Have I ever used the word “killer” to let you know how great a song is? Or that it “destroys”? Both these superlatives can be applied to describe White Stains by The Molls. That end when it gets really chaotic and it sounds like a schizo saxophone enters the song makes me want to yell: Hell yeah! Is Chesty Dead? is not as hooky and direct but still a great and creepy song. Peter Prescott who would later turn up in Mission Of Burma do the drums. Dosen’t seem like he was a regular member cause his name is not in bold on the back as the others.

Just built me a new PC so I’ll try out a new format for the mp3s. They’re now recorded in 24 bit and exported in 256kbps. Any difference sound wise? Let me know pllleeeasee.

Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Skids
Format: 7″
Songs:
White Stains.mp3
Is Chesty Dead?.mp3

Here’s the second installment in a series of two. Look below for the first one. Awesome and weird synth punk the way Tony like it. My favorite track from both the 7inches can be found here: Identity Loss. Heres the synth not as nasty to the ears as on the first one. If that’s good or bad depends on how damaged your ears are I suppose.

Take note of the great looking sleeves of both these pearls.

Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: Active
Format: 7″
Songs:
Laundramat Loverboy.mp3
Identity Loss.mp3

Had to watch American Hardcore for the second time today. There’s something I really like about the movie that the book didn’t accomplish: I get inspired when I see it. And as long as a movie does that to me it serves it’s purpose. Yeah, I know we all miss some bands in there. Government Issue is one of them. I can’t recall their name being mentioned one time. Remember the first time hearing this. It was so atonal much due to John Stabbs vocals. But it was just as great as the Teen Idles, played the same night, which I heard for the first time in 1981 on Radio Ryd a student show hosted by Mats Nilsson from Massmedia/Huvudtvatt.

Found this podcast interview with John Stabb that might be interesting:
http://dissonance.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=187184

This piece really offended me back then:
“Groups like Crass still believe in it
That’s why their music’s fulla a shit
It’s not music is just a sermon
Groups like Crass are all just vermin
Anarchy is dead!”

Ha ha!

Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: Dischord
Format: 7″
Songs:
Religious Rip Off.mp3
Fashionites.mp3
Rock And Roll Bullshit.mp3
Anarchy Is Dead.mp3
Sheer Terror.mp3
Asshole.mp3
Bored To Death.mp3
No Rights.mp3
I’m James Dean.mp3
Cowboy Fashion.mp3

I think this the first of the two releases(the second release coming up later on) that Active Ingredients released at the same time. Two awesome 7inches in a limited run of 250 copies each. As soon as you hear the guitar in the intro of Hyper Exaggeration you know you’re about to be blown away. Then in comes this hyper pitched synth that got a sound that make dogs cry. Marvelous. Powerpop synth punk on the highest level. Bird On Fire got a twisted jerky edge that I like just as much.

Franché Coma who plays bass on these two tracks was also in the Misfits:
Franché Coma
http://www.misfitscentral.com/bands/active-ingredients.php

Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: Active
Format: 7″
Songs:
Hyper Exaggeration.mp3
Bird On Fire.mp3