The Stimulators - Loud Fast Rules 7″
September 21st, 2006 at 7:45 am
12 year old Harley Flanagan on drums here. He later joined one of the worst band to appear in the 80’s: Cro Mags. But here he manage to cranck out some classy and sloopy punkypowerpop togheter with: Anne Gustavsson, Patrick Mack and Denise Mercedes.
Both songs are over 3 minutes and would normally dissolve from my short attention span. Why they don’t I can’t really put my finger on.
Stimulators released a live cassete on ROIR and an even rarer 7inch after this that got two songs from the ROIR tape. All scans are up here except for the insert. The front sleeve is one of my all time faves along with Insults-Stiff Love.
Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: Slef Released
Format: 7″
Songs:
Loud Fast Rules.mp3
Run Run Run.mp3
September 21st, 2006 at 9:14 am
Excellent job! One of my fave 7″s - BUT I DON’T WON IT!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS??? HOW UNJUST IS GOD! I ACCUSE HIM!!!!!
PS: Cro-Mags were brilliant, you Popper!
September 21st, 2006 at 9:15 am
won = own. God punished me instantly. I will now become Buddhist. Buddhists are nice people with a good income.
September 21st, 2006 at 10:40 am
yep, finally someone speaks it out: the CRO-MAGS were freeken baaaad…..
September 21st, 2006 at 11:09 am
I picked up the 2nd ep a few years ago for a few bucks at Princeton Record Exchange. Not great, but cool just because of what it is. Iggy cover is good tho’. By the way, supposedly, the Stimulators got a throw away mention on the Square Pegs TV show.
September 21st, 2006 at 12:09 pm
In order to honour your guys appreciation of CRO-MAGS, I just posted a bit on them on my blog. You’ll find it gracefully here: http://goodbadmusic.blogspot.com/2006/09/cro-mags-sign-of-times-10ep-no-label.html
September 21st, 2006 at 2:51 pm
I could never see the fuss over cro-mags either,I like the Stimulators though.
September 21st, 2006 at 10:13 pm
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:51 am
Great record!! I picked one of these up a few months back in a trade. Anybody know how many of these were made?
September 22nd, 2006 at 10:09 am
Man, I had this in the early 80’s, bought it for about $3.00, traded it off for some shitty zinesor something in the late 80’s. Now it sells for way more $$$ than I could ever justify.
I saw the Cro Mags in about 1987. One of the worst shows I’ve ever been to.
September 27th, 2006 at 8:16 am
The Stimulators on vinyl just doesn’t capture how fucking incredible they were live. Loud Fast Rules didn’t come off pop live. And they had a female guitarist, which made them all the more kickass (I say that as a once young girl who got spit on regularly and hit with beer bottles for playing guitar).
September 30th, 2006 at 5:38 am
Hey silentuntilnow …
Good on ya !!!
I just hope you spit back.
Stop by and see her again at cb’s next week.
No Anne or Pat though.
September 30th, 2006 at 5:40 am
Sorry for the double, computer lied.
September 30th, 2006 at 6:51 pm
Really? I’m sorry I live a more than a bit far away to go do that! Another person I thought surely was dead. I’m glad to know she’s not only still kicking but still playing.
September 30th, 2006 at 6:52 pm
Hold on a minute: didn’t CB’s close last week?
October 10th, 2006 at 5:10 am
Are you out of your MIND !!!!
Cro-mags were the seeds to NYHC
October 10th, 2006 at 6:30 am
Yeah they did unfortunatly. And look what came after Cro-Mags. Pumped up macho bands that sounded the same. They spoiled the fun. Gorilla Biscuit where good though.
October 10th, 2006 at 7:36 am
Gorilla Biscuit - hahaha. THE WORST.
October 10th, 2006 at 7:46 am
Ha ha Erich :D! You REALLY need to update your taste. Liten to GB and you’ll hear they where the only band from the late 80s NYHC scene that had something good to offer both lyric wise and music wise. And that Walter later went on to form one of the best band of the 90s: Quicksand says something.
October 10th, 2006 at 9:02 am
HAHAHAHAHAHA - what the heck is Quicksand?
My only fave band from Revelation (Boyscout HC): CHAIN OF STRENGTH.
YMCA - Hitler Version! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fghUKDi2lfc&mode=related&search= WATCH AND LEARN!!!!!!!
October 11th, 2006 at 3:47 am
In the main post they failed to mention I’m not only on the cover and played drums but were opening for THE BAD BRAINS TONIGHT AT CBGB. Last day Oct 31st 2006.
Come check me out myspace/Originalhardcoremma
HF
October 11th, 2006 at 5:25 am
Used to like GB back when they where playing, not so much anymore though. A REALLY good (musicvise that is) NYHC record must be YOuth of Todays We´re not in this alone. Loud, fast, intense but not to much hardrock. Quicksand???? Worst band ever! Great site!!!!!!! Kör hårt!
May 6th, 2007 at 1:21 am
Patty Mack–twenty-five years later and I still miss the son of a bitch.
May 17th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
YOUR ALL A BUNCH OF IDIOTS HAHAHAH
http://www.myspace.com/harleycromag
YO
WHEN UR A KID U SIT AND MAKE MUSIC FOR FUN NOT FOR CRITICS OR TO MAKE MONEY JUST CAUSE YOUR INSPIRED TO DO SO, FOR FUN…
IF UR LUCKY MAYBE IT COMES OUT..
YEARS LATER IDIOTS WITH NO LIVES STILL SIT AND CRITISIZE IT HAHAHAHAA U PEOLE GOT NO FUCKIN LIVES HAHAHA AY YOUR STILL TALKIN ABOUT US AND OR ME ALL THESE YEARS LATER SO I AND OR WE MUSTA DONE SOMETHING RIGHT??! OR YOU PEOPLE REALLY HAVE NOTHING AT ALL BETTER TO DO HAHAHA AND ARE USELESS FUCKS WITH NO LIVES SITTING ROUND CHIRPIN ABOUT SOME OLD ASS SHIT FROM YEARS AGO HAHAHAH
PITYFULL
PEACEOUT
HF
May 17th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
NOT TO STIMULATED BY THIS, BUT…CRO-MAGS RUUULED WHEN YOU WERE 14-15 AND THE FIRST LP CAME OUT. a SALUTE ALSO TO NORWAY ON THEIR FLAG WAVING DAY YESTERDAY. DO THE FLEKSNES MOSH!
May 17th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
PS! Peter you can delete my comments above xpt the one in BOLD(like me), I fight the computer, didn’t knoe it stored my bollocks; I thought it lost it(like me). Sorry for this! Halle-lujah, Halle-lujah!
October 1st, 2007 at 10:28 am
I am perplexed as to why you folks just ignored Harley’s putting a post on here. No wonder he put up another one which was deservedly obnoxious. If you all are so interested in early punk, Harley surely is one person to listen to, even if you don’t like the Cro-Mags. And the Stimulators were great live, totally authentic.
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:24 pm
I think it is great that Harley posted here. The Stims were my first all ages show. Loud Fast Rules is the greatest song ever.