CHAOS GENERATION - Requiem 1989

Three years after their great debut record Athens Chaos Generation made a fantastic successor on Di Di Music with eleven delicious which translates to requiem but the songs are anything but bleak. With this album, they entered a prominent position in the underground scene of every punk respected fan. In 1989 they released the second and last album entitled Requiem. Enriched with fresh influences from their new members, they are now experimenting with a more metallic sound and the difference was obvious from the previous album. The melodic vocals of the first album were replaced by aggressive ones and the sound is more punk which is influenced by the metal scene without changing the dynamic. A. Ambrazis (bass) left the group and Alexis Aliferis came, as well as Dimitris Pappas as second guitar. In the same year the band disbanded. Throughout their course they gave many live gigs mainly in Athens and in 1996 their two albums were re-released along with additional unreleased tracks via Wipe Out Records on CD and a limited number of double vinyl. I can only say that today was a formative one (in a negative sense) and the music of the Athenians is now just right for me. Listen!

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V/A - There Is No Future... 1984

I changed my mind and post this compilation which appeared on Cherry Red in 1984 and contains, not really surprising, a nice overview of early UK punk bands, i.e. bands from the essential No Future label, rather what for collectors or anyone who overslept the punk explosion. All songs are well known and released on other records at that time, so it may be boring for some but I think the record is okay and it is always refreshing to call up the old classics every now and then. Some slabs can be found in the blog the planned vinyl rip will be postponed until tomorrow. Until then, pleasant nostalgia flash with these sixteen nuggets! 

1.Someone's Gonna Die - BLITZ

2.Police Story - THE PARTISANS

3.Banned From The Pubs - PETER & THE TEST TUBE BABIES

4.In Britain - RED ALERT

5.Gangland - VIOLATORS

6.I've Got A Gun - CHANNEL 3

7.Abuse Of Power - BLITZKRIEG

8.Today's Generation - ATTAK

9.Warriors - BLITZ

10.Up Yer Bum - PETER & THE TEST TUBE BABIES

11.17 Years Of Hell - THE PARTISANS

12.El Salvador - THE INSANE

13.Fight For Your Life - CRASH

14.Dead Hero - THE SAMPLES

15.Summer Of '81 - VIOLATORS

16.Megalomania - THE BLOOD

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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SYSTEME D - Another Day EP 1984

Very good EP by Systéme D from Rouen on Melopara records and on their only record are three beautiful crackers. The band consisted of Joël (vocals), Herman (guitars) and Paul (bass), the fourth on the photo is unknown. I think, I've already posted the slab in my former blog but unfortunately I can't find any more information about the boys. Egal, they are represented on some unknown compilations and what I don't understand, there are some new relevant re-releases of French compis on which they are not present... weird, because their sound kicks vehemently neat. And now I care for another LP rip and maybe something more will come today.

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THE LIMPS - Try And See 7'' 1980

Another killer re-release and like the French makers of Chameleon Records, the British have an adequate pendant called Love Child Records to revive rare missing goodies from the united kingdom: "Previously unreleased until now! We’re very excited to be releasing this lost punk new wave classic Try & See. Originally recorded in the summer of 1980. Limited press & “The Limps were a Punk band from Annan that were signed to the Matchbox Classics independent record label based in Carlisle. The band was comprised of Chuck, Andy,Tam and Dee Dee. They formed Matchbox Classics with the band ‘No Support’ when each member of both bands put £50 in each to fund the creation of a split EP entitled ‘Opposite Sides’ in 1979, the same year they also released another split with ‘No Support’ called ‘Another Matchbox Classic”.The band also recorded a clutch of other great tracks which we will be releasing in the coming months, two of which are included here were recorded the following year in the summer of 1980 Love Child Records are more than happy to put out these long-lost pieces of '80 New Wave/Punk tracks out in full colour sleeve with flipback sides. Enjoy..." Also represented on relevant compilations and essential for every early punk sound lovers.

- Great Thx to Bristolboy -

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TAXFREE - Jag Kan Aldrig Få Dej 7'' 1982

Somewhere from the Swedish province, a place called Hultsfred comes Taxfree and the band consisted of Anders (vocals/guitar), Göran & Mikael (guitars), Bert (bass), Per (drums) & Peter (organ). This is their first single of two on Miss Mindy Music. Unfortunately there are no more infos available and musically they are classified as PowerPop but I think they are more at home in solid rock but I can't really tell the difference. It’s not that important either, the boys doing theit job very well and I’ve heard worse things from the Three Crowns country. I could tell a little story now but that would go too far. Enjoy the music!

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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WARMDUSCHER - Bleib Sauber EP 1997

Let's come to a band from the Karlsruhe area, I think say and Bleib Sauber is their first EP on Puffotter Platten/Klaubär Productions, released in an edition of 500 hand-numbered copies. The band consisted of Jürgen (vocals), Alex (guitars), Stefan (bass) & Andy (drums) and the reason for buying this record was the song Karlsruhe Soll Brennen, a cover of the EA80 classic, which of course I had to hear and I'm a Warmduscher too. Surprisingly, their music can't be classified as blunt fun punk, as the band name might suggest, no!, the band blows out four varied first-class, catchy, rough pieces with appealing lyrics, really a good record. An album Heringsbändiger was released two years later which I don't know and on compilations rather not represented. And now; off into the weekend!

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AEDI - Fratelli D'Italia 7'' 1977

Ok folks, here is a terrific record but in a bad quality. Rather not my way of posting such a scrap sound but maybe some of you have an excellent rip of this 7Inch for me, I would be very grateful, so my Italian friends, come over with the stuff. Aedi was a four piece from Milan I think and consisted of Renato (vocals/guitar), Luigi (guitars), Eliana (bass) and Valentino (drums). This is their only release on Polydor (a few promo copies comes with a band biography) with two nice dirty punk anthems. The flip was used for the splendid Killed By Death D'Italia compilation and that's where my info ends. So again, please send me a qualitative rip of this damn hot two-sided killer.

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THE BOYS NEXT DOOR - These Boots Are Made For Walking 7'' 1978

The Birthday Party (originally known as The Boys Next Door) were an Australian post-punk band, active from 1978 to 1983. Despite limited commercial success, The Birthday Party's influence has been far-reaching, and they have been called "one of the darkest and most challenging post-punk groups to emerge in the early '80s." The group's "bleak and noisy soundscapes," which drew irreverently on blues, free jazz, and rockabilly, provided the setting for vocalist Nick Cave's disturbing tales of violence and perversion. Their music has been described by critic Simon Reynolds as gothic, and their single "Release the Bats" was particularly influential on the emerging gothic scene. In 1980, The Birthday Party moved from Melbourne to London, where they were championed by broadcaster John Peel. Disillusioned by their stay in London, the band's sound and live shows became increasingly violent. They broke up soon after relocating to West Berlin in 1983. The creative core of The Birthday Party – singer and songwriter Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mick Harvey, and singer, songwriter and guitarist Rowland S. Howard – later went on to acclaimed careers.

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V/A - Bored Teenagers Vol.6 2012

And now.... a true story! Welcome to another Volume of great British Punk Originals 1977-1982. You might know the Bored Teenagers series and the description of Bin Liner Records says it all: "Ladies & Gentlemen, the wait is over…. we are now proud to announce that Volume 6 is a cracker, it's getting harder and harder to ground some of those long lost Punkrock gems. In fact, many long and tedious hours have been spent locating and searching for these traces. Then more monotonous hours are spent in the studies to repair and improve the traces. But the end result is worth every minute! However, we are proud to give you some of the rarest and safest traces that haven't seen the light of day in many years. As always the vinyl version is limited to only 500 copies and always the first to be sold out..." You can read the rest yourself, as always with first-class booklet and remarkable presentation. Top record!

1.Day I Met God - VICTIMIZE

2.Society's Child - VICTIMIZE

3.Intercity - VICTIMIZE

4.Countdown - THE STEREOTYPES

5.Champagne Suicide - THE STEREOTYPES

6.Bored With The City - MACHINE

7.Brown Eyed Girl - MACHINE

8.Souths Gonna Rise Again - F-X

9.Queen Bitch - F-X

10.Nothing New Under The Sun - VOX PHANTOMS

11.Not Only Dresden - DEAD AIRMEN

12.Miss Stupid - VILE BODIES

13.Outlawed - VILE BODIES

14.I'm A Loner - UNORFADOX

15.I Wanna Be A Star - THE DAZE

16.At The Seaside - THE DAZE

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NORMAHL - Ein Volk Steht Hinter Uns 1982

Now a German Punk classic, second 12'' in form of a mini LP from Stuttgart on Mülleimer Records by Normahl before they made their brilliant Der Adler Ist Gelandet album. Eight good offensive songs in a gruff recording as I like it and even if they could not keep up with the AGR combos, the band has established itself in the scene and their first two or three records are among the best from the Eagleland. The first press was published with a white cover and I think with a lyric sheet. In the course of the 1980s, the band came closer to fun punk and became uninteresting for me. I mean, they already had a lot of non-serious lyrics and I wouldn't class them as highly political, but they just sounded rougher and snottier and scattered funnier texts here and there (Al Capone, Ich Entführ Ein Kind or Auschwitz), but always provocative and with ulterior motives, an ambiguity, do you know what I mean?... and this skill is gone in the newer recordings. Well, Normahl are still active, playing gigs and that's the main thing, I saw them live in Stuttgart and it was cool, definitely worth a visit.

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