GOMESS - Demonstration 12'' 1987

Everyone know what exactly happened in Japan seventy-six years ago and for this reason today a post by Gomess, a four piece from Tokyo I guess, and the band consisted of Hisae (vocals), Osamu (guitars), Atsushi (bass), Shonen (drums) and this six track mini album was released via R.B.F. Records and scored high sales and made them very popular in the Japanese punk scene. In addition, two more Flexi 7Inches were released and that's it. Demonstration assaults us with sturdy melodic songs with intense energy, huge hooks and a catchy female voice which is strong from beginning to end. The four understand their craft in every respect. Fazit: A solid record I enjoy very well, and far from the usual wild, crazy hardcore beats we all know from the Nippon connection, and a worthy opener for the weekend ahead.

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V/A - SF Underground 2 EP 1980

Hollajodrio, stoße ich doch umgehend und aus purer Freude den zweiten kurzen Erguss mit vier weiteren Frisco-Bands vom erfrischenden Subterranean Records label heraus, diesmal wurden 3500 Exemplare fabriziert. Wieder vier bands mit anständiger Mucke, wobei die Spikes bißchen abfallen mit ihrem Song, da tut sich nicht viel, plätschert unspektakulär dahin. The Lewd können es auch wesentlich besser was sie auf ihrem Album eindrucksvoll demonstrieren. Society Dog fetzen ordentlich rein und wecken dich mit ihrem crazy short track, erstklassiger Gesang, Undead machen sich an Hitler's Brain unorthodox zu schaffen, ein bißchen monoton das Ganze doch mehr muss nicht. Gute Scheibe, nicht mehr nicht weniger.

1.Life Is Hell - SPIKES

2.Mobile Home - THE LEWD

3.Title Role - SOCIETY DOG

4.Hitler's Brain - UNDEAD

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V/A - SF Underground EP 1979

First release by Subterranean Records and this nice EP came with a foldover sleeve and lyric insert, 2000 copies. Subterranean and fellow punk/alt/underground San Francisco label Alternative Tentacles both sprang forth from the D.I.Y. punk movement in 1979, and were quite successful on college and community radio stations in the US. These labels helped define the San Francisco punk movement. Subterranean was the more avant garde of the two. While originally just focused on documenting and promoting the SF area, over the years Subterranean has released records by artists from many areas and genres, this a little label backinfo. For your ears: four solid numbers, something for every taste.

1.Johnny Got His Gun - NO ALTERNATIVE

2.Earthworm - FLIPPER

3.Asexuality In The 80's - THE TOOLS

4.Ballad Of Pincushion Smith - VKTMS

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ÅSKÅDARNA - För Det Är Kul EP 1980

🔊 Nice four track record by Åskådarna from Norrköping on Publik Skivor and the four musicians were Clas (vocals/guitar), Ilgot (guitars), Jan (bass), Mattias (drums) and this is their only release and they existed less then a year, free from the motto: the spicy lies in the brevity (or something like that). With about ten minutes playing time we enjoy decent, not rough, but melodic mid-tempo numbers that unfortunately didn't make it to any of the relevant compilations, even detectives have to go to sleep, and the band has not appeared anywhere else. You see, a rare piece of vinyl is waiting for affection. Came in an elaborate gatefold sleeve with lyrics on the inner side, probably less than 500 copies. Catchy Cool Stuff 🔊

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MINOR THREAT - Live @ Buff Hall EP 1988

We stay loud, fast and wild and all the songs were recorded live @ Buff Hall, Camden 20.November 1982 and was released via Lost And Found Records. And this was not initially supported by Minor Threat. When the band became aware of it, they accepted compensation (200 copies) for the first pressing rather than making a legal challenge. In the meantime there have been numerous reprints and I have to say: it is good to listen to this record. Pure energy and absolutely ingenious and for all those of you who didn't make it to a gig of the four, a splendid sound document by one of the most important Hardcore bands from Washington.

12 X U/Small Man Big Mouth/Filler/Out Of Step/It Follows Me/Little Friend/I Don't Wanna Hear It

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SLAGGPRODUKT - The Awakened Dead EP 2020

Let's meet a completely new band for me; Slaggprodukt and they recorded a first demo in 2016. The band consists of Micke (vocals(guitars), Lasse (bass), Flarne (drums). And by the time the band released their second demo, Second D-Beat Attack, at the end of that same year, they already had quite a loyal following. With more demos and gigs, among them an opening slot to Napalm Death, its finally time for the bands first vinyl release and it came out via TPL Records, 300 copies and this five-track goodie features all new penned tracks written and recorded during 2019-2020. And we can look forward to a decent portion of hardcore with a slightly metallic touch and less crust noises and even I like their sound, and that means something.

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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LEATHERFACE - Cherry Knowle 1989

August says hello with a classic and Leatherface are my friends and always present in my world and if you haven't heard a sound from this great band yet, I can't help you either. Numerous musical outpourings can already be found in the blog, but a few basics for all newbies: After they formed in Sunderland in 1988, it took a little time for the band to hit their stride. Listen to the rough debut from 1989, Cherry Knowle, named after the infamous local Victorian-built asylum, and you might struggle to understand why the band meant so much to so many. Frankie once said that he knew the band was “doing alright” when the kids with the mohawks would move away from the stage when they played, and those with the backpacks and heavy prescription glasses would move towards it. And while this was undoubtedly music made by tough men, from a tough city. We experience the four in their most aggressive phase which is significantly reduced in the following albums but never uninteresting. Those of you know what I'm talking about, all others discover a fucking great combo with heart & spirit. -  "Macht Euch einen schönen Sonntag!"

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V/A - Mad Trax II (Beyond Metal Zone) 1987

At the end of July a little compilation for my metal friends out there and this is the Yugoslav publication by PGP RTB (Produkcija Gramofonskih Ploča Radio Televizije Beograd) and this version has entirely different tracks than the UK double vinyl edition. Renowned American metal bands that made their first albums at this time are gathered here, plus a British combo whose album I once had, and we enjoy trash metal at its best. I have to say, I can still identify with this music, after all, this sound was an elixir of life for me in the mid-eighties and even if some bands get on my nerves nowadays, I'm sometimes not averse to devoting a little time to the trashers. And on this little record are exactly the ones, which reflect this perfect. That brings memories, I can tell you, Kutte an and off to every concert, of which there were more than enough back then and getting old is such a fucking shit!

1.Unstoppable Force - AGENT STEEL

2.Creeping Death - METALLICA

3.A Lesson In Violence - EXODUS

4.Break Down The Walls - EXCITER

5.Rattlehead - MEGADEATH

6.Metal Forces - ONSLAUGHT

7.March To Die - POSSESSED

8.Brain Death - NUCLEAR ASSAULT

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THE PIN-UPS - Take One 1981

Ahhhhhh, so pleasant to have a day off and the weekend already started with five Weizenbier, I am now delighting you with a combo, probably from Copenhagen, with their only album which came out via Harlekin Records. We're talking about the Pin-Ups and they were Katrine (vocals), Kim (vocals/guitars), Carsten (bass/lead guitar), Niels (drums/keys). The band debuted at Saltlageret in September 1980, where they played a warm-up for the Warm Guns. They were also guets on the Generational event JETZT!! gig '80 in Huset in Magstræde and a selection of concerts in Rockmaskinen, including along with No Knox and Before. The band's last performance was on October 26, 1983 for a concert in the Radio House, which was recorded and broadcast on DR P3 in November 1983 (which I unfortunately don't have). But Oh, I can promise you, this is top material, a healthy mix of new wave and punk, with female vocals and great mid-tempo goodies, completely unknown to me until now and grateful to rediscover them and I know, you fuckers will like the album.

- Great Thx to Nolti -

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SINIESTRO TOTAL - Siniestro Total II (El Regreso) 1983

Second album by Siniestro Total from Vigo, recorded in October 1983 and released via DRO in November of that same year. Twenty-one mostly punk-heavy songs, with more versatility of the instruments which provide a lot more variety, and with the typical short show interludes the four keep the level consistently high and that you are welcome is shown by the sympathetic guy, Bob Hope, on the front cover, who greets you with a glass of milk. As with the first album, they still went from seriote politicking full of clichés and demagogies and were covered with grace, silly humor and Ramonian influence in parody and social satire. There is nothing wrong with the album, the music is crisp, the artwork is worth seeing, and twenty-one songs in good thirty-five minutes are promising. I think the weekend can start with that and what comes next will definitely keep the level in this theater or do you doubt it?

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