ISOTOP KNALL - (Tele)Vision 7'' 2015

The headquarters of Slyngel Records have with #012 again two fantastic nuggets unearthed and you know, this label stands for quality in every way. Isotop Knall (cool name) consisted of Jan (vocals), Boris & Daniel (guitars), Michael (bass), Mattias (organ), Urban (drums) and both songs were recorded in October 1980. Amazingly fabulous rhythms in both and the use of an organ I have rarely heard in punkrock. Their sound gives them a magical, almost childlike undertone, as if I were in kindergarten. On the a-side is a hearty three-minute piece while the flip is a cool 1:40 Christmas carol... and again this fucking organ, brilliant!! Convince yourself at Slyngels bandcamp presence, there you find more rare Swedish lost nuggets.

Hot stuff, my friends. Limited to 300 copies, blue vinyl and listening to this fills you with joy.

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WASTE - History Repeats EP 1982

Einer geht noch und wir besuchen unsere Nachbarn im Westen und finden Waste with their sole record and this four piece consisted of Nonkel RR (vocals), Hans (guitars), Klaus (bass), Fred (drums), released via Miranda Records and it's a real nugget. It's really amazing that they are nowhere present on one of the relevant compilations, you know which one I mean. A short review by Pushead: "Swirling guitars, spinning fast psychotic grinds of explosive vigor. Enter Waste from Holland, yet another approach to quick demanding hardcore and punk, completely different than Agent Orange or BGK. Waste is aggressive; an onslaught of butchering mayhem bolts you to the electric chair with schizoid charges of outrageous fury." Well, I say the boys recorded four excellent songs and they sound more like early UK punk. Cool one 👍

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KILLING JOKE - Love Like Blood 12'' 1985

A song that should be known in advance to anyone, but doesn't reflect their early days, and in my opinion, the debut album is still the best. We're talking about seminal postpunks Killing Joke and they were formed 1979 in Notting Hill by Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards), Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (bass). The band's musical style emerged from the post-punk scene and has been cited as a key influence on industrial rock. Their style evolved over many years, at times incorporating elements of gothic, synthpop and electronic music, often baring Walker's prominent guitar and Coleman's "savagely strident vocals". Killing Joke have influenced many later bands and artists and achieved mainstream success with their fifth album Night Time and the second single from that "Love Like Blood". Although Coleman and Walker have been the only constant members of the band, the current line-up features all four original members. They made a lot of albums and they're still alive.

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ABZESS - Immer Bereit [Demo] 1984

Last but not least, a little fast-paced demo of Abzess, a three piece that consisted of Matt (vocals/guitars), Ulf (bass), Olli (drums) and apart from this tape they didn't publish much, here and there on compilation tapes to find and that's it, further infos or signs of life about the three can't be found in the global network as well, but what posterity will find on a Saturday in a decent cassette collection are eleven rumbling fast tracks in a good recording quality and one wonders why no EP was made, well.. shouldn't be. For this, the SGE reaped three points in Augsburg. Now I'm at the end for today, tomorrow will continue. Have a chill evening and don't stop listening to fantastic music.

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THE FEATURES - Floozie Of The Neighborhood 7'' 1979

This weekend I'm busy with lots of new music and look forward to a new WDM compilation soon but now a quick post of a brilliant 7Inch and the corresponding info from someone who knows how to review: "First as five piece founded as the Fingers in Pittsburgh early 1977, they packing up their instruments and professional aspirations and leaving two Fingers behind, three members (two of them brothers) headed to New York City in September of that year, and released their first EP Isolation on Paradox Records with three nice goodies and then they transformed into the Features. Take three Fingers, add the manager, and a wardrobe change and you have the Features whose Floozie Of The Neighborhood 7Inch is a pop-punk classic while the flip's a fantastic Beatles (I love their records) cover. Modern day punk throwbacks, the Stitches, cover "Floozie" in fine fashion. Considering the chances of finding the original are slim-to-none, vinyl hounds should seek out the No One Left To Blame compilation (coming soon) which includes "Isolation" or, for the less discerning and more desperate, the Features/Fingers album released on Italy's Rave-Up label in 2000." (Ryan Richardson)

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BADDIES - Don Juan 7'' 1982

I should already be in bed and dreaming, but somehow I'm intoxicated and want to fill my blog and that's rare. I know tomorrow will be another exhausting day, a young man needs his rest time, doesn't it? Well, there isn't much to say about this four piece combo, called Baddies, from the Swedish provinces, the band consisted of Christer (vocals/guitar), Per (guitars), Leif (bass), Kenneth (drums) and that's their only 7Inch on Pang Records, a small label that specialized in rock music and that's exactly what you can hear; two numbers that go through well but in my opinion, also disappear quickly (I guess, the detectives felt that as well). But a post is it worth because it's damn rare and it doesn't always have to be fast and dirty. Just listen and relax.

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EMILS - Demo '87 EP 2015

The Emils, Ille (vocals), Oliver (guitars), Sven (bass), Carsten (drums), have been influenced by American punk from the start. The band started to write their own songs straight away because, as already mentioned, they had already rejected the much-cited "musical horns" in local Hamburg punk bands. The musical & textual part gradually emerges, they decide to sing in German. So far nobody had tried to combine this musical style with German lyrics. The lyrics from the beginning still reveal a lot of naive and juvenile anger, which some critics of the band use to use this as a generally valid statement until the end. But what was still missing is a name for the baby. If you believe a legend, Olli reads the name Slime in some mangled toilet at a sink in a mirror, where Slime's writing was emblazoned upside down and comes up with Emils. Well, however, the only truth about this story is that Olli read the name the wrong way round. The Emils played live for the first time about 1 year after they got together on April 12th, 1986 in the kitchen of the then still occupied Hafenstrasse. They play where they can, including spontaneous practice room concerts that they have organized themselves. This great five song EP was released via Power It Up in coloured vinyl and limited to 100 copies and shows the energy and dynamic of their first recordings which was intensively continued on their great debut Fight Together For. Splendid German Hardcore.

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RED LETTERS - Sacred Voices EP 1979

A very nice record and their only one (500 copies on Burning Bing Productions) by this three piece from the mining village of Newtongrange/Midlothian, formed in 1979 from the remnants of a punky anti-Nazi band called "Strange Writing" by Pud (vocals/bass), Ted (guitars/vocals), Jake (drums) and we listen to three cool tracks, the a-side with two 'short' blasts while the flip is a fabulous four-minute guitar orgasm. Check Punk77 for more infos and enjoy them with other allies on the Bloodstains Across The UK 2 compilation. Thanks to unknown for this nugget, forgot who sent it to me.

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TUNNELANGST - Gepflegte Szene 1998

Here's a nice eighties punk album from Tunnelangst on United Kids Records and their only record contains fifteen solid bilingual smasher which were recorded a year earlier, I guess at the same session as the 180 BPM tape. And they spared no effort and expense to print a small colored booklet with lyrics and note of thanks. Certainly interesting for all D-Punk friends, sometimes bumpy recordings and small production deficits but that doesn't matter. Overall, Heini, Janosch, Patrick and Thorsten do their job very well and have real Gassenhauer with 'Lachen', 'Confrontation' or 'So Far Away' am Start. (B.t.w., I love the cover) - Listen!

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V/A - Bored Teenagers Vol.7 2014

Once again an infernal bang from the Bored Teenagers series with twenty-eight Great British Punk Originals 1977-1982 and who exactly ignites the explosions follows now:

"This volume kicks off with THE SINGLES who were from the Rochdale area and released one of the rarest UK Punk 45s back in 1978 with the controversial title of ‘Adolf Hitler. The song is about a German soldier who is the trenches and questions his belief and why he is here! The next two tracks are by IN THE GYM with two tracks taken from the incredible rare single from 1981. This band hailed from Kidderminster and this was their one and only 7Inch. Following on with the KATZ from Swindon with two tracks taken of their extremely rare 7Inch from ‘79, plus six unreleased tracks on the CD version. Next band to grace your speakers are from our very own Capital CHAOS UK with two super snotty punksters. This was the bands one and only 7Inch release before re-surfacing as the Mandies. Our next stop is Birmingham with two ultra rare absolute gems from THE HOBBS. Collectors around with world will be familiar with this band as they release Bop Around The Shop on the ‘Big’ label in 1978 but did you know that they had an aborted single that they recorded a year earlier for the ‘DJM’ label? Sadly these tracks never came out as the band were dropped in favour to the Satan Rats’. You are gonna be in for a treat with these two blasts….. Now comes THE WHAT?, hailing from South Humberside who released a killer little 3-Track EP in 1979 that includes the anthem East Coast Kids! Now we are heading all the way down to Cornwall to THE VENDETTAS, who trod all the Cornish music haunts throughout 1977 and called it a day in 1978.... great rough stuff that will stick in yer head and you’ll find you're self singing the lyrics without knowing it! The next two tracks that come blaring at you are from our front cover stars SKIDMARX. Hailing from Carlisle and relocating to South London and then Brighton. The last band to be featured are SYSTEM X from Enfield in North London. In their lifetime they offer no vinyl output but did record five tracks, all can be heard in their full glory on the CD version."

That reads brilliantly, doesn't it ...? Now it's your turn!

1.Adolf Hitler - THE SINGLES

2.Mercy - THE SINGLES

3.Don't Go Slow - IN THE GYM

4.Playing The Fool - IN THE GYM

5.Talking 'Bout You - KATZ

6.I'm So Nasty - KATZ

7.I'm Over Here - KATZ

8.Hold On (I'm Coming) - KATZ

9.White Socks - KATZ

10.I'm So Nasty - KATZ

11.Summer Of Hate - CHAOS UK

12.I Wanna Be Left Alone - CHAOS UK

13.(Just) Don't Come It With Me - THE HOBBS

14.We're The Hobbs - THE HOBBS

15.What Is The Cure? - THE WHAT

16.Anything Goes - THE WHAT

17.East Coast Kids - THE WHAT

18.Such A Pity - THE VENDETTAS

19.Inside Looking Out - THE VENDETTAS

20.I Bin There - THE VENDETTAS

21.Red Lambretta - THE VENDETTAS

22.No Way - SKIDMARX

23.Life's A Farce - SKIDMARX

24.Underground - SYSTEM X

25.Homage - SYSTEM X

26.Got The Evidence - SYSTEM X

27.Anything Goes - SYSTEM X

28.Threats Of War - SYSTEM X

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