V/A - A Kick Up The Arse Volume 1 1985

Splendid limited compilation from Rot Records and all tracks are unavailable elsewhere and the title can't be more appropriate. It starts with the Cult Maniax and one of their best songs, I think, Butcher increase the stroke rate with their snotty ones, Last Rites give Oi Oi Oi a fresh look and become addicted, External Menace find the blues in Vietnam, Picture Frame Seduction call for pogo with sulphate, Reality take speed out with a cuddle song with mad Harry, the Expelled give themselves with cider the full ecstasy and on the free 7Inch drawn the Enemy last but not least, a few images in eccentric cubic colors. Sixteen nuggets that will not cause boredom, Guaranteed!

1.Cities - CULT MANIAX

2.Leave Alive - BUTCHER

3.Oi Oi Oi - LAST RITES

4.Coalition Blues - EXTERNAL MENACE

5.3, 2, 1, Go - PICTURE FRAME SEDUCTION

6.To Know Her - REALITY

7.Cider - THE EXPELLED

8.Vietnam - EXTERNAL MENACE

9.Drugs - CULT MANIAX

10.Violent Minds - THE EXPELLED

11.Addict - LAST RITES

12.Ballad Of Mad Harry - REALITY

13.Time Will Tell - BUTCHER

14.My Mate Sulphate - PICTURE FRAME SEDUCTION

15.Last But Not Least - THE ENEMY

16.Images (Live) - THE ENEMY

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LAST RITES - Outtakes & Wat Weiss Ich Denn? 2020

Superb release from Mad Butcher Records and this compilation (250 copies) is full with rare stuff by the Last Rites from Glasgow. The band were formed 1982 as the Treblinka Boys by John (vocals), Alan (guitars), Drew (bass), Eddie (drums) but soon they changed their name to Last Rites and so the combo were born and this line-up played several gigs together (actually they're playing a few songs because as soon as the gig started the police crashed the performance and pulled the plugs). Some line-up changes followed, and in 1982 they recorded a ten-song demo (Protest & Survive). After the release Drew quit and was replaced by Alex and a deal with Flickknife Records brought the first 7Inch We Don't Care/Stepdown out. A new drummer was then sought and eventually found in Jim. The Fascism Means War EP came then in 1984 on Essential Records and most of the songs of the demo have been revamped and they were ready for an album. This Is The Reaction finally hit the streets in 1984 with fourteen songs and was to be the band's final album, and how things went further with the boys you can read this in the detailed insert. Musically, we enjoy twenty-one decent rudimentary pogos as we know & love from the Eighties and there is nothing wrong with that!

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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LAST RITES - This Is The Reaction 1984

A classic in the late evening and we're not talking about a caramel-cream-liqueur or five grams of exquisite white powder, no no no... this is a serious page, got it? Back to what I really wanted to say; the only album by the Last Rites, a four piece from Glasgow formed in Winter 1982, on Essential Records. Togehter with their two decent 7Inches (listen) and a few compilation goodies the band broke up in 1985. Fourteen anarcho-punk killer blasts have they recorded here and is for me without doubt one of the best records from the UK. Okay, two more days to the deserved weekend, bleibt artig!

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V/A - The Spirit Of 69 (Oi! Classics Vol.2) 1994

This fantastic Oi!/Punk compilation comes from the German label Street Kid's Records and they released two Volumes of this serie in a limited edtion. The first is called The Bright Side Of Oi! and before you ask, I haven't this LP, maybe someone out there. The tracklist is dazzling and most of the bands/songs are certainly known, mostly published in the 80s. Your ears get here classic Oi! and early punk rock from around the world. No failure, only hits - A MUST HAVE!! And now Champions-League, good luck...

1.It's Up To You - BLAGGERS

2.United Oi! - BETRAYED

3.Carte Du Parti - KOMINTERN SECT

4.Revolution Now - THE PRESS

5.Laida Bologna - NABAT

6.White Flag - THE OPPRESSED

7.Fascists Die - N.V.LE. ANDEREN

8.Kaos - DECIBELIOS

9.Open Prison - OUT OF ORDER

10.My Friend - THE DARK

11.One Of The Boys - THE EJECTED

12.Question Of Choice - ACTION PACT

13.We Don't Care - LAST RITES

14.Let Them Free - ANTI-PASTI

15.Last Rites - THE ENEMY

16.Generation Of Scars - TERRIBLE TWINS

17.Scared To Die - THE BOLSHEVIKS

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GENOCIDE & M.I.A. - Last Rides For... 1982

Awesome split record from Smoke Seven Records with two great US hardcore/punk combos. Genocide was founded early 1980 in New Jersey by Bobby EBZ (vocals), Wheels (bass), Jet Screamer (guitars) and Damage (drums) and "they were a full-throttle, skull fucking rip-ride of hardcore sex, ghetto drugs and berserk violence, a supersonic nailgun of Aquanet and mascara and spikes and splatterpunk and slutmetal. And this was way before most of that shit was even invented, brother. Led by shadowy charlatan and full-bore suicidal egomaniac Bobby EBZ, for one very brief but blinding moment in the late 80’s, Genocide threatened to rip rockNroll’s heart right out of it’s leather-clad chest and eat it whole. Besides a fashion sense that suggested needle Nazis from outer space, and a disposition just this side of liquored-up junkyard dogs, Genocide really ought to be remembered as one of the first bands to realize that there wasn't a whole lot of difference between the punk rock riot of GBH and the hellfire spit metal of Venom. So they played both at once - M.I.A. were formed 1980 in Las Vegas by Mike (vocals), Nick (guitars), Paul (bass/piano) and Moon (drums) and they broke up and then reunited a few months later in Orange County/California, becoming part of the growing scene there. Shortly after recording a demo, songs were snapped up for two now-legendary 1982 punk compilations: American Youth Report and Not So Quiet On The Western Front. The rest of the demo was released as a split LP Last Rites for Genocide and M.I.A.- The band struck a deal with notorious punk label Alternative Tentacles and released Murder in A Foreign Place in June of 1984. That summer they embarked on a grueling three month tour of the United States & Canada. In 1985 they completed another U.S. tour and headed back into the studio to record the post-punk classic Notes From the Underground. In 1987 the band issued its final studio album on Flipside Rec., After The Fact. In 2001, Alternative Tentacles issued Lost Boys, a compilation of the first two albums plus extras; in 2017 Darla Records reissued Notes From the Underground and After The Fact digitally and on CD for the first time." Great Music!

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V/A - Flicknife Records Punk Collection 1995

Let's move on to another compilation from the Punk Collectors Series from Anagram Records and this Volume is full with cool stuff. In addition to well-known bands, there are a few others represented here that put little on vinyl, but that makes this series so interesting. Flicknife Records started in October 1980 by Frenchy and Gina and the first release was the Mystere Fives No Message 7Inch in 1980 and the label is still active and holds on to the attitudes and beliefs that spurred Frenchy to start it. On this CD are the first songs from singles gathered that gave their best in the early days. Absolutely brilliant material and in two hours the SGE will follow versus Marseille, hope they win!

1.Shake Some Action - THE MYSTERE FIVES

2.Total Control - RED RAGE

3.Shell Shock - ERAZERHEAD

4.Waiting For The Man - CHARLIE HARPER

5.Teenager In Love - ERAZERHEAD

6.Do The Geek (Live) - ERAZERHEAD

7.Thatcher - AD NAUSEAM

8.Follow The Leader - THE SAINTS

9.Fight To Win - MAJOR ACCIDENT

10.Let's Get Crazy - LONDON COWBOYS

11.Werewolf - ERAZERHEAD

12.We Don't Care - LAST RITES

13.Wanna World - URBAN DOGS

14.No Romance - THE GENOCIDES

15.No Sign Of Life - INSTANT AGONY

16.Leaders Of Tomorrow - MAJOR ACCIDENT

17.Respectable - MAJOR ACCIDENT

18.Playing Cards With Dead Men - RURFREX

19.Summertime Now - ERAZERHEAD

20.Nicely Does It - INSTANT AGONY

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