CHIN CHIN - Stop! Your Crying 12'' 1986

Once more Chin-Chin, a Swiss girl wave/punk rock band from Biel/Switzerland, active from mid to late 80s and put out this last record on Farmer Records in 1986. Karin (guitar/vocals), Esther(bass/vocals) and Marie-Anne (drums/vocals), and at the time experience wasn't needed, it was the desire to play. Technical ability was a bonus, a hunger to perform a must. So, although Esther and Marie-Anne had experience as singers for local band Sophisticated Boom Boom, neither had actually played bass or drums respectively before. Similarly, while Karin had some training in classical acoustic guitar, she'd never been in a band or played electric guitar before. It was veteran Swiss punk-rock band SOZZ that gave the eager girls their first break, letting them practice in their rehearsal room and lending them guitars and drum kit until they could afford their own and in November 1983, Chin-Chin played their first gig at the AJZ/Coupole in Biel. Three smashing noisy power-pop-wave-punk songs here from this Swiss trio and its always a pleasure listen to it.

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TRIPPLE CRIPPLE - Rensar Stan EP 1981

Damn rare record by this four piece combo from Uppsala, they existed between 1980 - 1981 and members were Daniel (vox), Tomas (guitars), Bengt (bass) and Ola (drums). In their short lifetime, they have not worried much furore, the few gigs they played were exclusively in Uppsala and the surrounding area, nevertheless their EP is a real musical highlight with six wonderful '77 punk crashers, released on Quasimodo Records. First song I hear from the band was via the Killed By Death #50 compilation which is full with extremely rare swedish punk records from 1978-1982, an essential record and the song "Born To Fuck" is a real smasher. I would describe their sound as funny punk'N'roll, a nice folk sax instrumental in the middle, the rest is also strumming. Another song was used for the Powerpearls Vol.10 comp. and with "Ung & Grymm" on Svenska Tonårsgrupper Vol.3 one which is not here included. Fazit: Decent plate that is still good & fun.

- Many Thx to Fredrik -

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ZOUNDS - Go All The Way EP 2005

This band we always love listen to.... awesome melodies mixed brilliant lyrics and they released finally their second album 'The Redemption Of Zounds' in 2011 with tracks commenting on the USA's War on Terror. There are already six years ago since they released this EP with three tracks but the time was right for this. Zounds are an English anarchist band formed in 1977 from loose jamming sessions around the Reading area. Originally they were part of the cassette culture movement, releasing material on the Fuck Off Records label, and were also involved in the squatting and free festival scene. The name of the band is derived from the old English minced oath coined by William Shakespeare: "zounds", which is a contraction of "God's Wounds", referring to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ, formerly used as a mildly blasphemous oath. The band released their first album The Curse Of Zounds! on Rough Trade Records in 1981, recording and mixing the LP within five days. Since their early 1980s heyday, and despite endless offers to record a tour, Zounds have only ever played intermittently. So you can say what you want, Zounds is delicious and it's impossible not talk about them if you think of Punk from the UK. Get all their stuff you can find and check out their second album.

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COCKS IN STAINED SATIN - Vollsuff EP 1984

Debut EP on Clorex Records by this great Frankfurt rockers. A clutch of punk and thrash songs, raw, speedy and funny. Brilliant KBD stuff!! Bernd Hasenfus, drummer, and later DER DURSTIGE MANN died sadly in 2009. Therefore on 24/07/2009 was a "bernd memorial evening" in the Elfer Club here in Frankfurt, where well-known local heroes (COPY CATS, BORNHEIM BOMBS, DER DURSTIGE MANN and COCKS IN STAINED SATIN) gave honor to him, my ever beloved girl and I enjoyed this unforgetten charming evening. - Six songs, all cool!

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THE STEMS - Make You Mine 7” 1985

A little 7Inch from down under from The Stems, an alternative rock band formed in Perth in 1983. They were founded by Dom Mariani in late 1983. The Stems are heavily influenced by 1960s garage rock and 1970s power pop. The band initially broke up in August 1987 and reformed in 2003 releasing a new album in 2007. Although the group disbanded in October 2009, in April 2013 they performed preliminary their last shows at the Dig It Up! festival in Sydney and Melbourne. In their active time they released three albums and some singles, this here is the debut with two ordinary rock numbers in which side-a the better goodie is, released via Citadel Records. I'm still tired and tomorrow maybe more.

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DEADLOCK - Ambicja 1981

Puuhhhhh, what an exciting evening yesterday and I'm completely through, wanted nothing post today but now I'm sitting here and listen to this record by polish Deadlock, founded 1979 in Gdansk by guitarist Macieja "Brunet" Wiliński, bassist "Kołacz" (which soon exchanged Jacek "Fidel" Tobias), drummer Jacek "Luther" Lenartowicza and vocalist Bogdan "Plexi" Rzeźniczak. The club "Medic" organized early 80s many concerts and Deadlock had their appearance there, among others. After some line-up changes the band moved to Warsaw and recorded the songs for Ambicja, released by the French label Blitzkrieg Records in the same year. They had again some line-up changes, played gigs, made songs for compilations (Best Perfumes Of The Revolution) and in 1983 the band broke up. In 1985, Brunet committed suicide by jumping out of a window in Gdansk and in 2004 died drummer Jacek. Here are now eight charming songs in a nice rehearsal room character... and I lay myself in bed again.. puhhhhh!

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CRISIS - @ Surrey University 10.05.1980

So, dear ones. I soon leaving home for my friends to see the German team against Italy later and I have to buy some grill food and Äppler for a nice BBQ. I'm already a little drunk and linger one more bit in bed. Now to Crisis and this is a live recording from their final gig and was transfer via tape, so the recordings are not in CD quality but acceptable. Crisis started out in the late 70s with the rise of the British hardcore punk movement. They were at the forefront of the political take on punk, all of their songs being about the state of the UK and its government and anti Nazism (which will get interesting). They release several singles which all great in my opinion and one album which is rather mediocre. Anyway, here are pure twelve rough goodies showing how great they were. After Crisis, bands Death In June, Sol Invictus and others came from the wreckage.

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THE LAST WORDS - s/t LP 1980

This nugget is a damn highlight on vinyl in my opinion, the only full length by the Last Words - an early punk band from Sydney/Australia - which was released via Armageddon records. They played + recorded in Sydney and London from 1977 to 1980. The band comprised Malcolm Baxter (vocals), Andy Groome (guitar), Leigh Kendall (bass) and John Gunn (drums). The band's first single, 'Animal World' had a cult following. The band were among the first who experiment with dub music, recording with Adrian Sherwood in 1980. Discover thirteen excellent mid-tempo punk tunes with dirty guitars, clean voice, simple chords and in an reasonable length and so should punk sounding, it must not always fast & aggressive... the absolute killer track at the end of the record is the circa nine minute cover of Jefferson Airplane's 'White Rabbit', simply delicious, you must listen to this... Perhaps to mention: In 1979 Kendall played guitar on the Punks Are The Old Farts Of Today EP (Rock-O-Rama Records RRR 001) by German punx Vomit Visions (could post it if anyone is interested) beginning a series of collaborations between members of the two bands... real obliquely! Well, enough useless words. Interesting: a retrospective album called The Last Words 1977-1980 was released in 2007 on Retro Records.

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STENGTE DØRER - Hver Dag Er En Perfekt Dag 1989

In 1988 the band released their great debut album Sangen Om Vår Vidunderlige Verden on the German label Double A Records and then they went on tour in Germany and Belgium. After the so-called "Blitz-Route" the band recorded their second album "Every Day Is A Perfect Day" which was released again on Double A and includes a printed booklet with lyrics in Norwegian, English and German. I call it a good idea. Stengte Dører is Hardcore/Punk from Oslo, all fourteen songs, similar with their debut record, dominated by fat guitars with slightly metallic elements, an excellent and varied drummer, pretty bass-lines and a singer who express his feelings clearly with a rough and "drunken" voice. An absolute hammer platte and by the way; the production is a little more clearly than on their first vinyl. In 1992 Stengte Dører leave the stage with their last EP "Siste Reis". Farewell!!!

- Special Thx to Fredrik -

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TOM PETTINGS HERTZATTACKEN - s/t LP 1982

Start July with Tom Pettings Hertzattacken, an Austrian rock band were founded in 1980 by Eberhard Forcher and in 1983 they land an Austropo hit with "Bis Zum Himalaya". Shortly after its founding, the band had their first gig in Amerlinghaus/Vienna. In June 1980 the band has with 'Tonight' a goodie on the Donaustrand EP compilation and the following year with 'Radio Radio' on the compilation Wienmusikk from the Schallter label. The band toured Austria and Bavaria, released a few 7inches and 1982 their s/t debut album, again at Schallter Records which was recorded at Gorilla Studio/Wien in October 1981. Their sound is a typical mix of NDW pop with a dash of punk rock what is especially reflected in the lyrics (you know the wonderful melancholic Austrian language???). And that's what makes the platte!!!!  Thirty-Seven minutes shallow pop: cozy, fluffy and with 'Deine Augen' a real blast on it. Cool record in any form. In 1985 the band broke up after the release of the album "Echo Der Liebe" under the name Tom Petting & Die Silhouetten.

- Special Thx to Reinhard -

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