Pop, a definition taken from Urban Dictionary.

Horrible “music” in wich (sic) teenage girls age 13 and up sing about the hardships of love, they do not write their own songs, nor music, and there are no real instruments, just a repetitive and chaotic electronic beat in the background with the girl constantly going “ooooh ooooh! oh woah woah woah woah woah woah, heee heeeeya-ya! ooooh baby!” in between verses.
In a word, ass paste.

ABC 80 were only a pop band, but I like it no matter what! One of the greatest power pop releases from Sweden ever and if you don’t like it, you ain’t nothing but a tard.

For those of you who thinks the name rings a bell but never gave a damn about computers, one of the members was in Brigad 45 b as well.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1980
Label: Rockslaget
Format: 7″
Songs:
Pop i radion.mp3
Man maste ha distans.mp3

I´m totally in love with this record. Cause it combines the best of two worlds: powerpop and sloppy punk rock. The flips cover of Bacharachs My Little Red Book. Holy shit! A cover performed as if no other then Elvis Costello and The Attractions had possessed their bodies. But first you have to go through a fantastic sneering punk tune with a guitar solo that just points a finger at you and scream FUCK YOU. The first of three seven inches from Floridas The Panics. Spin it now baby!

Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Superdisc
Format: 7″
Songs:
Kill It(Before It Multiplies).mp3
My Little Red Book.mp3

Here’s the second release from Bugs, and as you can hear they learned how to play by now. Unfortunately they still showed way too much of their roots as a punk band in the songs Doda doda and Religion, but just ignore those songs and enjoy the sweet acoustic song of praise to IBM and the homophobic love song Bogen (The queer) instead.

This record has one of the tastiest covers ever I guess, as a former owner apparently took a bite of it after spilling some coffee on it. Well oh well, at least the look of it made it a very cheap buy for me. And according to my dad it’s only collectors with their head stuck in their ass who cares about the condition of the cover anyway and who the hell wanna have their head up there? Not me for sure!

I think there are two members on this release that played on the first one as well, but it’s more or less a new band as the remaining members even choose to switch instruments on this release. And who did the two new guitarists insult? Neither names nor faces on the band photo!

Country: Sweden
Year: 1980
Label: Bugs
Format: 7″
Songs:
Doda doda.mp3
IBM.mp3
Bogen.mp3
Religion.mp3

To companion Erichs post of the second Breakouts(which I used to have but didn´t and still don´t like) here´s their debut which is much better in my opinion. Sure the songs are still on the long side but for some reason they manage to keep it interesting all the way through. I would like to say that both tracks are killer punk rock the way they did it in the late 70´s in the States. I bet the Marlboro man was involved!

Well I´m pretty filled up with apple(nice computers) pie so I need to lay down. Pie pie! 

Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Accelerator
Format: 7″
Songs:
In Vagueness Deal.mp3
Millirems.mp3