I can smell it - brutal Noise Rock with quite a bit Industrial flair is the next big retro thing coming. Since I always wanted to be hip and à jour, here’s my contribution.
SPIT were a one man project and spat out some fantastic driving, bass-driven mayhem. Much in the BIG BLACK vein. Aggressive music for anal intercourse. Sounds like this could have been big back then (maybe some more geetar would have helped) - let’s make it big in the future.
This is available on CD, I think. Buy it!
Road Pizza.mp3
I derserve this.mp3
Valsava Maneuver.mp3
And this goes out to the headbangers and rivetheads, hellraisers and beerguts: DARK ANGEL were one of the most impressing Speed / Thrash Metal band from the almost-first wave, although for me, their fame only lasted one album long, and that was the incredibly aggressive and haunting “We have arrived” LP (released in both the U.S. and France).
This is a collectible 7″ Picture Disc shape that the bands crazy label put out in various versions but small press run only. Azra Records was a freaky label with dozens of Picture Discs and Shapes in almost uncountable versions of which JAG PANZER’s squared shape 7″ is my fave probably.
Due to sound imperfections with Picture Discs generally and especially with this one, I recommend buying a CD reissue of the first LP. I’m pretty sure this is available.
We have arrived.mp3
Merciless Death.mp3
My good friend Peter recently posted D.O.A.’s “WW3″ 7″ over at his blog - and that made me think of following up by posting the argueably best D.O.A. 7″. Check the other blog for all the relevant info and my own personal bit in the comments section. Meanwhile - enjoy this with a slower version of D.O.A.’s hymn, “The Prisoner”.
The Prisoner.mp3
Thirteen.mp3
You know, when you get older, you sometimes forget what it was, that attracted you to the vitalism and urgency of HC in the first place. Though this came out after my HC infection, it amazed me as much then as it does now. NEUROOT just rip shit up. Such intensity, mainly coming from the sonic oveblast of the distorted bass, the angry singer and the crashing cymbals. Wonderful! And do yourself and your neighbors a favour by playing this on your stereo, all cranked up, and not on some shitty computer speakers. “Wir sind die Ratten vom Müll” (”We’re the Garbage Rats”) is one of the best songs ever recorded and the rest is up there with the most amazing HC tunes with just a very tiny little bit of Metal thrown in. Sounds a bit japanese sometimes and the mid-tempo brutality makes me think of SEIZURE (”All hail the fucking System” 7″EP). Impossible to do this again, I tell you. One interstellar record!
This was supposed to be re-released on a Split LP together with Canada’s FRATRICIDE on Pusmort Records, but only a couple of tstpressing ever saw the light of day.
1000 made of this, 600 had a poster insert.
Wir sind die Ratten vom Müll.mp3
Politicans and Businessmen.mp3
The Lie they call the Truth.mp3
Nightmare of Humanity.mp3
First off: Big sorry for not posting something new sooner. I’m currently drowning in work. And while we’re at it: comments and emails asking for “upload this and upload that” (most of them don’t even say “please”) will be ignored.
So here we have some boyscout shit finally. I don’t know, tell me what you want, but whatever Choke was involved with turned out to be musically great - NEGATIVE FX, SLAPSHOT,, some STARS & STRIPES and LAST RIGHTS. What a force majeure this 7″ is! It rolls over you like a fucking engine. Amazing!!! You know the rule of thumb, don’t you: Good people make good music - dumb people make great music. Here’s proof.
Depicted find the infamous “Hitler sleeve” variation of which supposedly 100 were made - plus the “promo sleeve” that came with a portion of these. Rare shiat. And I included another variation from my personal collection which is rarely seen (below).
As a bonus, I’ll throw in DINOSAUR JR’s cover version of “Chunks”, taken from the “Just like Heaven” one-sided 12″. Enjoy, bastards.
Chunks.mp3
So ends our Night.mp3
DINOSAUR JR: Chunks.mp3
cover scans curently down A split LP that gathered two bands with a different musical approach, in order to take down certain barriers that were set up highly still in the earlier days of HC.
Most of you will know CONTRAZIONE from “Sbarre” which was featured on the essential PEACE WAR double LP (Rradical Records) and FRANTI are known for a unique blend of Punk, Folk, Experimental and Jazz (they have a great Double CD compiling the bands musical work with some great material).
This Split LP has a lot more to offer in terms of variety than their contemporaries had; maybe that’s why these bands were often regarded as outsiders. I’m sure though that at least the thrash songs will be fancied quite a bit by the occassional italian HC fanatic. But I’d suggest that you try and dig yourself into both bands, it’s really worth it. And don’t get put off by the first CONTRAZIONE song; it’s definately the weakest of theirs and definatly not a good starter. The FRANTI side is spectacularly good, though not for the impatient listeners! Crazy how so talented musicians with such a unique way of putting feelings of desperation and fragility into their work, could vanish just like that. “Gate of Eden” is a Bob Dylan song, as you will probably know. It’s actually not on the tracklist on the label.
CONTRAZIONE had a full LP a while after this, with more experimental stuff, but all delivered in the same anger and power italian HC is known for. Said LP actually is pressed onto the thinnest vinyl I’ve ever seen - it’s more like a 12″ Flexi than what you’d call an LP. Might be giving it a featurre here soon, cause it is, like this, very hard to find.
Whoever has the insert to this split LP, please get in touch. Thanks! PS: Thanks Imants for the scans of the booklet!
CONTRAZIONE: Nausea.mp3
CONTRAZIONE: Cieli rossi sull’europa.mp3
CONTRAZIONE: Metropoli.mp3
CONTRAZIONE: A sudi di torino.mp3
CONTRAZIONE: Condannato.mp3
CONTRAZIONE: Sbarrre.mp3
CONTRAZIONE: Voci negate.mp3
FRANTI: 1984 / GGate of Eden.mp3
FRANTI: Questa e l’ora.mp3
FRANTI: Quesiti da sciogliere.mp3
FRANTI: Voghera.mp3
FRANTI: Prete, croce, sedia e morte.mp3
FRANTI: Io nella notte (Live 17/12/1983).mp3
A german saying goes: If you never were a Marxist when you were still young, you ain’t got no heart. If you’re still a Marxist, you ain’t got no brains.
Let me say: If you never loved KLEENEX, you ain’t got neither, not now and not in the future.
Four young women coming together in the boiling but not yet errupting Zurich of the late 1970s, releasing 2 7″s (well, sort of 3), before being forced to change the band name due to copyright issues. Then the gals named themselves LILIPUT, another great band name, released 3 more 7″s (one of them is to be found on this very blog), two LP’s before calling it a day. And you know what? The band was as original, fresh and untamed in the end as it was in the beginning.
This debut 7″ was released in Switzerland first, before London’s “Rough Trade” picked it up and re-released it with two songs left out and a b&w cover. Here’s the full glory for you. One of the few moments in musical history that might change your life, if it hasn’t already.
Beri-Beri.mp3
Ain’t you.mp3
Hedi’s Head.mp3
Nice.mp3
If there would be justice in rock’n'roll …. but unfortunatly, E-13 (or the label, run by POISON IDEA) decided to print a mere 300 copies of this smoking EP and even among HC enthusiasts, this babe remains quite unknown. On the other hand, this allowed the label to stamp print the one, and hand draw the other label - and I love that kinda shit.
Wild, aggressive and blazing HC, reminiscent of bands like HATED YOUTH, WILLFUL NEGLECT or ROACH MOTEL - but with a weird, comedy-like edge to it, E-13 are a standout! “Misguided Missle [sic!] Mouth” is the killer track here. Although the record wasn’t released until early summer in 1984, it sounds like a 1982 monster still.
Due to the lrics, image and the great cover art (the inside of the foldout sleeve is in the same tasty vein as the golden shower back phto), this band was quite controversial. I remember having one extra copy of this for trade - but nobody wanted it until I sold it on eBay in the early days. It went for 28$. Well.
Dressed for the H-bomb had this a whle back, but the links have expired and the rips didn’t sound too good.
find out more here, here and here!
Ode to a Motorhome.mp3
Misguided Missle Mouth.mp3
Eddie.mp3
Sportpack.mp3
humor Demons.mp3
Free the Cheese.mp3
Swizzle Stick.mp3
Clowns are Experts at making us laugh.mp3.mp3
I can smell it - brutal Noise Rock with quite a bit Industrial flair is the next big retro thing coming. Since I always wanted to be hip and à jour, here’s my contribution. 
