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Crucifix - Nineteen Eighty Four E.P. 7″

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

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The only let down to me is that the b-side isn’t as raw and catchy as the a-side. Steelcase Enclosure is a waste of space but Rise And Fall is great. While Rise And Fall is great Prejudice is awesome. The rawness overwhelmes me everytime. Their follow up to this the Dehumanization LP is good too but tends to be a little tiresome after some spins. You know it’s the problem with too many of them dis and that bands. A couple of songs slips throug which is great then they’re on repeat with the same chord structure over and over. The only thing that changes is the ability of the drummers to execute the d-beat.

And yeah the lyrics. When I interviewd Henry Rollins 1984 I handed over the first demo from our old band called War Child(ha ha ha). It was pure dis and that stuff with war lyrics mostly written by me. He looked into my eyes and asked me:”Don’t you guys ever get tired of singing about war all the time?”. “Eh no I think it’s a really important subject.”. Ha ha.

As much as I hate the tiresome subject of broken hearts in emo bands I despise the war theme among punk bands. Never mind the peace punks here’s the Crucifix.

Country: USA
Year: 1982
Label: Freak
Format: 7″
Songs:
Prejudice.mp3
Steelcase Enclosure.mp3
Rise And Fall.mp3

Benedict Arnold & The Traitors - Kill The Hostages 7″

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

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Now you don’t need to spend big bucks on one of them old rarities cause Arifix Records have done a really great reissue of this semi-classic. And by the way it’s not worth the big bucks because let’s be serious Kill The Hostages is good but not great. Now I meant the music. The lyrics on the other hand is something else. While USA was moaning about the hostage sitation in Iran(in 1980) Benedict came with a quick, simple and clean solution to just kill ‘em. This was the beginning of the Reagan era so you can guess the kind of controversy this stirred up. Just as controversial as these emo bands today singing about broken love and a depressing life or hmm… maybe not.

Get the reissue from:www.artifixrecords.com

Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: Putrid / Artifix
Format: 7″
Songs:
Kill The Hostages.mp3
Red Alert.mp3

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