Saturday, March 24, 2018

LITTLE BOB STORY - Seaside Bar Song 7'' 1978

Let's meet a long-living band from a rain-battered grey hole called Le Havre who've been playing Rock'n'Roll since 1974: Little Bob Story testify with numerous publications their creativity and the French underground music is characterized with their driving melodic playful sound and I chose this 7Inch because both songs are a perfect example of this. A few own Bob words: "Bob's got the secret magic ingredient which makes all the difference in the heart of their fans: the innocence, the fervor & the ingenuity. Bob pulls it off, never blinks, never winks, they discards the "Camp," easy way-out, gambles on the power of bare emotion and comes out as winner. Their look and tremondous voice make them unique to the audience." Well, let yourself be carried away by Bob and enjoy the first warm sunbeams.


Thursday, March 22, 2018

NECROS - I.Q.32 EP 1981 + Conquest For Death 1983

It follows a special offer from Schrottmix and today im sortiment: Take 2 Pay 1!! And yes folks I present you the very rare EP by Bruno MatschwirNo which he recorded four months after he lost the fight versus KimiKeinHaarAmSacki in the fifth round at the 00 lounge championships in Achselhausen, he could't oppose Kimi's double tongueturner and Bruno was so frustrated and sad. Driven by these feelings the idea grew inside him to tell all his sorrows to the world via music, the language everyone understands and I.Q. 32 was born and pressed by Touch & Go in an edition of 100. Kimi became envious about Bruno's little success so he thought to himself: You Necros, I make an album that rips the world off the chairs and earn lots of money! Said & done. He went to Maumee, Ohio and found some decent musicians and in just five days the album was recorded and Touch & Go again (an American independent record label based in Chicago) released Conquest For Death (so Kimi's album title) in 1983. Also his record was well received and shortly thereafter he was shit dead by an Armada flamingos and Bruno emigrated to Koksheim. Well, two hermits who are much sought by collectors.


Wednesday, March 21, 2018

RADIO BIRDMAN - Radios Appear 1977

It seems to me that you don't really like my winter pics, haha ... I understand, enough for me as well. A record now which is in my opinion a blast and celebrates its 41th birthday this year: the debut by Radio Birdmanone of the first Australian independent bands to carry the punk label, along with the Saints. They were formed by Deniz Tek and Rob Younger in Sydney in 1974. Radios Appear is the first full-length studio album by Australian punk rock band Radio Birdman. The album was recorded at Birdman's Trafalgar Studios, Sydney during 1976 and 1977. Trafalgar initially distributed the album via mail order and by sales from the backs of friend's and band members' station wagons. This laid the groundwork for future DIY punk bands in Australia. Radios Appear was hailed by many as a breakthrough album in Australian rock and a decisive change from the uneventful early mid-seventies scene. The album's title was taken from the song "Dominance and Submission" by Blue Öyster Cult, one of the band's most important early influences. More info inside, more music on the way.


Sunday, March 18, 2018

Impressions XIII






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Saturday, March 17, 2018

SURF PUNKS - My Beach 1980

Last one today and actually I wanted to post 'Locals Only' but I can't find it anymore so I'll take the second album by the Surf Punks, a PopPunk band from Malibu. I must confess the Surf Punks are a bit to poppy for me, sure they have punk riffs and it's without doubt a good record but to be honest, they blow me not out of my socks. I don't know but I came not in, it pass me by like a leaky faucet or a stale beer, you know. And by the second hearin' I still find nothing special on it. Maybe this is not my kind of music, too lame and to commercial. Well, I'm sure a few maniacs of you search for this album and now happy that it's available here. Tonight a concert with Klotzs and Panikraum in Excess and I know it will be a long funny evening.

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V/A - Rockslaget 3LP 1982

Now a real mammoth release with different styles of music that were pressed on three slabs. Rockslaget is a pointed title for a compilation and what's inside promises much. Released on Sound Of Scandinavia/Rockslaget shows this album a fine overview of rather unknown bands which received an appropriate platform with samplers like this and show their skills to the world, within peppered with famous bands, in this case, Unter Den Linden, Mercy and Overdrive (two successful heavy metal bands which released a few records in the 80s). For me always interesting because often hides some pearls on such records. Here is this Svea Svin, Nyx Negativ and Svea Slakthus and the last track from the Rude Boys. Overall an excellent album with massive music, so pick the ones out which are for you interesting.

1.Medvetandets Gränser - UNTER DEN LINDEN
2.Hämningar - UNTER DEN LINDEN
3.Agera - RUM 237
4.Mannen & Djuret - RUM 237
5.Sista Gången - ABC 80
6.Automatisk Telefonsvarare - ABC 80
7.Den Galna Världen - LANCELOT
8.Pilgrimsfärd - LANVELOT
9.Kärlekens Ögon - SILVIA KIDS
10.Stockholm Är Full Av Vackra - SILVIA KIDS
11.Sömnlösa Nätter - SÄPO
12.Neutronbomb - SÄPO
13.Den Flyende Dagen - STÖRUNGSEXPERIMENTE
14.Damnation Angel - OVERDRIVE
15.Tonight - OVERDRIVE
16.State Of Shock - MERCY
17.Love Me Tonight - MERCY
18.Stuck In Drugs - INTERACTION
19.It's Right - INTERACTION
20.Discoråtta - KALLE BOLLTRÄ
21.Reggae Neger - KALLE BOLLTRÄ
22.Vardag - A-BOMBS
23.Jakt - A-BOMBS
24.Endstation - OCEAN
25.Backstage - OCEAN
26.Jag Vill Knulla Med Dej - SVEA SVIN
27.Vi Klarar Oss Ändå - SVEA SVIN
28.Proudness - NYX NEGATIV
29.Fuck - NYX NEGATIV
30.Josefssons Katt - SNORET RINNER
31.Kriminell - SNORET RINNER
32.Vår Ruttna Värld - SVEA SLAKTHUS
33.Allmän Värnplikt - SVEA SLAKTHUS
34.Repulse - ROMAN HOLIDAY
35.Drömmar - ROMAN HOLIDAY
36.Kalla Kärleken - AVEC L'AMOUR
37.Motivation - AVEC L'AMOUR
38.Rastaland - THE RUDE BOYS
39.Bohmans Barn - THE RUDE BOYS

- Great Thx to Fredrik -


V/A - Jung Kaputt Spart Altersheime! 1994

Let's open the icy Saturday with a tidbit of German punk culture which was immortalized by Nasty Vinyl unfortunately only on CD: Hannover Punk '78-'84. We meet old friends together with 'new' and unreleased goodies. Twenty-five dirty nasty songs, partly live and from practice rooms, who influenced the musical events in and around Hanover at the time and this small compilation offers a good insight of the former activities and highlights and it's great fun to hear the old classics again. I had them myself but gave them to a good buddy for a birthday. A few records of the bands are in the blog distributed, go and search for it.

1.Jung Kaputt Spart Altersheime - BÄRCHEN & DIE MILCHBUBIS
2.Azuboy - KUSCHELWEICH
3.Bullenpogo - KLISCHEE
4.Samen Im Darm - CRETINS
5.Walter Sparbier Is Innocent - B-TEST
6.Rock'N'Roll Freitag - HANS-A-PLAST
7.Popper Sind Rosa - E-605
8.Jetzt Gibt's Krieg - BOSKOPS
9.Kein Problem - ROTZKOTZ
10.Schokoladenwürger - PHOSPHOR
11.Ohne Zukunft - BLITZKRIEG
12.Heimkind - CRETINS
13.Frau Meier - ABSTÜRZENDE BRIEFTAUBEN
14.Helmut Oxner - UMLEITUNG
15.Pogo Poppt Auf - BLUT+EISEN
16.Lemminger Punks - HANS-A-PLAST
17.Pogo Liebt Dich - BÄRCHEN & DIE MILCHBUBIS
18.Scheiss Punks - ALTE KAMERADEN
19.We're The Rest / Pressure Mark - ROTZKOTZ
20.Der Fuck - KUSCHELWEICH
21.Ab Ins Beerhouse - KONDENSATORS
22.Walter - CRETINS
23.B-Test Fickt Euch Alle - B-TEST
24.Feige Punx - BOSKOPS
25.Können Schweine Schwimmen? - BOSKOPS

Friday, March 16, 2018

TENPOLE TUDOR - Real Fun 7'' 1980

"We Wanna Have Some Real Fun.......Today" and I have it at this early morning hour. Weekends in and I hope we pick three points tomorrow versus Mainz. Until then I amuse myself with good music and the fucking work at the office later passes also. This 7inch was released on Korova Records and I think it's the first release by Tenpole Tudor. The band were formed 1974 when Tudor-Pole (vocals/saxophone) met guitarist Bob Kingston, bassist Dick Crippen and drummer Gary Long. They played regularly for several years until Tudor-Pole himself (under the moniker of Eddie Tenpole) came to prominence by appearing in the Sex Pistols film The Great Rock'N'Roll Swindle. He was originally billed as a replacement for Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten - performing the songs "Who Killed Bambi?", "The Great Rock'N'Roll Swindle" and a cover version of "Rock Around The Clock" for the film and subsequent soundtrack - however, manager Malcolm McLaren and the remaining Sex Pistols instead decided to abandon the group and go their own ways. Later the band signed to Stiff Records and they were one the strangest and silliest groups on Stiff Records, a label that was known for its oddball clients. Led by Eddie Tudor (born Edward Tudorpole), a former actor who could barely carry a tune, the group played a mixture of punk, roots rock, pop, and British dancehall music, developing a thoroughly entertaining and ridiculous style. They released two albums on Stiff Records which sold well and in 1982, the band broke up. Today, Tudor-Pole concentrates partly on acting, but focuses mainly upon his new one-man-show, performing live shows described as a 'One Man Stadium Show'. He has re-formed Tenpole Tudor from time to time, notably in 2001, with Darrell Bath on guitar, Donagh O'Leary on bass and Ben Standage on drums. 2009 Angel Air Records released a compilation CD with all their classics. Fine record and now let's have some fun today!


Thursday, March 15, 2018

ANA HAUSEN - Professionals 7'' 1981

British Post-Punk band who released a single for Human Records in 1981. The line-up included: May Matisse (vox), Douglas Campbell (guitars), Craig Nugent (guitar, bass & keys) and Craig Ferguson (drums). To make you this little gem tasty I'd like to use this review from Goregirl which she wrote in July 2008 because a) it is also true for me, b) it's better than mine, c) why not?, d) more I could not find, e) I am a lazy sack: "Listening to this actually brought about more questions than anything, like why haven't I heard of her before? Why does she only have one single when both songs she has are really very good. The first song 'Professionals' is a cute little catchy little three-chord post-punk ditty with a good beat, her vocals are really quite perfect for this sort of thing. The second song on the single 'Tunnel Vision' is more instrumental but does include a few vocals. The music is actually quite interesting sounding and mellow, but it picks up into some really well blended guitar and synth work that is fantastic (although simplistic). I'm not even sure which song I prefer, but I know I'll be listening to both an awful lot now that I know they exist. I can't really find out any more information about Ana no matter where I look but I can tell you that you should go out of your way to hear this single, it's simply lovely." I chose the a-side for my Bad Times For A Change compilation, you guess why.


GRB - Cuentos Y Leyendas 1987

GRB began in mid-1984 as a quartet, consisting of Juanito (bass), Miguel (drums), both ex members by Último Resorte), Alberto (guitar, former member of the group and fanzine Drama Of Horror) and Ángel (vocals, Frenopaticss). Its name was inspired by the initials of the Guild of Restoration of Barcelona, that at the time they were seen in posters in bars and restaurants, although in some occasion they gave a different explanation for the acronyms, for example, that meant "Scrambled Eggs with Bacon". In summer of 1985 appears the GRB tape edited by the fanzine label Drama Of Horror. The tape, which in some unauthorized reissues was titled The Good Way or Persecuted By Law, was presented inside a bag that included some sheets with the lyrics of the eighteen songs and various collages related to the songs, made from cuts of comics and newspapers. On the cover of the cassette, printed on photocopied paper, was a photo in the foreground of the face of a rat. Also on the pages of the letters and collages were numerous drawings of rats and mice, in attitudes that expressed the feeling of each song. The rat become the group's mascot. In 1986 the band released their first vinyl Estoy Tan Contento! EP and for the cover they used an old photo from Life magazine that showed a baby sleeping peacefully on a float. In summer 1987, GRB gave a concert at the KGB venue in Barcelona with a view to raising money to record and edit their first album and Cuentos Y Leyendas was recorded @ Marathon Studios but took several months to be published, which took place in January 1988 (although a presentation concert was held, new in the KGB room, on December 19). Although it was properly, again, a self-publishing, was responsible for the distribution and press the Blau stamp. On the cover, sepia gray, an old gnome gives us a skeptical and resabic look. Other gnomes, original illustrations by David Lackin, populate the back cover and the inner insert. Musically, the group had evolved towards a more personal sound, and without feeling the obligation to run normally in hardcore groups. Although there are still very accelerated moments and abrupt changes of rhythm, altogether the tempo of the disc is more relaxed, gaining in intensity the riffs and punteos. But what has made the album legendary are mainly the lyrics, in which harsh reflections on life and the human condition dominate. The promising expectations that were opened by the excellent reception (not commercial success) of the LP were truncated after a succession of incidents that created a growing malaise within GRB. In the first place, in 1988 they were left without a rehearsal room, which, given the economic situation of the group, was not a trivial problem; Then, after returning from a small tour of the Basque Country, they suffered a near-fatal traffic accident, which further increased the discomfort and finally the band broke up shortly thereafter.