From the capital of Swedish straight edge hardcore came The Pinheads who managed to release more cover songs than your average sixties garage band. Just listen to this, their first release, and enjoy the Swedish versions of Stepping Stone and Alternative TV’s Viva la rock n’ roll. One year later they released their first LP that have some great punk tunes and a bunch of covers, but also a few really annoying songs, like the song Digital backwards. Yes, that’s even more annoying then you think it is. After that they did a second ep (will be posted here later on) before they decided to just play garage covers and release cover albums til they called it a day in 85.

Two of the members came from one of Sweden’s first punk band TBC who did two ep’s in the same progg/ punky vein as Goteborg Sound, and yes, they will both be posted here later on as well.

Poor Jorgen Persson who didn’t get a cool nickname on the cover by the way. I have no idea of why, but my guess is that he was on vacation the day they did the artwork, and as the others were so jealous that he was away while they had to do all the hard work they decided that he would be the one with the lame name. Thinking about it now, this has to be the only possible explanation.

The bonus song is just yet another skit by the way and it’s the same song as the last song on the Svettens Soner ep. Just another proof that the members enjoyed funny voices, and most certainly if they were the ones making them.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1980
Label: Mjalthugg
Format: 7″
Songs:
Digital.mp3
As.mp3
Hemming Sten.mp3
Alska dig sjalv.mp3
Bonus track.mp3

I slagged the Local Anesthetic compilation CD cause of it’s poor mastering job but that didn’t piss smoochrecords off at all! The nice guys sent me the newly released Bum Kon CD which compiles tracks that where record at the same time as their classic Drunken Sex Suck 7″. And what a great CD this is!!!! The mastering job is fabulous! The 7″ songs sounds great on here. Just like the vinyl version. And the rest of the tracks they record… oh man. You need this BAAAADDD! If these was released as an LP back in 1983 it would’ve been a classic up there with all the greats like Jerry’s Kids, Scream, F.U.’s, Circle Jerks and then you fill in the blanks. Smoochrecords aren’t afraid that this CD would be available for free in it’s whole here and it won’t. You need to buy this and you’ll do it NOW! Just listen to 5 of the total of 25 tracks I’ve uploaded here and then head over to:
www.smoochrecords.com 

Country: USA
Year: 1983/2008
Label: Maximum Rocknroll/Smoochrecords/Local Anesthetic
Format: CD
Songs: 
Nancy Reagan Fashion Show.mp3
I See.mp3
Questions.mp3
Locked Away.mp3
Go Die.mp3

In my years with Swedens Raped Teenagers Bill Stevenson(together with Neil Peart of Rush) was the biggest influence on my drumming and to this day still is. I think no other punk drummer has kept his playing so fresh and inventive as Bill has. And the old man is still going and play as great as ever as he showed on Descendents latest master piece Cool To Be You. Get it!

Well here we have The Descendents highly acclaimed(well not really) debut. Sounding not at all like they would do just one year later. A lot more amateurish and plain punk without a trace of hardcore. I’ve learned to love this 7″ over the years. At first I hated it when hearing the songs on the Bonus Fat 12″. Nowadays I hold this very dear. Both tracks really rocks in my world.  

Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: Orca
Format: 7″
Songs:
Ride The Wild.mp3
It’s A Hectic World.mp3 

This is a re-post from June the 8th 2006. Added more scans, new rips and all songs.

Kurt Bloch from The Fastbacks first born baby where The Cheaters. “The Cheaters were a band that didn’t really know what they were doing. The one thing they all had in common was a desire to be in a band. As a result, they learned how to be a band by hanging out and trying to play together. No one knew how to write songs, let alone proficiently play their instrument.“. Killer punk rock bordering to hardcore on Ice Man! Man As Hunter makes the powerpooper poop while Talk To You will make most people fall a sleep I guess.

Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: No Threes
Format: 7″
Songs:
Man As Hunter.mp3
Talk To You.mp3
(How Would You Like To Be The) Ice Man?.mp3

I told you I would post Lars Lang’s next band, and here they are; The Vertex. Dressed in their parents old suits these ex-Langs managed to write some damn fine 60’s inspired mod tunes and give them a production as thin as Ric Ocasec.

The band started out as Exit 45 before changing their name to C-Side Spinners before they settled for The Vertex and release their first EP in 1980. This however is their second and last own release as the only thing that came after this 7″ was a few songs on compilations.

The band was, together with their friends Traste & Superstararna, managed by Swedish music legend John L. Byström, who later on started the fine indiepop magazine Sound Affects that he ran until he was tragically killed in a car accident in the US in 1999.

Their first EP is very amusing since the singer has the worst English pronunciation ever, but unfortunately I sold my copy for unknown reasons about 10 years ago. And I still regret it!

Country: Sweden
Year: 1981
Label: Mamma
Format: 7″
Songs:

John.mp3
Fell in love.mp3