Krazy krazy Krauts! VORKRIEGSPHASE were notorious for having one of the most wicked guitar sounds to ever grace the face of the earth. I mean, can you believe this fuzzy mayhem? Incredible! Such a wild bunch, seriously wonder what these guys are up to today (if still alive). If you dig this, you should get yourself a copy of the LP – same, exactly the same (most likely recorded in one session, both 7″ and LP tracks), but it lasts much much longer. It leaves you with some ringing in your ears for good. Art, this is art! This is naked violence, naked violence! And the guitar solos are in the ANTI-CIMEX vein, but believe me, they’re even better so. Generally speaking, one can say that VORKRIEGSPHASE make most (almost every) band sound like Joan Baez in comparison. Makes one think of maybe ripping the LP …
Released on the notorious Rock-O-Rama label. As far as VORKRIEGSPHASE dumb lyrics go, this was sure as hell the right pick. But as I keep saying since so many years now: A band with such a guitar sound can get away with a lot more crap than others. One of the shiniest moments in recorded music history, no doubt!
Starve to Death.mp3
Scheiss Krieg.mp3
Scheissegal.mp3
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this is UNREAL man! fuck this must be some of the most extreme shit I heard in my life. almost too much to take! admin please write a book on the history of extreme music, please!!!
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That description of the buzzsaw guitar made me think of the Saints’ first LP that always has in my ears that effect that you mention… These guys are more abrassive of course (I knew the single like 4-5 years ago in a site called Tommy’s Punk if I remember well, the guy had plenty rockorama including other crazy krauts called Vomit Visions)
And it made me think also of some old Barcelona HC bands like Anti/Dogmatikss, they had quite a buzz blitz guitar (again, not disputing VKPh’s merits). Or Kangrena (the 1st tape, not the EP)… Btw Erich I’m still waiting for some Spanish punk (and Ultratruita weren’t punk, you’re offending the nation that won the Eurocoup or whatever the hell that game is called!! hahaha)
About the dumb lyrics, well, 2 of the songs are typical sub-Discharge imitations. The interesting one is Scheißegal. But I can’t make sense from what they say about Nina Hagen, I cant find that word “schweser” in my deutsches Wörterbuch!
Bussis
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Not much to say here Erich except that what you’ve written is right on target about this post. What a perfect guitar sound it is. I know they are totally different but for some reason it made me think of RP’s Farce EP. Pretty far of the mark but thanx for yet another great one.
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If you had 11 fingers, you’d be able to play guitar like this too. Maybe.
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This was cool. The first time I listen to it it didn´t do very much for me but the second spin was something else. Fast, raw, brutal as it should be and the guitar sound is incredible, almost as good as on Slaughters Strappado, but only almost.
The LP would be great too….
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It was Oliver/CBU who first burned me this ep nearly 10 years ago. Jan/AGx taped me the LP. Excellent amazing underrated/underappreciated stuff.
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Scharf Scheiss!!!! Never mind the Guitar sound, the bass on Scheissegal is so over the Rigi great! Yup! I know they are Krauts but Swiss alps are more over the top than others. I´m rambling again, as usual……………………
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This is the best and most abrasive German punk record for sure! MALINHEADS “Probegepogt aus Spandau” 7″ (aka “Hoax”) comes close.
The LP is way tooooo long (45+ minutes). It’s boring, boring, boring!
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Another one I used to have and yes it’s a killer. Never found the poets (haha) album though. From the above post I’d guess I didn’t miss anything.
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i love this ep and their lp. vorkriegsphase makes raped teenagers sound like little girls!
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The LP is way more impressive than the 7″, actually. Who doesn’t like the LP has probably not understood what this kind of music is about.
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As Pär said…The LP should be great too!!! Thanks!
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No blastbeats…
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There probably are, we just can’t hear the drums well enough to tell!
Amazing stuff. Reminds me equally of Confuse and Declino.
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YO there erik!!! How are ya?
keep in touch
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Ultra stupid lyrics, in a way comedy, especially ‘Scheissegal’. Didn’t listen to it for ages and the guitar sound is really amazing…even in the Hardcore days!
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Holy shit…this is amazing…thank you.
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The late Tom “Pig Champion” Roberts, of Poison Idea, used to host a radio program here in Portland, OR on KBOO. Back in ’83 or ’84 I taped one of the programs where he played a track off thier AUF IN DEN TOD LP. I don’t think there was anything around back then that compared to the sound of this band. I remember thinking the guitar was like a ‘wall of noise.’ It pretty much got me really into hardcore music and I searched for the LP for years before I finally picked it up at 2nd Ave records, who was importing a lot of rock-o-rama stuff back then.
I still have that radio show recording around somewhere and I need to get it online. It also had an Antidote (from New York) song, that just kills to this day. (never did find that record)
Thank you for putting these tracks online.
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Would love to hear that tape, Crusty! As for ANTIDOTE: Use the search function, I had posted the 7″ a while ago.
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Wow – what a review after so many years – I feel humbled … lol
yeah it’s me the guitarist !!!(with lots of distortion&tube screamer)
This was an awesome time in my life –
I moved 15 years ago to Australia
- since to OP where asking if we are still alive… yeahhh yes I am:
http://www.myspace.com/frankberger
Well about the lyrics… We where pretty young and there where some immature songs like elende weiber, rotes mieder .. but what would you expect from teenagers with testosterone running high..
… some songs where reflecting the pre reunion (east/west germany in 1989) and the social status in germany like the song: Neue Heimat , This was / is my favored tune – someone put it on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3FbuGkGc4k
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Thanks for stopping by Frank. And thanks for one of the most glorious guitar sounds ever pressed onto vinyl!
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Good stuff to listen to while attending college in Deutschland. Which town in Germany was this band from I wonder.
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this is good hardcore. it fucking rocks!
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…my girlfriend just stepped in, when I was listening to the track ‘Scheissegal’ and she said just one word: ‘Awful!!!’ and then leave the room immediately. Sounds like ‘not girls music’ to me.
And lyrics like ‘Die Hausfrau Nina Hagen, die liegt mir schwer im Magen’ makes me smile still because of it’s goofyness.
If there’s Mongo-Punk, this must be Mongo-Hardcore for sure.
..and the sound of the guitar is just unbelieveable, even in 1984, when the 7″ came out…
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Please, where can I find the lyrics???
Mainly of Scheiss-Krieg!!
Thanks
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Admin Reply:
October 1st, 2011 at 10:39
Make up your own.
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I already do my own, but I still would like to know the lyrics of the band. If someone knows it, leave a comment! Thanks of a brazilian fan!
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