ZYNTHSLAKT - Spraya På En Vägg 1984

After a short abstinence and first-class gifts that impressed me very much (thanks for this), continues wdthtc with the last release by Zynthslakt in form of a 12Inch on the legendary Rosa Honung Records with eight short christmas gifts that are sure to please any connoisseur of Swedish punk. More info about the band at the 7 Låtars post. To discover on some tape compilations and the next big jump follows immediately.

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SUBURBAN REPTILES - Megaton 7'' 1978

The Suburban Reptiles were formed by a handful of former and current Auckland University students anno 1977 and this, I think, is their first record on Vertigo with two great smasher, a delicious start to my vacation. That means the next three days here is pause and I'll be back on Tuesday. Info about the band is enough to find and I would recommend, the Killed By Death #15 gastroscopy, for more leg room in the interior.

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DOG DETACHMENT - The Last Laugh 1983

Great debut by Dog Detachment from Johannesburg on Nitty Gritty Records which I like better than their second album. Ten magical melodic New Wave nuggets have they created that flood me with nostalgic feelings without losing power to nevertheless express powerful, slightly melancholic, their fears and emotions. Exactly my cup of tea! Check more Fathoms Of Fire and think carefully about who you give your last laugh to. Great record!

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V/A - Bad Teeth #4: UK & Irish Punk Bands 1977-1982

Before I switch to SGE against Cologne today the last volume of Bad Teeth and before you ask 'Where's # 2?', don't exist. Again generated by Hyped To Death with Punk/Powerpop bands V-Z. The rip was improved a little by me, because the original CD scratches at the beginning what you can hear on song # 4 and I placed one more rare piece by the Vektors at the end of the compilation. One more little hint, Zeppo & The Zepp Zepps is a Swedish band. Enough blah blah, enjoy the music and look forward, like me, to hopefully more H2D issues in this theatre. Don't miss Volume 1+3 and complete your collection.

1.Mixed Up World - VICTIM

2.That's It - V2

3.It Don't Mean Nothing At All - THE VALVES

4.I Don't Know Why - THE VEKTORS

5.Uniforms - THE WALL

6.Can't Wait Til '78 - THE WASPS

7.No Such Thing - THE VIPES

8.Who Knows - THE VIP's

9.I Need You - VICTIM

10.When The World Isn't There - V2

11.Bad News - X-DREAMYSTS

12.Radio Fun - THE ZEROS

13.Ode To Johnny Rotten - ZEPPO & THE ZEPP ZEPPS

14.Pay As You Earn - WHIZZ KIDS

15.Teenage Treats - THE WASPS

16.Freedom Man - X-CELLS

17.The Teenage - VICTIM

18.Worthless Trash - THE VACANTS

19.Nymphomania - VERMILLION

20.Exchange - THE WALL

21.1000 Marching Feet - THE XPOZEZ

22.Be My New York Doll - THE XPOZEZ

23.We're No Angels - ZONES

24.Imaginary - XS ENERGY

25.D.N.R. - THE WRETCHED

26.Who Are You - THE WALL

27.Kicks - BERNIE TORMÉ

28.Nothing To Declare - SUSPECTS

29.Yesterdays's Dream - THE VEKTORS

- Big Thx to Mark -

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V/A - Διατάραξη Κοινής Ησυχίας 1984

When I got this file I was totally happy because a) I love this record and b) I had a terrible rip - Jetzt Nicht Mehr! From almost all bands is at least one slab in the blog. Musically an interesting mix between punk, new wave & solid rock (Hardcore, as discogs writes, none). But I like to quote the following words: Fantastic Greek compilation, compiled by the founder of Enigma Records, originally released in September 20th, 1984. It contains versions of songs by six Greek bands, with two tracks each, that remained unreleased and unavailable anywhere else. It had huge influence on the scene and today it is considered a classic of that era. For the majority of the participating bands it was their first step in recording, something of great importance, because punk of that era was mostly DIY and remained un-recorded in a considerable amount. Great music from a beautiful country steeped in history.

1.Nightmare - ADIEXODO

2.Isolation - ADIEXODO

3.Cutting Light - EX-HUMANS

4.Slow Suicide - EX-HUMANS

5.Epileptic Snoring - CHAOS GENERATION

6.Bastardocracy - CHAOS GENERATION

7.In This City - GROVER

8.Monotonia - GROVER

9.Greeks - PANX ROMANA

10.Athena - PANX ROMANA

11.Right To Live - STRESS

12.Anxiety - STRESS

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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THE CORTINAS - Defiant Pose 7'' 1977

Bristol's first punk band, the Cortinas, formed in March 1976 when Jeremy Valentine (vocals), Nick Sheppard (guitar), Mike Fewins (guitar), Dexter Dalwood (bass) and Daniel Swan were still at school. "Jer put the band together, he definitely had a vision of what he wanted; he was very hip - Dexter & Mike went to the same school as him" remember Nick. "He found me via Mark Stewart, who I went to school with, and I brought Dan in; we had played in a band together before. We used to practise at the back of Jer's Dad's shop". The Cortinas soon built up a big local following, and a break came when the band supported the Stranglers at the fabled Roxy Club in Covent Garden on 22 January 1977. Nick recalls how it came to be: "Hugh Cornwell was staying at a friend of his' flat near the university, on holiday, and me and my girlfriend met him in the street. This would have been in the summer of 76. We started talking to him because we recognized him from seeing The Stranglers and hung out for the afternoon. I told him about the band. Later on, in January 77, he sent us a postcard asking us to play at the Roxy, so we rang up and said yes! I remember my mum telling me not to be too disappointed if people didn't like us...". Things then moved quickly for the band. Miles Copeland and Mark Perry's Step Forward label released the classic singles 'Fascist Dictator' in June and 'Defiant Pose' in December, the band recorded a fine Peel session, and they appeared on the front cover of the April/May issue of Sniffin' Glue. Heady stuff, but sadly, it was over all too soon. The following year, after a poorly received album, the band were no more, but in 1977 they were unstoppable - simply one of the best first wave punk bands around.
(source: bristolarchiverecords)

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SISTE DAGERS HELVETE - The Hell 1984

Fuckin' rainy today, first class blog weather and I'm digging out another classic record by Siste Dagers Helvete (freely translated Last Days In Hell) from Moss, just south of Oslo, and the band consisted of Oskari (vocals), Morten (guitars), Knut (bass), Rune (drums) and were active from 1981 to 1986 and their album "The Hell" had landed on Rock-O-Rama because the famous Finnish label Propaganda Records went bankrupt and H.E. grabbed with his greasy fatfingers for the masters, the band writes today: "[...] it was released without the band's approval, with wrong song titles, no royalties and worst of it all: the label did a radically different mix, destroying the master tape that originally had a depth and punch very unusual for a hardcore band at this time." Nevertheless are thirteen fast, catchy, irresestible smasher are left at its best. In 2010 appeared a splendid compilation called Hele Helvete 83-09 via Fysisk Format with all their recordings plus live material.

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RATTUS - WC Räjähtää 1982

In the early hour I welcome the weekend with fast hardcore from Finland and we put on the debut album by Rattus on Poko Records. Formed in the spring of 1978 by Jake and Vellu who started to play mostly English punk bands songs just for fun (Sex Pistols, The Damned, Clash,etc.). A few weeks later they asked Jake's brother Tomppa to join the band and so he did. The name Rattus was taken from the first album of the Stranglers, "Rattus Norvegicus". Rattus is latin meaning a rat,a very big rat. In the early days the band did shows only in their hometown and near of it. Fourteen heart attacks in less than twenty minutes, must I have say more? They made numerous albums, singles & represented on countless compilations and they're still touring, for example 2020 at the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool, UK., definitely worth a trip. - Now quickly to bed, in eight hours I'm back on my bike, good night Europe!

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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TOLLWUT - Alarm EP 1981

Another killer from Munich by Tollwut whose split LP with Beerdigung I posted about four weeks ago, this is their debut EP on Blizz Blatten with five short minimalistic blasts. The recordings are a bit thinner than on the album but that makes the record charming and adorable. Probably pressed in a small edition and nowadays to unaffordable collector's prices to find......if any. Enjoy!

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SYSTEM! - Unreleased EP 1981

Puhhhh, despite defeat the Eintracht overwinters in the Euro-League but with an unconvincing performance in the second half. This is unreleased material from System!, a Berlin combo and this EP with four gifted classics was supposed to be published by Rondo but unfortunately never realized, but in 2015 the small Berlin label Rotten Totten Records released 200 copies of this single and that was a good decision. The band started with two songs on the Licht & Schatten compilation and made one album, simply named System!, in 1982 on People's Records and after that their tracks got lost in the underground.

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