Killed By Death Records

Sorry folks but the a-side Sick Girls dosen’t hold up to the quality that we ask for to be posted here. Imagen a really bad New York Dolls song with loads of wanky solos. Ohhh bad rock n roll. Of the worst kind! The b-side on the other hand rocks like a good song shall rock. Fast(1979 dude!) and hooky punk/powerpop. A bit too long but it manage to be interesting enough. They did a reunion a while back take a look here! From Buffalo/New York.

Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Pias
Format: 7″
Songs:
Sick Girls
This Is It.mp3

Salted City is comped on Killed By Death Vol. 3 and is the winner here. Snotty punk rock that sounds very very US punk to me. What do I know about these snail lovers? Nothing. So now it’s up to you to prove to all of us what a great punk historian you are. Comment away!

Country: France
Year: 1980
Label: Sky Dog
Format: 7″
Songs:
D-Section.mp3
Salted City.mp3

A two side killer 7inch that you can pick up cheap. Both tracks are driving melodic punk rock of the finest sort! And a connection to Vibrators first 7inch We Wibrate with Chris Spedding: “When Chris Spedding moved to America at the end of 1978 he had a year’s contract to play with Robert Gordon. While in New York he began sitting in on rehearsals with a local band The Necessaries.”. AND to the Modern Lovers: “Ernie Brooks on bass. Brooks once in the Modern Lovers, but left when Jonathan Richman’s eccentricities became too demanding. “..his ideas of what the music should be changed so fast that it was impossible to keep up. At one point he decided that electricity was the work of the devil - that’s why he insisted on switching to acoustic guitars.” said Brooks.”. Read all about it here: The Necessaries Biograpy.

Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Spy
Format: 7″
Songs:
You Can Borrow My Car.mp3
Runaway Child(Minors Beware).mp3

A couple of months ago Nadi Jahangiri guitarist of Das Schnitz sold off a copule of stock copys of this legendary 7inch. He was kind enough to sign it for me. Geek? Me? 533 copys and nearly all with sleeves from other bands releases that they wrote their name and titles on: Das Schnitz sleeves. On the Ellie Jay label that have got some great releases to be proud of.

From Detour Records about Das Schnitz:”It was recorded at the only studio in Torquay at the time, Swan Street studios on an 8-track machine. Rates were £8 per hour but we only had £12 so we were in and out within one and a half hours!!“.

Great amateurish Punk Rock from the UK.

Country: UK
Year: 1979
Label: Ellie Jay
Format: 7″
Songs:
4 A.M.mp3
Getting Nowhere.mp3
My House.mp3

What the fuck??? Offspring??? Na na na na na… You’ve heard that idiot song that went mega big. And it’s so fucking bad it makes me want to self explode and fuck a duck.

But here we have The Offsprings first 7inch dating back to 1986 wich actually is quiet good and of course super rare! 500 copies with sleeve and 500 without. I ordered it after reading a raving review of it in MMR.

I’ll Be Waiting is really good except for that pointless middle bridge that don’t serve a purpose except to be annoying. Blackball the flip is good too except for the middle part. All in all this sounds like it could’ve been released in 1980. Classic Southern Californian Punk Rock!

Country: USA
Year: 1986
Label: Black Label
Format: 7″
Songs:
I’ll Be Waiting.mp3
Blackball.mp3

The Nuns disguised as Los Nuns. Dunno why they changed their name to Los Nuns and then back again to The Nuns in time for their LP. Jennifer Miro is not in the band on this record:”You may be surprised to learn that the Nuns’ Mistress Jennifer is a descendant of Welsh royalty. Her ancestors lived in Whitney Castle…“. And for you’ve that been dying to see Jennifers tits here’s something for you: Nuns Gallery.

The Nuns have some great songs and some not so great songs. For example the title track is boring boring boirng. But the flip Media Control is good good good. The Nuns second 7inch it is.

Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Rosco
Format: 7″
Songs:
The Beat
Media Control.mp3

I discovered the Testors very late. I think it was in 2002 I first heard them. And was I blown away? Yes I was. Sonny Vincent who sang and played guitar in Testors is still an active rocker. Testors formed in 1976 but it wasn’t until 1980 they got them self togheter(ouiiiii) to release Together.

“1980 TESTORS releases a single titled “Time is Mine/Together” on Bleeker Bob’s “Drive-In” label. TESTORS does shows with the Cramps, Iggy Pop, Steel Tips, Suicide etc.
Following a series of intense episodes that include a fight with Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group) live on New York radio (broadcast live from the new C.B.G.B. theater) and setting a fire onstage that got out of control (sprinklers turn on and the entire club with audience, band and equipment are soaked) Sonny is taken to Wingdale mental hospital upstate in New York for observation and treatment. After three months he is released and begins filmmaking. Along with filmmaking he is active as a multi media installation artist in New York City.“.

There’s also a dubbel disc discography that has some early killer stuff on it. I’ll post that later on.

Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: Drive-In
Format: 7″
Songs:
Together.mp3
Time Is Mine.mp3

The second 7inch from one of Swedens biggest bands during the 80s and 90s. Compare this powerpop smasher to the punk rock madness on their first 7inch Sven Jerrings rost posted some months ago. Is it the same band? It is. Believe it or not. I love them as a pure punk band and as a powerpop blaster. Come on sing along now punk rockers: Dut dut dut duti dut dut dut Dut dut dut duti dut dut dut. The b-side is bad ska/reggae.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1980
Label: Sonet
Format: 7″
Songs:
Krig och karlek.mp3
Standardiserad varld

With Hockey from The Pain. There where lots of things going on for Chatterbox but for some reason it never happened. This is their first 7inch and is a solid classic. Their later stuff have their moments but is a little dull. They opened up for The Clash in Gothenburg in 1980.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1980
Label: Adventure
Format: 7″
Songs:
Forgotten Heroes.mp3
The Visitor.mp3

Dagen ar natt is one of my top faves from Sweden. Bjorn Froberg the bassist went on to The Nomads and Pelle Almgren the singer formed Easy Action. The latter was a bad Glam band that made some succes. But they looked good with their funny hair does. Listen closly to the wise words in Desperate: I’m so horny I could die. Won’t you suck me won’t you try. Ehh ok!

Country: Sweden
Year: 1979
Label: RIP
Format: 7″
Songs:
Dagen ar natt.mp3
Desperate.mp3
Center Of Lies.mp3
Herre gud.mp3