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).
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This is sick and repulsive. May the Lord have mercy on you.
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Amen.
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Abut time somebody had GISM! Your blog kills!!!!!
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Wow!, can this blog get any better…
…it can only go downhill from here.
a true gem this one. got the lp too but never seen the cd. thanks for the scans and the usual great ripping quality. no need now for me to digitise my vinyl copy, hehe.
what is the extra hidden material on this, any chance i/we can get hold of that?
and btw, my girlfriend likes gism.
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My wife likes GISM too!
Hey Erich – remember me from the old trading days? Great blog you have here and very appreciated that one of the old top-notch traders and collectors like you decided to let others hear what you’ve collected over the years. I’m sure this also helps labels and bands because you turn people on with some great sound!
Thanks for your generosity and expect a donation from me in the new year.
Chris B. // Montreal
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Oi Chris. Do you happen to be the same Chris who still owes me for an ANTIDOTE 7″ sent to you in ca. 89/90?
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Fab! Now some ZOUO pleaseeeeeeeeeee
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HA HA HA HA thanks for the laugh! GREAT comedy core.
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What’s your problem Peter? Go listen to your pop bands and leave this for the adults, okay?
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half sweden laughes their asses off about peter and the funny stories he spreads. for what it’s worth: no, he wasn’t involved in the punk scene and everybody knows that. his band (reped teenagers) was good and had a swell lp. but we could do without your bigmouth, peter.
/ chrille /
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Behave, please. If you wanna start to get beefy with Peter, you can do that on his site, but not here.
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ha ha Chrille
! No I’ve never been involved with the punk scene.
Isn’t it amazing that people gets upset ove my comments. It seems like nothing have changed since the 80s when all the swedish punks was as stupid as Chrille and as easily upset as soon as you said something that wasn’t appropiate according the law of punk.
Gee is this true? Are people STILL really this stupid. Please tell me Erich that isn’t so.
Raped Teenagers where the crapiest band around don’t try to flater me.
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I’m as stoopid as I was in the 80s!
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Thanks for the GISM.Hope you can post some more classic Jap HC, like maybe the Comes or the Great Punk Hits comp?That one is a classic.
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GISM rule. Period full stop. Confuse is also fucking great.
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Does anyone add to this?
“The story I hear about Sakevi and GISM is that he discovered Crass, saw the imagery on the records and interpreted them as a band that ‘celebrated war’, and then took it from there.”
Also does anyone have any idea what the EXACT political ideas of GISM/Sakevi are?
The most likely political ethos of GISM seems to be what was derived from some early show posters that featured an anarchy A, followed by a Nazi Swastika, followed by a peace sign. Meaning destruction of the established order through anarchy, placement of shogun-fascistic-military-dictatorship, than peace and utopia as the outcome.
Also does anyone have scans of show posters for GISM’s early gigs? Especially the ones that were printed in black and white and splattered with red ink to appear bloody.
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the extrta stuff is clean & proper mastering of the tracks that appeared on “The Punx” Omnibus Cassette (takarajima label, 1985). the 5+ minute long one is called “Shoot To Kill (For Epileptic Soldier)”, the shorter ones were originally layered on top of eachother to make 1 track & was titled “G.I.S.M.”, but anybody with a brain can just check out Gism’s live tracks on the “Outsider” Omnibus LP from 1982 to find out their actual titles. “Gash” & “A.A.H.B.” come to mind, but its been so long since i actually pulled out these records…my 20+ year old mix-tapes still play these tunes whenever i want em to…
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Awesome that you call this Girlfriend-chase-away-Core. My friend’s ex-girlfriend actually had a meltdown while listening to “…Syphilitic Vaginas”. She flipped out and locked herself in the bathroom (if I remember the story correctly). There may have been other mitigating factors… drugs perhaps, but it was 90% caused by GISM.
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shut up alcolm x, that’s such bullshit. fuck man, 90% of the people that have heard gism (because of the stupid internet) shouldn’t have heard them. fuck off, i hope sakevi kills you.
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Jonny, I guess you belong to the chosen 10% that are allowed to listen to GISM (although I bet you’re no older than 20)? I hope Sakevi hugs you.
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#16 -
That is some of the dumbest, most convoluted bullshit I have ever heard.
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How much would it cost this CD today? Is it really that hard to find?
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thanks a lot!
i’ve been looking for this for quite a while.
the story behind saveki is that he chased the audience at a gig with some kind of flamethrower
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuXGGf2bnzQ&feature=PlayList&p=9302026511040659&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=13
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Can someone get a good vinyl rip and post it up somewhere?
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This might be this blogs best blog post on the web…
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