NO HOPE FOR THE KIDS - Das Reich 7'' 2003

One of my favourite bands here and I recommend you to buy their stuff wherever you see a record. Some info from wikipedia: No Hope for the Kids is a Danish punk band that originated from the punkculture evolving around the Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen and they were active from 2003-2007. Kasper Maarbjerg had earlier played in the punkbands Hul and Asbest, while the drummer Peter Bonneman is a former member of Amdi Petersens Armé. No Hope for the Kids plays a type of punk that is influenced by early English punk pre-hardcore, also incorporating heavy rock elements. The lyrics of the songs, sung in both English and Danish, evolves around war, death and depression. The group achieved some popularity in the hardcore punk scene, both in Denmark and abroad, mostly by word of mouth when it released its first single, especially in the United States. The band, in addition to other bands like Gorilla Angreb and Amdi Petersens Armé, was part of a wave of interest abroad for Danish punk. This led to tours both in Europe and the USA. Ronni Dybdahl and Kasper Maarbjerg also plays in the spoof band The Natzees. Their debut 7'' Das Reich from 2003, with a first pressing of 300, was quickly sold out and are now a collector's item sold for exorbitant prices at auction sites like eBay. But there is a 2nd pressing on white vinyl, too, but those are even rarer. The band's debut album was released on vinyl in 2003 by the now defunct Danish label Kick'n'Punch. Titled No Hope for the Kids, it is sometimes wrongly labelled as Storkøbenhavn because the bandmembers on the coverphoto is placed next to the citylimits sign with Storkøbenhavn written on it. The album was released on CD in 2004 by the American label Feral Ward. 2006 saw the release of the Angels Of Destruction 7'' on the label Backwards Masking. The song 'Angels Of Destruction' had previously been released in 2003 on the Danish compilation København I Ruiner on the Kick'n'Punch label. In 2006 the song Treblinka appeared on the punk-compilation Public Safety released by American punkrock magazine MaximumRocknRoll. The self-titled album has now been reissued a third time by Danish label Hjernespind (since the demise of Kick'n'Punch). In January 2008 Hjernespind released an EP which is a reissue of the songs from the bands two singles.

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V/A - Killed By Hardcore #2 2002

Redrum Records, you know what this means? Genau, massive rare punk stuff from the early days and now we meet the Hardcore section and this compilation is a great example of nasty bands from every angle of this planet. I quote from back cover: "Welcome to the second installment of Killed By Hardcore. Just like that others series by those useless eaters from hell. This one's already going down hill... to the big money at the end of your wants list. Be warned: all anarchy & violence taken from original vinyls. So if it ain't digital enough you can always listen to disco shit. So bummer bitches, you'll find here explosive material of black small round flat 80s and invite your neighbors and enjoy a hearty BBQ with lots of beer." Twenty-three more on Volume 1 - I wish you all a groovy Sunday and enjoy the music.

1.Fame - ZMIV

2.Dying In A Maze - HEADCLEANERS

3.Mai - INDIGESTI

4.Misguided Missile Mouth - E-13

5.Dead You - IKKA SHINJYUU

6.Land Of The Brave - MECHT MENSCH

7.Mad At The World - YDI

8.Elintilaa - RIISTETYT

9.No Explanations - SUBURBAN MUTILATION

10.Miséria E Fome - INOCENTES

11.Det Er Bare Løgn - BETONG HYSTERIA

12.Think Of England - INSTANT AGONY

13.Compromises - NO LABELS

14.Starve To Death - VORKRIEGSPHASE

15.Religiøs Terror - FADER WAR

16.Man's Ruin - TARGET OF DEMAND

17.I'm In Love With Nancy Reagan - TMA

18.Your Mother Sucks Cocks In Hell - AGENT ORANGE

19.Religion - E.A.T.E.R.

20.No More No - KURO

21.Pressform - EXTREM

22.Acid Casualty - KORO

23.Vägra - DISARM

24.No End In Sight - THE ABUSED

25.Guai A Voi! - CANI

26.Man Rape Blues - CHRONIC SICK

27.Mucho Macho - CHRONIC SICK

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DIE ALLIIERTEN - Ruhm & Ehre 1982

I think, this is one of the first Oi! records which was released in Germany and Rock-O-Rama had a good hand here, RRR 15 is a nice slab by Die Alliierten from Wuppertal with fourteen cool classics and at this time perhaps a small wake-up call to the scene, I came to punkrock only four years later and therefore I don't know much about the relations between Skinheads and Punx. What I know for sure, the music of the Alliierten is quite clear Punkrock and Skinheads are not fascists! I'm always wondering about the boneheads who call themselves Skins and carry perrys and try to be smart but this is a lie and has nothing to do with it. Well, the media also contribute a lot of shit and they must know it. Anyway...fact is, Ruhm & Ehre is a very good record and a not unimportant one.

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MANIACS - Chainsaw Blues 7'' 1987

More aggressive & raw punk sound with this German combo: The Maniacs were a hardcore punk band that formed in the summer of 1982 in the Hessian town of Rotenburg an der Fulda from some local bands (Blutverlust and Bunker) and they from the beginning at home in the English hardcore punk style. In their lyrics, the band took on classical political punk themes and sang against nazis and mainstream society.... Their first demo tape from 1982 called "Attack" and their second "German Tanks", both are true gems. Then in June 1984 their first vinyl release came out on Mülleimer Records, a split album with the Gottingen punks Tin Can Army. In May 1986 the second album The White Rose Of Resistance appeared and it's today a rare album with tons of hits. Singles and sampler contributions followed, a lot of gigs in Europe were made and after a short tour in France the single Chainsaw Blues emerged, which was published in May 1987 on the French independent label Terminal Records. A live album followed and in 1990 their last record 'Thrown To The Dogs' was released via the Kassler label Black Fantasy Records. So pay tribute to this unforgotten powerful Hardcore/Punk band which often accompanied me in my early punk days.

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V/A - 病原体 Virus Compilation 1988

To coffee now a decent portion of hardcore and a trip to Japan is not the worst place and the punkers there celebrate it in their very own way I think: extreme energetic, partly chaotic, unrestrained and simply authentic, and exactly that stimulates me a lot and often I don' understand a word because the singing is mostly screamin' out (I mean, the Italians, Spaniards or Brazilians, to name a few, can do that too but the Japanese I find specially and unique) and that makes the music so simpatico. This record, released via the French label Jungle Hop International, proves it with sixteen fantastic delicious cocktails.

1.Ugly Today - SIC 

2.I Don't Wanna - SIC

3.Right Stuff - LIP CREAM

4.Yellow Beauty - LIP CREAM

5.Open Your Eyes - FUCK GEEZ

6.No Fun - FUCK GEEZ

7.Buffalo Slam - FVK

8.A Summer Vacation - FVK

9.Jap Gate - SYSTEMATIC DEATH

10.Jock - SYSTEMATIC DEATH

11.Hi - SYSTEMATIC DEATH

12.Bloody Character - MAD CONFLUX

13.Go Out - MAD CONFLUX

14.Pink Panther - MAD CONFLUX

15.Always Hate - DON DON

16.We Don't Want Fuckin' Laws - DON DON

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PLASTIK - So Schön Mit Dir EP 1982

Now to a band which is completely unknown to me, named Plastik, and this is their only record, self-released, with three new wave songs. A five piece with female voice and they from a small town that nobody knows. Musically they generate solid mid-tempo rhythms with beautiful keyboard and not silly lyrics, two in German one in English. The cover is very cool and I immediately think of hot women, lol. Well, not the big throw but overall individual and a little contribution of rare Austrian subculture. Achja, they are on the rare TraunStadtKinder compilation if someone interested.

- Special Thx to Reinhard -

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THE ENEMY - 50.000 Dead EP 1981

From Derby, England are the Enemy and they formed early 1980 in their local youth club, with several changes of personnel before they stabilized the following year as Mark Woodhouse (vocals), Steve "Mez" Mellors (guitar), Steve O'Donnell (bass), and Mark Herrington (drums) and this is their first single, released on their own Tin Tin label with three nice punkies with a touch of Oi! sound. They signed to Fall Out Records and the 'Fallen Hero' is surely their most famous piece which reached #44 in the UK Indie Charts in 1982. One year later the debut album 'Gateway To Hell' followed, some line-up changes and after their second slab in 1984, The Enemy was history. Eighteen years passed, the band came together for some gigs and a new album was supposed to follow but is not yet to date. They are featured on many compilations, some of them in the blog. Cool stuff!

- Special Thx to Fredrik -

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ICI PARIS - Allo Le Monde... 2001

Led by singer Marie Al Kha Raz (Betty Boo style), this group performed a second class and cheerful rock'n'roll which Gaumont enjoyed. Inspired by New York Dolls (for the look) and Cramps (for the spirit), the band Ici Paris recorded in the early 80s one of the most beautiful testimonies of French rock, full of adventures that carefully avoids the cliché of easy girls and dark suburbs. Ici Paris dream of ghost train, intergalactic explorations, romantic monsters and infernal cadillac. Univers kitsch of eternal teenager combined with the few basic chords of Rock'N'Roll, the slap is great for who has the curiosity to listen to their songs. Taken by a pretty brunette with a piercing voice and a guitarist with an incredible mop, the training arouses curiosity. The connoisseurs even think they have finally discovered the rare pearl that was lacking in the musical landscape. Alas, the concerts are rare and especially the traditional media are a little too disconcerted by this universe where Baghdad and the fair of the throne have become two unavoidable poles of attraction. The time is rather for France Gall and his pianist who plays in a vertical position, so there is no place for fantasy and the second degree. Pity. The group faints in nature, while his ghost regularly returns to visit our turntables. 

The history of this combo begins in 1977 with the curlies in which Hervé Crost Flament aka Shere Kahn, "Sy" Philippe Becquelin on guitars and Jean-François "Jeff" Janin on vocals (future Escalators and Fanatics) . The time is punk-rock and they renamed Gare du Stade (name of the station of Colombes) to stick to their idols: Asphalt Jungle, Metal Urbain and Guilty Razors. 

The group is composed of Shere Kahn, "Sy" Philippe and Jeff complete with Jean-Claude "Dino Lamour" Courtinel (bass, ex-Incitement A La Débauche) and Pascal (drums). One of their rare weapon is to perform at La Boule Noire in December 1978 in the first part of Gazoline. In the first row, a spectator, Marie-Christine Alcaraz, knows all the texts by heart. Could she be a singer? 

On June 23, 1980, their first public appearance, opener for Sham 69 at the Palace. The label Gaumont notices the band and sign them without hesitation. They recorded under the direction of producer Paul Scemama of Gialully "Center Of The World" + "Souris" which passes completely unnoticed in the eyes of the general public but which allows them to obtain the first part of the French tour of the Ramones.

A few weeks before the release of their album, January 1982, the TV show "Les Enfants Du Rock" broadcasts two songs from Ici Paris filmed @ Rose Bonbon: "Stupid Little Boy" and "La Fusée De Ton Retour". The album is in the boxes in July 1982. Mix of twist and rock glitter, "Allo Le Monde ... Ici Paris" manages to renew the genre by force of simplicity and candor. How indeed do not fall in love with the voice of little mouse of the singer? An album where cinema lovers recognize in intro the presentation of the film "Terror Extra Terrestre". Bijou's guitarist Vincent Palmer came to help Shere Khan, for Sy-Philippe seems to play only a figurative role. His name appears only in the thanks. Maxime Schmitt + Andy Scott, who later worked with Taxi Girl, took care of the sound production. 

The album gets chronic dithyrambics and the first copies deposited in the bins disappear in no time. A little promotion and a hexagonal tour would undoubtedly involve a chain reaction. Unfortunately all this does not happen. Waiting patiently for a good fairy to look into their case, and to invite them to perform here and there, the spectators are impatient. Their scenic appearances are made even if sporadic as some begin to talk about a ghost group. The impression of a big mess becomes general, and little by little the complicities crumble. Here Paris does not survive this dead time. Marie is the first to leave. She is replaced by actress Anicée Alvinéa, a year almost to the day after the release of the album. The faithful of the first hour are disoriented, especially since a new recruit, Olivier "Le Baron", also took definitively the place of Sy-Philippe. (translated from rockmadeinfrance, mercí)

- Big Thx to François -

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V/A - Ingenting For Norge 1982

An intense thunderstorm makes me wake up so what can I do at this early hour? Right, feed the blog with awesome music. After a long time another highlight from the Wanted-List, a damn good start for August, and this extreme cool rare Norwegian compilation with four early punk bands from the city of Bergen was released via Dødsbra Plater in a small edition I guess. Fourteen decent Hardcore/Punk goodies, no filler, fuckin' great record!!

1.Vegspringar - ALLAHRM

2.Gi Mig Penger - ALLAHRM

3.Gigolo - ALLAHRM

4.Intro/Krigshoder - TERROR

5.Police Terror - TERROR

6.Du Klarer Det Hvis Du Vil - TERROR

7.Barn - NORRRSKE BUDEIER

8.Levende - NORRRSKE BUDEIER

9.Å Være - NORRRSKE BUDEIER

10.Bare En Jævel - FADER WAR

11.Levende Begravd - FADER WAR

12.Religiøs Terror - FADER WAR

13.Kan Du Se De - FADER WAR

14.På Fest Hos Jesus - FADER WAR

- Great Thx to trgec -

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RODGAU MONOTONES - Die Hesse Komme! 7'' 1984

At the end of July a little local music from our beautiful Hessenland with the Rodgau Monotones which were already founded in 1977 and they are very famous in Frankfurt and Hessia. With their rockin' music they transform every celebration or party in an unforgettable event and fun is guaranteed. Every Saturday at a home match of the Eintracht playin' and since then a small anthem (You can imagine what's going on there). Two good songs, lovely cover, funny lyrics and a nice example what kind of people we Hessen are: Handkäs, Äppler, Grie Soß rules!!!

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