NOTHIN' - Jag Måste Ha Nån 7'' 1980

This four-piece combo from Sweden, which released their self-made single in 1980 with two rocking numbers, is largely nowhere to be found and there's no information in the web either. The band consisted of Ulf (vocals/guitar), L-G Johansson (guitar), Bo (bass), Max (drums) and both songs hiss at a moderate tempo and say hello while the coffee goes through or you enjoy a cigarette and if you wanna buy the slab you have to dig deep into your wallet.

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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PYHÄT NUKET - Tää Yö On Meidän 7'' + Bella Ciao 7'' 1984

Now a double feature in this theater and with atypical sounds from the far north. Stolen info: Great Finnish band from Tampere which were founded 1983 while Riistetyt was on a break due to Perry's compulsory military service, Riistetyt's bass player Nappi and vocalist Lateri started a side project called Holy Dolls, with plans to record slightly different, darker music. In studio Nappi played all bass and guitar tracks, Lateri sang, and Stydy (ex-Riistetyt) played drums. Nothing else was originally planned for Holy Dolls, but when they were mixing the tapes, Rike walked in, and he suggested to form a real band that would play the kind of music they had recorded. At the same time the undermanned Riistetyt was booked for a gig, so Rike was asked to fill in. And when Bastards broke up, Rike joined Riistetyt as a permanent member.

The line-up was the same, but the name was changed to Pyhät Nuket (literal translation to Finnish) by record label's (Finnlevy) request. In 1984 Pyhät Nuket's first album Kuoleman Sotatanssi was released. Soon after that Nappi left both Riistetyt and Pyhät Nuket, and Riistetyt was put on hold. First Perry was recruited as the new Pyhät Nuket bass player, but he still didn't have time for it, so that didn't work out. Jakke from Kaaos was also in the lineup for one day's time. Later, before the second album Enkelit Sulkivat Silmänsä was released in 1985, Pyhät Nuket got a permanent bass player as Miki (ex-Tampere SS) joined the band, and Make became the keyboard player. As their fame grew, so did the conflicts between the bandmembers. So, after Tuhlaajapoika 12" was released (1985), Pyhät Nuket broke up. The band's original name Holy Dolls Nuket was later put back in use when Lateri formed a new band with new members. In total they made two albums, five singles and a CD compilation (2003) with unreleased material from the 80's. Nice stuff!

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KIE 13 - Music For Zeros EP 1983

Very rare EP by this four piece called Kie 13 and members were Pascal (vocals/guitar), Jesper & Klaus (bass) and Kai (drums) and this is their self-released EP. The members of Kie 13 where at the time very young and from Basel. There is a story, that one of the bandmembers was picked up by his dad from the studio Bernex during recordings, because his dad didn't like all of this at all. On the label it says Kei 13 instead of Kie 13. Seven simple unspectacular catchy songs in charming Swiss dialect takes you straight back with their handmade sound to 1983. Nice one!

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MIDNITE CRUISER - Rich Bitch 7'' 1977

Northern Ireland didn't have a big underground scene but some cool bands came from there and Midnite Cruiser from Belfast is one of them and they consisted of Paul (vocals), Crow & Peege & Rodney (guitars), Jimmy (bass) and Ger (drums). Their only 7Inch was released on Cliff Moore's IT Records label. He owned four record shops in Northern Ireland and after a meeting with Chiswick in London, he returned home and to set up his own label. Only five singles were made. A bit useless info: Midnite Cruiser were basically Speed with extra guitarist Rodney joining the ranks. The music is much punkier than the previous Speed release. The tracks for the single were recorded at Hydepark Studios, Templepatrick and engineered by George Doherty, who would go on to form his own Rip-Off label the following year. The band split soon after the single's release. Paul West (real name Paul Maxwell) went on to join the Tearjerkers. The two songs are also guests on the indispensable Bloodstains Across Northern Ireland compilation.   

- Great Thx to Fredrik - 

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THE CROWDS - Der Fette Marodeur 2010

The Crowds is a pretty cool punk band from Munich and they drive even since the wild 80's in Munich to mischief - but strangely, they always led a largely unnoticed shadows, and the public perception of the mainstream, far down below, in the Munich underground. Punk-rock gems such as their 1984 single released or published their 1986 mini-LP were, if anything, only perceived by some music insiders or punks to know and appreciate. And strangely enough, in Germany, very few people know that the 86-mega-punk hit 'Little Big Horn' of them. This is their latest record with eleven awesome tracks, hard and again with provocative lyrics as I like it. No leaf is taken at the mouth and everything else would have been a disappointment, a fat 100% own production release and with a brillinat sound. B.t.w., their famous Sieger Sind Die Helden is reissued with bonus material.

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ARMATRAK - Demo 1985

Kick off weekend and say hello to this four piece demo by Armatrak from Auckland, a band which was founded in the early 80s by Steve (vocals), Trevor (guitar), Peter (bass), Geoff (drums) and had their active time in the mid-1980s and were one of NZ's first forays into the American Hardcore/Emo sound of the mid 80's. Three cool singles were created in these years, in 2008 the band released a CD compilation A Wall That Has Art Has Life with recordings from 1984-1985 at Last Laugh Studios. Three years later one more self-released 10'' as a collector's item (60 copies) for die-hard fans. On numerous compilations as well, two of that Life Is A Joke Vol.2 & Death Pays All Debts within reach. Excellent stuff in any way and now.... woman, sun & beer!

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TEENAGE HEAD - 78 2017

This rare record was released via Cameleon Records, 300 copies, and for the first time on vinyl: ten unreleased nuggets from 1978 by Teenage Head, a French band from Pau and they consisted of Ricky (vocals), Guy & Didier (guitars), Alain (bass) and Alain (drums). The five play solid catchy Rock'n'Roll including some sixties classics in a nice garage sound. Hard to believe that nobody took care of the band and it had to take over forty years before an album was finally released. You can listen to it on bandcamp and let yourself be convinced. I have to say, I get a little nostalgia when I listen to this music, and I feel like I'm back in the wild beat generation, a pleasant feeling... Top Record!!

- Great Thx to Nolti -

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V/A - Rock'N'Roll Rouergue 1978

Obscure compilation with French bands and none of them ever released anything else. I don't know where I got this rip from, but in the course of much new stuff I got from this country recently, I noticed this slab and so I bring a really interesting mix of catchy songs back to light. Not really a punk record but worth mentioning and definitely not bad. So enjoy the last Easter day with this superb Live recording @ the Cultural entertainment center of Capdenac/South France with:

1.Intro - GRANIT

2.Bord De Vole - EMILE ROCK DES CHAMPS

3.Poésie - LES DISPENSÉS DE GYM

4.M. Durand - MAURICE AMBIANCE

5.La Vie De Cachot - ANATHÈME

6.C'est Pour Toi - ATTENTAT

7.Objection - SALMACIS

8.Bells Swinging - GRANIT

9.C'est Pas Possible - LES DISPENSÉS DE GYM

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BLOODY MARY - Chaos Im Wohnzimmer EP 1998

One more highlight from Mr. Reinhard, my special Austria connection, and he brings us another brillinat record closer. The Vienna riot grrrl band: Bloody Mary, founded in 1994 and disbanded so about 2003. They played many gigs and were an integral and important part of the Austrian punk scene around the EKH (Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus, the occupied Anarchist center in Vienna) and there were also their rehearsal room. I think, this is their only release and Bloody Hell, it's awesome. Tracks like "Sick Of You", "Money Sucks" or "Impotentes Bullenschwein" cut directly into society's face and are absolutely to my taste. Seven bitches from hell on it, great playin', short songs, clean production, nice girls, rare record, fast download, sunny weather, cool band name, no failures, Easter....so enough reasons to fuck with this band and say hello!!!

- Great Thx to Reinhard -

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THE PAIN - My Head Is Burnin' 7'' 2015

I hope your Easter holidays are going well and I'll sit in the beautiful Wetterau and delight you with another rarity from Slyngel Rekords, # 011 is dedicated to The Pain, a gang of four consisting of Spiv (vocals), the Ant (guitars), Hocky (bass) & Stefan (drums). Little info from discogs: The Pain was the toughest, coolest and the most rowdy of the early swedish bands within the punk movement. The band, which came from Nacka, was born when Staffan and Håkan Uppgren came to a punk gala in France during their train trip, late summer '76. The band didn't get started until about six months later when they got a rehearsal place. Even though the band never played outside of Stockholm, they soon became famous throughout Sweden. After an EP and a single and three different guitarists the band imploded in fall of 1979 into a black hole filled with leather, studs, hydrogen peroxide and Beyaz wine. Hocky went on to play with the groups Chatterbox and La Crosse aswell as in Stabbers (together with Stejmo). Staffan started B-films and Janne Andersson continued to play with Ulf Lundell and also with his band JAPOP. Janne Oldaeus continued with the bands Rost & The Mosquitos aswell as a backing musician in Jerry Williams band. 300 copies were pressed, white vinyl and both songs are outtakes from the same session of their debut EP 'Feel The Pain' 1979 in Stockholm. So far so good, enjoy the sun and another Schätzchen afterwards.

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