The End - S/T 7″
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:46 am
This one came in late in my life. I had never heard about The End until a year ago or something like that. It says 1980 on the labels but sources have confirmed it was released in Oct. 1979. With that said the b-side Krossa! has to be one of the earliest attempt at HC along with the likes of Middle Class, Bad Brains, Germs, Massmedia and ____(fill in your own band).
The first copies came with a sleeve: white with fingerprints and The End hand stamped on the front. I haven’t seen one. Recorded on a 2 track in a school in Mora/Sweden. What tickles me is the end of Krossa! listen to the knocking. Who’s knocking? My guess is Gosta Bohman from Moderaterna.
A must read is Stuart Schraders article published in MRR February 2005(thanks for the link Stuart). He cover bands like Problem, Razzia, Homo Electrica and of course The End.
The End was:
Patrik Gustavsson:Drums(axe murdered in Mora in 1991)
Ingemar Sollgard:Guitar
Bengt Agefjord:Bass, Vocals
Country: Sweden
Year: 1979
Label: The End
Format: 7″
Songs:
Snutjavlar.mp3
Krossa!.mp3
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:46 am
The b-side just rules! The a-side is not that bad either. Did ye know that there was a Stockholmian band with the same name? Appeared some years later (ca ‘81-’84?).
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:03 am
great find!!!!
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:34 am
is there an end to this obscure madness? KILLER STUFF!!!!!!
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:40 pm
the vocals on the first song sounds like famous swedish shit/piss humour band onkel kånkel.
Second song rules!
April 6th, 2007 at 9:56 am
Back in 2003, the all-Swedish KBD #50 (or was it 51?) had “Snutjavlar” on it and I’ve dug it since then. Last year I finally heard “Krossa” and it’s great too. But, for me, in terms of early “proto-hardcore” nothing compares to the Middle Class 1st EP or 1st Bad Brains 7″ (but just the song “Pay To Cum”, not the crummy reggae B-side that’s on it). [I've recently heard some proto-hardcore kinda-sorta stuff from the 60's(!) that's cool too- fast stuff like Outcasts "1523 Blair", Zakary Thaks "Bad Girl" and Sound of Imker's "Train of Doomsday" which reminds me a bit of Discharge]. Anyway, Stuart’s MRR article from a few years ago was great too- he clued me in to the charming Homo Electrica 7″. Stuart’s new site, Shit Fi.com, has a write up of the Sune Studs och Gronlandsrockarna 1st EP that now has me interested in that record- please post if you have it, thanks!
April 9th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Yeah Tony both the SSG 7inches will be posted later on! I also have a live recording I did on a shitty tape recorder in 1983 that I might convert too.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:58 am
Cool, thanks!
December 15th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Thanks a lot for this!!!
Interesting and usefull information!
Have you heard about any more bands with the same name??