UNITED BALLS - Pogo In Togo 1980

The United Balls were founded in Munich 1980 by former musician Jörg Evers, who produced the song Pogo In Togo, a KILLER! track. It reached #1 in Australia and New Zealand and No. 14 in the charts. Later followed by minor hits in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The origins of the combo were in a school band at the Munich Gisela-Gymnasium mid-seventies. The naming was difficult, first "Teen Quo Vadis", then inspired by the current Bauwut "U-Bahnschacht". Soon, the abbreviation "UBS" was preferred, after which the desire for an English name was created, which should be derived from the abbreviation "UBS". The answer was "United Balls". After the first successful live performances in the legendary Schwabing Rigan Club, the band was signed by Jupiter Records where they released two albums. In 1993 singer and composer Harry Kulzer left the band; the remaining members tried in English-speaking guitar pop. In 2005, the band returned in original cast with a performance in Munich on the stage. On May 7, 2011, they presented after 29 years again a CD in original cast. Singer and guitarist Horst Lindhofer studied biology and founded after his doctorate the company Trion Pharma, which together with Fresenius Biotech as the first German biotech company brought a recombinant antibody for approval and marketability. In the 2007 movie Mia Sn Dageng, United Balls call themselves a punk band. Sportfreunde Stiller and several punk bands covered the hit song Pogo in Togo.

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THE VICTIMS - All Loud On The Western Front 1989

Recorded @ Sweet Corn Studios, November '77 - March '78, The Victims were formed in Perth in mid-1977 with James Baker on drums (ex-Beheaded/The Geeks), Dave Flick on guitar + vocals (ex-Beagle Boys) and Rudolph V bass guitar. Earlier in that year Baker and Cardwell had founded another punk band, the Geeks, with Ross Buncle on guitar and a vocalist, Lloyd. That group folded in May and their original songs formed the core of the Victims' initial repertoire. The group's sound was based on United States punk pioneers, the Flamin' Groovies, the Heartbreakers, New York Dolls, and the Stooges. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, felt that "with their frantic, explosive sound backed by a solid melodic bent, The Victims became the premier punk band on the Perth scene." Their debut single, "Television Addict", was issued in April 1978 and was followed by a five-track extended play, The Victims, in August of that year. The group disbanded early in the next year. In 1989 Timberyard Records released a compilation album, All Loud on the Western Front, of their material. In late 2014 and early 2015 Baker and Faulkner were joined by Ray Ahn (of Hard-Ons) as the Television Addicts to perform the Victims material. The 2014 and '15 shows were so well received that the trio rightly assumed the band name The Victims and played sold out shows at Rosemount Hotel and Mojo's Bar.

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AXODRY - Surrender 12'' 1984

Yeah, victory in Hoffenheim and I'm in the mood to post something completely new and I must confess, I grew up with this band and I have only two records left. Let me give you a bit info: Axodry was the duo of Andreas “Talla 2XLC” Tomalla and Ralf “Ra/Hen” Henrich formed in Frankfurt/Main in 1982. The two met at City Music record store where Talla 2XLC worked and supplied the local DJ scene with dance 12”s. From 1984 to 1991 they released six 12” singles. Both members were leading figures in the European electronic scene during the 80’s and 90’s, forming bands like Bigod 20, Tribantura, Micro Chip League, Moskwa TV, Pluuto and Robotiko Rejekto. In 1988 they released the maxi 12” single “You” on ZYX Records/Combeat. Influenced by Depeche Mode, Gary Numan and John Foxx, the duo crafted their own brand of Industrial, Synth Pop and Electronic Body Music. Their basic set up for recording songs at RaHen’s home studio was a Moog Rouge, Roland SH-101, Teisco synthesizer, Linn Drum and Fricke sequencer. Ra/Hen tackles vocal duties and sings about longing for a lost love. Included on this reissue are the Beauty & The Beat Mix and Beasty Dub Mix from the 1988 single. On the flip is the slightly sped up Razormaid Remix, performed by Art Maharg and Joseph Watt, that originally appeared on the “Welcome To The Technodrome” compilation in 1989. Also included is “Mechanic”, originally released in 1991 as the B-side for their final single “Losing You”. OK folks, that was a lot for today and I guess there is something for everyone.

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THE NAILS - Dangerous Dreams 1986

Before I dedicate myself to football this record and I don't know how I got this? Anyway, fact is that also very good new wave music was created overseas, a bit different from the UK sound but The Nails prove with their second album that they had what it took, ten beautiful melodic songs crown Dangerous Dreams and I listen to it a second time in a row (especially the voice of Marc is fantastic). A bit info from wiki: the Nails were originally a five-piece new wave band that formed in Boulder/Colorado in 1976, originally named as the Ravers, and their roadie, Eric Boucher, later became known as Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys. The band members were Marc Campbell (lead vocals, guitar), Dave Kaufman (keyboards), Al Leis (drums), Artie Freeman (lead guitar), and Jon Cormany (bass).

In 1977, the Ravers recorded an EP in Boulder with Screwball Records. The Ravers moved to New York in June 1977 and played the showcase clubs CBGB and Max's Kansas City. Shortly after arriving in NY, The Ravers changed their name to The Nails (there was a local band named Raver). A '45 with the band's original lineup was recorded in New York City in 1978. By mid-1978, Leis (now deceased), Cormany, and Freeman (now a medical school professor) had left the band.

By the late 1970s, The Nails had established themselves on the club circuit and were now composed of vocalist Marc Campbell, bassist George Kaufman, saxophonist Douglas Guthrie, drummer Mike Ratti (Dennis McDermott on Mood Swing), keyboardist Dave Kaufman, and guitarist Steve O'Rourke. Hotel for Women, an EP recorded in 1981, contained an early version of "88 Lines About 44 Women", a song that caught the attention of RCA. The Nails were signed to RCA by Bruce Harris, also known for bringing The Clash to America. In 1984 "88 Lines About 44 Women" was re-recorded for RCA and included on The Nails' full-length debut LP, Mood Swing. The song received regular airplay despite a number of double entendres and lyrical references to masturbation and sadomasochism.

Two years later they released Dangerous Dreams, also on RCA. Both Mood Swing and Dangerous Dreams made the Billboard top 200 album chart and were critically acclaimed. But after the release of Dangerous Dreams The Nails left RCA. RCA did not release either LP on compact disc. "88 Lines About 44 Women" continued to appear on compilations 20 years after its release and was featured in a Mazda television commercial that aired in the late 1990s.

In 1988, the band reconvened (without Guthrie and Dave Kaufman) to record a third album, Corpus Christi, which was not released until 1993 and received little exposure. The Nails deny ever receiving any proceeds from this album, citing a rift with their former producer, claiming that he swindled them of their rights. They posted re-recordings of these songs on the late George Kaufman's site, along with the explanation of the dispute. They strongly discourage fans from purchasing the album, as they will never be compensated.

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V/A - Where The Wilder Things Are III 1999

Once again after a long time a nice tape compilation, the third part of the Sabbel Fanzine series Where The Wild Things Are with fourty punkies from all over the world, lovingly cobbled together and also provided with detailed information as in Part II. Amazing the exotics from Lithuania, Panama, Indonesia, China and Israel, not just countries that would be famous for fast snotty stuff but that's exactly what I like about punk: the versatility, the expression and the way of communicating, music connects us and is immediately understood everywhere. My respect for the one who bothered with this 90 minutes cassette and I hope you enjoy this as I do.

1.Heaven - MILENA

2.NO Necesita Una Razon - CARAS DE HAMBRE

3.Paziurek I Save - INVAZIJA

4.No Olimpica - L'ODI SOCIAL

5.Apologia - GULAG

6.Ko Dan Se Zacne - IT'S NOT FOR SALE

7.Je Suis Fier - LES SALES MAJESTÉS

8.Meat Packing Factory - MANDRAZH

9.No Al V Cenentiaro - COPROFILA

10.Netra - MELMOR

11.Pengke Mei Sin - WUZHENGFU ZHUYI NANHAI

12.Tuskar Ja Suru - KLAMYDIA

13.Unknown - CEKTOR GAZA

14.La Ladilla Americana - EPOCA DE RECLUTA

15.Schlueters Kabinet - KALASHNIKOV

16.Czarty - POST REGIMENT

17.1000 Aspirines - FRITES MODERN

18.The Punks Are Divided, Jimmy - THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE

19.Spriten Räddade Oss Frän Sporten - RÄSERBAJS

20.Avis - CITY-X

21.Sia - ALL STUPID

22.1-2-3-Go - THE PROSTITUTES

23.Folk - RADIOAKTIVA RÄKER

24.Odvaha - TELEFON

25.Prva Borbena Linija - TOTALNI PROMASAJ

26.Requiem Of Brutalization - ORESI GIA TIMOTA

27.Eitäa Lama Päähan Käy - PROBLEMS?

28.Nadie En Quien Confiar - ATOXXXICO

29.Tretí Moznost - KULTRA

30.Terror - PSYCHOTEROR

31.Mitabedet - ANUS

32.Der Schöne Tag - KLISCHEE

33.Unknown - CHASMA

34.Ó, Reykjavík - VONBRIGÐI

35.Transplantatsia Mirovozreniya - PURGEN

36.Militsionääri Prohvetlik Ennustus - ÜRO

37.Tomás - EXTREMODURO

38.Pomózte Mi So Muou - INÉKAFE

39.Religion (Live) - SS ULTRABRUTAL

40.Document One - G.I.S.M.

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BIZEX-B - Vi Lever! 1982

Bizex-B is a punk band from Gävle that existed between 1980 and 83 and was recreated in 2005. Bizex-B's first gig was made togehter with PF Commando in March 1980 @ Folkets Hus, Gävle. The band was then composed by Zluggo Pop (Larz Gustafsson) on vocals, Mats "London" Colling (bass), Perra (guitar), Jacob "Kådis" Gordin (drums) and guest singer Pelle Olsson. By the end of 1981 the band entered the studio and recorded their first album "Vi Lever!", which was released early in 1982 in a small edition of 300 copies. One year later the second "En Våldtäkt I Vinyl" on Rebel Records and appeared postum after Bizex-B split in spring 1983. In 2005, the band comeback made two quarters of the original release. Zluggo Pop on mic and Perra (guitar). On drums Fritte Jonasson and bass Urrke T. In September 2006, this "new" Bizex-B recorded its third full-length album "Tillbaka Med En Smäll", released 2007. The first two albums were reissued also in 2007 on remastered CD versions by the Imperial Recordings YKFK label. Zluggo jumped off the band in early 2007 and was replaced by Deep Torkel, known from cult bands like Stoodes and Suzie Beats Them All. The band's last album "Halleluja Jesus Är Din Vän" has been recorded with Deep Torkel in 2009 and 2010 and came out 2012 in a small edition of 100 copies. Present on these compilations.

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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ALIEN SEX FIEND - Who's Been Sleeping In My Brain? 1983

We stay in the UK and visit Anagram Records and pick up the first Alien Sex Fiend album and they made music without a real bass guitar and they do it fuckin' cool. Yaxi (guitars), Mrs. Fiend (synths), Johnnie (drums) and Nik Fiend (vocals) fuck your brain with ten intoxicating songs and we can hear theit first recordings which are a bit rough and punky and far away from the other upcoming album. Ten goodies here with two single outputs and in this theatre are more to find in form of the I Walk The Line 12'' which was released in 1986. Saw them in the 90's in the legendary Batschkapp and these people are strange and impressively.

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THE WALL - The Punk Collection 1998

CD's are not really my source but this one is a damn MUST! This fantastic compilation was released by Captain Oi! and contains all recordings of The Wall, originally formed in Sunderland early 1978, and their six year career may have seen them go through enough members to form their own football team but it also saw them release some outstanding records along the way. The first line-up of note featured Ian Lowery (vox & guitars), Andy 'Andzy' Griffits (bass & vox), John Hammond (guitars) & Bruce Archibald (drums) and it was this incarnation of the band that recorded the superb 'New Way' EP for Small Wonder Records. It's success (it sold over 10.000 copies and was heavily played by John Peel on his (then) important Radio 1 show) led to Lowery & Andzy relocating to London where they recruited guitarist Nick Ward and Drummer Rab Fae Beith (ex-The Pack/Patrick Fitzgerald Group) and they issued the 'Exchange' single for Small Wonder which reached No.26 in the very first published independent chart and was produced by the Sex Pistols Steve Jones (the first band to be produced by a member of the Pistols).

However, not long after this the band suffered the time honoured 'musical differences' which led to the depature of Lowery (he later released a solo album called "King Blank" on Beggars Banquet) who was replaced by one time Ruefrex member Ivan 'Kellz' Kelly and he made his debut with the Wall on a UK tour supporting the Angelic Upstarts and on their first single for Fresh Records, August 1980's 'Ghetto' EP which, produced by Sham 69's Jimmy Pursey, enjoyed a three month indie chart run peaking at the No.19 position. This line-up also recorded the debut LP "Personal Troubles & Public Issues" (which came out in December 1980 in two different sleeves and reached No.15 in the indie chart) which also saw the arrival of guitarist Andy 'Heed' Forbes, formally a member of The Strapps.

Shortly after the album's release, however, Ward & Kelly departed leaving Rab, Heed and Andzy to continue as a three piece with Andzy assuming vocal duties. This line-up was snapped up by Polydor and their debut for the major was the three track 'Remembrance' EP which they promoted by doing a UK tour with Stiff Little Fingers. They also issued one final single for Fresh, 'Hobby For A Day' before a second Polydor 45 'Epitaph' followed in November '81 and it also saw the first appearance of new bassist Claire Bidwell (ex-The Passions) which allowed Andzy to concentrate on the vocals. Their time with Polydor ended with early 1982's album "Dirges & Anthems" (which came with a free 7") and which saw guitar duties split between Heed (who left half way through recording) and Baz.

Rob & Andzy continued under The Wall name throughout 1982, their last release being the ten track 12'' EP "Day Tripper" for No Future (also issued as a four track 7'') which reached No.21 in the UK indie chart. The 'band' folded not long after with Rob later turning up in the UK SUBS and playing on the "Huntington Beach" and "In Action" albums. He also set up RFB Records and released albums by the likes of Condemned 84, UK SUBS and Broken Bones.(Mark Brennan)

In August 2007, the band reformed for a headline appearance at the Blackpool Rebellion with seven of the original members, Andy Griffiths (vocals), Nick Ward (guitars), Al Gregg (guitars & bass), Andrew Forbes (guitars), John Hammond (guitars), Claire Bidwell (bass) and Mark Dyvig (drums) with a warm-up gig the previous night @ The Thatched House in Stockport. This was followed by the release of a new live album in August 2009 on Captive Records (Opus Productions/Captive Records). The debut album "Personal Troubles & Public Issues" is getting a re-issue on CD for the first time, by Westworld Recordings on 13/05/2016.

This little sucker shines with twenty extraordinary nuggets and I love the Wall and you will do it too... 'In Nature'!

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RELEASE THE BATS - Ever Pleasant Smile... 1986

Say Hello to Saturday with a piece of Deathrock. Posted by Curious Guy eleven years ago on his phoenixhairpins blog and his comment on the record coincides with mine so I quote his words for this: "Release The Bats were a goth band from Bolton, members were D. Stephens, K. Taylor, M. Naylor and Rod Barker. Don't know much more but they released a 7" in 1985 with two tracks: 'Unacceptable Behaviour' & 'Harsh'. Both tracks can be found on the album. I won't say that this album is classic stuff but it's damn rare and worth a listen. For those who don't know, First Floor was a sublabel of the infamous Rock-O-Rama. This label started as a punklabel, releasing German punk and also licensed records off of Propaganda Records from Finland so that people had easier access to those classic Finnish hardcore punk records. But later the label also released records by Skrewdriver and other RAC/WP bands. Rock-O-Rama ceased all activity in the 90's after the police raided their office. I don't think that bands like Release The Bats, Saigon and They Must Be Russians were aware of the connection; or maybe they didn't care?" I was lucky to acquire this slab for little money, and musically not bad at all.

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DAILY TERROR - Andere Zeiten 12'' 1999

Always welcome are Daily Terror from Braunschweig, today with their early recordings. The first three from the BS-Punx EP (No Fun Records,1980), #4 appeared on the essential compilation Soundtracks Zum Untergang (AGR, 1980, tracks 5 + 6 originally released on the compilation Hannover Fun Fun Fun (No Fun Records, 1980) and the last three were originally released as Klartext EP (AGR 1982). The idea for this had the small Bochum label Dirty Faces and they packed lots of information, liner notes: Pedder † 11.04.2009, in the booklet with all the lyrics and a complete discography. You can clearly see here the rough sound, the offensive words and the pure anti-attitude of the band which they continued brilliantly on their first two albums. For me one of the most important German punk band whose music invariably infects you, if not go home.

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