Archive for February, 2007
Rune Strutz - S/T E.P. 7″
Monday, February 26th, 2007
Ah! Knugen was posted in the TV Eye // Drummers New Years Eve post. A fantastic song! But there’s one more namely the a-side. This is some insanely great “Folkets Hus” punk. Don’t know if there’s any similarity’s to Folkets hus outside of Sweden? Roughly translated The Peoples House. Those Folkets hus can be found in every small or big city all over Sweden and was built up by the early Nykterhersrorlsen(The Stay Sober Movement) to gather the poor and drinking working class for sober events. Later on they became the hall for the growing Socialdemocratic movement to spread their political ideas.
Why do I call it Folkets Hus punk? It sounds like the sound you could experience while visiting punk gigs in the late ’70s in Folkets hus. Big, empty and somewhat messy.
Rune Strutz where from Uppsala and god knows what happened to these guys but at least they carved their name into the swedish punk history with this classic piece of Socialdemocratic Folkets hus punk.
Country: Sweden
Year: 1978
Label: Mjall
Format: 7″
Songs:
Musikforum brinner.mp3
Ah! knugen.mp3
Flod.mp3
Ah! Knugen was posted in the TV Eye // Drummers New Years Eve post. A fantastic song! But there’s one more namely the a-side. This is some insanely great “Folkets Hus” punk. Don’t know if there’s any similarity’s to Folkets hus outside of Sweden? Roughly translated The Peoples House. Those Folkets hus can be found in every small or big city all over Sweden and was built up by the early Nykterhersrorlsen(The Stay Sober Movement) to gather the poor and drinking working class for sober events. Later on they became the hall for the growing Socialdemocratic movement to spread their political ideas.
Why do I call it Folkets Hus punk? It sounds like the sound you could experience while visiting punk gigs in the late ’70s in Folkets hus. Big, empty and somewhat messy.
Rune Strutz where from Uppsala and god knows what happened to these guys but at least they carved their name into the swedish punk history with this classic piece of Socialdemocratic Folkets hus punk.
Country: Sweden
Year: 1978
Label: Mjall
Format: 7″
Songs:
Musikforum brinner.mp3
Ah! knugen.mp3
Flod.mp3
Absurd - S/T E.P. 7″
Saturday, February 24th, 2007
I like this better now then when I bought it. Back then I thought it was just another quiet boring Dishcharge rip off with horrible sound. Now I love it. The guitar sound is just amazing. Anyone hearing similaritys to the guitar sound of the first Minor Threat 7″? I do. Very dry and not too much distortion. Great!
Can’t recall seeing Absurd live and what happens to the guys after this beats me. On the lyric sheet they state that their next 7″ would be released in the summer/autumn 1983. That didn’t happen. Senap this is a call for you.
As a contrast to the scary looking sleeve I got two cards thrown in from I guess was found in the packages of Honey Puffs? Last year some people here in Sweden got hold of the singer(who’s now a priest) and stripped him of some sleevles copies. Beware that they’re selling them with very good repro sleeves without letting you know.
Country: Sweden
Year: 1982
Label: Bullshit
Format: 7″
Songs:
Blodig stad.mp3
Fred pa jorden.mp3
Bojkotta Coca Cola.mp3
Statens maktspel.mp3
Anarki nu.mp3
I like this better now then when I bought it. Back then I thought it was just another quiet boring Dishcharge rip off with horrible sound. Now I love it. The guitar sound is just amazing. Anyone hearing similaritys to the guitar sound of the first Minor Threat 7″? I do. Very dry and not too much distortion. Great!
Can’t recall seeing Absurd live and what happens to the guys after this beats me. On the lyric sheet they state that their next 7″ would be released in the summer/autumn 1983. That didn’t happen. Senap this is a call for you.
As a contrast to the scary looking sleeve I got two cards thrown in from I guess was found in the packages of Honey Puffs? Last year some people here in Sweden got hold of the singer(who’s now a priest) and stripped him of some sleevles copies. Beware that they’re selling them with very good repro sleeves without letting you know.
Country: Sweden
Year: 1982
Label: Bullshit
Format: 7″
Songs:
Blodig stad.mp3
Fred pa jorden.mp3
Bojkotta Coca Cola.mp3
Statens maktspel.mp3
Anarki nu.mp3
Selling spare copys of rare stuff.
Saturday, February 17th, 2007
I’ve upgraded or simply have doubles of some really rare records that are now up for sale at eBay:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpswedQQhtZ-1
Some records have been uploaded here and some of them will come later on like:
Jermz - Power Cut 7″
Steroid Kiddies - S/T 7″
Oscillators - Marilyn Brown 7″ (super rare)
Martin And The Brown Shirts - Taxi Driver 7″ (Belgian press = rarer)
Jumpers - Sick Girl 7″
Siste Dagers Helvete - The Hell 12″
The Credits - S/T 7″ (very rare Assuie powerpop)
Razor Blades - Plastic Messiah 7″
Moths - Magazine Look 7″
Mob 47 - Orig. first 7″ w.sticker and lyric sheet!
SOD - Orig. first 7″ w. rare “crosscore” insert.
etc etc.
Do a search to see what bands you can listen to from the sale list.
I’ve upgraded or simply have doubles of some really rare records that are now up for sale at eBay:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpswedQQhtZ-1
Some records have been uploaded here and some of them will come later on like:
Jermz - Power Cut 7″
Steroid Kiddies - S/T 7″
Oscillators - Marilyn Brown 7″ (super rare)
Martin And The Brown Shirts - Taxi Driver 7″ (Belgian press = rarer)
Jumpers - Sick Girl 7″
Siste Dagers Helvete - The Hell 12″
The Credits - S/T 7″ (very rare Assuie powerpop)
Razor Blades - Plastic Messiah 7″
Moths - Magazine Look 7″
Mob 47 - Orig. first 7″ w.sticker and lyric sheet!
SOD - Orig. first 7″ w. rare “crosscore” insert.
etc etc.
Do a search to see what bands you can listen to from the sale list.
New design on its way…
Friday, February 16th, 2007
Things will look a bit funny from now and then since I’m trying out some new designs. Bear with me.
Things will look a bit funny from now and then since I’m trying out some new designs. Bear with me.
Sweet Rot - Drug Fiend E.P. 7″
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Got some new stuff to catch up on. First out is Sweet Rot. Pure low fi, sloppy instrumentation and obnoxious vocals. File under bands who-can-hardly-play-but-got-the-right-attitude. The thing I like most is the dark background vocals which give Sweet Rot a touch of originality. The somewhat typical chorus in the other wise great Wouldn’t You Like Too Know is saved by this spooky, dark and hilarious back up singing.
As a whole this is a great great record but after some spins I know what’s wrong. The songs are a bit too long. Cut out a verse and a chorus and they’re there.
Ugly sleeve but a nice looking through foil printed insert! I bet people who enjoyed the Boys Club 7″ will dig this too. Higly recommended!
Get it from Square Wave Records.
Country: USA
Year: 2007
Label: Square Wave Records
Format: 7″
Songs:
Drug Fiend.mp3
Teenage Lust.mp3
Wouldnt You Like To Know(What I Did To Your Mom).mp3
Got some new stuff to catch up on. First out is Sweet Rot. Pure low fi, sloppy instrumentation and obnoxious vocals. File under bands who-can-hardly-play-but-got-the-right-attitude. The thing I like most is the dark background vocals which give Sweet Rot a touch of originality. The somewhat typical chorus in the other wise great Wouldn’t You Like Too Know is saved by this spooky, dark and hilarious back up singing.
As a whole this is a great great record but after some spins I know what’s wrong. The songs are a bit too long. Cut out a verse and a chorus and they’re there.
Ugly sleeve but a nice looking through foil printed insert! I bet people who enjoyed the Boys Club 7″ will dig this too. Higly recommended!
Get it from Square Wave Records.
Country: USA
Year: 2007
Label: Square Wave Records
Format: 7″
Songs:
Drug Fiend.mp3
Teenage Lust.mp3
Wouldnt You Like To Know(What I Did To Your Mom).mp3
The Visitors - S/T 7″
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
This is a repost from April the 21th 2006. Added more scans, Rocket Me Home and a new rip of Comin’ From Behind in 192kbps.
It’s fun to post unknown bands who’ve put out one great 7inch and then dissapeared into the unknown. But it’s a bummer when you want to find some sort of info to get the information part here a bit beefy. So any old american dude with plenty of Budweisers under his belt is welcome to add his/hers bits and pieces about The Visitors. I know they where from New York. This puppy was never released with sleeve.
Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Faculty X
Format: 7″
Songs:
Rocket Me Home.mp3
Comin’ From Behind.mp3
This is a repost from April the 21th 2006. Added more scans, Rocket Me Home and a new rip of Comin’ From Behind in 192kbps.
It’s fun to post unknown bands who’ve put out one great 7inch and then dissapeared into the unknown. But it’s a bummer when you want to find some sort of info to get the information part here a bit beefy. So any old american dude with plenty of Budweisers under his belt is welcome to add his/hers bits and pieces about The Visitors. I know they where from New York. This puppy was never released with sleeve.
Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Faculty X
Format: 7″
Songs:
Rocket Me Home.mp3
Comin’ From Behind.mp3
Young Identities - EP E.P. 7″
Monday, February 12th, 2007
Is this better then their second 7inch posted some time ago? In some aspects it is. It’s even more sloppy, low-fi and obnoxious. Just listen to the end of the first chorus of Positive Thinking:”Positive thinking ouhhh na na na.”
This is some kids who can hardly play but manage to hold it togheter with one dominant factor: ATTITUDE. Clay who sings sounds even more like a muppet then on the New Trends EP.
Ryan of Break My Face have written a great article about the Young Identities:”We find the cheapest studio in town and book 8 hours for $300. In that one session, Just Urbain, The Young Identities and late ring-ins The Bodysnatchers…”
Country: Australia
Year: 1979
Label: Savage
Format: 7″
Songs:
Positive Thinking.mp3
Convolutions.mp3
Mass Appeal.mp3
Is this better then their second 7inch posted some time ago? In some aspects it is. It’s even more sloppy, low-fi and obnoxious. Just listen to the end of the first chorus of Positive Thinking:”Positive thinking ouhhh na na na.”
This is some kids who can hardly play but manage to hold it togheter with one dominant factor: ATTITUDE. Clay who sings sounds even more like a muppet then on the New Trends EP.
Ryan of Break My Face have written a great article about the Young Identities:”We find the cheapest studio in town and book 8 hours for $300. In that one session, Just Urbain, The Young Identities and late ring-ins The Bodysnatchers…”
Country: Australia
Year: 1979
Label: Savage
Format: 7″
Songs:
Positive Thinking.mp3
Convolutions.mp3
Mass Appeal.mp3
Black Randy And Metrosquad - I Slept In An Arcade 7″
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Hands down one of the best releases from Dangerhouse. Only beaten by The Deadbeats 7″. And I Sleept In An Arcade along with Loner With A Boner is Black Randys crown jewels. Pure genius at work. Herky jerky punk with a great teasing organ to back it up. Give It Up Or Turnit Loose is a fonky cover of that old Charles Bobbitt classic. Shake your hips baby.
Thank CERN for the internet:”…his first action in the embryonic Hollywood punk scene was to steal the receipts of the Masque and heroically return them a few hours later.”
Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Dangerhouse
Format: 7″
Songs:
I Slept In An Arcade.mp3
Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose.mp3
Hands down one of the best releases from Dangerhouse. Only beaten by The Deadbeats 7″. And I Sleept In An Arcade along with Loner With A Boner is Black Randys crown jewels. Pure genius at work. Herky jerky punk with a great teasing organ to back it up. Give It Up Or Turnit Loose is a fonky cover of that old Charles Bobbitt classic. Shake your hips baby.
Thank CERN for the internet:”…his first action in the embryonic Hollywood punk scene was to steal the receipts of the Masque and heroically return them a few hours later.”
Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Dangerhouse
Format: 7″
Songs:
I Slept In An Arcade.mp3
Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose.mp3
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks E.P. 7″
Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Oh my! That’s how I want my snare to sound! Listen to the intro to Teenage Kicks. Amazing. So punchy and crispy. My favourite track is Smarter Than You tightly followed by True Confession. Roaring guitar sound topped with one of the best and most original voices found in the old stinky thing called punk. Anyone heard the reformed Undertones without Feargal Sharky?
Country: Irealand
Year: 1978
Label: Good Vibrations
Format: 7″
Songs:
Teenage Kicks.mp3
Smarter Than You.mp3
True Confessions.mp3
Emergency Cases.mp3
Oh my! That’s how I want my snare to sound! Listen to the intro to Teenage Kicks. Amazing. So punchy and crispy. My favourite track is Smarter Than You tightly followed by True Confession. Roaring guitar sound topped with one of the best and most original voices found in the old stinky thing called punk. Anyone heard the reformed Undertones without Feargal Sharky?
Country: Irealand
Year: 1978
Label: Good Vibrations
Format: 7″
Songs:
Teenage Kicks.mp3
Smarter Than You.mp3
True Confessions.mp3
Emergency Cases.mp3
