GENETIKS - @ Waggon/Offenbach 15.11.2012

Every year comes not only the Christ child. No!, but also the fabulous Genetiks from Nuremberg. And since this is so, one must in the best location in the Rhine-Main area is in my calendar every year. On November 15, 2012 a joyous evening was announced in the Waggon (Offenbach) again because the German wave-punks from Franconia played the last gig of their successful "Mommy, Can I Go Out & Tour Tonight?" Tour. In a good Misfits tradition the four boarded the stage and ensured with their enthusiasm and charm for warm temperatures at every visitor (I remember it was a damn cold autumn evening). The song selection provided an excellent cross-section of their three albums and the sound was pretty loud and sometimes chaotic. The cozy Waggon atmosphere is magic. It's as when the concert is in your own living room and at any moment could be the neighbor with the cops at the door and they get puked in the face, as always. And this great feeling is what distinguishes the Waggon and I like being there. A true gem of our subculture. I think for every band which play there is this something special and the recordings here confirm this. The Genetiks played a fantastic concert and gave us once again a memorable evening. The sound qualitiy is again superb and an impulsive 80s punk rock with electric elements from 2011 is posted here. Let the band know what you think and get in touch: Genetiks or MySpace or fakebook. If your band like to play in the Waggon too or you're wanna enjoy a nice evening then visit the Blog or MySpace. Appendix: I'm not quite sure but I think the band has dissolved... would be a pity. Now for me this exceptional evening a beautiful and unforgettable memory, Fuck God!

Intro/Punx Not Dead/Prager Fenstersturz/Rom/Held/Affenliebe/Jeden Tag Kuchen/1946/Hexenjagd/Kein Gott/Keine Neue Heimat/Ceaucesku/Zombie Aus Rust/Zwei Schritte/Nachts In Deutschland/Natürlich/Astronaut/Du Kämpfst/P.N.T.

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EPPU NORMAALI - Maximum Jee&Jee 1979

One of the oldest bands and still active is Eppu Normaali from Ylöjärvi, near Tampere. The members of the original band were Juha Torvinen (guitar), Mikko Saarela (bass), Aku Syrjä (drums), and brothers Martti Syrjä (vocals) and Mikko "Pantse" Syrjä (guitar), [the brothers are the sons of accomplished writers Kirsi Kunnas and Jaakko Syrjä]. In 1979, bassist Mikko Saarela left the band, and Mikko Nevalainen played bass in Eppu Normaali until 1989. The band released a lot of 7inches and albums and with their pop-punk sound they have a lot of fans worldwide, no wonder. A bit influenced by the Ramones, how many finnish punk bands, but soon their found their own style and distance themselves clearly from those in my opinion. They initially released albums in a punk pop style that gained favourable reviews, but the band did not gain mainstream acceptance until 1984 with what had evolved into a more AOR-oriented music style. So this is the second album with twelve superb pop-punk numbers, released via Poko Records.

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V/A - Spaniard Punk Olé! 1983

Unofficial reissue of the "Spaniard Punk Olé!" compilation tape from 1983 pressed on two records and released 2011 by Producciones Magnetofónicas Piratas. Eleven bands, thirty-one tracks, a solid mix of punk and hardcore in typical Spanish style as we love it all. The sound quality is somewhat precarious and was diluted 1:1 into the wax. Unfortunately no further informations enclosed but for such a chic collection not so tragic in my opinion. After all, the original tape cover is inside. Grab it!

1.Yo Les Mando A La Mierda - VULPESS

2.Inkisición - VULPESS

3.Anarquía En TV - VULPESS

4.Dios Se Salve A Sí Mismo - FAMILIA REAL

5.Cambio De Personalidad - FAMILIA REAL

6.Aquí Está El IV Reich - CONSERVANTES ADULTERADOS

7.¿Cuánto Tiempo Hemos De Aguantar? - IV REICH

8.La Masacre Continúa - IV REICH

9.No Más Sueños Estúpidos - IV REICH

10.No Al Ejército - IV REICH

11.El Bobo Eres Tú - RADIO OCÉANO

12.We're Attack - ATTAK

13.Anarquía En El Sistema - ATTAK

14.No More Dictate - ATTAK

15.Sin Título - ATTAK

16.Died - ATTAK

17.Asesinos De Ciudad - ATTAK

18.¿Sólo Es Una Moda? - ATTAK

19.We're Attack - ATTAK

20.El Pistolón - LOS NIÑATOS

21.El Escapulario - EL FRENTE IDIOTA

22.Círculo Vicioso - SLIP & SPERMA

23.Un Porvenir Oscuro - ALMA Y LOS CADÁVERES

24.5 Días En Egipto - ALMA Y LOS CADÁVERES

25.Suicidio Colectivo - ALMA Y LOS CADÁVERES

26.Estoy Hasta Las Tetas - ALMA Y LOS CADÁVERES

27.Confidencias Con Nutrexpa - ALMA Y LOS CADÁVERES

28.Viva La Superpoblación - ALMA Y LOS CADÁVERES

29.Luisa - LOS INTESTINOS

30.Rre - LOS INTESTINOS

31.Trapero - LOS INTESTINOS

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PSYCHED UP JANIS - @ Roskilde 05.07.2014

Well, let's come to a very fuckin' special one and I promise: if you love this combo or you only know the Raveonettes then you will be amazed! Psyched Up Janis, my favourite danish band were surprisingly invited to the Roskilde Festival 2014 and with what they come across is just excellent. Nineteen powerful jewels which shows a very good overview of their albums plus rare B-side tracks of their 7inches, for me an absolute blast. All three gents in a top playin' mood and the sound is bombastic. I've banned this immediately on CD and it runs at full volume almost every day. This is music as I like, melodic, hard/soft, audible anytime and lyrics which rarely heard nowadays. Yeah, this is great stuff and this is cool and I regret to experience them not live. Thx to those who recorded and shoot the cool pictures which decorates the artwork, of course done by myself, and if you guess where I shoot the front cover then I will send you prompt a copy of this damn killer.

 I Died In My Teens/Vanity/Evil Beauty/Where The Lights Won't ShineEverything's A Blast/Modest Us/Strange Pier/Chandelier/Shoot The Breeze/New Five/Swirl Like You/Hopefully/Girls/Subsonic Why/I Think You Suck/Fragments/The Stars Are Out/Special One/Shudder

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EA80 - Licht! + 7'' 1989

Licht! is the fourth studio album by Germans primary punk band EA80 and is faster and rougher as other publications. When this came out I remember at that time I did my community service in Lüneburg and I bought the record somewhere in Hamburg. And I was so eager listen to the album and of course I had no record player there so I must wait two weeks to finally drive home and enjoy this fantastic piece of vinyl. That was a bloody torture I can tell you.... and then after the first listen I was completely blow away, "Wham!" and without exaggeration, the songs on this record are the best I have ever heard, not to top the optimal implementation of the lyrics (about love/sadness/confusion/desperation and reboot) played lyrically wonderful with the music. Their fourth album is for me one of the best punk records ever and has put many times my feet again on the ground in some dark stages of life. Notice: this album was released with a 7'' so don't buy without it. EA80 are and stay uncommercial and document the D.I.Y. spirit in an exemplary manner. Visit Heinrich's Einwegwelt blog for more rare studio, live and compilation material or use the search option in the top left! Unequalled until today.

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V/A - Red Snerts 1981

Puhh, yesterday I was very drunk and for a good two hours, I'm fit. Well, the weather is sunny and the beer tastes great so what the fuck? Find this classic compilation this morning and it was the right choice to start the day. Gulcher Records released this Goodie and it's full with amazing bands/songs, to that a liquid breakfast and then into the outside world with the sound of Gulcher. My favorites: Gizmos, Jetsons and Zero Boys. Enjoy!

1.Designer Genes - AMOEBAS IN CHAOS

2.The Midwest Can Be Allright - THE GIZMOS

3.Drugs Are For Thugs - THE PANICS

4.I Bet Not - THE JETSONS

5.Mister Science - MR.SCIENCE

6.Peer Pressure - THE DEFEKTS

7.Banging Your Head - A. SAX

8.Indianapolis - E-IN BRINO

9.30 Second Affair - PHIL HUNDLEY

10.New Generation - ZERO BOYS

11.Ladies With Appliances - DOW JONES & THE INDUSTRIALS

12.Pink Lincoln - POST RAISIN BAND

13.Diddy Wah Diddy - LAST FOUR (4) DIGITS

14.Right & Wrong - FREDDY & THE FRUITLOOPS

15.Out And Down - BAY ROOT

16.Broken Windows - THE DANCING CIGARETTES

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V/A - Back To Front Vol.3 1993

So that you do not fall asleep after my Swiss post let's go back to front now with nineteen artillery shells from around the world, again released via Incognito Records, thousand hand numbered copies and as snappy as a Killed By Death compilation. Rare punkrock 1977-1982 and I recommend you to search for the original 7Inches here (especially worth the Godhead one) in this Blog or elsewhere. Excellent record, Volume 2 also essential. Did I forget something?

1.Treat Me Like A Doll - GOD'S HEART ATTACK

2.Day Doult - CHAOS

3.Out Of Order - THE SEIZE

4.Just Like Your Mom - VOX POP

5.Industriemädchen - S.Y.P.H.

6.Next Time I'll Beat Björn Borg - RUDE KIDS

7.Here Comes The Night - RIVALS

8.Nothin' To Lose - RED ROCKERS

9.Think For Yourself - SCHOOLGIRL BITCH

10.I Never Thought I'd Find Someone Who Could Be So Kind - MANIKINS

11.New Lottery - GODHEAD

12.Where Is The New Wave? - THE CYBERMEN

13.Profit - EBBA GRÖN

14.Pistol - FRICTION

15.Kill Me I'm Rotten - LUCHS BROTHERS

16.The Beat Is Back - THE FIRST STEPS

17.Going Out With The In-Crowd - MANIC DEPRESSIVES

18.Cigarettes & Alcohol - LEFTOVERS

19.Ono - WASTELAND

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SOPHISTICATED BOOM BOOM - s/t LP 1982

From Büren came this Girlie-Pop-Punk band and this is their only record which was released by the well-known swiss label Off Course Records in 1982. The sound is here suported by Buzz, Netz and Pasquale from SOZZ. The band play a simple poppy sound with a few snotty numbers (Beat Girls). I must say that not all songs are burners and partly the whole album is a bit too lame for me but that's with all things I think a matter of taste. Fourteen songs unconcerned, cozy, bubbling with few highlights, fun and love of life (well, there comes better noises from Swiss). About the band so I can't say much but I think they broke up shortly after this release. Check this out for yourselfs!

- Special Thx to K.H.S. -

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COCKS IN STAINED SATIN - Welcome To The Trasher Dome 1985

Welcome To The Trasher Dome is the first 12Inch from the Cocks after their glorious Vollsuff EP, released on X-Mist Records in white vinyl. Eight excellent melodic punk nuggets in fifteen minutes. With this album they manifest their sound in the '77 style, short goodies with tempo and lot's of singalongs. Lyrically quite offensive, as always. 'We Are Deaf And You Are Sick', 'I Don't Care' and 'Go To Hell' are noticeably. Too bad that they gained little notoriety beyond Ffm but now in our modern times also the punks overseas take notice and when I remeber right was this a request from there. So here it is!

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DIE ANGST - 1000 Jahre EP 2009

Die Angst is the follow up of the punk band L.S.K. and they at home in a very dark gloomy sound. They released a five track demo CD called "Die Angst Kennt Deinen Namen" which was released on their own label Moon Records in 2004 in a small edition. Slowly it going, a few gigs followed and in 2009, Thought Crime Records released this three track EP and the label stopped the distribution one week after release. Why, read here the statement von Thought Crime Records: "Due to information that has been brought to my attention now, I have decided to stop selling the EP by German band Die Angst that just recently was released on Thought Crime Records. The reason is that I found out that one member of the band also plays in a very dodgy Dark Wave band called Sonne Hagal. As I now discovered, Sonne Hagal is pretty big in the German Dark Wave scene, playing to audiences of a few hundred up to 1000+. I have no idea what percentage of their audience you could call right wing or straight up fascist, but it's certain that they have some sort of Nazi following.

They have played with Fire and Ice, Ian Read's (ex Death In June) new band. Ian Read is an open right winger and sort of key figure in the Dark Wave Nazi/Fascist sub-scene. He also appears on one of Sonne Hagals records. As far as Die Angst, I know all three members of the band come from an anti-fascist, left-wing background. 

I have no idea how one of them manages to live in such a schizophrenic situation though. Whatever his reasons might be, it's pretty fucked up. I don't think any of the lyrics or band politics of Die Angst are questionable at all. I just don't want to be associated with anything a band like Sonne Hagal does, so it's obvious thatI don't want to support another band that shares a member with them. I decided to leave the mp3 on the website for a while, mainly to give you better picture. That's it for now."

I think that's a little excessive because Die Angst is a damn good German punk band and deserves more attention. Well, another method to make records rare. Speak your mind!

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