SIN 34- Die laughing 7″EP (Spinhead Records, USA, 1982)
Another one of these almost forgotten early Hardcore bands. SIN 34 hailed from L.A. and apart from this and some compilation appearances also had a great 12″EP entitled “Do you feel safe?”, which was also selfproduced.
They were also one of the not too many female fronted Hardcore bands. Check out the photo of Julie on the back of the sleeve – ain’t she just great how she’s not trying to look cool or anything?! SIN 34 may not have belonged to the “a-series” of bands, but I think this EP stands the test of time with flying colors. That has much to do with the really powerful sound we have here: A thick, present bass sound and a serious kick drum both spice up these three chord-mayhem greatly. My fave songs would be on the a-side, with “American America” being one of the tracks you’d find on every mixtape I compiled in the 80s. And the genuine good bad music feeling is to be found during the song “12 Hour Trip” on the flip, during which the band can’t keep up the rhythm and everything is falling apart for a moment. Wonderful!
American America.mp3
Children shall not be heard.mp3
The Uniform.mp3
12 Hour Trip.mp3
Join the Race.mp3
Jay Thurston wrote:
Sorry, but this band was really bad…
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Posted on 27-Jun-09 at 9:21 am | Permalink
Admin wrote:
You don’t have to say sorry, Jay, haha. Actually, I think this EP is really good. Did you ever see them live? Tell us a bit more, old fossil
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Posted on 27-Jun-09 at 9:27 am | Permalink
Piska-Paska wrote:
The b-side on my copy is almost unplayable due to those terrible PVC sleeves we used to store records in. You know the ones that destroyed our Koro sleeves ha ha. I like America America and Join the Race is ok but the rest have too many pointless passages in my opinion.
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Posted on 27-Jun-09 at 10:09 am | Permalink
eddie wrote:
The first time I saw Sin 34 play was with Red Cross at the Santa Monica Pier in ‘82. I saw them quite a few times in ‘83 and their biggest show at the Olympic in ‘84 and saw their final gig at the Cathay in the summer of ‘84. Julie was one of the well known punks back in those days and I had a few friends who went to school with her at Beverly High School. I used to see Julie around a lot at the Cathay de Grande scene where she hung out with a punk gang called the LADS (Los Angeles Death Squad). Sin 34 got back together a year ago and are playing shows in L.A.
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Posted on 27-Jun-09 at 1:21 pm | Permalink
Donofthedead wrote:
They are back together again and have played a few shows.
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Posted on 27-Jun-09 at 3:05 pm | Permalink
Thurston Moore wrote:
Sorry, but this band ruled. Never saw them live until this year.
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Posted on 27-Jun-09 at 9:34 pm | Permalink
chano wrote:
Nah, this ep suck. the following lp is even worse…
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Posted on 28-Jun-09 at 1:26 am | Permalink
distorted wrote:
not spectacular but good. b-series hardcore as you call it but still so much better than what’s going on in music nowadays. american america has great lyrics. thanks for sharing another record I would have never heard of if it weren’t for goodbadmusic.
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Posted on 28-Jun-09 at 3:07 am | Permalink
Jay Thurston wrote:
I, too saw them at the Cathay, Olympic and other smaller venues. They were playing with bands that I wanted to see…hahahaha. I had to suffer and see them. Chano is right.
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Posted on 29-Jun-09 at 9:09 pm | Permalink
Christopher tm wrote:
I always Sin 34.
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Posted on 09-Jul-09 at 7:37 pm | Permalink
Christopher tm wrote:
^ liked
Stupid painkillers….
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Posted on 09-Jul-09 at 7:38 pm | Permalink
elliott wrote:
i like this. just came off my heavy metal trip and this rocks. thank you for this.
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Posted on 23-Nov-09 at 1:32 pm | Permalink