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Category Archives: Hardcore

CHEETAH CROME MOTHERFUCKERS- s/t 7″EP (Cessofonya Records, Italy, 1981)

12-May-13

Italy’s GERMS – only that CCM‘s first vinyl offering DESTROYS right from scratch (while the first Germs 7″ was charming, but honestly, unlistenable). I’m sparing you from my usual blabber this time. Tune in, drop out, fuck off. PS: The tracklist of this EP is kinda sketchy. The label lists different and not all songs, [...]

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ANTISECT: Out from the Void 7″ (Endangered Musik, UK, 1986)

20-Jan-13

Maybe this is and always has been more of a record that I wanted to like, than one that I really did like. I don’t recall the review I wrote for my fanzine, when “Out from the Void” came out, but I tend to believe that it wasn’t bad at all. Yet, in the years [...]

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F- You are an E.P. 12″EP (Intendo Distorto Records, USA, 1984)

28-Dec-12

Soundcard issues have been fixed! One of Florida’s greatest – and still surprisingly obscured 12″ by the notorious F. The six songs on this ep rip hard! Great voice, great guitar, competent rhythm section and songs that just flow over with energy and aggression, although they are not played overly fast. Bands like Hypnotics or [...]

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STETZ- Songs of Experience LP (Russo Syndicate Records, USA, 1986)

11-Sep-12

How much I loved this LP when it came out – and I still know every song by heart, even though I don’t spin it as often as I used to! Too bad STETZ never released anything else beside this, apart from songs on three LP comps («Hardcore Takes Over», «One big Crowd» and “New [...]

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HERESY- Split LP with Reevsy singing (Toy’s Factory, Japan, 1990)

10-Sep-12

Not too long before HERESY embarked for their first Euro tour in 1986 (together with Concrete Sox – more here), they recorded 6 songs with their original guitarist & singer Reevsy (who also can be heard on the «Never Healed»Flexi). As you know, Reevsy was replaced by John on vocal duty on the tour and [...]

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RHYTHM PIGS- An american Activitiy 7″EP (Unclean Records, USA, 1984)

21-Jul-12

A stunner, a real stunner of an EP. 6 short songs, each one full with great melodies and rhythm, a lot of RHYTHM. Playing this now, 28 years after its release, makes you wonder why there were so few bands with such a fresh sound and lyrics that may cover the usual subjects of the [...]

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FRONT LINE- Basic Training 7″EP (Beach Impediment Records, USA, 2012)

31-May-12

You may have heard FRONT LINE on the glorious 2nd installment of MASTER TAPE (find the quintessential volume one here) – and you know that this band overshadowed the other (very good) bands in terms ofspeed and punch by miles. Finally, the complete 1982 10-song demo (from which the comp tracks were taken) has been [...]

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PILLSBURY HARDCORE- In a Straight Edge Limbo 7″EP (Fartblossom Enterprises, USA, 1985)

24-May-12

The first time that I heard (saw) PILLSYBURY HARDCORE was on Flipside Video Fanzine, Volume Six (or was it five?). I immediately fell in love with the band for the song “Hey Bob, what’s up?” alsone and forced about every band to play this with me. What was so exciting was the fact that songs [...]

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AGENT ORANGE- Bitchin’ Summer (Posh Boy Records, USA, 1982)

21-May-12

Back from my round-the-world trip! Originally, I was going to post my favorite AGENT ORANGE record and that is, of course, the legendary (and in this case, the term is fitting) “Living in Darkness” Mini-LP. I asked the producer, Robbie Fields, to come up with some memories and he in return asked me not to [...]

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SIEKIERA- Atak 7″EP Bootleg (no label, Canada, ca. 2000)

22-Mar-12

When I was in Poland in 1991 to visit Auschwitz (Oswjecim, as the village is called in polish), I also met some local anarchists who were quick to invite me to stay at their place. Actually, it was one of the guy’s parents’ home, a tiny apartment in one of these horrible and iconic plattenbaus. [...]

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