Killed By Death Records

I love computers! Especially when they crash. I had written a great deal about Peggio Punx and was ready to post when the “thing” decided to freeze totally. Oh well! This one along with the first Declino 7inch posted earlier are among the best mid ’80s italian hardcore EPs. They got a style all of their own these italian maniacs. As I listen to the tracks now I hear some digital pops that you have to live with. You should check out Peggios 12inch over at punkrecords.org. Not a single bad track so you get them all! My pick is “Credi Di…” cause everytime I hear it I see some punk cowboys with their mohawks and studs riding in to anarchy heaven to never be seen again.

I’ve decided to take some tracks away from this posting. If you want to know WHY then read the comments for the Buttocks. And NOW I
‘ve decided to put the tracks back up again now when my lovely friend “NiteOwl” is gone Ho hoho.

Country: Italy
Year: 1983
Label: Peggio
Format: 7″
Songs:
Guerra.mp3
Noia.mp3
Linea Diritta.mp3
Solitudine.mp3
La Mia Vita.mp3
Credi Di….mp3

Great quirky punk rock in somewhat the same vein as Dow Jones And The Industrials. Again nothing came up about the Moths during research. I’ve got a spare copy of this in case anyone is interested. Both tracks are great so here you get ‘em!

Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: Kakoon
Format: 7″
Songs:
Magazine Look.mp3
Driving Bores Me.mp3

You thought the best bands from Sweden came from the capital city? Wrong! The best bands came from Gothenburg and our home town Linkoping. Here’s Slobobans Undergang from Gothenburg with their second effort. They discovered Ramones in 1975 and did their first gig on the 4th of October in 1977. Then they played covers by Stranglers, Vibrators, Damned etc. In the summer of 1978 they started to write their own songs and here’s two of them. Here’s a bio in swedish but you can look at the photos: SU(Socialdemokratisk Ungdom).
Country: Sweden
Year: 1980
Label: GBG
Format: 7″
Songs:
Bli En Av Oss.mp3
Atomkrasch.mp3
Ett Skjut For Freden

Guy Robert Archambue aka Rob Noxious(lewdsnot and zoloft_anaconda) you still owe me a sleeve for this one too! Once again I had to borrow the sleeve from Henry Welds American Punk Discography. Need an original sleeve or a 150dpi scan. Ok they where from Connecticut and they also released a 12inch. “Small Talk” has the best lyric ever made by a punk band(including Crass and Arabens Anus). “What I Got” is a killer pop punk number that could’ve been a little bit shorter. It should’ve ended exactly at 2:13 so if you have an editor just cut the song from there and delete the end.
Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: Queue Music
Format: 7″
Songs:
What I Got.mp3
To Be A Boy
Small Talk.mp3

Dangerhouse Records released a good deal of great records where The Deadbeats 7inch are the best and as number two we have Rhino 39. The flipside with “Xerox/No Compromise” is Hardcore done in 1979. The intro to “No Compromise” give me chills: Do de do de do de super size bla bla bla no compromise no compromise… Correct me if I’m wrong but I think Dave Dacron - Vocals died in a car crash in 1980?
Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Dangerhouse
Format: 7″
Songs:
Prolixin Stomp.mp3
Xerox/No Compromise.mp3

One of the five first US punk rock 7inches I bought. I think Pagans-Dead End America was the first. Shattered Faith seems, at least to me, be one of those bands that was forgotten in the big O.C. boom with bands like T.S.O.L., Adolescents,D.I. etc. This is gloomy punk rock at its best. Spinned this alot during the years and I still love it as much when I first bought it. To my suprise Shattered Faith is still going:www.shatteredfaith.us. I could’ve downloaded the tracks from their website but they sounded a bit too clean compared to the vinyl versions you get from my turntable.
Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: Posh Boy
Format: 7″
Songs:
I Love America.mp3
Reagan Country.mp3

Two great tracks out of five. This should’ve been a two tracker. Great cover of “Heartbreak Hotel” that was originally done by? Michael Jacksson? No it was something on E.. Eilert Pilarm maybe? From Hyped To Death:” pressed one EP on Roach Motel’s “Destroy” label and added two tracks to the We Can’t Help It EP. Maximum Rock&Roll caught them talking with Ian McKaye, but they never made it out of Florida. Drummer/vocalist Paul Suhor went on to Harley Krishna (who re-made a bunch of S4 songs) and now records in his own studio and teaches stop-smoking hypnosis at Rainbow gatherings.”
Country: USA
Year: 1983
Label: Destroy
Format: 7″
Songs:
Heartbreak Hotel.mp3
Jump On You.mp3
No Revenge
Time
Table Leg

Here’s one for all lovers of melodic punk rock. Floridas The Reactions extremly sought after second 7inch is good but not great. “Marianne” is the standout track. I know that japanese collectors will go ape shit for this record so if you’ll have something nice to trade I might part with it. For some info about The Reactions click here.

Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: Reaction
Format: 7″
Songs:
Nights On End.mp3
Marianne.mp3
I Can’t Help It
Rebel Rousers

Info taken from: http://www.soundclick.com:Red Asphalt was a San Francisco musical group, or “band”, which formed in 1978 and dissolved in 1982. Their first live performance took place at SF’s famous Deaf Club. They performed at venues such as Mabuhay Gardens, Sound of Music, On Broadway, Le Disque, The I-Beam, Elite Club and others. They released a 7″ EP on Egg and Anvil in 1981 which included Red Asphalt, Jive Puppet, Phone Call from God, and Peligro. They’re also heard on the compilation LP Live at Le Disque (Jump Records), and more recently, on the cd compilations “High Road to Obscurity, Vol.1 (Grand Theft Audio), and “Homework #2″ (Hyped to Death). A 16-track ?album-length? recording remains unreleased….

While the original group contained neither bass nor lead vocalist, the longest-lived and most-beloved lineup was that of: Ron Hanik - guitar, Ted Johnson - drums, Scott Davey - synthesizers, Trina James - vocals, Bruno DeMartis - bass. Besides the above, Megan Mitchell sang with the band (she’s heard on the EP), and Andy Anders and LX Rudis played bass.

Hanik, Johnson, Davey, DeMartis and Rudis all currently reside in San Francisco and continue to make music. Trina James, unfortunately, shuffled off this mortal coil in 2001. Megan Mitchell is believed to reside in her native Hawaii. The whereabouts of Anders are unknown, not to Anders himself, we hope…
Anything else…?
Check the band’s website at scodav.com for more photos, flyers, and videos….

Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: Egg And Anvil
Format: 7″
Songs:
Red Asphalt.mp3
Jive Puppet.mp3
Peligro
Phone Call From God