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PTL KLUB- Living Death 7″EP (Mystic Records, USA, 1985)
Of the many Boston area Hardcore bands of the 80s, PTL KLUB is one of the nearly forgotten. Why is that? Ever since the bands first vinyl release (the “13 Commandments” LP), I enjoyed the ferociousness and jockorama aggression. Maybe the group just picked the wrong label (Mystic), maybe they played the unity game too little. Certainly the band had the misfortune to be active in the time the original HC declined rapidly. Had these records been released 2 years earlier or maybe 15 years later, they’d gotten a bit more attention.
This EP starts off with its highlight, a great cover version of Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” and it closes with the next best song, “Living Death”. In between we have four more pretty intense thrashers. Maybe it’s nothing spectacular, but this is the kind of stuff that still moves me from time to time, cause it’s so high on energy. PTL KLUB’s best release however is the 1987 EP “Nobody care anymore”, which also became the band’s swansong. I would guess it’s pretty safe to say you’ll be hearing that one too, sometime.
White Rabbit.mp3
What’s wrong.mp3
Sea of Hate.mp3
Hey Harry.mp3
Want you Baby.mp3
Living Death.mp3
Justin wrote:
Listening to this now tells me that I didn’t appreciate these guys like I should have back in the 80′s. I was too caught up with bands like Ill Repute and RKL as far as Mystic bands were concerned. Thanx for another great post and for the compliment.
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Posted on 18-Apr-08 at 4:04 pm | Permalink
@+@ wrote:
fuck yeah!!! PTL KLUB destroy! last i checked they had a few vids on youtube. worth checking out. hahah the vocals for white rabbit are so aggressive and completely take away the beauty of the oringal. punk fucking rock.
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Posted on 18-Apr-08 at 4:13 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Yeah, the vocals are really impressive and so is the guitar. Actually, the guitarist has a real unique sound and style. Dammit, can’t get this babe off my turntable.
Checked out the videos in the meantime: Haha, really corny stuff.
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Posted on 19-Apr-08 at 2:04 am | Permalink
adamski wrote:
Yep, this is a great band. I have all of their records & they’re all consistently great. While all of the rest of the Boston bands were slowing down & going heavy metal, PTL Klub still flew the flag for straight-forward raging hardcore. They all looked like the sort of guys you wouldn’t wanna mess with, too!
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Posted on 19-Apr-08 at 2:11 am | Permalink
lortgrodan wrote:
If I didn´t love White Rabbit with JA I probalbly would have adored this version but now I just get angry with it. Otherwise a great record!
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Posted on 20-Apr-08 at 12:29 am | Permalink
Brushback wrote:
The Boston HC scene was pretty clique-ish back then, and bands that weren’t associated with the XClaim-type crowd didn’t get much attention. Bands like PTL Klub, Cancerous Growth, and Psycho were from the ‘wrong side of the tracks’, so to speak, and were left to fend for themselves when it came to finding shows to play.
I actually thought that PTL Klub were pretty generic for that time, and that’s why I didn’t like them. It’s almost funny how things take a turn, though– what was generic HC back in the ’80s can sound pretty fresh now.
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Posted on 20-Apr-08 at 7:53 am | Permalink
Peter - KBD Records wrote:
I loved their demo but for some reason I never looked into this. I know I would’ve loved it back then as much I like this now. Great stuff which calls for a post of their demo!
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Posted on 21-Apr-08 at 12:39 pm | Permalink
Eddie wrote:
Doug Moody was someone who took advantage of penniless punk bands by releasing their records on his Mystic label. Doug made them think he was doing them a favor by paying out of his own pocket but he knew down the road, he would make the money back and then some!
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Posted on 22-Apr-08 at 3:45 pm | Permalink
Rg wrote:
This is like hagfish napalm!!! Arrg Thanx a gagillion>Hey Harry!!!
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Posted on 23-Apr-08 at 7:07 pm | Permalink
Perverted Messiah wrote:
“Want You Baby” is a Plasmatics cover
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Posted on 01-Jan-09 at 7:48 pm | Permalink
Dan wrote:
Got one for sale at Loud Statues store within GEMM.com website…or contact me directly…selling my entire hardcore collection only because I need money…help…
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Posted on 11-Mar-09 at 10:16 am | Permalink
Good bad Music for bad, bad Times! / P.T.L. KLUB- Nobody cares anymore 7″EP (Deaththrasher Records, USA, 1987) wrote:
[...] Some of the dying Hardcore corpse’s last convulsions. Simple and brutal, just what I need right now. “Negative Man” is the shit. Find more P.T.L. Klub here. [...]
Posted on 01-Oct-09 at 6:16 pm | Permalink
eddie wrote:
DOUG MOODY IS SCUM OF THE EARTH! WHEN HE DIES I WILL GIVE NO CONDOLENCES!
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Posted on 24-May-10 at 5:17 am | Permalink