everybody was singing just to not hear who sung most false. Later Linus got to take over most of the singings. They started to play covers jut to learn how to play. Because no one in the band know how to take one single chord in the beginning. As fast as they got ready they started to write own songs with influences from bands like S.L.F., Sham 69, Sex Pistols a.o. 1983 they recorded their first record which was splitted with Zynthslakt, also a band from Köping. It was a 7-song EP sold in 1000 copies. Then they struggled on to get money to record a 7” which was supposed to be released on Birdskit, but the sound was damn bad so it was never released, but Birdskit sponsered them to record a MLP “In The Future With The Past” 1987, the single got to be included as a bonus with the first outgoings. Then they contibuted on “Swedish Stand” a compilation from the Indie labels in 1990. The Past still exists...

Great stuff from both which makes you hungry for more. ENJOY!!

- Special Thx to Fredrik -

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V/A - Busted At The Lit Club: Shielded By Death #2000

This nice compilation includes rare and unreleased material from US East Coast bands from the years 1977-85. This ranges from punk rock to pop punk to early hardcore. Very varied and with some hits from each division. Released by the best German label, in my opinion, Incognito Records. Nice Stuff.

1.Red Lady/S Friend - THE STERICS

2.No Ambitions - THE REDUCERS

3.Get Out Of Dallas - MALARIANS

4.Mind Loot - JACK TRAGIC & THE UNFORTUNATES

5.Problems With Sects - PAJAMA SLAVE DANCERS

6.A Job A Car A Wife - CHRONIC DISORDER

7.Respect - BROKEN HEARTS

8.KGB - DA STUPIDS

9.Lose Some Weight - FOREIGN OBJECTS

10.Your Nasty - DESTROY THE BAND

11.Victims - WHITE PIGS

12.Myuns - M80'S

13.Losing Battle - BURGEOUIS DISEASE

14.How I Feel About You? - THE NOT QUITE

15.Fight For Your Life - JACK TRAGIC & THE UNFORTUNATES

16.Defreeze Walt Disney - PAJAMA SLAVE DANCERS

17.Ex Communique - DA STUPIDS

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DUESENJAEGER & COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON - Split 7'' 2014

Circa 23:00 Uhr dann nach Klotzs die vierte Band des Abends, Duesenjaeger aus Osnabrück. Der Raum war anständig gefüllt, geschätzte 150 Besucher, und als die vier Herren mit den ersten Ton eines Songs ihres ersten Albums Las Palmas O.K. loslegten zündete der Funke und die Menge kam sofort in Bewegung. Unglaublich heiß war es drinnen während es draußen schiffte und die Band einen Hit nach dem anderen spielte, der Mob sang kräftig dazu und es wurde gepogt ohne Streß. Ich ließ mir das 'Wulle' schmecken und genoß die Musik ebenso wie alle Anwesenden. Drei Zugaben und nach gut einer Stunde war Schluß. Ein langer angenehmer Konzertabend mit drei guten Bands und einer Überflüssigen deren Name ich vergessen hab'. Hier ihre letzte Platte zusammen mit Countdown To Armageddon auf Grabeland Schallfolien/Aborted Society Records. Bin gespannt auf ein neues Album welches vielleicht dieses Jahr erscheint.

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KLOTZS - .com 2005

Nice evening yesterday in Wiesbaden with my Friends from Klotzs, a band you're all waitin' for: 1, 2, 3, 4 Punkrock! Yes, that's Klotzs from Siegen, formed 1997 and they have released over the course of their existence a lot of singles, EP's, two full length albums, one 10'' and this megarare CD. How many of them were pressed is beyond my knowledge. Klotzs are absolutely D.I.Y. and come up with always something new, for example: the Angang EP has a wallpaper cover, the Schnür EP was corded with shoelaces, mostly in coloured vinyl and limited. Like EA80, they do their own thing and that's one more reason for me to buy their stuff. This Silberling comes from the presentation very chic and the CD here is a smaller three Inch one in a therefore specially manufactured packaging made of cardboard, of course with a few notes and lyrics and strictly limited. I'm sure they is sold out quickly. - At this point, my special thanks to iNgo for the great scans, Prost!!! - A few words to their sound. They make emotional noise punk, which is mostly fast, loud and agressive. Like a slap in the face. Inbetween then oscillates slightly a melancholy mood, which mainly through the voice of the singer and the thoughtful texts is generated. Try a sound clip on their MySpace site and maybe you get a stimulation or visit them at home. B.t.w., they toured a lot with EA80 and if you have the chance to watch both togehter you'd be a fool to miss this gig. One, Two, Three, Four...Punkrock!

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CIRCLE JERKS - Live @ Fabrik/Hamburg 02.12.1987

Start today with a tape which I bought in Hamburg at a gig in 1990 I think. During my community service in Lüneburg I visit the second largest city in Germany because there was the action. The Fabrik is a cool location in Altona and I recommend you should have to go for a gig or something like that. A lot of good bands I saw there, Razzia, Dackelblut, Slime, etc... acute acoustic and always an excellent atmosphere. I think these recordings underline that a litte and let yourselves carry away. The Circle Jerks are one of my favourite US punk bands, always energetic and wild on stage. The sound quality is quite good and with over thirty-three songs, a decent mix of old classics and new songs, full with power and fun, ca. eighty minutes. Today Mr.Keith Morris toured with OFF! and you should stick your head in the sand if you didn't known. So I hope you like this post, was a small marathon for me (tape rippin' is truly a long mission).

Wönderful/High Price On Our Heads/Beat Me Senseless/Behind The Door/Back Against The Wall/Casualty Vampire/All Wound Up/Making The Bombs/Operation/Letter Bomb/In Your Eyes/Living/Killing For Jesus/When The Shit Hits The Fan/Deny Everything/Mrs.Jones/Wild In The Streets/Coup D'Etat/The Crowd/Tell Me Why/World Up My Ass/I,I & I/Nervous Breakdown/Fortunate Son/15 Minutes/Love Kills/Just Like Me/Put A Little Love In Your Heart/Wasted/I Just Want Some Skank/Beverly Hills/Red Tape/Don't Care/Paid Vacation/Golden Shower Of Hits/I Don't

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