Aaah! The artwork for Disco Zombies second release is one of the best, if not THE best artworks done in the history of punk rock. The scanning don’t do it justice, but no matter what, this is the way to do a wraparound sleeve, so take notice if you’re in a band and about to release a 7″. I’ve seen it in a greenish version as well but nothing says punk as much as pink, right?!

Drums over London is one of those perfect punk hits that grabs you gently by the throat and makes you walk around and sing the chorus for days on end, and admit that you want to hear it a few more times then the 32 times that are already in the song. Or maybe not as it would make the song slightly too long, which is my guess of what the bassist thought as well as he just gives up playing 3.23 into the song! Maybe he got lost in all his noodling?

Heartbeats love isn’t as immediately catchy, but at least the rhythm guitar manage to fuck up the intro in a very amusing way. I think I know why he played rhythm instead of lead… Well, a catchy chorus and a great and short outro makes it a minor hit at least.

I’m quite sure the label was named after the South Circular line in London and I have a feeling someone once said that one of the members had a record shop called South Circular as well. Someone from the UK should have more info about this band I guess.

Country: UK
Year: 1979
Label: South Circular
Format: 7″
Songs:
Drums over London.mp3
Heartbeats love.mp3

How is it even possible that these youngsters managed to write such a dreadful piece of shit as Goodbye when they were capable of writing killers as Sick Society? And what the hell were they thinking of when they paired them together on the same 7 inch? And which of the songs did they play on the TV show that gave them their record deal? With a name like Hangover I assume that they played Sick society, but if that was the song the label thought could be a hit then why did they write Goodbye? A mystery worth to investigate by none less then Scooby Doo for sure. Scooby Doo & the horrible a-side maybe, or Scooby Doo & the mysterious punk song? I’m sure it would’ve made a great comic and introduced as many new kids to punk as the Chipmunk punk album.

Hangover did a second shitty 7″ in 1979 before they evolved into powerpoppers Pictures who did the great mod stomper Kicks & tips in 1981.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1978
Label: Sonet
Format: 7″
Songs:
Goodbye.mp3
Sick society.mp3

Thank you Chris Renna! Without you I would never known how great this forgotten gem is. Chris had Nova Lust as a mystery track at his trading site:http://pages.cthome.net/chrisrenna. Nova Lust well words can hardly describe what a total blaster, killer and monster track that is. It´s THE typical sound of american punk to me. Clever and hook laden. And that sneering american accent that is unmistakably from Texas(thoughl I´ve heard people in Saint Paul/Minneapolis sounding like rednecks out of Texas, like Bob Mould). It got a killer organ too that makes the song jump and swing back and forth. For fucks sake listen!!

Dial Another Hit and Snowy Day continues in the same vein while Beaverworld and Hook In Your Heart make babys with The Rezillos. 

Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: Ray Gun
Format: 12″
Songs:
Nova Lust.mp3
Night 2.mp3
Dial Another Hit.mp3
Beaverworld.mp3
Snowy Day.mp3
Hook In Your Heart.mp3

Two amazing tracks with loads of fuck you attitude and more venom in the lyrics than a Death Adder makes this a killer among killers. The singer sounds like a pissed off member from the steel union and the lyrics to the second verse in Kris is as funny as they are clever. The heroes from the house of parliament has lost all their luster and are occupied with their gonorrheas for sure!

I guess these guys were a bit older and had some kind of musical background as they got the same kind of gubbgung (old man’s swing) as Goteborg Sound and knew how to cover The Who without sounding like they just stole their instruments and were trying to figure out how to make them work. The new lyrics takes the song to new dimensions as we all want to know how much the singer has to drink to be able to stand his girl friend. I think this is one of the better Who covers ever, even if KSMB’s version of My generation, Torbjorns horor, is even more tongue in cheek.

Country: Sweden
Year: 1979
Label: Ego Produktion
Format: 7″
Songs:
Kris.mp3
En grogg till.mp3