Remember the old trading days? My first copy of this I gave away for Antidote “Thou shalt not kill” and The Mad “Fried Egg” – and no, don’t expect me to draw comfortable pictures of how good the trading days were, cause in fact, they weren’t. Like it or not – Ebay (the “free market”) has democratized record collecting a great deal).
Speaking of speaking of good ol’days: Vic Bondi (formerly of the band featured here) does do a lot of glossing over the grim past when talking about HC and “the 80s” (a trademark, by now). The days were heroic, the scene political, the revolution was nigh but then, I dunno, Heavy Metal or whatever came along and destroyed all of it. Or was it capitalism?
Anyway – ARTICLES OF FAITH was, is and always will be (to cite Rosa Luxemburg and the holy bible at once) one of the bands whose mere mentioning will run shivers down my spine. Everything (including the last LP!) these guys ever touched is of such quality, it’s truly timeless, because the band managed to create a totally unique style. “Wait”, “Buy this War” and “I’ve got mine” (!) are all masterpieces and the band’s first LP, “Give Thanks” is literally overflowing with talent and power.
What I love about this 2nd 7″ is the kinda robotic sound it has. I’m not sure, but I thought this got lost in the re-releases. Now you can compare. And please – buy all AOF releases.
I’ve got mine.mp3
Wait.mp3
Buy this War.mp3
PS: Before I forget. The utterly disgusting 7 Inch Punk site had this too – ripped from the CD. Compare the sound, lads and lassies, compare and then tell me that you love me. Thanks.
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Hey — thanks for the kind words about AoF. It’s funny, a lot of audiophiles definitely prefer the mixes of the vinyl to the remixes I did for Core or the Complete set. So I relistened. I think in the remixes I was trying to get Joe’s guitar up more — he really played some sensational stuff. And the drums still seem really flat to me.
BTW — I posted a video of AoF playing “Wait” in Philadelphia on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_OWkQNHJs
Kind of a memorable show — it was in some kid’s backyard, and got raided by the cops after some punker stabbed someone…
Cool blog. Thx
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I first heard this in late ’83 cuz a punk buddy bought this at Vinyl Fetish in Hollywood, CA. I wish I could go back in time and buy all those records at Vinyl Fetish cuz I passed up on a lot of them. They were all there from Discord to X-Claim!
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Oh my! I absolutely love AOF! and I’m one of the few freaks that may prefer their last Lp “In this Life” to anything they did. Easily on the top 20 Punk albums, period.
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AOF have always been one of my all time faves. Have a loooong interview lying around somewhere with Virus X. Time to dig it up and post it maybe since I never published it. And Virus X was one hell of a talented drummer that had a total unique style. A big inspiration.
Buy This Was and I’ve Got Mine is one of their best moments in my boo.
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Yes! One fine record this. And it does take you back to the trading daze! So many records lost, so many records gained!
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And those lyrics to “Buy This War” seem pretty relevant today. Thanks, man!
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I love the way “I’ve got mine” starts out a Clash-type punky reggae tune, then suddenly switches into breakneck speed hc. My fave AOF track back then was the first track on the P.E.A.C.E. comp, “Up against a wall”; the drumming on there’s just incredible, the touchstone on which all other HC drumming should be judged. Funny how, when metal bands got to playing at HC speed, they completely ignored the syncopation drummers like Virus X or Jeff Nelson put into it; it was all “thumpa thumpa” after that.
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freiliggrath. you forgot freiliggrath: wie weiland euer gott/ ich war, ich bin, ich werde sein.
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I know you don’t like it when you’re getting requests …. but pleeeaassee (sugar on top please) could you rip agnostic front “united blood”? I love your rips and I’m sure you have the original 7″ (I know it from a mutual friend: peter from rorschach).
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Hey thanks for this e.p. A.O.F’s “Give Thanks” LP is one of my fave US punk records of all time, such catchy, powerful songs. So good. Cheers.
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AOF was great and if that Virus X interview that Peter KBD mentioned could get posted that would so cool. That guy was an awesome drummer.
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definitely appreciate you making this available along with the 7inch blog version…the scans are also great accompaniments…amazing and thorough – thank you!
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just wanted to say how much I love your blog. records like this make me almost cry. how could I have missed out???
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