V/A - Wargasm 1982

This record is one more nugget in my opinion. Thirteen songs against war. I think it was the first release about this theme. Except the Dead Kennedys are all bands from the UK. The music here is a special mix of punkrock with keys, orchestra & old school. To me the Poisen Girls track is fuckin' brilliant, the strings intro, the slowly driving up to the proper rhythm is famously, I get goosebumps...huh. Also Captain Sensible's "Hey Jo" is a killer too. After The System on the 1st pressing of this record is a hidden track by The Insane. It wasn't supposed to be included & was deleted on later pressings. A great sampler which is unequaled on Pax Records.

1.Continent - THE DANSE SOCIETY

2.Tapioca Sunrise - FLUX OF PINK INDIANS

3.White Coffins - CANKER OPERA

4.Kinky Sex Makes The World Go Round - DEAD KENNEDYS

5.I Hate War - RAT SCABIES

6.Statement - POISEN GIRLS

7.Hey Jo - CAPTAIN SENSIBLE

8.The Kill - MAU MAUS

9.Victory For Poland - ANGELIC UPSTARTS

10.Their Decisions - THE SYSTEM

11.Fight Their Wars - THE INSANE

12.Power - INFA RIOT

13.Wargasm - QUITE UNNERVING

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MAXIMS TRASH - Disco Girls 7'' 1979

One more from the Wanted List. This is the only record by this obscure combo (band also known as Maximum Mania or The Sunset Boys) which came out at Gimp Records. Two excellent distorted trash punk numbers. The a-side kicks with a brisk synth sound therefore while the b-side is a wonderfully chaotic cover of blue suede shoes. A bit info from discogs: SPIRAL SCRATCH magazine#13 (August 1991) said that this record allegedly features Captain Sensible on guitar and bass, Dave Berk on drums and Xerxes on vocals. Captain Sensible commented in the same issue that he doesn't know anything about it... - Well, I can't much say about that but what I know this sound is better than Heino and you should listen to. If the divshare link doesn't work try an alternative one in the comment section. 

- Many Thx to François -

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V/A - Punk Live In Brouwershoeck 1982

Now a wonderful compilation from our neighbors. Side A is equipped with punkbands from the netherlands with one or two tracks & offer us how many cool bands the Netherland scene really had at that time. I myself am amazed how many brilliant bands were there at that time. Fast punk songs are interspersed with quieter numbers and the lyrics are criticized (Fuck the USA) as there's no tomorrow. Side B has a touch of pop. Not that the songs would be superfluous but they don't fit right if you have heard Side A. In any case the record is splendid and you should lend your ears. A pearl of punk history. Fairness sake, I must say that this is not my rip, got the sound a bit better and I hope you can still enjoy the album. Cheers!

1.Wodka - CHOPS

2.The World We Live In - CHOPS

3.Doomed To Masturbate - CHOPS

4.Why? - MURDER INC.

5.Dope Ain't Anything For Me - MALICIOUS DAMAGE

6.Viva Fryslan - MALICIOUS DAMAGE

7.I'm Bored - SPOILED SPERM

8.No Way Out - SPOILED SPERM

9.Go Away - THE T-SHIRTS

10.Does It Matter? - PIN BASKETS

11.Hate & Fear - PIN BASKETS

12.Secluded - MORTAL REMAINS

13.Children Of The Damned - CAPTAIN SENSIBLE

14.Jet Boy, Jet Girl - CAPTAIN SENSIBLE

15.When You're Young - THE OUTTAKES

16.Working For The Yankee Dollar - THE OUTTAKES

17.Money - THE OUTTAKES

18.Cars - THE OUTTAKES

19.Are Friends Electric? - THE OUTTAKES

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THE SOFTIES - Suicide Pilot 7'' 1978

The Softies was a Dutch punk band that released two singles in 1978, the title track Suicide Pilot is shown on the Killed By Death #1234 compilation. They started during the first punk wave that flooded Holland in the fall of 77, when Michael Smith, a former roadmanager of the Damned came from the U.K. to Amsterdam to form his own band,soon linking up with FrankNstein and Joe Thumper. The Band soon signed up a record deal and the first single 'Suicide Pilot" was released jan.1978. The single was well received by both media and public with its much recognizable air-raidsiren,the opening of the song, and of the many shows that followed. The beginning of march 78 the Softies were joined by

Captain Sensible, who had left the Damned after their splitup, and took up the leadguitar with the Softies. A tour in Germany followed as well as Gigs around Holland. A second single was released in april and the now classic song 'jet boy jet girl', a satire version of the Plastic Bertrand version 'ca plane por moi' (by the way mentioned by Johnny Rotten in The New Musical Express as single of the week!!') was performed/sung by the Captain, great stuff and its said he is still performing it this day and age!!!! Anyhow, it was time for the Captain to go back home, to start his own band, and the Softies were a punkrockin threepieceband again. The Softies released their only album Nice & Nasty album in 1979 on Charlie Records. Michael sadly passed away, round about spring 2005.

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THE DAMNED - Damned Damned Damned 1977

Happy new year together and I hope you had a great transition. A new blogger year is coming up and I try to sweeten you this with refreshing rarities. At the start now: Damned Damned Damned, the debut album by London's The Damned and it was released by Stiff Records and allows me a short info from wiki: In a contemporary review, NME praised the group's musical ability, opining that the Damned have "all the residual skills needed for the actual performance of exhausting modern music", stating that James was the most effective powerhouse guitarist since Pete Townshend and concluding that the album as a whole was "a highly professional production and is much more convincing than some other new wave bands I've heard on record." BBC's retrospective review praised the album's energy, pop satire and general humour, commenting, "Each track featured the hammering toms of Rat Scabies & Captain Sensible's bass-as-guitar propelling Brian James' exhilarating machine gun axe into your living room". The American press has also favored the album. Ned Raggett of AllMusic gave it their highest rating of five stars, calling it "a stone classic of rock & roll fire" and declaring that "Damned Damned Damned is and remains rock at its messy, wonderful best." Pitchfork also positively assessed the album in a negative review of the Damned's 2001 album Grave Disorder, stating, "I won't lie to you: the Damned's new album isn't very good. In fact, the Damned have only ever recorded a few albums that were - for instance, their debut or 1979's Machine Gun Etiquette". Okay, now I'm looking into my treasure chest which album will be my first rip 2019.

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THE DAMNED - Machine Gun Etiquette 1979

I can save words to the next band, everyone knows them and everyone loves them and everyone hates them. Machine Gun Etiquette is the third album by the greatest surviving British punk band: The Damned and was the group's first since reforming with a new lineup of Dave Vanian (vocals), Captain Sensible (lead guitar), Rat Scabies (drums) and Algy Ward (bass) and the band became more experimental; without original guitarist Brian James, the songwriting was more democratic, resulting in a blend of punk, psychedelic rock and pop styles. Twelve awesome powerful tracks which belong to their best. A true Classic!!

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URBAN DOGS - s/t LP 1983

Let's come to another fantastic record, the Urban Dogs debut on Fallout Records. Info: "Instead of moving forward, we retreated and after three consecutive nights at CBGB marking the end of our tour, we flew back to the UK where we had arrived in early 1983, exhausted, discouraged, and fearful for the future of the UK Subs back in London, Charlie and I, eager for a change of scenery, had put together a garage-style line-up with Knox (Vibrators) and Andy McCoy (Hanoi Rock) on guitars, plus Matthew Best (a friend of Captain Sensible) on drums. We toured England as the Urban Dogs, and released an album of boozy covers of old New York Dolls & Iggy Pop & The Stooges classics, in addition with own material. Despite this interesting side project, the question of the future of the UK Subs remained unanswered..." (Alvin Gibbs) - Those are the basics. You will find far more than twelve songs in this file, and that's a surprise and I know you will be thrilled... enjoy!

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