You’ve been searching all day long for the perfect punk rock song and all of a sudden you find it here: Born to Lose. Flip flip. Chinese Rocks. Oh, what the hell? Here’s the greatest punk rock song once again but it sounds totally different. All hail the perfect Heartbreakers.
PS
This is the not so rare Turkish tape sleeve variation.
DS
Country: USA
Year: 1977
Label: Track Record
Format: 7″
Songs:
Born To Lose.mp3
Chinese Rocks.mp3
Never heard of these lads before, but one of the songs reminds me a bit of another obscure punk band called the Ramones. Not as good as Green Day, but still pretty OK.
PS. Turkish tape sleeve version looks a lot like the Italian version actually. DS
I rember those cheap lp’s, “Punk Collection” (which i think were italian-only releases), were a mish-mash of various stuff (from the Heartbreakers, Ramones, Eaters to Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Larry Martin Factory). “Born To Lose” jumped at me and got instantly carved in my eardrums. Holy shyte, it brings back memories!
Peter, this must bring up memories of the moist warmth you used to feel when cozying up under the covers with Johnny when he was trying to kick junk in Sweden?