SISTE DAGERS HELVETE - The Hell 1984

Fuckin' rainy today, first class blog weather and I'm digging out another classic record by Siste Dagers Helvete (freely translated Last Days In Hell) from Moss, just south of Oslo, and the band consisted of Oskari (vocals), Morten (guitars), Knut (bass), Rune (drums) and were active from 1981 to 1986 and their album "The Hell" had landed on Rock-O-Rama because the famous Finnish label Propaganda Records went bankrupt and H.E. grabbed with his greasy fatfingers for the masters, the band writes today: "[...] it was released without the band's approval, with wrong song titles, no royalties and worst of it all: the label did a radically different mix, destroying the master tape that originally had a depth and punch very unusual for a hardcore band at this time." Nevertheless are thirteen fast, catchy, irresestible smasher are left at its best. In 2010 appeared a splendid compilation called Hele Helvete 83-09 via Fysisk Format with all their recordings plus live material.

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RATTUS - WC Räjähtää 1982

In the early hour I welcome the weekend with fast hardcore from Finland and we put on the debut album by Rattus on Poko Records. Formed in the spring of 1978 by Jake and Vellu who started to play mostly English punk bands songs just for fun (Sex Pistols, The Damned, Clash,etc.). A few weeks later they asked Jake's brother Tomppa to join the band and so he did. The name Rattus was taken from the first album of the Stranglers, "Rattus Norvegicus". Rattus is latin meaning a rat,a very big rat. In the early days the band did shows only in their hometown and near of it. Fourteen heart attacks in less than twenty minutes, must I have say more? They made numerous albums, singles & represented on countless compilations and they're still touring, for example 2020 at the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool, UK., definitely worth a trip. - Now quickly to bed, in eight hours I'm back on my bike, good night Europe!

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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TOLLWUT - Alarm EP 1981

Another killer from Munich by Tollwut whose split LP with Beerdigung I posted about four weeks ago, this is their debut EP on Blizz Blatten with five short minimalistic blasts. The recordings are a bit thinner than on the album but that makes the record charming and adorable. Probably pressed in a small edition and nowadays to unaffordable collector's prices to find......if any. Enjoy!

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SYSTEM! - Unreleased EP 1981

Puhhhh, despite defeat the Eintracht overwinters in the Euro-League but with an unconvincing performance in the second half. This is unreleased material from System!, a Berlin combo and this EP with four gifted classics was supposed to be published by Rondo but unfortunately never realized, but in 2015 the small Berlin label Rotten Totten Records released 200 copies of this single and that was a good decision. The band started with two songs on the Licht & Schatten compilation and made one album, simply named System!, in 1982 on People's Records and after that their tracks got lost in the underground.

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BOSS MARTIANS - Out Of Time Again 7'' 2009

When the Boss Martians formed in 1994 by college students Evan Foster (vocals/guitar) and Nick Contento (keyboards), they stood pretty lonely with their sixties-inspired surf punk and garage rock sound in the birthplace of grunge, Seattle/Washington. But now the quartet is established, they derived their name from two surf instrumentals: "Boss" by the Rumblers and "My Favorite Martian" by the Bobby Fuller Four - outgrown from the long-secret status. Check out their MySpace page for more samples. Here we have two garage punkrock pearls, the title track passes by in just two minutes while the flip is with three minutes a bit slow with both feet on the brake but okay. To date, the band was completely unknown to me, but I can say they really kick my lazy ass and this goes not always sooooo fast.

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V/A - The Thing That Ate Floyd 1988

This huge 1988 compilation is like a history lesson for those uneducated about the world of the Gilman Street and Californian punk scene of the time. Compiled by David Hayes and originally spanning four sides of 12'' vinyl (and later on a remastered double CD) there are few chinks in this musical armor. Unreleased material comes in the form of such Lookout! artists and that’s only scratching the surface. This iconic release, packed with 34 tracks of goodness also has such favorites of the day as, No Use For A Name, Capitol Punishment and The Vagrants. An amazing representation of the fertile California underground scene that went on to define punk into the 90s. Housed in unique packaging wrapped around a huge booklet. This compilation was released to showcase Bay Area punk bands that were playing at Berkeley's Gilman Street Project in the late 1980s. Original first-pressing has Lookout's old Laytonville address on it and a blue jacket. 4000 copies were pressed. The first 50 copies were pressed on orange vinyl. Released with a 24-page newsprint booklet with info on the bands and lyrics. File this release under: Essential!!

1.Straight Edge Song - SKIN FLUTES

2.Win Or Lose - EAST BAY MUD

3.Big Man - CORRUPTED MORALS

4.Gloria - NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

5.Not One Of Mine - TOMMY ROT

6.Cottleston Pie - CRINGER

7.Bananas Smell Funny Sonata In G - BOO! HISS! PFFTLB!

8.The Incredibly Blue Moustache Of Mr. Tinselteeth - EYEBALL

9.Happy Now - ISOCRACY

10.29° - KAMALA & THE KARNIVORES

11.On And On - BITCH FIGHT

12.Tied/Tried - PLAID RETINA

13.Common Inconsistencies - NEUROSIS

14.We Must Do Something Now - COMPLETE DISORDER

15.Product Of Misdirection - WELL HUNG MONKS

16.Broken Strings - SWOLLEN BOSS TOAD

17.Life Sucks - VOMIT LAUNCH

18.Abandoned Beer Messiah - RELIEF SOCIETY

19.Boredom Zone - MR.T EXPERIENCE

20.Vagina Envy - SEWER TROUT

21.No Way Back - THE VAGRANTS

22.Andorra - SWEET BABYS

23.Don't Lick My Leg - STIKKY

24.What!?! - NO USE FOR A NAME

25.Extreme Racial Pride - SURROGATE BRAINS

26.Outside - LOOKOUTS

27.Jackknifed Rig - CAPITOL PUNISHMENT

28.Summertime - CRIMPSHRINE

29.In My Past - SPENT

30.Change - RASKUL

31.Contraversy - TRIBE OF RESISTANCE

32.Day Of Sun - NUISANCE

33.Hangin' Out - OPERATION IVY

34.Bee Sting - STEELPOLE BATHTUB

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ASPHALTINDIANER - s/t EP 1981

Pretty little Wave/PostPunk slab by the Asphaltindiander from Hanover on Spargel Schallplatten, a short-lived band which were founded in the early 80's by Maunz (vocals/bass), Jens (guitars), Bernd (guitars/keyboard), Tobias (drums) and except this EP, another sign of life of them can be found on the tape compilation Oh Hanover... on Spargel Tapes 1982. Four catchy songs which make the breakfast taste better.

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GATECRASHERS - Desillusioned EP 1980

Only record by the Gatecrashers from Denmark, a very short-lived band (1979-1980). They were part of the DIY movement & released this bloody sucker via the legendary Irmgardz label (singer Kenan was part of the founders), they arranged their own concerts, designed their own posters and had their own fanzine. The band consisted of members Ken Revoltaire (Kenan Seeberg - vocals), Martin Crash Accident (Martin Lind - guitar), Carsten Crewcut (Ole Nyegaard - Farfisa), Peter Durup (bass, 1979-1980), Ole Dreyer (bass, 1980-81 ), Torben Østergaard (drums), Henrik Halvor (drums, loosely attached), Hans Brydegaard (drums, loosely attached) and Lene (Aleine Stern). The band played for several punk concerts "Concert Of The Moment", "NÅ!!80" and "Concerto De Nobrainos Insanos" and regularly at the Danish punk places Rockmaskiner, Saltlageret and Huset in Magstræde. They were inspired by the Stranglers and Doors. One of the hallmarks of them was that the band often had televisions standing on stage which they smashed with an ax great posture during the song "TV & Radio People". On some cool compilations present, one of them Bloodstains Across Denmark. Great KBD stuff!

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TT REUTER - Inuti Mig 7'' 1979

Weekend... Yeah and the right sound deliver us TT Reuter, a Swedish band from Lund which was formed in 1978 as a direct continuation of New Bondage. Members were Henrik Venant (vocals/guitars), Peter Puders (guitars), Peter Ivarss (bass) and Peter Strauss (drums) and this is their amazing debut 7Inch on Heartwork Records. The gents make so great music that I immediately bought their album Den Udda Gudens Puls (comin' soon). TT Reuter was one of the most influential bands on the label Heartwork which incidentally was founded and is still run by Henrik Venant and they made three albums and four 7Inches. The band dissolved in 1981. After TT Reuters resolution formed Henrik Venant and Peter Ivarss Underjordiska Lyxorkestern along with members from Garbochock and Peter Puders started playing with the Stockholm-based band Commando M Pigg. Brilliant stuff!

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BOXHAMSTERS - No Room 7'' 1991

This is the first record from the Boxhamsters with a cover version (original by Athletico Spizz 80 from their 1980 single on Rough Trade) which was recorded during the Tötensen session and more singles with classics followed. The four did a pretty good job, fat and schrammeliger sound and the violin at the beginning was replaced with a soft guitar and the rest fits too. The flip has, I believe an outtake, of Herzblut, which is immortalized on Bullerbü. Present musicians were here: Co (vocals/guitar), Philipp (bass), Weilo (vocals/guitar) and Ulf (drums) and this Bad Moon keeps you warm until work calls.

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