Killed By Death Records

I’ve been looking for this after hearing it at the excellent Worthless Trash blog. James does an incredible job and I have to make a plug for it once again via this post.

I think the real winner is Get Out… A powerpop/punk smasher that sounds like some skilled musicians wanting to jump the new wave bandwagon. And of course they get away with it.

I won’t write more about Airship but instead you shall head over to Worthless Trash and read all about it.

Country: UK
Year: 1979
Label: Decca
Format: 7″
Songs:
Get Out, Take Your Mother With You.mp3
Give Me A Can Of Spray Paint.mp3

It’s a classic so it needs to be posted though I doubt that there’s anyone here who haven’t heard Fears first masterpiece. Lee Ving has to be one of the most offensive and brilliant persons to emerge from the early LA scene and to me all his charisma can be heard in his incredible voice. Take a look at Fears appearance in the Decline… movie and you get what I mean. So fucking funny and nasty to the audience. Where are dudes like Lee these days?

But Lee would’ve been nothing without the rest of this genius bunch who seems to be one of the most talented bands to ever come out of the early US punk rock.

The first Fear LP is on my top 5 list of the best punk rock albums of all time. Brilliant lyrics, incredible song writing and amazing production. An LP, just like the first Scream LP, I just can’t get tired of.

I’m sorry to report that the Fuck Christmas reissue don’t sound as good as the original.

Country: USA
Year: 1978
Label: Criminal
Format: 7″
Songs:
I Love Livin In The City.mp3
Now Your Dead.mp3