OFF! - Live @ Annandale Hotel/Sydney 17.01.2013

Let's spend some fuckin' great US Hardcore with this delicacy. Black Flag, Circle Jerks, OFF! The stations of frontman Mr. Keith Morris, the one with the best punk voice and as Jello Biafra, one of the pillars of american punkrock. I have all the records from his old bands and with OFF! he kicks another excellent example out what's inside him and I think the songs give us all a strong impression of living in the U.S.A., the land of the free. This bootleg is a highlight of 29 energtic songs in a brilliant quality with nice greetings to the audience and the band is hot. You can really feel the gig and I like every minute of this 30 minute H-bomb. In 2011 I had the chance to visit a concert in Wiesbaden and I was just thrilled. I can really recommend it to anyone to join a OFF! concert, you will never forget it. OFF! are Keith Morris (vox), Dimitri Coats (guitar), Steven Shane McDonald (bass), Mario Rubalcaba (drums).

Intro-Panic Attack/I Got News For You/I Don't Belong/Poisen City/Now I'm Pissed/Monologue 1/Jeffrey Lee Pierce/Blast/Feelings Are Meant To Be Hurt/Wrong/King Kong Brigade/Monologue 2/Borrow & Bomb/Vaporized/Crawl/Rat Trap/Wiped Out/Monologue 3/Peace In Hermosa/Zero For Conduct/Cracked/Fuck People/Toxic Box/Monologue 4/Elimination/Full Of Shit/Black Thoughts/Darkness/Upside Down

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TREKANT - Människor Smakar Gott EP 1982

Young punk band from Stockholm here with their only record which came out on Sista Bussen, original members were Stefan "Mongo" Enger (bass + vox), Erik Björk (guitars), Happy Thörnblom (drums), Anders "Salle" Sahlin (guitar) and Martin (guitar + trombone). Mongo and Happy had played together earlier in Incest Brothers. In 1982 they started a new band called Trekant, the band only existed one year when the guitar player Erik tragically passed away they felt they couldn't countinue without him. Mongo and Happy formed Köttgrottorna instead. Their big moment was certainly the appearance as support for the Dead Kennedys when they toured Sweden. On this record are three excellent '77 pop-punk numbers, I like 'Ryssen' best, solide guitars with a dynamic bass playin'. Actually all fit on any tape/CD sampler. Compilations featuring the band on "Förortsrock - Musik Från Järfälla 1983" and the "Direkt Från Vardaxrummet" tape.

- Special Thanx to Fredrik -

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V/A - Keihard En Swingend! LP 1978

‘Keihard & Swingend’ (Rock-hard & Swinging) is a live registration of Dutch punk and new wave bands in 1978. Recorded live 12/13 and 14 February 1978 at Paradiso/Amsterdam and the result is astonishing. The a-side is more punkrock stuff with bands you might know while the b-side belongs to the new wave bands. The sound is quite good for a 30 years recording and the feeling seamlessly spills over. On the back cover are some liner notes and if somenone would translate then I would use the info here in this short description (my dutch is extreme rusty). This compilation was released on EMI-Bovema Holland, maybe one of the best release by that so-called major label. Great document from the early dutch underground scene.

1.I Dunno - SAMMY AMERICA'S GASPHETTI
2.Working For The Company - SUBWAY
3.Get You In My Train - WHIZZ GUY
4.Tennis-Shoes - SUZANNES
5.My Past - SAMMY AMERICA'S GASPHETTI
6.Dead Or Alive - PANIC
7.Don't Tell Me What I've Got To Do - CAPTAIN COKE
8.Tutti Ragazzi - THE NITS
9.Simple Song - SYLPH
10.Blind Man Lost His Guide-Dog - TURF
11.Don't Send Us Away - CILINDERS
12.I'm A Millionaire - THE LIZARDS

- Special Thanx to Fredrik -

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THE WORK - I Hate America EP 1981

You can say what you want, avant-rock, industrial music or whatever, I say this is a real punk record, pretty chaotic and pretty low-fi noises celebrate this oblique three piece combo. The Work were founded in 1980 by multi-instrumentalist/composer Tim Hodgkinson and guitarist/composer Bill Gilonis, with bass guitarist Mick Hobbs and drummer Rick Wilson. They experimented with tape collages which led to the creation of an independent record label, Woof Records and a band. Enlisting the services of Mick Hobbs and Rick Wilson they formed The Work and made their first recording, an EP "I Hate America", released on the Woof label. The band toured Europe in 1981 and 1982 and recorded their first album "Slow Crimes" in 1982. After a tour of Japan later that year and releasing Live in Japan, the band split up. In 1989, The Work reformed to record "Rubber Cage" and performed throughout Europe between 1989 and 1994, releasing another album "See" in 1992. This stuff here is amazing and they show how simple it is to bring weird noises in a dissonant harmony. That sounds contradictory I know but the art is to make it sound accordingly and that's why I love this record so much. There exists a few tapes with live material and if someone can send me a copy I would be grateful. Until then, enjoy this potpourri of funny music.

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8TH ROUTE ARMY - Nihilist Olympics LP 1985

After releasing some 7inches the Washington D.C. punks put out their debut album 1985 at 1 Dimensional Records. And I don't know why this album is quite cheap?? OK, it's certainly not a milestone in the history of US punk but it's attractive I think. The album is divided with old songs (a-side) and new stuff and full with simple 3-chord-melody-punk with singalong choruses, but partly also (especially in the new songs) beautiful, soulful tracks that can't hardly be put into any drawer. Even the punk detectives discovered them for the Killed By Death #100 compilation and 'Vice Presidente' is a superb punk track. "Nihilist Olympics works as a musical history that traces the high energy simplicity of hard core punk through more complex melodic neo-pop." (Jay Savage, The Heights, Volume LXI, Number 10, 18 April 1989). So for me this is a great record, which is a half of good punk rock, the other slower & more serious and simply brilliant original music.

- Special Thanx to Fredrik -

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STANDART OIL - Die Liebe Ist Nur Ein Spiel 7'' 1982

This 7inch came out on Panza-Platte and both tracks appeared later on their Mini-LP 'Nagasaki'. The band were founded 1980 in Vienna out from a band called 'Sprays' and they're playin' with different line-ups. They put out this 7inch, a mini album and were on several compilations, WienmusikK or Heimat Bist Du Größer Söhne are probably the punkiest ones. The music from Standart Oil is not really punk, it's more a kind of alternaive/new wave sound and sung in native Vienna dialect. The a-side is a nice reggae tune while the flip's a solide "Schunkel" number with sax and cool lyrics. In 1984 the band split up. I find the Austrian underground always interesting because there were more versatile genres and really genuine '77 punk bands can be counted on two hands, compare that with Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, etc.... In Austria is everything just a little melancholic and this is exactly what I love about this country. These two songs are definitely one of them and just describe what I've just described, all right?

- Special Thanx to Reinhard -

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JAM TODAY - s/t EP 1991

This is a Hamburg veteran band and all three members have already experienced an emotional punk past in such great bands like Napalm!, Punkenstein, Torpedo Moskau, Phantastix, etc..... Jam Today was maybe founded in the late 80s by Lui (vox+bass), Witte (guitars) & Thomas (drums) and they released their debut record 1990 on Hektik Records called 'Volume One'. Followed by this EP on year later on Vince Lombardy Highschool Records with three solide punk numbers. And I always liked the Hamburg style and I bought a lot of records from those bands because they got offensive lyrics, melodic rough sounds and I feel the spirit of the city where they live. I had a good connection to Hamburg in the past and I like the scene in second largest city. This record offers three short tracks and the special one is track 3 which is a cover version of Suzanne Vega's Luka (here titled in German as Luka Stöckling). 1992 the band released their second and last album called 'Peng!' and Jam Today leave the stage. Don't forget to watch for the Slam-Brigade Haifischbar compilation on Weird System, a Hamburg sampler with tunes from 1984 - 1990. So enjoy the powerful mid-tempo punkrock from the former jam revival fun band.

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TRAVOLTA KIDS - Veckans Brott EP 1979 + Det Känns Okej EP 1980

First I came in touch with this nice band as I found their first record on kbdrecords (one of the earliest blogs I know and one which I still follow). Check in there if you looking for '77 exotic stuff and more, definitely worth it. Travolta Kids were a punk band during the big 77-point scale in Sweden. They were formed in 1977 in Åkersberga/Stockholm and were a six/seven piece band. They release their debut EP on Bröderna Surf and this record has four simple cozy garage numbers on it and you can really feel the spirit of a new subculture. In Sweden, U.K., Germany, France, etc. .. punk was born and has been shown in many bands and the virus quickly spread over the entire planet (with a few exceptions). The recordings here stimulate me always so I dance to kitchen and get another cup of coffee. After the EP they put seven new songs on the brilliant Bakverk 80 compilation on MNW Records. Further Bands here are KSMB and the Incest Brothers. A tour of all three bands together followed through Sweden and I'm sure those were cool gigs. The band changed the label and the 2nd EP 'Det Känns Okej' was released on Mistlur with three cuts. This record goes more into PowerPop and I like the harmonic melodies which pull through and the sound is a bit better. In the same year they released their only full length album, again on Mistlur but I never heard it. Directly after the LP the band split up. I have read the LP should be far away from their original sound and offers more shallow pop scrap. What do you think? The band features on various compilations, worth mentioning are here Live På Msikverket, Ny Våg 78-82 and Bloodstains Across Sweden 2.

- Special Thanx to Fredrik -

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TEJP - Tung Rock 7'' 1979

And again the 70s with a good rockin single by this obscure Swedish group. The A-side starts with a Chuck Berry intro and pushes through the whole song, fast rockin' and a solide solo in the middle. I like the driving rhythms here which shots me instantly in a good mood and perfect I'd say to start the long weekend. Surprisingly good sound for an 30 years old record, respect! Side B is no less bad, starts immediately forward and I like it a bit better. Wow!!! Extreme mid-tempo proto punk rock'N'roll. About the band I know there are a 3 piece combo, Inge Tillberg (guitars), Thomas Wretman (drums) and Stabben Wahlman (vox+bass) and what has become to them is beyond my knowledge. It's their only record I think and was self-produced by the band and released in a small edition. Tejp (Tape) is a good rock'N'Roll band and I like both tracks and the punk factor is clearly audible. Worth a listen!!!

- Special Thanx to Fredrik -

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BIZARROS - Lady Doubonette EP 1976 + Laser Boys EP 1978 + s/t LP 1979

I download their album a few years ago and was not impressed, except 'Young Girls At Market' I put the LP quickly away. Now I changed my mind. The Bizarros are a very good band and with their early melodic rock sound with a punky influence I become a fan. Here are their debut EP, the second and the album and a few live and demo cuts from the collection CD which came out 2012. Here's some info from Ohio.com to this collection. Some info I found yet: In the late 1970's the Bizarros swam against the current of mainstream rock & roll. Although other Northeast Ohio post-punk and New Wave acts went on to greater success and notoriety -- Devo, Pere Ubu and the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde all spring immediately to mind -- few were as crucial to the scene's longevity and impact as the Bizarros; the first Akron band signed to a national record deal, the group's frontman Nick Nicholis also operated the fabled Clone label, which issued records by key regional acts including the Waitresses, Tin Huey, Human Switchboard and the Rubber City Rebels. Nicholis formed the Bizarros in late 1976 while a student at the University of Akron, and within months the band signed to Blank Records, the Mercury subsidiary founded by A&R exec Cliff Burnstein for the express purposes of signing Pere Ubu. Their self-titled debut album did not appear until 1979, however, when it was issued on Mercury proper; in the interim, the Bizarros issued a handful of efforts on Clone, most notably 1977's From Akron, a split LP with fellow hometown favorites the Rubber City Rebels. Day jobs (Nicholis worked as a public schoolteacher) and a lack of label support prohibited the Bizarros from touring nationally, and in 1982 the band finally dissolved, reforming in 1996 to record new material.

- Special Thanx to CLOCKWORK RIOT -

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V/A - On The Street LP 1984

This awesome and rare compilaton was released by Sane Records and they give out one of the best UK Punk records ever. This album features 18 tracks from British punk bands in their original demo form taken from the bands studio-recorded master tapes. "The idea behind Sane Records is to give "undiscovered" bands a chance to be "on disc" so that their music can be heard by people who wouldn't normally hear it, also all of us." Brilliant attitude and I wish more non-profit labels would do the same. The song selection is quite good and the rough and dirty sound kicks consistently. I think there were not much copies pressed so catch one when you have the chance. Essential stuff!!!!

1.Why? - PRIMITIVE
2.Soul City Boys - VICIOUS HAMSTERS
3.Suburbia's Dream - ACID ATTACK
4.Punx 'N' Skinz - OI POLLOI
5.Conned - DEVOID
6.Notts Punks - THE ABDUCTORS
7.Danger Zone - CATCH 22
8.Machines And Systems - CRIMINAL JUSTICE
9.Middle East Mayhem - CRIMINAL JUSTICE
10.Swimming Life - FUNGUS
11.I Don't Care - 4 MINUTE WARNING
12.Blow This Town - THE CLERGY
13.Molester - DEAD ON ARRIVAL
14.Zyklon B - DEAD ON ARRIVAL
15.Brain Surgeon - OBSCENE FEMALES
16.Undersea - OBSCENE FEMALES
17.Modern Art - OBSCENE FEMALES
18.Victory To The Rebels - ROUGH JUSTICE

- Extra Special Thanx to Fredrik -

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VOID SECTION - Virus LP 1995

Classic melodic punkrock from one of the oldest -still active- Belgian bands. Void Section find its roots back in 1989. "They from the Antwerp/Heist-op-Den-Berg and they are one of the oldest melodic punkrockbands of Belgium and they are already active for about 15 years, spewing out fast and catchy punkrocktunes. Having played with bands like NO FX, Bad Religion, Ten Foot Pole and so many other classic punkrockbands, they've gained a loyal fanbase that feels related to the music this combo is playing. Void Section has released several albums in the past, working together with various record labels like Tune records or the Brussels based I Scream records, but were looking for a label where they would feel part of the family and that's how they got hooked up with funtime records. With labelmates/punkrock collegues like Five Days Off, Homer, Cranck or Shandon, they're more than motivated to join the punkrocktrain. In october of 2003, Void Section has spend a month in the Grindhouse Studio to work on their new album. This album is their 2nd, released on Tune Records and is a blistering collection of 15 melodic punkrocksongs." (info from Funtime Records).

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MUFF POTTER - Bordsteinkantengeschichten LP 2000

Back in 1993 anyone gave me the demo tape "Bambule - Kleine Geschichten" from this German punk band from Rheine and meantime I've lost it. But I was pleased with their music and I start buying their records.

Muff Potter describe their style of music as Angry Pop Music, influenced by English and American Indie-/Punkrock like Hüsker Dü, Wipers, Leatherface, but also of German bands like Slime, ...But Alive, Boxhamsters or EA80. In their early days they played Punkrock with profound lyrics without striking or strongly politically phrases. That's what I like, direct in your face!!!! Was the sound during their first LP's a bit scrapy the band gets with every album musically always better & better and in my opinion their first three albums are still angry, desperate, honest, snotty and simply delicate. And by listen to their fourth album, suddenly I lost my interest, something had gone, I don't know what but I never come in with the new stuff. You probably know that? Kinda like cycling without a saddle, beer without alcohol, a pale facade... Anyhow, the third album was finally announced and I was hot on it and it's their best to date. I remember how often the platte runs up and down, every fuckin' time.

They recorded a lot songs for this album and two songs doesn't find a place on the LP and were released as 7inch, called the Potthoff EP, spiced up with a witty outro. Both released on the bands own label Huck's Plattenkiste. Every song is great; my favourites are 'Mensch Meier', 'Das Siegerlied', 'Unkaputtbar', 'I Love Fahrtwind'. If you have a wire to the bands mentioned above then you must listen to Muff Potter. There's no way out. Salut!!!

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THE RUDE KIDS - Safe Society LP 1979

Today only one post but I guess many of you out there have waited a long time for this record. The 7'' Collection which is now three months in the blog shot immediately the downloads to the top. I would't thought this but the Rude Kids are one of the best Swedish punk rock bands and even in these times. With their dirty punk rock'N'roll they convince the major asses of Polydor which released the bands first 7inches and the debut album 'Safe Society' (recorded by Polydor AB, Solna At Bastun/Stockholm, 1979) with 14 rough '77 style punk tunes inside. What should I write here??? All of you who love the singles will be delighted and those who didn't will begin. This album is ass-kickin', bites hard and neither dusty. Safe Society is an outrageous album which has even after 30 years not lost its bite. The Rude Kids present on various compilations, Killed By Death #2, Bloodstains Across Sweden 1 & 2, Svenska Punkklassiker, etc... In this file all scans included! And now: cast off and unbuckle!!!!

- Extra Special Thanx to Fredrik -

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