Happy Halloween everybody!
This is not the INSULTS, it’s THE INSULTS from Michigan / Spain. The band was actually not meant to be taken too serious, still this 7″ is a nice piece of metalfree full blast dyslexic HC. Only 300 copies were made, and the cover is handglued and looks very nice. Although this 7″ is surely not earth shattering, I still like it for it’s fast parts and the general not-so-serious aura.
Shortly after this, the boys got together again and recorded and helluva nice LP - JIM JONES AND THE KOOL-ADE KIDS’ “Trust me …” was totally different from this, metallic sludge with simple but highly enjoyable double bass hammering throughout and some very nice downtuned heavyness. That LP too is hard to come by but not too much in demand, I guess. It was re-released on a CD put out by my ex-label mate and also included the (unheard by me) unreleased 2nd LP.
I carry the Badge.mp3
You know to much.mp3
Kingshit.mp3
To late.mp3
Not me.mp3
Michaels on Fire.mp3
Thier World.mp3
Your a Dick.mp3
No concience.mp3
snubbed again, once is enough.mp3
I’ve been meaning to post some GISM for quite some time now and when I realized, that I have the DETESTation CD as well as the vinyl (I rarely look through my Cds), I thought I’d share this with you. This is true Girlfriend-chase-away-Core!
There’s plenty to be found on GISM on the web, so I don’t feel like telling you much that you already know. Just this: I first heard ‘em on the “War - Peace” Double LP and couldn’t believe my ears! “Endless Blockade for the Pussyfooter” is nothing but a hit and amazingly so although being totally distinctive from everything else you will have ever heard in your life. No other band even remotedly sounded like the crazies around vocalist and professional madman Sakevi, who once walked through the streets of his hometown, using a hair spray can and a lighter to cause some havoc; this brought him into custody. At least, that’s what the rumors say. “Si non e vero, e bon trovato”.
Although my fave GISM track isn’t on “Detestation” (that’s actually “Fire” from the “Great Punk Hits” comp), this babe DESTROYS! One of the most aggressive and menacing records ever put out, with a guitar sound and vocals that make you wanna - well, they don’t wanna make you make cookies, will they. This leads to the Cookie Monster and indeed, Sakevi could be taken as one of the originators of what was later called Cookie Monster vocals. But contrary to most of the Grindcore and Death Metal wannabes, this man actually HAD a voice!
Bla bla bla, chatter chatter chatter. Enjoy the full artwork of the CD (though it turned out to be impossible to reproduce the marvellous “metallic” finish of the original), turn up loud and fuck shit up! Punks is Hippies!!!
Endless Blockade for the Pussyfooter.mp3
Death Agonies and Screams.mp3
ABC Weapons.mp3
Nightmare.mp3
Document One.mp3
(Tear their) Syphilitic Vaginas to Pieces.mp3
Nuclear armed Hogs.mp3
Anthem.mp3
Extra hidden material.mp3
(I corrected the song titles. They differ from those on the vinyl issue, but I didn’t check back with them and just used “proper” versions instead. Forgimme).
And again one of the enigmatic order of the Mini-LPs (translate: extended playing extended plays). Joe over at Last Days of Man on Earth recently posted some hot shyte (Dr. Know and the 2nd Thrash Comp, “Barking Trucks and blazing Wheels”) and asked to hear the infamous McRAD debut. Well, I wouldn’t be the nice bloggin’ bloke I am if I wouldn’t hear his call. So here’s the full thing for ya and yes, the b-side is bad. We know that. I used to love this back then, and I still think it has its moments. Really quality stuff here.
Released on the same label that also brought us the cool and overlooked “Get off our Backs” Comp. LP with F.O.D., Y.D.I. (brutal!) and more sweets.
Skate or die! (Well, for me it would be skate and die, frankly. Can hardly walk on me tiny feet)
Sundail.mp3
Greed.mp3
Acid Drop.mp3
Programmed Children.mp3
Resthaven.mp3
Dominant force.mp3
No Guns.mp3
Forget those Years (Dub).mp3
In order to helllcome the 100′000st visitor since I installed the counter a couple months back, here’s one of the milestones of HC for you to grab. When I was about to finish the cover art for INFEST’s “Slave” Mini-LP on my label OFF THE DISK RECORDS, Matt (the guitarist of the band) sent me a letter, saying “make the backcover look like SSD’s first 12er”. And I tried.
Some say this was one of the records to destroy what was formerly known as Punk by installing an ugly boyscout / conservative musical Jockorama. Others may say different, but I’d basically agree with the first. I remember all too well how much this impressed me when I first heard it one or two years after its initial release. “Boiling Point” or the title track seemed to truely outspeak in anger what I’ve had always felt. Looking back, I know that I’ve had about the same feelings when the first two IRON MAIDEN LPs came out. Haha.
Anyway - although this is maybe one of the most important albums in the history of american HC “Punk”, it still hasn’t been offically re-released. Bits and parts of it had been used to fill the ludicrous “Power” anthology of SSD, put out by Springa (the band’s singa) a couple years ago. And, of course, there was the infamous bootleg version on “Discord/ Ex-Claim” records, made by Ray of Yesterday, the Bono of Hardcore. The ex-bandmembers found out quickly who was responsible for the boot and weren’t all-too-enchanted about it, so part of the pressing was destroyed, with only ca. 600 of it surviving, making it one of the rarest REVELATION releases (hoho).
Boiling Point.mp3
Fight them.mp3
Do you even care.mp3
Not normal.mp3
Wasted Youth.mp3
Jock Itch.mp3
Fun to you.mp3
V/A.mp3
How much Art.mp3
The Kids will have their Say.mp3
Headed straight.mp3
War Threat.mp3
Teach me Violcence.mp3
Screw.mp3
Who’s to judge.mp3
Police Beat.mp3
United.mp3
The End.mp3
Another great scanner and photoshop job by me … get me an lp-size scanner gawddammit!!!
Somebody recently begged for this: RAW POWER from Italy had 2 albums, a couple of tapes and a so-so 7″. The rest you can forget. Even the re-issue of this sucks shit compared to the original sound, but I admit that this is purely subjective.
Never ask me which one I like better: “You are the Victim” or “Screams from the Gutter”. The crazyness and total over-the-top feeling of the latter is intriguing, but the first one has so much charme and warmth with its rumbling sound (the bassdrum KILLS) and the bad mastering job.
As you will probably know, this first LP is pretty rare, ‘though it’s interesting to see how much its value has come down during the last 2 or 3 years. Still it’s tough to find with only a few hundreds ever pressed and pretty poor distribution ooutside of the european mainland (honestly, you could walk into more than one record store in Switzieland and buy it for a regular price until the mid 80s and even then, it turned up quite regularly. But that won’t help you much, I know). The pressing quality of this is pretty cheap, with quite a bit of vinyl-noise and all, still - it’s perfect for what it is.
Live, RAW POWER were one true force yet were totally unbelievable to watch with their 70s rockers outfit and the bandanas. I remember how some punks yelled at the guitarist for his wanking and posing (never figured out whether this was some sort of joke or serious - but it fit perfectly!). However, I think most people were just too impressed by the band’s unstoppable force, especially during the “Screams from the Gutter” era.
Enjoy, hounds of hell! And don’t forget to put on your bandanas.
Politicians.mp3
Police Police.mp3
Corrosive Water.mp3
Raw Power.mp3
Burning Factory.mp3
Hate.mp3
State Oppression.mp3
Don’t let me see it.mp3
You are the victim.mp3
Repression.mp3
No Card.mp3
Death Seller.mp3
Power.mp3
Nihilist.mp3
Texass up yours! Since I recently posted the first DICKS 7″, I thought I had to follow up with this first release from Rradical Records. STAINS were basically, as you know, what was later known as MDC.
“John was a Nazi”, though it’s quite obvious that he wasn’t, has become a real catch phrase and should be regarded as such. Whereas I didn’t enjoy the flip too much back in the day, I nowaydays find it fantastic! The stakkato preachy singing of the singer alreadys shows up here but is still way more bareable than in MDC. I never saw MDC live but the Flipside Video is hillarious - the singer spends more time preaching than singing.
I’ve had two pressings of this originally. Next to the one featured here, there’s one with b/w cover and the addition of “MDC” next to the band name. This later version also had a different mastering job, if I’m not mistaken. Please fill us in and / or provide a rip of the 2nd press, if you can.
John Wayne was a Nazi.mp3
born to die.mp3
ROTZKOTZ (kinda hard to translate; “Rotz” is snot and “Kotz” is short for “vomit” = Snotvomit) from Germany were formed in 1977 and released a great, pretty much under-appreciated Punk LP in 1979 (”Much funny”), before putting out this 2nd and last album in 1981. Although the band gained some fame back in the day, it seems that ROTZKOTZ nowadays have fallen pretty much into oblivion.
This LP however is brilliant. The intro makes it clear: “Das ist unser Leben”, “This is our life”, a voice explains and our life in the 80s seemed to be in peril as it seems endangered today. You’ll hear short motives for the 50s, the 60s, the 70s and finally the 80s. Computers, or rather the paranoia of computers “taking over” and replacing humankind is one of the often heard and most powerful lyrical topics of many early 80s bands. Another quite popular subject of german bands were immigrants from Turkey in Germany - what we’d call problematic these days, a quite exotistic view on some cultural aspects of Turks in european diaspora, is the lyrical background of the highly energetic “Deutsche Land”. The rest of the songs is of comparable power and urgency. The FEHLFARBEN influence is obvious throughout and the irony and coldness of ROTZKOTZ in its greatest moments comes close to the genius of the masters.
Here are some of my fave tracks off of this LP and they all go out to Mel who enjoys this herself quite a bit.
Computermensch.mp3
Was ich nicht weiss.mp3
Deutsche Land.mp3
Tante EMI.mp3
Müslibrei.mp3
Schlanke Finger.mp3
Lebensfroh und farbenfroh.mp3
Es kehrt die Zeit.mp3
Zeitsignale.mp3
0.-.mp3
Schatten der Vergangenheit.mp3
Äuglein zu.mp3
Too lazy for a backcover scan.
When everybody thinks the typical big names or the high priced gems (of which they learned a couple months back) were the shit, we know this wasn’t all. GENOA’s first and only (?) release, a 45 rpm Mini-LP (and a bonus flexi), is one fucking powerhouse! I normally don’t like it when too much Metal is into HC or vice versa. I’m a purist, I guess (few exceptions), but GENOA did a masterful and quite eclectic job here! “What a wonderful Life! Ha!!” is a friggin hymn and “Monthly’s Gest” is even better! Machine gun vocals and again quite a bit of craftmanship and musical talent. I don’t know too many records with so much energy captured inbetween the grooves!!
This pearl has been booted in tschörmany some years ago. It came as blue vinyl 7″ and a few of the longer songs were ommited. Here’s the Mini-LP (without the 7″ Bonus-Flexi). Songs were a bit difficult to separate, hope I made no mistake.
Agitat Pigs.mp3
Touch me.mp3
Carnival.mp3
What a wonderful Life! Ha!!.mp3
Devil Thrasher.mp3
Monthlys Gest.mp3
Strange kind of Madman.mp3
(I’m) Running from Beach.mp3
Sweet Operator.mp3
You and I.mp3
Good Night Baby.mp3
Repost of my first post from March 3 2006 - mp3 files added!
“Mommy, mommy, mommy look at your son” - that’s how one of the very best songs ever starts off - and right from the first beats on, you’ll find yourself drawn into a claustrophobic atmosphere of both bitterness and melancholy. It always made me wonder how an anti-cop song could have such a dark vibe, whereas for instance BLACK FLAGS “police story” sounds so incredibly aggressive, while lyrics point out that “we can’t win”. The same desperate feeling can be heard on AK-47 “The badge means you suck” [posted here in the meantime]. Must have been Texas that made them sound so dark, I guess.
Somebody should sit down one day and try and put together an anthology of (anti-)cop songs (Mystic Records had the same idea in 1984 when they released that great «COPulation» Compilation LP - I mean, the title alone …).
The other two songs on “Hate the police” are very good songs (”Lifetime problems” and “All night fever”) but, frankly spoken, come nowhere near the greatness of the a-side.
The original pressing of this (as seen on the pictures) had a press run of 500 copies and sold out quickly. I remember even in 1984, when the 2nd 7″ by THE DICKS came out, the first one was nearly impossible to get. I traded mine for a copy of TNT “Züri brännt”. A nice deal, I think.
“Hate the police” was bootleged in the UK in the early 90s. It has a 2-colord cover only and the insert is missing. No idea whether this ever appeared on any official re-releases or in other bootleg versions. You help me.
And remember: “If you can’t find justice, it will find you!”.
The Dicks hate the Police.mp3
Lifetime Problems.mp3
All Night Fever.mp3
CHICKEN BOWELS one and only 7″ (they also had some tracks on “My Meats your Poison” Comp LP) is one crazy japanese slab. Typical top-notch musicianship, tight production and exceptionally great melodic vocal lines. “No Control” and the fantastic “Lie and Truth” may be the highlights here. But who could say it better than the band itself - here’s the english part of the lyrics to “No Control”:
“Hurry up! No Future
Drop out! Dirty Crows
No! No! Control
Die! Just yourself
Go down! Kill Yourself!
Get out! Noisy Crows
Make a fresh Start of Life
People will talk!”
Yeah man, think about this!
Oh yes - some guys from Berlin bootleged this and three other jap 7″s on an LP about 10 years ago.
Rage!
Keep our Fire burning!.mp3
You live in Dream.mp3
Real Beauty.mp3
No Control.mp3
Lie and Truth.mp3
Fuckin’ Crime.mp3
Happy Halloween everybody!
I carry the Badge.mp3
