Still alive
30-May-07
Thanks for the mails. I’m still alive, just kinda busy. New shyte soon.
Back when this came out, I didn’t like it for two reasons: First off, the theme song made me sing “Sieg Heil” and secondly, “I hate Hate” sounded so flowerpowerish to me that I originally intended to write a song called “I hate People who hate Hate” für my first band. Gawd the merciful prevented me from doing so.
REAGAN YOUTH’s one and only life-time release is flawless. Simple as that. Few records are so fucking catchy, few have so much youthful urgency. This has proven to be a true and lasting classic that not even the bands re-union LP (I think it was entitled “Vol.2″ or sum’in) could scratch the mere surface of its glory. “Degenerated” makes me burst out in tears of joy each time I hear it - what a song, what a solo! Who said solos and Punk don’t mix? Fuck off! And looking back, the whole concept of the band, the monomanic pisstake of the extreme right of the U.S. is just so lucid and historically inappropriate, it’s pure joy! Download and be happy.
These songs were reissued on some CD. But - I’ve been told it had been remixed and sounds like shit. Can’t verify since I never heard the reissue, but I guess you lads and lassies will tell us more and also the countless stories about the band and the singer.
PS: Today I learned of Jerry Falwells death. Reagan and Falwell were the godfathers of american HC. This is for them.
New Aryans.mp3
Reagan Youth.mp3
(Are you really) happy?.mp3
I hate Hate!.mp3
Degenerated.mp3
U.S.@.mp3
(You’re a) Gonowhere.mp3
And here’s another lost gem. ORANGE DOE-NUTS (O.D.’S) were from Kentucky, of all places. I know absolutely nothing of this band other than that this LP here has some fantastic powerful material, great metalfree HC the way it should be. Rumor has it there were only 300 made of this and the hand made cover (silk screen print n front and sheet glued on plain white sleeve) makes this likely to be true. Powerful, generic and obnoxious. You’ll hear practically every other HC band of the era in these tunes, it’s just like a great blend of other great music. And the reggae pisstake is funny too.
Enjoy! And fill in the blanks.
PS: Yeah right, they were from Kansas not Kentucky. Who cares about that.
Brainwashed.mp3
T.M.O.S.mp3
Compete
Hook.mp3
Fancy girl.mp3
Babylon.mp3
O.D. Theme
Disco
Time no Time.mp3
Chip.mp3
Twisted world.mp3
Jimmy Time.mp3
Great and totally under-appreciated SoCali HC of the snotty sort! HATED PRINCIPLES are or were still together, a couple years back, I think. I never heard the other releases, but this 7″ is just too great! Kinda reminds me on the great (S.F.) FU’s, and even on RF 7 a bit(both featured on this blog too).
Since some of you requested this, maybe you can fill us all in with some more info. Wasn’t my long-time pen pal Katz in this band? There’s a song credit on the label to “K. Seki”.
Rosemary’s Abortion.mp3
Guyana Cult.mp3
Devil’s Food.mp3
Burn those Churches.mp3
Kill your Neighbor.mp3
What a scorcher this 7″ by SALVATION ARMY is! Released on New Alliance Records, who brought you nothing bit essential records in their prime time, this one gets a bit overlooked, methinks. Catchy as fuck Punk of the “KBD” type, much 60s feeling and a typical southern Cali finish. Shredding geetars and melodic vocals: If this doesn’t make you dance around then you probably deserve it no better. Isn’t it incredible how three guys can bring so much joy.
The flip is of course a Doris Day theme song (by the way, that must be said here, SEWER TROUT had the best DD cover song ever!). As a pre-pubertal kid, I used to find Doris Day attractive and I loved all her films (especially those with Rock Hudson). This should give you a rough sketch of how unhappy my childhoood was.
I used to trade records with the singer Jun. All of a sudden he sent me this somehow surreal japanese HC 7″ from the early 90s: WARHEAD leave me speechless whenever I put this slab on. Tight, brutal, fast. The way it should be.
This was re-released as far as I know. Fill us in with the blanks, homies.
Cry of Truth.mp3
Suicide.mp3
Fight with no Fear.mp3
You in Corruption.mp3
Your on Crime.mp3
Don’t remember how I got to receive LUZIFERS MOB 7″EP back in 1993, cause I wasn’t interested in contemporary music of the time anymore. But I do remember very well how irritated I was when I played the sucker. The chaotic, violent atmosphere and the bizarre lyrics impressed me quite a bit. I mean, the band name alone was (and is) so powerful in a not too subtle manner and the intro from Passolini’s shocker “Sado” (in the german synchro version) - it all seemed to fit.
A bit later, LUZIFERS MOB released a Split LP (with GOLGATHA) that suffered from poor production, but again was a full frontal assault on all senses. The original cover art, it said on the platter, was too obscene to find a printer, so they just released it in a plain black sleeve with some sticker on (it is to be seen in the CD booklet, hooray). The cover version of “Run to the Hills” was incredible for the time, balancing between tribute and pisstake. The vocals are amazing, and on “5-19″, the vocalist is outdoing himself! From there on, these german post-hardcoreists were part of my aural empire of sonic violence.
The 7″EP and parts of the other stuff are, if you ask me masterpieces of brutality and stand the test of time easily. Although this is not what I call HC or Punk, but already heavily leaning over to the post-HC thing (which bores the hell out of me). It’s the overall impression of it, I guess. It’s so fucking kaputt.
A couple of years ago, I got to “meet” some ex-LUZIS (the band had split up in 1996) and the producer of this fine discography CD on a german music and veganism (yikes) message board. All of them turned out to be gentle and bright individuals with a twisted humor and a great passion for music.
So here I have this CD discography with everything of the LUZIS collected onto one disc, sent to me for a review. I’m going for most of the 7″EP (taken from this CD as it has more punch than the original vinyl) and some other tracks.
Do yourself a favour and buy this directly from Arif, the noble man who put it out. You can reach him through repomanrecords [*] web.de (* insert the “at” symbol here). It shouldn’t be too expensive. This is going to be available on vinyl too - check this.
The s/t 7″EP:
Geschlossene Fenster.mp3
Rückwärtsgangsyndrom.mp3
Licht 1.mp3
Es pocht im Haus des Herrn.mp3
Beton.mp3
Staudamm.mp3
Fremd.mp3
Beobachtet.mp3
Kopf in der Schlinge.mp3
Oh Weh.mp3
From “Close your Eyes and see Death” /”EP Compilation:
Maulwurf.mp3
From the Split LP with GOLGATHA:
Azzuro.mp3
Brandmarke.mp3
5-19 (und der böse Blick).mp3
Ich schau Dir in die Augen und es ist alles klar.mp3