KOMPLIKATIONS - The 12''Inches 2012 - 2017

Now I introduce you to a band that totally thrills me and deserves your absolute attention, because..... simply brilliant. "We play without any guitars and that is it! We call ourselves Punk elektrorockers playing rough minimal sound! Turn your emotions into music! Into creative violence!" So Komplikations, a three piece from Liege about themselves, formed 2011 by Alen (vocals), Synth Lio (synth) and Karsten (drums) and they were influenced by Seventies US west coast bands like Screamers and Units. They have already released five 12Inches via Rockstar Records, of which I have compressed the first four in this file. Hatred meets sheer desperation, bundled in a SynthPunk thunderstorm that is rarely offered in such quality. Driven by conviction, who define music as an outlet for the experiences of their own lives. They manage to write mercilessly groovy songs that make your insides pulsate and the challenges of everyday life become small. A lot of strength and energy fills your veins, and you come immediately into a mood that drives you forward like on cocaine. Twenty-One dynamic hymns which are just as great as the last appearance of the SGE on last Monday. Superb, cool, und ein Muss!

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LAST RITES - Outtakes & Wat Weiss Ich Denn? 2020

Superb release from Mad Butcher Records and this compilation (250 copies) is full with rare stuff by the Last Rites from Glasgow. The band were formed 1982 as the Treblinka Boys by John (vocals), Alan (guitars), Drew (bass), Eddie (drums) but soon they changed their name to Last Rites and so the combo were born and this line-up played several gigs together (actually they're playing a few songs because as soon as the gig started the police crashed the performance and pulled the plugs). Some line-up changes followed, and in 1982 they recorded a ten-song demo (Protest & Survive). After the release Drew quit and was replaced by Alex and a deal with Flickknife Records brought the first 7Inch We Don't Care/Stepdown out. A new drummer was then sought and eventually found in Jim. The Fascism Means War EP came then in 1984 on Essential Records and most of the songs of the demo have been revamped and they were ready for an album. This Is The Reaction finally hit the streets in 1984 with fourteen songs and was to be the band's final album, and how things went further with the boys you can read this in the detailed insert. Musically, we enjoy twenty-one decent rudimentary pogos as we know & love from the Eighties and there is nothing wrong with that!

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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C.C.M. - Live In SO 36 1988

It's getting loud and ecstatic on wdthtc, because an awesome live slab from Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers, or simply C.C.M. (the band name was a tribute to the Dead Boys guitarist), is waiting for you. Founded in Pisa and active from 1979 to 1987, the four were one of the first Italian Hardcore combos and part of the Tuscan Grand Duchy scene. 400 Fascists (the original is hard to find these days) was their first EP and came out 1981 via Cessofonya Records with four fantastic killers, inspired by a military parade of 400 paratroopers held in Pisa in those years. The record is now one of the very first productions of Italian hardcore punk, a genre that in those years was developing in the rest of the world. In 1983 they released a self-produced split cassette Sfregio Permanente/Permanent Scare which saw them in collaboration with I Refuse It! (later re-issued on vinyl by Children Of The Revolution Records in 1985) and in the same year a second tape called (We Are The) Juvenile Delinquency. They participated in the Last White Christmas festival which took place in Pisa on 4. December 1983, organized by the Grand Duchy Hardcore (GDHC) in the deconsecrated church of San Zeno. In 1984 they were then invited by the American R Radical Records of Dave Dictor of MDC, to be part on the International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation which was released in collaboration with the San Francisco fanzine MaximumRockNRoll. 1985 came their Furious Party, the second EP out and during a tour in the States, they recorded their Into The Void album in Indianapolis, both released on Belfagor Records. In 1987 the group disbanded after the release of this live album which was recorded in SO36, Berlin on 16th May 1987, released on Destiny Records and the last line-up was Syd Migx (vocals), Antonio (guitars), Sandro (bass), Alex (drums). That was a lot of words, and I recommend you listen to the must-have compilation The Furious Era 1979-1987, released 2017 on Area Pirata, which features all the Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers material.

Sterilized/Sorry/Strange Pain/Enemy/R.M./Romeo Juliet/Feel Like/Into The Void/Bendix Power/Secret Hate

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EINLEBEN - Soundtrack Zum Sommer 2002

August starts with a sad laugh and I thought I still had to rip the vinyl, but I did that job five years ago, that saves me a lot of work because I'm afraid my PC cracks soon. - Einleben from Wasserberg are among the bands that I always enjoy listening to and whose concerts I have always enjoyed attending whenever possible. This is their third & final album on Plastic Bomb Records. First, the artwork is very aesthetic with somber images in shades of blue, country roads, railway lines and a dilapidated cottage in the mountains, in front of which one sees oneself sighing and lamenting one's fate. For the ears then ten melodic and emotional Gems in mid-tempo range, some of which go well forward. The whole thing is very heavy on guitars and lyrics. The songs are, as usual, saturated with a deep melancholy, sometimes with despair, whereby the guys keep letting hope particles flow in, so as not to let the listener stand too much in the vale of tears. Inspiring and certainly an ideal stimulant to balance disharmony. A short visit to Bunt and Rauchzart, their two predecessor albums, is also worthwhile. Now I leave you alone with beautiful, driving and sensitive music. Enjoy!

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BLACK MARKET BABY - Senseless Offerings 1983

July was hot and accordingly I close the chapter with a hot slab, the debut of Black Market Baby from Washington D.C. on Fountain Of Youth Records and were one of the few D.C.-area hardcore bands with no ties to the Dischord label, they nonetheless came to be looked upon as an influence on many of the local bands who followed. Formed 1980 and after sone line-up changes Boyd (vocals), Scott (guitars), Mike (bass), Tommy (drums) recorded this fantastic album with twelve great songs. A couple of 7Inches followed, but unfortunately the plan to release a second album failed. They broke up in January 1988 following a farewell show. In 1990, the German label Bitzcore issued a best-of compilation called Baby Takes, which featured singles and material from the first album; it was followed in 1991 by Baby On Board, which included material from the unreleased second album as well as more from the first. Excellent hot Stuff!

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V/A - It's A Youth Explosion! Vol.1 2020

Dear followers & visitors, there is a new little series from Heavy Soul Records and what the creators are unveiling here is first class stuff that is pretty close to the KBD compis, and yes, even better because most of the songs are unreleased, jaja... and described as follows: Fourteen rare & unreleased tracks taking in all that was good from 1977-1984ish. You get Punk, New Wave, and Mod revival all within the amazingly created artwork from Alf Button's Revenge. All fully remastered from a whole source of different formats to create a sound crispier than a bag of Wotsits! The names may not be familiar, but the "Sounds From The Street" created will certainly take you back to when all you needed in life was an LP by The Damned, Clash or Jam and a guitar, bass and drums. All original tracks, by a whole range of musical talent. So a perfect gathering of unearthed classics, limited edition is to be specified but no one knows how many copies were actually pressed... who cares!

1.Circa 2 - THE LIMPS

2.Someday - URBAN ENEMIES

3.30 Seconds - PATROL

4.Bright New Future - THE MEDIA

5.Let Me Show You Love - BACKSTAGE PASS

6.Talk - THE TWINSETS

7.Phone You - SLEEPERS

8.Lambs To The Slaughter - MIDNIGHT HOUR

9.Just A Dream - REACTION

10.One Of The Boys - THE DETOURS

11.She Don't Know - THE FACE

12.Dance Step Beat - THE MOD-L'S

13.Sound Of Today - STATION 360

14.In The Crowd - THE PLOY

- Great Thx to Bristolboy -

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THE OUTFIELD - Play Deep 1985

Finally, today the ball is rolling again and afterwards there will be a match live on TV. But before that wdthtc goes poppyrocky with the debut of London's the Outfield who inspired me with their 7Inch Your Love and which is still in my closet. The band's line-up consisted of guitarist John (vocals/guitars), Tony (bass), Alan (drums) and they had an unusual experience for a British band in that they enjoyed commercial success in the US, but never in their homeland. Play Deep is a worthy first release from this British trio, led by a novel guitar and vocal concoction, sweet-sounding consonance mixed with gritty guitar work. (Mike DeGagne) The record was a smash success, going triple platinum, reaching number nine on the album charts, and producing their biggest song, "Your Love," which was a Top Ten hit. To support the album, the band launched an international tour opening for Journey and Starship. I like their sound and is a nice change in my everyday Punk existence.

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V/A - Step By Step EP 1989

Superb compilation on No Time To Be Wasted Records with six bands from all over the world. The first step took Soothsayer, a Canadian thrash metal band from Beauport/Quebec, founded 1985 and released four albums to date, last from 2019. Swedish Hardcore's Rövsvett were formed in Tranås 1983 and are already well-known guests in this theatre, numerous albums and 7Inches are available, the last came out this year. Leeds based speedie foursome Pleasant Valley Children formed in the late 80's and have released two tapes and one album, as well as a 7inch and compilations, the album's from 1991 and their last sign of life, I guess they broke up in the early Nineties. Patareni is a Hard/Grindcore combo from Zagreb and founded sometime in the early Eighties. Also very active on vinyl; five albums as well as numerous 7Inches and two tapes were recorded by 2021 and thrown among the people. Cat-O-Nine Tails was a HC/Punk act from Schrobenhausen and were active late Eighties to early Nineties. In their short lifespan they released two albums, one single and one tape. An established combo may spice up the grand finale: the Hard-Ones from Sydney, who delight us with their melodic Punkrock since 1982 and I think you know how many albums and singles and t-shirts and towels have been scattered over the world and an authentic live recording completes the march through this stage. - What is there to hear? A varied slab with six different hiking trails that leave little time to rest. Presented in a lovingly elaborate gatefold-cover, lots of infos/lyrics and on red/yellow vinyl, partly in a limited edition. Superb!

1.Deadly Fear - SOOTHSAYER

2.Kontaktproblem - RÖVSVETT

3.Big Sinker/No Second Chance - PLEASENT VALLY CHILDREN

4.Kraj - PATARENI

5.Under Surveillance - CAT-O-NINE TAILS

6.Don't Wanna See You Cry (Live) - HARD-ONES

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THE ADICTS - The Peel Sessions 1979 EP [2015]

Again a fine John Peel session record, this time by the Adicts from Ipswich, influential and idiosyncratic British Punk outfit known for their wry lyrics, ferocious yet upbeat sonic attack, and distinctive image (still an active and popular live treat 😊); on Pirate Love Records which came in an edition of 300 copies. This goodie was recorded on 20.November 1979 and broadcast on 5.December. I really have to say, this DJ has done a great job and made many bands known and is certainly appreciated in the music scene, but are there any honors, remembrances or anything else? Admittedly, I haven't really done any research, but a lot of superfluous shit is remembered and the real, innovative personalities are forgotten. It's a damn gray World! On this nice one we have four classics and everyone who knows the boys will be delighted and those who don't know them will be this as well. Enjoy!

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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U.K.SUBS - She's Not There EP 1979

Best bands ever, and that definitely includes the UK Subs, who have been tirelessly celebrating their driving Punkrock since 1976. This is their third single for Gem and the band's first cover version (She's Not There was recorded by the Zombies in 1964) and reached No. 36 in the U.K. charts. To that, three more crackers, including two non-album tracks and "Kicks" which found its way onto the second album Brand New Age. As many acts on the UK Punk/New Wave scene were either breaking up or going through creative transitions the Subs proved there is still a lively audience for their catchy sound. Enough blah blah, perfect music that I can enjoy anytime.

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