Killed By Death Records

Pub rock band gone punk? Don’t know but these guys knew how to craft two raw, snotty and great original tracks with keyboard/piano. The keyboard solo in Punker gives me chills at the same times as I laugh my ass off. So stupid yet genious.

Don’t think these tracks have been comped yet but they sure deserves to be. So if there’s anyone out there who can fill me in on Le Ritz please do so.

Country: UK
Year: 1977
Label: Breaker
Format: 7″
Songs:
Punker.mp3
What A Sucker.mp3

Some records can be spinned 10 times in a row then you get somewhat tired of them. Then there are some rare ones that can be on repeat like forever. This is one of them.

It’s been posted elsewhere I know but here you get it once again. Who knows it may slipped between the chairs for some punk rockers. Everything about this record is perfect! From the handstamped sleeve to the primtive raw production and of course the excellent song writing.

Country: Australia
Year: 1977
Label: Self Released
Format: 7″
Songs:
Television Addict.mp3
Flipped Out Over You.mp3

Flyin´ spiderz from Holland did release a couple of early punkrock-records! To me they sound like a mix of rock and punk, but all those genres just fucks your head up, so just let´s say it´s good. I have another 7″ a 2 LPs (1977-1978) on which you can find some really great punksongs and some boring rocksongs as well, but If you can find them in the used bin for a fair price they´re worth buying.

I think this is their first vinyl, but I´m not sure…

Country: Holland
Year: 1977
Label: EMI
Format: 7″
Songs:

City boy.mp3

I don´t wanna go.mp3

First wax from this band. Carpettes put out a handfull of great 7-inches and 2 great LPs. Their best record thou, must be the 2nd 7″ which is posted on this blog earlier somewhere: Small wonder. Later the music became more punk-new wave very well-played with clean production, but still very good. Like many other punkbands they also had a couple of reggae-songs and if there´s something I dislike as much as hardcorebands turning into metal in the mid 80´s, it must be the punkbands trying to play reggae circa 1980!

My favourites here are Radio Wunderbar and the pretty fast song called Help I´m trapped.

Country: UK
Year: 1977
Label: Small wonder
Format: 7″
Songs:
How about me and you.mp3

Help, I´m trapped.mp3

Radio wunderbar.mp3

Cream of the youth.mp3

Released in 1977 this is the US The Boys second 7inch. The first one beeing released as early as 1975! Up there with classics like Shivvers-Teenline and assorted powerpop. Righfully The Boys have been included in the Teenline series. The only complaint I have is that Where Too Young drags on far too long in the end.

“Up in Lincoln, the Boys ruled the power-pop roost. 1977’s “You Make Me Shake” is probably their best, but “She’s My Girl,” their 1975 debut, provides a nice missing link between full-blown American power-pop…”

Country: USA
Year: 1977
Label: Outrage
Format: 7″
Songs:
You Make Me Shake.mp3
We’re Too Young.mp3

James at Worthless Trash have introduced me to lots of great UK acts I’ve never heard before. Plummet Airline is just one of the many from his latest podcast(no. 3).

This is their second release and It’s Hard is an incredible catchy punk/powerpop gem that deserves alot more attention.

From Worthless Trash: “…included two future members of the band The Favourites (”SOS” etc) in Darryl Hunt and Duncan Kerr. In 1976 they’d headlined above the Sex Pistols at the 100 Club and released a single on Stiff Records while known as Plummet Airlines (with an ‘S’).“. Darryl Hunt was also a member of The Pogues. The b-side is easily forgotten.

Country: UK
Year: 1977
Label: State
Format: 7″
Songs:
It’s Hard.mp3
My Time In A While

First heard over James/Worthless Trash. Formed in Southend, Essex in 1973. “A live LP, Five Live Kursaals, was released by CBS and in the autumn of 1977 we toured the UK with punk group The Cortinas in support. Every show climaxed with Paul demolishing a TV set with an axe…“.

Television Generation is a great attempt at punk rock from these long going guys. Sounds like a punked up version of Sweet(which is an old favourite band of mine). And might not be so strange since Glam rock had a huge influence on punk. And with that stutter on T-t-t-t-t televison it’s hard to go wrong. The intro might remind you of a song by the Sex Pistols. The b-side Revolver is a plain boring rock song.

Country: UK
Year: 1977
Label: CBS
Format: 7″
Songs:
Television Generation.mp3
Revolver

Ha ha ha Galway Kinnel the drummer of Some Chicken is hilariously bad. But bad in a good way. How he struggles to be in beat and pace with the music. But you can clearly hear he loves what he’s doing. They also released a 12inch on RAW called Arabian Daze which I haven’t heard. Anyone know what happened to these guys?

This is so refreshing to put on after listening to Rush or Yes. On the almighty RAW label.

Country: UK
Year: 1977
Label: RAW
Format: 7″
Songs:
New Religion.mp3
Blood On The Wall.mp3

No this isn’t the first withdrawn copy that had the Neon Hearts Steve Harrington on sax. This is the second press but great as well. Aren’t the Suburban Studs somewhat underrated?

“In their time they released 2 singles and even an album within a year, a feat not reached by many a punk band of the time. Originally featuring the sax antics of Steve Heart the instrument was felt to be inappropriate to their sound and he left to join the Neon Hearts.”

Country: UK
Year: 1977
Label: Pogo
Format: 7″
Songs:
No Faith.mp3
Questions.mp3

Three classic 7inches. And more known now then they where back in 70’s I suppose. What a shame.

After their singer Paul Rencher left the band they changed their name to The Photos and got signed to a major. Here’s Satan’s Rats debute and it sounds like it could’ve been recorded at Spaceward Studios.

From punk77.co.uk: “We were successful at gigging but our records sank like stones. The first one, unsuitable titled “In my Love for You” was commercial suicide. Released in the same month as “Pretty Vacant”, how it could be otherwise.”

Country: UK
Year: 1977
Label: DJM
Format: 7″
Songs:
In My Love For You.mp3
Facade.mp3